44: Politics, premium bits, and remakes (guest: James Hudson)

Jun 10, 2020

How should game publishers and designers respond to recent political events? We also talk about premium components (the business behind them and how we do our own upgrading) and reissued/remade games like King of Tokyo Dark and Kemet: Blood and Sand.

James Hudson, senior director of tabletop gaming at Skybound Games (Sorcerer City, Superfight, Tidal Blades) joins us this week for this discussion.

Here's a full list of games discussed on the show:

Intro

• The Grimm Masquerade
• Guardian's Call
• Sorcerer City
• Wonderland's War
• Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef

Christina's topic: How should game publishers respond to calls for more inclusiveness vs. "less politics" in games?

• Dead of Winter
• Summoner Wars
• Bloodstone
• The Grimm Forest
• Guardian's Call

Shoe's topic: Board game remakes...do you buy them?

• Dune
• King of Tokyo
• King of Tokyo: Dark
• Kemet
• Kemet: Blood and Sand
• Caylus
• Caylus 1303
• Tribune
• Last Bastion
• Ghost Stories
• The Castles of Burgundy
• Carpe Diem
• Egizia
• Egizia: Shifting Sands
• Tokaido

Mike's topic: What are some premium upgrades you've personally added to games?

• The Castles of Burgundy
• The Estates
• Blood Rage
• Rising Sun
• Concordia
• The Grimm Forest
• Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game
• Chaos in the Old World
• Dune
• Crusaders
• The Crew

James's topic: Deluxe components from the manufacturer's perspective

• The Grimm Forest
• Sorcerer City
• Zombicide
• B-Sieged
• Copenhagen
• Ticket to Ride
• Blood Rage
• Gloomhaven
• Gùgōng
• Bloodstone
• Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef
• Valor & Villainy
• Pebble Rock Delivery Service

Final thoughts

• The King's Dilemma
• Deception: Murder in Hong Kong
• Lords of Vegas
• Star Trek: Ascendancy
• Twilight Imperium