The Shelfside Podcast

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Ashton and Daniel talk about board game related stuff! Lots of deeper dives on games, mechanics, with some behind the scenes thinking all around.

  1. 06/04/2023

    EP14 | The Board Game Anomaly: Campaign Games

    This is Episode 14, NOT 13 as we say in the recording! Playing Campaign board games is quite a different experience from normal board gaming! We mean this in the sake of building a community, being able to play it frequently, and the sheer amount of depth many of these games. Frosthaven, Tainted Grail, Aeon's Trespass, and Scythe Rise of Fenris are mentioned.  We also talk about a whole bunch of other stuff after our podcast hiatus, like TI4, civilization, our reviewing process, narrative vs. story vs. plot, and more.

    58 min

  2. 12/14/2022

    EP13 | Kickstarter Crap

    Whether it be Kickstarter, Gamefound, or whatever crowdfunding way to buy your board game, there’s incentives on both ends: Buyer & Seller, for their to be crap included. How can this be avoided, and is it even possible? Should you buy later editions of kickstarters? We talk about our recent board gaming of ISS Vanguard, Tainted Grail, McGordon music (Doom), and even a teensy little bit of Frosthaven.

    1h 2m

  3. 12/07/2022

    BONUS EPISODE: Rating the BEST and WORST of BGG Top 100 (from upcoming YouTube video)

    Going down the BoardGameGeek Top 100 from what games we've played on it! As the title reflects, yes this is the audio from an upcoming YouTube video, that is now completely ad free! We talk about games like Frosthaven, Castles of Burgundy, Twilight Imperium 4 (and 3!), and even have a talk on Rising Sun, which didn't make this list.

    1h 34m

  4. 11/01/2022

    EP12 | What Makes a Board Game Scary?

    A Halloween themed episode on horror/scary attributes of board games, and how that relates to video games and books! We discuss Tainted Grail, Eldritch Horror, Mansions of Madness, Dead of Winter, and more scary games! Also features a discussion of our most recently played games, Sidereal Confluence and Deal or Death.

    45 min

  5. 10/01/2022

    EP11 | Video Games and Board Games should steal from each other

    The video games and board games should steal from one another! Very fascinating comparing the more mature industry of video games to the recently developing industry of board games. Iconography, open world, content, and more discussed! Inspired by Civilization, Tainted Grail, Twilight Imperium, and more.

    1h 1m

  6. 08/11/2022

    EP10 | The Problem with Root w/Mistuhbear

    The brains behind a lot of our comedic sketches comes in to talk about Root, which is one of his favorite games, and a game that Ashton continues to have issues with.   Mistuhbear's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mistuhbear Mistuhbears Twitter: @MistuhBear

    50 min

  7. 07/25/2022

    EP9 | What’s Next for Shelfside?

    With the launch of our new website, tons of games played recently, and even more videos on the dockets, we talk about what's coming up! Games like Galactic Era, Empyreal, and even Root Digital have impressed us, while we have pre-orders of stuff like the new Twilight Imperium roll and write! Check out the new website at: https://www.shelfside.co/

    47 min

  8. 06/21/2022

    EP8 | The Paradox of Complexity

    After a go at Human Punishment: The Beginning, the guys really delve into complexity into board games, since it really seems to help with replay value at the very least, with a huge upfront cost of rules learning, and a longer run time.

    52 min
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Ashton and Daniel talk about board game related stuff! Lots of deeper dives on games, mechanics, with some behind the scenes thinking all around.

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  • Creator
    shelfsidegg
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Clean
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  • Show Website
    The Shelfside Podcast