Quest for the Roleplay Experience

About this episode

The episode explores the quest for an immersive roleplay experience in board games.

https://www.youtube.com/@everydayboardgames https://www.eventbrite.com/e/svwag-con-ii-electric-boogaloo-tickets-1986634285627 www.sowronggames.com www.twitch.tv/soverywrongaboutgames www.youtube.com/c/SoVeryWrongAboutGames https://twitter.com/sowronggames www.facebook.com/sowronggames www.patreon.com/svwag/ 00:00 INTRO 01:12 Formidable Farm (Friedemann Friese 2F-Spiele 2025) 04:43 Trickster Gods (Dennis Bigelow Farallon Games 2026) 07:02 Kanban: Driver's Edition (Vital Lacerda Stronghold Games 2014) 10:48 Shuffle and Swing (Robert Hovakimyan Bitewing Games 2024) 15:21 Escape: Roll & Write (Sebastian Schwarz Queen Games 2021) 18:58 Joan of Arc: Orléans Draw & Write (Ryan Hendrickson, Reiner Stockhausen dlp games 2022) 21:09 Cat and the Tower (Masakazu Takizawa Arclight Games 2024) 22:23 First Rat (Gabriele Ausiello, Virginio Gigli Pegasus Spiele 2022) 23:44 NEWS 39:58 Main Topic: The Quest for the Roleplay Experience Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Pickaxe

Topics covered

• roleplay experience
• board games
• game design
• game mechanics
• game reviews

Keywords

• roleplay
• board games
• game design
• game mechanics
• game reviews

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pickaxe

Products: Formidable Farm, Trickster Gods, Kanban: Driver's Edition, Shuffle and Swing, Escape: Roll & Write, Joan of Arc: Orléans Draw & Write, Cat and the Tower, First Rat

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