The Last Standee

Hi all, and welcome to episode 86 of The Last Standee Podcast! In this episode, after the unmissable Standee Catch-up, Audrey talks about Dungeons & Dragons: Bedlam in Neverwinter, the investigation boardgame about the popular monster-hitting TTRPG. After that, Fen will review Leviathan Wilds, a production which brings back Shadow of the Colossus vibes with a bit of whimsy, and finally Alexis and...

Welcome to Episode 85 of The Last Standee Podcast! This episode is dedicated to very confused introspection, as we follow with increased worry Alessio and Cara talk at length about boardgames and bureaucracy. But before we get to the latter, we have an inexplicably long Standee Catch-up where we discuss the former, along with the intricacies of time loops. After we are done, Cara recounts her expe...

Hi all and welcome to episode 84 of The Last Standee Podcast! And not just "any" episode - this is one episode from the A-Team (Alexis, Audrey and Alessio), or how we humbly call it, a triple-A episode (no seriously, why you keep following us?). After a catch-up with some news from the boardgaming world, Alessio talks us about Rebel Princess, aka the Hearts variant you didn't know you needed. Then...

Hi all, ready to feel the groove with us? After the Standee Catch-up, Fen takes on the ouverture with the Gig. Now, I would really say that the Forest Shuffle, about which Audrey talks next, is a dance move, but I guess you'll have to listen to the episode to find out. The Finale is in the capable hands of our Cara, who brings us back in the world of Tidal Waves with the Banner Festival!

Am I the only one feeling sleepy in Spring? Welcome to episode 82 of The Last Standee Podcast - early Spring edition! In this episode in the sign of egregiousness (I swear, this is not AI-generated!) we start egregiously drifting aimlessly in lazy recollections with the Standee Catch-up, at the end of which Alexis gives us an update on what is the current situation with Golden Bell Studio crowdfun...

Argh, we're late! Again! Welcome to Episode 81 of The Last Standee Podcast! In this episode, our three chatty hosts/speakers have a long, winded Standee Catchup, then Fen leads the talk to the main course of the episode, ISS Vanguard - one of the latest fatigues from Awaken Realms, with the ambition to narrate an epic spacefaring campaign which starts and ends (or ends and starts?) with a mystery...

At long last, episode 80! It always feels nice when we get to complete tens of episodes, doesn't it? Anyway (anyho), this episode begins with the usual catch-up, then we have Fen presenting The Plum Island Horror. Unsettling mysteries continue with Alexis talking about Pop-up Mystery Manor, until we can finally rest and relax with Cara, presenting us her list of relaxing games - Namiji, Tranquilit...

Welcome to episode 79 of The Last Standee Podcast! In our endless pursuit for aesthetical perfection, always striving for novelty, we bring you a... special? Is it the right word? Would it be better "weird"? Oh, it's yours to judge (definitely weird) episode, because that's a two-people recording, dedicated to two games, which are two-player games (not one, not three)! After all, it takes two to t...

Three steps, as it has always been. First, a welcome: Welcome to Episode 78 of the Last Standee Podcast, and our first episode of 2024! How are the smoldering remains of society treating you at the beginning of the new calendar? Second, an intro: after long debate, we decided to kick off the year with an episode with the regular formula: three games, three speakers, some fil rouge to connect every...

Welcome to Episode 77 of The Last Standee Podcast! This time, the content of the episode is a mystery. No, not because this is a mystery-themed episode (one day!), but because the francophones took over the episode! What will they be talking about? Are there even three people in the staff speaking French? Is THIS the way we spend Patrons' money? The answer to these questions, and maybe many others...

Welcome to Episode 76 of The Last Standee Podcast! In this episode we trade common sense and decency for a hearty laugh - and that shows right away from the Catch-ups! This episode will probably be remembered as "the one with the best transitions ever" - we feel so sure of it that we account even for future episodes. Cara begins the -no, not serious. Not even "more structured" - let's say the chat...

There were five or six speakers, a few more listeners, a lot of monsters, some designers in the darkness. Everybody knew nothing. Welcome to Episode 75 of The Last Standee Podcast! For this episode, we are back doing what we do best, and that's idly chatting about boss battlers (yeah, we could have done a bit earlier, but we wanted the entire crowd of speakers to be on the same page). In this epis...

Boardgamers ahoy! ...or not quite, because we got exactly ONE game not fitting the sailing theme! Oh well, as they say: sometimes you eat the bear... This episode, after a Standee Catch-up which doubles as a PSA for animal care, Cara sets sail to distant shores into EOS: Island of Angels (which was called once... nah, listen to the review :) ). Then, Fen starts what could very well be a series of...

Welcome to episode 73 of The Last Standee podcast! Yes, there will be space, aliens and ancient Egypt, and no, it's not a Stargate Episode. But we are getting ahead of ourselves now. As usual, we begin with our Standee Catch-up among Alexis, Fen and Alessio. With that done, it's time to go through a couple news items that are floating around these days. After that, it's time to finally talk about...

Welcome to Episode 72 of The Last Standee Podcast! It has been a pretty egregious vacation, albeit a very belated one, but we are now here in full swing to bring to your table our opinions of what we brought to our table (an example of traditional Hobbit speech). We usually compose titles with some smart puns about the theme of the episode, so yeah, this episode's title is more wishful thinking th...

Welcome to Episode 71 of The Last Standee podcast! This being the second part of our immense KDM retrospective, y'all already know what you are signing for! In this episode, Fen, Alexis and Audrey continue the chat about mechanics and talk about the hobby aspect and a few other topics.

Welcome to episode 70 of The Last Standee Podcast! In this episode, while the team waits for the King and, well, the rest of the stuff in the Gambler's Chest, we have the first part of our Kingdom Death retrospective! In part 1, Fen, Alexis and Alessio chat about the origins of the genre, KDM's own history and some mechanical insights. Stay tuned for part two!

Welcome to steamy episode 69 of The Last Standee Podcast! What's in store for the sexiest number of them all? But of course, a contest to find the least sexy game in our collections! NO SPOILERS HERE, so you'll have to listen to the episode to find out what it's about (spoiler: all games discussed are actually good games!)

Welcome to Episode 68 of The Last Standee Podcast! Despite the heat (without the pedal to the metal) wrapping up everything in the Northern Hemisphere, we are once again at our posts to provide you precious opinions about boardgames! After the catch-up, Alessio brings up the Tourney vibe with Challengers!, then Fen goes on with a critique of Lands of Galzyr - finally it's Cara's turn to talk about...

Welcome to this belated and much anticipated episode of The Last Standee Podcast - now with cutting "uhmmms" when we spot them in the sound curve! In this episode we have a bit of everything: we begin with the Standee Catch-up with two very different heartwarming pieces of news: one about human empathy and the other about eternal kickstarter projects getting closer to fulfilment. After that, we ha...

Welcome to episode 66 of The Last Standee Podcast! It's again that time of the year where we interview Marcin Welnicki from Into The Unknown Studio, this time to discuss their ongoing Kickstarter for Aeon Trespass: Odyssey reprint and Twelve Sins of Herakles standalone prequel! Expect the usual Marcin's enthusiasm, a lot of small facts and trivia and behind-the-scenes design choices, and some not-...

Welcome to episode 65 of The Last Standee Podcast! You might feel that the Standee Catch-up has fallen a bit behind the Timefront, but no worries! In this episode, Cara talks about Flamecraft, finally giving us a dispassionate opinion whether the game is more cute or more fun (looking at you, Unstable Unicorns!), then Audrey introduces us the "co-opetitive" games we all love and will now know, Hel...

Welcome to: a) Episode 64 of The Last Standee Podcast b) the World of Monsters! Well, let's get this in order- there's the welcome, in the form of the Standee Catch-up with Fen, Alessio and Alexis - we talk about big boxes, big games and big box games. After that, there's "a" world, the world of Cry Havoc- a genius asymmetric area control game of "old". And then there are Monsters. And Monster Hun...

Why tuckboxes? I'm afraid this will be a mystery, like the name of the designer of Love Letter. But don't fret, all shall be answered within the episode. When Alessio talks about Astro Knights and Audrey talks about Love Letter, respectively. Other than those, Fen does an exhaustive comparison of both campaigns in Aeon's End: Legacy and Aeon's End: Legacy of Gravehold and Cara brings us to the mos...

Welcome to episode 62 of The Last Standee Podcast! The Last Standee: the only podcast brought to you by intergalactic sewage pipes. But let's get to this from the beginning. No, not the Standee Catch-up, although that is the beginning enough. Oh, WELCOME BACK CARA, by the way! Anyway, very close to the beginning there's Fen talking about Hoplomachus: Victorum from Chip Theory Games. Then, we get t...