Crash Course Games - Season 1 Episode 14 Board Games
Today, we’re going to talk about board games, but instead of trying to trace their histories, which we’ve already covered a bit of in ep2 on ancient games, we’re going to look really closely at just two board games - Monopoly and The Settlers of Catan. These two games have been played by millions, and we’ll talk about why they’re so popular (and controversial), but more importantly these two games have helped define two approaches to board game design: the American style board game and the European style board game. Now these two different “styles” of board games are mostly just over-generalizations about board game mechanics and there’s a ton of overlap, but with the recent resurgence in board game popularity they help us more clearly define two discrete time periods in board game popularity and discuss how these approaches have been defined by the times.
Year: 2016
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Country: United States of America
Studio: YouTube
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Cast: Andre Meadows
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First Air Date: Apr 01, 2016
Last Air date: Dec 16, 2016
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 29 Episode
Runtime: 10 minutes
IMDb: 2.00/10 by 1.00 users
Popularity: 1.5939
Language: English
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Episode
What is a Game?
Ancient Games
The Dawn of Video Games
Atari and the Business of Video Games
The First Home Consoles
The Video Game Crash of 1983
Nintendo and a New Standard for Video Games
Sega and More Mature Video Games
Playstation and More Immersive Video Games
Microsoft and Connected Consoles
Casual Gaming
MMORPGs
Card Games
Board Games
Educational Games
Psychology of Gaming
The Olympics, FIFA, and why we love sports
Role-playing Games
Game Design
PC Gaming
The Future of Virtual Reality
Open World Games
Handhelds
Input Devices
The History of Game Shows
LARP
Gambling
The Pokémon Phenomenon
The Future of Gaming