Episode 105 Under the Hood with Dungeon Crawlers, Late to the Party and More

Jan 15, 2022

Intro Banter - This is the (mostly) unscripted intro to the show! We catch up, play games, talk about games that perhaps did not make the main show, and just gab, W

Under the Hood:  We roll up our sleeves and talk about games from the perspective of their mechanics! The mechanisms that are present and cover what some of the buzzwords may mean. 

 

This Time: Dungeon Crawls

 

Some Characteristics of the genre: 

• Miniatures / Token based movement on hexes, squares, etc.
• Party or solo hero exploring a structure filled with foes
• Loot and treasure system highly developed
• Multi step player turns
• High degree of Player customization 
• Increasing difficulty
• Specialty dice or handfuls of dice to be thrown
• Customizable maps
• Environmental challenges to be overcome as well
• Campaign play that sees your heroes tell a story
• Skirmish modes may be present as well
• Highly involved combat (many stat checks, die rolls, etc.)

Games: 

Dungeons and Dragons Adventure System Board games

Sword and Sorcery

One Deck Dungeon

Zombicide: Invader

Space Hulk: Death Angel

Space Infantry

Dungeoneer

Lost Legends

Gloomhaven

Descent:Journeys in the Dark  

Shadows of Brimstone

First Impressions – We talk about the first time with a title, from the acquisition to the first look, to the first play and deliver thoughts on the show. 

 

Alex  - Cascadia By Randy Flynn Published by Flatout Games Released in 2021

Alex - Cubitos By John D. Clair Published by Alderac Entertainment Group Released in 2021

Larry - Parks By Henry Audubon Published by Keymaster Games Released in 2019

Late to the Party- We talk about games that are established in the hobby that we are just now playing. 

 

Alex - Space base By John D. Clair Published by Alderac Entertainment Group Released in  2018

 

Larry  - Potion Explosion By Stefano Castelli, Andrea Crespi, Lorenzo Silva Published by Horrible Guild Released in 2015

Links: 

Podstudio1 

BGG 

 

Music:  As always from the amazing community of gifted musicians, arrangers, and composers over at ocremix.org go visit and support them for the full project and so much more amazing music!

 

Outro : 

De Nuit / by mv feat. Jeff Ball

Original Track - The Phantom Forest

Album - Final Fantasy VI: Balance and Ruin

Project Page - Final Fantasy VI: Balance and Ruin | OC ReMix

Content Group - Final Fantasy VI

Original Copyright - Square Enix

Original Composers - Nobuo Uematsu