Jay Vales discusses how his game, Conquest at Kismet, came to be and how it got great reviews but underperformed when it came to sales. We go into the contributing factors and what other designers can learn from the experience.

We also talk about some interesting design concepts, dealing with real-life death, and how even Zee Garcia can’t guarantee you sales.

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Hey now! It's the first show of 2017 and we're ready to go! Today we take a look at the second edition of a great game by Ryan Laukat, City of Iron. And this time we give you a double header look back, first one of Tony's favorites, Blood Rage and then a look back at our favorite games of 2016. Then we host another Short Topic Extravaganza.

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We enter a new year by starting off pretty strong. We have four 5 Minute Initiatives and we interview the Sadler brothers about a new game they designed for Megacon […]

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In this show, we introduce our 2017 Fundraiser!

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dice-tower-season-13-podcast

We also talk about Cosmic Eons, Days of Ire (Coop), Mino & Tauri, Motion Pictures, Trick of the Rails, and Munchkin CCG. We also hear a tale of Betrayal, and then we talk about what Tom considers to be the best year in gaming - 2012!

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Shelley and I try out two games back in August for your consideration:

Sifaka - a first release from Azao Games and designed by Christian Kruchten and Jean-Claude Pellin where you are lemurs searching for mangoes on a grid you build over the course of the game.

and

Tumult Royal(e) - from KOSMOS and designed Klaus and Benjamin Teuber where players race to gather materials and build statues celebrating their own glory.

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– Welcome!

– News

– Review of Sands of Harad player cards

– Contest! We try and guess the names of custom cards created by the community based on their card text!

– Sign off

Contact Us

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Colby Dauch, founder of Plaid Hat Games and designer of Summoner Wars, goes in depth on the challenges he faced when he started his own publishing company. We talk about business, life, and work/life balance, and we even get into not letting people discourage you from chasing your dreams.

The article Colby talks about in the show on barriers to entry in tabletop games can be found HERE.

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In this show, we talk about Great Western Trail, Deep Sea Adventure, No Siesta, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shadows of the Past, Gooseberry, and the Pokemon trading card game. We also here a tale of Horror, a tale of Sadness, and a tale of Amazement! Finally, we completely clear out our question queue!

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Shelley and I have some fun on this August-recorded episode of two Essen 2015 releases.

Joraku by Iori Tsukinami from Moaideas Game Design

and

Domus Domini by Heinz-Georg Thiemann

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Honshu is a map building card game set in feudal Japan and powered by a clever trick-taking mechanic. Each card you win must overlap with cards already in your domain. This means each card becomes a challenging mini-puzzle to solve.

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Ambie, Cassadi, and Crystal discuss 1860, Clank!, and Order of the Gilded Compass. We have a special guest join us to talk about some good games for families, and Crystal goes over the origins of the word "game."

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We don't want to tell you how to live your life but you might want to put on a tie or a string of pearls or BOTH before listening to this very classy podcast.

The results of the inaugural Pearple's Choice Awards are in and noteworthy hosts Paul Dean and Quintin Smith discuss the games that won Best Expansion of 2016, Best Reprint and (of course) Best Game. They chat about some old classics they've played over the festive season, like City of Remnants and Galaxy Trucker. Finally, they want to tell you about a folk game that's come all the way from Peru.

2016 has been a spectacular year for board games and once again, next year looks even more exciting. This can't be sustainable. Or can it?

Galaxy Trucker, Galaxy Trucker: Anniversary Edition, City of Remnants, Ra, Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space, Sekigahara: The Unification of Japan, Evolution, Colt Express, Colt Express: Horses & Stagecoach, Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition), Inis, Captain Sonar, Scythe

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Mike Strickland, designer of Tau Ceti, and I talk about his Kickstarter failure and what he did to relaunch the campaign to wild success. After an unsuccessful first attempt, Mike regrouped and brought in over $100k the second time around. We discuss what led to the dramatic difference.

Please note that Mike was in a spaceship while recording the episode, so you’ll notice the slight hum of the warp drive in the background. Or maybe it’s just the sound of his computer’s overzealous fan. But since we’re talking about a space game, let’s just pretend he’s on a spaceship.

 

 

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Tom, Eric, and a host of contributors take a look at 2016 and talk about the best and worst games of the year!

Show Notes:

1:14 - Intro

4:43 - Year as a whole

15:55 - Biggest Surprises

22:56 - Biggest Disappointments

28:25 - Best Components

32:40 - Best Art

38:05 - Worst Games

41:42 - Best Card Games

47:57 - Best Family Games

53:11 - Best Party Games

56:26 - Best Cooperative Games

1:03:07 - Best Children's Games

1:07:54 - Most Innovative Games

1:13:56 - Strangest Games

1:16:56 - Best Expansions

1:20:58 - Best Reprints

1:24:01 - Biggest Brainburners

1:27:10 - Favorite Game Events

1:33:47 - Top 10

2:02:26 - Other Categories

2:07:00 - Looking at 2017

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This year's Christmas Special is bonkers! First the founders talk about all the great games they've been playing and announce the winners of the big Christmas Contest. Then we Great Western Trail the deep dive review treatment. We checkout what Above and Below has been doing at our table over the past year. Tony T gives us an amazing news round up and then, Scrooge Tony is visited by 3 spirits bent on teaching him about great games of the past, present and future. And sprinkled in throughout, our famous Christmas Songs of the past.

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Opener: skipped this time, because we cover so many games in the main show My last episode of 2016 is going to (pretty much!) wrap up my coverage of BGGcon. Two more SoCal friends join me across many miles & timezones to share their experiences at the convention. It's a very game-specific episode, with many titles discussed. They're pictured below, but you really should follow along with their geeklists (linked below). This brings another year and season of Boardgames To Go to a close. I'll definitely be back in January to kick off the next season. When I moved to France for my job mid-year, I really wasn't sure what would happen with the podcast. I knew I WANTED to keep it going, but could I? Yes! It may even be possible that I've put out more episodes than I would've at home (especially if you include Wargames To Go, which is on a roll.) Thanks to all of my listeners who stuck with me another year.

Brian's Geeklist of the following games & star ratings Dave's Geeklist of the following games & star ratings

Closer: skipped this, too, because we talk about "meta" stuff throughout the episode -Mark

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

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