Organised Fun

We start Year 3 by going back 5 thousand years to Ancient Egypt to play a game of Senet! Highlights include: - Mark gets hate mail - Which game would you be buried with then? - You just need to get your counters off - There are degrees of boppage - Was it found in a tomb, or a bin? - I forgot my extensive kiln research

Happy birthday to us! Here we have our round up of all the bants from the past 12 months! Highlights include: - Superman clocks in some listens - Mark is literally aflame with suggestions for the future - Who is your favourite Fred? - Mark manages to forget most of what happened last year - I feel sorry for people with small game collections - Follow us on Twitter, yeah? @FunOrganised - Real Money...

The apocalypse has literally just happened - what are you going to do? What have you got on you right now that can help? Our brave team must answer these questions and more as they attempt to survive the end of the world! Highlights include: - My apologies to the Kingdom of Ur - You're not a dwarf with a magical axe - Mark claims he tried to predict what challenges he would face, but gave himself...

2500BC, in a royal tomb in the land of Ur, they were having a right old game night. But is their banter any good nowadays? Highlights include: - A hexagon is not a pyramid - The whole of Iraq is not buried in one tomb - 2005 is pretty ancient, to be fair - Anyone can get some shitty beads

We continue our journey through the ancient games with another layover in ancient Rome - careful though, don't get caught by the gambling police! Highlights include: - The second century BC is when shit got real - Casting sticks!!!! - Sorry Copper, this is my gambling mirror - Remember kids, just say no to casting sticks - We need to work on the ending script...

We whip our little soldiers out for some ancient Roman tactics! Highlights include: - Mark seems outraged by the idea of a sea snail - Follow us on Twitter! @FunOrganised - Which two games would you mash up? - Fuck you, it's my dux

We've jumped in the time machine once more, travelling to ancient China to play Go! Highlights include: - More crimes added to the rap sheet - Mulan is the only Chinese person we know - We're programmed to be in boxes - Activate the Mulan Manoeuvre! - Is it a game, or a type of shell?

After making the rules perfectly clear for how gamers should behave, it's time for the sequel! Find out what our top no-nos are for board game creators! Highlights include: - It's not difficult is it? - If something's expensive, it should be made properly - I know nothing about board game production and distribution - What's more important, a house deposit or a Wario figurine? - What gets on your...

Earning a living in the depths of space is hard enough, but now there's added bastardry as pirates and bounty hunters make an appearance! Highlights include: - I can't even remember what last week's game was - You can't hear a nod - More universe is in the coronamail

Well we did it. We took the worst game we've played so far, and we added magic. But is it enough to change our damning opinion? Highlights include: - Mark has no idea what he is - No one needs musical chess - Well done, box people - My pixie was shit... - Mark is on font-watch again - A selling point is the 'great looking rulebook' - It's gone up in the rankings, but only because of the lovely box

Two teams of X-Men duke it out by rolling dice! Who will be victorious? Highlights include: - Dice Towers = pointless but weirdly satisfying - Hope Summers gets another look in - How many millilitres is your dice? - It's one of the worst rulebooks I've ever read - It's all the same font though, so that's ok - Purple = Green - Who is Donald Pierce? - 8 damage? Fucking Wolverine innit - It's not all...

We go back in time to play the Ancient Egyptian game of Dogs and Jackals! Highlights include: - Did they have dogs in Egypt? - Howard Carter did not give me this game - Next time, we'll make casting sticks - If you get one off first, you've won - If you're stuck in a forest, you could make this and have some fun - What the hell is a jackal crow? - Ginger would have loved it

We assemble a group of superheroes to tackle a villain's nefarious plot and hopefully save the world! All in card form! Highlights include: - This is the Legendary that started it all - It's all about rescuing prostitutes - they're super grateful - Mark's Marvel knowledge has some alarming gaps... as does mine, apparently - Fuck you and your charity centre - Mark doesn't care about keywords

We all know them, we all ARE them! This week we talk about the different types of boardgamers out there. Highlights include: - Once again, Mark forgets key elements of last week's episode - Am I a control freak? - No one likes a Rebel - Pardon me, I'm holding a judge - Does Mark understand how a pie chart works?

It's a brief flit through the history of board games this week! Highlights include: - We totally butcher the intro - We FRAG, they CRDL! - The Victorians probably made good games because there was nothing else to do - First you need to train as a therapist, then you have to train as a Dungeon Master - Mark is a secret Magic: The Gathering aficionado  - It's Monopoly Voice Changer - Now you can sou...

This week, Bunty has set a challenge to create a game that can be played in lockdown over skype or zoom or some such... Hear how our efforts went! Highlights include: - Is it brilliant or not? You decide! - There's an inspiring use of diagonals - I didn't cheat! - Have I caught you? What about now? Have I caught you now? - Where the hell is anyone? - When exactly will Mark make his own game?

Your body is your battleground as various afflictions war to destroy your opponent's organs! Sounds grim, right? Highlights include: - It's the 'family friendly game of organ harvesting' - Look, I'm learning! - Is that your spleen, or a potato?

Carrot! Fire! Eyeball! Zebra! What the hell are we doing? Have we gone isolation crazy? No, we're just playing Dobble! Highlights include: - You might as well call me Alan Sugar, because this week there's loads of business! - I temporarily forget Carrie Fisher - Lockdown is prime board game time! - Mark has to be literally forced into promoting his new podcast - It's a game and a history lesson -...

There's been a high profile murder, and crime is generally on the increase in Commonville. Luckily, the city's finest officers are on the case, but can we catch the murderer before things get out of hand? Highlights include: - Oh my God, it's June!!! - What's your ideal amount of fonts? - Everyone in Commonville is kind of ugly - Before you know it, the whole board is covered in shit - Who brings...

How important are awards? What would you award a game for? Highlights include: - Every time you roll the dice, you have to say 'Yeehah!' - We're going to the UK Games Expo! - Mark has amazing mind powers - How do you get Diana Joiner out of Indiana Jones?

Amanda joins us on a dice rolling trip to planet Mobius, to see who can construct the best Sonic The Hedgehog level... but will the maths be too much? Highlights include: - Mark can't remember who he is - It's just a bit of religious banter - Mario had a raccoon tail when Sonic came on the scene - Amanda does a Mark - Nobody wants a spike pit - I explain simple words as if people have never heard...

We venture back beneath the looming shadow of Vul Kar, and this time we've discovered a wrecked pirate ship! What new treasures await us on board the Crimson Cutlass? Highlights include: - Mark keeps laughing for absolutely no reason - Do you actually need to go there? - Mark can't remember if there was a pirate ship last time - Where's Monkey Island?

We definitely did not save the best 'til last, but just how bad was it? Highlights include: - To be fair, it does have a dragon in a dungeon - It could have been called 'Fantasy Shit Quest' - The dragons have chins - The dwarf and the elf literally do nothing - struggling to remember if they even had names - Mark's only thoughts on the Empress are all about her outfit - Are red dragons somehow bet...

Our second Moviesode takes us to the 80s murder mystery movie, Clue! Who did it, where and with what? Highlights include: - How much research do you think Rihanna did for Battleship? - We go to great lengths to explain how the Cluedo cards work - No colours! - Mrs Peacock = silly shrieking bitch - Everyone was grabbing everyone's arses - 90% shouting - If you're not one of the main six characters,...

It's our first ever Moviesode!  This week, we take to the waves, saving the world from aliens and that! Highlights include: - New jingles! - If you're trying to invade the earth, don't land in the middle of the Navy's training games... - Suddenly, there's Rihanna - The epic battle of person vs purple - Do you pilot a ship? Captain it? Drive it? - Do you want to see Rihanna shooting a gun? On a boa...