Doug, Ric, Simon, Greg, Joe, Sam, Bob Debbie, Shari, Kevin, Kris, and Shelley (with a few others possibly chiming in) join the team for a discussion of evangelizing the gaming hobby, Monopoly's goodness and/or badness, as well as some of our favorite games played over the weekend to that point.

Games Discussed:

Monopoly

Codenames

Thunder Alley

La Granja

Patchwork

Minerva

Castles of Mad King Ludwig

Pathfinder Adventure Card Game

Xenoshyft

Witness

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Shelley and I finish our Gathering reflections with an episode recorded thousands of feet above the ground as we flew back to California from Ohio.

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Shelley and I sit down to discuss games played and enjoyed at The Gathering 2007 with Michelle and Earl - good friends and a great couple.

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In this show, we talk about Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game, The Grizzled, Firefly: Shiny Dice, Wrath of Dragons, Queen’s Necklace, and RYU. We also answer a pile of questions, start an awesome new contest, and end with our top ten games to convert videogamers into board gamers.

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We are totally exhausted from all the wild revelry we got into at GenCon 2015 but the show must go on! Today the Founders spin the yarns of the aforementioned trip to GenCon. Then they review the new game from Wizards of the Coast, Magic the Gathering Arena of the Planeswalkers. Then the gang looks back at Blood Bowl Team Manager. Tony T runs down all the news in the manner you've come to expect while we complain and poke fun. Finally the show is capped off with a Short Topic Extravaganza!

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We wrap-up this year's GenCon coverage with a chat about our experiences and impressions of the convention.

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Todd Rowland drops by to talk about several new and upcoming games from AEG: Dice City, Smash Up: Munchkin, and Valley of the Kings: Afterlife.

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Ignacy Trzewiczek chats about his 2nd book and 2 new games: Rattle, Battle, Grab the Loot, a pirate dice game where players build mini cardboard ships and Tides of Time, a card drafting game where players guide a civilization through prosperity & collapse

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Kevin Cook owns the largest dice collection in the world. We chat about his latest haul of dice from this year's convention (over 900 new dice!) and get an update on the size and future of the collection.

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Tony McRee

Gen Con is over and the Connell family made it back alive and full of stories. To keep it from being the Marty Gen Con review, his wife Vanessa, the wonderful […]

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Paul Imboden chats about Paradox, a puzzle-based strategy game that uses the Match-3 concept (think Bejeweled). You play a scientist manipulating the time matrix to save the past, present and future of 15 different worlds threatened by a cosmic Quake.

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From the height of silliness, a 1 minute bluffing game called Meow, to the beautiful but brain burning Mottainai, Asmadi Games has something for every player. Owner and designer Chris Cieslik chats about a bevvy of new and upcoming titles.

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Flying Frog Productions prides itself on building game worlds with detailed backstories and characters. Brothers Scott and Jason Hill join us to chat about new releases for two recent horror-themed game worlds: Shadows of Brimstone and Dark Gothic.

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Chad DeShon wants everyone to have a nice place to play. He talks about the development process that went into their design for an affordable hand crafted board game table.

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BPPP GenCon 2015 and La Granja (click on the text to the left to listen) During this weeks episode: 1) The Blue and Green Pegs discuss […]

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Kevin Brusky discusses several new and upcoming games from APE: Arcadia, Chaos Cove, The Great Dinosaur Rush and Spirits of the Rice Paddy.

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Justin Gary chats about the newest title from Stoneblade: Bad Beets, a bluffing game about kids trying to avoid eating their vegetables.

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Christopher Badell and Chris Kirkman join us for a tag-team interview about the recent merger of their two companies & how it has helped them pool their business & creative resources. The result is 3 distinct publishing imprints all under the same roof.

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Chris Birch chats about the first big board game release from Modiphius: Thunderbirds, designed by Matt Leacock (Pandemic). Players are characters on the International Rescue team. Their goal? Thwart disasters triggered by The Hood.

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The microphones fill up after first introductions and Greg, Ric, Sam, Doug, Simon, Joe, and others chime in on a discussion of some of the latest Japanese titles, as well as 'borrowed' mechanisms and Love Letter vs. Monopoly.

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