Episode 024 - What Makes A Game Replayable?

It’s game night. Your friends are all gathered around and you stare in wonder and excitement at your shelf of games. What are you going to play? An old favorite or the new and shiny hotness?

Come to think of it, you’ve played your old favorite 20 times but you still want to play it more. Why? What makes that game repayable? Good question (or at least we thought so)!

This week on the show Evan, Robert and Steve talk all things reliability. What makes the games we love hit the table again and again and why are some just a two or three hit wonder?

Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at cardboardphilosophypod@gmail.com!

Cites and Sources

Bus - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/552/bus

Chess - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171/chess

Dice Throne - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/268201/dice-throne

Dune: Imperium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/316554/dune-imperium

Everdell - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/199792/everdell

Great Western Trail - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/341169/great-western-trail-second-edition

Heaven & Ale - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/227789/heaven-ale

High Score - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/341416/high-score

Just One - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/254640/just-one

Monikers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/156546/monikers

Nucleum - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/396790/nucleum

Rapido (Escape) - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357/excape

Renature - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/300001/renature

Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root

Sea Salt & Paper - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367220/sea-salt-paper

Terra Mystica - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/120677/terra-mystica

Terra Nova - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/364186/terra-nova

That’s Not A Hat - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/375651/s-not-hat

Tic-Tac-Toe - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11901/tic-tac-toe

Turing Machine - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/356123/turing-machine

Twilight Imperium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition

Twilight Imperium: Prophecy Of Kings - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/315895/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition-prophecy-kings

Unmatched - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/274637/unmatched-battle-legends-volume-one

Wavelength - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262543/wavelength

Wingspan - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266192/wingspan

Zoo Vadis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/368061/zoo-vadis