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Decision Space

by Jacob Frydman, Brendan Hansen, Pete Wissinger, Paul Salomon
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  • Lane Battlers: How Schotten Totten Created a Genre

    September 23, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min

    Episode 284- Schotten Totten and Lane Battlers Pete and Brendan explore the card game genre known as lane battlers and deep dive the 1999 Knizia Classic Schotten Totten that gave birth to these dueling games. Time Stamps 5:15- what is a…

  • Our Favorite Splotter? Indonesia Roundtable Merge-a-Palooza

    September 16, 2026 · 1 hr 33 min

    Episode 283- Indonesia Pete is joined by Arnie, Jared and Luke to discuss Splotter's 2005 economic masterpiece Indonesia.  These 4 have played the game sixteen times together this year and have learned a lot.  Listen to their tales of…

  • The Games of Gen Con 2026: Greylune, Jibber Jabble, Buttonville and More

    September 9, 2026 · 1 hr 27 min

    Episode 282- Gen Con Impressions Pete and Paul recap their Gen Con experience and give quick impressions of games they picked up there! Time Stamps 13:15- Trick to the Future 16:15- Jibber Jabble 20:30- Jusayo 24:30- Stonk Market 29:00…

  • New Editions of Old Games and the Brilliance of Libertalia

    September 2, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

    Episode 281- Libertalia and Reimplementations Paul, Brendan, and Pete discuss the benefits and potential pitfalls of making new editions of old games.  Then they deep dive Paolo Mori's 2012 classic Libertalia and the excellent update from…

  • Design Disagreements, Dream Games, and Other Listener Questions

    August 26, 2026 · 1 hr 22 min

    Episode 280- Listener Questions We open the mail bag to answer a bunch of questions from the Decision Space community!   Time Stamps 2:15- who would win? 4:50- what is a YOU game? 9:00- design choice you disagree with 18:00- design…

  • Sandbox Objectives and Frosted Blooms

    August 19, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

    Episode 279- Sandbox Objectives and Frosted Blooms This week Brendan tries to convince his co-hosts that "sandbox objectives" and "point salad" are not not the same thing.  Jake isn't convinced.  Also the gang deep dives the new polyomino…

  • The Questions Games Ask (What We Talk About)

    August 12, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min

    Episode 278- Who, What, When, Where, Why, How? That types of questions do games ask us as players?  When should I score?  Who can I trust? Why did they do that?  How should I sequence this?  This week we dig into what the central…

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Decision Space is a board game podcast about the decisions in games.