About this episode

The episode discusses the benefits and pitfalls of new editions of old games, focusing on Libertalia and its reimplementation.

Episode 281- Libertalia and Reimplementations Paul, Brendan, and Pete discuss the benefits and potential pitfalls of making new editions of old games. Then they deep dive Paolo Mori's 2012 classic Libertalia and the excellent update from Stonemaier Games in 2022's Winds of Galecrest. Time Stamps2:40- second editions and reimplementations22:00- Libertalia deep dive Preplanners Pete and Paul are going to chat about fresh plays of Gen Con hotness! Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/. Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Intermission Music:music elevator ext part 1/3 by Jay_You -- https://freesound.org/s/467243/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Bell with Crows by MKzing -- https://freesound.org/s/474266/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 hammer v2.wav by…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jacob Frydman, Brendan Hansen, Pete Wissinger, Paul Salomon

Topics covered

• game editions
• reimplementations
• Libertalia
• board games
• Gen Con

Keywords

• Libertalia
• Winds of Galecrest
• board games
• reimplementations
• Gen Con

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stonemaier Games

Books & works: Libertalia, Winds of Galecrest

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