Pack the car for a roadside picnic, we’re heading into the Olympic Exclusion Zone to discuss Pacific Drive, the survival/roguelite/immersive sim game from Ironwood Studios. Mark reports on his recent trip to the real Olympic Peninsula while Daniel channels his love of genre fiction. We discuss the value of friction in games, UI usability and giving character to cars.

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Tickets for Terminal City Tabletop Convention can be found at https://terminalcitycon.ca/

Timestamps

• News: 1:19
• Playlist: 4:51
• Main Topic: 23:51

Also Discussed

• New: Mass Effect and Don’t Starve Board games
• Video Games: Balatro, Yakuza Like a Dragon, Diablo IV
• Board Games: The King is Dead 2nd Edition

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Let's Go to Japan!

We’re interrupting our regularly scheduled episode to report on our experience at Terminal City Tabletop Convention in Vancouver. Daniel discusses his exploration of locally made games in development at the Proto Alley. Mark recounts his experience sampling a number of TTRPG’s. We’re trialling a new video format for more ways to tune in.

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Timestamps

• About TCTC: 1:20
• Proto Alley: 6:20
• The RPG Room: 30:01
• The Game Market & Final Words: 1:01:30

Also Discussed

• Board Games: Winter Palace, Living Buildings, Gather Your Party, Reforest, Downstream, Moon Bunny, Epilogue
• TTRPGS: Vaesen, Wildsea, Dungeon Crawl Classics, Earthdawn, Traveller

Further Reading

Terminal City Tabletop Convention: https://terminalcitycon.ca.

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Pacific Drive

Put on the kettle and grab your blanket as we discuss the latest innovation in cozy games, Mythwind, a cooperative narrative board game with no win/loss conditions. We break down the pros and cons of friction in games, asymmetry and expression of character. We also discuss some TTRPG announcements we’re excited for, Eclipse: 2nd Dawn for the Galaxy and continue to embrace oblivion with some JRPGs

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Tickets for Terminal City Tabletop Convention can be found at https://terminalcitycon.ca/

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Send in your questions and feedback to Omnigamersclub@gmail.com or via our website https://www.omnigamers.club/.

Timestamps

• News: 1:09
• Playlist: 12:54
• Main Topic: 34:28

Also Discussed

• News: TTRPG crowdfunding, The Cypher System Starter Set, Lenovo Legion Go
• Board Games: Eclipse: 2nd Dawn for the Galaxy
• Video Games: Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Endless Dungeon, Space Engineers
• TTRPGS: I Crave The Loop, Coriolis: The Great Dark, Discworld

Further Reading

• I Crave The Loop: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/residentbard/i-crave-the-loop
• Coriolis: The Great Dark RPG: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1192053011/coriolis-the-great-dark-rpg-explore-a-lost-horizon
• Discworld Adventures in Ankh-Morpork https://www.modiphius.net/pages/discworld-adventures-signup
• Mythwind Reprint https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mccaskellgames/mythwind-reprint-new-content
• Cypher System Starter Set

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Pacific Drive