The Board Retreat

James Mapes and Paul Susi
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The Board Retreat is the entire creative process of making a board game, and James and Paul are here to stumble, tangent, and inspire their way to a full game. Come along for the journey if that's, like, um, your thing.

  1. EPISODE 1

    The Veil

    Explicit content is only for very occasional, semi-accidental cursing. We thought the podcast was named something different at first, but then discovered otherwise, but the nature of the podcast means we can't re-record episodes.

    56 min

  2. EPISODE 3

    The Commitment

    Explicit content is only for very occasional, semi-accidental cursing. Notes The bridge paradox from Kant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Bridges_of_K%C3%B6nigsberg Harry Potter as a Sacred Text website: http://www.harrypottersacredtext.com/ The Hugenots and the general idea of Hospitality as a cultural thang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospitality#Ancient_Greece, and also the first teaser for Harry Potter as a Sacred Text. Definition of Chthonic: Adjective. Concerning, belonging to, or inhabiting the underworld. Articles I feel like I will bring up this article on Puerto Rico as a way into the collapse game again: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/24/us/hurricane-maria-puerto-rico-coping.html Polar Bear Project: https://projects.oregonlive.com/projectnora/1-3/series Books Xenophon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Thousand Watership Down by Richard Adams Redwall books as a counterpoint to Watership Down, by Brian Jacques Illuminatus Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson Campaigns of Alexander the Great by Arian We name drop Agatha Christie novels like the Poirot series, specifically Murder on the Orient Express Games Scotland Yard Mysterium Complicated Board Game the Card Game (the game that's all about setting it up) Illuminati Fluxx Munchkin

    1h 38m

  3. EPISODE 4

    The Recommitment

    Show Notes: Apologies that Paul is a little quiet at times, it is the consequence of our computer crashing just prior to beginning the recording. Media The Campaigns of Alexander the Great by Arian SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome Watership Down by Richard Adams Stranger Things, a TV show on Netflix created by the Duffer Brothers Madeline  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, aka THE ONE WITH THE SPOILER Ancient Board Games Roman Games Tafl, or The Viking Game OOPS! Not Egyptian, but rather Mesopotamian! I regret the error. "Watch the world's oldest board game, the Royal Game of Ur, being played" on boingboing.net Modern Board Games Space Alert by Vlaada Chvátil I reference Monopoly again, but to be honest, who cares? Thanks! Theme Music by Gary Grundei Portland Institute for Contemporary Art BodyVox

    57 min

  4. 03/14/2018

    the Short Introduction

    James kicks things off with the short nitty-gritty bare-essentials low-down on our podcast. The Board Retreat is the entire creative process of making a board game, and James and Paul are here to stumble, tangent, and inspire their way to a full game. Come along for the journey if that's, like, um, your thing.

    1 min
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The Board Retreat is the entire creative process of making a board game, and James and Paul are here to stumble, tangent, and inspire their way to a full game. Come along for the journey if that's, like, um, your thing.

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  • Creator
    James Mapes and Paul Susi
  • Episodes
    6
  • Seasons
    1
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    The Board Retreat