Big Crow

Crow Jam

Leisure EN ↓ 94 episodes

Two sisters try to create an original board game idea in under one hour.

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Big Crow

Category

Leisure

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Latest episode

Feb 27, 2025

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Episodes

Robot Jailbreak 09.05.2024

The sisters try to fit together deception, robots, and photography into a co-operative game. They develop an idea for a co-op light deckbuilder starring robot inmates who must escape their panopticon prison.

Geist Heist 25.04.2024

Georgia, Miriam and returning guest Leo jam on 'projection' and make a ghastly asymmetrical game of bouncy balls and furniture arranging. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tkilKEdDMQU

Jam Packed (minisode!) 18.04.2024

In this 10-minute minisode the sisters trifle with the sticky problem of designing a game which fits in a jam jar. They rustle up a quick-play dice-drafting picnic game.

Slackingham Palace 11.04.2024

The sisters are confronted with making a historical, secret-voting game about household chores. With the bare minimum of effort, they throw together a competitive time-theft game set in a regency manor where the cleaning staff can't be asked.

Marginally More Mauve (minisode!) 04.04.2024

In this 10-minute minisode the sisters challenge themselves to make a game which uses the colour wheel. In one take they imagine a co-operative card challenge which uses UV ink, inspired by Tranquility.

Radical Challenge (minisode!) 28.03.2024

In this 10-minute minisode the sisters explore using a timer in a game and devise an anachronistic gameshow-themed challenge game based on TV classics like Crystal Maze and Jungle Run.

Inventors with Problems 07.03.2024

The sisters attempt to make a game which features an Inventors' Fair theme and both voting and stacking mechanics. They wind up with a card-based party game that advertises itself with the slogan "won't set anybody's pants on fire!"

port man toe (minisode!) 29.02.2024

In this 10-minute minisode the sisters take on the daunting challenge of making a game that's funny. A brief conversation about what makes each of us laugh is followed by a jam where we make a party game about sandwiching two ideas together with humour.

Zygodeux (minisode!) 22.02.2024

Aiming to imagine a game which can be played asynchronously, the sisters create a competitive 2-player word puzzle for whiteboards and text threads.

Skychange 15.02.2024

The sisters set out to create a head-to-head fantasy game with a dark/light theme. They kick about ideas and through an enjoyable back-and-forth they design a tug-of-war, dice manipulation game about the myths of day and night. Inspired by Royal Visit, sun god myths, and modern classic dice-fixing games.

Sub System 11.01.2024

The sisters dive into the mechanics of mystery games and build a closed-system, competitive card game based in a subaquatic research base where a key piece of equipment has gone missing!

Gimmick 11.01.2024

Georgia, Miriam and special guest Kieran improvise a trick-taking game based on an esoteric classic. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fvP5V3Iyhdg

Losing the Plot (minisode!) 04.01.2024

In this 10-minute minisode, the sisters sow the seeds of a really sweet, quick-play legacy game about keeping a community garden.

Ginger Swaps 21.12.2023

The sisters assemble a lucky dip of themes and mechanics and build a sweetly simple, sneaky card placement game about making your gingerbread house look its finest.

Snow Mans Land (minisode!) 14.12.2023

In this 10-minute minisode the sisters imagine a fort building and battle game of two phases, featuring snow people in a real "cold" war.

Slam Jam 07.12.2023

Georgia and Miriam face off with the theme of wrestling storylines. They create a simple deckbuilder about getting your wrestler into the spotlight by winning them audience votes.

Component 23.11.2023

Miriam, Georgia and special guest Felix jam on (neuro)tribes and come up with a crunchy game about a board game factory where no one knows who their team-mate is. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UgQZ9LxzVw4

Mosh (minisode!) 16.11.2023

For this 10-minute mini jam the sisters begin with a "bewildering" theme and imagine a 2-player competitive crowdsurfing game which plays like an Ice-type Pokemon Gym.

Fairy Gigmother 09.11.2023

Miriam and Georgia get stretched thin trying to complete a tall order: a scary push-your-luck worker placement game with a costume element(?). Inspired by the horrors of self-employment and their mutual suspicion of traditional worker placement games, they create a fairytale-themed gig-economy game where each player has only one worker.

Foe in the Dark (minisode!) 02.11.2023

In this 10-minute minisode the sisters imagine a game which changes at night(!). They brainstorm on a team-based maze chase with changing components.

UnEarth 26.10.2023

Miriam, Georgia and returning guest Rowan (of Impostrophe fame) dig deep and come up with a layered game that combines escape boxes and dexterity games with a childrens'-horror theme. It's definitely a game. It's not another book. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pdllIkX79Vo

Vampire Waiters (minisode!) 19.10.2023

In this 10-minute minisode the sisters discuss ice-breaker murdergames and vampire superstitions. They imagine a very goofy halloween party game which centres on canapes.

Horrorwood 12.10.2023

Georgia and Miriam take inspiration from Horrified, Plan 9 from Outer Space, Honey Heist and Forbidden Desert. They bring their directorial vision to a co-operative game where players must manage their dark sides while trying to make a movie. But will it be a masterpiece, or so bad it's good?

Knit Wits (Minisode!) 05.10.2023

For this minisode the sisters want to make a game where players sit side by side. They get crafty with a two-player cooperative puzzle about knitting the right stitches.

Knockem Blockoff Robots (Minisode!) 21.09.2023

In this mini jam the sisters try to create a small-box game that's bigger on the inside. They imagine a card-based head-to-head about upgrading your fighting robot mid-combat.

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