For this month’s episode, we’re unexpectedly joined by Amabel Holland to discuss board games — except this time, we cover three titles in total, ranging from Kaiju Table Battles to Doubt Is Our Product and But Then She Came Back. Along the way, we dive into the advantages of board games over other artistic mediums, that New Yorker article, and Amabel’s birthday orgy. Be warned: there’s a chance that this episode should not be played at work, in the presence of impressionable children, or at church. That is, unless your church is the fun kind.

Listen here or download here. Timestamps can be found after the jump.

TIMESTAMPS

4:10 — introducing Amabel’s three most recent releases
7:02 — Kaiju Table Battles
17:36 — agreeableness: the default mode in board games?
27:40 — why kaiju films?
39:34 — Doubt Is Our Product
56:35 — portraying the Movement and the Company differently
1:04:00 — But Then She Came Back
1:08:17 — designing for mature audiences
1:20:47 — victory conditions, failure, and fairness
1:30:08 — the uphill battle of narrative in games
1:41:33 — the value of upsetting games
1:49:42 — the New Yorker article

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