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: 0:28:19
• Desert: 0:47:47
• Outro: 1:01:21

Links

Board Games As Puzzles: Problem Design & Player Agency

https://youtu.be/f697KVbaeyk

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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/anime)

Timestamps

Start: 00:00

Appetizer: 01:47

Clair Obscur Expedition 33: 10:09

Desert: 1:07:22

Outro: 1:19:41

Links

Molly House Print and Play

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3510978/final-print-and-play-released

Bungie plagiarized artist N2 for upcoming Marathon game

https://www.vice.com/en/article/bungie-accused-of-plagiarizing-yet-again-marathon-seemingly-lifts-assets-from-an-artists-original-work-without-their-knowledge/

ProtoCon BC

https://www.protoconbc.ca/

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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, Blue Prince, Black Mirror, The Invisible Man and His Soon to be Wife

Timestamps

• Start: 00:00
• Appetizer: 01:18
• Blue Prince: 14:48
• Desert: 56:56
• Outro: 1:11:44
• Blue Prince Spoilers: 1:12:59

Links

Reforest: Old Growth

http://kck.st/4jA9BtY

Seas of Havoc Reprint & First Mates Expansion

http://kck.st/3Z6yNjs

Spindlejack

https://jump-over-the-age.itch.io/citizen-sleeper-spindlejack

Quinns Quest Citizen Sleeper Actual Play

https://youtu.be/SCP7Pf12xcU

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