48: Points? Who cares? Plus: Fave universes, illustration-based games, and social interactions (guest: Eric Slauson)

Aug 6, 2020

We're talking so many "favorites" today: our favorite games where points don't matter, favorite games that revolve around illustrations (not necessarily drawing), favorite board game universes, and favorite game-induced social interactions.

Our guest is Eric Slauson, designer of Tattoo Stories, Nerd Words, and the upcoming MonsDRAWsity.

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

Intro

• Tattoo Stories
• Nerd Words: Science!
• MonsDRAWsity
• Welcome To...
• Tumblin' Dice

Christina’s topic: Favorite type of social interactions

• Twilight Imperium
• Exit
• Unlock!
• Level 7: Omega Protocol
• Forgotten Waters
• Charterstone
• Arcadia Quest
• Dead of Winter
• Telestrations
• MonsDRAWsity
• The Crew
• Deckscape

Eric’s topic: Favorite games where the points don’t matter

 

• Medium
• Mobscenity
• Bye, Felicia!
• Just One
• Wavelength
• Telestrations
• Alcatraz: The Scapegoat
• Flip Ships
• FUSE
• Tokaido
• Namiji 

Shoe’s topic: Great games that revolve around illustrations (not drawing)

• MonsDRAWsity
• Dixit
• Muse
• Visitor in Blackwood Grove
• Pictures
• Imagine
• Drawful 
• Mangaka: The Fast & Furious Game of Drawing Comics
• Cartooner: The Fast & Furious Game of Drawing Comics
• Escape the Dark Castle

 

Jess’s topic: Favorite game universes

• Above and Below
• Near and Far
• Roam
• Sleeping Gods
• Roll Player
• Cartographers
• Lockup: A Roll Player Tale
• Kingdomino
• Queendomino
• Dragomino 
• Ex Libris 
• Star Trek Ascendancy
• Scythe
• Eclipse
• Cthulhu Wars

Final thoughts

• Stellar
• MonsDRAWsity
• Tattoo Stories
• Nerd Words: Science!