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

Renature - This Game Is a Unit 18.01.2023 1:07:32

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 102 - Renature Renature , jointly designed by Kramer and Kiesling, is the third Kramer design (El Grande and Palaces of Carrara) a...

Decision Space 101 - Start Here (Top 10 Touchstone Episodes) 11.01.2023 59:38

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 101 - Decision Space 101 Welcome Interdecisional Space Travelers from this world and beyond, you are in the right space. That's ri...

Episode 100! The Next 100 Episodes and Games Played Over Break 04.01.2023 1:09:39

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 100 - Episode 100 We made it to 100 episodes of Decision Space. There isn't much else to do but give a heartfelt thank you to ever...

In the Year of the Dragon - Most PUNISHING Game Ever? 21.12.2022 1:05:51

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 99 - In the Year of the Dragon From the designer who brought you the masochistic pain land of Carpe Diem, we ask, is In the Year o...

We Rank EVERY Game - 2022 End of Year Special 21.12.2022 1:40:24

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 98 - We Rank EVERY Game 2022 Year End Special We have finally made it to the end of the year special in which we rank every game f...

BattleCON - Do Video Game Fighters Work Without a Screen? 07.12.2022 1:12:52

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 97 - BattleCON We have been interested in covering BattleCON since day one of this show, and it only took us 96 episodes to get to...

Games as Gifts and $100 Budget Collections 30.11.2022 1:04:20

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 96 - Games as Gifts and $100 Collections In this two part episode, we first discuss the benefits, risks, and what to think about w...

Memoir ’44 - Boy Meets War Game 23.11.2022 1:05:53

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 95 - Memoir '44 This is an episode of firsts. We cover our first war game, our first didactic game, and our first ameritrash game...

Rajas of the Ganges - A Log Rolling Good Time 16.11.2022 1:10:44

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) Episode 94 - Rajas of the Ganges This week we deep dive a worker placement, tile placement, dice manipulation euro game with, and I can't stress this enough, a river that you can move forwa...

Board Game Podcasters Review MARVEL SNAP 09.11.2022 1:11:51

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) Episode 93 - MARVEL SNAP You are reading that right. There is not an error on your phone, computer, tablet, etc. We've done board games, we've done sports, and now, for the first time, Deci...

Developing Decisions in Games, The Wolves, and a Special Announcement with Alex Cutler 02.11.2022 1:09:00

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) Episode 92 - Developing Decisions in Games with Special Guest Alex Cutler We are joined by Alex Cutler, the the lead board game developer at Pandasaurus, to talk about what it is a developer does. Alex brings his wealt...

Point Salad - Jake Sends His Salad BACK TO THE KITCHEN 26.10.2022 58:39

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) Episode 91 - Point Salad Hope you are hungry, but not that hungry because it is salad week on Decision Space. Point Salad that is -- designed by Molly Johnson , Robert Melvin , Shawn Stankewich and published by AEG....

Bonfire - We Attempt To “Find the Path” Through this Episode 19.10.2022 1:11:20

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) Episode 90 - Bonfire We get to talk about another Stefan Feld game, and I just have to say it feels so good. This time we talk about the 2020 hit (I'd call it a hit), Bonfire. It's a psychedelic game about gnomes, guar...

TOP 15 Waning Decision Space Games with Jamey Stegmaier 12.10.2022 1:00:49

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) Episode 89 - Top 15 Waning Decision Space Games with Jamey Stegmaier Today special guest Jamey Stegmaier is back on the pod, and we count down the top 15 games with a waning decision space. That means you get 5 games f...

Visual Design (What We Talk About) 05.10.2022 1:05:12

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) Episode 88 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Visual Design This week we are back with another in our series of what we talk about episodes focused on game design. In this episode, we touch on a topic we don't oft...

Get on Board: New York & London - Brendan Says Mean Things About Old Ladies 28.09.2022 56:13

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) Episode 87 - Get on Board: New York & London This week in lighter fare, the Interdecisional Spaceship veers towards London & New York in the aptly named Get on Board: London & New York , designed by Sashi and published...

Blood Rage - A Game That Is Bigger Than Its Box 21.09.2022 1:01:19

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) Episode 86 - Blood Rage For the first time and at long last, we steer our Interdecisional Spaceship towards the Eric Lang galaxy. Our first stop in this sector of the known decisioverse is with the 2015 smash hit Blood...

Decision Space Debate - Cult of the Old VS. Cult of the New (Brendan Hansen VS. Paul Salomon) 14.09.2022 59:55

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) Episode 85 - First Decision Space Debate: Cult of the New VS Cult of the Old (Brendan Hansen VS. Paul Salomon) At long last the first decisional debate night has arrived. Today features a debate between Brendan Hansen...

Mechanical Artifice (What We Talk About) 07.09.2022 1:11:17

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) Episode 84 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Mechanical Artifice This week we get old school with a throwback What We Talk About style episode. This time our co-pilots are talking through Brendan's new concept th...

Dice Hospital - Our Biggest Fight Yet 31.08.2022 1:00:35

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) Episode 83 - Dice Hospital This week, we make significant use of the Interdecisional Spaceships infirmary. Not only is Brendan recovering from an illness and more than a little raspy on the record, but we are recording...

Agricola - Getting More Workers Is Bad Because They Cost Food 24.08.2022 1:13:23

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) Episode 82 - Agricola The day has finally arrived when our intrepid decisionaughts take on one of the titans of the industry, Uwe Rosenberg's Agricola ! Though intimidation is a small factor, your co-pilots press forwa...

Power Grid, Playing Games in Teams, and Other Odds & Ends 17.08.2022 1:00:31

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) Episode 81 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Power Grid, Playing Games in Teams, and Other Odds & Ends Not going to lie, this episode is a bit of an odd duck. Brendan and I were both out traveling this past week/...

Vacation Games - The Best Games To Play on Vacation 10.08.2022 59:13

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) Episode 80 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Vacation Games You are likely in your car, train, or plane and on your way to your long-awaited vacation right now! That's why we decided to record this episode just f...

The Isle of Cats - Are These Ghost Cats?! 04.08.2022 1:10:50

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) Episode 79 - The Isle of Cats If you are reading this then you have been lured into our basket by the wafting smell of fresh fish. Ha! Never fear, we are transporting you to safety in our Interdecisional Spaceship. Whi...

Living Forest - WE’RE DOING THE HOTNESS 27.07.2022 1:10:17

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) Episode 78 - Living Forest Interdecisional Spaceship passengers, it is the moment you have been waiting for. A moment many thought, us included, would never come. Though it may go against our morals, religion, and etho...