One Man Clapping

Welcome back OMC crew!

This week I share the Games that Were (spoiler alert, my house was filled with shenanigans, not many games were played....).

In FOMOMOFO we're talking all things Witcher Legacy, and in VIMH I talk about that uber sexy sweet spot when game play and theme get together after too many drinks.... (the game, not me)

Have a great week, OMC crew, you guys are the very best....

This week I share all the 'Games that Were', I take you through what's recently arrived with 'INCOMING!!!!', and of course we have my regular therapy session with FOMOMOFO, which is thankfully brief. I of course most definitely am NOT backing any more games this year....

And this week, I had the opportunity to catch up with Jamey Stegmaier, and share a peek behind the curtain with his very own Origin Story.... (starts at 0:50 if you want to skip ahead)

Have a great week, OMC Crew

After a week off for a little self care, it's a bumper week.

As usual, I go through all the Games that Were, I share the tidal flow of what's arrived at the Bunker with INCOMING!!!!

This week on FOMOMOFO is thankfully brief as we seem to be coming to the end of Broketober and Nomoneyvember.....

And this week in Voices in My Head I share my thoughts on Small Box games vs Big Box games....

Have a great week, OMC crew, OMC fans are the best fans!

This week I'm back to a little post PAX normalcy with all the 'games that were'!

Broketober continues (and looks like it will lead straight into No-money-vember) with the eternal march of crowdfunding....

I update you with the games that have been delivered of late and I share my part joy part terror at the thought of actually attending Essen.

Huge thank you to all the OMC crew that have sent me your live photos and updates, it's been amazing!

Have a great week crew!

-Hamez

This economy size 'Murca level episode brings you the games that were from Pax Australia, in FOMOMOFO I go down the rabbit hole that is this time of year and Ermergerd it is voluminous....

Then I share my two 'best in show', my picks of Pax and they were both wonderful surprises.

Also, full disclosure, I played a buttload (that's a real measurement, look it up) of games, and I likely misquote a number of rules throughout this mammoth episode. Also, I apparently can't add 3 and 7, so there's that....

Have an...

This week I'll share all the games that were (toasters, toasters everywhere....) I'll share my angst ridden tortured relationship with crowdfunding in FOMOMOFO and I discuss my thoughts on Stonemaier's launch model of compressed FOMO.

It's PAX Australia this week, the best week of the year.

Have a great week OMC crew, you're the very best crew.

(Please note, there will be no episode next week due to Pax Australia....)

Do not buy games on Saturday night...... it'll all make sense soon...

This week we go through all The Games that Were, and there were some GREAT games this week....

We're back to our regular FOMOMOFO program where I share my angst ridden personal battle with crowdfunding, and in Voices in My Head I share with you a parable of bad decisions.

Don't worry, it all ends well.

Have an amazing week OMC crew, you guys are the very best.

This week we're rolling a little differently, it's a hot run through crowdfunding with an uber session of FOMOMOFO and then straight to the table with the Voices in My Head.

Turns out, I may have a slight boardgame porn addiction. I'm also SORT of ok with that, though this epiphany comes with some ideas.

Errata pack - I mention 'Calimala by Reiner Knitzia', apologies, I was thinking of Cascadero, different beige, I blame the coffee.

Spoiler alert, I had an amazing week. This week is a mammoth serving of 'the games that were', a quick skip through FOMOMOFO, and a dash of INCOMING!!!! (yes. 4 exclamation marks)

In 'Voices in my Head' I coin a new category of game for my collection, and I give a very deserved clap this week.

Also, very real spoiler alert, I talk at length about Clank Legacy in this episode, and neglected to warn about spoilers before I started. Apologies for anyone that gets caught out in this!

Have an amazing week, OMC...

It's hard to believe it's been a year, huge thank you to every one of you!

This week, I go through the 'Games that Were', we take a trip down FOMOMOFO road and I issue a small retraction following my wild rant of two weeks ago, and in 'Voices in my Head', I share the wild ride that has been the first year of this fabulous therapy group.

You guys are amazing.

Well we did it. We finished Cycle One of Aeon Trespass Odyssey...

If you have no interest in Aeon Trespass, feel free to skip this.

Super Trooper joins me for a full length breakdown (technical, not mental) of our Cycle One experience. We do a half hour of spoiler free, then we go right down the rabbit hole.

Spoiler alert, there are spoilers.

Also, Aeon Trespass is very special. It's not for everyone, but it's definitely for us.

Have a great week OMC Crew!

This week life is good.

I share with you all the 'Games that Were', we go down the Ark Nova rabbit hole in FOMOMOFO, and in Voices in My Head I share with you the evolution of my board game loves over the year and what it means to me.

Have an amazing week OMC crew, wherever you are in the world, I appreciate you.

Thanks for this week's therapy session, you're the best.

Hamez

This week, some good things, some terrible things, some boardgame things.

Mostly just good vibes only. .We're back to FOMOMOFO (not Nepalese dumplings, those are momos), some games were played, and I tell a story.

It's been a week, I couldn't tick the 'explicit' button twice, it should be an option. Sorry, not sorry.

rage, rage against the dying of the light.....

Somehow, Palpatine returned....

I"m back, was off for reasons, sorry but also not.

Lots of news this week in a return to form.

This week with a Playcon wrap up, news, the way forward and a new job.

Also ads. OMC now qualifies for paid ads, and we're trialing that from this week.

Have a great week OMC crew, love ya!

Yesterday we finished a major milestone in one of the Campaigns we're playing. It was glorious.

Today, I'm sharing my thoughts on the finish line. We'll make some noise in space during the 'Games that Were', I'll share all my capitalist angst in FOMOMOFO, and we'll have a regular therapy session in voices in my head.

Someone may or may not get the clap.

Happy Monday, OMC crew!

Happy podcast day OMC crew!

I needed a little more coffee today, so much rambling. But eventually we got through it, the 'Games that were...', a full tour of FOMOMOFO, in Voices in My Head I finally share my feels about Elder Scrolls Betrayal of the Second Era, not gameplay, not rules, just the feels.

And someone gets the clap.

Have a great week Fam!

Love ya.

Taking a short break from the regular format, Super Trooper and I share our top 10 expansions, that make the game better, and maybe one or tow that don't!

Happy Monday OMC Crew!

This week I share my ramblings about how a campaign keeps you engaged. Short campaigns, medium campaigns and MURKA level campaigns, because they kind of all do it differently!

You get to hear about all the games that were (more shelf of firsts this week!), we take a trip through FOMOMOFO and discuss all things Kaiju and Restoration Games. We take a slow hand in hand stroll through my frontal lobe in Voices in My Head, before giving someone the clap.

Saddle up OMC crew, it's a new week!

Happy Monday....

What makes a 'good loss'? Spoiler alert, it's a good loser. I'm a good loser, but played with someone that puts me to shame.

I share with you all the games that were, we take a journey through this week's FOMOMOFO, we'll have a quiet chat with the voices in my head and this week I remember to give someone the clap.

Have a great week OMC crew!

Happy Monday OMC crew!

Recording very early on very little sleep today, hope you're in the mood for waffles....because I'm waffling for pretty much the whole hour.

This week I'm back to our regular format, I take you through all the Games That Were, we're back to living in constant fear of missing out with FOMOMOFO, and there's a brief stop for INCOMING!!!!

We tiptoe through my frontal lobe in Voices in my Head, and I share my deepest, most personal confessions.

I then completely forget to give someone the...

This week I get to spend time with the legendary Mark Bigney and Michael Walker of So Very Wrong About Games!

So Very Wrong About Games is a Golden Geek Award winning podcast and this week I get to share their origin story and what makes SVWAG, SVWAG.

A huge thank you to Mark and Walker for their time,

Have a great week OMC crew!

One Man Clapping has been live for 6 months!

With all the doom and gloom in the board game world right we're celebrating with good news only. This week I'm sharing everything that I'm excited for in this coming year.

Welcome to the Half Yearly Good Vibes Only Jamboree!

All the campaigns I'm waiting for, all the up and coming campaigns that I'm excited for, and all the preorders that have me smiling. 2025 is going to be a wild ride, and I'm here for the long run....

Finally back in the chair after three weeks off and very happy to be here!

I go through all the Games that Were (spoiler alert, there were a lot!), I take you through what's INCOMING!!!!, we're going to skip over FOMOMOFO for reasons, and in Voices In My Head I share my thoughts on the chaos of the world today.

This is not a tariff podcast, but I'd call it 'tariff adjacent'..... and a different kind of FOMO, the Fear of Missing Out on games we've already paid for....

Have a great week...

12 hour gaming day yesterday means a full wrap today! Super Trooper and I do a full breakdown of all the 'Games that Were!' from yesterday's game day, with a side of random ramblings.

A short break as I'm off on holiday for 2 weeks, but will be back after that!

Have a great week, OMC crew!

This week, I"m back after traveling for work and have been making up for lost time.

You get to hear about all 'The Games That Were', and this week, there were plenty, including new games off my Shelf of Firsts!

New games in, though no sign of 'the game that shall not be named', instead, some retail games have just come in, finally available in Australia, HUZZAH!!!

In FOMOMOFO we'll chat about a number of campaigns, none of which I'm backing (spoiler alert), and in 'Voices in my Head', I'm unpicking two...

This week in 'Voices in My head', i share my thoughts on the different campaign styles, and what I love (or loathe) about each...

You get to hear about the 'games that were', what's coming in with Incoming!!!! and it's a huge week for FOMOMOFO with some serious wallet busting campaigns as well as a whole slew of outer space pew pew!

Have a great week OMC crew!

This week in 'Voices in my head' I go down the rabbit hole of Expansions as their own sub-category of FOMOMOFO, and I share all the games that were.

It's been a YUUUUGE time for Incoming!!!! with 6 new games in the bunker, and of course I give someone the clap.

Be good to each other!

This week Super Trooper joins me again with another top ten, this week it's My top 10 games that YOU own...

Small PSA, something was clearly bumping the mic or the table this week, apologies for the constant sound of swinging balls..... what a horrific way to describe it, eesh.... .

Back next week with our regularly scheduled program!

This week I bring you all the 'games that were', which delightfully, was an unleashing from my shelf of firsts.

I share all my Fomomofo, and briefly what's 'Incoming!!!!'.

An in voices in my head I babble inanely about the joys (and pain) of boardgame inserts before giving someone the clap.

Have a great week OMC crew!

This week in the 'games that were', I take you through a whole swag of games that are now and forever removed from my 'shelf of firsts', I revisit some of my most watched pledge managers and update on crowdfunding this week.

In 'voices in my head', I take you through my personal obsession with game inserts and I give someone the clap.

Happy Monday OMC crew!

This week, I take you through all the 'games that were', including the Aeon Trespass marathon.

I refrain from mentioning Betrayal of the Second Era, for one week only, sort of...

Things are ramping up in crowdfunding for the start of the year, in FOMOMOFO I take you through a number of new campaigns, including Everdell Silverfrost, La Patisserie Rococo, Darwin's Journey, as well as the daily pain of 'late pledge season'...

In 'Voices in my Head', I'm unpicking the furor over A.I. art in gaming and what that means, and of...

This week I go through the 'games that were' from the last 2 weeks, spoiler alert, it was a fantastic 2 weeks...

In INCOMING!!!! I go through what's on the way in, aside from BOTSE, which yes, I will talk about again, sorry, not sorry.... FOMOMOFO touches on the crowdfunding campaigns that are starting to kick off, though it is most definitely a slow start, along with the campaigns that are coming, which look to be amazing!

In 'Voices In My Head', I share my own story, and the role that board games...

This is the first in OMC's series for 2025 'Not all heroes wear capes', where I bring to you the origin stories for some of board gaming's most notable contributors. Every hero has a beginning, and I'm very excited for this series.

In this episode, we get a VERY candid look at the legendary Paul Grogan and how Gaming Rules was born.

Please note, this was OMC's first international recording and due to some technical difficulties parts of the interview needed to be re-recorded after the fact. If you sense any irregularities...

In our last episode recorded in 2024 Super Trooper and I unpick our top 10 most played for the year, not our top ten games, but those that were on the table the very most!

As usual, we wrap that up with a few more special treats for dessert, as this season is all about as much as you can fit in as possible, and we cover off our top 'new to us', and then we of course finish with our pick for best release of 2024.

Happy new year clappers!

I've survived Christmas, it's NYE tomorrow, and I've only played 3 different games, but spoiler alert, I've played Agemonia 8 times.

This week I share my boxing day Impulse-FOMO shenanigans, you get a bit of a look in to my obsession with food, and I talk all things Agemonia.

It's a big week for content, and I'm just getting started.

Love ya.

This week I go through all the Games That Were, what's happening with 'Incoming!!!!', my waning Christmas related Fomomofo, and in Voices in my Head I talk back and forth on the difference between affordability and value, and what they mean to me when I talk about board games.

Then I give the clap to a very special person, without whom, we wouldn't get through the season. You know who you are.

also... cicadas....

This bonus episode featuring the inimitable Super Trooper has us choosing between this or that!

10 rounds of life's hard choices, and I hope you like freaking cicadas, because it's Starship Troopers right now, down under.

And for dessert we go three rounds of non-board game related choices, so you're going to get to know a little more about two board game legends.

Yes, legends. Love ya!

This week I'm talking all the games that were, we're going down the rabbit hole with two massive campaigns in FOMOMOFO....

Postman Pete is getting a reprieve to focus on Christmas deliveries and in 'Voices in my Head' I share my thoughts on the Cult of the New and how it plays evil games with my tiny brain in tandem with Fomo....

And I beg Santa again for delivery of Betrayal of the Second Era, by Christmas.... I will bake the best mother flippin' cookies you've ever eaten, Fat Man....

This week on OMC we're joined by a very special guest and friend of the show, and we're discussing the games that absolutely must be played in 2025.

Are they on our 'shelf of firsts'? Classics we want to play again? Incoming crowdfunding games?

Yes, yes they are.

Then we drop a little dessert with 'The Fat Man Cometh'....

Game on.

This week I dive into the games that were, I talk about what's Incoming and the details of Postman Pete's workload, this week's FOMOMOFO which was massive, and in Voices In My Head, I share my first time, all my first times.

I give the clap to someone that truly deserves it and then I sail off into the sunset.

It's a bumper length episode this week, get yourself whatever form of liquid fuel keeps you going!

Game on!