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Board Games as Stories Part 2 - Top 5 Build-ups

· 1 h 12 min · Episode 167

Episode Board Games as Stories Part 2 - Top 5 Build-ups

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In Episode 167 we continue our series about how board games can use the same structure as a story and give you a similar arc. In this second part we talk about games that do the 'build-up' or development well.

Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 03:38 Board Games as Stories 12:27 Pan Am 16:56 Space Base 22:38 Auztralia 25:52 Anachrony 28:43 Brass: Birmingham 31:56 Final Girl 35:43 Marrakesh 38:41 Ankh: Gods of Egypt 42:33 Star Wars: Rebellion 45:55 Revive 50:20 Hegemony: Lead Your Class To Victory 54:56 Root 58:55 Orleans 1:02:31 Final Thoughts (Spirit Island, Smartphone, Inc., Nemesis, Terraforming Mars, Lost Ruins of Arnak) 1:05:56 Listener Shoutout

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