67. 30 Minutes or Less?

About this episode

The hosts test and discuss three board games that claim to have a playtime of 30 minutes or less.

Send us Fan Mail Are the claims on the game box about playtime length accurate? In this episode, your hosts Chris Alley and Cameron Lockey hold things down while Bill and Jason are away on vacation as they put three games claiming to take 30 minutes or less to the test and share their thoughts on these unusual, forgotten, and underappreciated games. FEATURED GAMES: 00:00:00 Intro & Banter 00:35:09 Cities 01:01:59 Great Wall of China 01:35:07 Nyet! MUSIC (courtesy of https://epidemicsoun...

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris Alley, Cameron Lockey

Topics covered

• game playtime
• board games
• game reviews
• forgotten games
• underappreciated games

Keywords

• playtime length
• board games
• game testing
• Cities
• Great Wall of China
• Nyet!

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Cities, Great Wall of China, Nyet!

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