Just Play

Welcome to Just Play, your board gaming podcast. Your host JP acts as your Player Two to guide you through the hobby, whether that's talking about games played at the table, chatting with guests in the industry or covering conventions. Pull up a chair, relax and...Just Play.

Just Play is a leisure podcast hosted by Jonathan (JP) Parnaby, with 13 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Jonathan (JP) Parnaby hosts Just Play, a leisure show with 13 episodes published.

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  Episode #6

  EP6: 8 great games I'll never play again

  Aug 18, 202650 min

  Sometimes great games just don't hit the mark for a variety of reasons and in this episode I pick 8 genuinely good games that fall into that category. IN THIS EPISODE - In the "Just Played" segment JP travels back to 1760 England and tries to make his factory as efficient and profitable as possible in Arkwright: Anniversary Edition by Capstone Games and then travels to the future Scotland for some Rebirth by Mighty Boards - At the "Centre of the table" JP lists games which are great, but haven't hit the mark - JP takes a look at the top 5 trending games in "What's Hot, What's Not" which includes Whisperwood, The Crew: Journey to the Ends of the Earth, Wildscape, Drillers & Hell of a Deal LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW N/A CHAPTERS 00:00:00 - OPENING 00:01:07 - PHASE A: PULL UP A CHAIR 00:04:52 - PHASE B: JUST PLAYED 00:05:03 - Arkwright: Anniversary Edition 00:17:30 - Rebirth 00:23:05 - PHASE C: CENTRE OF THE TABLE 00:24:36 - Ark Nova 00:26:35 - Brass Birmingham 00:27:50 - Spirit Island 00:29:18 - Clank! 00:30:32 - Eclipse: Second Dawn 00:33:10 - Barrage 00:35:20 - Vantage 00:37:21 - Mage Knight 00:40:50 - PHASE D: WHAT'S HOT, WHAT'S NOT 00:46:38 - PHASE E: JUST ABOUT TO PLAY 00:48:36 - PHASE F: THE LAST PLAY Get in touch with the show Support the show GET IN TOUCH Website - https://www.justplaypod.co.uk YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@JustPlayPodcast Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JustPlayPod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/justplaypod Discord - Join us on Discord INTRO / OUTRO CREDITS Intro / Outro Music: Getaway by D0d Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/d0d/getaway

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  Just Play With Others: The Success of Tenby Interview (Cosy Cub Games)

  Aug 11, 202648 min

  Some games challenge your brain and some warm your heat, every now and then some games manage to do both. We've got Benjie Talbott from Cosy Cub Games to talk about the meteoric rise of Tenby by Mighty Boards IN THIS EPISODE - Learn about Benjie's early gaming experiences and what he likes to play to unwind - Benjie provides his experience from taking a game design to have it literally fly off the shelves at the UK Games Expo and other stores. - You can learn more about the game of Tenby, it's expansion "Community" and what Benjie's favourite modules are to play LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW Watch the episode on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JtLC8Tetjk Cosy Cub Games Website - https://www.cosycubgames.com/ CHAPTERS 00:00:00 - OPENING 00:00:20 - PHASE A: INTRODUCING BENJIE TALBOTT 00:01:10 - What was the last game Benjie has Just Played? 00:03:02 - What are Benjie's favourite games? 00:06:36 - How did you into the hobby? 00:10:04 - PHASE B: COSY CUB GAMES & TENBY 00:13:05 - The meteoric success of Tenby 00:18:37 - What is Tenby? 00:23:24 - How does the Community Expansion work? 00:25:55 - Why is Tenby a special place for Benjie? 00:27:30 - An aside on Heartbeat the TV Show...yep really 00:29:22 - What's the one mechanism in Tenby that defines the game for you? 00:34:43 - Listener Question - What is your dream bling to have in your game? 00:37:06 - Listener Question - What is Bejies favourite modules to play with in Tenby? 00:38:56 - PHASE C: WHAT'S NEXT FOR COSY CUB GAMES? 00:44:29 - What are you looking forward to? 00:46:33 - PHASE D: WHAT'S HOT, THE LAST PLAY Get in touch with the show Support the show GET IN TOUCH Website - https://www.justplaypod.co.uk YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@JustPlayPodcast Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JustPlayPod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/justplaypod Discord - Join us on Discord INTRO / OUTRO CREDITS Intro / Outro Music: Getaway by D0d Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/d0d/getaway

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  Episode #5

  EP5: Board games that feel like a Black Mirror episode

  Aug 4, 202651 min

  What if your favourite game is actually playing you? In a homage to the fantastic TV series Black Mirror JP takes a look at board games that could well feature as an episode in that series. Expect dark, expect adult themes and lets lean into the dystopia. IN THIS EPISODE - In the "Just Played" segment JP talks about his recent experience with Politik by Black Yeti Games after releasing a Just Play-Through recently on the channel. Also he loads up, joins a team and takes down other legends in Apex Legends: The Board Game by Glass Cannon Unplugged - At the "Centre of the table" JP lists games which lean into that Black Mirror vibe. When researching for this episode there's actually quite a lot more games, what do you think should be included? - JP takes a look at the top 5 trending games in "What's Hot, What's Not" which includes Schadenfreude, Duel of Meloch, Chilvary, Rolling Deep, Container LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW Watch this episode on YouTube - https://youtu.be/1I1R5NYSq_k CHAPTERS 00:00:00 - OPENING 00:00:19 - PHASE A: PULL UP A CHAIR 00:05:28 - PHASE B: JUST PLAYED 00:05:56 - Politik 00:17:04 - Apex Legends: The Board Game 00:25:06 - PHASE C: CENTRE OF THE TABLE - Boardgames that belong in a Black Mirror episode 00:27:14 - This War Is Mine 00:29:00 - Kingdom Death Monster 00:31:15 - Holding On: The Troubled Life of Billy Kerr 00:33:11 - Frostpunk: The Board Game 00:36:19 - New Angeles 00:38:08 - Cerebria: The Inside World 00:39:20 - Nyctophobia 00:40:30 - Deckers 00:41:41 - Nemesis 00:43:18 - PHASE D: WHAT'S HOT, WHAT'S NOT 00:48:28 - PHASE E: JUST ABOUT TO PLAY 00:49:30 - PHASE F: THE LAST PLAY Get in touch with the show Support the show GET IN TOUCH Website - https://www.justplaypod.co.uk YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@JustPlayPodcast Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JustPlayPod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/justplaypod Discord - Join us on Discord INTRO / OUTRO CREDITS Intro / Outro Music: Getaway by D0d Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/d0d/getaway

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  Just Play Reunion: Beale Street Board Games (Feat: Rob from Whose Turn Is It Anyway?)

  Jul 28, 20261h 5m

  It's time for something a little different. JP is away on a work trip to Memphis in the US and joined by Rob formally from the Whose Turn Is It Anyway Podcast, so naturally it felt like a little reunion. We've brought the mics and thought we share a little of our gaming experiences whilst we visited the "Home of the Blues". IN THIS EPISODE - JP introduces Rob for those who don't know him from the Whose Turn podcast days and for those that do will learn what life has been like since Whose Turn was sunsetted. - We bring back "Let's Talk About Hex" for Rob to update us on what he has been playing including getting 20 Strong by Chip Theory Games, time travelling in Warp's Edge by Renegade Studios and trying to wake some Sleeping Gods by Red Raven Games - We try and bring some of those Memphis Blues to the episode by sharing our gaming experiences and what games we've played across the work trip including hands on the latest Kickstarter Echobound Adventures by Open Owl Studios and Tempest Workshop LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW You can still catch the Whose Turn Is It Anyway Podcast show here - www.whoseturn.co.uk CHAPTERS 00:00:00 - OPENING 00:00:23 - PHASE A: INTRODUCING ROB 00:01:21 - Introducing Rob 00:04:06 - Life after Whose Turn Podcast 00:07:40 - PHASE B: LET'S TALK ABOUT HEX 00:09:17 - Sleeping Gods 00:12:19 - 20 Strong 00:14:24 - Warp's Edge 00:17:21 - PHASE C: BEALE STREET BOARD GAMES 00:21:43 - Kelp: Shark vs Octopus 00:30:26 - Sagrada 00:32:28 - Flamecraft Duals 00:37:31 - Echobound Adventures 00:50:21 - Cosmic Encounter Duel 00:55:24 - Baseball Highlights 2045 01:02:46 - PHASE D: THE LAST PLAY Get in touch with the show Support the show GET IN TOUCH Website - https://www.justplaypod.co.uk YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@JustPlayPodcast Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JustPlayPod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/justplaypod Discord - Join us on Discord INTRO / OUTRO CREDITS Intro / Outro Music: Getaway by D0d Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/d0d/getaway

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  Episode #4

  EP4: Just Play...but not like that

  Jul 21, 202653 min

  Let's face it, we love this hobby it provides so many great things, the social interaction, the fun at the table, we wouldn't change it for the world. However, there are some things about the hobby which make us question our life choices...buckle up we're about to dive into a few of them. IN THIS EPISODE - In the "Just Played" segment JP has now had a full game of Terraria by Paper Fort Games and discusses the fun in getting lost in a 2D sandbox world, and trying to score big in Jackpot: Set The Reel by Dranda Games - At the "Centre of the table" JP talks about what gets on his nerves within the hobby. Are these just specific to JP or is he on his own? What are some of your pet peeves? - We take a look at the the top 5 trending games in "What's Hot, What's Not" including Altera, Harmonies Expansions, Container and Concordia: Special Edition LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW Watch this episode on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h0CVOGDZEY Watch JP play Terraria on Gaming Rules! Part One - https://www.youtube.com/live/cxhDqZh-QFg?si=-7KCXKyN8eBBSo_H Part Two - https://www.youtube.com/live/y7lx7D4mCxw?si=duLMZLiGK5HsKu0O CHAPTERS 00:00:00 - OPENING 00:00:38 - PHASE A: PULL UP A CHAIR 00:03:16 - Question from our listeners 00:05:31 - PHASE B: JUST PLAYED 00:05:51 - Terraria 00:20:04 - Jackpot: Set The Reel 00:25:35 - PHASE C: CENTRE OF THE TABLE 00:26:56 - Where the hell are you? 00:28:51 - Erm sorry I can't make it now...WHAT!!!! 00:30:53 - Would you kindly stop bending my frickin cards!!! 00:32:03 - Right guys...I need to go 00:33:03 - In your face...have some of that 00:34:35 - Well there's no point carrying on now 00:36:40 - Excuse me...what did you say? 00:37:27 - Whose Turn Is It? 00:38:46 - Oh it's my turn...whoops you didn't want to keep this game did you? 00:41:04 - Erm no thanks, i'll stick to my old favourites 00:41:57 - Where does this go? 00:42:55 - Board game phone zombies 00:44:07 - PHASE D: WHAT'S HOT, WHAT'S NOT 00:49:05 - PHASE E: JUST ABOUT TO PLAY 00:50:52 - PHASE F: THE LAST PLAY Get in touch with the show Support the show GET IN TOUCH Website - https://www.justplaypod.co.uk YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@JustPlayPodcast Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JustPlayPod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/justplaypod Discord - Join us on Discord INTRO / OUTRO CREDITS Intro / Outro Music: Getaway by D0d Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/d0d/getaway

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