THE OMNIGAMERS’ CLUB

Description We’re at the Cabin Factory, we’re at the Rune Factory, we’re at the combination Cabin/Rune Factory. Daniel observes a new trend in horror games, Mark wears many hats in Guardians of Azuma, plus playtesting at Protocon, Playstation Portal and more. Topics Discussed ProtoCon, Playtesting, Square Enix Layoffs and AI QA, Playstation Portal, The Cabin Factory, Rune Factory : Guardians of Az...

We’re joined by Daniel Newman to talk about his work with New Mill Industries and experiences at the Tokyo Game Market. Then we descend into a discussion of Hades 2 to put our thoughts to rest. Topics Discussed New Mill Industries, Tokyo Game Market, Gachapon, Hades 2, Junji Ito, Shigeru Mizuki, Chainsaw Man, Kamen Rider Zeztz, Pontypool Timestamps Start: 0:00:00  Appetizer 1: 0:01:56 Appetizer 2:...

Daniel spells out an afterlife sentence in Cryptmaster; Mark highlights several demos from the Steam Next Fest including Hand of Hexes, Glintland, and Whiskerwood; Plus Halo evolves a genetic redundancy, Star Trek finds a new final frontier of game design and more. Topics Discussed Anbernic RG DS, Miyoo Mini Flip, Ball X Pit, Welcome to Drowned Lake, Mothership Month, Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the U...

Daniel rides the waves of tactical cleverness in Tidal Blades 2; Mark continues our JRPG retrospective with Phantasy Star 2. Plus Ball X Pit, new retro game devices and more. Topics Discussed Anbernic RG DS, Miyoo Mini Flip, Ball X Pit, Welcome to Drowned Lake, Mothership Month, Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders, Phantasy Star 2, Night of the Baba Yaga, Alien 3, Alien Resurrection Timestamps S...

This Thanksgiving, we’re laying out a spread of Trick Takers, discussing the genre, our favourites, and where the best place to start is. We also revisit our thoughts on video game remakes and remasters, their intentions and values. Topics Discussed Video Game Remakes as Preservation, Trick Taking Games, Chronicle, Rebel Princess, Skull King, Gachapon Trick, Cat in the Box, The Crew, Sail, Vamp on...

We’re joined by return guest Alex McKenzie of Meeple and the Moose to discuss Final Fantasy, both the debut game and the series’ legacy. We talk remakes and reinterpretations, monsters and manuals Topics Discussed The Game Makers, Xbox Game Pass changes, Phantasy Star TTRPG, Final Fantasy, The September House Timestamps Start: 0:00:00  Appetizer 1: 0:01:42 Appetizer 2: 0:06:47 Appetizer 3: 0:14:25...

We’re joined by Denis Ryan to discuss what sprouted our interest at the Vancouver Game Garden, a showcase of locally made video game prototypes. We talk indie games, idle games, peggle games, picross games and more. Timestamps Start: 0:00:00  Appetizer 1: 0:02:16 Appetizer 2: 0:07:15 Appetizer 3: 0:12:16 Main 1: 0:17:21 Main 2: 0:25:27 Dessert 1: 1:04:43 Dessert 2: 1:06:34 Dessert 3: 1:08:21 Outro...

 This week we’re joined by Tim from Board Game Hot Takes podcast to run through a flood of opinions on the board game Barrage. We discuss the challenges of first impressions, delayed gratification and dynamic drainage. Plus Etherstone and more. Topics Discussed Etherstone, overcoming first impressions, Barrage, Peacemaker, Dispatch, Leviathan Timestamps Start: 0:00:00 Appetizer 1: 0:07:08 Appetize...

Mark shows the ace up his sleeve with the deceptive narrative game Card Shark; Daniel binds his thoughts on Silksong and the value of difficulty; Plus Vancouvers’ Full Indie Summit, adventures in Linux and more! Topics Discussed Virtual Boy on Nintendo Online, Full Indie Summit (Project Haste, Meowmentum, Hatch & Craft: Prehistoric Paradise, Hands of Hell), Linux tinkering, Card Shark, Silkson...

Description Mark jogs his memory with card game nana; Daniel screams with no one to hear in Alien: Isolation; Plus retro game devices, the state of game criticism and more! Topics Discussed Vancouver Public Library book sale, retro game devices, the state of games criticism, nana/Trio, Alien: Isolation, Isao Tomita’s The Planets, Frozen the Musical Timestamps Start: 0:00:00 Appetizer 1: 0:01:30 Ap...

Description Daniel sizes up the focused tactical campaign of Mass Effect the Board Game: Priority Hagalaz; Mark digs up a cult classic with Japanese card game Harvest; Plus Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Mooki Island, Cypher TTRPG and more. Topics Discussed Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Donkey Kong Bananza, Mooki Island, Cypher, Mass Effect the Board Game: Priority Hagalaz, Harvest, Kaguya Sama: Love is War (m...

This week, Daniel embraces the joy of touching alien goo in video game Returnal and Mark reads through the dexterously slim new TTRPG Nimble. Plus Silk-posting, gaming vs gambling, friction vs escapism, D&D compatibility and more. Topics Discussed Silksong release date, Addiction by Design, Returnal, Nimble, Alien Earth, Steel of the Celestial Shadows Timestamps Start: 0:00:00 Appetizer: 0:01:...

Daniel squares up the Wilmot trilogy of games and how they bring order to chaos. Mark explores the challenges of digital noise in Clank! Digital. Plus Die The Roleplaying Game, 3DS hacks and more! Topics Discussed Die The Roleplaying Game, hacking/emulating dual screen consoles, Wilmots Warehouse (video game and board game), Wilmot Works it Out, Clank! Digital, The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet...

We’re back in the hotseat and sizzling up some summer treats. Daniel grills fresh takes on Nintendo Switch 2’s debut with Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza while Mark cools off with the refreshing retro charm of Breath of Fire. We also discuss some recent controversy around representation in games and the broader role of cultural consultancy. Topics Discussed CGE apology re: Harry Potter Co...

We're back from summer vacation, and we have stories to tell. Daniel recounts his experiences in Australia, even attending a con, while Mark visits Japan mostly for retro game hunting with a little (Nintendo) museum going in the mix. Topics Discussed The Danes, Thunder Road: Vendetta campaign, Unmatched Hellboy, Sword World English translation, Let’s Go! To France, BDS Microsoft boycott, CGE boyco...

We’re closing off this season of the podcast with a pot luck of tasty game news and reviews: We discuss the state of video game consoles and a selection of Steam Next Fest Demos; Daniel reminisces with a retro game roundup of Jurassic Park and Phantasy Star; Mark surveys the remaster of Xenoblade Chronicles X Topics Discussed Are video game consoles dead?, Is Game Pass Devaluing games?, Video game...

We welcome omni-streamer Amanda Panda (aka Panda8ngel) to the club, to discuss the state of board game conventions, why there’s an aversion to co-operative games and why libraries are so awesome. With reviews of Darwin’s Journey, Dungeon Kart and My Shelfie The Dice Game. Topics Discussed Why won’t my friends play Co-operative Games, Not talking about Summer Game Fest, The state of games conventio...

This episode, we’re joined by Graham Gentz from Mythworks to discuss his experience designing TTRPGs and running Mega Games. Graham recalls a wealth of experience playing A Penny for My Thoughts, and Daniel delivers a report of visiting Koriko: A Magical Year. Topics Discussed CBR+PNK, Under the Autumn Strangely, Mega Games, A Penny For My Thoughts, Koriko: A Magical Year, horror recommendations T...

This week we ponder the conundrum of classifying puzzles as games, as Daniel reviews Gravitrax The Game Pro: Splitter. Meanwhile Mark plunders the retro archives to review Gargoyle’s Quest. Topics Discussed Puzzles as Games, Gravitrax The Game, Gargoyles Quest, Fargo (TV series), Star Wars: Convergence (Novel) Timestamps Start: 0:00:00 Appetizer: 0:01:30 Gravitrax: 0:12:15 Gargoyle’s Quest: 0:28:1...

This week we’re both illustrating our thoughts on turn-based RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. We discuss its surrealist high-stakes storytelling and resonance with card-game mechanics to see how this exquisite corpse of design fits together. Topics Discussed Molly House Print and Play, Bungie plagiarises artwork, ProtoCon BC, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, A Canticle for Leibowitz, Overlord (manga/a...

This week we’re taking a magnifying glass to Blue Prince and both comparing our thoughts on this innovative blend of card drafting, puzzle solving and rogue-like RNG. Is the resulting Winchester house of game design worthy of the crown? Topics Discussed Reforest: Old Growth, Seas of Havoc, Goodman Games collaborating with Judges Guild, Spindlejack, Citizen Sleeper, Nintendo virtual game cards, Blu...

We're back to our regularly scheduled format. Mark covers Dungeon Crawl Classics, the decidedly Old Skool TTRPG. Daniel discusses Xia Legends of the Drift System. Does it fail to deliver? Or is it a modern, pick-up-and-deliver classic? Games Discussed Appetizer :  Tariff update. Stonemeier joining a lawsuit to sue the government Final Frontier Games, Greater than Games, Boardlandia closed.  La...

We wrap up our 100th episode celebration by with the final countdown of our top 100 games and our top 10 personal favourite video games of all time. Spoiler wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Games Discussed Daniel: Borderlands 2, Rayman Legends, Overwatch, World of Warcraft, Alien Isolation, Portal 2, Halo: Combat Evolved, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Outer Wilds, Elder S...

We continue counting down our top 100 games with our top 10 personal favourite tabletop games of all time Spoiler wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Games Discussed Daniel: 7 Wonders Duel, Mansions of Madness, Too Many Bones, Imperium Classics, Hansa Teutonica, Forbidden Island, Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Eclipse: 2nd Dawn for the Galaxy, Arkham Horror: The Card Game, Merchant...

We continue counting down our top 100 games with numbers 25 through 11 of our favourite video games. Spoiler wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Games Discussed Daniel: Timesplitters 2, Binding of Isaac, Tales from the Borderlands, Bloodborne, Team Fortress 2, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island, Nioh 2, Assassins Creed 2, XCOM 2, Red Dead Redemption 2, Diablo 2, Prey, Bugsnax,...