Organised Fun

Black vs white... Good vs evil... Phil Vs Mark... Are we clever enough to do the chess? Highlights include: - It's Chess! - It's like the library of board games - Mark makes a fundamental misunderstanding of the rules - We've already spoken about favourite Chesh Setch - Execute the Flundergraf Manoeuvre!

Who can build the best armada to conquer the stars? It's deckbuilding, but IN SPACE! Highlights include: - What is a geep? You're a geep! - There's no Latin word for spreadsheet - Do we sound like pissheads to you? - You would have to be a dunce to not be able to play this - It's baby's first deckbuilder - I like my events to be unavoidable - The spreadsheet is not a democracy

The truth is out there, but will we find it? The FBI has been infiltrated by The Syndicate, but what are they hiding? Find out as we play Legendary X-Files! Highlights include: - Mark's reading skills are on point - Can the Incredible Hulk help you uncover a conspiracy? - What do you mean, you don't remember the Faciphaga Imasculata? - You never get a clear photo of the monster - Mark struggles wi...

It's a cat themed game of Russian Roulette - who will get well and truly blown up by an exploding (or imploding) kitten? Highlights include: - Mark's eyesight (and memory) is totally shit - The NSFW is actually quite SFW - Mark becomes entombed within the cone of shame - Shit shuffling is definitely not an issue - What's Old Maid?

It's a special game of non-copyright infringement Fluxx alright? Nothing to see here, honest. Highlights include: - No business! - Who broke whose copyright? - Brandy and tea, fine. Strongbow and tea... no - Mark can't read - We're interrupted by some paranormal activity - Rip off or interpretation - you decide

In this week's minisode, we talk about games in books and film! Highlights include: - Listen up Quizbitches! - Tell us about your dice tower... - Jumanji doesn't really come to life, what???

Creating insults in order to destroy your enemies' self esteem? This certainly puts a twist on the deckbuilding format! Join us as we play Bant! Highlights include: - Plug plug plug! - Mark may be colour blind - Once again, I am tactically deficient - Mark can't say 'tactical' - Everyone knows Mark likes a deck builder

It's Monopoly. It's real money. It's about to get cagey! How competitive will we be, now that literal pounds are at stake? Will friendships withstand the onslaught of capitalism? Highlights include: - Every game needs a character called Judith - We actually did a Non Relinquam In Arca Operculo! - What happens in Monopoly stays in Monopoly - Meriel ruined everything - 12p is not enough to keep you...

Join us on a deckbuilding adventure across the verse as we attempt to steal some pills, defeat some bandits, and generally not die of fire! Highlights include: - Which of your friends is most likely to get bummed in the office? - The ship's on fire. We've got to get rid of the fire. - It's a Frankenstein's monster of art styles

Join us for a mad dash around a tropical island in search of valuable treasures, but watch out for fireballs spewed out by the fearsome Vul-Kar! Highlights include: - Do not expose to excessive heat! - Cataclysms are exciting - Explorers? Tourists? Explorists? - Go for the heart - Everyone knows that tote bags make you immune to theft - Yay, marbles - Any old games in need of a vajazzle?

A load of random faces are trapped in a random contraption - for no reason! Highlights include: - Focus on the money, not the junk - It shall now be referred to as 'The Mangler' - By touching them, you can feel how tight they are - Mark screams like a girl every time it snaps

They say that every day's a school day, but is that true in the board game world? What skills are you actually learning by playing? Highlights include: - Too many firsts - Gaming? Gardening? Same thing really - Mark can't say 'vocabulary' - You can't be a dullard - There are too many games that make you jump  

We've all seen them... You'll be flicking through shelves of board games about spaceships, monsters, magic, zombies and superheroes, and then you see it, and you're left with one single astounding thought: Why would anybody make a game about the 90s Taiwan Independence Movement?? Highlights (of the episode, not the 90s Taiwan Independence Movement) include: - No one wants the D ruining their game...

Igor, fetch me some limbs! We attempt to out-surgery each other in a race to create the best Frankenstein's Bodies! Highlights include: - Total? - Mark threatens the spreadsheet supporters - We get a new pet hate... - Strategy fails, again - Is Mark on opposite day?  

We look back at the first year of Organised Fun! Highlights include: - Have we ruined Derek Ring's career? - If you can't understand the rules, check you're old enough - Are women important? Have you got enough witches? - We finally learn what Mark's 'Create Your Own' idea is - Mark can't remember most of the games we've played - 'Hilarious and Disturbing in equal measure' - our highest accolade -...

We fucked up the world, went to Mars, shit went down, and now there's a war. I hate it when that happens! Find out who wins as we battle for the Everzone! Highlights include: - Ooh, a name! - Once again, there's a level of strategy that we haven't considered... - Hindsight is 20/20 innit - Eyesight? More like Eyeshite - What's your number? Here's my number... - You need to up your font size

So we went to a Board Game Café... there was no spreadsheet. Highlights include: - The cat is particularly vocal - You haven't lived unless you've played the Game of Life - I was expecting a board game dungeon with Barbara Windsor - It's like Blockbuster Video but for games - Food + Games = Eeek - We're playing a game, fuck your cake! - The chairs weren't right - Here's a penis on the table... - H...

Building castles to protect the dream world from some evil shitlord? Sounds strategic... Highlights include: - I am alone in my non-competitiveness - Is 'Tile Game' a category? - I've been in a car accident that wasn't my fault - Mark takes my role of 'strategic liability' - Mark struggles with the concept of shapes and colours... also fact and fiction

This week we get all competitive - does winning matter? Highlights include: - Mark's accent gets more love - Arm wrestling is not a board game - You can make any game drinking or gambling - Shots for the losers! - It's like Saw, but with board games

This week, we discuss the frightening occurrence of the second edition - a killer if you're someone who feels compelled to buy everything! Highlights include: - What's the order of the mousetrap contraption? - We get a new pet hate! - Does different mean better? - Making a new edition is akin to abandoning your baby - Scrabble Second Edition? People would go ape shit! - Is there one called Edward?

In this week's minisode, we consider video games that try to be board games! Highlights include: - Let's be honest, it's a messy start - What do New Zealand people say? - Can you ever trust a computer? - Games are becoming less... papery - Computer board games are a lonely person's best friend - Where is clover from? - Let's be honest, it's a messy finish

We get another Fluxx set under our belts (not literally, that would be weird). Is it as shiny as promised? Highlights include: - Firefly Fluxx is quite difficult to say - We actually talk about Discover Lands Unknown more than Firefly Fluxx. Maybe this episode should be called Discover Lands Unknown Part 2 - Meriel goes a bit 'me' - I get a bit of spreadsheet envy - Christian Petersen is not the f...

We've woken up in a strange place. We don't know where we are or what's going on... The only solution is to explore our surroundings and try and work it out before we starve to death. I'm sure you can guess what happens! Highlights include: - The Philippines is not where I thought it was - Cassie makes a welcome return to pod-bothering - Mark is a huge hypocrite bastard - There's quite a few chanc...

We return to Arkham again as a new threat... threatens. Will we actually save the town this time or will we get our asses kicked once more in the Third Edition of the classic game? Highlights include: - I take the credit for Deep Space Nine Fluxx - How hard is it to make a jigsaw fit together? - It's like a smooshing of Arkham games - Pavilione: If you know, you know... - Death: It's an Arkham thi...

Kirk meets Picard like in that film, Generations. It worked ok then (ish - Kirk died though), but will it bog down Star Trek Fluxx? Highlights include: - Zombies scores a solid 2/10 for scariness - What the fuck is 'epport'? - Do you go by the words or the pictures? - Derek Ring! - You're a bastard