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Jul 25, 2019
Jul 25, 2019
27 min
Dan Letzring is back, and he's here to talk about the latest offering from Letiman games: Adventure Tactics. This is a campaign game inspired by Final Fantasy Tactics that promises to offer the adventuring and character growth of a game like Descent or Gloomhaven without the mandatory 3 hour play sessions.
Adventure Tactics will be on Kickstarter July 29th!
See more from Letiman Games here: https://www.letimangames.com/
Music: Sailing The Solar Wind by Abstraction
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Jul 15, 2019
Jul 15, 2019
1hr 26 min
Vital Lacerda is one of the most significant eurogame designers of the last decade, delivering consistently high quality complex games others can rarely match. In this episode Orion and Marc go through each of Lacerda's games chronologically, evaluating them individually and as part of a larger body of work. What design aspects stand out as particularly "Lacerdian"? What trends have emerged in recent games, and what do we predict for the future?
2:48 - Vinhos
17:33 - CO2
27:34 - Kanban
33:56 - The Gallerist
48:40 - Lisboa
55:50 - Escape Plan
1:07:56 - Tangent about some sci-fi book
1:13:00 - Design consistencies
Music: Sailing The Solar Wind by Abstraction
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