Episode 8: End-of-Year Spectacular 2012

 

Contact Information

Jon Shafer – @JonShaferDesign, www.JonShaferOnDesign.com, Jon.Shafer@Comcast.net

Dirk Knemeyer – @DKnemeyer

 

Episode Outline

• 0:01:15 – Housekeeping

• 0:03:30 – Best Light Game
• 0:07:10 – Best Integration of Theme
• 0:10:25 – Best Mechanic
• 0:16:35 – Most Elegant Design
• 0:22:20 – Most Innovative Design
• 0:26:00 – Best Feature in a Disappointing Game
• 0:32:35 – Most Fun
• 0:43:45 – Most Disappointing
• 0:50:20 – Game of the Year

• 1:00:55 – A Look Ahead at 2013

Digital Games Discussed

• 0:03:30 – FTL (Subset Games, 2012)
• 0:10:40, 0:54:35 – The Walking Dead (Telltale Games, 2012)
• 0:19:00 – Unity of Command (2×2 Games, 2012)
• 0:39:40 – Out of the Park Baseball (Out of the Park Developments, 2012)
• 0:50:35 – Spelunky (Derek Yu, 2012)

Tabletop Games Discussed

• 0:04:45 – Ticket to Ride (Alan R. Moon, 2004)
• 0:07:10 – Dominant Species (Chad Jensen, 2010)
• 0:08:35, 0:13:05 – Command & Colors: Ancients (Richard Borg, 2006)
• 0:16:45 – Hansa Teutonica (Andreas Steding, 2009)
• 0:22:20 – Risk Legacy (Rob Daviau, 2011)
• 0:26:10 – Lords of Waterdeep (Peter Lee, Rodney Thompson, 2012)
• 0:28:40 – Spartacus: A Game of Blood and Treachery (Aaron Dill, John Kovaleski, Sean Sweigart, 2012)
• 0:43:55 – Omen: A Reign of War (John Clowdus, 2011)
• 0:44:55 – Quarriors (Mike Elliott, Eric M. Lang, 2011)

Best Light Game

• Ticket to Ride (Jon)
• FTL (Dirk)

Best Integration of Theme

• Command & Colors (Jon)
• Dominant Species (Dirk)

Best Mechanic

• Command & Colors – Action Cards (Jon)
• Walking Dead – Stress Tests (Dirk)

Most Elegant

• Unity of Command (Jon)
• Hansa Teutonica (Dirk)

Most Innovative

• Risk: Legacy

Best Feature in a Disappointing Game

• Spartacus – Everything for Sale (Jon)
• Lords of Waterdeep – Resources as Adventurers (Dirk)

Most Fun

• Out of the Park Baseball (Jon)
• Spartacus (Dirk)

Most Disappointing

• Quarriors (Jon)
• Omen: A Reign of War (Dirk)

Game of the Year

• Spelunky (Jon)
• The Walking Dead (Dirk)