Coop Cast

Mike and Peter review Cthulhu: Death May Die, then have a design discussion about Kickstarter, FOMO and Exclusives. - - - - - - Check out the YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Join our Slack - http://bit.ly/onestopslack Chat on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop/

This week Steve takes a break from new releases and looks back at an older game Mechs vs. Minions and if it has stood the test of time. Also discuss how to play more complex games like this with young kids. Check YouTube for playthroughs and reviews - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Slack - Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack Follow us at Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to the channel - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Contact us - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Mike and Peter review Tainted Grail, then have a design discussion about exploration in games. - - - - - - Check out the YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Join our Slack - http://bit.ly/onestopslack Chat on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop/

Steve and his wife Kim review Cities Skylines The Board Game, based off the very popular Cities Skylines video game. After the review they discuss how well the video game and board game versions compare and what could be the differentiator in implementing a design of this nature between these two mediums. Check YouTube for playthroughs and reviews - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Slack - Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack Follow us at Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to the channel - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Contact us - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Mike and Peter review the new series of Adventure Games from Kosmos, then have a design discussion about scoring mechanics in solo and coop games. - - - - - - Check out the YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Join our Slack - http://bit.ly/onestopslack Chat on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop/

Steve, Bairnt, and Rob meet to discuss their experience at Con of the Rings 2019, a player managed convention for fans of the Lord of the Rings LCG by Fantasy Flight Games Check YouTube for playthroughs and reviews - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Slack - Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack Follow us at Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to the channel - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Contact us - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Peter, and Mike discuss Zombicide Invader and have a design discussion about designing games with one off missions (vs campaign games). Donate to our Patreon - www.patreon.com/onestop YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack Follow us at Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Contact us - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Mike and Steve continue with the horror theme month with a review Final Hour, a soon to be released Arkham Files game produced by Fantasy Flight Games. In the second half, they discuss different options to create enemy movement in board games. Hope you enjoy! Check YouTube for playthroughs and reviews - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Slack - Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack Follow us at Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to the channel - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Contact us - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Peter, and Mike discuss Horrified and have a discussion about gaming with our kids, with a little design advice at the end. Donate to our Patreon - www.patreon.com/onestop YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack Follow us at Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Contact us - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Peter, and Mike discuss Marvel Champions and have a design discussion about deck construction. Donate to our Patreon - www.patreon.com/onestop YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack Follow us at Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Contact us - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Mike and Steve discuss 4 games, all on or coming to Kickstarter, with big cooperative campaigns. What stands out with each of them? Kickstarter links: Isofarian Guard - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/skykingdomgames/the-isofarian-guard Aeon Trespass: Odyssey - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1492106834/aeon-trespass-odyssey?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=aeon%20trespass The Ghosts Betwixt - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/innocent-traveler/the-ghosts-betwixt-0 Oathsworn - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shadowborne-games/oathsworn-into-the-deepwood?ref=alovj5&token=f5e7675d&fbclid=IwAR0zQkVdipXuF6nlGtE6p7ysVXFQCnW0LG5NgxKCujfh7E73VIpWjSfb0aI Check YouTube for playthroughs and reviews - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack Follow us at Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to the channel - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Contact us - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

This week Steve is back again but this time with a special guest Eric Bittermann from Sky Kingdom Games who helped to create The Isofarian Guard, a 1-2 player narrative adventure board game. Join us in the discussion of this game that is available on Kickstarter until 2019 Oct 04. Kickstarter link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/skykingdomgames/the-isofarian-guard Check YouTube for playthroughs and reviews - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Slack - Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack Follow us at Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to the channel - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Contact us - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

After recently playing The Mind, Steve and Elijah have returned to another older game with a similar lack of verbal communication The Grizzled. They review The Grizzled and later discuss a few other games with minimal verbal communication and compare The Grizzled and The Mind Check YouTube for playthroughs and reviews - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Slack - Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack Follow us at Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to the channel - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Contact us - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Mike chats with Morten Monrad Petersen and David J. Studley from the Automa Factory about Tapestry, their beginnings in the game industry, and their philosophy for solo design in general. - - - - - - - Check out part 1 of Morten's blog on designing automa - https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/37830/automa-approach-i-method-making-solitaire-modes-mu - - - - - - - Check YouTube for playthroughs and reviews - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Slack - Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack Follow us at Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to the channel - www.patreon.com/onestop Contact us - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

In this week's episode Peter and Steve take a break from the normal format for a question and answer format focusing on the latest product in the Aeon's End product line: Aeon's End The New Age. The first part is a non spoiler discussion of the content, followed by a discussion of how campaigns are managed in games, and finally an after credit discussion of some spoiler material for New Age. Check YouTube for playthroughs and reviews - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Slack - Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack Follow us at Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to the channel - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Contact us - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Peter, Mike, Steve, Elijah and Colin look at the top 32 Co-Op games on BGG and put them in a head to head bracket to see which one we think is the best. Part 2. Donate to our Patreon - www.patreon.com/onestop Link to Bracket - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KqD1ip8amwRC4BXqBqkoIR7uBYyF6cUd/view?usp=sharing YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack Follow us at Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Contact us - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Peter, Mike, Steve, Elijah and Colin look at the top 32 Co-Op games on BGG and put them in a head to head bracket to see which one we think is the best. Donate to our Patreon - www.patreon.com/onestop Link to Bracket - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KqD1ip8amwRC4BXqBqkoIR7uBYyF6cUd/view?usp=sharing YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack Follow us at Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Contact us - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Peter, Steve and Jerry Discuss they Co-Op games they played at GenCon. Donate to our Patreon - www.patreon.com/onestop Contest Link - https://forms.gle/AjJmbWbgu7dXxie19 Link to Bracket - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KqD1ip8amwRC4BXqBqkoIR7uBYyF6cUd/view?usp=sharing YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack Follow us at Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Contact us - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Mike, Peter, and Jerry Discuss the card-based fantasy game of darkness and combat from Rock Manor Games. Then they discuss how fragile or controlled random elements should be in games. Donate to our Patreon - www.patreon.com/onestop YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack Follow us at Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Contact us - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

Bairnt from the YouTube channel "Meet Me at the Table" joins Steve to review the solo only game Unbroken. Check YouTube for playthroughs and reviews - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Slack - Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack Follow us at Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to the channel - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Contact us - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com