<![CDATA[Pretty Weird Games Podcast]]>A Podcast about the artform of board games and the discourse around them.

]]>www.prettyweirdgames.com/podcastRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:53:33 GMTFri, 26 Jun 2026 08:42:16 GMT60Ulrich Blum<p>A Podcast about the artform of board games and the discourse around them.</p>episodicUlrich Bluminfo@prettyweirdgames.comno<![CDATA[Episode 1: What We Talk About When We Talk About Games]]>In this first episode, I introduce myself and tell you about this project. In the main part of the episode I talk about the language we use when talking about board games and what that language tells us about how we see board games.

Works cited:

Novels:

TSCHICK, Wolfgang Herrndorf, Rowohlt, 2010

Games:

EL GRANDE, Wolfgang Kramer, Richard Ulrich, Hans Im Glück, 1995

KANBAN, Vital Lacerda, Stronghold Games, 2014

7 WONDERS, Antoine Bauza, Repos Production, 2010

ABYSS, Bruno Cathala, Charles Chevallier, Bombyx, 2014

PANDEMIC, Matt Leacock, Z-Man Games, 2008

K2, Adam Kałuża, Rebel, 2010

KOLEJKA, Karol Madaj, Instytut Pamięci Narodowej (IPN), 2011

FREEDOM: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, Brian Mayer, Academy Games, 2013

]]>f247699e-7584-475d-bd74-0f41134698c8Fri, 26 Jun 2026 10:15:43 GMT<p>In this first episode, I introduce myself and tell you about this project. In the main part of the episode I talk about the language we use when talking about board games and what that language tells us about how we see board games.</p><p></p><p>Works cited:</p><p></p><p>Novels:</p><p>TSCHICK, Wolfgang Herrndorf, Rowohlt, 2010</p><p></p><p>Games:</p><p>EL GRANDE, Wolfgang Kramer, Richard Ulrich, Hans Im Glück, 1995</p><p>KANBAN, Vital Lacerda, Stronghold Games, 2014</p><p>7 WONDERS, Antoine Bauza, Repos Production, 2010</p><p>ABYSS, Bruno Cathala, Charles Chevallier, Bombyx, 2014</p><p>PANDEMIC, Matt Leacock, Z-Man Games, 2008</p><p>K2, Adam Kałuża, Rebel, 2010</p><p>KOLEJKA, Karol Madaj, Instytut Pamięci Narodowej (IPN), 2011</p><p>FREEDOM: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, Brian Mayer, Academy Games, 2013</p>no00:30:441Episode 1: What We Talk About When We Talk About Gamesfull