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×This week we're off to see what's crackalackin' in Burkina Faso! Highlights include: - Same game, different name! - Everyone knows, you can't slide a peg... - Let's play a round of 'Don't Get Pregnant!' - A bit sexual, but not in a cool way... - We don't need THAT in board games!
This week, we're doomed camp counsellors at Crystal Lake - can we find enough supplies to fend off the dreaded Jason Voorhees? Highlights include: - Horror or Terror? - My country list is a total mess... - I do, We do, You do... - Who won, I can't remember? - Why are there so many frying pans? - There wasn't actually much horror... - All Jason wanted was a frying pan... - Everyone looks well old...…
The Lost Expedition gets a bit supernatural with zombies and were-beasts! Highlights include: - Fountain Of Youth > Lost City Of El Dorado, surely? - A few zombies never hurt anyone... - Stuck? Just wound the dog! - Is it good to be a Were-beast? - In the apocalypse, nobody cares about gourmet food...…
This week we're trading rude sounding cards to avoid being the Dik Dik! Highlights include: - It's Chase the Ace, but with Diks... - Cousins is legal, right? - You could actually play this quite strategically... - Dik Dik takes the bins out!
Bulgaria was so much fun that we stayed an extra week to play Battalia! Highlights include: - We didn't do Brunei dirty... - Stock up on Battle People! - Pegasi? Pegasuses? - It's all Tabletopia's fault...
This week we're off (metaphorically) to Bulgaria! Highlights include: - 31% of Belgians love board games! - Spam alert! - Bet you didn't know that Bridge could solve climate change? - Remember all the real world applications of Gnome Day? - Coming soon - Brian Reynolds: Bridge Infiltrator... - Give me your lettuce! - Does anybody know how to play Magic?…
This week, I'm a Greek vampire. Here's my life! Highlights include: - Lonely? I'm not lonely! - Sorry best friend, I choose to forget you... - Never trust Apollo... - I'm like a history buff now, so... - Social mores? Internecine? - Everyone I know is going to die... - Do you want a climax event? - People's lives don't follow the story mountain...…
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1 Minisode 52 - Exit Advent Calendar 4 2:39:44
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It's time for the Exit Advent Calendar again! This time we're a humble pizza delivery guy caught up in the scandal of the missing Hollywood star - can we find her and work out what the hell is going on?
Just another day in Crime City... As the name would suggest, many a crime has happened, and it's up to us to solve them! Highlights include: - Our first episode from a sofa... - You have to play this game if you want to become a detective... - Watch out for pigeons. And eroticism. - Is it a game though? - One mango mojito and I can't even speak... - Expert mode: play it with the lights off... - There weren't enough sweets... - What are the rules of this world? - We exist in multiple lounges...…
This time we're off to Brunei to check out their games. Or not. Highlights include: - It's a whole lot of Christmas and a little bit of Brunei... - Brunei is not where I thought it was... - Jingle All The Way has a sequel - who knew?? - Santa is basically Christmas Postman Pat... - Mark forgets the term for 'play a card.' - More nightmare, less Christmas... - Brunei: Needs a website... - I keep messing up the ending...…
This week, we're off to Botswana. Have they got any game? Highlights include: - You can now check us out on Bluesky! - I over Christmas... - Throwing pebbles? Fuck that! - First one to shout 'Malala' wins! - Mark fails to find the actual game called actual Botswana. Actually... - You can find Botswana in America and Japan... but not Botswana...…
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1 Teens In Space Chapter 11 - Gnome Day 1:43:29
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The crew are reunited just in time to celebrate Gnome Day, but amid the festivities, they discover a new lead in the quest to save Aquaria's polluted waters...
This week, we've discovered a magical (?) land and we're setting off to explore as much as possible! Highlights include: - Congratulations to Sue! - Welcome to the world of Levita Ting... - It's a magical world... now find some apples! - It has over a million combinations, don't you know! - Exactly how fantastical can you get with an apple? - Someone needs to realign the printers...…
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This week, we have completed our epic Seafall legacy campaign! Highlights include: - Turns out the box told us what would happen all along... - Buying treasure is a dick move... - Turns out we're the bad guys... - Scallywagging for the narrative!!! - We accidentally found hell. Hate it when that happens... - If your men say they saw a demon, you should listen to them... - Maybe it needed more... hell?…
This week, we're jetting off to Bosnia and Herzegovina to check out their board game sitch! Highlights include: - Turns out Sir Walter Raleigh was a bit of a douche... - General consensus on El Dorado: it's a no, I'm afraid... - Turns out Mark already explained Chabcha ages ago... - War. Again. - Does Purple Pineapple Games actually exist, or is it some kind of trap?…
Famous explorer, Percy Fawcett has gone missing in the jungle (true story) - can we follow in his footsteps and discover the lost city of El Dorado? Highlights include: - Time to explore, FOR YOUR LIFE!!! - It's similar to a deckbuilder, in the sense that it has cards... - Turns out the Bushmaster is not a nice helpful man, it's a huge fucking snake... - Why are insects so positive? - Roy: What a lad! Bessie: Such a pioneer! Isabelle: Oh... - Mark's world is completely rocked by a hinged box...…
This week, we're off to Bolivia... Highlights include: - Chabcha... we still don't get it! - Lost Expedition is actually lost... - Mark just gave Postman Pat his own multiverse... - Titicaca will never not be funny... - New, from 'Goods of the Land...' - Llamas don't care about borders...
Team JJP are joined by Harry to play the winner of the 2023 Bristol Chance And Counters Game Jam! Highlights include: - What is the sexiest board game? - We don't give change in this sweet shop... - Get ready for lots of 'bag' innuendos... - Apparently, the game is too mean... - Pick N Fuck Off - No babies, no whiners! - You haven't got enough money... here's a bean! - Is it a sweet or a penis?…
This time we're off to Bhutan! It has a cool flag! Highlights include: - Bhutan is home to Chewbacca... - We can count, so we should be able to play Chabcha... - You may only play this game after early dinner... - The men play with dice while the girls throw rocks at each other... - Not war, not exploration, but stumpy little cow things! - Does Tintin have a board game? - Come on guys, don't ride the Takins...…
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1 Teens In Space Chapter 10 - The Trials Of Merlin 1:09:56
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While the rest of the crew were raiding the Crystal Mines, time to find out what happened to Merlin!
This week, we're (metaphorically) headed to Benin, which we didn't even know existed until now! Highlights include: - Why would I want a load of rulebooks for games I don't own? - Well done Benin, you've not really been embroiled in any major wars... - Space? Ocean? Benin! - Hey Alice, OMG where are you?…
I catch up with Thatcher to talk all things Witchbound, Dark Doll, and the latest project, Rune Rite!
We're off to Belize! Unbelize-able! Highlights include: - How green are you? - Get ready for some auditory discrimination... - I did not play Jacob And Esau with my drama class... - What is Miss Jennery Jones doing today? - Turns out I can't read Kriol...
This week we're talking about all things Belarus! Highlights include: - 'Belarusian Travelling' is it real? - It sounds like it's more fun to be a boy in Belarus than a girl in Belarus... - Marxists... IN SPACE! - A long time ago in a gallery far, far away...
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1 Teens In Space Chapter 9 - Assault On The Mines 1:06:47
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The crew of the AGA-0 venture into the Crystal Mines to liberate them from Slinger control, all so they can find out about the waste product that's been polluting Aquaria... but where's Merlin?
We're back fighting for territory with giant monsters, this time with The Infiltrator and the Mists of Mogoroth! Highlights include: - Board games are good for cuddles! - Audio Adventures do exist! Mark wasn't hallucinating! - BAHRAIN!!!! - The Infiltrator... basically if Death was a goblin... - Don't get lost in the fog... - Usual manufacturing woes apply...…
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1 Teens In Space Chapter 8 - Priorities 1:03:17
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The crew meet back at The Space Bar after their adventures on Nestes and Colony 9, with new paths opening up as the mysteries of the galaxy unfold. What's more important? Solving the mystery of Aquaria's waters, investigating the destruction of Forgia, or something else entirely?
This week, Jane and I visit Tony Boydell's Museum of Board Games and have a right good time! Highlights include: - Board games basically just make you a better person... - Don't confuse Newent and Newnham... - Prepare for Battle Hats! - If you play the original Booby Trap, you'll legit lose a finger... - There's a surprising amount of parliament games... - Hello dear, fancy a game of Ulcers?…
This week we have been mostly talking about Bahrain. Highlights include: - We set a new progress record on Apollo! - Next week, we pretend we're in a house... - Bahrain has a Virgin Megastore. Fact.
This week, Riley joins us as we try and pick definitive games for certain categories - but how to choose? Highlights include: - We are so in synch for Deckbuilding and Worker Placement! - Area Control... where you have to... control... areas? - Someone Uno-Reversed my whatever... - Who's laying all the eggs? - Auction? What?? - Some categories are extremely suspect... - What the hell is an elapsed real time ending?…
This week, we're off to The Bahamas! Highlights include: - If you live in The Bahamas, you're not going to be indoors playing board games... - I was expecting pirates... - Taxis aren't exactly Bahamas specific... - There are sheep in The Bahamas... - Game designer, or Footballer? - What has Mark spotted this week?…
It's our 6th anniversary! Huzzah! Highlights include: - Audio games - do they actually exist? - Rest assured, Derek Ring is still alive! - Pick N Mix is in the post... - Schrodinger's Cats is a cat game too far... - Mark gets confused between real and imaginary... - How exactly do you say duchy? - We need some listeners from Genovia... - Is Narnia a country?…
What wonderful games does Azerbaijan have to offer? Highlights include: - Surely Israel has more important things to do than listen to us... - Mark can't say 'Azerbaijan' - Would you rather play 'Hounds and Jackals' or '58 Holes?' - Mark also can't read numerals... - Backgammon players are held in very high regard... - Hang on, these are all the same wars as Armenia! - Turns out Bali isn't a country...…
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1 Teens In Space Chapter 7 - Murky Waters 2:09:48
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Trying to solve the pollution problem on Aquaria has led the crew of the AGA-0 to a murdered scientist on Psionus. Now they must face some difficult decisions that will put their morals to the test...
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We're off to Armenia to see what their gaming sitch is! Highlights include: - Pigs Vs Dogs... - I'm sure Mark said 'cinnamons' instead of 'synonyms...' - Maybe we won't go to Armenia right now...
Have you heard? The Fairchilds have moved to Derbyshire, and they're the most eligible, marriageable people of the land! Can we lure them to our family estates and show them a jolly good time? Highlights include: - Beware, there's accents... - Hey, I know you just lost your parents, but... wanna bang? - If you don't plan the Village Fair, you don't benefit from it. Fact. - I wasn't good enough to have a ball in the hall... - Do we have ladies? - Everyone's talking about the Cavendish Casino... - Join us on the lawn for Angry Bowls... - Family planning is super important... - Is it Whist, or Lesbian Whist? - A lovely time is have... - One never FRAGs without one's underbutler...…
It's Monopoly, but not as we know it! Can we keep our utopian society alive without bankrupting it with our horrible horrible greed? Highlights include: - What the hell is a typewriter voice? - Can't afford it? The community will pay! - Quinoa! - Remove a chip... - Extreme disappointment in McDonalds... - It's difficult to switch to co-op mode... - What's with all the roses?…
Pesky colonisers have arrived on our sacred island - I hate it when that happens! Luckily, we're all-powerful spirits with a range of abilities to get rid of these interlopers, but can we do it before they wreck the island forever with their filthy filthy blight? Highlights include: - Ecosystem: Go big or go extinct... - As usual, we ignore all playing advice... - Unhelpful rulebook alert! - Why does this game even exist? - Fear is good. Fear is what we want... - It has The Arkham Effect... - All the Benders have played this one! - Lucas Durham looks like AI...…
We're building ecosystems again, but this time under the sea with fish and that. Highlights include: - My underwater utopia didn't win me any prizes... - Fish count as nature! - Bears are NOT a British woodland creature... - Plankton floats, right? - Ellen Macarthur should play this so she knows what she's sailing through...…
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1 Teens In Space Chapter 6 - Directionless 1:05:08
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Leesan is gone, the Fraxis are causing trouble, the pollution on Aquaria is reaching crisis point, and weird creatures are turning up all over the place - what will the crew of AGA-0 do?
This week we are joined by John, who has listened to our entire back catalogue over a couple of months... and survived! We talk through his listener's journey! Highlights include: - Atmosfear: The Bins... - Go back 25 paces... - Chess 2000: don't be fooled... - Redemption City of Bondage actually looks pretty cool! - It's NOT a doorbell!…
We're off to the Caribbean (I think) to try and entice some new listeners! But what does Antigua and Barbuda have to offer? Highlights include: - I did bad maths... - Another country, another Mancala variant... - Did the Queen play Warri? - Mark starts laying into a game we haven't even played...
A load of boxes in Schrodinger's lab... Can we hypothesise how many contain alive or dead cats, or are completely empty? Highlights include: - Neither of us can purr... - Prepare for a very rudimentary explanation of Schrodinger... - I make some fundamental errors in gameplay... - What is the point of this game? - Bootstrap Bill, you're a liar! - The cats are NOT cute!…
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Welcome to the hottest reality show in town, Room 25! Watch some dirty scummers try and escape a complex filled with horrendous booby traps before time runs out! Hooray! Highlights include: - French translation issues ahoy! - It's basically Cube: The Game... - What the fuck game is Sub Zero?? - Special powers? Hard pass! - Jennifer loves a good vortex… - Sometimes it just gets to ‘fuck it’ time……
We are amateur dracologists trying to lure dragons into our caves. Do we have the meat? Highlights include: - Are you an Upgrader? - Machi Koro: Monopoly without the hatred... - Beware of box-farts... - The box gets a bit sensual... - Never approach a Loyal Fey Dragon with red wings... - First or nothing! - Meet Little Miss Five-Egg... - Amanda becomes the FRAG Dictator... - Dragons>Birds - The Bellicose Firevern gets two mentions, whoops!…
This week, Mark and I have competed in a challenge to paint a game figure each - despite our limited experience/talent. Highlights include: - Don't say 'targeted.' - Mark can't get his head round Games Workshop and Warhammer... - Games Workshop plus Hornby Railways = the perfect combination! - Coming soon: Painting Legacy! - Here's my picture, by William, age 2 1/2... - Full credit to the employees of Warhammer Cardiff... - Quit while you're distinctly average... - Mark knows all the lingo... - And now here's Riley with the science part... - Highlighting ALWAYS makes it look better... - Galaxies of the Guardian??…
Guess what? This week, we're coming for Angola! Highlights include: - We keep getting new territories, but not the ones we've targeted! - Marbles: not for boys, apparently... - I can't remember, or in fact find, Space Alert... - Angolan war, no thanks. Space war? Monster war? Yes please!
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This week, can we lure some listeners from Andorra? Highlights include: - In case you didn't know, Andorra is the 6th smallest state in Europe... - Andorra may or may not have its own games industry... - Andorra and Legends of Andor are not the same...
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This week we try and lure in some Albanians! Highlights include: - We may not have got Afghanistan, but we got Korea! - Heritage games... a new category? - Naturally, the Balkan wars dominate Albania themed games... - It's hypothetically Albanian... - Is it a board game, or just a war newspaper?
This week, we attempt to lure in the listeners of Afghanistan! Highlights include: - Games in Afghanistan seem like non-stop pranks! - Kite Fighting!!! - That well known Afghanistan themed board game, Rambo! - We learn some history with Pax Pamir... - Afghanistan is not where I thought it was... - Here's my new BFF, William Hay MacNaghton...…
This week, we try to work out another game, but this time it's on Tabletopia, where there is no rules help whatsoever! Can we figure something out? Highlights include: - Tabletopia proves to be just as intuitive as ever... - No matching results... - Pick a random hand size... - How do we get more cards? - We actually got a lot of things correct! - Mark still doesn't know the difference between spades and clubs... - Is that a 7 or a 2? - Suites? - The otters and the anteaters vs the skull people... - Welcome to the Regiverse... - Would you rather have a shit rule book, or no rule book?…
This week, we make the bold assumption that we know enough about games that we should be able to work one out without reading the rules. Highlights include: - Mark still can't say the motto... - Surely we've got all the countries by now? - But why does the hexagon change? - Building buildings seems like a good thing to do... - I completed two missions by accident... - Coffee pots and bird feeders, what? - Mark loves moving the tortoise...…
In the pine forests of Colony 9, our heroes find themselves held at gunpoint by a suspicious Reborn, a debt-collecting Monotan and a vengeful Fraxis - Can they talk or fight their way out?
This week, we're raiding a temple for a priceless artifact - watch out for booby traps, the locals, and of course, a giant volcanic eruption! Highlights include: - Are we the bad guys? - Can you hear the baby? - Welcome to the Precarea! - Templus Non-Cromulus... - If you're an explorer, wear a fedora...…
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Mark is blasting off into space, while I monitor things from Mission Control... what could go wrong? Highlights include: - Thank god NASA did it better than we did... - We hope you like NASA facts... - I didn't know Gnasher did space missions? - 1/5 of the mission complete is fine, right? - We were basically Challenger... - Do you want to make a space baby? - Going to space makes you stupid... - Anyone for space-tennis? - You have to do this science experiment, but I'm not going to tell you how!…
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1 Episode 167 - Pitchstorm 1:07:00
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This week, we're hapless writers, trying to get our movies optioned by the studio. Can we win the prestigious yet dubious awards whilst at the same time factoring in the bizarre requests from the studio execs? Highlights include: - Anti-clockwise???? - Podcast trip to Uzbekistan! - Would you rather an unknown plot, or an unknown character? - Theseus what? - Jane = Cannibal - Is this Sarah's first 5? - Uncharacteristically, I miss out a few rules... - Sarah comes dangerously close to saying the M word...…
It's a game of cat and mouse, but can the fugitive reach home base before the marshal tracks him down? Highlights include: - I am lacking in deduction and wit... - Nought/Zero, Zed/Zee, Aitch/Haitch... whatever! - Counting is hard... - You actually need to be intelligent to be the marshal... - It's Marsha the Marshal! - If you're careful, you can play this in the bath... - It's not you, it's me...…
Range based trivia... how confident are you that you're correct, and will you score big because of it? Highlights include: - Bunty's phone is blowing up because she's so popular... - 9 years old? - Copy, Swap or Double? - How many countries are there in the world? - Forget Gareth Thomas, how long would it take us to do an Iron Man challenge? - How wet is a leek? - I temporarily lose the ability to speak... - Where's the English? - It's not even made in Wales... - What is the average Frag of an Organised Fun game?…
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How close can you put a magnetic stone next to another magnetic stone without them sticking together? Highlights include: - Don't eat the magnets, even though you want to! - Neodymium, ooh! - Everyone knows bigger magnets are more magnetty... - 24 is a perfect number... - Beautiful stones surrounded by a bit of coat... - Little kittens are distracting...…
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1 Minisode 44 - Exit Advent Calendar 3 2:22:54
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It's that time of year again, where you get to hear us bumble through some Exit puzzles in an attempt to save Christmas!
This week, we aim to get to the bottom of the ultimate question: which pet shat on the floor? Highlights include: - Any poo mentioned is strictly 'in game' - Memory. Speed. Poo. - Cat, gerbil, rabbit - all the same, innit... - Sarah's manicure gives her an unfair advantage... - No lady should leave home without a turd in a box - Dobble: like snap but you injure yourself... - Why is the fish even a suspect? - This game cannot be played in space...…
This week, we discuss all things homebrewed! Highlights include: - Sometimes rules are just bad and need changing... - What if you break the game forever? - What exactly goes on in Vermont? - Don't mix real expansions with fan-made ones, please! - Codenames: Duet? Thank the fans! - I made a fan expansion out of malicious intent...…
I've homebrewed an expansion for my favourite legacy game - using as many of the previous bits as possible! Highlights include: - Pat ate a sheep's head - Why wouldn't you have all the dinosaurs? - Have I unbalanced the game? Does it matter? - Sometimes you visit Jurassic Park and it's fun. Sometimes though, people die - Listen up, Prospero Hall! - Maybe needs some budget?…
Two rival houses warring against each other for control of the land, which just so happens to be watched over by a huge angry dragon. Hate it when that happens! Highlights include: - It's the first game we can't actually pronounce... - What is Qoam anyway? - A dragon is basically a fantasy WMD - My lair has layers...…
This week, we're faced with multiple dilemmas of trolley murder. Who can make the best moral arguments between increasingly ridiculous options? Highlights include: - You can't cull games from someone else's collection... - Amanda keeps her games hidden, like she's embarrassed or something? - Knowing someone is not the same as liking someone... - Oh, Gandhi no! - You can't kill your own mother! - Who cares about young George Washington? - Not many people can say they've met a leprechaun... - Literally no-one will miss Justin Bieber... - Some people are binmen, some people are lawyers, and some people euthanise animals... - Fuck your boss! - Malala? She's peaked... - If you're dumb enough to set up your table on a train track, you deserve everything you get... - Surely nobody's gonna target me for The Purge? - It wouldn't be an episode with the girls without some Munchkin bashing... - I get desecrated...…
Don't panic! But we discuss why you might, whether we have, and would we regret culling boardgames! Highlights include: - You can't move house every time you run out of shelf space - There's some shocking revelations for Mark - Monopoly causes an argument - Do you collect or curate?
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1 Teens In Space Chapter 4 - Going Postal 1:22:33
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Just another day's work for our crew - delivering post/hunting a bounty on Colony 9, planet of the Reborn! What could go wrong, right?
Team PJJ are back, and this time we're trying to escape the plague ridden town of Bristol on an apple cart. As you do. Highlights include: - Overview! - The Chandler: one of the lowest ranking citizens of Bristol - It's simple: get to the front and stay at the front - Time for a cart party - I feel sorry for the chickens - We go on a bardcore tangent - Did Forbidden Planet exist in 1350?…
I did something extremely uncharacteristic and entered a game design contest! Find out how it goes!
Matt joins us IRL for some backstabbing traitorous card action - sadly, Claudia Winkleman is not included. Highlights that ARE included: - False Business Alarm - Apologies to anyone called Barbara... - Everyone likes killing Meriel - You don't want to out yourself as a murderer - Prepare to have your faith in humanity destroyed - Matt FRAGs off the cuff - 8 year olds should be able to count to 5…
Diseases are spreading across the world, and pretty soon they'll be too entrenched for humanity to survive - luckily there's a dispatcher and an operations expert ready to save the day. (They did not save the day) Highlights include: - Featuring the well known 'Ugh Mechanic' - Tokyo exploded - And now, it's the shittery phase - The game itself is a pandemic…
This week, we're turning our hand to farming - but can we harvest a crop of lovely cabbages before those bloody cows trample all over them? Highlights include: - This episode is udderly delightful - Nobody wants to play Mark's games... - Hong Kong: it's a mystery - One cow ruins the cabbage salad
A desolate space station, drifting through space - are we going to try and fix it? No of course not, we're fighting each other, obviously! Highlights include: - I forgot to tell the girls the name of the game - We learn all about apostrophes - Good job nobody got penetrated by the Greys - The Marines will win. End of. - Guns are better than Science - The tragic tale of the Small Laboratory...…
Riley joins us for our next design challenge - games that can fit on a single playing card! But will the limitations prove too much? Highlights include: - Mark almost does an infinite dice roll - Together, Mark and Riley become a teacher's worst nightmare - Wait... Maths? - What is the Mac equivalent of Paint? - Ever wanted to have a staring contest but not known how? We can help! - It's Beetle Drive, but with the Key To Time - No Relinquams In Arkham Horror Operculo…
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1 Teens In Space Chapter 3 - Lasto The Great Bloodline 1:15:12
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After escaping Fraxia Beta, the crew of the AGA-0 take a much needed break at The Space Bar...
This week, we play around with ChatGPT - can it make a convincing boardgame? How does it know what a boardgame even is? Is it actual magic? Highlights include: - Dinosaurs? They're so 90s Germany - I'd actually play Nightmare Manor - It knows all the buzzwords - Roll It To 5... otherwise known as Yahtzee - Aqua Doodle Challenge sounds well shit - Keep rolling those dice, strategising those moves, and sharing the joy…
The court is in session as we attempt to solve your gaming dilemmas! Highlights include: - Judge Judy gets quite a lot of airtime - Not sponsored by McDonald's, honest - Fictional Derek takes a bashing - Most of these problems can be solved by simply uninviting the undesirable guest - Sometimes you just need to be a bit harsh, and sometimes you need to just chill out - If you need to confront someone, wait for Nan's birthday - Who is Hans and why are we holding him? - You stand accused of Ludophilia…
We have to get the ring to Mordor before we're overwhelmed by its corruption - watch out for goblins! Highlights include: - Gutted for the Diana Jones award - Get ready for Welsh - Sarah doesn't know who anybody is - Check out that field though! - Dead grandma banter - There's some disgusting goblin racism - Turns out in a co-op game, we actually have to work together - We're all agreed, we don't use the ring, right Sarah? Right Sarah??? - Come on Frodo, stop crying and just get on with it…
We play 26 games in a row - one for every letter of the alphabet! Highlights include: - They didn't know the time in the olden days - We try and stick to gaming par - Hostage Negotiator becomes Hostage Murderer - International Rescue can only help you once they've rolled a 6 - We show the harsh contrast between set up time and play time - Shadi Torbey gets an official apology - A 15 year old could eat a meeple - The Table Is Lava got my child hooked on... lava - We lose our head start around W…
We're back on Fireball Island! Highlights include: - Strap in for some cool ice puns - The island gets bastardy - Would you rather be permanently injured, or lose some treasure? - We spend a considerable amount of time discussing 'Model Railway: The Board Game' - I can't get used to saying X instead of Twitter…
This time our battle rages across the Dreamlands - watch out for Zoogs! Highlights include: - Why would you even go to the Underworld? - The Bhole... sounds shit - I can't wait to DICER this game - Can you make a board game out of ice? Why has nobody done this? - This is the Playmobil of board games - Mark doesn't care whether he's invading a country or a library…
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1 Teens In Space Chapter 2 - The Fix, The Flood And The Fraxis 1:07:11
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After taking a direct hit to the engines and leaving Jack behind on Fraxia Beta, the crew of the AGA-0 are forced to make some hasty repairs!
A light-hearted boardgame with a fatal curse... can we solve the mystery of The Ghost in the Attic? Highlights include: - Anybody for Cribbage? - We wasted the first ten minutes because I can't read - Who the fuck is Alice Brooks? - You could wrap this back up and give it to someone else... but I won't - You get a whole bonus game to play! - Yeah, but what *is* an armillary sphere? - Beware the freaky clawboards - Ghost in the Attic? A fucking monkey could play it!…
5 years! Here we look back on the last 12 months of Organised Fun! Highlights include: - Turns out 41 is a prime number - I get proper obsessed with the H-Index - Bad news for Derek Ring fans (he's not dead though) - Losing your fingers: probably not a dream come true - Quite often, when you buy something, you know what it is - Thoughts and prayers for Anneka Rice's washing machine - The girls are proper harsh - Sarah starts off with a board game low-light - Bunty chooses a game from the future! - Kimmy only likes a game if she wins - It's a good old time - Riley forgets Kyle's name…
The flat gets trashed as we compete to complete random tasks! Highlights include: - Things may get untidy - It's my new obsession - What would you sacrifice in the name of the game? - Can you rediscover gravity? - 'Fish out of water: Everything is connected' - Meet Rory the Toilet Septopus - Word types cause way more trouble than expected - Americans! Have you heard of this?…
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1 Teens In Space Chapter 1 - Express Delivery 1:00:54
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We join the crew of the AGA-0 on a routine job, delivering a birthday gift for a Fraxis commander's daughter, but all is not as it seems...
We scratch off a poster that lists 100 board games that they think you should play! Highlights include: - Vietnam: It's the best thing since Saudi Arabia - What's your tally? - Gaia from Captain Planet probably doesn't have her own board game - Why Birmingham? - Most board games just seem to be 'where can we build a civilisation?' - Did they make a board game about a cruise ship disaster? - Where is Mombasa? - Just because you like games doesn't mean you know every game ever…
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1 Episode 152 - Teens In Space 1:48:44
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We start the final game in our Renegade RPG series, Teens In Space! How will it compare to Bikes and Brooms? Highlights include: - We hear lots more celebrities and fictional characters for game night! - Will Riley ever shut up? - Bunty's character gets right slated - We love a good pressure gauge...…
It's the sequel to last week's minisode, and this time we're inviting fictional characters to our game night! Who will have cultivated the best guest list? Highlights include: - Anneka Rice drops us a tweet - We're so predictable that we doubled up again - Ian Malcolm vs Sherlock Holmes - Sherlock could probably win Cluedo on the first turn -Have you ever played a game with a fictional character? What??…
This week, we answer the age old question of which celebrities would you invite to play boardgames? Highlights include: - Agatha Christie would be too good at deduction games - Boudicca would kill you if she lost - Let's get Napoleon onto Pitchcar - You'd get nowhere with Jeff Goldblum - Sam West keeps his games vertically. Oh dear - Pocahontas is not fictional…
It's a small world, after all! Various civilisations are vying for control of the underground territories of Smallworld. Can they successfully spread their influence before they're forced to go into decline? Highlights include: - I've done the laziest logo ever - All the tokens did in fact spill out - Recommended for experienced Smallworld players - whoops - It's all about the size of your army, right? - This is my wife, Mystic Crystal Region…
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The evil Fire Elementals are sweeping across the land, threatening to burn our forest to ash - the total shits! Can we strategically place some water fountains and save the day? Highlights include: - We were definitely not skilful - Ravage... pawn? - Everyone knows the friendliest woodland creature is the whale - There's lots of flame related bastardry - What is the point of a strength zero card? - Is that a pigaphant? - It shows the harsh reality of forest fires - It might be dream world, but there still needs to be rules - Thanks for listening…
For some reason, the Sydney Royal Botanical Gardens have built all their landmarks, but haven't got any paths to connect them - I hate it when that happens! Looks like it's up to us to take a walk in the park and join things up. Watch out for Bin-Chickens! Highlights include: - Has Anneka Rice been there? - We've never had an 'acknowledgement of country' before - The landmarks are very pretty, but what actually are they? - Ibises... Are they precious and protected, or scum of the skies? - Ladies and gentlemen, it's a Write and Stroll game - Turns out I was making a graveyard/dinosaur park - Could you play a game 600 times? - Practical replayability vs mental replayability - It's a little bit griddy…
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1 Kids On Brooms Chapter 14 - The Battle Of Hollyfirth 1:31:11
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Our heroes have returned from the past with the evidence they need to confront Ms Merriweather, but is she just going to allow her plans to be thwarted so easily?
Our crappy spaceship is awash with malfunctions, and we're only five minutes away from getting sucked into a black hole! I hate it when that happens! Can we fix the ship before total destruction? Highlights include: - Turn on the Gigaflange! - Oh, that's why Sarah was whispering! - Is that part of the ship? - It really teaches you the reality of spaceship repair - If you leave out the bongs and dildos, you could totally play this with your mum…
The Owl and the Pussycat went to space, then had a huge fucking battle to blow the shit out of each other! Highlights include: - We choose ships for very different reasons - Mark doesn't know what HUD stands for. Or EMP... - It's dice chucking fun! - FIRE! - Well, that escalated! - It has major StarFox vibes... - If you have a plastic spaceship, why would you use a cardboard counter? - We DO NOT give half scores - I manage to not do a German accent…
It's the final game of our 'Mystery Box Trilogy' - this time we're rolling dice to score points. Simple, right? Highlights include: - Do you want chapters? - 'Plays great with 2 players' hint hint! - It doesn't make you feel very clever - Do you know the difference between blue and purple? Well here's blurple! - It's a cross between sudoku and a maths exam - They've imagined the future, and it's brown - It's been LTRD at 27 - You'll get clevererer each time you play…
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We aim to recreate the luxury dining experience of the Pullman car - but can we get everyone's orders sorted before their journey is complete? Highlights include: - Alice Paster wants teacakes - Bloody Jeanette Tipple, make your mind up! - Can you smoke on the train? In those days, probably... - Mark likes food, Phil likes trains... it's the perfect combo - This game DOES NOT need a whistle - Oh sorry madam, I got your order sorted but didn't notice - This game makes you hungry. And also it makes you want to go on a train…
In the second of our Alleycat Games trilogy, it's a race to explore a randomly thrown card galaxy. With cats. Obviously. Highlights include: - Catstronauts is actually quite difficult to say - Is it possible to have a strategy? - Phil can't do orange and Pat can't do blue - Should Pat start us off? - It was the allotted amount of fun - Your kitten needs a face - 2 and below, that's lose territory…
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1 Kids On Brooms Chapter 13 - The Scandal Of 78 1:20:13
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It's clear that Ms Merriweather is up to no good - but where to get the concrete evidence needed to bring her down? It's time to look to the past to find out what really happened on the fateful day of the Hollyfirth Flower Show!
Our school trip has gone horrifically wrong and now we're stranded on an island in the middle of nowhere - but it gets worse! The boat is fucked and there appears to be a psychopathic killer lurking about - who will survive? Highlights include: - Sarah just can't accept the fact that she was murdered - What happened to the boat that's wrecked the battery and the propeller? - Everyone knows killers decide their victims with 'Ip Dip Dog Shit' - Cables for the radio? Don't need those! - Amanda is more of a killer than the actual killer - There's dark and moody, and then there's completely black - Ah fuck yeah, firewood! - Did Jane do??? - Cue the interruption shenanigans - Even now, the Munchkin trauma runs deep…
We've binned off Pluto as the ninth planet, then inexplicably gone off in search of another one. Whatever. Highlights include: - Mark drifts off into space - Each time you say 'Atlantis' you have to pay someone a dollar - It's been a while since we've had a font-related FRAG - We pause for a brief Easter egg hunt - And now for the tax section of the podcast...…
World War 2 is over, and Germany now needs to redevelop its infrastructure, starting with the Autobahn network to connect the cities and get some trade going - the only problem is, we seem to be in charge of this endeavour. Eeeek! Highlights include: - You can be charitable, you know - Mark just wanted to drive a truck around the board - Yes, I'm aware Copenhagen isn't a country - If in doubt, build a service station - If you're wondering the food I couldn't remember, it was frankfurter - Play this game and get a free German history degree…
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We play another classic, Yahtzee! Highlights include: - We open the mystery box! - A Yahtzee with sixes is the king of Yahtzees, surely? - If you don't know what you're doing by roll 2, you're screwed
It's Friday at Hollyfirth, and everyone is excited about the grand finale of Barry Cooper's tournament, with the prizes being presented at a special Whack concert. What could go wrong?
It's the end of our fourth year! Find out all the best bits! Highlights include: - Derek Ring is yesterday's news - Introducing the Fluxx Desk. Your drawers will never be the same again! - Polyhedra sleeps... - Trains and Potholes!!!! - Which was the fake game? - Mark cannot remember Mysterium - Horrorclix is basically an ancient game now - Sarah thinks the stickers are hilarious - Mark seems to love Tiny Library way more than he let on…
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Mark's dream comes true as we play Brent Povis' other game! But can my dogs out... dog his? Highlights include: - I'm still croaky - A bonus surprise from Brent himself! - Dog games are not my thing - Mark finds reading the box particularly challenging - Our first ever rondel - I want to summon the dark lord Cthulhu, should I? - Does Crufts still exist? - A serious bagging issue has occurred - What was the fake game?…
It's 1930s Berlin and we're trying to choose the best government possible. The only problem is that one of us is secretly Hitler. Ugh! I hate it when that happens! Highlights include: - Not as much fun as watching Madonna fall down the stairs at Eurovision - Newent: It's a magical place - Amanda's amazing 1933 Berlin intro was not recorded - We're all here solely for the parliamentary procedure - It's all about the lies - Jane was a huge fascist just out of curiosity - Being liberal isn't as fun as killing people - Sarah thought there were more fascists than there actually were. We've all been there. - I lost my 4 - Envelopes always make you feel like a spy - Like most things, when you're dead, there's nothing to do - Chancellor by default - it's a hollow victory - Sarah's description of Cluedo: That game where it's you, in the room, with the knife…
Meadows, streams, and a load of animals with specific requirements. Who can build the best ecosystem and keep everyone happy, or who'll end up with a poor bunny surrounded by wolves? Highlights include: - Mark saw, Mark bought, we played - Oooh, a biologically derived card game! - Everyone knows the bears and the foxes don't get on - Anybody heard of a Fwolf? - Mark doesn't know the difference between a bee and a dragonfly - You never know if your forest will get taken over by wolves - it's always a risk - Yes, Mark does say 'coral leaf' - Obviously, the next logical step is the zombie apocalypse - Let's introduce some invasive bastards…
Who can gain the most glory in this dice building game of quiddity, quarry and... q words! Highlights include: - Brent Povis, are you still out there? - As usual, we're playing things in the wrong order. Here's the version before Marvel Dice Masters - Still not a fan of the rulebook... - Nobody likes to win by default - The more expensive a dice, the better, right? - But could it be done with mushrooms? - Summon the Royal Dorrier - Games are always better when they're tactful…
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We're off for a scourage in the woods to see who can cook the best mushrooms. As you do. Highlights include: - We were not actually mushrooms - There's a pronunciation debate - Don't use Twitter to tell someone who doesn't have Twitter to get Twitter - You have to pick these mushrooms quick - There are some complicated mushroom names - It's all about the pans, baby! - What the hell is scouraging? - You won't believe this, but poison is bad - Sorry, there isn't any delicious dinner tonight. I swapped it for sticks... - Which came first, cider or fire? - Why do you always use a wicker basket? - Game mechanic - tick. Tasty mushroom medleys - cross.…
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We branch out in our escape game experience by trying Unlock. In French. Don't ask. Highlights include: - We totally butcher some French (the language, not the people) - Hooray for tutorial mode! - On your guard, or on your toes - choose your translation - The icy surface of Hoth is an environment that's shit - The app is literally amazing - A triangle has three sides, duh - It's a messy FRAG this week... - You can't criticise what you can't read…
It's Thursday at Hollyfirth, but after finding an obvious clue the previous day, our heroes decide to complete ignore it. Whatever.
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1 Kids On Brooms Chapter 3 - Hollyfirth Vs Aberforth 1:13:07
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Things are heating up as the two schools prepare to compete for Barry Cooper's grand prize! But will this distract our heroes from the mysteries that the school campus is hiding?
The Doctor and his companions have crash landed on a seemingly abandoned space ship. But, oh no!! It's infested with Weeping Angels, intent on sending us back to the past and stealing our life energy. I hate it when that happens. Can the heroes fix the Tardis and escape before it's too late? Highlights include: - Mark can't remember what we played literally less than a week ago - Weeping Agents would be an entirely different villain - Backs to the walls, chaps - Even the rules say the heroes won't win - Sorry Doctor, it's not about you - The game has middling complicatability…
The crew of the commercial tug Nostromo are in a bit of a pickle. After detouring to pick up a supposed distress signal, we're a man down and an alien up. Shit. Can we complete various tasks around the ship whilst avoiding the nefarious xenomorph? Highlights include: - Typos ahoy! - Ash is a dick - Everyone knows androids love junk - Instructions or flavour text? - Bank Holiday History Lesson!…
After a shocking attack on one of the students, can a celebrity visit from Serpentball star Barry Cooper lift the Hollyfirth spirits?
There's been a lot of deaths in our little Victorian town, but don't worry, it's not all doom and gloom! The ghosts are out in force, telling us exactly what flowers they want for their graves, and it's up to us to make their final wishes come true! Highlights include: - It's a very alliterative box - Sometimes it's a case of 'pass the duffer' - Are orchids rare? No, they're in Tesco - You have to please the ghost the most - It's the Battle of Jenny Strachan! - You wouldn't want to upset Dierdre's mourning husband... - Funerals are real. Zombies are not real. - Mark doesn't know the difference between fun and aesthetic - It doesn't look Kickstartery - Can you draw a photo-realistic ghost? - Where's the dude from Oliver Twist when you need him?…
This week we are furiously collecting works of art in the hopes of influencing the worth of our favourite artists. It's a tough old life... Highlights include: - Unfortunately, business first - Abalone is all balls - No cats allowed in the gallery - Fuck you Degas, you suck - Nothing like a 'Cheeky Vincent' - Classic art is famous for its lack of guns - Apologies to Reiner Knizia - we cannot pronounce your name…
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Hat theft is rife as we play Coppit! There doesn't appear to be any storyline going on here, just hold on to your hats! Highlights include: - Patrick forgets what colours are - Play until Meriel gets stupid and bitchy - What's your strategy? One hat? Two hats? Not... THREE HATS?? - There's gonna be a coppin' - It's a 'Grandma's House' game…
We're enrolled at VGHS - a brutally competitive institution training the elite gamers of tomorrow! Who will rise to the number one top spot, and who will get totally pwnd? Highlights include: - Amanda has clearly never seen Guinan before - VGHS is loud - Jane's speciality = being the worst - Stupid Ted Wong! - I'm an ancient looking bully - Please welcome to the stage, Jenny and the Guns! - RIP Marvel Dice Masters - Amanda is a typical American…
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1 Episode 137 - Jurassic World Legacy Of Isla Nublar 1:01:49
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We embark on an epic legacy campaign chronicling the ups and downs of Isla Nublar and its genetically enhanced dinosaur occupants. Can we successfully build and run a functioning dino theme park, or will a shit load of people get eaten due to management incompetence? Highlights include: - Do you have a board game limit? - Kelly Malcolm gets a bashing - Zones and Sectors... Spaces? - Is this monster gonna eat me, or the goat next door? - Hungry? Follow the chomp chart! - Narratively, how would a dinosaur teleport? - Jurassic Park, famously created by Richard Hammond - Because why wouldn't you make a Pythonosaurus? - Forget all about the dinosaurs escaping and all the industrial espionage, this tour group wants to see the petting zoo - Patrick has too much whiskey - Aww you lost - scratch off the sympathy box - Patrick forgets what his but is - I accidentally put wolverine DNA in my Spinosaurus…
Board games are pretty! Board games are artistic! Show off your best/most creative boardgame photos for a chance to win a game with us! Submit on Twitter or Facebook! Highlights include: - It's our first actual competition! - RIP Gloria Goldberg - Any dilemmas for the Board Game Court? - Get submitting your pics on the socials, yeah?…
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1 Kids On Brooms Chapter 12 - Time Loop 1:21:04
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There's a way to save Xavier! But how many times will Grace and Jessie have to repeat Thursday before they get it right? Also, don't forget to vote for your favourite Game Night invite! Let us know either on the Facebook page or the Twitter feed!
This week, we're talking about what makes a game night! What's important? Who do you invite? What games do you choose? Do you just follow a spreadsheet? Highlights include: - The people have voted: the Meeples must die! - Three courses, like a dinner - Welcome to game night, here's Onirim - What's that werewolf one? ...Werewolf - You have to trick your guests into thinking they have a choice - No whiners - If you're not having a good time, just leave…
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1 Minisode 31 - Exit Advent Calendar 2 2:38:30
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It's another December of puzzles as we endeavour to retrieve Santa's Golden Book from a mysterious thief!
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1 Kids On Brooms Chapter 11 - The Hydra Approaches 1:02:59
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After Dorset Applecake was eaten on live TV, the Hydra/Serpent... Hydrant? is searching for more victims - But why? What's the connection? And are our heroes at risk?
Grace is back from her exclusion, but in her absence, frightful machinations have been taking place - what trouble does this spell for Hollyfirth and indeed, the whole magical community?
Riley joins us in the royal court, where the Princess is a bit upset after her mother got arrested for treason (Understandable). It has been widely understood that the only way to cheer her up is to profess your love in a letter. So which of us will get our letter to the princess first? Will she even read it? Highlights include: - We give you the tragic tale of Amy Johnson - The mechanic is... cards - Is Riley a priest? - The protective power of Handmaids - Batman is never seen without his velvet pouch - The medieval times was notorious for munters and slags…
I chat to Thatcher from Dark Doll Games all about his upcoming project Witchbound! Part choose your own adventure, part ttrpg, part puzzler - make sure you check out the project page on Gamefound!
Join us on the open seas as we sail our freighters around the Bermuda Triangle, trying to earn our fortunes by collecting precious cargo. Wait... is that a storm brewing? Highlights include: - I want to watch Captain Power - Colour-coding the FRAG page has highlighted some major concerns - I've learned some geography - When in doubt, get some oil - You're not even safe in port - Oil is worth more than sugar, yeah?…
We were just going about our daily business in Starfleet, making some general repairs on the USS Enterprise, when we get hijacked by a bloody Klingon! Hate it when that happens! Can we get the ship back in time? Highlights include: - It's not filmed in actual space, sorry - You must go clockwise - it's the law of board games - There has been a major lapse in security - I finished the game in unnecessary stasis - Get ready for Bij - Sarah is an extremely 'thoughtful' player - Nobody wants a low powered beave - Made locally don't you know - Amanda pulls rank - Why are all the good guys human? Racist! - Munchkin has really traumatised us…
Patrick and I were just doing some casual caving when we fell down a hole and got stuck. I hate it when that happens! Can we avoid tremors, floods and toxic cave gas to escape before our torch batteries run out? Oh, and I don't think we're alone down here... Highlights include: - Nobody in this cave is fit - There's no action tokens, so please never mention them again - It's a right cave of shittery - Has anybody seen Steve?…
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1 Episode 132 - Risk Legacy 1:05:12
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Patrick and Meriel join me for an epic 15 game campaign of war, in which our world will be forever changed! Highlights include: - Pat is a total villain - It's all about the packs, baby - Which shitty mangled world shall we play on today? - Narratively speaking, I screwed myself over - If you're not an alien or a mutant, you're basically trash - Riots... pfff - Unsurprisingly, there's no reward if you die - Naming things is an immense pressure - Some continents are just... shit - The dice are incredibly unforgiving - There was one day where I had the rage - Sometimes you just have to be a bastard - This will severely alter the victory stats - Alaska is like, literally gone - Jump to 3:84 for a completely out of time experience - The highs were high and the lows were low - You might get Risk Fatigue…
We've been investigating a spooky old castle and now we've accidentally awoken a ghost (I hate it when that happens!) Who will be the first to escape the spirit's fiendish traps? Highlights include: - Was I at the last EVER Clix tournament? - Next week: Mince! - I foolishly assumed I would win, then played like a total idiot - It's way older than we thought - Saw it. Bought it. Played it. - Who calls their house 'Ghost Castle?' You're just asking for it, surely - Sometimes, it's trigger one trap, get another trap free! - When you're an old man, standing up is difficult - Don't get twatted by the flap - Would you rather get flapped up or tossed off? - Sometimes you just have to take a risk - Come on guys, marbles might seem fun at the time, but...…
It's my team of monster hunters versus Mark's collection of general horror creatures! Who will win control of the graveyard? Will the game still click after so many years? Highlights include: - It's been so long, I can't remember how old I was - You're listening to an official Horrorclix Tournament Champion, baby! - How do you choose a team when it's all just 'horror?' - Clicker rings at the ready! - The Alien Queen almost got taken out by Tesco Security... - My priest gets a boyfriend! - Who needs tactics when we can just meet in the middle and scrap! - Jane Cleaver can't stand up straight... maybe she's drunk? - Who is that cool superhero? Oh, it's Jesus...…
Shit is going down all over time! Can the Doctor and his companions defend key locations around the galaxy from hoards of monsters, aliens, and general ne'er do wells? Highlights include: - We created a Desperate Housewives paradox - #SaveNeighbours - I found it... aesthetically challenging - All the cards have been put through the shit filter - It comes complete with some player aid tomes - Time Points are not Victory Points! - We should have used Shufty, then Mark wouldn't be able to complain so much - Just in case you didn't know, Mark has a Doctor Who Podcast…
Welcome to Wisteria Lane, a hotbed of scandal and saucy secrets. Whose shady past will remain a mystery, and whose dirty laundry will be aired for all to hear? Highlights include: - It's another victory for Mark... sorry - The deckbuilders list gets even more questionable - Who can build the best Paul? - Prepare for some very naff American accents - Spot the tin! - You don't get shushed by enough board games these days... - We've totally swapped roles - Housewives are in fact, the lowest common denominator - If you married a man and had a load of kids, you've failed at being a lesbian - A red dice, how exciting! - It needs more plastic women…
We have 48 hours to complete a charitable mission, collecting as much free shit as we can! Get your beach buggy and your satellite phone, and away we go! Highlights include: - As usual, it's a smooth start - Mark ignores all my helpful notes - You're such a deck bag - There are some questionable games on the BGG Deckbuilding list - There's lots of Anneka Rice impressions - Barry isn't doing anything today - I'm afraid you've phoned the deaf primary school - There are some very untrustworthy volunteers - Make your mind up... is it the Community Centre or the Community Hall? - 1990 = shit - It needs more Anneka Rice…
The zombies have hit the casinos! As well as killing the undead hordes and searching for a helipad to escape, there's also gambling! Highlights include: - Deckbuilding disappointment - There's gambling... but why? - Can you have too many expansions? - You can't be a dog - Who goes into a shop and buys Zombies 11?…
We're back in space, duking it out for control of the Star Realms, but this time there's scenarios to change the game - will they help or hinder? Highlights include: - We're both legendary commanders - Mark's recap is particularly clear and concise - It's 'Baby's First Deckbuilder' - Mark is not that great - There are a few pound shop spaceships - There's a disappointing set up for next week...…
Are we too negative? Who's the most negative? Strap in for a montage of all the criticisms and rants we've had over the past three and a half years - reach your own conclusions, yeah?
Welcome to Hollyfirth! It's a new term at this formerly prestigious Milton Keynes based magical academy. What adventures await our students, Grace, Jessie and Xavier?
It's our Listeners' Choice episode! We gather supplies and recruit adventurers in the town, before setting off on the world map, questing and exploring and whatnot! Sometimes we're near, and sometimes we're far! Highlights include: - Just to clarify guys, our names aren't actually Eyim and Rin - Mark is inordinately impressed by the index - There's a version for everyone! - Let's rob the general store - Has Mark solved what the name means? - The Mystic doesn't give out very good presents... - There's nothing wrong with a pagoda, if that's your jam - I think I killed Mark's husband... - Ok, but what are we actually trying to do? - Mark repeatedly forgets to read the story... - Mark is responsible for the deaths of many villagers…
Long John Silver is in jail, reluctantly giving out hints to the location of his buried treasure! Can the pirates of the Hispaniola track it down before Silver hatches his escape plan and beats them to it? Highlights include: - Awful pirate accents! - We've got cabin fever... - I struggle with colours - Drawing on the board??? Shudder! - Where's Blind Pew? - Am I telling the truth? Or am I a dirty liar? - How to make your hints as useless as possible... - The treasure has not been found - Might I interest you in some boots? - I made some bad horse-riding decisions - It's basically CSI Treasure Island - Coming soon, 'Midwife: The Game' - It's a bit like the scary Watership Down style artwork - Jim Hawkins: a 13 year old boy with the face of a 40 year old man…
An episode that has literally been years in the making, Trains And Potholes is finally here! All we have to do is get our trains to all the stations - simple right? Not if those potholes have anything to do with it! Highlights include: - Mark contradicts himself many times - see if you can count them all! - It's been so long, I can't track down all the previous references - I, famously, did not create Fireball XL5 - Trains cannot overtake each other. Fact. - The age old dilemma: further your own progress or hinder someone else's... but with trains - We feel immense sympathy for our imaginary passengers - Everyone knows that all the great inventions started off with a little paper prototype - We will now be calling at 19 Shit Alley - Do NOT bring your baby on a safari…
We're swapping the bikes for brooms as things get magical - but how does it compare to the original, and does the magic measure up? Highlights include: - It starts with glowing blue ends and nobs - Patrick reveals his magical heritage - We treat Harry Potter like Voldemort... those books that shall not be named - Is magic a help or a hindrance? - The best subject at our magical school is actually Maths - What exactly was the scandal of '78? - I forgot the familiars... and sometimes the magic - Who calculates the magic? - If you get lost, make Bunty have a vision - Where's the class schedule, eh? - Just how many times can we say 'familiar?'…
It's NYE and we embark on a mission to play board games from 12 noon to 12 midnight! Will we (Mark) have the stamina? And which game will we be playing at the crucial moment? Highlights include: - We revisit some games we haven't played for ages! - My beer drinking is ridiculously poor - The excitement peaks early with an Exit card trick - Get ready for a horrendous impression of Aunt Beru - Even when we get the rules right, Xenoshyft is still impossible - Aerion gets a second wind! Mark even wants to play it again! - Battle For Biternia gives me the rage - I said I was going to list all the games and episodes... but I can't be bothered - Every time I say what game we're playing next, Mark acts like he's never heard of it - Mark commits a heinous crime…
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1 Minisode 27 - Exit Advent Calendar 2:28:09
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If you want to hear two guys fudge their way through 24 days of escape puzzles, then this is the episode for you!
Riley joins us as we all gather round and... dunk fake biscuits into fake tea. Why are we doing this? To avoid the sludgy cup, of course! Highlights include: - The board did what?? - Now you can find your favourite guest's episodes! - The rules seem to think we were doing something quite different... - Once again, Mark forgets all the main elements of how these episodes work - Do you like a girthy biscuit? - Tony, what have you done? - Do YOU know what 'The Biscuit Game' is? - It's a tea related breakdown - Brackets are important…
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1 Kids On Brooms Chapter 9 - Split Party 1:00:30
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Thanks to Cynthia Whipshaft's lies, Grace has been taken away! Can the others collect enough evidence to prove her innocence and get her back, and what will she discover up in the Welsh mountains?
School's out and the kids have got to get home. Trouble is, the town is full of aliens! Literally hate it when that happens! Highlights include: - We got a rule wrong last week. What you gonna do about it? - Now you can play Monopoly FOREVER - Half the fun is naming the kids - You might get stuck with a handful of bus - Got a problem? Ask Holiday Jones - You'll be safe at the prom, surely? - They're not aliens, they're 'strangers' - American bins don't typically have 'US Mail' on the side - Why would I kill my own twins? - Ben Stoll: King of Cryptozoic - Mark gets confused between Marvel and DC - Who froze?…
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Our robots are enjoying a lovely swim when a shark starts chasing them. I hate it when that happens! Who will make it to safety, and who will get bit? Highlights include: - 'Tabletop' is just not inclusive enough... what about games you play on a lawn? - Hey baby, wanna come play flat surface games with me? - Congratulations to Tim! - They have to be robots otherwise it would be a massacre - How many bits can you break a robot into anyway? - Hmmm... I think you can hear my tumble dryer…
Ten turns. Four letters. Infinite possibilities (unless you're illiterate). Highlights include: - It's the best selling game in the world, apparently - Research (looking things up on the internet) - Masterblind: You won't see it coming - It's Wordle, innit - You've got black and white pegs - Mark admits that he turns the sound down when I'm talking - Don't forget, there's black and white pegs - It's not Stephen Hawking or anything - It's got a board. It's got pegs (black and white) - We hope you enjoy 70s Brown - The 70s is not ancient - If you can play it without the board and pieces, does it need to exist?…
Chargeball is back! Now featuring slightly less shit production value, as well as some new boards, cards and tokens. Oh yeah, and a TTS version too - Woo! Highlights include: - Throwback to Year 1 - Imagine Space Rugby. Magical Space Rugby. - Mark talks about the hexagons like they're new, but they aren't - Penalty cards (Copyright Riley Stock 2022) - Get the ball. Score some points - I Pinocchioed it - Mark frequently forgets that he's presenting this one - Ugh, if you want to play it yourself? Eeewww! - Coming soon - all the games Mark hated, from worst to best worst…
Phil, Tim and Riley compete in the Ancient Game Tomb Challenge! A set of random components have been unearthed in a freshly discovered tomb. Perhaps they are part of a game of some sort? We each pitch our games, but the vote is down to you! Highlights include: - Which do you prefer, reviews or 'other' content? - MS Paint for the win - Ancient cultures really were brutal - Riley makes us all look bad by actually creating his game - Snakes can be tricky - How did string survive? - Indiana Jones has given us lots of inspiration/education - Did I cheat? Who knows! - I'm a total selfish bastard - What happened to your hands, Grandma?…
We've put out some seeds on our feeder, each hoping to collect the best selection of birds - but watch out for those bastard crows! Highlights include: - What is this?? ~30??? - Everyone knows birds love to queue - If a seal turns up at your feeder, you've automatically lost - To win, you need to be strategicking - How do you gender a bird anyway? - Greenfinches were just not interested in our seeds - Mark invented 'Creator Corner' then promptly forgot all about it - Look out for the common or garden Pinchback - What else has eggs?…
Grace's nemesis and all-round biatch, Cynthia Whipshaft is hosting the Welcome Back Ball - can't possibly go wrong, surely?
Classic novelist Jane Austen has totally lost the plot and jumped on the zombie bandwagon - the only trouble is, she's set on eradicating her existing stories! Can these beloved characters endure the undead hordes for long enough to complete their narratives? Highlights include: - It sucks to be a woman in Regency England - You cannot romance a zombie - LGBT, yes. Incest, no - A lady must never be without her bin lids - Augusta Elton. Gooseberry - Please, Miss Austen! - You blink, and suddenly zombies are everywhere - She better run!…
We are about to enter the dungeon... who knows what lurks behind the door. Will it be immense treasures or weird monsters? Who knows! Highlights include: - Apologies for the shit quality - I got the settings wrong, whoops! - Make way for the Dragon Master - This game lasted 84 years - Sarah's tinfoil hat is inordinately strong - It's all a bit beige - You REALLY need to read your cards - Sarah needs to learn the meaning of 'helping' - Amanda loves her some buffs and nerfs... - We phoned Simon while he was driving, but it's ok, we didn't kill him…
It's 1894 and we've decided to build a railway right to the top of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales (and England to be fair...) like you do. Who can build the most stuff and make the most meaningful contribution to this effort? Highlights include: - It's the Snowdonia Deluxe Master Set, and don't you forget it! - 30 minutes or 90 minutes: there is no middle ground - Mark is an honorary Snowdon Mountain Railway driver - Do they have trains in Dungeons and Dragons? - I regularly mix up steel and iron... what you gonna do about it? - There will be no lollygagging whatsoever - We don't speak about the Hebron Incident - What do you need coal for? - Guaranteed a yeti will fuck up your railway - Mark introduces a new section, Creator Profile - Tony Boydell is trains to the max - Here's the player aid tome - Time to assign your labradors…
Safely back from their ordeal, our heroes stumble on the perfect opportunity to explore the vaults beneath the school - will they discover anything that can help explain what's going on?
All of society's greatest are gathered for a simply scrumptious morning tea, but who can put on the best spread? Highlights include: - Tea? That's the 1800s isn't it? - Yeah, but how does it actually work? - Strap in for the worst explanation of a game ever - Why would you give away your milk? - Just leave each other's tea alone! - Alright darlin, flash us your kitchen - Afternoon tea is only for ladies - Tactics! Strategy! Tea! - If it's already in the box from the start, is it an expansion? - Nan's gone to bed, get the cocks out! - Congratulations to Mark for remembering the format of an episode…
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1 Kids On Brooms Chapter 6 - Friday Night Boss Fight 1:06:43
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Turns out that the self flying brooms were possessed, and now Jessie and Merida find themselves being whisked away to a mystery location - who or what will they find when they get there? And what will the rest of the team do without them?
Mark tries to guess the top 20 best selling board games of all time, and we discuss what makes them so - how many of them do you own? Highlights include: - We finally pick the 'Listeners' Choice' - Epic PvP is surprisingly not on the list - Who remembers Dream Phone? - Mark wants to play Candyland with real sweets. In fact, he wants to play most things with sweets... - The Logo Game: it's everywhere! - Are simpler games more likely to be popular? - Everyone's played Chess, whether they wanted to or not - If I haven't heard of it, it can't possibly be on the top sellers list! - Come on guys, let's get Old Maid to the top spot! - Coming soon: Shitty Preschool Colour Match…
It's been about 2 years since we were talking about playing this, and now here we are! Except we're playing it on A4 paper using 5p coins. Whatever. Highlights include: - Second time's a charm! - Meet Shufty, the Card Shuffler - Your mancala could be your mouth - It's the kind of game Magneto and Professor X would play in the park - Divots, pits, pots... what are they actually called? - They probably won't be talking about Coma Ward in 2000 years…
It's the final showdown! Our heroes are all set to sabotage Alexei Zakharov's tour of Bluesburg - will they be successful? Will the bag of wigs get used to maximum effect? Who ate all the crisps? Find out now!
Just when our heroes have hatched a plan, they find themselves wanted by the Bluesburg Police Department. On the run and with the clock ticking until Alexei Zakharov pulls the plug on Bluesburg for good, how will they evade capture in time to save the town?
Jerry's wife Cassandra makes a surprise return as our heroes get closer to taking down Eclipse once and for all...
Special guest David challenges Mark to a game of Doctor Who Trivial Pursuit, to see who is the ultimate fan (nerd) of all! Highlights include: - Mrs White is the best Cluedo character, apparently - Some people have been 'Northernised' to protect their identity - What happened to Sally Gray? - Doctor Who nerds are no good at trash talk - Neil Armstrong is not part of the TV crew - Jeremy Paxman never stumbles over his questions - There's a disappointing amount of knowledge about the Androzani King and Queen from Tree Planet 475…
We're back in Waterdeep, but this time we've got access to Skullport and the Undermountain. Things are a lot more corrupt this time around too! Highlights include: - Mark leads the episode so... you know - Welcome to Waffle Hour - Do not be tempted by the big rewards - corruption sucks! - The box perfection is now ruined - Coming soon, 'Wood Vs Metal' - I want to touch the wood…
Aliens! Those gits literally get everywhere! Now, a lowly researcher and a radioman have to rescue some lost brothers and find the way out, all before the Xenomorph Titan rips them to pieces! Just another day in the corps! Highlights include: - Trademark - Look out for Christine the mercenary! - Nobody wants a deep gash - Mark threatens to play solo - Where's Prometheus? - Witness the most expensive door in history…
Patrick and Meriel join us IRL for a game of Joking Hazard. Who can create the most hilarious/disgusting comic strip? Highlights include: - Mark ruins the intro - There is no red man - Mark again proves that he is fantastically ignorant of colours - Pretty much any conversation can end with someone getting their ass out - Meriel goes into prude mode…
Human bones have been discovered in the ruins of the Fun Palace! Is this just a coincidence, or have Eclipse been up to more shady business? Some sneaking is definitely on the cards... Also, have some pics of the original Survive: Escape From Atlantis that Mark found!
Just when they thought they had a lead on the mysterious Eclipse, our heroes discover Pamela Weston has escaped! Can they find her before anything else goes wrong?
We take on the roles of dodgy council members, each vying for control over the port town of Waterdeep, using the city's amenities to complete nefarious plots and gain influence. As you do. Highlights include: - We get a strange visitor... - Mark hashes his way through the intro - The box is literally perfect - Mark is an arcane mishap - Mark is obsessed with the word 'meeple' - There's just not enough fit people - Coming soon: Priests Of Upper High…
Once again, we're trying to rescue as many beautiful cats as we can - but this time, we're playing with all the components, not just the wussy lame version that Mark set up last time. Will it make a difference? Highlights include: - All hail Polyhedra! - Has anybody actually managed to get their cat to sit in the box lid? - Get your fish money out - But why are they called Lessons? - The previous version is now officially called the Dumbo Version - I mention that there are 3 kinds of card, then I only talk about 2 of them. Also, there's actually 4 types, so bit of a mess all round there. - Mark is now called Benchmark, because if he understands a game, then anyone will - It should be called 'Boat of Cats'…
Bluesburg gets a new mayor - but what does this mean for the town? Also there's still that pesky bigfoot knocking about - what's going on?
A month has passed since the tragic events of the Fun Palace, and Bluesburg finally seems to be getting back to normal. Oh, except for rumours of Bigfoot in the forest, that is!
Our heroes have successfully sabotaged the Triumph pills before the big roll out - but will it be enough? Does Pamela Weston have one final trick up her sleeve? Find out now!
It's Phil and Chris Vs Mark and Sarah in an underwater submarine chase. It's a real-time battle for the win! Highlights include: - Mark proper screws up the intro - Sarah gives a dramatic box reading - I like my Captain Sonar like I like my women - Matt Deepnew may or may not be from Cape Horn - Karin Page sounds like a stinky bitch - Sarah's performance = shit. She basically just drew a dog - Chris doesn't know East and West - Sorry, I've been charging the coffee machine - It's missing Tit Island - Sarah will NOT be telling her mum about this - No matter how many times Mark plays something, it might as well be the first time - We're judging it as a game, not a person - Captain Sonar Family Edition... There's no submarines, you just kill the opposing family…
Our favourite Professor has gone and got herself lost on a mysterious island full of aggressive koalas. Can we find her and bring her back in one piece? Highlights include: - How would you escape from a 40ft rampaging koala? - Mark reads like a child learning to read - Shove Ha'penny, what?? - The idea is to not suck at the challenges - Mark forgets FRAG. Again - Are we too generous? - It's chunky. You want to put it in your mouth…
Riley joins us as we check out some of the Tiny Library's offerings! Highlights include: - Why buy clothes when you can buy board games? - Would you rather solve a puzzle for an hour, or just eat some chocolate? - Don't bring a knife to a ghost fight - Keep the workforce medicated - it's the way forward - Coming soon, 'The Bloodputer' - Is it a game, a tool, an activity or a conversation piece? - I'm not the host of this podcast, I am Tilda Swinton portraying the host of this podcast - If you don't bring your dice satchel everywhere, you're not a real gamer - This is my dragon, she's called Barbara - But how do you beat the farty man in the ass house? - Could I defeat your mum armed with nothing but a role of sellotape? - Once we ended the recording, we all entered a new stage of our lives, called Sunday Evening…
Spencer from The Lighten Up Initiative joins us on yet another sinking island! Although there's no cooperation this time round - it's a shark eat meeple world out there... Highlights include: - Maybe we should do a musical episode... - You should never lend your board games to anybody! - Munchkin is the gateway drug to hardcore gaming - Mark forgot to evacuate the island entirely - Whale smash! - Single use plastics are the reason Atlantis is sinking in the first place - Spencer breaks the FRAG by giving a .5 - We're all 8+ - 69!!!!…
We're stranded on a sinking island with Tim from 'Board Game Hot Takes' - Can we grab some treasure and make it to the helipad, or will be end up in the watery abyss? Highlights include: - Mark still claims not to be a hater - If Tim doesn't like something, you'll know about it - The game comes in a nice tin, if you were wondering - We were doing fine, until Tim jinxed it - The Pilot easily has the best power - We lost, but for a moment, we didn't really know how or why - If you win, then it's because you're skilled. If you lose, the game obviously cheated…
We're back on Fireball Island, and this time we've set our sights on some extremely rare spider eggs. Unfortunately, the spiders themselves aren't too happy about this! Highlights include: - All of Mark's hopes and dreams have been smashed - It's really difficult to make the spiders actually spring anywhere - We almost FGRA - Just print a new rulebook yeah?…
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Year 4 kicks off with a promo playthrough of Oros with its creator, Brandt from Aesc Games! Learn about their debut project of tectonic tile smashing and demigod worshipping, live on Kickstarter now!
We've been going for three years! Here we have the traditional review of the past 12 months of Organised Fun! Highlights include: - How's Derek Ring been doing? - What have we learned from the polls this year? - All the major developments in podcast history - The prestigious FRAG awards - Everyone (almost) tells us their gaming highlights - What do we want from Year 4?…
Laurie and Rhi from Stop, Drop and Roll Games share their upcoming game Earth Rising with us! You'll learn all about the game and its creators, and definitely get something to add to your wishlist :D
Our heroes have discovered a way to cancel the effects of the Triumph pill - now all they have to do is sneak in to the Fun Palace and tamper with the goods - but with Eclipse upping the ante, will they get away with it?
We're joined by Jane as we all go on a spiritual journey of self discovery and horrific truths! Who will be the first to fulfil their destiny? Highlights include: - Mark killed Wesley Harper, and now everybody knows it - This game was discovered Indiana Jones style - Get the Thesaurus out! - You'll learn all about Mark's haircut - But what is the audience? - My first love was cake - Uranus brings awareness - Turns out Jane is an awful person - It's given us a brand new business venture - Revelation made me quit my job and dump my boyfriend - Were we supposed to have crystal balls? - When you get to the end of the deck, that's when you drink the Kool-Aid…
The stakes are higher than ever in Bluesburg! Our heroes learn about some disturbing connections between the Fun Palace and the Temperance Society, as well as making an illuminating trip to the library and the chemistry club!
A giant spire has burst out of the ground and everything's gone to shit. Looks like it's up to us to head inside and investigate! Highlights include: - Nobody wants a gap in the flaps - Mark is definitely not listening this week - Black for armour, red for... blood? - If you've had a head injury, don't go to sleep - I may or may not be some sort of gardener…
The pixelated land of Biternia is in the midst of a power struggle. Two teams vie for supremacy, their power tied to mystical gems - if one team's gem is destroyed, they're done for! Highlights include: - The box promises something big - Board or mat? - What do you mean, you can't remember your orders? - Cards, cards everywhere! - You can fight each other, but why? - What are you really? - Did I read the rules wrong? I don't think so!…
Secret missions and sneaky tricks in a game of pranks and japes. Who got got? Highlights include: - We played a game where Mark literally did nothing - It's been so long since parties have been allowed, we can't remember reasons to have one - I used our lack of bread to secure a victory - En Francais, s'il vous plait - This would be a great app…
After Ed's improbable display at the basketball game, our heroes investigate further, leading them to the depths of the Fun Palace, where dark deals are being sealed - but why?
We've just broken out of our dank cell deep in the depths of the castle, hooray! The only thing standing in our way now is a maze of traps, monsters and general shittery! Will we escape the dark castle? Highlights include: - We're on the radio! - It's black and white. There's lots of black. And lots of white. - Every game features a Rasputin - You could play this in any of your typical gaming locations: the pub, the park, the... forest?…
Who needs a board and some dice when you've got Monopoly Deal? We buy, we sell, we charge rent - but all in card form! Highlights include: - Where is Mark's travel Monopoly? - I love a good reference card - Don't get caught without money... - Mark cracks down on overfragging... - Rich Uncle Pennybags is all over the shop…
I am Groot.
Riley's back for more, as this time we have to use our card skills to save everyone from the Green Goblin's nefarious schemes! Will Spider-Man, Spider-Woman and Captain Marvel succeed? Highlights include: - Anyone can be a woman - There needs to be more dials in the world - Mark's all about the damage - We all get engaged multiple times to multiple people - Before you know it, everyone's a goblin and you're screwed - How exactly is Spider-Woman spidery? - Generally, I was too exhausted to do anything - Aunt May, PHWOAR! - What noise would the font make?…
It's MI6 vs the CIA in a race to contact all our secret agents. Trouble is, only one member on each team knows their true identities - sounds like poor governmental planning to me! Highlights include: - Who had trains first? - Clothes? - Is it better to give or receive... clues? - Mark thought it would be too 'codey' - Just in case you didn't notice, Riley and Kimmy are American!…
We've got to use a mix of 007 characters, gadgets and vehicles to defeat Scaramanga who's trying to fake his own death (Why?) Simple, obvs! Highlights include: - Mark falls at the first hurdle of Bond knowledge - It's all a bit golden - Say hello to Agent Rainbow Ralphing Cat - James Bond = Poker + Car Flipping - There's a whole deck of Pussy…
This week, we're farmers who seem to be lacking all the basic animals for our farms. Tch! Now it's a race to buy the relevant creatures from the market... on market day! Highlights include: - We basically enabled a new Fluxx set - Everyone knows Wingdings sounds like junk falling down the stairs - Are beauty contests offensive now? - Would you rather paint a mural, or pick up dog shit? - Ladies can't own farms - We should've double farmed it - Can girl cows have horns? - Where do Americans get their cattle from? - Eggs aren't animals…
The jungle of Jumanji is full of dangers, but will they stop us from achieving our goal? Highlights include: - It's a creeperless affair - Where's Nick Jonas? - When did board games get so woke? - Starring The Rock/Greg Wallace/Dara O'Briain - The losing streak continues - What do fonts sound like?
Who's the most knowledgeable on horror, or are we both intro-kill shitness? Highlights include: - Mark can't say 'pursuit' - Purple > Brown - There's nothing like a game of Trivial Pursuit to highlight how shit you are - John Moore! - There's a strange opinion of what constitutes a comedy - Purple = Pink - And now for the impressions round!…
A ritual to summon one of the great old ones has successfully been completed, spilling all sorts of eldritch shit out into the Miskatonic campus. But don't worry, there's still one final chance to reverse it! Highlights include: - The odds against us are astronomical! - It's Arkham, so you know what you're getting - The box is a bit of a liar - It's all about the priority cards - It's a bit of a tactical nightmare - This week, we FARG…
A wizard and a crone, desperately searching for mysterious items in an ever changing maze of twisting paths and dead ends! Highlights include: - Prepare for a multiple Ravensburger tangents - Nothing to do with Bowie - Nothing to do with burgers either - I get distracted by Hocus Pocus - By the time you listen to this, I will have already bought Market Day - You literally need no knowledge to play this game…
Some evil douchebag is on his way to pillage the Isle of Cats, so it's up to us to rescue as many of the inhabitants as possible! There's just one problem - how to fit them all in? Highlights include: - Mark's in charge! - Watch out, your sister is mean - It's basically cat-tetris - Obviously, cats can't go through walls - This is my child, Polyomino - Mark's approach to unboxing a game has raised some concerns…
Various locations in the world of Harry Potter are being beset by magical miscreants, and it's up to us to use our deck-building skills to kick them into oblivion! Highlights include: - For some reason, Mark can't say 'Ron Weasley' - Nothing says romance like forcing your other half to play board games - It's Valentine's Day, let's have a fight - Spells are the guns of the Harry Potter world - If you haven't had your Hogwarts letter, you can't play - You just cannot trust the dark arts - Lucius Malfoy = The guy with the hair…
The Great Old Ones are at it again, this time battling for control of Yuggoth... which is actually Pluto, would you believe? It's a new map, but is it a game changer? Highlights include: - Mark doesn't know who he is - Is it a place or is it a monster? - Mark generally struggles to comprehend things - it's like he's in a Lovecraft novel of his very own... - There's slime, but I wouldn't go out of my way to get some - In five goes, everyone's dead - Lack of planning counts as bad planning - At least the two parts of the board lined up this time…
The excitement is palpable as the Blue Eels take on the Lower Granfeld Elks - but will the mysterious goings on bring trouble to the game?
The cities of the world (all of them) are in crisis! Their only hope is for us to fly our super plane round there and deliver the necessary supplies in a rapid fashion. What could go wrong? Highlights include: - Sand timers are notoriously silent - There's no time for fannying about - The world has more than 25 cities - Karachi is alright, but everywhere else is fucked! - We don't know flags. Or geography. Or anything.…
One of our relatives has gone missing, and all we're left with is a bunch of mysterious and monstrous clues - but which one of us can be in possession of the most important clue by the end? Highlights include: - Just in case you were wondering, there's only one rulebook - What's more important, winning or staying sane? - Mark actually did some strategy! - There's always insanity - If board games were meal courses, what would you have? - I was outstandingly bad at this game - Who has the rights to what? Nobody knows! - How many different engines are there?…
Where am I? You're in the Knightmare Board Game! It's a race to reach Merlin, but can we involve the various traps and bastardry? Highlights include: - Mark takes the lead! - Who wants to climb Merlin's 'throne'? - That's the room where that stupid kid fell off a bridge - Back in the 80s nobody gave a fuck about plastic - Half way through, we were like 'Oh, strategy.' - Warning team! - Falsehood! - Who wants to join the Knightmare Adventurer's Club, only £3.95!…
A 29 game campaign comes to an end, and the deck we finish with is nothing like the one we started with! Permanent changes mean our Sopio Legacy deck is unique to us - go Popcorn! Highlights include: - The game was heralded in by a totally shit Whoopi Goldberg movie - Massive spoiler alert! - It's all about the popcorn - There's probably a bastard deck out there - What's more important, opening secret packs, or winning? - Sarah is now officially the God of Sopio - You have to accept the fact you'll vandalise the game - Don't get stuck in a french toast loop - Whatever you do, guaranteed Sarah will stop you - RIP Angel Fish, Brotato and Popcorn Colonel - It's all about the secret packets - Sarah loves the FRAG drama - What else could be a Legacy game?…
We've fallen through the back of a wardrobe and ended up in 1988 with the Chronicles of Narnia game. Can we reassemble parts of the story or will the White Witch get the better of us? Highlights include: - You WILL watch Narnia NOW!! - The only Narnian thing are the pictures - The whole 4 series, and they managed to ignore most of the main characters and events - It's an epic quest for Jill Pole's head - The White Witch gets a right slagging off - Aslan only appears if you believe in him - Find me Prince Caspian! - More games should have cogs…
Sean makes an interesting trip to the Budget Mart, Jerry and Deputy Montgomery hatch a plan, Janice is back at the Fun Palace with Sandy, and Tyler has another illuminating chat with Wesley...
It's been a month since all that nasty Temperence Society business, but the mystery is far from over. Who was Hortense Mondegreen working for? Is the new Bluesburg Fun Palace on the straight and narrow? Will Tyler ever publish his book?
Lucien LeBleu is alive and Hortense Mondegreen's plan is finally revealed! Can our heroes defeat the Temperance Society and restore order to Bluesburg?
The engines are revving, the checkered flag is waving, and the stage is set - hopefully Dick Dastardly won't sabotage us as we play Wacky Races! Highlights include: - Women invented chocolate chip cookies - A bit of technical beepery (apologies!) - Third time's a charm for Mark's box reading - Are boards no longer cool? - Everyone knows the four terrain types: forest, desert, farm, and... purple - Dick Dastardly is fucking shit - Penelope Pitstop gets blasted - Naturally, we've come up with a way to add booze…
A shocking news report brings Blueberry Brewery down, but don't worry! Conveniently there's a brand new beer ready to take its place. Is the timing a little too perfect? And what exactly is in the tunnels beneath the brewery?
We're back in the realm of Star... Realms, except this time, instead of just us regular plebs in charge, we've got some actual Commanders! Will it be enough to make a difference? Highlights include: - You're a blob destroyer - Mark attempts to change the order of things - The points system offends Mark - We forgot all about the gambit cards - Mark's opinion has changed! - You never separate an expansion back out…
We try our hands at crafting fairytales - but with each of us striving to achieve a certain ending, who can finish the story first? Highlights include: - Mark finds the bumf, or is it just the rules? - And the giant rat was actually his beloved... - Mark just reads out cards for fun - Who could forget the red furry cottage? - I need a queen, a wizard and a tomb - Don't eat roast shitty-beast - Pronouns? - It all went down with Louise Brown - Aerion has been erased from Mark's mind…
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We're back in the Oniverse this week, building airships for... some reason. As usual though, there's many obstacles in our way, like metal clouds, hourglasses and a kite. An angry fucking kite. Highlights include: - Error, box! - I struggled to create a narrative - It's well Shadi - It's the nightmare version of Yahtzee - There's a game in there somewhere - It's not the Oniverse's style to have words and sense…
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