Episode 29: Special Guest: Travis Jones, Spirit Island, The Crew, Stop Thief! - a podcast by Board Game BBQ

In this episode Steve, Dan and Conor are joined by the hottest designer in board gaming at the moment, Travis Jones. Travis, the designer of the recently released Pendulum, shares with us his journey from mild-mannered office worker to playtesting and releasing one of the most talked-about games this year. It's a fantastic interview and we were very grateful for his time. And he hangs around for the rest of the show!!

In our Sizzling Games this week Conor holds back the invaders on Spirit Island, Travis has been taking his friends into space in The Crew, and Dan plays cops and robbers in Stop Thief!

In our Board Game Bracket segment we resolve the Too Many Bones vs El Grande match-up, and then set-up the final bracket for Round 1: Chronicles of Crime vs Everdell. These are two massive games which are favourites amongst board gamers; Dan defends Chronicles of Crime while Conor vouches for Everdell; so make sure you get your vote in and make sure your favourite.

Finally, in Swear An Oath, Steve and Steve both managed to turn around their oaths in 48 hours, knocking over Tin Epic Kingdoms and Era: Medieval Age. Dan had a blast playing the cooperative Atlantis Rising. The team then swear oaths to play A Feast for Odin (Steve - pressured by Travis), Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North (Conor), and Trickerion: Legend of Illusion (Dan - egged on by Nereda and Wesley from our FB Community). And Travis even gets in on the action by swearing an oath to play Tribune: Primus Inter Pares.

Special Guest: Travis Jones, designer of Pendulum (2:14)

Sizzling Games: Spirit Island (42:12), The Crew (51:12), Stop Thief! (1:01:20)

Board Game Bracket (1:11:12)

Swear An Oath (1:22:00)

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Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed:

Pendulum (2020) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/312804/pendulum

Macao (2009) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/55670/macao

Risk (1959) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/181/risk

Spirit Island (2017) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/162886/spirit-island

The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine (2019) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284083/crew-quest-planet-nine

Hanabi (2010) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/98778/hanabi

Wizard (1984) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1465/wizard

The Fox In The Forest Duet (2020) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/288169/fox-forest-duet

Nemesis: Lockdown (2021) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/310100/nemesis-lockdown

Stop Thief! (2017) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/215312/stop-thief

Scotland Yard (1983) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/438/scotland-yard

Fireball Island: The Curse of Vul-Kar (2018) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233020/fireball-island-curse-vul-kar

Downforce (2017) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/215311/downforce

Return to Dark Tower (2021) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256680/return-dark-tower

Letters From Whitechapel (2011) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/59959/letters-whitechapel

Search for Planet X (2020) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/279537/search-planet-x

El Grande (1995) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/93/el-grande

Too Many Bones (2017) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/192135/too-many-bones

On Mars (2020) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/184267/mars

Eclipse (2011) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/72125/eclipse

Chronicles of Crime (2018) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/239188/chronicles-crime

Everdell (2018) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/199792/everdell

Tiny Epic Kingdoms (2014) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/148951/tiny-epic-kingdoms

Heroes of Land, Air and Sea (2018) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/198830/heroes-land-air-sea

A Feast For Odin (2016) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/177736/feast-odin

Atlantis Rising (2019) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/248490/atlantis-rising-second-edition

Trickerion: Legend of Illusion (2015) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/163068/trickerion-legends-illusion

Tribune: Primus Inter Pares (2007) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30957/tribune-primus-inter-pares

Era: Medieval Age (2019) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/270971/era-medieval-age

Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North (2019) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/270844/imperial-settlers-empires-north

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