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Decision Space explores decisions in games across the board game hobby and beyond. By exploring tactics, strategy, and the subjective experiences of decisions in games, we hope to provide insights into the specific games we cover and the games in general.
An Ode to the Tile, the Best Component in Tabletop Gaming?
Decision Space
1 hour 19 seconds
3 months ago
An Ode to the Tile, the Best Component in Tabletop Gaming?
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Episode 223 - Ode to the Tile
In this quite academic episode, Paul goes into full teacher mode with Brendan to discuss the many ways different types of tiles are used in board games. Stay tuned to hear Paul use the term "recreational mathematics" MULTIPLE times!
Timestamps
2:00- background
5:00- types of tile laying games
9:00- spatial puzzles and math stuff
16:00- tiles and theme
19:30- tiles and interaction
23:00- squares
32:00- dominos
35:20- polyominos
39:40- hexagons
47:00- other shapes
51:00- mechanical systems
Games Mentioned
Tigris & Euphrates, Tetris, Patchwork, My City, Isle of Cats, Stamp Swap, Renature, Blokus, Animalia, Isle of Skye, Glen More, Carcassone, Scrabble, Kingdomino, Dragomino, Renature, Gardlings, Barenpark, A Feast for Odin, Expeditions, Cascadia, Keyflower, Hex, My Island, Aqua, Flow, Alhambra, Miyabi, Akropolis, Llama Land, Honey Buzz
Preplanners
A few deep dives are in the works, so get in some plays of Apiary, Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Dominion, and more Root!
Also, start thinking about what your "guilty pleasure" board games are (if that's even a thing).
Music and Sound Credits
Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s
You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.
Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA
Rules Overview Music: Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtIIntermission Music:music elevator ext part 1/3 by Jay_You -- https://freesound.org/s/467243/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
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Decision Space
Decision Space explores decisions in games across the board game hobby and beyond. By exploring tactics, strategy, and the subjective experiences of decisions in games, we hope to provide insights into the specific games we cover and the games in general.
