24 episodes
Harvest Phase Marissa & David McGregor
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5.0 • 9 Ratings
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Harvest Phase is a podcast about modern board games. Hosted by David and Marissa, we have off the cuff, one take discussions about the games we are playing, contemporary classics, and interesting game mechanisms, before focusing on a featured theme or game. Stick around after the game discussion for the patented Off Brand segment, where we dive into other mediums, hobbies, interests or things that bring us joy.
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Rumination on the Card Economy
We are back for what we hope isn’t a one off episode. Our goal is an episode a month as we get our sea legs with parenthood, playing games, and just the day to day drudgery of the 9-5. What a way to make a livin’. We spit ball about games that we have played over the past three months in “Quick Fire” fashion. Some we liked, some we didn’t, and one was a surprising disappointment. I used Craiyon to generate the cover by typing the phrase, “Ark Nova is not our jam.” Feel free to jump over there...
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A Man Needs A Tower (The Lands Between Overproduction and Mechanisms)
We’re back, and more Tarnished than ever. In this episode, that is longer than the Odyssey, we regale you with tales from House Crocs to Dune Stories, and then get into the games that have found their way into our silly lives. We follow that with an Off-Brand segment all about Elden Ring. Retrieve those runes and shake off the heebie-jeebies from whatever that “guard dog” was. Ain’t no party like a tower party, but BYOP(Palantir). Games We’ve Been Playing:38:08 Res Arcana (Thomas Lehmann...
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Nice Marmot.
New “season”. New intro tune. Same off-the-cuff board game conversation. As usual, we start chatting about some of the latest stuff that we have been diggin’, including the new Big Thief record, Pokémon Legends Arceus, the Batman Calzone, and Ted Lasso, and then we dive into the games. Crowdfunding Roundup:24:20 Bloc by Bloc: Uprising26:47 Tindaya28:55 EarthGames We’ve Been Playing:32:25 Trails (Henry Audubon, Keymaster Games)36:10 Caper: Europe (Unai Rubio, Keymaster Games)42:12 Fo...
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2021, For the first time.
Let’s call it the end of the first season. We recap the things we did this year. All of ‘em. In a couple hours. It is definitive, absolute, and unwavering. Tender men unite and gather on the fields of valor during Boy’s Craft Night. Rejoice, for Craft-halla awaits us!11:15 - Best Game We Didn’t Like15:30 - She’s So Heavy Award20:55 - I Want You (She’s So Heavy) Award28:45 - Top 3 New To Us Games48:26 - 2021 We Don’t Own But Want to Play1:06:15 - 2021 We Own and Want to Play1:27:12 - 2021 Game...
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I’m a Loner, Odessa, a Rebel (Mariner!)
Saddle up, Mariners! We talk about our continued love of treadmill gaming, enter zen states while polyominoes rain down from the heavens, and the perfection that is Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure. We talk about some real doozies this week. Tell ‘em Large Marge sent ya!Featured Games:14:14 Luna Capital (Jose Ramon Palacios, Devir)35:50 For Sale Autorama (Stefan Dorra, Eagle-Gryphon Games)47: 40 Trek 12: Himalaya (Bruno Cathala, Corentin Lebrat, Pandasaurus Games)57:40 On Tour (Chad DeShon, BoardGameT...
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Constantly Tripping Over a Log
We mostly stick to board games this week, but have a brief detour to discuss how Tetris Effect Connected soothes the soul and a succinct but fulfilling quest for the Lost in Translation Soundtrack on vinyl. We then discuss all of the Kickstarters we are interested in, our featured games of the week, and then take a rapid fire approach to the games of 2022 that we most anticipate. Sorry for one more drop in the deluge of board game content. Kickstarter Convo:20:30 Skate Summer (Randy Reim...