Curt Covert, designer of Tower of Madness and owner of Smirk & Dagger Games, talks about take-that games.

Curt has been designing back-stabby games for years and is a wealth of information and insight on the topic. And he’s a ton of fun to talk to!

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Tony was visiting home for a week and we got to have a big game day in which we played tons of games and Chris and Tony get into a tussle over explaining rules. Then Tony, Steve and Jamie give an overview and review of War Chest from AEG and Look back at Massive Darkness from CMON one year later. Then Tony T gives us the rundown of all the hot gaming news from around the industry. Then we wrap up with a short topic extravaganza in which we further discuss Unique Games and hear two sides of the argument, how we feel about overproduction and where we buy our games.

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In Ya Blew It, you roll your stick of dynamite (a nifty 8-sided die!) trying to scoop up the best claims of gems before the prospector decides to nab them all.

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Recorded at Grand Con 2018, in Grand Rapids Michigan - Eric and Mandi join forces to bring you our latest podcast!

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In episode twenty eight of our comedy board gaming quiz show we play:

• Rules Lawyer 
• The National Toy Hall of Fame
• Sound Charades
• Nick's Name Generator 
• Higher or Lower

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Sometimes, dear listeners, the news does matter, and in such instances our hosts feel under-equipped to address them properly. Such is the nature of crippling incompetence. I mean, they could have devoted their time to worthwhile pursuits (like playing games) but instead they shout into a can to strangers (about playing games). But sometimes circumstances demand a brief segue into matters of consequence, and so we here at SVWAG swear by the majestic mountains of Manitoba to do our best.


Games Played Last Week: -Ethnos 1m54s (Paolo Mori, CMON, 2017)
-El Grande 2m52s (Wolfgang Kramer & Richard Ulrich, Hans im Gluck, 1995)
-Who Goes There? 4m34s (Anthony Coffey & Jesse Labbe, Certifiable Games, 2018)
-Street Masters: Twin Tiger 8m51s (Brady Sadler & Adam Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2018)
-Level 7 [Invasion] 10m49s (Will Schoonover, Privateer Press, 2014)
-Grand Austria Hotel 13m19s (Virginio Gigli & Simone Luciani, Lookout Games, 2015)
-Mecanisburgo 15m43s (Servando Cavallar, Gen-X Games, 2008)


News (and why it doesn't matter)
-Walker discovers Norwegia 20m05s
-BattleCON big (huge) box 20m45s
-El Dorado gets hexed 21m05s
-dlp Games' callous disregard and intellectual laziness re: Manitoba 21m29s

Feature Game: Too Many Bones: Undertow 29m19s (Adam Carlson & Josh J. Carlson, Chip Theory Games, 2018)

Topic: Difficulty in Co-ops 52m01s

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While on vacation, Marty was able to find someone who obviously had nothing to do and filled in for me. David Waybright, from Man vs Meeple, was kind enough to […]

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In this episode we interview Thibaud de La Touanne from Triton Noir. Check YouTube for playthroughs and reviews - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Slack - Slack - http://bit.ly/onestopslack Follow us at Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to the channel - https://www.paypal.me/ColinDegnan Contact us - mvpboardgames@gmail.com

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Ben sits in the cabin and assembles a review of the Back-2-Base-iX miniature paint racks.  You can find the racks here: http://www.back2base-ix.com

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In this week's episode, Jason from Every Night is Game Night podcasts invites Colin and Steve on his show to discuss four cooperative games. This is repost of the same episode from his channel as we prepare some more content to soon be released. Enjoy! Check YouTube for playthroughs and reviews - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Slack - Slack - http://bit.ly/onestopslack Follow us at Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to the channel - https://www.paypal.me/ColinDegnan Contact us - mvpboardgames@gmail.com

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Our second to last part of the conversation of the gang around the table at Meeplefest 2018. The Hunt family, Tom Lehmann, Mark Johnson, Denis, Ric, Shelley, Candy, Doug R. and the gang discuss information placed on boxes and dealing with analysis paralysis.

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Ben sits in the cabin and develops his ideas on Darwinning!

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Ambie and Crystal discuss Villainous and Sprawlopolis. We then talk about board games involving water, and Crystal goes over the origins of the word "flood." Recent Games: 1:00 Watery Games: 13:07 Board Game Etymology - 'Flood': 23:25 Outro: 24:47 No Bloopers: 25:51 Villainous: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256382/villainous Sprawlopolis: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/251658/sprawlopolis

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Look, sometimes we lose games. I know. It's weird. It's hard to talk about, to be frank, but it's important to realize that your heroes can have flaws. So, this week, we're counting down our top five games we're bad at! Before we admit defeat, we also discuss Yogi, Orléans, and Blue Lagoon.

01:38 - Yogi 05:25 - Orléans 11:56 - Blue Lagoon 18:28 - Good games we're bad at 20:26 - Santorini 23:50 - Spyfall 26:30 - Captain Sonar 27:45 - Avenue 30:01 - Incan Gold 31:31 - Deep Sea Adventure 32:54 - Splendor 34:38 - Glüx 35:49 - Pictomania 37:12 - Archipelago 39:11 - The Oracle of Delphi 41:45 - I'm The Boss 44:33 - Android: Netrunner 46:35 - Kanban 48:30 - Tigris & Euphrates

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Assad Quraishi, designer of Genesis: Battle of Champions, talks about playtesting.

Assad is a professional user interface designer and has a ton of insight on testing.

Resources mentioned in the show:

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In Episode 19 the Lords give and update on their current Dungeons and Dragons campaign and all the stuff their characters are getting into. And then based on some things that happened in our most recent gaming session, discuss Player Meta and how we separate doing what's best from a game standpoint and doing whats best from a role playing standpoint.

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Oh, hello there. The door's unlocked--just come on in. Please pardon our informal setting, here, we just want you to be comfortable. I suppose, though, that a tone of complete familiarity shouldn't prevent us from doing introductions. I'm the episode description, and I'm the thing you don't read. Our hosts are Mark Bigney and Mike Walker, and they're the ones you don't respect. Stay with us for a while, won't you?


Games Played Last Week: -Aeon's End 1m15s (Kevin Riley, Action Phase Games, 2016), -XenoShyft: Onslaught 4m43s (Keren Philosophales & Michael Shinall, CMON, 2015), -Fast Forward: Fortress 11m17s (Friedmann Friese, Stronghold Games, 2017), -Asgard's Chosen 16m24s (Morgan Dontanville, Mayfair Games, 2013), -Age of Industry 21m26s (Martin Wallace, Treefrog Games, 2010)


News (and why it doesn't matter)
-Ancient Rome falls to a Pandemic 23m31s
-Horizon: Zero Dawn 24m36s
-There's a party and you're not invited 26m06s

Feature Game: Sentinels of the Multiverse 27m05s (Christopher Badell, Paul Bender, & Adam Rebottaro, Greater than Games, 2011)
Sentinels of the Multiverse: OblivAeon 36m53s (Christopher Badell, Paul Bender, & Adam Rebottaro, Greater than Games, 2018)

Topic: Explaining Rules 54m14s

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In this show, we look at the Cryptid, the Brady Bunch Party Game, the expansion to Meeple Circus, Spell Smashers, and Fast Forward: Forture. We also hear a tale of triumph, answer our last questions (we need more!) and finish up going over our top ten epic games!

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