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.

Author

Jacob Frydman, Brendan Hansen, Pete Wissinger, Paul Salomon

Episodes

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...

Combos (What We Talk About) 19.04.2023 1:09:13

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. VOTE for us for a Golden Geek 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 116 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Combos We return with another...

Talking Blocking Feat. Hansa Teutonica, Zoo Vadis, and Go 12.04.2023 1:03:36

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. 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 115 - Talking Blocking Featuring Recent Plays of Hansa Teutonica, Zoo Vadis, and Go Before we go any further, vote for us for a Golden Geek here - https://boar...

My City Pt. 2 - The Legacy Game 05.04.2023 1:06:13

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. 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 114 - My City Part Two, the Legacy Game (Full Spoilers) We are jumping right back into My City's decision Space, but this time we are looking at the legacy gam...

My City, Pt. 1 - The Eternal Game 29.03.2023 1:06:48

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. 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 113 - My City Part One, The Eternal Game It's back to back (to back) Reiner Knizia deep dive episodes on Decision Space! In this week's voyage, we take on My C...

Babylonia - Brendan and Maya Take the Case! 22.03.2023 1:12:12

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. 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 112 - Babylonia Surprise! Today, for a Decision Space first Brendan and Maya co-pilot the Interdecisional Spaceship alone, as they dive deep into the Decision...

Design Problems? Yo, These Games Solved ’Em! 15.03.2023 1:11:54

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. 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 111 - Elegant Solutions to Design Problems In this raucus episode, Brendan and Jake discuss design problems and the games that elegantly solve them. Join us on...

Six Recent Plays - Ark Nova, Through the Desert, SolForge Fusion, Bullet ♥, Startups, and District Noir 08.03.2023 1:10:32

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. 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 110 - Six Recent Plays of Ark Nova, Through the Desert, SolForge Fusion, Bullet ♥, Startups, and District Noir Brendan and I recently played six board games, a...

Barrage - The Crew Gets Heavy with Special Guest Aurore Inara 02.03.2023 1:15:43

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. 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 109 - Barrage It's time to take this Interdecisional Spaceship for another deep dive. This time we are heading into the murky depths of Barrage 's decision spa...

Asymmetry (What We Talk About) 23.02.2023 1:13:13

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games and, apparently, video games! 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 108 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Asymmetry in Games We are back with yet another "What We Talk About" episode! This tim...

Campaign Games, Legacy Games, and a Game Design Case Study 15.02.2023 1:02:09

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games and, apparently, video games! 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 107 - Campaign Games, Legacy Games, and Game Design Case Study In this episode, our intrepid co-pilot hosts first dive into the to...

Coloretto (and a Little Bit Zooloretto) - The One Where Jake Says Something Really Stupid 08.02.2023 1:03:12

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games and, apparently, video games! 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 106 - Coloretto and a Little Bit Zooloretto We're back with an episode deep dive at long last last! Today, we're covering Colorett...

Elegance (What We Talk About) 01.02.2023 1:06:51

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games and, apparently, video games! 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 105 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Elegance We promised an inelegant conversation and oh boy do we ever deliver on that....

BONUS EPISODE - Things We Hate About Our Favorite Games 27.01.2023 1:00:36

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games and, apparently, video games! 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 104 - Things We Hate About Games We Love and Things We Love About Games We Hate What's this?! A full bonus episode of Decision Spa...

Thirteen Recent Plays at Geekway Mini (Five Knizia Reviews Inside!) 25.01.2023 1:14:36

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games and, apparently, video games! 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 103 - Thirteen Recent Plays at Geekway Mini An atypical episode of Decision Space, this week focuses on Jake's thirteen recent pla...