Join four lifelong friends on this award-nominated podcast about board games, video games, movies, TV, comics, and more; uncovering indie gems you’ll love and diving deep into the world's biggest hobby franchises
Episodes
Sunday Mar 15, 2020
Sunday Mar 15, 2020
00:00 - Something called an ISTQB, the linen finish high quality of Wingspan ("the most beautiful game I own"), and the lesser spotted Trivia Tidbits.
12:40 - Relationship advice and Mini Eggs.
14:35 - Omerta has a really good rhythm to it and we think it's "a breath of fresh air".
25:22 - The guy with the games on holiday. And is taking eighteen games away with you too many? (probably)
27:25 - We start talking about Two Point Hospital, then get de-railed by PlayStation Max magazine, and pictures of a young Sam Turner.
33:34 - Two Point Hospital is a meditative medical management game with superb writing that takes a great formula into the modern era.
48:26 - "I was really taken back with how much fun everyone was having and how much fun I was having" - we're big big fans of Tiny Heist.
All that, and fixing a roof with board game money, with Dan (@ThisDanFrost), Kris (@DigitalStrider), Sam (@MrSamTurner), and Peter (@XeroXeroXero).
Links to where you can find us - StayingInPodcast.com
Sunday Mar 01, 2020
Sunday Mar 01, 2020
00:00 - Miniatures games, what makes BattleTech fun to paint, and why the hobby is oh so therapeutic.
08:43 - The sensory overload of Arcade Club in Bury.
15:09 - The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine is a deceptively tricky trick-taking game that feels incredibly fresh and different.
32:19 - Parasite won best picture at the Oscars, which it fully deserves, and we'll tell you why you MUST see it (without spoiling a thing).
40:03 - Obsessed with roll and write games? Us? Never. Honest. But also: Encore!
48:30 - Some lies about Kit Kat Chunkys.
50:12 - Robyn Zwicker has a question for us this week: "have you ever had a crush on a cartoon character?" Some of the answers will surprise (and perhaps upset) you.
All that, and not burying the lede, with Dan (@ThisDanFrost), Kris (@DigitalStrider), Sam (@MrSamTurner), and Peter (@XeroXeroXero).
Links to where you can find us - StayingInPodcast.com
Quick note! Sam accidentally said that he had bought Encore! when in actual fact it was sent to us by the folk at Coiledspring Games to review. Apologies for that.