Flatout Games is a board game design collaborative that was founded in 2017 by Molly Johnson, Robert Melvin, and Shawn Stankewich. They are “focused on creating innovative and elegant game experiences” and “love puzzly games with simple rules, high replayability, and great tension and decision-making, typically with low-luck, high-skill euro-style mechanisms.”  As a design collaborative, they have several published designs, including the 2018 Cardboard Edison and LUCI award finalist Point Salad (AEG), Public Market (Talon Strikes Studios), Dollars to Donuts (Crafty Games), Abstract Academy (Crafty Games), Truffle Shuffle (AEG), and TEN (AEG). In early 2019 Flatout Games created The Flatout Games CoLab, allowing the founding members of Flatout Games to team up with established and emerging designers in the board game industry and make games together. The CoLab has published Calico and Cascadia, and is currently working on publishing Verdant. Eric: Point Salad Public Market Dollars to Donuts TEN Calico Cascadia Verdant Patrick Point Salad TEN Calico Cascadia Verdant Verdant Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/flatoutgames/verdant Online solo play here: Cascadia: https://cascadiagame.github.io/ Verdant: https://verdantgame.github.io/ Beth Sobel kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bethsobel/river-and-stone-playing-cards  

What Did You Play This Week Productions

43 - Patrick and Eric in the Morning - Switch gears and drive Flatout

Recorded 9/12 Discussion Inka / Marcus Brand - Married couple, won Kennerspiel des Jahres for the Exit series Patrick La Boca Village - take actions - take time, when you cross the time track someone dies and they go into the book of the villagers or anonymous graves Rajas Exit series Orleans: Invasion (with Reinr Stockhausen) - Invasion co-op and prosperity scenario (other stuff in box too) Murano - glass factories of Venice and gondoliers moving around the outside of the board in a rondel like mechanism Word Slam Noch Mal (Encore) roll and write  Eric Rajas of the Ganges Rajas: Dice Charmers La Boca Word Slam Exit series (some with Ralph Querfurth) Other notable games: Saint Malo (roll-and-write) Rise of Queensdale (legacy/campaign) Available online (all on Yucata): Rajas of the Ganges Rajas: Dice Charmers Murano Noch Mal app @overthehillier @ericbuscemi    Punchboardmedia.com  

42 - Patrick and Eric in the Morning - On Brand

Recorded 7/31/2021 BGA: Dice Hospital In Person Gaming: (New games to Patrick/Eric in bold) Patrick Work Lunch Games Dex games, since we couldn't play those on line — Meeple Circus, Junk Art Pandemic: The Cure Mama Mia Game Night Light Just One Wits and Wagers: Vegas  D20   Imperium (Not good with four players) Glory to Rome Krass Kariert (Available as Dealt!) Adrenaline 4th of July meetup Century Sagrada King of Tokyo Horrified Eric CraigCon - Day One   Marvel United Miyabi 7 Wonders Skull King Dead Man’s Draw Diamant (Available as Incan Gold) Bullet♥︎ Fantasy Realms CraigCon - Day Two Air, Land, & Sea Unmatched: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Old West Empresario Era: Medieval Age Dune: Imperium Brew Cubitos Nidavellir Pairs CraigCon - Day Three Paleo 

41 - Patrick and Eric in the Morning - Gaming In Real Life

Part two of the episode discussing favorite themes and games that may or may not align with that theme. Treasure Hunting  Fortune and Glory  Karuba  Artifacts Inc.  Lost Ruins of Arnak  Fireball Island  Fireball Island: The Curse of Vul-Kar Tobago The Adventurers: The Temple of Chac The Adventurers: Pyramid of Horus Thebes Luxor Deckscape: The Mystery of Eldorado Heists Burgle Bros  Burgle Bros 2 Deckscape: Heist in Venice Caper The Mansky Caper  Cash and Guns? Steampunk Spyrium Steampunk Rally Mission Red Planet Scythe City of Gears Quicksilver/Kings of Air and Steam/Aether Captains @overthehillier @ericbuscemi @punchboardmedia

40 - Patrick and Eric in the Morning - I want you to write a theme part 2

Patrick and Eric discuss their three favorite themes in game. This is the start of a series since they ran out of time covering three categories. Amusement Parks Dinosaur Island - David Gilmore, Brian Lewis/Pandasaurus  Steam Park Aureliano Buonfino, Lorenzo Silva, Lorenzo Tucci Sorrentino / Cranio Creations Unfair - Joel Finch / CMON Arcadia - Greg Bush, Phil R. Chase / APE games Coaster Park - Scott Almes / Pandasaurus Games Grand Carnival - Rob Cramer / Uproarious Games     City building / planning Suburbia - Ted Alspach / Bezier Urban Sprawl - Chad Jensen / GMT Cities: Skylines – The Board Game High Rise - Gil Hova / Formal Ferret Sprawlopolis - Steven Aramini, Danny Devine, Paul Kluka / Button Shy Quadropolis - François Gandon / DOW Cloud City - Phil Walker-Harding / blue orange Bloom town - Asger Harding Granerud, Daniel Skjold Pedersen / Sidekick games Welcome to Centerville - Chad Jenson / GMT   Civilization Building  Advanced Civ Lauren Banerd, Jim Eliason, Jeff Groteboer, Bruce Harper + 6 more / Avalon Hill Mega Civ - Flo de Haan, John Rodriguez, Francis Tresham / 999 Games Through the Ages - Vlaada Chvátil / CGE Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game - Kevin Wilson / Fantasy Flight Civilization: A New Dawn - James Kniffen / Fantasy Flight The Golden Ages - Luigi Ferrini / Quined Games Tapestry - Jamey Stegmaier / Stonemaier   @overthehillier @ericbusemi punchboardmedia.com 

39 - Patrick and Eric in the Morning - I want you to write a theme

After the following tweet by Bruno Faduti and the backlash on twitter….. Patrick and Eric decided to have a discussion about drinking at conventions and their thoughts and experiences. Breakfasts at Conventions Tim Viring @tim_virnig (Patrick went with Tim and Asdruval Cifuentes @retroboardgamer the name I forgot on the podcast - Patrick) Since recording Faduti has posted a response on his blog here. Patrick @overthehillier Eric @ericbuscemi Punchboardmedia.com

38 - Patrick and Eric in the Morning - Mystical Drunkenness

As part of their favorite designer series Patrick and Eric this time chose to discuss Friedemann Friese. Patrick Power Grid Power Grid Cards Power Grid Factory Manager Fauna Friday Copy Cat  deck-building, worker-placement, drafting race game. 504  Fabled Fruit Eric Power Grid Fauna  Friday Fuji Flush Folder 

37 - Patrick and Eric in the Morning

Episode 36 Patrick and Eric discuss "Abstract Games" “Abstract” from BGG: "Abstract game" often refers to games of perfect information with alternating turns and no randomness; usually for 2 players. e.g. Chess or Go. It is also often used to refer to a game without a theme (regardless of the game mechanics). E.g. Backgammon or Tantrix. It is also often used to refer to games that are "mostly" perfect information and "mostly" lacking in theme (leading to even more confusion and disagreement about whether a given game is an "abstract game" or not). Classics: Checkers Chess Xiangqi Go Mancala Reversi/Othello (1883) Modern: Gipf Series (Gipf, Yinch, etc) Shobu Canosa Tak Blokus Amazons Onitama Quoridor  Quarto Quantik Abstracts with Theme: Battle Sheep Patchwork Hive Santorini Abstracts with Luck: Backgammon Nova Luna Qwirkle Number 9 Ingenious Abstracts with Theme and Luck: Azul and sequels War Chest The Duke Calico Seikatsu 

36 - Patrick and Eric in the Morning - Abstract Games

Episode 35 Patrick and Eric discuss favorite Racing Games They start up talking about growing up watching real racing.   Long Shot: The Dice Game  Long Shot the Original Camel Cup Mint Julep Snow Tails Formula D Downforce Automobiles Rallyman/Rallyman GT Thunder Alley PitchCar Wacky Races Power Boats (remade as Powerships) Jamaica Flamme Rouge Steampunk Rally Quicksilver (balloons) Missippi Queen (steam paddleboats) Oden’s Ravens   Granite Game Summit show 3/13/21 at 11:00am  http://www.granitegamesummit.com/   @overthehillier @ericbuscemi punchboardmedia.com

35 - Patrick and Eric in the Morning - Racing Games

Patrick & Eric in the Morning Episode #34 - Catching Up Recorded Sunday 1/24 Recent Plays: Deckscape - Escape from Alacatraz Burgle Bros 2  The Search For Planet X Three sisters - see notes below Underwater Cities - yucata Longhorn Elfenland (Bga) Letter Tycoon  Near and Far Takenoko (Pandas)    BGA Update: Carcassone Hunters and Gatherers Alhambra No Thanks Rolled West   Paris Connection Claim It - Yucata Granite Game Summit 2021 - VIRTUAL Patrick & Eric in the Morning - Live Show Saturday 3/13/2021 - Cartographers and maybe other roll and writes. https://www.granitegamesummit.com/ Three Sisters is a strategic roll and write from designers Matt Riddle and Ben Pinchback. Three Sisters is a backyard farming roll and write. Three Sisters is named after the Indigenous agricultural technique that is still widely used today. Three different crops—in this case, pumpkins, corn, and beans—are planted close together. Corn provides a lattice for beans to climb. The beans bring in nitrogen from the air into the soil, and the squash provides a natural mulch ground cover helping to reduce weeds and keep pests away. The player sheets have several areas: Your field, divided into six zones, each containing the three crop types, and various other areas related to additional actions you can take: Fruits and flowers, beehives, and a shed with tools that have special abilities.  All the crops, fruits, flowers, and hives are represented by mini-tracks. The areas are interconnected to other elements in the game, giving you bonuses along the way. Many crops generate goods that are used to unlock bonus actions. Advancing on all of these tracks offers various amounts of points, advancements, and bonuses. So basically combo driven roll and write that is a spiritual successor to Fleet Dice coming to KS March 9. 

34 - Patrick and Eric in the Morning - Catching Up

A sort of Patrick & Eric in the Morning episode - but this episode we invited on Charles from the Things of No Interest Blog to discuss the 31 games released on Board Game Arena during the month of December. 12/01: Thurn & Taxis, from Andreas Seyfarth & Karen Seyfarth, 2006 Spiel des Jahres 12/02: Welcome to… / Welcome to New Vegas, from Alexis Allard & Benoît Tupin 12/03: 99, public domain 12/04: Flaming Pyramids, designed by Norbert Abel 12/05: Small Islands, designed by Alexis Allard 12/06: Map Maker, designed by Louis Lafair, Joshua Lafair, Becca Lafair 12/07: Solo Whist, public domain 12/08: Kami, adapted from Goïta Shogi 12/09: Luxor, from Rüdiger Dorn, 2018 Spiel des Jahres nominee 12/10: Hungarian Tarokk, public domain 12/11: Cacao, from Phil Walker-Harding, 2015 Spiel des Jahres Recommended 12/12: Piraten Kapern, from Haim Shafir 12/13: Off the Rails, from Andrew Platt, Stuart Platt 12/14: Connect 6, from Professor I-Chen Wu 12/15: Spades, public domain 12/16: Saint Petersburg, from Bernd Brunnhofer, 2004 Spiel des Jahres Nominee 12/17: Cribbage, from Sir John Suckling 12/18: Yokai, from Julien Griffon 12/19: Quantik, from Nouri Khalifa, from Gigamic’s Classic game line 12/20: Nanga Parbat, from Steve Finn 12/21: Oh-Seven, from Alex Weldon 12/22: Bandido, from Martin Nedergaard Andersen 12/23: Concept, from Gaëtan Beaujannot & Alain Rivollet, 2014 SdJ Nominee 12/24: Haiclue, from Will Leaf 12/25: Via Magica, from Paolo Mori, reimplementation of Rise of Augustus 12/26: Martian Dice, from Scott Almes 12/27: Dungeon Roll, from Chris Darden 12/28: Con Sonar!, from Christian Boutin 12/29: Big Time Soccer, from Andrew S. Fischer 12/30: Forbidden Island, from Matt Leacock, 2011 Spiel des Jahres Nominee 12/31: Klaverjassen, public domain @BoardGameArena Patrick Hillier @overthehillier Eric Buscemi @EricBuscemi Charles Hasegwa @charleshasegawa

WDYPTW: Board Game Arena - Opus Magnum aka December Releases

32 - Patrick and Eric in the Morning - Wolfgang Kramer / Michael Kiesling Recorded 11/22/2020 Patrick El Grande - Wolfgang Kramer, Richard Ulrich Colosseum - Wolfgang Kramer, Markus Lübke 6 nimmt - Wolfgang Kramer Seeland - Günter Burkhardt, Wolfgang Kramer Azul - Michael Kiesling Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra - Michael Kiesling Azul: Summer Pavilion - Michael Kiesling Azul: Crystal Mosaics Vikings - Michael Kiesling Downforce - Rob Daviau, Justin D. Jacobson, Wolfgang Kramer The Palaces of Carrara - Michael Kiesling, Wolfgang Kramer Eric Michael Kiesling: Azul Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra Azul: Summer Pavilion Vikings Wolfgang Kramer: 6 nimmt Seeland El Grande Downforce (restored from Tempo, Kramer’s first published game, which was updated as Top Race, Daytona 500, etc.) Co-designs: Tikal (Mask Trilogy) Java and Mexica Torres  The Palaces of Carrara Haven’t played: Colosseum, Java/Mexica (Kramer) Heaven & Ale (Kieling) Paris (co-design) Website you can play online: http://www.boiteajeux.net/ Torres  http://yucata.de/ El Grande The Palaces of Carrara Torres Vikings Boardgamearena.com 6nimmt, Palaces of Carara    Awards: Kramer Palaces was a SDJ nominee in 2012 El Grande DSJ 1996 Kesiling  Azul 2018 Heaven and Ale nominee 2018 Shared Tikal 1999 Torres 2000  

32 - Patrick and Eric in the Morning - Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling

Patrick & Eric catch up after not recording for a while. This episode was recorded on 9/3/2020 and the last episode on 8/8/2020.  Since the last episode they have been meeting up and playing games virtually such as: Super-Skill Pinball: 4-Cade Clever hoch drei (AKA Ganz schön clever three) Marco Polo (Patrick Won) Topic - House Rules: Sagrada Marrakesh  Isle of Cats Copenhagen Dice Nova Luna Start Player Rules - Patrick's geetlist Who chooses what games to play? @ericbuscemi @ovethehillier www.punchboardmedia.com            

31 - Patrick and Eric in the Morning - Catching up RULES!

Patrick and Eric return to their designer spotlight series - Reiner Knizia Reiner Knizia Recent Plays My City Tutankhamun Auction Games Ra  Modern Art "Numbers on Art" En Garde Shotten Totten Lost Cities Llama “Reiner Knizia is also criticized that his games are all dry, mathematical affairs, and unfortunately, he can't dodge the bullet completely on this one.” - Some person on BGG How does theme impact his games? Abstracts Ingenious Tigris and Euphrates "Kenizia scoring" i.e. lowest track scores. Misc games Star Trek Expeditions Through The Desert (or Dessert if you eat the camels) Quest of El Dorado Age of War/Risk Express En Garde in detail Awards and nominations - Kinder - Who Was It? Speil - Keltis Co-operative games Lord of the Rings "Remember: When playing a game, the goal is to win, but it is the goal that is important, not the winning..."  

30 - Patrick and Eric in the Morning - Patrick and Eric bow tie one on.

Recorded 7/26/2020 Patrick and Eric discuss Storytelling Games They start off discussing the many different kinds of storytelling games: RPGs  Escape room games  Detective games  Graphic Novel Adventures and Choose Your Own Adventures  Board games with story elements Tales of the Arabian Nights - Agents of Smersh Rory’s Story Cubes Above and Below Near and Far Dead of Winter (the original Crossroads game) Forgotten Waters Games that are so thematic they lend themselves to the players telling stories without overtly having storytelling mechanisms (e.g. Fortune and Glory) - Colosseum 

29 - Patrick and Eric in the Morning - Let's Tell You a Story

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