Cardboard Philosophy – Détails, épisodes et analyse

How far is too far in board gaming? No, I don’t mean collection size… and no, I don’t mean how far would you travel to play one… I mean subject matter!

How far is too far? Is there a too far? Is there anything fully off limits for publishers or players?

This week on the show, Evan, Robert and Steve try to find out!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents about the state of euros? Hit us up at cardboardphilosophypod@gmail.com!

Cites and Sources

Alice Is Missing - https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/311654/alice-is-missing

An Infamous Traffic - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/206490/an-infamous-traffic

The Cost - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/292894/the-cost

Heading Forward - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/363538/heading-forward

Hegemony: Lead Your Class To Victory - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/321608/hegemony-lead-your-class-to-victory

I Guess This Is It - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/346911/i-guess-this-is-it

Mombasa - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/172386/mombasa

Pax Pamir: Second Edition - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256960/pax-pamir-second-edition

Secret Hitler - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/188834/secret-hitler

Skymines - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/359438/skymines

Tinner’s Trail - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35570/tinners-trail

In a rare continuation on the previous week’s topic – this week we’re talking immersion!

But what is immersion in a game? Is it a Scrooge McDuck style dive into a swimming pool of board games? Or is it something more design based? More player based? I’m sure curious to know what Robert, Evan and Steve dredge up from the depths of philosophy on this one!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents about the state of euros? Hit us up at cardboardphilosophypod@gmail.com!

Cites and Sources

Blood On The Clocktower - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/240980/blood-on-the-clocktower

Captain Sonar - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171131/captain-sonar

Checkers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2083/checkers

Decrypto - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/225694/decrypto

Gussy Gorillas - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/335864/gussy-gorillas

High Society - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220/high-society

Just One - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/254640/just-one

Monikers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/156546/monikers

Ra - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra

Shuffle & Swing - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414350/shuffle-and-swing

Sky Team - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/373106/sky-team

That’s Not A Hat - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/375651/thats-not-a-hat

Twilight Imperium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition

Wavelength - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262543/wavelength

Werewolf - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/925/werewolf

Wilmot’s Warehouse - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/424975/wilmot-s-warehouse

If you’ve been around the internet for a while; you’ve probably seen a debate around whether something is art or not.

Are video games art? Is modern art, art? Is Taylor Swift’s music art?

But what about board games? Are they art? Better yet; who is the artist? The player the artist or the designer?

Evan, Robert and Steve endeavor to find out together on this week’s show!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at cardboardphilosophypod@gmail.com!

Cites and Sources

Age of Steam - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4098/age-of-steam

Agricola - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola

Blood On The Clocktower - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/240980/blood-on-the-clocktower

Bus - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/552/bus

Cyclades - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/54998/cyclades

Food Chain Magnate - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175914/food-chain-magnate

Imperial Steam - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/338760/imperial-steam

John Company - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/332686/john-company-second-edition

MLEM: Space Agency - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/387378/mlem-space-agency

Pax Pamir: Second Edition - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256960/pax-pamir-second-edition

The Cost - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/292894/the-cost

At the center of gaming is… well, gaming. It’s kinda in the name.

But around the sweet, gooey center that is gaming a whole world of external factors exist!

How do those factors effect our experience with games? Can a good game get ruined by bad factors and vise versa? This week on the show, we plan to find out!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at cardboardphilosophypod@gmail.com!

Cites and Sources

Amun-Re - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5404/amun-re

Art Robbery - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/341935/art-robbery

Barrel Dice - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/148531/barrel-dice

Batman: the Animated Series: Shadow of the Bat –

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/299566/batman-the-animated-series-adventures-shadow-of-th

Bebop - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414349/bebop

Blood on the Clocktower - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/240980/blood-on-the-clocktower

Cat Blues: The Big Gig - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414351/cat-blues-the-big-gig

Cthulu Wars - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/139976/cthulhu-wars

Dobro - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357991/dobro

High Society - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220/high-society

Hot Lead - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/339924/hot-lead

Libertalia - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/125618/libertalia

Nana - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/352515/trio

Passt nicht! - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/393888/passt-nicht

Quacks of Quedlinburg - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244521/the-quacks-of-quedlinburg

Ra - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra

Rapido (Excape) - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357/excape

Secret Hitler - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/188834/secret-hitler

Shuffle & Swing - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414350/shuffle-and-swing

Terra Mystica - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/120677/terra-mystica

That’s Not a Hat - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/375651/thats-not-a-hat

The Quest for El Dorado - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/217372/the-quest-for-el-dorado

You may have noticed this, but we like Reiner Knizia. Like a lot! He’s Robert’s favorite and second favorite designer after all!

This week on the show, in celebration of all things Knizia, we break the rules and go off script to talk about the genius of Knizia’s auction trilogy. What makes Modern Art, Ra & Medici so special? So different? Should these three games be his “auction trilogy?” Robert, Steve & Evan endeavor to find out!  

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at cardboardphilosophypod@gmail.com!

Support Robert's new games on Kickstarter! - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bitewinggamesnick/bebop-shuffle-and-swing-and-cat-blues-the-big-gig?ref=user_menu

(We weren't paid to do this, we just like the games, publisher and even sometimes Robert)

Cites and Sources

Botswana (Wildlife Society) - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/398/wildlife-safari

High Society - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220/high-society

Medici - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/46/medici

Modern Art - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/118/modern-art

Money - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/125/money

Orongo - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/165556/orongo

Ra - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra

It’s been said that “all good things must come to an end.” And it's true! If it wasn’t I would still be in college. But how those good things come to an end can vary wildly - especially in board games!

So how do designers pick a way to end the game? How do those decision change the game feel as a player? Should all games end the same way? Evan, Steve & Robert plan to find out on this week’s show!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at cardboardphilosophypod@gmail.com!

Cites and Sources

7 Wonders Duel - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/173346/7-wonders-duel

Agricola - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola

Byzantium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/19348/byzantium

Captain Sonar - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171131/captain-sonar

Cat Blues - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414351/cat-blues-big-gig

Dune Imperium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/316554/dune-imperium

Ethnos - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/206718/ethnos

Food Chain Magnate - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175914/food-chain-magnate

Hegemony - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/321608/hegemony-lead-your-class-victory

High Society - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220/high-society

Imperium: Horizons - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367518/imperium-horizons

Inis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155821/inis

Just One - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/254640/just-one

Kanban - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284378/kanban-ev

Moonrollers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/405923/moonrollers

Nucleum - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/396790/nucleum

Oath: Chronicles of Empire & Exile - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/291572/oath-chronicles-empire-exile

Palaces of Carrara - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/129948/palaces-carrara

Pax Pamir 2e - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256960/pax-pamir-second-edition

Pax Penning - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/381591/pax-penning

Pipeline - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256730/pipeline

Ra - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra

Shuffle & Swing - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414350/shuffle-and-swing

Splendor Duel - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/364073/splendor-duel

Turncoats - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/352238/turncoats

Games are full of aids, references and prompts for how to play, but how can a game imply things without being in your face about it?

Forget the player aid, this week Steven, Robert & Evan talk about the implicit rules of the games we love!

(Thanks to Peter McPherson for the question!)

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at cardboardphilosophypod@gmail.com!

Cites and Sources

504 - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175878/504

Barrage - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/251247/barrage

Bitoku - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/323612/bitoku

Concordia - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/124361/concordia

Ethnos - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/206718/ethnos

For Northwood! - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/334590/northwood-solo-trick-taking-game

Kanban - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284378/kanban-ev

MLEM: Space Agency - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/387378/mlem-space-agency

Money! - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/125/money

Pax Penning - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/381591/pax-pennin

Pipeline - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256730/pipeline

Rapido/Excape - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357/excape

Serenissima - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/232/serenissima

Shuffle & Swing - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414350/shuffle-and-swing

Terra Mystica - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/120677/terra-mystica

Through the Desert - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/503/through-desert

Turncoats - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/352238/turncoats

Viking Seesaw - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/351810/viking-see-saw

Zoo Vadis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/368061/zoo-vadis

A mysterious stranger walks up to you. You are nervous. They present you with a bouquet of roses.

Are you still nervous? Intrigued? Terrified? Romanced?

First impressions can be everything! With board games they can even be the difference between a second play and an unfinished first play… but what makes a first impression impress?

This week on the show, Robert, Evan & Steve along with special guest Nick Murray from Bitewing Games endeavor to find out!

Find more about Bitewing Games! - https://bitewinggames.com/

Follow Bitewing/Robert’s new Jazz Collection on Kickstarter! - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bitewinggamesnick/bebop-shuffle-and-swing-and-cat-blues-the-big-gig

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at cardboardphilosophypod@gmail.com!

Cites and Sources

Aqua: Biodiversity In The Oceans - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/403468/aqua-biodiversity-oceans

Aurum - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/383459/aurum

Barrel Dice - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/148531/barrel-dice

Bebop - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414349/bebop

Blood Rage - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/170216/blood-rage

Botswana - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/398/wildlife-safari

Brass: Birmingham - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/224517/brass-birmingham

Camel Up - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/260605/camel-second-edition

Cascadia - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/295947/cascadia

Cascadero - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/401216/cascadero

Cascadito - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/401217/cascadito

Cards Against Humanity - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/50381/cards-against-humanity

Cat Blues - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414351/cat-blues-big-gig

El Grande - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/93/el-grande

Everdell - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/199792/everdell

Food Chain Magnate - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175914/food-chain-magnate

Gang of Dice - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/366129/gang-dice

Gussy Gorillas - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/335864/gussy-gorillas

Hansa Teutonica - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43015/hansa-teutonica

Havalandi - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/396543/havalandi

Inis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155821/inis

King of Tokyo - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70323/king-tokyo

MLEM: Space Agency - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/387378/mlem-space-agency

Oath: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/291572/oath-chronicles-empire-exile

Orongo - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/165556/orongo

Pipeline - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256730/pipeline

Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root

Scout - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/291453/scout

Shuffle & Swing - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414350/shuffle-and-swing

Spectral - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/388476/spectral

The Palaces of Carrara - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/129948/palaces-carrara

Through the Desert - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/503/through-desert

Thurn & Taxis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/21790/thurn-and-taxis

Trailblazers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/352454/trailblazers

Wingspan - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266192/wingspan

Zoo Vadis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/368061/zoo-vadis

Elegance is a fancy word for fancy people, but does that translate to board games? We’ve heard reviewers use it, we’ve seen the backs of boxes use it and heck, we’ve maybe even used it to describe a favorite game… but what does it actually mean? Better yet… what actually makes that game “elegant?”

Steve, Robert & Evan aim to answer just that on this weeks episode!

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at cardboardphilosophypod@gmail.com!

Cites and Sources

Bus - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/552/bus

Carnegie - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/310873/carnegie

Cat Blues - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414351/cat-blues-big-gig

Dead Reckoning - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/276182/dead-reckoning

DroPolter - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/405537/dropolter

Etherfields - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/280794/etherfields

Federation - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/345868/federation

High Society - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220/high-society

Medici - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/46/medici

Mysterium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/181304/mysterium

Mysterium Park - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/301767/mysterium-park

Sankore: The Pride of Mansa Musa – https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/382518/sankore-pride-mansa-musa

Terra Mystica - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/120677/terra-mystica

Wildlife Safari (Botswana) - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/398/wildlife-safari

Zoo Tycoon: The Board Game - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/370757/zoo-tycoon-board-game

It’s game night. Your friends are all gathered around and you stare in wonder and excitement at your shelf of games. What are you going to play? An old favorite or the new and shiny hotness?

Come to think of it, you’ve played your old favorite 20 times but you still want to play it more. Why? What makes that game repayable? Good question (or at least we thought so)!

This week on the show Evan, Robert and Steve talk all things reliability. What makes the games we love hit the table again and again and why are some just a two or three hit wonder?

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at cardboardphilosophypod@gmail.com!

Cites and Sources

Bus - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/552/bus

Chess - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171/chess

Dice Throne - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/268201/dice-throne

Dune: Imperium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/316554/dune-imperium

Everdell - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/199792/everdell

Great Western Trail - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/341169/great-western-trail-second-edition

Heaven & Ale - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/227789/heaven-ale

High Score - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/341416/high-score

Just One - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/254640/just-one

Monikers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/156546/monikers

Nucleum - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/396790/nucleum

Rapido (Escape) - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357/excape

Renature - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/300001/renature

Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root

Sea Salt & Paper - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367220/sea-salt-paper

Terra Mystica - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/120677/terra-mystica

Terra Nova - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/364186/terra-nova

That’s Not A Hat - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/375651/s-not-hat

Tic-Tac-Toe - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11901/tic-tac-toe

Turing Machine - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/356123/turing-machine

Twilight Imperium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition

Twilight Imperium: Prophecy Of Kings - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/315895/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition-prophecy-kings

Unmatched - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/274637/unmatched-battle-legends-volume-one

Wavelength - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262543/wavelength

Wingspan - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266192/wingspan

Zoo Vadis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/368061/zoo-vadis