GeekSpeak
Wednesday, September 29th, 2004I have to say I enjoyed the first GeekSpeak. I listened to the MP3 on my portable player while I was commuting yesterday and this morning. It would have been boring/sackable to listed to it at my home/work computer. It was good to hear the voices of people I have only come across on the net as Board Game Geek avatars.
The content of the show was good. Greg Schloessler is a complete motormouth. He talked almost constantly for an hour with only occasional interjections. Scott Alden and Derk Solko were good hosts, almost a classic straight-man/funny-man combination. Derk always sounded like he was about to tell a dirty joke.
My only complaint was the length of the MP3. It would have been better if they had split it up, so it was easier to navigate back to your place if you were interrupted. Also, it would be good if they offered a Speex version of the file, which would be better quality and a smaller download.
I was particularly interested to hear Greg’s favourite games for different numbers of players:
- 2 – Squad Leader
- 3 – Tigris and Euphrates
- 4 – Torres
- 5 – El Grande
- 6+ – Elfenland
I am going to have to buy Elfenland now. I have been meaning to buy Torres and El Grande for years now, but there always seems to be something more interesting at the time.
It would be great to hear someone like Reiner Knizia or Bruno Faidutti interviewed.