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The Ascent of Board Games

By: The Ascent of Board Games
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  • A monthly podcast dedicated to the history, evolution, present state, and future potential of our favorite board games.
    Copyright 2023 All rights reserved.
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Episodes
  • Episode 60.2 - Wildlife Games, Part 2
    Mar 1 2024

    We're back with more adorable animals (and some that you may not think of as adorable, but that's just, like, your opinion, man). This month's selection includes:

    • Scythe With Wolves, or, The Dangers of Peer Pressure
    • A lovely, solid game that just feels a little...icky
    • Mike gets to make a picture panorama!
    • The fox experiment that inspired The Fox Experiment
    • The search for lost species that inspired The Search for Lost Species
    • And an octopus escape room!

    As always, thank you for listening! If you have a few extra minutes, we'd love it if you could give us an iTunes review to help us find new listeners.

    We'd also love to have you visit our website and let us know what kinds of games we should discuss next. You're also more than welcome to comment on the episode page, or our Facebook page, or tag @ascentofboardgames on Bluesky. Whatever way you prefer to share your opinions with us, we'd love to hear them. As always, we appreciate your listening - stay safe out there, and happy gaming!

    • Website: https://www.ascentofboardgames.com
    • Email: ascentofboardgames@gmail.com
    • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ascentboardgames/
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ascentofboardgames.bsky.social
    • Discord: http://discord.ascentofboardgames.com
    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ascentofboardgames/
    • And, occasionally, Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ascentofboardgames

    Intro and outro music is "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under a Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.

    The Ascent of Board Games is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Some rights reserved.

    Thank you for listening!

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    56 mins
  • Episode 60 - Wildlife Games, Part 1
    Feb 2 2024

    Wildlife games! They're full of adorable meeples, heartwarming themes, and...interesting mechanics (which lead to some differences of opinion between us and the mainstream). Come join us as we talk about: 

    • Big chonky animeeples!
    • We stump Frank on a Phil Eklund game, which turns out to not belong in this episode at all.
    • Possibly the most useless insert ever to darken a game box.
    • Contrariwise, here are some very GOOD component storage tools.
    • Why does Mike hate birds? Their eggs are so pretty!
    • Why does Joe hate zoos? Their Arks are so Nova!

    Thanks as always for listening! If you have a few extra minutes, we'd love it if you could give us an iTunes review. Please leave one if you can - it helps us a lot!

    We'd also love to have you visit our website and let us know what kinds of games we should discuss next. You're also more than welcome to comment on the episode page, or our Facebook page, or tag @ascentofboardgames on Bluesky. Whatever way you prefer to share your opinions with us, we'd love to hear them.  As always, we appreciate your listening - stay safe out there, and happy holidays!

    • Website: https://www.ascentofboardgames.com
    • Email: ascentofboardgames@gmail.com
    • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ascentboardgames/
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ascentofboardgames.bsky.social
    • Discord: http://discord.ascentofboardgames.com
    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ascentofboardgames/
    • And, occasionally, Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ascentofboardgames

    Intro and outro music is "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under a Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.

    The Ascent of Board Games is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Some rights reserved.

    Thank you for listening!

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    53 mins
  • Episode 59 - Looking Ahead to 2024
    Jan 2 2024

    Happy New Year, everybody! To kick things off right, here's an episode looking at all the cool games we're hoping to play in 2024. It's full of plenty of laughter, largely because of the maniacal giggling of Curtis, our newest cohost! Among the things we're laughing at:

    • This map from The Stifling Dark amuses Joe.
    • There is much wailing and gnashing of teeth as we pre-empt each others' picks (although no one else wants any of Brian's picks)
    • This terrifying array of tokens from Magic Realm, which is getting an unofficial remake this year.
    • And then, to moderate the mood, we take a sharp and unplanned left turn into games that make you feel icky to play, including John Company, Doubt is Our Product (read this amazing designer diary), and An Infamous Traffic.

    Thanks as always for listening! If you have a few extra minutes, we'd love it if you could give us an iTunes review. Please leave one if you can - it helps us a lot!

    We'd also love to have you visit our website and let us know what kinds of games we should discuss next. You're also more than welcome to comment on the episode page, or our Facebook page, or tag @ascentofboardgames on Bluesky. Whatever way you prefer to share your opinions with us, we'd love to hear them.  As always, we appreciate your listening - stay safe out there, and happy holidays!

    • Website: https://www.ascentofboardgames.com
    • Email: ascentofboardgames@gmail.com
    • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ascentboardgames/
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ascentofboardgames.bsky.social
    • Discord: http://discord.ascentofboardgames.com
    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ascentofboardgames/
    • And, occasionally, Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ascentofboardgames

    Intro and outro music is "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under a Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.

    The Ascent of Board Games is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Some rights reserved.

    Thank you for listening!

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    1 hr and 7 mins

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