Decision Space

Jacob Frydman, Brendan Hansen
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Decision Space Podcast

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.

  1. 6 DAYS AGO

    Oops, We Played the Hotness (Stamp Swap, Wilmot's Warehouse and other Recent Plays)

    Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you find this podcast! Episode 182 - Oops, We Played the Hotness (Stamp Swap, Wilmot's Warehouse and other Recent Plays) In this interlude episode, Jake and Brendan quickly discuss some games that have hit our tables lately and never previously discussed on the pod. Oops, we played some hot games. (Shut up.) Timestamps Intro - 0:00Stamp Swap - 3:37Courtesans - 13:09Harmonies - 19:45Wonderland's War - 28:09Wilmot's Warehouse - 37:35   Pre-Planners We'll be covering Five Tribes soon! Also, low-key, Jake wants to cover the Pokemon TCG Game Boy game.   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. Byeee!

    48 min

  2. 11 SEPT

    Playing on Hard Mode (What We Talk About)

    Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you find this podcast! Episode 181 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Playing on Hard Mode This week, we discuss Dr. Richard Garfield's (Magic: The Gathering, Bunny Kingdom) blog post about playing games on hard mode. Consider reading it here on Board Game Geek before you listen to the episode. In this episode, we discuss the blog post, the merits, and the demerits of hard mode in the board game space.  Timestamps Intro - 0:00Playing on Hard Mode - 2:59   Pre-Planners We'll be covering Five Tribes soon!   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. Byeee!

    1h 2m

  3. 4 SEPT

    Games We Love To Lose (What We Talk About)

    Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you find this podcast! Episode 181 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Games We Love To Lose It's our first WWTA episode since April! In this one, we discuss the games we love to lose but then go deeper as we think about what characteristics give these games this unique quality. It's a great discussion that we hope you will join us for.  Timestamps Intro - 0:00Games We Love To Lose - 4:18Cockroach Poker - 8:12El Grande - 11:19RoboRally - 15:21Cascadia - 19:35Poetry for Neanderthals/Wavelength/Monikers - 25:52Barrage - 28:00Ra/High Society - 32:18Coconuts - 37:00Galaxy Trucker - 39:54Characteristics that Make Games Fun to Lose - 41:04Games We Hate Losing - 51:01     Pre-Planners We'll be covering Five Tribes soon!   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. Byeee!

    58 min

  4. 29 AUG

    Azul Summer Pavilion - Does this Reimplementation Succeed?

    Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you find this podcast! Episode 180 - Azul Summer Pavillion We discuss Azul Summer Pavillion and make the obvious comparison to the original Azul. We also consider board game implementations and ask the question if this one succeeds. Enjoy, friends, and it is good to be back after a short break! Timestamps Intro - 0:00Ratings and Reviews - 3:11Game Background - 8:07Rules Overview and Comparison to Azul - 10:24     Pre-Planners We'll be covering Five Tribes soon!   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. Byeee!

    57 min

  5. 21 AUG

    18: BOARD GAME SIGNPOSTS (Re-Listening Club)

    Episode 18 of Decision Space, originally published May 26, 2021. Join us in the Discord community for the re-listening club discussion.  "In this "What We Talk About Episode" Jake and Brendan discuss signposts in board games. We ask important questions like what are they even? And further, what do they do? To this end, Jake becomes increasingly more confused. Fortunately, we eventually come to some steady footing and draw conclusions about this board game terminology that we believe will lead to even more productive board game discussions moving forward. If that sounds like a good time to you, then good lord and welcome, Decisionaught, you are most definitely in the right place. This is Decision Space!"

    1h 10m

  6. 14 AUG

    22: Castles of Burgundy (Re-Listening Club)

    Episode 22 of Decision Space, originally published June 23, 2021. Join us in the Discord community for the re-listening club discussion. "Today, friends, feast your ears on one of tastiest point-salad morsels ever served up by the master chef himself, Mr. Stefan Feld. The Castles of Burgundy is a great, great game. Quite possibly the best board game ever made by the tastes of one of our hosts. But why is it so good? What is it about the decision space that makes it an experience so many people want to return to time and time again. We'll try to unravel some of these mysteries in this week's episode of Decision Space. Hop in, there's no time to lose."

    1h 11m

  7. 7 AUG

    The Ultimate Stefan Feld Tier List with Tyler Hackmann

    Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you find this podcast! Episode 179 - The Ultimate Stefan Feld Tier List with Tyler Hackmann This week we undertake a voyage that we have never dared to attempt before -- to create an ultimate, near-comprehensive tier list of Stefan Feld Games. We knew we couldn't do it alone, so we brought in friend and fellow interdecisional spaceship traveler, Tyler Hackmann to help us out. Enjoy! Timestamps Intro - 0:00Tier List Starts - 3:30Notre Dame - 8:43Castles of Burgundy the Card Game - 11:46Marrakesh - 14:41The Castles of Tuscany - 17:35Aquasphere - 21:42Amerigo - 26:20Speicherstadt - 30:05Luna - 34:33La Isla - 37:24In the Year of the Dragon - 41:07Carpe Diem - 45:43Merlin - 48:35Bonfire - 50:56Kokopelli - 55:13Bruges/Hamburg - 57:32Macao/Amssterdam - 1:01:46Oracle of Delphi - 1:05:07Bora Bora - 1:09:45Trajan - 1:12:20The Castles of Burgundy - 1:16:52     Pre-Planners Re-listening club episodes for the next two weeks while Jake is out of town, then Azul: Summer Pavillion.   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. Byeee!

    1h 26m

  8. 31 JUL

    More Design Problems and Games that Solve Them with Jamey Stegmaier

    Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you find this podcast! Episode 178 - More Design Problems and Games that Solve Them with Jamey Stegmaier We bring back the design problems and games that solve 'em format, and we've brought in a ringer to help us with the topic. We welcome Stonemaier Games' own Jamey Stegmaier back aboard the Interdecisional Spaceship to shout out some ingenious solutions to sticky game design problems. Enjoy! Timestamps Intro - 0:00Captain Flip - 4:08Planet Unknown - 7:18The Castles of Burgundy - 12:00Let's Go To Japan - 15:35Bonfire - 18:59Nimalia - 23:15Isle of Skye - 25:34Settlers of Catan/Wingspan/Apiary/Oracle of Delphi - 28:52A Feast for Odin - 32:30Charcuterie - 33:48MLEM - 34:44Babylonia - 37:30Cascadia - 43:18Viticulture - 45:55Challengers/Balatro - 52:30     Pre-Planners Azul Summer Pavillion, Stefan Feld Games Tier List   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. Byeee!

    1h 2m
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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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  • Creator
    Jacob Frydman, Brendan Hansen
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    185
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2021 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Decision Space

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