165 episodes
Decision Space Jacob Frydman, Brendan Hansen
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Decision Space explores decisions in games across the board game hobby and beyond. By exploring tactics, strategy, and the subjective experiences of decisions in games, we hope to provide insights into the specific games we cover and the games in general.
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Quantum - The Dice Are Nice
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.Vote for Decision Space to win the Golden Geek HERE: https://boardgamegeek.com/geekawards/boardgame(If you have any questions or difficulty, please reach out in the discord!)
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Episode 167 - Quantum
Holy geek! Decision Space has been nominated for a Golden Geek award again. Thank you all so much for voting, truly. With that out of the way, this week we are giving Quantum our traditional Decision Space deep dive treatment. We will explore why the game's efficient use of dice feels simultaneously, foundational, thematic, and efficient. We also talk about end-game dynamics, if this space game feels like chess, special powers, and so much more. Interdecisional Spaceship travellers, join us in the magic circle and let's explore Quantum!
Pre-Planners
Next week we will share our top 10 games of all time!
TimestampsIntro - 0:00Ratings and Game Background - 2:56Rules Overview - 7:45Quantum Deep Dive - 10:00
Music and Sound Credits
Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s
You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.
Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA
Rules Overview Music: Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI
Contact
We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com.
This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com.
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Revisitability vs. Replayability and Revisting Games
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.Nominate Decision Space for a Golden Geek Here: https://boardgamegeek.com/geekawards/boardgame(If you have any questions or difficulty, please reach out in the discord!)
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Episode 166 - Revisiting Games
Golden Geek, Golden Geek, Golden Geek! That's right, it's pledge week here on Decision Space. Please consider nominating us for best podcast in the golden geek awards on BGG. In this week's episode. Jake and Brendan talk about revisiting games. What causes us to dust off and revisit a game after it has been on the shelf for some time? Are there some qualities that make a game more revisitable than others? Is revisitability even a word? Don't answer that last question. After an initial discussion, Jake and Brendan dive into some games that they have been revisiting lately and there experiences with them. Enjoy, Decisionaughts, and ask yourself, did I do my part... to nominate Decision Space for a golden geek award.
Pre-Planners
Quantum is on our radar, Taverns of Tiefenthal is a maybe. Give us some recs!
TimestampsIntro/Golden Geek - 0:00Revisting Games - 3:03Mansions of Madness/The Hunger - 4:15String Railways - 5:35Dominion - 7:55Transatlantic/Dune Imperium - 8:45Wyrmspan/Wingspan - 9:30Bruges/Castles of Burgundy - 13:35Fox in the Forest - 14:30Pandemic Legacy/My City - 16:30Broom Service - 20:30Findorff/The Mind - 21:45Challengers! - 26:45Riftforce - 32:45Magic: the Gathering - 37:15Spades - 44:33Tikal - 49:30
Music and Sound Credits
Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s
You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.
Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA
Rules Overview Music: Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI
Contact
We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com.
This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com.
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Ticket To Ride - A Classic for All Ages with Special Guest Bill Collins
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.Nominate Decision Space for a Golden Geek Here: https://boardgamegeek.com/geekawards/boardgame(If you have any questions or difficulty, please reach out in the discord!)
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Episode 164 - Ticket To Ride with Bill Collins
This week we are joined by Bill Collins. You may know him as Varianor on the Decision Space Discord. In this episode, Bill, Jake, & Brendan dive deep into the decisions in this new classic family board game. We look deep at all possible actions, the timing puzzle, the implications of no hand limit, and much more decisional goodness. Then, Bill guides us through the high points of what is out there in the extended TTR universe of products.
Pre-Planners
Quantum is on our radar, Taverns of Tiefenthal is a maybe. Give us some recs!
TimestampsGolden Geek - 0:00Episode Start - 1:30Ratings and Game Background - 4:14Rules Overview - 12:52Deep Dive Discussion - 14:45
Music and Sound Credits
Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s
You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.
Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA
Rules Overview Music: Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI
Contact
We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com.
This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com.
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Play & Design Decisions in Drafting Games (What We Talk About)
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
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Episode 163 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Drafting, Part Two
In the second part of our What We Talk About episode on drafting, we move away from drafting mechanisms and into drafting decisions. Jake and Brendan discuss the decision space created in drafting games, focusing on traditional pack drafting games, and then move on to designing drafting games. Enjoy, nerds!
Pre-Planners
Next week we will be deep diving Ticket To Ride!
Timestamps
Intro - 0:00Main topic - 4:13Magic: The Gathering - 6:20Keyflower - 11:00Imhotep - 19:00Sushi Go/Seven Wonders/Bunny Kingdom - 21:00Challengers - 33:05Drafting Design -35:30Star Wars Unlimited - 38:35Moon - 42:20Cascadia/Blood Rage - 49:26
Music and Sound Credits
Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s
You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.
Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA
Rules Overview Music: Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI
Contact
We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com.
This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com.
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All the Things We Call Drafting (What We Talk About)
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games.
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Episode 162 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Drafting, Part One
Brendan is back in the saddle, and we settle down to part one in a two (or more) part series on drafting in board games. This episode is specifically on drafting as a mechanism and how this common mechanism shows up in games. It's a mechanism survey folks. Sound the alarm!
Pre-Planners
Ticket To Ride, Food Chain Magnate, Taverns of Tiefenthal, Quantum
Timestamps
Intro - 0:00Drafting - 4:08Blood Rage, Ark Nova, Booster Draft/Magic the Gathering - 14:00Grid Drafting/Sobek for 2 Players - 18:52Push Your Luck Drafting/Coloretto/Kanagawa/Circus Flocati - 22:06Winston Draft - 28:15Memory in Drafting - 31:35I Cut You Choose/Wingspan/ - 36:00Variable Set Up Drafting/Agricola/Age of Innovation/Catan/Findorff - 40:55Entwined Drafting/Cascadia - 46:03Player Arranged Drafting/Kingdomino/Arboretum/Enchanged Plumes - 48:15Solitaire Drafting/Challengers! - 55:06Card Row Drafting/Star Reals/Robot Quest Arena - 57:21
Music and Sound Credits
Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s
You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.
Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA
Rules Overview Music: Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI
Contact
We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com.
This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com.
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Gamers Ranch Recent Plays and Pete's Back!
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Episode 161 - Pete's Back! Gamers Ranch Recent Plays
Pete Wissinger is back, and he and Jake are talking about recent plays at a magical trip to Gamers Ranch. We talk about Dune Imperium: Uprising, Blob Party (Jake's play of the weekend), Schadenfreude, Robot Quest Arena, and Three Ring Circus. Sit back and enjoy decisionaughts!
Pre-Planners
Ticket To Ride, Food Chain Magnate, Taverns of Tiefenthal, Quantum
Timestamps
Intro - 0:00Gamers Ranch - 2:46Dune Imperium Uprising - 9:51Blob Party - 16:36Schadenfreude - 24:58Robot Quest Arena - 34:34Three Ring Circus - 41:05
Music and Sound Credits
Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s
You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.
Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA
Rules Overview Music: Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI
Contact
We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com.
This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com.
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Customer Reviews
A premier board game podcast!
This is one of the best board game podcasts currently running. The content is uniquely thoughtful and interesting. Singluar among content creators are the single-game deep dives and topical expositions. They don’t shy away from analyzing either heavy or light games, and they appreciate the genius of Dr. Knizia (aka Rhino Knizz)! Brendan and Jake have a fun, engaging dynamic that make each show a joy to listen to. Do yourself a favour and subscribe to this show!
Top Shelf Boardgame Podcast
Decision space is a wonderful podcast. As a sign of how good, I downloaded itunes just to be able to rate and leave a review. I don't do that...
The discussions go into the weeds of what makes boardgames, boardgamers and boardgaming tick. They're happy to steer clear of a simple soundbite to give a much more complex and considered take on the hobby. And the discussion doesn't end when the show closes - over on the Discord, the community chimes in and builds. Jake and Brendan are active participants. It's just a big whack of great feels and a platform for an expanding the boundaries of what boardgames can do and be.
Unpacking why we enjoy games
A wonderful blend of game review and design analysis, Decision Space has been a great new addition to my regular podcast listens. I really appreciate Brendan and Jake's efforts to ask questions about what makes a game interesting and why different types of people will find it fun, through the lens of the decisions a game asks you to make and how those can make you feel. The series has helped me to understand more about what kinds of games bring me the most joy and giving me words to describe why that is to others. This has helped me to look critically at my game collection, gaining a new appreciation of the games I already own and diving deeper into what they have to offer. I'd like to thank Decision Space for helping me gradually build up a resistance to the "cult of the new". :) The hosts have an easy banter between them and while they have built up a potentially esoteric vocabulary about how to talk about games and game design, I feel like they've resisted the urge to become too academic and have kept the podcast accessible to any neophyte while still offering plenty to chew on for the dedicated hobbyist. In other words, the perfect game design "gateway" podcast. :) Keep up the great work!