Organised Fun

Our dubiously constructed town has been overrun by zombies! The helicopter is on its way, but will we make it to the helipad in time? Or will we just settle for killing as many of the undead as we can? Highlights include: - Such cards, much pile - We haven't been doing the podcast for all of time - We visit the Cave of Shitlords - The map grew at an acceptable rate - Delivery cost more than the ac...

In this minisode, we discuss what keeps us coming back to play games over and over! Highlights include: - Glee killed Scene It - We hope JK Rowling is ok - Replayability = Board quality - What the fuck's a Storio? - We revolutionise the concept of Cluedo... and general law - What is fun? - You can do one - I have to explain the spreadsheet AGAIN - Who cheated at Quidditch?  

Get your wands out and test your knowledge as we play Harry Potter Scene It! Highlights include: - Hogwarts TM - How can you only read 'some' of the books? - I love Harry Potter - Mark's example of a recent console is a Wii - If you don't like Harry Potter, this isn't the Scene It for you - Mark forgets the whole point of the podcast -

I give you Chargeball! My effort in response to our Create Your Own Challenge goes up against Mark's harsh scrutiny - will it be enough to impress? Highlights include: - We actually try and give some legit advice, not very successfully - Mark forgets the conditions of the challenge - Be honest, do you know what colours the Elements are? - Hexagons? Rectangles? Whatever... - Who brings a gun to a b...

It's just another routine day aboard the USCSS Theseus. Oh wait, nope - it's been infested with aliens! Can a squad of brave Colonial Marines clear out the nest and save the day? Highlights include: - 25% Shed Babies - Alien tails give me no end of stress - Mark hasn't ever seen Predator... because it's invisible - My entire Marine squad = one Alien Queen - There could be scope for utter bastardry...

In this week's minisode, we discuss the merits of making your own board games (in a lovable, childlike way, not a moneygrabbing Kickstarter bastard way). Highlights include: - Gary Potter is a chavvy Slytherin - Mark was brought up in a cellar - You can just put your own face on stuff - Look out for 'Trains and Potholes' in a game shop near you! - Made your own game? Want Mark to slag it off? Get...

We've signed up with NorTec, and our base is under attack! Can we keep the HQ intact through the waves of alien monstrosities? Highlights include: - I experience major diagram woes - We get Patrick on the phone - We pitch Game Chooser App Mega - Mark does his best Holographic Museum Woman voice - Stock up on fodder - We experience a confluence of effluence - Gary Potter??

Aliens are dropping out of orbit all over the shop, and Earth's last hope is... us. Basically, kiss the planet goodbye! Highlights include: - Bunty gets fan mail - Watch out for Floaters - Mark ruins the order of things - I forgot the atmospheric music - Mark can't tell the difference between figures and tokens - Our budgeting is a total mess - We basically lost because of Asia

We join The Consortium and blast back in time to the roaring twenties... Can we stop a temporal fault being created in a French mental asylum? Highlights include: - Imagine Source Code and Quantum Leap had a baby... - Also imagine Exit and House Of Danger had a baby... - Never investigate suspicious grunting - Watch out for manticores - Where's the croquet? - I forgot my cocaine addiction

Grab your lightsabers, charge up your blasters, and watch out for Bantha poodoo as we play Star Wars Destiny! Who will win in a classic battle of Dark against Light? Highlights include: - Board games can be used for evil - Not Jar Jar Binks!!! - It's all about the guns - How do they work out age recommendations? - Mark still can't remember the motto - Siri gets involved

It began with a Christmas gift full of good intentions... Bunty joins us as we plumb the depths of the gay sex trade. Just how rude can we make a game of Monopoly? Highlights include: - This is a different level of swearing - We get schooled on Sandy Petersen - 10 out of 10 for 'rude' - An orgy is better than a threesome - everyone knows that - I fell into a porn void - Jail is quite sexy - Polite...

The world as we know it has ended, humanity is done for, and ancient evils walk the earth, vying for supremacy. Who will win the Cthulhu Wars? Highlights include: - Fuck the environment and fuck homeless people! - If Sandy Petersen is such a great game designer, why does he need Kickstarter? - What is Sandy short for? - We work ourselves into a dead end with an epic strategy fail - Mark kills ever...

Be a winner at The Game Of Life, find a job and money maybe, get married, have a baby, take a chance, find romance, all your dreams may come true! Highlights include: - You get a boner from egg and cress sandwiches - Mark really can't say the motto - Marriage is compulsory - Mark is a humourless wretch - I'm not sold on the spinner - We fail at maths - We had pretty good lives, but never actually...

We've woken up in an abandoned hospital with no recollection of how we got there, or what's going on. All we've got to go on is this podcast episode! Will we solve the mysteries of the Coma Ward? Highlights include: - I get my words wrong - Mark destroys Meriel's game categories - Hooray! Zack and Albert both survive! - The last thing you want is to flash your junk whilst running through the hospi...

We enrol in the Grand Academy of Magic so we can train as kick ass Battle Mages! We've chosen our best spells, but who will win? Highlights include: - Mark's wizard sounds like an STD - 69% of people can't be trusted - I've been practicing my letters - Mark blames his poor spell choices on me - It's Epic PvP, but done well

We assemble a team of brave investigators to once more try and rescue the town of Arkham from unspeakable horror, in the original 1987 release! Highlights include: - We get a second Hater! - Every Monopoly cloud has a Game of Life silver lining - We lamely attempt to pass the Bechdel test - Dilettante? Debutante? Whatever! - It's all a bit brisk - It's not a maths podcast - Finally, someone says t...

In this Minisode, we discuss game genres and classifications! How do you know what you're getting, and how do you choose? Highlights include: - I finally won something on Arkham Horror The Card Game - Mark confuses Guatemala with Guantanamo Bay - Board Games? Crystal Maze? Same thing innit - Knowing things is a skill - Coming soon to a games shop near you - Horror of the Whatevers - I use a horren...

Prepare the away team and get your red shirts on as we play Star Trek Fluxx! Highlights include: - We get a new pet hate... - I get shitty with Hasbro - You're in for some quality sound effects... - Who is Christine Chapel?? - Mark makes some controversial ranking choices...

We're on a train speeding across Europe and there's been a murder! The detective solving the case has gone missing and now it's down to us to solve the crime and escape. Oh, and we're locked in, obviously. We need an exit, pronto! Highlights include: - I have to say hello to everybody - I do a half arsed job at box reading - #exitstrategies - Mark doesn't know the difference between Spades and Clu...

Eat some mushrooms and force yourself down a pipe to collect shiny coins - sounds like a typical day on a council estate, but it's not, it's Monopoly Gamer! Highlights include: - It's bad news for Derek Ring - Old people can design games too - I lose the ability to speak coherently, and I wasn't even drinking this week! - Mark is a coin grabbing bastard - Luigi is the shit brother - You get to hea...

We take to the clouds, harnessing the lightning in an attempt to wire up a rocket launch pad... as you do! Join us as we play Forbidden Sky! Try not to get blown off... Highlights include: - Apologies to Ryan Miller - your name is common - Luke Peterschmidt is more popular than Derek Ring - We get interrupted by a random rocket launch - According to Mark, America owns the internet - Cassie admits...

Join us for a shufflebuilding battle of epic proportions. It's the Halfling Rogues versus the Orc Barbarians, but in the end, does it really matter? Highlights include: - I get multilingual - Listener Cassie has been on the blower again - Mark refuses to drink Brandy Milk Punch - We fail the Bechdel test - There's some box inconsistency - I sound like a Hater - Mark declares this is the worst one...

Join us for our first Expansion - We'll be seeing if adding a load of cocks makes a difference to Bears Vs Babies! Highlights include: - Cassie gets a challenge - God bless the Christians - I retract a flashback - Saying NSFW repeatedly is really difficult - Some of the bears now have tits

So we finally did it! Joined by special guests Patrick, Glen and Lee, we play Epic Drinking Fluxx with all the corresponding drinks and snacks.... did we survive the horror? High(low)lights include: - Mark gets listener criticism - Nobody wants to argue over a wheelbarrow or a twatty cannon - Mark persistently forgets how to play, and acts incredulous about literally everything - The Shiraz has no...

In this Minisode, we discuss the use of Kickstarter as a platform for board game creation. We get Patrick's expert opinion, because we literally know nothing! Highlights include: - We mess up the intro - Format change! - Too bad Canada doesn't have its own language - The Kickstarter baby is an ugly twat - What if you back something and then die? - Fucking Chinese New Year! - Wingardium Leviosa?