Decision Space

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, [https://discord.gg/T6WsM7xqGE] Join the crew today! [https://www.patreon.com/decisionspace] (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you find this podcast! Episode 213 - Top 10 Games of All Time of All Hosts in 2025 All four hosts are here to share the first half of our top 10 games of all time lists. That is Paul, Pete, Jake, and Brendan counting down games number ten through six of our lists. Timestamps 0:00 - Show Business 4:05 - Modern Art 6:32 - Imperium deck builder 9:53 - Wonderlands War 13:46 - Civolution 17:05 - My City 21:57 - Age of Innovation  25:49 - Miyabi 28:52 - Broom Service 32:25 - BattleCON 37:56 - Inis  42:48 - Lunar Architects  46:35 - Nokosu Dice  50:58 - Cascadia 53:12 - The Crew: Mission Deep Sea 57:53 - Warsaw: City of Ruins 1:00:47 - Challengers 1:05:23 - Tigris and Euphrates 1:10:15 - The Resistance: Avalon 1:14:45 - Specter Ops 1:17:34 - Magic: the Gathering   Preplanners Next week's episode will finish counting down our four hosts' top 10 games of all time!   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 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s] You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/ [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 [https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA] Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqazhVWHV0RWVtVVRmMG5BQjlKUkU0VGZDczVfd3xBQ3Jtc0tsdUNFemVZVTZZb2dKUkg5TFpuMVcwNVhRY1NFNWx4SHRPUWljc2ZDSnIxTUVRcHVGb3JDaWVsQVpCM2RVLV81MlA0SG1kYzVzeTZjbXpRd0FDVVgtOG00d3E2M21YcXVqQTNvbUtDVEF1b0R4YTBPSQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fuser-356546060]  Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way... [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqblZsSE9kQmlLNnBLcmgyR0VfeE93VmR6R3pmd3xBQ3Jtc0tuR3JEVVM1Ym1BWmJ3YkE0VlNCN2x4Uk9OWGpqM2R3MXBJZWxwTWt2YWMtSFFOUE03eWJaajJ0Ykd0eGZidGZaZXJjM3hsazc2SHAxQzBJNUFMMjR1Z3lKM0VjUHo3dUFuZi1JZGdyTXJTR0otOTBGRQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Ftokyo-music-walker-way-home]  Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJThZlOuDtI&t=0s] Intermission Music: music elevator ext part 1/3 by Jay_You -- https://freesound.org/s/467243/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Bell with Crows by MKzing -- https://freesound.org/s/474266/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 hammer v2.wav by blukotek -- https://freesound.org/s/337815/ -- License: Creative Commons 0   Contact Follow and reach us on social media on Bluesky @decisionspace.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/decisionspace.bsky.social]. If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com [decisionspa@gai-]. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com [http://decisionspacepodcast.com]. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, [https://discord.gg/T6WsM7xqGE] Join the crew today! [https://www.patreon.com/decisionspace] (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you find this podcast! Episode 212 - Cooperation, Communication, and Vantage with Jamey Stegmaier Jamey Stegmaier, disc golf enthusiast, omni gamer, and president/CEO of Stonemaier Games, drops by the show to talk about communication in cooperative games with Pete and Jake. We also discuss the upcoming vantage, informed by a playtest session of the game. Referenced Links Vote for Decision Space for the Golden Geek Award (please) -  Jamey has discussed the impact of U.S. tariff policy several times now on the Stonemaier Games blog [https://stonemaiergames.com/e-newsletter/blog/] (like about how they are suing the president [https://stonemaiergames.com/we-are-suing-the-president/]) and on CNN [https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/28/business/video/the-lead-jamey-stegmaier-president-trump-tariffs-boardgames-games-company-jake-tapper]. Timestamps Show Business - 0:00 Main Topic - 4:19 Vantage - 45:03   Games Mentioned Vantage, Codenames, Sleeping Gods, Forbidden Desert, Pandemic, Concordia Venus, Just One, Blob Party, Mechs vs Minions, Gloomhaven, Shadows over Camelot, Time Stories, Hanabi, The Crew, The Mind, Captain Sonar, Guards of Atlantis 2, Decorum, Lord of the Rings: the Trick Taking Game, Smitten, Mysterium Park   Preplanners Next week's episode will begin counting down our four hosts' top 10 games of all time!   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 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s] You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/ [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 [https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA] Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqazhVWHV0RWVtVVRmMG5BQjlKUkU0VGZDczVfd3xBQ3Jtc0tsdUNFemVZVTZZb2dKUkg5TFpuMVcwNVhRY1NFNWx4SHRPUWljc2ZDSnIxTUVRcHVGb3JDaWVsQVpCM2RVLV81MlA0SG1kYzVzeTZjbXpRd0FDVVgtOG00d3E2M21YcXVqQTNvbUtDVEF1b0R4YTBPSQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fuser-356546060]  Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way... [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqblZsSE9kQmlLNnBLcmgyR0VfeE93VmR6R3pmd3xBQ3Jtc0tuR3JEVVM1Ym1BWmJ3YkE0VlNCN2x4Uk9OWGpqM2R3MXBJZWxwTWt2YWMtSFFOUE03eWJaajJ0Ykd0eGZidGZaZXJjM3hsazc2SHAxQzBJNUFMMjR1Z3lKM0VjUHo3dUFuZi1JZGdyTXJTR0otOTBGRQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Ftokyo-music-walker-way-home]  Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJThZlOuDtI&t=0s] Intermission Music: music elevator ext part 1/3 by Jay_You -- https://freesound.org/s/467243/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Bell with Crows by MKzing -- https://freesound.org/s/474266/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 hammer v2.wav by blukotek -- https://freesound.org/s/337815/ -- License: Creative Commons 0   Contact Follow and reach us on social media on Bluesky @decisionspace.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/decisionspace.bsky.social]. If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com [decisionspa@gai-]. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com [http://decisionspacepodcast.com]. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, [https://discord.gg/T6WsM7xqGE] Join the crew today! [https://www.patreon.com/decisionspace] (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you find this podcast! Episode 211 - Let's Duel! Toy Battle and Dueling Games Get back to basics with Jake and Brendan as we discuss how there are duel games and then there are duel games. Then, we toe tap into the kiddie pool with Toy Battle. Timestamps Show Business - 0:00 Dueling Games - 3:56 Main Topic - 30:41   Games Mentioned Toy Battle, The Fox in the Forest, Lost Cities, Dracula VS Vanhelsing, 7 Wonders: Duel, Magic: the Gathering, Patchwork, Jaipur, BattleCon, Chess, and more.   Preplanners Whoops. Change of plans. We will cover Faraway for our next deep dive and Guild of Merchant Explorers a little later on.   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 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s] You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/ [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 [https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA] Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqazhVWHV0RWVtVVRmMG5BQjlKUkU0VGZDczVfd3xBQ3Jtc0tsdUNFemVZVTZZb2dKUkg5TFpuMVcwNVhRY1NFNWx4SHRPUWljc2ZDSnIxTUVRcHVGb3JDaWVsQVpCM2RVLV81MlA0SG1kYzVzeTZjbXpRd0FDVVgtOG00d3E2M21YcXVqQTNvbUtDVEF1b0R4YTBPSQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fuser-356546060]  Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way... [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqblZsSE9kQmlLNnBLcmgyR0VfeE93VmR6R3pmd3xBQ3Jtc0tuR3JEVVM1Ym1BWmJ3YkE0VlNCN2x4Uk9OWGpqM2R3MXBJZWxwTWt2YWMtSFFOUE03eWJaajJ0Ykd0eGZidGZaZXJjM3hsazc2SHAxQzBJNUFMMjR1Z3lKM0VjUHo3dUFuZi1JZGdyTXJTR0otOTBGRQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Ftokyo-music-walker-way-home]  Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJThZlOuDtI&t=0s] Intermission Music: music elevator ext part 1/3 by Jay_You -- https://freesound.org/s/467243/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Bell with Crows by MKzing -- https://freesound.org/s/474266/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 hammer v2.wav by blukotek -- https://freesound.org/s/337815/ -- License: Creative Commons 0   Contact Follow and reach us on social media on Bluesky @decisionspace.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/decisionspace.bsky.social]. If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com [decisionspa@gai-]. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com [http://decisionspacepodcast.com]. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, [https://discord.gg/T6WsM7xqGE] Join the crew today! [https://www.patreon.com/decisionspace] (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you find this podcast! Episode 210 - Quintessential Pete and Paul Games Get to know the new Decision Space hosts tastes in games. In this episode, these two old friends explore the games that are quintessential to their tastes and where those tastes fall on the decision space spectrum. Timestamps Show Business - 0:00 Topic Intro - 3:41 Main Topic - 7:37   Games Mentioned Modern Art, Looot, Stamp Swap, Honey Buzz, Crits and Tricks, Skull, Arcs, Isle of Skye, Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Dice Heist, Zoo Vadis, Oath, My City, Diplomacy, Haggis, and more.   Preplanners Whoops. Change of plans. We will cover Faraway for our next deep dive and Guild of Merchant Explorers a little later on.   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 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s] You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/ [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 [https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA] Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqazhVWHV0RWVtVVRmMG5BQjlKUkU0VGZDczVfd3xBQ3Jtc0tsdUNFemVZVTZZb2dKUkg5TFpuMVcwNVhRY1NFNWx4SHRPUWljc2ZDSnIxTUVRcHVGb3JDaWVsQVpCM2RVLV81MlA0SG1kYzVzeTZjbXpRd0FDVVgtOG00d3E2M21YcXVqQTNvbUtDVEF1b0R4YTBPSQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fuser-356546060]  Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way... [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqblZsSE9kQmlLNnBLcmgyR0VfeE93VmR6R3pmd3xBQ3Jtc0tuR3JEVVM1Ym1BWmJ3YkE0VlNCN2x4Uk9OWGpqM2R3MXBJZWxwTWt2YWMtSFFOUE03eWJaajJ0Ykd0eGZidGZaZXJjM3hsazc2SHAxQzBJNUFMMjR1Z3lKM0VjUHo3dUFuZi1JZGdyTXJTR0otOTBGRQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Ftokyo-music-walker-way-home]  Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJThZlOuDtI&t=0s] Intermission Music: music elevator ext part 1/3 by Jay_You -- https://freesound.org/s/467243/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Bell with Crows by MKzing -- https://freesound.org/s/474266/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 hammer v2.wav by blukotek -- https://freesound.org/s/337815/ -- License: Creative Commons 0   Contact Follow and reach us on social media on Bluesky @decisionspace.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/decisionspace.bsky.social]. If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com [decisionspa@gai-]. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com [http://decisionspacepodcast.com]. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, [https://discord.gg/T6WsM7xqGE] Join the crew today! [https://www.patreon.com/decisionspace] (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you find this podcast! Episode 208 - F Is for Filler and Faraway This week's episode, hosted by Pete and featuring Brendan and Paul, asks the question, "Are filler games just bad?" Enjoy this discussion on fillers before transitioning to a quick dip into Faraway. Timestamps Show Business - 0:00 Filler Games - 3:58 Faraway - 43:07   Games Mentioned Root, Cascadia, Castles of Burgundy, and many, many more.   Preplanners Whoops. Change of plans. We will cover Faraway for our next deep dive and Guild of Merchant Explorers a little later on.   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 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s] You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/ [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 [https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA] Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqazhVWHV0RWVtVVRmMG5BQjlKUkU0VGZDczVfd3xBQ3Jtc0tsdUNFemVZVTZZb2dKUkg5TFpuMVcwNVhRY1NFNWx4SHRPUWljc2ZDSnIxTUVRcHVGb3JDaWVsQVpCM2RVLV81MlA0SG1kYzVzeTZjbXpRd0FDVVgtOG00d3E2M21YcXVqQTNvbUtDVEF1b0R4YTBPSQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fuser-356546060]  Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way... [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqblZsSE9kQmlLNnBLcmgyR0VfeE93VmR6R3pmd3xBQ3Jtc0tuR3JEVVM1Ym1BWmJ3YkE0VlNCN2x4Uk9OWGpqM2R3MXBJZWxwTWt2YWMtSFFOUE03eWJaajJ0Ykd0eGZidGZaZXJjM3hsazc2SHAxQzBJNUFMMjR1Z3lKM0VjUHo3dUFuZi1JZGdyTXJTR0otOTBGRQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Ftokyo-music-walker-way-home]  Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJThZlOuDtI&t=0s] Intermission Music: music elevator ext part 1/3 by Jay_You -- https://freesound.org/s/467243/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Bell with Crows by MKzing -- https://freesound.org/s/474266/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 hammer v2.wav by blukotek -- https://freesound.org/s/337815/ -- License: Creative Commons 0   Contact Follow and reach us on social media on Bluesky @decisionspace.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/decisionspace.bsky.social]. If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com [decisionspa@gai-]. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com [http://decisionspacepodcast.com]. Byeee!