Narrative in Boardgames with Dan Thurot

We decided to break from our usual format. Dan Thurot of Space Biff joins us for a discussion about narrative and storytelling in board games, particularly how it relates to historical boardgames.

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Outro Music: Sun Ra Arkestra - Between Two Worlds

Chapters

• 0:42 Narrative in Games
• 2:22 City of Six Moons
• 17:30 Distinguishing between narrative & exposition
• 20:28 Twilight Struggle
• 21:41 Arabian Struggle
• 22:34 No Motherland Without
• 30:33 Storytellers
• 40:27 Flavor Text and Exposition
• 45:00 Sleeping Gods
• 45:59 Kolejka
• 48:55 Proper Nouns and the Tao of Cole Wehrle
• 1:02:56 Arcs vs conventional 4X