Ep 13 - Pax Pamir 2nd Edition & Designing Automa Decks
Always Player One: A Solo Board Gaming PodcastShow Notes
In this episode Scruffy and Norm are joined by special guest Steve Schlepphorst (designer of automa decks including Garth for Great Western Trail and the official automa deck for Gugong). Together the three of them share their thoughts on Pax Pamir and specifically the automa deck that comes with the game. This topic is also explored more broadly as Steve shares his thoughts on what makes a good automa deck, why use automa decks in the first place and how you can go about designing one yourself.
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Timestamps:
Intro and Game Description
Special Guest's introduction: 4.40
Main topic: 12:10
New question and responses from last episode: 1:08:12
Listener question: What is your best example of a solo game or AI opponent making a perfect move against you, a time you thought "how did they know?" and how did it make you feel?
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Links to Steve's references in the show:
Garth: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/151608/garth-specialized-automa-gwt-solo-play
Garth Online: https://boardgamesquad.com/automa/gwtrtn/
PP2E: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256960/pax-pamir-second-edition/files
Brass Birmingham Mautoma: http://www.mautoma.com/mautomas/brass-birmingham
Morten's article "The Automa Approach": https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/37830/automa-approach-i-method-making-solitaire-modes-mu
Gugong: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/250458/gugng
Genotype: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/252752/genotype-mendelian-genetics-game
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