Critical Twits Podcast

This week's podcast sees Aaron and Wife of Twit discuss their experiences at the Dice Cup board game cafe in Nottingham and the huge number of games they tried. These include: Agricola, Machi Koro, Camel Up, Sushi Go, Sagrada, Mutant Meeples, Rick and Morty Total Rickall, Unlock and Penguin Pileup. Phew! All in the space of an hour and a half. We're also still running our survey, tell us what you think about us at: https://goo.gl/forms/D96eL7K2Q8jfPgvW2

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Warning: Spoilers from 28:08, continue at your own peril. This week Aaron and Brian discuss The Ritual, a horror movie based on the novel by Adam Nevill, and see it how it shapes compared to the stunning source material. https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

This week we look at Malifaux's new schemes and strategies for Gaining Grounds 2018. Each year Wyrd shake up how Malifaux is played with a completely new suite of objectives - we run the rule over them and give our verdicts here! https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

We return to the gritty streets of Malifaux to discuss the 2018 errata document. This time round only a couple of abilities have changed; instead, it's all about adjusted soulstone costs and a game-wide rebalancing act.We look at all seven factions and pick our big winners and losers. https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

We headed out to our first Malifaux tournament with strangers, and also our first tournament with Gaining Grounds 2018: Troubleshooters 3 at Battlefield Hobbies in Daventry. How did we fair in this fixed master tourny, you ask? Click and find out! https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

Join us for our final look back at 2017 - we discuss the video games that we loved in the official Year Of The Micro-Transaction (tm). https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

We review 2017 in tabletop gaming - board games, roleplay games, Malifaux and Netrunner. 2017 was a terrible year so find out which old classics we returned to like so much hot, hot soup. https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

We're back at the Dragonmeet gaming convention in London for another year, where we were invited to join the #podcastzone. We decided to interview the other podcasts to find out why you should listen to them! Join us as we endeavour to learn more about our fellow podcasters, discover tips for getting started with podcasting and find out answers to important questions, such as "If your podcast was a character from Friends, which character would it be and why?" Pretending with Dice (01:43) How We Roll (06:10) Dem Drunk Blokes do D&D (09:46) Chimpions (22:23) The Lucky Die (26:15) Penance Podcast (28:47) Demipia (32:16) Baylor’s Blades (35:50) Crudely Drawn Swords (41:40) The Rolistes (49:54) The Formal Gamer (59:11) Wizard on the Wynd (1:06:33) The Coriolis Effect (1:14:29) https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

The Critical Twits were raised on Game's Workshop's 90s Specialist Games, and Necromunda is their king. Find out here how GW popped our enthusiasm and left us non-plussed with their reboot, Necromunda: Underhive. https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

A spooky indie video game special this week. Aaron and Brian discuss their experiences with; The Deed, a Cluedo (or Clue) -esque adventure about fratricide; Gloom, an artistic Lovecraftian/Cthulhu-based action adventure; and Morph Girl, an FMV game with a love for Japanese horror. Also a special feature at the end where we discuss our favourite horror books, films and video games (that aren't featured here obviously). https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

This week we report back from our latest self-enforced tournament, Burst of the Worst. Based on a poll run by Huzzah Hobbies, this tournament got us to play Masters commonly considered to be the worst. Are they really so bad or have we found ways of making them work? https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

We discuss the new Most Wanted List (MWL) 2.0, and what it means for Netrunner players new and old. Do we agree with banning cards, especially cards that are so young and had their whole lives ahead of them? https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

This week Brian and Aaron discuss the recently announced Core 2.0 starter box redux for Netrunner. Listen to us lament the already out of date previous Netrunner podcast, what the reintroduction of lost cards means for the meta, and what the new box means for new starters. https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

This week Brian and Aaron review cyberpunk RPG, The Sprawl. Hear tales of Neo-London, its corporations and the actual review itself. Enjoy, slick eaters. https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

This week Aaron and Brian jump back into Netrunner, only to discover some of their favorite and most loathed cards are disappearing. Join them in their bandwagon like discussion of the consequences and what it means to new players. www.criticaltwits.com www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits www.facebook.com/criticaltwits www.twitter.com/critical_twits

This week we give our thoughts on our very first Malifaux tournament, with timed matches and rules and everything! Listen to Aaron's excuses, Brian's glory and some stark warnings about Green Stuff. http://criticaltwits.com http://youtube.com/c/criticaltwits http://soundcloud.com/criticaltwits http://facebook.com/criticaltwits http://twitter.com/critical_twits

Beware: SPOILERS ABOUND! This week we try something a little different and discuss a couple of films - Ghost in the Shell (1995) and Ghost in the Shell (2017). We talk cyberpunk, hard versus soft science fiction, transcendentalism, whitewashing, and nipples. Great big pointy ones. http://criticaltwits.com http://youtube.com/c/criticaltwits http://soundcloud.com/criticaltwits http://facebook.com/criticaltwits http://twitter.com/critical_twits

This week we return to our video games coverage. We give our review of Stories Untold alongside our first impressions of Tokyo 42, Mother Russia Bleeds and Persona 5. All of which we have playthroughs of! Have a listen and enjoy our thoughts and tangents on these games and the video game industry. Warning: There are some spoilers in our Stories Untold review, skip to 24:36 to avoid. Or just play this wonderful little gem, listen and join in the discussion! http://criticaltwits.com http://youtube.com/c/criticaltwits http://soundcloud.com/criticaltwits http://facebook.com/criticaltwits http://twitter.com/critical_twits

This week covers the last of our UK Games Expo coverage. We have interviews about: Zombies Run the board game, Book of Nox, Modern Horrors, Shadowscape, Syrinscape, Urban Heroes and The Walking Dead miniatures game. http://criticaltwits.com http://youtube.com/c/criticaltwits http://soundcloud.com/criticaltwits http://facebook.com/criticaltwits http://twitter.com/critical_twits