In episode 21, The Founders take a look at the Wiz-Kids game, Star Trek Fleet Captains. Tony T has a nose for news and gives you the skinny on all kinds of gaming stuff. Then the gang talks about character advancement in role playing games. Then they round off the episode with a fun discussion about board games that fired other board games.
In this show, we add two new contributors, one who takes a look at Clout: Fantasy. We also talk about several new games including Pret a Porter and Behutunsburg. Greg visits another store, and Mark reviews Rodeo Rummy. Finally, we end the show with a question of what to do with multiple games going on at the same time in a gaming group.
In this episode, we take a look at our top ten "lunchtime" games, games that can be played and set up during a lunch break at work. We also talk about some recently played games, answer some questions, and then have a few guests show up with a surprise announcement!
The big red pawn. From high stakes dice to story telling donkeys, our award season coverage continues with in-depth reviews of Vegas and Eselsbrücke, the final two nominees for the Spiel des Jahres, the most prestigious trophy in the game playing world.
In episode 20, the founders give you a slew of reviews in rapid fire succession regarding the games they played at Origins Game Fair this year. Then Tony brings you all the juicy news from the gaming world. The gang played Panic Station with Stephen Buonocore and reflects on their previous impression of the game. In the RPG realm, the guys talk about whether or not a battle map is the best way to run combats.
In this episode, Geoff talks about giant numbers, and Greg descends into Madness. Mary talks about house rules, and Tom reviews Descent 2.0. We stereotype gamers yet again, and then talk about how many moves ahead in a game we plan for.
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There seems to be some sort of invasion on this show, coming from Origins. But once we ignore all that, you'll see that we answer quite a few questions, and then Tom and Eric take a look at the Top Ten "Trading in the Mediterranean" Games. Or something.
Kids at heart. From dragonknights and toad slime to cheese stealing ghosts, we review the 3 nominees for the Kinderspiel des Jahres, Germany's Children's Game of the Year, and try to predict the winner.
In this show, Brian Englestein starts a new segment, Geoff continues to tell us how to win at games, and Ryan talks about Urban Sprawl. We have a fake top ten list, go over recent games - such as 1989 and Undermining - and talk about mechanisms from games that we wish we could port to real life.
In episode 19, the founders give you a walkthrough and review of the new hotness from Wizards of the Coast, Lords of Waterdeep. Then Tony's gives you his news rundown and we have a debate about the Pathfinder Technology Demo Kickstarter Project. Tony presents a segment about Business Board Games and we finish the show with a discussion about Character Death in RPGs.
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