Replayability and Why It Doesn’t Matter (What We Talk About)

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Episode 144 - Replayability

It's a classic what we talk about episode on replayability! (And there was much rejoicing.) We discuss 6 factors that make a game replayability and how they intersect. Then, Jake asks a deep question and we ponder if replayability even matters after all. At the end, we even make time for a quick chat about video games. We hope you enjoy this podcast. See ya on the Interdecisional Spaceship (that's our discord) after the show!

Pre-Planners

Heat and Ticket to Ride

Timestamps 

Intro - 0:00 Replayability WWTA  - 2:12 Twilight Imperium - 3:42 Automatic Decisions - 8:40 Villagers - 11:23 Can't Stop - 11:35 Variable Setup - 13:00 Cascadia/Calico - 14:34 Zoo Vadis/Root/Cosmic Encounter - 14:44 15:32 Spirit Island - 18:28 Magic: the Gathering - 21:04 Randomness - 21:35 Challengers! - 23:35 Castles of Burgund/Kingdomino/Welcome To - 25:55 Varried Game Arcs - 27:16 The Resistance - 28:15   Aeon's End - 31:52 Impereal 2030 - 33:25 Chess - 34:45 Guards of Atlantis II - 36:30 Depth - 42:45 Jake has a deep question - 47:34 Monikers/Catan - 48:05 Replayability and why it doesn't matter - 51:40 Gimmick Experiences/The Mind -54:08 QE -54:36 Pendemic Legacy - 57:17 Competitive Motivation and Structure (Poker/Chess) - 58:25 Legacy Games - 59:45 Videogames - 1:02:05

Music and Sound Credits

Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s

You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/. 

Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA

Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI

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