Ambie and Crystal discuss the fun time they had playing games and meeting people at Dice Tower Con 2018!
Announcements: 0:44
Dice Tower Con: 4:49
Outro: 30:13
Bloopers: 31:26
Luck is an element of almost every board game there is, but it's still a major point of contention. Whether it's the roll of dice, or the draw of a card, randomness can make or break a game. We also talk about Lowlands, Bilder, In the Year of the Dragon, and revisit Space Base.
00:54 - Lowlands 07:32 - Bilder 11:03 - In the Year of the Dragon 16:14 - Space Base 20:12 - Luck in Games 23:40 - Cthulhu Wars 31:24 - Guards of Atlantis 36:06 - Lords of Vegas 42:42 - Rising Sun 43:33 - Diamant
Greg Loring-Albright is back on the show, and we’re talking about games that don’t exist on a board or even at a table.
Greg has been designing games that pervade into spaces much bigger than your dining room table, and he has some really interesting insight on how and why these games work.
Jamie and Chris are back from Dice Tower Con and have a bunch of new experiences and games to talk about. Then the gang presents their brand new segment called "Games of Yester-year" in which they talk about and review older titles from years past. Then of course, the Founders give you another feature review, this time Gaia Project and look back at Near and Far one year later. Tony T gives you the best damned tabletop gaming new segment in the history of gaming and then the guys have a short discussion about the state of tabletop gaming and how they've seen things change over the years.
In this show, we talk about Root, Luxor, Ranking, and Quebec! Two old and two new! We also answer questions, talk about Dice Tower Con 2018, hear a tale of horror, and hear the solution to the basketball from Geoff. Finally, we end the show with our top ten games that we personally have enjoyed with our families!
This week I speak to the daddy of war gaming Mark Herman! We discuss what a war game actually is, working at the pentagon and Edward Snowden. But which games did he choose?
Multiplayer Solitaire doesn't have to be a bad thing! Sometimes we're just not always looking for high interaction, high conflict games, and that's okay. We break down some games with low interaction, and what makes them great. We also talk about Joraku, Impulse, and Wyatt Earp.
01:36 - Joraku 06:25 - Impulse 16:34 - Wyatt Earp 19:29 - BGB on Twitch! 21:18 - Low Interaction Games 28:32 - The Godfather: Corleone's Empire 29:31 - Karuba/NMBR 9 34:05 - Agricola 38:55 - Cooperative Games 41:33 - Azul 46:15 - Castles of Mad King Ludwig
The Lords are back from Origins and the gang discusses about how great gaming conventions are. Then Jess talks about her Shadowrun Games at Origins. We take a question from a listener regarding collecting information from about and knowing everything your players can do. Then we round out the episode with a discussion about giving experience to your players.
Due to technical difficulties episode 9 will be delayed till early next week. Sorry about that but thank you for patience and for listening.
Music by HookSounds
In episode twenty three of our comedy board gaming quiz show we play:
Book, board or both?
A rose by any other name
Order order
Hulla-kazzo
TV tie-in
Thank you very much to Missy Schmalz for guest hosting a round.
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You can see more from Dave Luza on his board gaming YouTube channel - The Happy Luza. He also talks about tabletop games every week on the Dice Tower's Board Game Breakfast doing his Playing the News segment.
The Brother's Murph also have their own gaming Youtube channel The Brother's Murph. You can find them on the Dice Tower's board Game Breakfast show too talking about Thrift Store Throwbacks.
Dan Hughes and Matthew Jude also have segments on Board Game Breakfast on the Dice Tower. Dan reviews children's Tabletop games alongside his daughter on "Dan and Cora". And Mathew talks about board and card games on "Dead Last".
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This week we stumble on the terrible, horrifying fact that there are other hobbies than boardgames, and we take pity on those poor lamented souls who are enslaved in their thrall. Just what is scrapbooking, anyway? Walker has a theory, but no one is really sure. We should thus feel blessed that we chosen few enjoy the hobby that we do, and so we discuss ways to try to be decent while doing so.
Games Played Last Week: -Clans of Caledonia 1m59s (Juma Al-Joujou, Karma Games, 2017) -Starship Samurai 4m04s (Isaac Vega, Plaid Hat Games, 2018) -Neuroshima Hex! 8m45s (Michal Oracz, Portal Games, 2006) -Hellapagos 9m50s (Laurence & Philippe Gamelin, Gigamic, 2017) -Azul 11m46s (Michael Kiesling, Plan B Games, 2017) -Fog of Love 14m33s (Jacob Jaskov, Hush Hush Projects, 2017) -When I Dream 18m13s (Chris Darsaklis, Drawlab Entertainment, 2016) -Goa 20m23s (Rudiger Dorn, Hans im Gluck, 2004)
News (and why it doesn't matter) -Quartermaster General gets downright chilly 22m16s -The first ever Cthulhu game, ever (Walker's excited) 24m05s -Kwanchai Moriya Targets The Game 26m46s -Terraforming Mars metastasizes further (Mark's excited) 28m31s -Race races further into the galaxy 29m02s -Catan isn't history thanks to Catan Histories 30m13s
Feature Game: Street Masters 31m13s (Brady & Adam Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2018)
In this show, all of us show up live at Dice Tower Con 2018 for the annual Dice Tower Awards! Joined by a host of contributors to the show, we hand out the awards for the best games of 2017!
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