EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Party House

EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Party House

Author: The Secret Lives of Games March 14, 2025 Duration: 1:51:09

We're joined by guest hosts Billy Basso (Animal Well), Jack Schlesinger (Baby Steps), and Gab Koenig (Tux and Fanny) to discuss Party House, the 25th game in the UFO 50 collection.

"Can you throw the best house party of the summer without getting busted?"

Next week: Hot Foot

Audio edited by Dylan Shumway.

Discussed in this episode:

The Quacks of Quedlinburg https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244521/the-quacks-of-quedlinburg

Dominion (Temple Gate Games) https://templegatesgames.com/gamepages/dominion.html

Quarriors! https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/91536/quarriors 

Jon Perry's board games https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/73364/jon-perry 

Michael O'Blivion's UFO 50 YouTube videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjLTO0klFN8&list=PL1D9Hwc75ZKp0tryurUbmtRUufIk_j6GD&index=4 

Luck be a Landlord https://store.steampowered.com/app/1404850/Luck_be_a_Landlord/ 

Slice & Dice https://tann.fun/games/dice/ 

Into the Depths: Slice & Dice – Part 1 https://eggplant.show/into-the-depths-slice-dice-part-1 

Baby Steps https://www.babystepsgame.com/ 

Animal Well https://www.animalwell.net/ 

Episode 139 – Sticking to Your Systems with Animal Well https://eggplant.show/139-sticking-to-your-systems-with-animal-well 

Into the Depths: Caves of Qud (Part 1) https://eggplant.show/into-the-depths-caves-of-qud-part-1 

Episode 92 – Untangling Language with Knotwords https://eggplant.show/92-untangling-language-with-knotwords 

Episode 128 – "Yes, And"-ing Your Design with Albert Birney and Gabriel Koenig (Tux and Fanny) https://eggplant.show/128-yes-and-ing-your-design-with-albert-birney-and-gabriel-koenig-tux-and-fanny 

https://www.youtube.com/eggplantshow 

http://discord.gg/eggplant

https://www.patreon.com/eggplantshow

 


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