The BoardGameGeek Podcast
Episode 42: Asymmetric Faction Satisfaction, with Roy Cannaday
May 10, 2024
Episode 42
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Roy Cannaday from the Dice Tower (and game designer of Last Light) joins Candice to discuss their favorite board games with asymmetric factions.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:04:43 Fresh Plays
- 00:35:58 Asymmetric Faction Satisfaction
- 00:36:02 The Asymmetric Faction Secret Sauce
- 00:41:34 Dune
- 00:44:56 Heavy Euros (Age of Innovation, Gaia Project, Terra Mystica)
- 00:48:33 Twilight Imperium (Fourth Edition)
- 00:51:29 Cooperative Games (Spirit Island, Too Many Bones)
- 00:54:06 Root
- 00:56:12 Historical Games (The COIN Series, Here I Stand)
- 01:01:53 Heroes of Land, Air & Sea
- 01:05:08 Two-player Epics (Dune: War for Arrakis, War of the Ring, Star Wars: Rebellion)
- 01:12:12 Cosmic Encounter
- 01:15:35 Multiplayer Games (TI4, Root, Dune, Hegemony)
- 01:17:29 Two-player Card Games (Android: Netrunner, 1815 Scum of the Earth)
- 01:20:12 Honorable Mentions (Vijayanagara, Defence of Procyon III, Vast, Crescent Moon, Red Dust Rebellion)
- 01:23:57 Sign-off
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