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Hey now! It's time for a new episode of The Secret Cabal! Today we take a look at Defenders of the Realm, the post-apocalyptic cooperative game of killing and mayhem. Tony T goes bananas give you the best gaming news in the entire world and then we wrap up the show the short topics including, do you take it easy on players new to a game? What books are on our night stands? And What games are on our shelf of shame?

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In this episode, we talk about Hamsterbande, JurassAttack, Animals on Board, Warquest, the Dominion Upgrades, and Grand Prix. We also hear from some contributors, answer a pile of questions, and end the show with our thoughts on sports vs. games!

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Tony McRee

We heard about the new Arkham Horror: The Card Game earlier this year when an image was leaked. Well, it is a reality now and we begged, pleaded, gave up […]

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Shelley and I have some fun with the brand new DICE VERSION of the fantastic La Granja - La Granja No Siesta! Then, after a quick wander around the game room at our weekend Post-Essen festivities, we build a 3-D rendering of the Colosseum in Die Baumeister des Colosseum.

La Granja No Siesta! by Andreas Odendahl from Stronghold Games

and

Die Baumeister des Colosseum by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede from Schmidt Spiele

Other games mentioned as I wandered the room:

Fabled Fruit

Great Western Trail

Dodelido

Terraforming Mars

Mi Tierra: New Era

Power Grid Card Game

Flamme Rouge

Key to the City: London

Cottage Garden

Oracle of Delphi

Chariot Race

Capital

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This panel explores the different ways people around the world start, run and organize game groups, events or conventions. The goal is provide people with incentive or knowledge to participate in or even start a game group event or convention themselves

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Ignacy Trzewiczek, Ted Alspach and Joe Cochran explore the evolution of board games that embrace technology AND examine how the cardboard world influences the digital gaming world as well.

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Ambie, Cassadi, and Crystal discuss Mythos Tales, Tokaido, and Mice and Mystics. Our accessory of the week is board game music, and we talk about some games that scare us. We answer another viewer question, and Crystal goes over the origins of the word "dungeon."

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Martin Wallace, Phil Eklund, Vital Lacerda and Max Michael share a deep and abiding passion for history. From research methods to the balance between simulation and gameplay, the panel discusses how and why they incorporate history into their game designs

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The Secret Cabal Presents Tales from Beyond the Grave: The Dunwich Horror is an audio drama written, directed and produced by Jamie Keagy, founder and host of The Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast adapted from the work of H.P. Lovecraft, The Dunwich Horror and inspired by Suspense Radio Drama (1945). Featuring performances by Jamie Keagy as Dr. Henry Armitage, Chris Miller as Dr. Warren Rice, Steve Spang as Wilbur Whateley, Patrick Kelly as Wizard Whateley, Rodney Smith as Dr. Houton, Robb Rouse as Lem Brown and Tony McRee and Marty Connell as the two old coots at the general store.

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Matt Leacock (Pandemic, Forbidden Island/Desert) and Antoine Bauza (Ghost Stories, Hanabi, Samurai Spirit) discuss their passion for cooperative play and the challenges and differences in designing cooperative games.

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In this show, we talk about Great Western Trail, Adrenaline, Islebound, Power Grid: The Card Game, Chromosome, and Terraforming Mars. We also hear the history of Acquire, talk about our Essen 2016 experiences, and end with our top ten games to use to entice video gamers into the hobby. Again.

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Representatives from 3 of the largest manufacturers of board and card games, discuss the challenges they face when trying to make games for clients all over the world. Frank Jager (Ludo Fact) Shari Spiro (AdMagic) Michael Lee & Chris Matthew (Panda Mfg)

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BPPP The Others and Design Ideas (click on the text to the left to listen) During this week’s episode: 1) The Pegs discuss recent news and […]

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This panel explores the impact of the Spiel des Jahres awards - on the game industry, on the organization itself, on the designers and the publishers who win the awards. Tom Felber (SdJ Jury) Andreas Pelikan (designer/winner) Wittenstein (Eggertspiele)

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Shelley and I get a chance to review our first Essen 2016 release - Fabled Fruit from Friedemann Friese and Stronghold Games - then we have three 'At The Fair' recordings with Shelley and me, Scott 'Aldie' Alden of BGG, and Mark Johnson of Boardgames To Go!

Fabled Fruit by Friedemann Friese from Stronghold Games

Feast for Odin

Skibe

Schwupps

and others!

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A discussion exploring how publishers try to reach the world with their games. Nate Scheidler (Gigamic), Agnieszka Kopera (NSKN, Strawberry Studio), Konstantinos Kokkinis (Artipia Games), Nobuake Takerube (Japon Brand), Brandan Parsons (Brain Games)

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Like a domestic Sisyphus, Paul and Quinns continue on their quest to play all of the things! Quick, listen to this podcast before their boulder of relevancy rolls back down the side of Mount Internet.

This month games discussed include Pax Pamir! Conan! Game of Thrones: Hand of the King! A Touch of Evil! And litttle Schotten Totten! Of course we've got our usual special features in the form of listener mail and the Folk Game of the Month, but there's even more besides. Always keen to go the extra mile for the podcast, Quinns visited a real-life Crystal Maze and Paul had sex with a beast.

What new game have you been enjoying recently? It doesn't have to be a new release, just new to you. Let us know!

The Beast, Conan, A Game of Thrones: Hand of the King, Pax Pamir, Schotten Totten, A Touch of Evil: The Supernatural Game

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Note: We recorded in a room with a lot of echo, thus you'll notice that in the recording. Not much we could do about it, sorry!

Tom, Eric, Sam, Zee, and more join together to talk about some interesting games we saw at the Spiel Fair at Essen. We then do a rousing game of Stronghold vs. Iello Family Feud, then answer some questions live.

Thanks to IELLO for sponsoring the room!

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It's Halloween time and we got a spooooooky episode for you. First we take a look at the Lovecraft investigation game, Mythos Tales. Then we look back at Far Space Foundry one year later. Tony T horrifies you with all the crazy board game news going on around the world. Then finally, each of the founders takes a horror film they love and pitches a board game version of it.

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