Narrative
The house always had a funerial sense about it–the smell of camellias mixed with stale cigarette smoke when I was young; the sense of void after my grandmother passed. Knowing that I was there to say goodbye somehow made the … Continued
Podcast Episode 27: G2 Summit!
Marc and Orion sit down to talk about all they played at the Granite Games Summit in Nashua, NH. It was a wonderful convention and we played some truly awesome games! Except one. Prepare for a good old-fashioned rant. Paramedics … Continued
Podcast: Discussion With Matt Quock About “The Primary”
I chat with Matt from Mountaintop Games about his first game design: The Primary, which is a light area control game based around the US primary election system. It launches on Kickstarter tomorrow, right here: https://goo.gl/hcSz79 Music: Sailing The Solar Wind by Abstraction Like the … Continued
Reddit AMA Right Now!
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Podcast Episode 26: Space Alert vs. Captain Sonar
Marc, Matt, Orion, and Ben join up to talk about two of their favorite real-time games: Space Alert and Captain Sonar. What makes them so captivating? How do their differences highlight their respective strengths and weaknesses? Will Marc ever be … Continued
Spirit Island Review Thunderspeaker!
There I was in my game room, at the table with three friends, furrowing my brow and trying to figure out how on earth we could pull this off. The invaders had thoroughly taken over the island. We had actually … Continued
Reddit AMA March 14th!
Hello, everyone–exciting news. To commemorate the 1 year anniversary of The Thoughtful Gamer I’ll be doing an AMA (“ask me anything”) on r/boardgames on the 14th at 2:00pm EST to share my many wisdoms. Be sure to stop by, say … Continued
Desk-side Talks With Marc #11: Connclave, Netrunner, and Streams
Greetings! I’m here with another quick update on what games I’ve been playing recently and what’s in store in the next couple of weeks. Get my first impressions on Terraforming Mars, The Gallerist, and the new Netrunner meta. Music: Sailing The … Continued
Hot Takes! New Games From Connclave
I just spent the weekend down in Connecticut at “Connclave” playing games non-stop. I know you’re all immensely jealous about that fact, so I’m here to spread the love. Here are some mini-reviews of every single game I played that … Continued
Podcast Episode 25: Discussion With Jason Perez About Mental Health
This week’s podcast is a wonderful discussion with Jason Perez, a psychotherapist from the Every Night Is Game Night podcast, about depression and mental health. We talk about what it means to be depressed, why if you think you might be … Continued