Today we are debating player elimination. Does player elimination reduce fun?  We will be discussing what games work perfectly with elimination and when does it fail to hit the mark. That pretty much wraps it up for this debate. Did your opinion change on player elimination? Does it make you want to play an elimination board game? If you enjoyed it, share it. (https://dag.irish/) Podcast Editing by Brendan Russell (https://podcasteditor.ie/) Music: Music Box & Sunshine by Daniel Birch (https://www.danielbirchmusic.com/) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

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Player Elimination | DAG Debates

Today we are debating Legacy and Campaign board games. Does adding legacy or campaign elements to a board game make it better? Are some games more suited to legacy and campaign aspects? Did your opinion change on Legacy and Campaign board games? Does it make you want to play a legacy game? If you enjoyed it, share it. (https://dag.irish/) Podcast Editing by Brendan Russell (https://podcasteditor.ie/) Music: Music Box & Sunshine by Daniel Birch (https://www.danielbirchmusic.com/) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Legacy and Campaign Games | DAG Debates

Today we are debating silence in board games. How does modifying communication between players effect things such as social deception, strategy and cooperation. Did your opinion change on silence in board games? Does it make you want to play a silent game? If you enjoyed it, share it. (https://dag.irish/) Podcast Editing by Brendan Russell (https://podcasteditor.ie/) Music: Music Box & Sunshine by Daniel Birch (https://www.danielbirchmusic.com/) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Silence in Board Games | DAG Debates

Today we are talking about dice versus deck randomness. There are plenty of awesome games out there using either dice or deck of cards for their randomness, sometimes both. We're going to pit these two board game concepts at each other for the banter and see what happens. (https://dag.irish/) Podcast Editing by Brendan Russell (https://podcasteditor.ie/) Music: Music Box & Sunshine by Daniel Birch (https://www.danielbirchmusic.com/) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Dice versus Decks | DAG Debates

Today we are talking about how to choose the art style for your board game. This is quite a big step in the creation of a board game and can be quite tricky to navigate. It's all part of the design process and we're here to flesh it out a little bit. (https://dag.irish/) Podcast Editing by Brendan Russell (https://podcasteditor.ie/) Music: Music Box & Sunshine by Daniel Birch (https://www.danielbirchmusic.com/) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Choosing An Art Style | DAG Design

Today we are debating one versus many board games. The proposition of this debate is do "one versus many board games reduce fun"? Did your opinion change on one versus many board games? Who do you think won the debate? Does it make you want to play a one versus many board game? (https://dag.irish/) Podcast Editing by Brendan Russell (https://podcasteditor.ie/) Music: Music Box & Sunshine by Daniel Birch (https://www.danielbirchmusic.com/) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

One Versus Many | DAG Debates

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 Today we are talking about our experience with Board Game Arena. We are going to discuss what board game arena is, what it was like adapting Dice Summoners and why we like it. Podcast Editing by Brendan Russell (https://podcasteditor.ie/) Music: Music Box & Sunshine by Daniel Birch (www.danielbirchmusic.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Working with Board Game Arena

 Today we are debating unique starting powers in board games. This is our first debate so hopefully everyone will be civil and not yell although rage quitting I think is still acceptable. The proposition of this debate is "unique starting powers reduce fun". Did your opinion change on unique starting powers? Who do you think won the debate? Comment on our social media to tell us and decide who won. If you enjoyed it, share it. We've been Decking Awesome Games. Thanks for listening. (https://dag.irish/) Podcast Editing by Brendan Russell (https://podcasteditor.ie/) Music: Music Box & Sunshine by Daniel Birch (www.danielbirchmusic.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Unique Starting Powers Reduce Fun | DAG Debates

 Today we are doing a year in review of Decking Awesome Games in 2020. We are going to discuss our upcoming games, our current game Dice Summoners and the future of Decking Awesome Podcast. Podcast Editing by Brendan Russell (https://podcasteditor.ie/) Music: Music Box & Sunshine by Daniel Birch (www.danielbirchmusic.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International(CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

DAG 2020 Year in Review

 Today we are going meta, breaking the fourth wall and talking about our podcast setup. It's been a long journey to get the proper setup we have now. We wanted to discuss all of the equipment we currently use, the reasons for choosing this equipment and the mistakes we made along the way. (https://dag.irish/) Podcast Editing by Brendan Russell (https://podcasteditor.ie/) Music: Music Box & Sunshine by Daniel Birch (www.danielbirchmusic.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International(CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Our Podcast Setup

 Today we are talking about the Dungeons and Dragons campaign Curse of Strahd and why it is awesome. We are going to discuss what makes it different to other dnd campaigns, what we did to make it our own and some fun times we had playing. (https://dag.irish/) Podcast Editing by Brendan Russell (https://podcasteditor.ie/) Music: Music Box & Sunshine by Daniel Birch (www.danielbirchmusic.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International(CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Why Curse of Strahd is Awesome

 Today we are talking about how we balanced Dice Summoners. We are going to discuss the paths we focused on for players, balancing dice and cards and breaking the rules of balance, just for fun. (https://dag.irish/) Podcast Editing by Brendan Russell (https://podcasteditor.ie/) Music: Music Box & Sunshine by Daniel Birch (www.danielbirchmusic.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International(CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

How We Balanced Dice Summoners

 Today we are talking about Pandemic the board game. We are going to discuss what themes and mechanics it has, why it is so popular and what makes it different to other board games. (https://dag.irish/) Podcast Editing by Brendan Russell (https://podcasteditor.ie/) Music: Music Box & Sunshine by Daniel Birch (www.danielbirchmusic.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International(CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Why Pandemic the Board Game is Awesome

 Today we are talking about escape rooms and why they are awesome. We are going to discuss where to find them, what makes them awesome and alternatives that we enjoy. (https://dag.irish/) Podcast Editing by Brendan Russell (https://podcasteditor.ie/) Music: Music Box & Sunshine by Daniel Birch (www.danielbirchmusic.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International(CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Why Escape Rooms are Awesome

Three Irish board game developers talk about creating your own board game, their journey through the industry and chat about board game culture in Ireland.

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