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One Stop Co-Op Shop
One Stop Co-Op Shop is a podcast about cooperative boardgames. Game designers & publishers, Peter Gousis & Michael Kelley host the podcast. Every other week we take one game and break it down to it's top 5 points (the good, the bad and our overall impressions). After we discuss the game we have a design discussion about one of the parts of the game. We will also have occasional podcasts reviewing solo games, and other special episodes. To see our other content check out the links below: YouTube…
Episodes
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308 | Top 5 Solo War Games | with Mike and Liz Davidson (from Beyond Solitaire)
Liz and Mike each share 5 of their favorite war games for solo play. ____________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg…
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307 | Lewis And Clark: The Expedition | A CASE Files Review | with Jason
An exploration of the cultural story told by the Lewis & Clark board game. Let's check out those Indian meeples, shall we? 0:00 Intro 1:05 Historical…
One Stop Co-Op Shop306 | Assassin's Creed | Review | with Steve & Kim
Steve & Kim finished the full campaign for Assassin's Creed. They sit down and review the game both with a brief spoiler free section to begin and ending with…
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305 | Freaks And Geeks Like Us | A Reflection | with Jason
In this latest vlog from my YouTube channel, Shelf Stories, I put forward what I think is the common ground for most gamers here in the hobby. To a certain…
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304 | The Initiative | Review | with Peter & Mike
This week Peter & Mike talk about The Initiative and have a design discussion about deduction games. _________________________ YouTube -…
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303 | Why Don't They Just Quit? A Story From Inside Broken Token | with Jason and Derek Liam
As will be noted multiple times throughout the episode, this is a very unique show. Derek Liam is the former lead designer for Broken Token inserts and…
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302 | Lost Ruins Of Arnak | A CASE Files Review | with Jason
Jason takes a look at the cultural story told by Lost Ruins of Arnak. This podcast is adapted from a video review, link below. 0:00 Intro 1:15 Overall Lore and…
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301 | Introducing The CASE Files Game - Cultural Game Reviews | with Jason
The original version of this episode appeared on Jason's YouTube channel, Shelf Stories. Link below. This is Episode Zero of a new video series Shelf Stories…
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300 | Top 3 Games That Shaped Us | with Peter, Steve, Jason, Bairnt & Mike
Peter, Steve, Jason, Bairnt & Mike tell you the top 3 games that made them the gamers they are today. We also reminisce about how OSCS came to be…
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299 | Marvel Legendary Messiah Complex Review
Steve sits down with two special guests Bageltop Games and Legendary Leagues to do a deep dive on Messiah Complex, the latest expansion for Marvel Legendary…
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298 | Building Community In Board Gaming | with Jason and Frank West
Frank West, the founder of City of Games and designer of Isle of Cats, joins to discuss cultivating enthusiastic, positive communities that buy games, have…
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297 | Imperium: Classics| Review | with Peter & Jason (from Meeple, Myself, and I)
This week Peter & Jason talk about Imperium: Classics and card games. _________________________ Imperium Player Aid…
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296 | How Board Game Creators Feel About Kickstarter | with Jason, Danni Loe, And James Hudson
Danni Loe from Pandasaurus Games and James Hudson from Druid City Games rejoin the show to talk about the benefits and increasing drawbacks of producing games…
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295 | The Shipping And Pricing Debacle In Board Games | with Jason, Danni Loe, and James Hudson
Danni Loe from Pandasaurus Games and James Hudson from Druid City Games stop by to chat about the shipping crisis of 2021 and its reverberations for gamers…
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294 | Unsettled | Review | with Peter & Mike
This week Peter & Mike talk about Unsettled and discuss exploration in games. _________________________ YouTube -…
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293 | Bloc By Bloc Uprising Preview | With Jason And Greg Loring - Albright
Greg Loring-Albright, co-designer of Bloc by Bloc Uprising, stops by the show to share about this new, redesigned version of the game. This is a companion…
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292 | Healthy And Unhealthy Misbehavior In Games | with Jason and Liz Davidson
Liz and Jason spoke about colonization games offering a false sense of comfort in the last episode. In this one, we talk about the line between healthy…
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291 | Ark Nova | Review | with Peter & Paul Grogan (Gaming Rules)
This week Peter & Paul Grogan (Gaming Rules) talk about Ark Nova and discuss rulebooks. _________________________ YouTube -…
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290 | Historical Tourism Games, Or Games That Lie To Our Faces | with Jason and Liz Davidson
Liz Davidson and Jason get together once again to discuss history in games in two parts. In this first part, we discuss Euro games and other mass market games…
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289 | Terraforming Mars Ares Expedition | Review | with Steve & Kim
Steve & Kim review the cooperative mode for Terraforming Mars Ares Expedition in two parts. The first part is the usual top 5 format with the later section a…
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288 | Sustainability And Eco Friendliness In Board Games | with Jason and Jona Minotto
Jona Minotto, the One Pip Wonder, joins the show to share what she has learned about sustainability and eco-friendliness in board games. We have bad news for…
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287 | Roll Player Adventures | Review | with Mike & Colin
This week Mike & Collin talk about what they have been playing, and review Roll Player Adventures. _________________________ YouTube -…
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286 | The Life And Finances Of An Independent Game Designer | With Jason And Matthew Dunstan
Matthew Dunstan, designer of the Adventure series and many other games, provides a frank, transparent discussion about what he makes as a game designer, what…
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285 | Earthborne Rangers Development And Iteration | With Jason and Andrew Fischer
Andrew Fischer hops back on the show to give us an update on Earthborne Rangers development and iteration. We get wonky in this one! Shelf Stories YouTube…
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284 | Upcoming Games Part 1
Steve & Bairnt meet on Co-op Chat to discuss some of the exciting upcoming games planned to release in 2022. YouTube -…
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283 | Top 20 Games of 2021 | with Peter & Mike
This week Peter & Mike go through all 20 games we reviewed this year and rank them from worst to best. YouTube -…
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282 | Looking Forward To 2022 Solo Games | With Jason And Jeremy Howard
Jeremy Howard of Jambalaya Plays Games and Man Vs. Meeple shares the games he is looking forward to in 2022! Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this…
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281 | Top Five Solo Games For 2021 | With Jason And Jeremy Howard
Jeremy Howard of Man Vs. Meeple joins me so we can give our Top Five Solo Games for 2021! ----- 5:54 Solo Year in Review 8:58 Jeremy's #5 12:08 Jason's #5…
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280 | 2021 End of the Year Recap
Steve, Kim, Colin, and Bairnt meet live to discuss 2021 and talk about the best and worst games of the year. YouTube -…
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279 | PaxU 2021 Recap | with Peter & Mike
This week Peter & Mike talk about our PaxU 2021 experience. Hear about all the games we saw and played and find out our games of the show. YouTube -…
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278 | Follow-Up On Explaining NFTs | With Jason
Jason plays a bit of "devil's advocate" in this episode. In response to my discussion with Geoff Engelstein which held a whole lot of skepticism, a few…
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277 | Top Ten Card Games | with Jason and Rahdo
Jason is taking a bit of a break from making fresh content for a few weeks as we enter the holiday season. In the meantime, please enjoy this guest appearance…
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276 | Geoff Engelstein Explains Blockchain And NFTs | with Jason
Jason sits down with Geoff Engelstein to discuss blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and NFTs. We do our best to talk about what's going on in layman's terms that…
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275 | Final Girl | Review | with Peter & Mike
This week Peter and Mike talk about Final Girl and have a design discussion about adding a board to games. _________________________ The Royal Fortune…
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274 | Obsession | With Liz Davidson And Dan Hallagan
With Liz Davidson's kind permission, we are replaying this conversation from her podcast, Beyond Solitaire. She spoke with the designer of Obsession, Dan…
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273 | Stardew Valley: The Board Game Design And Development | Interview with Jason and Cole Medeiros
(Apologies for my mic quality in this one. Darn Zoom. I did the best I could to recover the audio). I interview Cole Medeiros, designer of Stardew Valley, the…
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272 | Arydia vs Isofarian Guard vs Skyrim | with Steve & Kim
Steve & Kim sit down and compare some recent upcoming open world adventure games. Specifically Arydia, Isofarian Guard, and Skyrim. This was a previously…
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271 | Kingdom Death Monster | Review | with Peter & Bairnt
This week Peter and Bairnt talk about Kingdom Death Monster and have a design discussion about dungeon crawlers, adventure games and boss battlers. YouTube -…
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270 | Discussion of Free Speech and "Cancel Culture" | Interview with Jason and Raha Wala
Constitutional lawyer and avid gamer Raha Wala joins the show to discuss how we speak with one another on the internet. I continue to be optimistic that we can…
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269 | Top 200 People's Choice Solo Games For 2021 Commentary - Part Three (50-1)
Kevin Erskine from the 1 Player Guild on BGG has compiled, for the 8th straight year, Top 200 People's Choice Solo Games for 2021. In this episode, we discuss…
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268 | Top 200 People's Choice Solo Games For 2021 Commentary - Part Two (100-51)
Kevin Erskine from the 1 Player Guild on BGG has compiled, for the 8th straight year, Top 200 People's Choice Solo Games for 2021. In this episode, we discuss…
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267 | Old or New? | Similo, Crime Zoom & The Crew: Mission Deep Sea | with Peter & Mike
This week Peter & Mike try something new. We compare older games to new, similar games, and see which one comes out on top. This episode compares Similo to…
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266 | Top 200 People's Choice Solo Games For 2021 Commentary - Part One (200-101)
Kevin Erskine from the 1 Player Guild on BGG has compiled, for the 8th straight year, Top 200 People's Choice Solo Games for 2021. In this episode, we discuss…
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265 | Back To The Future and The Goonies from Funko Games | Interview with Jason and Chris Rowlands
Chris Rowlands, senior game designer at Prospero Hall and Funko Games, stops by the show to discuss the process of making officially licenses games that are…
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264 | The Great Debate About Clickbait | with Jason And Ignacy Trzewiecek
Jason was invited to the Portal Games Vlog by Ignacy Trzewiecek to talk about growing online communities and getting more attention for the things we do. In…
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263 | The Loop | Review | with Peter & Mike
This week Peter and Mike talk about The Loop and have a design discussion about alpha player and Pandemic like games. YouTube -…
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262 | The Story Of The United Paizo Workers | Interview with Jason, Mark Seifter, and Carlos Cabrera
One of the biggest stories in our hobby this year has been the formation and recognition of the United Paizo Workers at Paizo, the RPG game company. Managing…
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261 | Pandemic Legacy Seasons One, Two, And Zero | with Jason, Matt Leacock, and Rob Daviau
Rob Daviau and Matt Leacock continue the conversation about Pandemic Legacy. In this episode we chat about all three Legacy games, focusing on design and…
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260 | The State Of Legacy | Interview with Jason, Matt Leacock, and Rob Daviau
Rob Daviau and Matt Leacock, the design minds behind many of Jason's favorite gaming experiences of all time, stop by the show to chat about Pandemic Legacy…
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259 | Origins 2021 Recap | with Peter & Jerry
This week Peter & Jerry talk about our Origins 2021 experience. We talk about a lot of games this episode. YouTube -…
One Stop Co-Op Shop258 | Eary Bird Bonuses | Co-op Chat with Steve & Bairnt
Co-op Chat from October 9 2021 where Steve & Bairnt discuss the effects of Early Bird bonuses in crowdfunding games. YouTube -…
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257 | Critical Care | KS Preview | with Jason, Omari Akil, and Dr. Lakshman Swamy
Sometimes games come along that break the mold in terms of emotional resonance and experience. Critical Care, a 1-4 player cooperative game about doctors…
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256 | Mythwind | KS Preview | with Jason and Brendan McCaskill
Brendan McCaskill joins the show to share about his latest design, Mythwind. This is a 1-4 player cooperative town building game in the style of Stardew Valley…
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255 | Regicide | Review | with Peter & Mike
This week Peter and Mike talk about Regicide and have a design discussion about small games. YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg…
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254 | Hub Games In The Land Of COVID | Interview | with Jason and Rory O'Connor
Rory O'Connor stops by the show to share about his company, Hub Games. He has had to contract his operation due to the limitations imposed by COVID. Rory…
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253 | Comparing Marvel Games | with Peter, Bairnt, & Steve
Steve, Bairnt, and Peter discuss the big 3 Marvel games being Marvel Champions, Marvel Legendary, and Marvel United. They talk about different points along the…
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252 | On Misogyny In Games | with Jason and Liz Davidson
Jason and Liz discuss Misogyny in games. This episode previously aired on the Beyond Solitaire podcast and the Shelf Stories YouTube channel. Please go check…
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251 | Kradia: Wild Hunt Festival | Review | with Peter & Mike
This week Peter and Mike talk about Kradia: Wild Hunt Festival and have a design discussion about Action Pacing in games. YouTube -…
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250 | Board Game Burnout | Discussion | with Jason & the Pink Peg, Christina Rouse
Christina Rouse, the Pink Peg, joins Jason to chat about board game burnout - what is it, what does it feel like, how it affects different folks in our…
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249 | Pandemic Legacy Season Zero | Game Diary | with Jason's Game Group
Finally, after one year in lockdown, Jason and his home group were able to get together in person (fully vaccinated) and play the entirety of Pandemic Legacy…