Remember way back in Episode 33, when we talked about two-player games but excluded fighting and war games because there were too many? Now is when we finally talk about the fighty ones! Join us as:

• Brian's tongue stops working.
• We talk about chess - good chess channels on YouTube, weird chess games on forums, and absolutely bonkers chess games on the computer.
• We look back at an early first-person shooter - in book form.
• We haggle about the intricacies of the Avalon Hill game complexity scale.
• And we generally correct each other, talk smack, and otherwise have fun.

As always, thank you for listening. If you have the time to give us an iTunes review, please do - it really helps us grow!

We'd also love to have you visit our website and let us know what kinds of games we should discuss next. You're also more than welcome to comment on the episode page, or our Facebook page, or tag @ascentofboardgames on Bluesky. Whatever way you prefer to share your opinions with us, we'd love to hear them. As always, we appreciate your listening - stay safe out there, and happy gaming!

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Intro and outro music is "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under a Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.

The Ascent of Board Games is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Some rights reserved.

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It's time for another deep dive - this time into the collected works of Czech game guru Vlaada Chvátil (whose name we hope we pronounced mostly right most of the time, but no promises). Join us as:

• We examine some of the...questionable design choices of Vlaada's first board game.
• We talk about the metallic composition of these famously flimsy early miniatures.
• We learn that Frank likes Talisman, and Mike dislikes that.
• Brian gratuitously quotes Walt Whitman.
• We talk about excellent digital versions of two of Vlaada's early classics.
• We fail to adequately convey the sheer madness of Bunny Bunny Moose Moose.
• And we mention the very clever twist that makes Codenames: Duet stand out.

As always, thank you for listening. If you have the time to give us an iTunes review, please do - it really helps us grow!

We'd also love to have you visit our website and let us know what kinds of games we should discuss next. You're also more than welcome to comment on the episode page, or our Facebook page, or tag @ascentofboardgames on Bluesky. Whatever way you prefer to share your opinions with us, we'd love to hear them. As always, we appreciate your listening - stay safe out there, and happy gaming!

• Website: https://www.ascentofboardgames.com
• Email: ascentofboardgames@gmail.com
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ascentboardgames/
• Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ascentofboardgames.bsky.social
• Discord: http://discord.ascentofboardgames.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ascentofboardgames/
• And, occasionally, Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ascentofboardgames

Intro and outro music is "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under a Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.

The Ascent of Board Games is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Some rights reserved.

Thank you for listening!

Hello all! We have a lot of games to get through this month, so everybody please take your turn promptly. But how do we know whose turn it is? Listen and find out!

• Mike happily admits that he would rather watch crappy anime than good movies and TV.
• Brian explains the original rules to History of the World about four times, and eventually gets them right.
• Frank has many game designer shrines in his house.
• We do our research live on the air, making corrections as we go!

As always, thank you for listening. Not to rush you, but it is your turn to give us an iTunes review, so please do so!

We'd also love to have you visit our website and let us know what kinds of games we should discuss next. You're also more than welcome to comment on the episode page, or our Facebook page, or tag @ascentofboardgames on Bluesky. Whatever way you prefer to share your opinions with us, we'd love to hear them. As always, we appreciate your listening - stay safe out there, and happy gaming!

• Website: https://www.ascentofboardgames.com
• Email: ascentofboardgames@gmail.com
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ascentboardgames/
• Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ascentofboardgames.bsky.social
• Discord: http://discord.ascentofboardgames.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ascentofboardgames/
• And, occasionally, Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ascentofboardgames

Intro and outro music is "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under a Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.

The Ascent of Board Games is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Some rights reserved.

Thank you for listening!