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The team here at VariablePlay would like to thank you for following us this whole year. It was a pretty awesome ride and we look forward to bigger things next year. Join the gang in our Christmas get together episode.

Finally a new episode from VariablePlay about Conflict Simulation games following the Game Mechanics 101 series. Conflict Simulation is definitely not a single mechanic, but more of a conglomerate of systems, it has a general feel and elements that makes it a unique genre. Our hosts Ronald Villaver and Paolo Garces is joined by none other than EL SUPREMO himself, John Sy.

In this special episode, two gamers, Adrian Manahan and Mark Humphries, coming from different eras in board gaming share with us with their stories in the hobby. Hosted by our very own, Ronald Villaver, Enjoy!

We are excited for you in this episode. Two of the owners of the Ludo board Game Cafe graced us with their stories of struggles and triumphs in running one of the biggest board game cafe’s in the country. Co-hosted by Ronald Villaver, Jose Roxas and Reg Tolentino, enjoy!

Ronald Villaver and Jay Anyong share their experience to guide Jose Roxas in his journey towards building his very own game.

During recording breaks or warm up the team would play games and just record a lot of nonsensical bits that are hilarious but mostly won’t be good to run on air. Here’s a glimpse of clips of what we do on the downtime.

Paolo Garces and Jose Roxas help Ron Villaver understand what attracts them towards miniature wargaming. We had fun talking about this hobby so bear with us about the length of it. Enjoy! Games Mentioned: Corvus Krosmaster Age of Sigmar Warhammer Attack Wing X-Wing Miniatures Kemet Game of Thrones Battlelore War of the Ring Battle of the Five Armies Bolt Action Warmachine Heroes of Normandie Star Trek Wrath of Kings Blood Rage Heroscape Hordes Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Warhammer Fantasy 40k Mage Knight Planeswalkers Dust Tactics

The team defined what it means to be classified an Engine Building game. Join Paulo Garces, Jose Roxas and Ronald Villaver for another awesome episode. Games Mentioned: Agricola Puerto Rico Powergrid Nations Race for the Galaxy Le Havre The Manhattan Project Caverna Imperial Settlers Dominion Innovation Star Realms Seasons Suburbia Splendor

DJ, Jose Roxas and Ron Villaver talk about worker placement games! Games Mentioned: Agricola Le Havre Caylus Lords of Waterdeep Stone Age Alien Frontiers Kingsburg Kingsport The Manhattan Project Compounded Caverna Viticulture Ninjato Video Game High School Harbour

DJ, Jose Roxas and Ron Villaver talk about the world of hidden role games. Games Mentioned: Citadels Werewolves Werewolf Ultimate Werewolf One Night Ultimate Werewolf The Resistance The Resistance Avalon Battlestar Galactica Shadow Hunters Shadows over Camelot Coup Libertalia