Episode 4 - the Recommitment
Episode 4 of the The Board Retreat podcast, hosted by James Mapes, titled "Episode 4 - the Recommitment" was published on May 2, 2018 and runs 56 minutes.
May 2, 2018 ·56m · The Board Retreat
Summary
James and Paul come back from a break to rediscover their game anew. The Board Retreat is the entire creative process of making a board game, and James and Paul are here to stumble, tangent, and inspire their way to a full game. Come along for the journey if that's, like, um, your thing.
Episode Description
Show Notes:
Apologies that Paul is a little quiet at times, it is the consequence of our computer crashing just prior to beginning the recording.
Media
The Campaigns of Alexander the Great by Arian
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Stranger Things, a TV show on Netflix created by the Duffer Brothers
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, aka THE ONE WITH THE SPOILER
Ancient Board Games
OOPS! Not Egyptian, but rather Mesopotamian! I regret the error. "Watch the world's oldest board game, the Royal Game of Ur, being played" on boingboing.net
Modern Board Games
I reference Monopoly again, but to be honest, who cares?
Thanks!
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