About this episode

Mike Hutchinson joins Chris McDowall to discuss nostalgia, board games, and frustrating gaming experiences.

This week I'm joined by Mike Hutchinson to talk about nostalgia for the party you just missed, being lured away from pitched battles, and the most frustrating board game experience of my life. This Podcast was made possible by Patreon supporters at ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/bastionland⁠⁠ As always you can find out more about Bastionland at ⁠⁠www.bastionland.com⁠⁠ Music Attribution: Dragon and Toast by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

People in this episode

Host: Chris McDowall

Guest: Mike Hutchinson

Topics covered

• nostalgia
• board games
• game design
• roleplaying games
• party experiences

Keywords

• nostalgia
• party
• board game
• game design
• roleplaying

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bastionland, Patreon

Books & works: Dragon and Toast

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