About this episode
Blessed are the forgetful, because they don't have to play memory games? After all, games with a strong memory component often get a bad rap in the hobby. We look at some of the reasons why very few games want to test your memory, and just to be otherwise, we discuss some of our favourite games that do . Before we walk our mind palaces, we talk about Fort , Under Falling Skies , and Tellstones: King's Gambit . 01:47 - Fort 10:15 - Under Falling Skies 17:56 - Tellstones: King's Gambit 29:37 - Ghost Turkey 2020 32:52 - Memory as a Game Mechanic 38:43 - Carnival of Monsters 39:38 - Inis 42:01 - El Grande 45:51 - Modern Art 47:50 - Tigris & Euphrates 48:43 - Time's Up! 51:09 - Cthulhu Wars 53:08 - Heroes of Land, Air & Sea 56:03 - Aeon's End 57:24 - Dune Check out Optimal Play's Tellstones playthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3x7oZRfCs0 Join the discussion at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/discord