Welcome to Episode 76 of The Last Standee Podcast!
In this episode we trade common sense and decency for a hearty laugh - and that shows right away from the Catch-ups! This episode will probably be remembered as "the one with the best transitions ever" - we feel so sure of it that we account even for future episodes.

Cara begins the -no, not serious. Not even "more structured" - let's say the chat about crowdfunding - what has been, where we're at and future plans, for what are worth. After that, Audrey brings us Shadow Hunters, aka japanese design twists applied to hidden role/social deduction games reminiscing Bang! just a little. Finally, Alessio closes with Combo Fighter - Plotmaker Edition, the short fighting game filler you didn't know you needed!
Really, these recaps are useless - just don't take us too seriously and embrace the chaos with us!

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76: Embrace the Chaos (Crowdfunding roundup, Shadow Hunters, Combo Fighter)

Welcome to Episode 77 of The Last Standee Podcast!
This time, the content of the episode is a mystery. No, not because this is a mystery-themed episode (one day!), but because the francophones took over the episode!

What will they be talking about? Are there even three people in the staff speaking French? Is THIS the way we spend Patrons' money?

The answer to these questions, and maybe many others that will probably arise, lies within this very special track!

Yes, with the end of the year we always get a little crazy and we like to be original, why'd you ask?

77: The French episode

Three steps, as it has always been.
First, a welcome: Welcome to Episode 78 of the Last Standee Podcast, and our first episode of 2024! How are the smoldering remains of society treating you at the beginning of the new calendar?

Second, an intro: after long debate, we decided to kick off the year with an episode with the regular formula: three games, three speakers, some fil rouge to connect everything. Yet, this episode is special? Is it maybe because one speaker was recording from a van parked in an undisclosed location, a location which we can only hope isn't deeply unsettling? Maybe. Or maybe because our good sound engineer and entertainment scientist Alexis found the audio quality of that recording to be among the best ones? Your guess is as good as mine.

Third, some details about the episode: we have the shortest long Standee Catch-up ever, then we merrily follow the macabre titular three steps: first step, Alessio talks us about Kiri-ai: The Duel, an elegant two-player card game about a samurai duel which, you bet, can only end with the creation of a fresh body. Second step, Alexis follows up with the bureaucracy regarding a freshly created body with Body of Evidence, a high-end mystery game with a cool gimmick where investigators try to solve what you could define a "cold" case surrounding an autopsy. Third step, Fen recounts what happens when all these corpses get inevitably reanimated in Dawn of the Zeds: Third Edition, a very versatile game which is only arguably a tower defense, or we can say, a tower defense and much more!

So, without further ado, let's get it on with the episode!

78: Three Steps (Kiri-ai: the Duel, Body of Evidence, Dawn of the Zeds)

Welcome to episode 79 of The Last Standee Podcast!
In our endless pursuit for aesthetical perfection, always striving for novelty, we bring you a... special? Is it the right word? Would it be better "weird"? Oh, it's yours to judge (definitely weird) episode, because that's a two-people recording, dedicated to two games, which are two-player games (not one, not three)!

After all, it takes two to tango!

...And now that I wrote that, I can retire with a smile.
Anyho, after the Standee Catch-up, we have Alessio talking about Sky Team, last Essen fair's sensation, then Alexis bring us a pearl from Level 99 Studio, Pixel Tactics!

Stay tuned for more weirdness, er, novelty!
(and I'm sure we didn't remove all the tags from the public domain tango audio track we used to mix with the base)

79: It takes Two (Sky Team, Pixel Tactics)

At long last, episode 80!
It always feels nice when we get to complete tens of episodes, doesn't it?

Anyway (anyho), this episode begins with the usual catch-up, then we have Fen presenting The Plum Island Horror. Unsettling mysteries continue with Alexis talking about Pop-up Mystery Manor, until we can finally rest and relax with Cara, presenting us her list of relaxing games - Namiji, Tranquility and In Dreams (Cara reviews woo-hoo!)

80: The Peculiar Plum Peninsula Puzzle (Plum Island Horror, Doomensions, Cara's Relaxing games)

Argh, we're late! Again!
Welcome to Episode 81 of The Last Standee Podcast!

In this episode, our three chatty hosts/speakers have a long, winded Standee Catchup, then Fen leads the talk to the main course of the episode, ISS Vanguard - one of the latest fatigues from Awaken Realms, with the ambition to narrate an epic spacefaring campaign which starts and ends (or ends and starts?) with a mystery encoded in the DNA of all lifeforms. Was this ambition successful?

Well, you'll have to listen to the episode to find out!

(Just sayin', a game about space rangers sworn to protect vans across the galaxy would be an instant buy...)

81: Battling Vans (ISS Vanguard)

Am I the only one feeling sleepy in Spring?
Welcome to episode 82 of The Last Standee Podcast - early Spring edition!

In this episode in the sign of egregiousness (I swear, this is not AI-generated!) we start egregiously drifting aimlessly in lazy recollections with the Standee Catch-up, at the end of which Alexis gives us an update on what is the current situation with Golden Bell Studio crowdfunding projects. Then it's time to start the Edventures with Audrey presenting Cartaventura games (that must be misspelled, it's evidently CartEventura). We finish with a lot of Dalmatians and Dalmatians-contingent (but sans Ms. De Vil, sadly) with Spots!

82: Egregious Edventure (Golden Bell Studio news, Cartaventura, Spots)

Hi all and welcome to episode 84 of The Last Standee Podcast!
And not just "any" episode - this is one episode from the A-Team (Alexis, Audrey and Alessio), or how we humbly call it, a triple-A episode (no seriously, why you keep following us?).

After a catch-up with some news from the boardgaming world, Alessio talks us about Rebel Princess, aka the Hearts variant you didn't know you needed. Then, Audrey leads a team talk about MLEM: Space Agency, the game where cats go to outer space on their own free will and besides there are CATS WITH WEIRD FACES AND A DISCUTIBLE FASHION SENSE RIGHT IN THE COVER FFS (by the way, production value is very, very good). Finally, Alexis eases up in a review and discussion about Serious Poulp's last fatigue, The 7th Citadel!

84: The 7th Dwarf from Outer Space (Rebel Princess, MLEM: Space Agency, The 7th Citadel)

Welcome to Episode 85 of The Last Standee Podcast!
This episode is dedicated to very confused introspection, as we follow with increased worry Alessio and Cara talk at length about boardgames and bureaucracy.

But before we get to the latter, we have an inexplicably long Standee Catch-up where we discuss the former, along with the intricacies of time loops.

After we are done, Cara recounts her experiences with a Fen-favourite (yes, spelling is right) game of yore: A Game of Thrones, Second Edition by Fantasy Flight Games.

Alessio follows with a new edition of a, okay still new, sports game: Trick Shot, Second Edition by Wolffdesigna.

To put the cherry on top, this recipe for disasters is completed by having Alessio mangle the excellent Baba Yaga soundtrack by Kevin Macleod (a man who saved many podcasts with his excellent CC-licensed music) by showing an absolute disrespect for volume control.

85: A song of ice and hockey (A Game of Thrones, Trick Shot Second Edition)

Hi all, and welcome to episode 86 of The Last Standee Podcast!
In this episode, after the unmissable Standee Catch-up, Audrey talks about Dungeons & Dragons: Bedlam in Neverwinter, the investigation boardgame about the popular monster-hitting TTRPG. After that, Fen will review Leviathan Wilds, a production which brings back Shadow of the Colossus vibes with a bit of whimsy, and finally Alexis and the group will talk about Eat the Reich, the actual TTRPG.

86: Bedlam Leviathan (Bedlam in Neverwinter, Leviathan Wilds, Eat the Reich)

Welcome to Episode 90 of The Last Standee Podcast!
How are you, fellas? Refreshed from vacations? Tired from their lack thereof? Meh, as usual? (seriously, let's set the bar a bit higher than "meh")

GenCon has come and gone, "closing" 2024 as far as releases that will be honestly reviewed for this year will go. Essen SPIEL is behind the corner, and a new year's worth of new releases is elbowing its way in (I mean, we'll have Unmatched Ninja Turtles!), but let's do things properly.

This Standee Catch-up brings a bit of news from later this August along with tidbits from our gaming lives, and after that it's Alessio talking about Compile from GTG, a surprisingly very good 1v1 card game presented at GenCon out of the blue. Next comes Audrey with her impressions about Dune: Imperium, the mix of deckbuilding and worker placement you didn't know you needed in your life. Finally, to follow up with the AI-contingent theme, there's Cara with Hive (I know, right?) and Warhammer 40000: Combat Patrol.

90: Deep Learning (Compile, Dune: Imperium, Hive, WH40K Combat Patrol)

The Last Standee is a podcast which deals with boardgames, tabletop RPGs, tabletop gaming and everything else ancillary to the hobby, with a focus on Complex AI Boss Battler (CABB) games. The base formula is: passionate boardgamers talking about games they like. Hosted by Fen and featuring fortnightly episodes, it collects quips and opinions from six speakers and five countries across the European Union.

90: Deep Learning (Compile, Dune: Imperium, Hive, WH40K Combat Patrol)

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