A Nerdstorian's Guide to Modern Board Games Jaina Em

For our next topic, we're diving into the history behind one of the most popular mechanisms around: deckbuilding! Deckbuilding games have introduced many people to the modern hobby, which makes sense given how approachable they are, and how intuitive they become once you have the basics down. That's a pretty impressive feat given that the deckbuilding mechanism hasn't even been around for 20 years yet! Or has it...??? Listen in to find out!
Timestamps
(1:03) Deckbuilding definition
(2:22) Deck construction definition
(3:14) Defining CCGs/TCGs and LCGs
(7:05) StarCraft: The Board Game
(8:29) Slapshot
(9:13) Scarab Lords
(12:26) Seasons: The Calendar Rummy Game
Sources
Deck Building/Deck Construction: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2848663/deck-building-vs-deck-construction
TCGs/CCGs: https://www.dragonshield.com/gaming-inspiration/what-are-trading-card-games/
LCGs: https://www.gameology.com.au/blogs/news/something-new-a-brief-introduction-to-living-card-games#:~:text=LCGs%20operate%20as%20normal%20Trading,packs%20of%20the%20same%20release
Magic the Gathering: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/463/magic-gathering
Disney's Lorcana: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/369646/disney-lorcana
Dominion: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36218/dominion
StarCraft: The Board Game: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/22827/starcraft-board-game
Simone T's blog, "Dominion invented the deckbuilding genre": https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/67119/dominion-invented-deck-building-genre
Slapshot: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1705/slapshot
Scarab Lords: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4488/scarab-lords
Challengers!: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/359970/challengers
Seasons: The Calendar Rummy Game: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9971/seasons-calendar-rummy-game

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Welcome back for the final episode on the history of roll and writes! We'll start out the episode with a brief tour through the rather sparse history of flip and write games, then take a look at where Jaina thinks the genre is going, and wrap it all up with Jaina's recommendations for some FREE print and play roll and write games! So sit back, relax, and hold on to your petticoats!
Timestamps:
(1:42) - Letter-Bags
(4:15) - Word Squares
(5:47) - Sark
(6:19) - Make 5
(6:48) - Qwixx Card Game
(7:08) - Qwinto Card Game
(7:15) - Kokoro: Avenue of the Kodama
(9:00) - Let's Make a Bus Route
(9:19) - Modern Innovations and Where the Genre is Going
(9:38) - Sonora
(10:39) - Stellar Drift: Pull and Write
(11:24) - Takenokolor
(12:36) - Roll and Write Versions of Existing Games
(13:38) - Twilight Inscription
(14:16) - Increasing Complexity
(15:29) - The Fox Experiment
(16:26) - Creative Themes
(17:30) - Rolling Realms
(18:31) - French Quarter
(19:12) - Luddite
(20:15) - Where are Roll and Writes Going?
(21:21) - Long Shot The Dice Game
(21:41) - Sea Beasts
(22:25) - Free Print and Plays
(24:33) - 30 Rails
(26:15) - Corinth
(27:52) - Woodcraft Roll and Write
(30:01) - Rolling Village!
(30:58) - Bargain Basement Bathysphere
(32:05) - The Simple Life
(33:23) - The Blob That Ate the City
(34:47) - Paleontologists
(35:01) - Polyhedral Park Planner
(35:57) - Dungeon Pages
Links and Sources (separate from BGG game pages)
Letter-Bags Photos: https://www.gamesboard.org.uk/cgi-pub/gardpub.cgi?table=examples&pk=13305&command=view
Corinth (Google Drive link for PnP files): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1juhTYboh6Qoh3ENwl07tYrY_lu1gKG5g?fbclid=IwAR36962vNEY4f4MJRplHSjnxL-l_HxCQrkaL2gyPgRFd0VWUDxxIRu6i-zM
Dungeon Pages on PnP Arcade: https://www.pnparcade.com/collections/dungeon-pages
Credits
Intro and Outro Music: Comedy Detective by Onoychenko Music via Pixabay
Time machine sound effect: Sci Fi Disappearance by Pixabay


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Welcome to the second part of the roll and write series, where we'll be exploring some stand-out games that led us to the current explosion of the genre. Do you know which game is widely attributed with starting that modern explosion? Listen in to find out!
Credits
Intro and Outro Music: Comedy Detective by Onoychenko Music via Pixabay
Time Stamps
(1:03) - Can't Stop Express
(1:09) - Criss-Cross
(2:47) - Farkle and Dix Mille
(3:37) - The Roll and Write Word Game
(4:24) - Ghoulash
(5:02) - Reiner Knizia's Decathlon
(5:50) - Catan Dice Game
(6:14) - Wurfel Bingo
(6:35) - Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age
(7:56) - Agricola Express
(8:37) - Saint Malo
(9:15) - Qwixx
(10:36) - That's Pretty Clever
(11:57) - Railroad Ink
(12:13) - Fleet The Dice Game
(12:33) - Welcome To...
Get in Touch
Jaina - gamenerdstorian@gmail.com
Sources (in order of appearance/use in episode)
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/217547/cant-stop-express
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/322832/criss-cross/images
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220988/criss-cross
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2104152/variant-criss-cross-1992-also-knizia
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10973/dice-games-properly-explained
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3181/farkle
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25149/roll-write-word-game
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2402/ghoulash
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6955/reiner-knizias-decathlon
https://knizia.de/wp-content/uploads/reiner/pdfs/Knizia-Website-Decathlon.pdf
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/27710/catan-dice-game
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/29355/wurfel-bingo
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37380/roll-through-ages-bronze-age
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/45020/agricola-express
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/117960/saint-malo
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/131260/qwixx
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244522/s-pretty-clever
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/245654/railroad-ink-deep-blue-edition
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/245961/fleet-dice-game
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233867/welcome

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For this inaugural episode, your host Jaina brings you back in time to learn about the history of dice, and how we got from flipping sticks as dice to the first modern roll and write games. Listen in for a short and sweet tour through time from around 2500 BCE through to the 1970s, and make sure to tune in on September 22 to continue the journey through to some of today's most popular games!
Credits
Intro and Outro Music: Comedy Detective by Onoychenko Music via Pixabay
Time machine sound effect: Sci Fi Disappearance by Pixabay
Sources (in order of appearance/use in episode)
Board Game Geek (Roll and Write: Mechanisms, accessed on July 30, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamefamily/41222/mechanism-roll-and-write/linkeditems/boardgamefamily?pageid=35&sort=yearpublished
Parlett's History of Board Games (The Updated Edition of The Oxford History of Board Games) by David Parlett (history of dice, pgs. 21-28)
The Complete Book of Games by Clement Wood and Gloria Goddard via Wikipedia (Yacht description and rules, accessed September 2, 2023): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacht_(dice_game)
Luck (1943 box of games via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/40249/luck
Guffy (1952 game via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/283757/guffy
Thread on Guffy copyright and trademark infringement and personal correspondence (via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/608254/game-called-guffy-yahtzee-copyrighted-1952
The Yahtzee Manifesto (history and development of Yahtzee, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://www.yahtzeemanifesto.com/History/yahtzee-history.php#ancient
Spare Time Bowling (1940 game via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4165/spare-time-bowling
6 Steps (1965 game via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35564/6-steps
The Great Races (1974 game via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43144/great-races
Can't Stop (1980 game via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/41/cant-stop

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Welcome to A Nerdstorian's Guide to Modern Board Games! I'm your host, Jaina, and I'll be taking you on time travel adventures, looking at the history of modern board game mechanisms to figure out how we got to where we are now. If you love pulling out random facts at inopportune moments to dazzle your friends, then this is the podcast for you!
Music: Comedy Detective by Onoychenkomusic via Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/music/bloopers-comedy-detective-127185/)

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