Jacob Frydman, Brendan Hansen, Pete Wissinger, Paul Salomon

Decision Space

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Decision Space explores decisions in games across the board game hobby and beyond. By exploring tactics, strategy, and the subjective experiences of decisions in games, we hope to provide insights into the specific games we cover and the games in general.

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Author

Jacob Frydman, Brendan Hansen, Pete Wissinger, Paul Salomon

Episodes

Catching Up on Jake’s Vacation, Stonemaier Design Day, and More 18.10.2023 50:08

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 141 - Catching Up We didn't prepare for this episode at all! Without time to create a full fat episode of Decision Space, Jake and Brendan hop on the mic to catch up with eachot...

Pumpkin Spice Board Games: The Decision Space Spooktacular (Can Games Be Scary and Scary Game Recommendations) 27.09.2023 1:01:21

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 140 - The Spooktacular (Can Games Be Scary and Game Recommendations To Play this Spooky Season) Pumpkin spice is in the air, and we are in the mood for some spooky times with our...

Torres - Year of the Kramer and Kiesling 20.09.2023 59:56

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 139 - Torres So we may be a little obsessed with Kramer and Kiesling games, but we felt compelled to share our thoughts on Torres -- a spiel winner and honorary 4th game in "the m...

Balance, Pt. 2 (What We Talk About) 13.09.2023 59:07

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 138 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Balance, Part Two ...And we're back with part two of the balance what we talk about episode. This time we dive into questions of percei...

Balance, Pt. 1 (What We Talk About) 06.09.2023 51:30

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 137 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Balance, Part One There are no rules on the Interdecisional Spaceship. We break from tradition and declare that "What We Talk About" ep...

TOP 10 - Games We Are Enjoying in 2023 (So Far) 30.08.2023 1:06:32

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 136 - Top 10 Games We Are Enjoying in 2023 In this week's episode we count down the TOP 10 board games we are enjoying, so far, in 2023. This is distinctly not a discussion of ga...

Playtesting and Prototyping - This Is the Podcast About the Designing of Games 😉 23.08.2023 55:55

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 135 - Playtesting and Prototyping Welcome to Decision Space, the only podcast that takes place right here before the turns of your favorite games (someday, we hope). Anyways, this...

Ark Nova - A Rondel by Any Other Name 16.08.2023 1:04:54

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 134 - Ark Nova Ark Nova anyone? Maybe you've heard of it? This week, the Interdecisional Spaceships embarks on a journey to explore the decisions in the highest rated game that we...

LTF Con Recap (Nine Game Plays and One Designer Who Changed Everything) 09.08.2023 1:07:00

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 133 - LTF Con Recap Last weekend the infamous Laughing Table Friends -- Charlie, Jake, Jared, Luke, and Tyler -- got together for the first ever LTF Con. The 5 person con took pla...

Games that Play Fast (What We Talk About) 02.08.2023 1:12:43

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 132 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Games That Play Fast Good luck keeping up with the conversation in this week's throwback WWTA episode, because things move fast. If you...

Pushing Your Luck Feat. Spots and Can’t Stop 26.07.2023 1:04:08

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 131 - Pushing Your Luck Feat. Spots and Can't Stop Today we consider the push your luck mechanic in board games, highlighting Can't Stop and Spots for short reviews. In the second...

Recent Plays at Gamers Ranch (Mini reviews of Heat, The Search for Lost Species, and More.) 19.07.2023 1:19:33

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 130 - Recent Plays at Gamers Ranch This week's impromptu episode features Jake regaling Brendan with stories of his recent plays at Gamers Ranch -- Heat, The Search for Lost Specie...

Challengers! - Auto Battlers, the Next Big Thing in Board Games? 12.07.2023 1:16:50

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 129 - Challengers! Donald X. Vaccarino's Dominion famously popularized the deck building mechanic, forever changing the landscape of board gaming. Is it possible that a silly littl...

We Can Only Keep 10 Games! 05.07.2023 1:01:51

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 128 - If We Can Only Keep 10 Games Thought Experiment ERROR! ERROR! Something has gone horribly wrong in the Interdecisional Spaceship. The only way to correct course is to dump ca...

Chicago Express/Wabash Cannonball - We’re the Train Game Podcast Now 👀 28.06.2023 1:05:04

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 127 - Chicago Express/Wabash Cannonball Choo Choo! The Interdecisiona Spaceship is now officially a train because we are now officially train game guys (some of the biggest ever)!...

Answering ALL of Reddit’s Board Game Questions (BONUS EPISODE!) 23.06.2023 50:56

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 126 - Answering ALL of Reddit's Board Game Questions In this bonus episode of Decision Space, we answer questions found on r/boardgames. Pre-Planners Chicago Express (Wabash Cann...

Designer Space - Kramer and Kiesling (Bonus Tikal Mini Review!) 21.06.2023 1:14:29

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 125 - Designer Space on Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling For the first time, Decision Space attempts to explore the ludography and design ethos of a famous board game designer....

Comfort Games (What We Talk About) 14.06.2023 53:23

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 124 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Comfort Games Snuggle up in a favorite cozy corner, grab yourself a chai, and just make yourself comfortable. Today, all seats in the In...

Troyes - Cult Classic or Just Old? 07.06.2023 55:42

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 123 - Troyes It's been like 10 episodes since the last one, but we are finally back with the original, iconic deep dive Decision Space format. This week, we cover "TROY-EZZ," "TWAH...

Rondel Roundtable Feat. Findorff and Imperial 2030 31.05.2023 56:09

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 122 - Rondel Roundtable Feat. Findorff and Imperial 2030 Rondels baby! What could be more exciting than that? It's your favorite board gamer's favorite board game mechanism. RONDEL...

Geekway Plays and Large Player Count Games Feat. Blood on the Clocktower, Guards of Atlantis II, and Challengers! 25.05.2023 1:12:06

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 121 - Geekway Plays and Large Player Count Games Feat. Blood on the Clocktower, Guards of Atlantis II, and Challengers! We did it. Jake and Brendan have final met and gamed togethe...

Mission Planning - Geekway to the West! 17.05.2023 54:45

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 120 - Mission Plan for Geekway to the West Brendan and Jake get hyped as they discuss the games that they most want to play this weekend at Geekway to the West. Now that the missio...

The CoD of Board Games? Architects of the West Kingdom Deep Dive 10.05.2023 59:37

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 119 - Architects of the West Kingdom It's the return of the deep dive. Strap into your Interdecisional Spaceship safety harnesses because we are heading for the West Kingdom. Speci...

TOP 10 Games of All Time 03.05.2023 1:14:00

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. VOTE for us for a Golden Geek award here - https://boardgamegeek.com/geekawards/boardgame . Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 118 - Top 10 Games of All Time Let's cut to the chase. Today, Brend...

Overcentralizing Mechanisms and Messina 1347 26.04.2023 58:26

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. VOTE for us for a Golden Geek award here - https://boardgamegeek.com/geekawards/boardgame . Click on the link to join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 117 - Overcentralizing Mechanisms and Messina 1347 First and foremo...