Ep 28: How To Not Be Awful At Board Games

Ever feel like you're just not doing as well as you should at games? Want that secret sauce so you can beat your friends? Marc, Orion, Matt, Matt's secret brother Dave, and another Matt who we call Bubba are here to help! We're sometimes not bad at games and we have a variety of tips to help you out. 4:17 - Find The Bottlenecks 9:06 - Understand Resource Values 15:30 - Identify Action Loops 22:23 - Digression - Who Is This Advice For? 23:32 - FOO Strategies 33:34 - Be Aware Of Remaining Time 42:58 - Always Draw First 44:31 - Sports Digression 45:05 - Deck Efficiency 53:22 - Figure Out If You Should Differentiate Or Follow 56:31 - Disguise Your Strength 1:01:35 - In Co-Ops, Maximize Your Offense 1:04:50 - Leave Your Options Open 1:16:16 - Subvert Common Expectations 1:22:34 - Reverse Engineer From The Victory Condition Music: Sailing The Solar Wind by Abstraction Like the podcast? Want to watch it being recorded, live? Consider supporting it on Patreon.