# Episode 3: Pits Are Great

**URL:** <https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-3-pits-are-great/2227>\
**Category:** More Games Than Time\
**Created:** [16 February 2021 09:26 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-3-pits-are-great/2227 "2021-02-16T09:26:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\
**Post date:** [16 February 2021 09:26 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-3-pits-are-great/2227/1 "2021-02-16T09:26:14Z")

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[https://tekeli.li/mgtt/mgtt\_003.mp3](https://tekeli.li/mgtt/mgtt_003.mp3)

In our third episode, Roger and Lee talk about games we’ve been playing, catch up on the games we swapped last time, and interview Virginia Hixson about the challenges of digital conventions.

Lee’s _Dwarf_ prototype giveaway is [here](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2600316/dwarf-prototype-giveaway).

Among the games we’ve played, we mentioned:

- **[Automobiles](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/180680/automobiles)** (4:18)
- [Trains](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/121408/trains)
- [Planes](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/156976/planes)
- [Flamme Rouge](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/199478/flamme-rouge)
- [Steampunk Rally](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/162007/steampunk-rally)
- [Perdition’s Mouth: Abyssal Rift](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/149787/perdition-s-mouth-abyssal-rift)
- [Clank](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/201808/clank)
- **[Apex Theropod](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/156266/apex-theropod)** (16:41)
- [Raptor](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/177639/raptor)
- [Dominant Species](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/62219/dominant-species)
- [Firefly](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/138161/firefly)
- **[Downforce](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/215311/downforce)** (25:32)
- [Tempo](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2017/tempo)
- [El Grande](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/93/el-grande)
- [Tikal](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/54/tikal)
- [Paris](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/282954/paris)
- **[Hallertau](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/300322/hallertau)** (35:54)
- [Agricola](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola)
- [Keyflower](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/122515/keyflower)
- [Le Havre](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35677/le-havre)
- [Glass Road](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/143693/glass-road)

In “What We Thought About”, we mentioned

- **[VOLT](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/211454/volt)** (48:23)
- [Robo Rally](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18/robo-rally)
- [Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/167400/ashes-rise-of-the-phoenixborn)
- [Magic: the Gathering](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/463/magic-the-gathering)
- [Colt Express](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/158899/colt-express)
- [Samurai](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3/samurai)
- **[Small Islands](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/236248/small-islands)** (57:19)
- [Carcassonne](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/822/carcassonne)
- [Isle of Skye](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/176494/isle-of-skye)

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**Author:** ![MichaelCule](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/michaelcule/32/47_2.png) [@MichaelCule](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/MichaelCule)\
**Post date:** [20 February 2021 19:20 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-3-pits-are-great/2227/2 "2021-02-20T19:20:53Z")

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I found Automobiles a lot fiddlier than it needed to be. The benefits of the bag over a deck of cards wasn’t clear to me. It may be that my mild clumsiness makes it not appeal to me.

Sorry, I couldn’t see the merits of the game for the awkwardness of the implementaton.

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**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\
**Post date:** [20 February 2021 22:02 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-3-pits-are-great/2227/3 "2021-02-20T22:02:28Z")

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It would be interesting to try it with cards. Two downsides I can see:

- You would need 282 of them.
- You wouldn’t be able to lay out the cubes to plan your move (which isn’t essential, but is pleasing).

But I might try assembling it on Tabletop Simulator some time, which eliminates the first downside…