Organised Fun

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...

It's a card throwing, Meeple killing, fiery, burny toss-fest! Highlights include: - I play with strangers - Did we mention that the table is lava? - Get in the fire!

We're in a submarine navigating the depths of the Oniverse… quite literally. Will we make it to the abyss before the forces of evil take over the Happy Island? Highlights include: - So many sirens! - It's not a lighthouse, it's a darkhouse - Shadi doesn't know when to stop - We couldn't even do the beginner's game - It's a dice game... with only three dice

A team of psychics, and a ghost desperately trying to communicate the details of their demise. Success depends on our interpretation of bizarre visions... oh dear! Highlights include: - Do they have rabbits in America? - We get some background music... - Is that a sweet or a mushroom? - Am I just a really shit ghost? - Mark misunderstands the phrase 'catching up'  

The Telmarines are invading and the only hope is to get to the fabled horn of Queen Susan and give it a quick blast. For some reason, we are competing to do this because, you know, having a winner is more important than saving Narnia! Highlights include: - Another week, another fluffed intro - Mark pauses in all the wrong places - Where's the wardrobe? - Nikabrik looks like Rasputin - You have to...

Who knew saving endangered species could be as simple as rolling a few dice? But obviously the important thing is who can rescue the most! Highlights include: - A simple concept requires far too much explanation, and eventually, models - Mark is in charge this week! - Featuring 'Not Greta Thunberg' - We butcher the names of various endangered animals - You can't expect your average 8 year old to k...

There's been an increase in dark magic around, so me and Mark are practicing our duelling skills - you can never be too prepared! Highlights include: - I forget my lines - Mark tries and fails to get musical - Mark's reading skills take a total dive - Mark didn't realise we were playing an entirely different game until afterwards - Who is Ernie Macmillan? - Your deck can get proper filthy - There'...

In this week's minisode, we discuss the ultimate gaming environment! Highlights include: - Do you know what Blake's 7 is? - Ellen MacArthur! - What's baize? - 'Fridge is for kitchen' - Mark loves a summer house

We're back in the 'verse - this time piloting our own ships, just trying to make a living in a harsh world of smuggling, gunfighting, and Alliance control. Highlights include: - Mark is a brutal Fragger - Contraband is probably bad - Wanted: Spanner People - Mark had the chance to financially cripple me but he let me off - It should just be called Jobs in Space - It's Deep Impact and Armageddon al...

What makes a game good? What can you judge games on? Find out in this week's minisode! Highlights include: - It's basically Robot Wars - What's the most aesthetically horrible game? - Let's FRAG it!

Two factions vying for the glamourous title of World Leader in a 5 year war of global domination! Highlights include: - Mark is alright looking - I finally succeed in making the game chart, even if it is completely meritricious - Spend your enemy wisely - I swept over the moon like nobody's business - You should have got some moon people - Who's taking over Narnia?

It appears we've fallen asleep and slipped into the Oniverse. Hate it when that happens! Don't worry though, all we have to do is find the doors to the exit. Easy peasy, right? Highlights include: - We get an official mascot! - Listener Cassie is outraged - It's a bit Picasso-y - Take some drugs and come up with an entire universe - it's easily done - Mark basically forgets what he's doing - Are w...

We've had a few issues in the past, so it's time to discuss the ideal rule book! Highlights include: - Slow on the business front again - If there's too many questions, something's gone wrong - Mark invents our mascot - Siri makes a guest appearance... or whatever the audio equivalent of that is

It's a full moon in our peaceful village, but shit! Some of us are werewolves! Can the villagers successfully work out who is a bloodthirsty bastardo and lynch them before the wolves take over? Highlights include: - What future hollow millers? - Mark forgets who he is and what he can do pretty much every round - What does the fox say? - The economy of our village is awful - Matt goes on a bit of a...

Finally, we play Listener Dan's reworking of a classic. It's Chess, but you flick it... Highlights include: - Booby Trap is not Minnesota's claim to fame - Mark's a big wuss - If you've got sensitive tips, maybe this isn't the game for you - Ladies and Gentlemen... Chestnut Maloo!