Episodes

  • 0. Introductions
    Jan 14 2021

    The plan for the show is to have a show.

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    4 mins
  • 1.1 The Many Faces of Chess
    Jan 15 2021

    The main driving force in the history of chess has been humanity's love of mating.

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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • 1.2 War, Reinvented
    Feb 15 2021

    "This chess game is old and stupid."
    All of Prussia, early XIX century.

    https://kriegsspielorg.wordpress.com/articles-2/von-reisswitzs-original-equipment/

    Errata: "Spee" – not "Spree"
    Update: continued in Episode 3.19

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • 1.3 Industrial Entertainment
    Mar 15 2021

    The original game industry is a bright patchwork of games and puzzles covering a pile of bodies.

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • 1.4 $500
    Apr 15 2021

    Playing with money, politics, painful history – is there anything people won't turn into a game?

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • 1.5 Playing with Moving Parts
    May 15 2021

    Metal, wood, glass, and plastic are here to entertain and teach, for a price.

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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • 1.6 A Miracle of Mechanical Ingenuity
    Jun 15 2021

    A few hundred printed sheets bound together might not look like they're inviting reader's input, and yet…

    Errata: "Senderos" – not "senedros."

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • 1.7 Indoor Empires
    Jul 15 2021

    Playing wars is fine, but what if someone modelled how much it costs to prepare for one?

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    1 hr and 17 mins