Coop Cast

NOTE: This episode originally aired on the Beyond Solitaire Podcast. It is being reposted here with her kind permission. Jason stopped by Liz's podcast, Beyond Solitaire, to chat about how he uses games in therapy. Games are more than "just games" - they evoke emotions that can be worked with in a therapy setting. Jason breaks all of that down, with Liz reflecting on her own emotional experience with games and gaming. Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) - www.youtube.com/channel/UCnaZ7055IWOdm8XCJfFRDcw __________________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg and www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

This week Peter and Mike talk game design and give their top 10 tips and things to know. This is good for any designer, or anyone just interested in the behind the scenes stuff. __________________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg and www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

To continue my content inspired by Black History Month, Dr. Patrick Rael of Bowdoin College joins me to break down the historical background of Freedom: The Underground Railroad. Dr. Rael and I actually did this episode before, in 2017. However, times have changed and we figured we would take a fresh look. We present insights and perspectives that pertain to the past, as well as to today. If you are uncomfortable with cultural and "political" chatter in your board gaming content, you might want to skip this episode. We'll see you on Sunday! Here is my Dice Tower review of Freedom: The Underground Railroad, to give you a sense of basic gameplay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb2sg8GJesY ----- Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) - www.youtube.com/channel/UCnaZ7055IWOdm8XCJfFRDcw __________________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg and www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopc

Steve sits down with Paul Malchow to discuss the upcoming game Union City Alliance, a cooperative deck builder and board builder set in a super hero theme. This was recorded live on One Stop Co-op Shop Streamed YouTube channel if you would like to see the game. Thanks for listening! YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg YouTube(streamed) - https://www.youtube.com/c/OneStopCoopShopStreamed Podcast - https://soundcloud.com/onestopcoopshop Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/onestopcoopshop Discord - https://discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Dan Letzring, head of Letiman Games and publisher of Adventure Tactics: Domianne's Tower, stops by to response to the OSCS podcast we did on his game. It's a good back and forth where the publisher responds directly to our critical points. ----- Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) - www.youtube.com/channel/UCnaZ7055IWOdm8XCJfFRDcw __________________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg and www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

This week Peter and Mike discuss Dice Throne Adventures and continue our design discussion about development. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg YouTube(streamed) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Podcast - https://soundcloud.com/onestopcoopshop Discord - https://discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Jason is joined by his good friends in board gaming content creation - Brandt Sanderson and Gary Pope - to interview Dan Hughes about his upcoming Kickstarter project, CoraQuest. This is a kid-friendly dungeon crawling adventure, designed from the inside out with child's perspective in mind. Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) - www.youtube.com/channel/UCnaZ7055IWOdm8XCJfFRDcw __________________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg and www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Steve interview Matthew from Platypus Industries on his upcoming game The Ratcatcher. This was recorded live on One Stop Co-op Shop Streamed YouTube channel. Thanks for listening and hope you enjoy! Platypus Industries: https://platypusindustries.com.au/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg YouTube(streamed) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Podcast - https://soundcloud.com/onestopcoopshop Discord - https://discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

James Hudson of Druid City Games/ Skybound Games stops by to chat about his latest Kickstarter release, Bloodstone, an arena combat game with competitive and cooperative modes available. Project will launch February 16th. Here is the gnarly cinematic trailer for it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR1dw-bLAgjk4S1zLcMDvJaojmMoiSrSRU-95HCnP7_yFeHYuP-iSbLvfWk&v=R5OyUCZ9hO0&feature=youtu.be Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) - www.youtube.com/channel/UCnaZ7055IWOdm8XCJfFRDcw __________________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg and www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

This week Peter and Jason review Adventure Tactics: Domianne's Tower and have a discussion about development in game design. Adventure Tactics FAQ: https://www.letimangames.com/adventure-tactics-faq.html Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) - www.youtube.com/channel/UCnaZ7055IWOdm8XCJfFRDcw __________________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg and www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Jason is very happy to be joined by some excellent gaming friends - Travis Hill, Paul Grogan, and Liz Davidson. We chat about some older games, including Roads and Boats, Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, and Mage Knight. We then talk about being creative in this environment - changing with the times, being true to ourselves, and nurturing our creative spirits. YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg YouTube(streamed) - www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Podcast - @onestopcoopshop Twitch - www.twitch.tv/onestopcoopshop Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

This week Peter and Mike go over all 20 games they covered this year and rank them. Then they talk about how their top games changed for 2019. __________________________________ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Podcast - https://soundcloud.com/onestopcoopshop Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/onestopcoopshop Discord - https://discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Merch Shop - https://merch.streamelements.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Mike and Jason are joined by Jeremy Howard from Jambalaya Plays Games and Man vs. Meeple to chat about Dune Imperium. We then get into a discussion of negative vs. positive reviews, how the community responds to each, and how we as reviewers try to navigate through it all. Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) - www.youtube.com/channel/UCnaZ7055IWOdm8XCJfFRDcw __________________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg and www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Podcast - @onestopcoopshop Twitch - www.twitch.tv/onestopcoopshop Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Bairnt, Colin, and Steve meet to discuss and share their best and worst game experiences of 2020. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg YouTube(streamed) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Podcast - https://soundcloud.com/onestopcoopshop Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/onestopcoopshop Discord - https://discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Jason was happy to be joined by Amy and Maggie from the Thinker Themer YouTube channel. We chat about Mariposas, Obsession, Calico, and a few other games. We then transition to talking about Queer representation among content creators and in the gaming community as a whole. Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) - www.youtube.com/channel/UCnaZ7055IWOdm8XCJfFRDcw __________________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg and www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Podcast - @onestopcoopshop Twitch - www.twitch.tv/onestopcoopshop Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

This week Peter and Mike discuss Kingdom Rush with Will (the Hungry Gamer) and have a design discussion about adapting video games into board games. Hungry Gamer YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVr5MNf7Nt5oCXywsUh-ttA __________________________________ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Podcast - https://soundcloud.com/onestopcoopshop Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/onestopcoopshop Discord - https://discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Merch Shop - https://merch.streamelements.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

For the first part of this episode, Jason shares his Top Ten Cooperative Games for 2020. This list was originally streamed live during the Dice Tower's Winter Spectacular. Although Jason presents the full list here, please go check out that video, if you are interested -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omsVvBC21fQ&t=42m37s For the second half of this episode, Jason chatted with Brandt and Bryan from the Portal Game Store in Manchester, CT. They share their experiences running a game store in the time of COVID. This discussion originally aired on Shelf Stories this past Fall -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXtw3KuJyU0&list=PLAHni3z_CKbXgSoNI78ErrqMfDUdpJs8T Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) - www.youtube.com/channel/UCnaZ7055IWOdm8XCJfFRDcw __________________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg and www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Podcast - @onestopcoopshop Twitch - www.twitch.tv/onestopcoopshop Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook -

Mark Dainty from the Not Bored Gaming YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/notboredgaming) stops by to help me compare and contrast two big adventure games released near the end of 2020 - Altar Quest from the Sadler brothers and Blacklist Games, and Etherfields from Michal Oracz and Awaken Realms. Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) - www.youtube.com/channel/UCnaZ7055IWOdm8XCJfFRDcw __________________________________ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Podcast - https://soundcloud.com/onestopcoopshop Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/onestopcoopshop Discord - https://discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Geoff Engelstein stops by the show to chat about Super Skill Pinball 4cade, the roll and write sensation of 2020. Jason and Geoff also talk about GameTek and some of his other books coming out this year. Not only that, we get into psychoanalytic stage theory, colonoscopies, Monopoly, and a host of other random - but hopefully interesting to you - topics! Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) - www.youtube.com/channel/UCnaZ7055IWOdm8XCJfFRDcw __________________________________ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Podcast - https://soundcloud.com/onestopcoopshop Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/onestopcoopshop Discord - https://discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

This week Peter and Mike discuss Forgotten Waters with Grant Lyon. http://grantlyon.com/ __________________________________ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Podcast - https://soundcloud.com/onestopcoopshop Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/onestopcoopshop Discord - https://discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com