Indie Thursday: Attack On Gerry, Multi-Gaming Decks & Panakizhi 3 Games In 1
January 31, 2019 by cassn
Cass, Gerry, Sam, and Ryan get together to check out the coolest Indie games this week!
This week, Cass has a look at a new behemoth RPG, Reach of Titan with our own Goliath, Gerry. Then, Sam unleashes his inner hobbit to talk about a new multi-gaming deck which promises good things in small packages. Finally, Cass and Ryan sit down to discuss Panakizhi, a Make 100 minimalist game board which delivers big gaming opportunities!
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Another great episode in what is rapidly becoming my favourite featurette here on OTT. Interesting stuff again, pity I’m sworn off Kickstarter untill all of my outstanding pledges arrive. Not sure I’m going to last that long though if you guys keep showing top quality offerings like these.
Reach of Titan sounds great for an intense challenge.
As someone occasionally described as “big lad”, pick on someone your own size!
I’m with Sam on not being much of a fan of minimalist aesthetics; pretty artwork is so much nicer provided the relevant info doesn’t get lost in it.
Also, anyone else wince when Cass said about just folding back a corner instead of picking up the cards?
Not fold the corner, lift it – I’m not a savage lol!!!
@lordofuzkulak – Yes, I know what you mean.
As Seinfeld once said: “I think you may have something there…” An idea for a episode of ROLL FOR INSIGHT
perhaps?
OK, allow me to explain: The miniature, wargaming, board and card gaming hobby appeals to a wide range of
people, many of whom really appreciate the artwork, the graphic design, the tactile feel of the components
and so on. On Boardgame Geek there is currently a forum thread about games with the most beautiful artwork.
So…
I have always taken good care of my books and games: I like to keep them “as good as new”. So page corners
are not bent, spines of books are not creased, cards are always sleeved, components are put in zip-lock bags,
and games are played on a UltraPro gaming mat, so as not to scratch the board.
You get the idea: I try hard to look after things and then they will last not just years but decades. My childhood
copies of BUCCANEER and NEWSDESK from the mid-1970s genuinely do look almost like new.
So, yes, I wince when I see someone roughly handling a gaming box during an unboxing video, or carelessly
throwing around components during a Let’s Play. Yes, I am looking at you Justin: please try and be more
respectful to the stuff you are presenting.
The absolute worst offenders are The Dice Tower review videos in which they drop or cascade all the game’s
cards and components onto a table in slow motion. Perhaps this an attempt to be “fun” but all I am seeing is
a complete lack of respect for all the hard work of some poor game designer, illustrator, graphic designer,
quality control manager, etc.
Personally, their casual “just throw the stuff around like it is worthless” attitude drives me crazy. I start thinking:
“Perhaps they get so many free review copies of so many games – and have so many view-clicks – that they
think they don’t have to care.”
And then I remember, they are not me. And I have to concede that perhaps they just enjoy playing games and
regard the games themselves as being a means to an end – simply tools – a way to spend some time having fun
with friends and family. Perhaps they regard all games as legacy games to some extent – their copy of a game
is unique: it has the wear and tear – and bears the scars – of that owners personal gaming hobby.
So, how about it @cassn, Ryan, Sam, Gerry, Lance? How about an episode of (CAREFULLY) ROLL FOR INSIGHT ?
@aztecjaguar I have a divided opinion on this topic! As regards books, I am an English lit PhD so every book I own is bent, worn and generally destroyed as I frantically search for the right quote or my favourite lines.
My board games, however, are kept as carefully and nearly as possible. Not to trash fellow reviewers, but I completely agree that the Dice Tower drop sends shivers down my spine!
Saying all this, my Jungle Speed set legitimately has the blood of three different men on it – so perhaps I’m not as obsessive as I think I am!
Great idea for a roll for insight article, will definitely add it to the list!
I take the side of allowing things to get worn, I really take pride in having my games being used and a little rugged because I feel that it shows that I’ve enjoyed it a lot and got my play out of it.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t tear things apart or toss my boxes around which I very much disagree with as you mentioned. There’s a great difference between allowing my things to be worn and actual damage being done to them.
I’ll happily put post it notes and fold pages in my RPG books, riffle shuffle and put elastic bands on my cards and not panic if drinks spill on my boards if an accident arises. All those listed are a good sign of enjoying your games and getting as much out of them without destruction.
By careful coaching, a former girlfriend got me to start using bookmarks, because the sight of me folding a page caused her physical pain.
Having said that, it really depends on the book. I have some hardbacks that belonged to my grandparents and some pretty valuable works on world folklore. Those are taken care of.
The fantasy paperback I bought from the second-hand store? Oh, that’s going to go through some wars before I’ve finished reading it.
Folding the corners you mad heathen use book mark’s Lol @dracs
@dracs You needed “careful coaching” to start using bookmarks? Really? Bookmarks are not like the One Ring or Thorin’s Map – just use cinema tickets, train tickets, receipts, to do lists, unused 1000 Yen banknotes, love letters received from former girlfriends… you know whatever slips of paper you have around. They work just as effectively in 2nd hand fantasy novels as they do in treasured collector’s edition books, gifted from grandparents.
And then, over 35 years later, as you are de-cluttering your collection of hobby stuff, you find that old fantasy novel with the cinema ticket for the original Blade Runner in 1982 (70mm) or that 1000 Yen… and you are teleported back to the time you lived in…
Well, if that doesn’t convince you, think of this: whenever you fold a page corner or – Heaven forbid! – leave a book open face down so that it breaks it’s spine… somewhere in Middle Earth an elf, a hobbit or a dwarf (select according to your preferred faction) cries out in pain. And so, Sam, do try and be kinder to that 2nd hand fantasy paperback – The Great Eye is ever watchful.
Edit: on second thoughts, Thorin’s Map would probably make a pretty interesting bookmark…
@lloyd got a set of magnetic bookmarks from his nearest and dearest at christmas which I may be looking for down the line, but sometimes I open a book and find rail tickets from 5 or 6 years ago.
Dogearers will be first against the wall come the revolution
I’m with you @aztecjaguar I have free painting guides from 1989 that look like they’ve just rolled off the presses. While I have a friend who had a dog that used his books as chew toys. My Rogue trader is probably the roughest book I own, and that’s mainly due to the glued spine.
Awesome stuff – love these Indie Thursdays 🙂
enjoying this content. reach of titans looks like a good concept. but the multi gaming deck is a good jack of all trades but a master of none. the art and aesthetics of the card in games like werewolf or coup adds to the emersion of the game for me.
Nothing makes me work faster than Gerry looming in the desktop background.
Looming tower of doom?
I am really enjoying this show and now look forward to Thursdays. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for showing Panakizhi, I’m glad it looks like something you would enjoy. We are really happy with the support we’ve received from the Kickstarter community & can’t wait to get the games into peoples hands.
Sean