Episode 182: Special Guest - Matt Aslin! Plus, Kingdom Death Monster, The Fields of Normandy

Oceania Month continues on Episode 182 as Conor, Mitch and Adrian welcome Australian designer of The Ratcatcher and the upcoming Drop Bears: Matt Aslin. Matt shares with us where his inspiration comes from, his differing approaches to designing Solo and multiplayer games, and the team hypothesise what the next Australian myths might feature in Matt's next game...

Next the crew break down three of the categories from the upcoming Board Game BBQ Awards: Best Artwork, Best Expansion, and Game of the Year. You can find the link to the nomination form on all of our socials including Discord, Twitter, Instagram and on our Discord Community. Nominations are open to anyone in the community for three weeks. Facebook, Discord, Instagram, Twitter. Nominate in all 9 categories, or just a few. Once nominations close on Sunday 27th then we take the most-nominated game in each category and they become the official nominees for the BBQ Awards. Then we hand it over to our esteemed panel of judges; our Patreons; to vote. And this will all culminate in the BGBBQ Awards Night which once again will be filmed for YouTube, and we hope to have some surprises on the show as well.

In the Board Game Bracket we settle the last match-up, Crokinole vs A Feast For Odin, before we cue up the next battle: Aeon's End vs Root. To make sure your favourite goes through to the next round make sure you vote on our socials.

Finally, in Swear An Oath, Adrian smashed it  out of the park on Hadrian's Wall during the week, but still hasn't played Lord of the Rings: Journeys In Middle Earth. Mitch really enjoyed the small-box game Harsh Shadows, and Conor got Zapotec to the table as well. New oaths include painting more Kingdom Death Monster minis (Adrian), Marvel United: X-Men (Mitch), and Dead Reckoning (Conor).

Sizzling Games: Kingdom Death Monster (29:50), The Fields of Normandy (54:04)

BGBBQ Awards Discussion: (1:12:45)

Board Game Bracket: (1:33:15)

Swear An Oath: (1:45:20)

 

You can see more of Matt's work here: https://PlatypusIndustries.com.au

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Book your tickets for the Sydney Game Day on Aril 9th here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/board-game-bbq-sydney-game-day-autumn-2022-tickets-268336280037

Book your tickets for the Brisbane Game Day on May 21st here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/board-game-bbq-brisbane-game-day-autumn-2022-tickets-273585711227

 

Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed:

The Ratcatcher (2020) 

Drop Bears: Survival Series, Chapter 1 (2022) 

Kingdom Death Monster (2015) 

Bismark Solitaire (2021) 

Undaunted: Normandy (2019) 

Undaunted: North Africa (2020) 

The Fields of Normandy (2022) 

Bitoku (2021) 

Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile (2021) 

Daimyo: Rebirth of the Empire (2021) 

Unsettled (2021) 

Pipeline: Emerging Markets (2021) 

Res Arcana: Perlae Imperii (2021) 

AH:LCG - Edge of the Earth (2021) 

Paladins of the West Kingdom: City of Crowns (2021) 

Cartographers: Heroes (2021) 

Agropolis (2021) 

Skulls of Sedelec: Castle Guards (2021) 

Sleeping Gods (2021)

Great Western Trail: 2nd Ed (2021) 

Ark Nova (2021) 

Merchants Cove (2021) 

Hadrian's Wall (2021) 

Crokinole (1876) 

A Feast For Odin (2016) 

Aeon's End (2016) 

Root (2018) 

Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth ((2019) 

Harsh Shadows (2021) 

Marvel United: X-Men (2021) 

Zapotec (2022) 

Dead Reckoning (2022) 

 

**SPONSORS**

Thanks to 2D6 for sponsoring our Sizzling Games segment. Check out their website at (2D6games.com.au) to see their massive range of games and don't forget they offer free delivery all around Australia. So why not order your next Sizzling Game from them today!!

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