Episode 105 Under the Hood with Dungeon Crawlers, Late to the Party and More
Release Date: 01/15/2022
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Under the Hood: We roll up our sleeves and talk about games from the perspective of their mechanics! The mechanisms that are present and cover what some of the buzzwords may mean.
This Time: Dungeon Crawls
Some Characteristics of the genre:
- Miniatures / Token based movement on hexes, squares, etc.
- Party or solo hero exploring a structure filled with foes
- Loot and treasure system highly developed
- Multi step player turns
- High degree of Player customization
- Increasing difficulty
- Specialty dice or handfuls of dice to be thrown
- Customizable maps
- Environmental challenges to be overcome as well
- Campaign play that sees your heroes tell a story
- Skirmish modes may be present as well
- Highly involved combat (many stat checks, die rolls, etc.)
Games:
Dungeons and Dragons Adventure System Board games
First Impressions – We talk about the first time with a title, from the acquisition to the first look, to the first play and deliver thoughts on the show.
Alex - Cascadia By Randy Flynn Published by Flatout Games Released in 2021
Alex - Cubitos By John D. Clair Published by Alderac Entertainment Group Released in 2021
Larry - Parks By Henry Audubon Published by Keymaster Games Released in 2019
Late to the Party- We talk about games that are established in the hobby that we are just now playing.
Alex - Space base By John D. Clair Published by Alderac Entertainment Group Released in 2018
Larry - Potion Explosion By Stefano Castelli, Andrea Crespi, Lorenzo Silva Published by Horrible Guild Released in 2015
Links:
Music: As always from the amazing community of gifted musicians, arrangers, and composers over at ocremix.org go visit and support them for the full project and so much more amazing music!
Outro :
De Nuit / by mv feat. Jeff Ball
Original Track - The Phantom Forest
Album - Final Fantasy VI: Balance and Ruin
Project Page - Final Fantasy VI: Balance and Ruin | OC ReMix
Content Group - Final Fantasy VI
Original Copyright - Square Enix
Original Composers - Nobuo Uematsu