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	Podcast:		The Thoughtful Gamer Podcast
	Episode:		Ep 60: Trading Games
	Category:		Games & Hobbies
	Duration:		01:15:21
	Publish Date:		2019-11-25 18:12:41
	Description:		We just finished a game of Trade on the Tigris and decided to sit around a microphone and talk about trading games. Marc, Matt, Lindsay, Amber, and Ben lend their thoughts to this exciting, but challenging genre of game. What is a trading game? Why is Matt insane to think Catan isn't one? What kind of challenges face someone trying to design one? Which one do we think does trading best? Find out! 3:26 - Marc tells a story about middle-schoolers and epistemological horror5:46 - Board games are first mentioned7:15 - What is a trading game?14:47 - Characteristics of trade19:03 - Creating different valuations27:45 - Double coincidence of wants32:48 - Deception and risk analysis in Trade on the Tigris41:48 - The "single winner" problem49:43 - An aside on economic notions of value and profit52:52 - The length problem58:18 - The uncertainty of value problem1:02:55 - The aggressiveness problem1:06:38 - The "trade dominates the game" problem1:12:22 - Pie Music: Sailing The Solar Wind by Abstraction Like the podcast? Want to watch it being recorded, live? Consider supporting it on Patreon.
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