In episode 256, Steve digs into his mail bag and definitely is NOT paid by Cabalists to provide shout outs on the air. Then the Founders get busy talking about the games they've been playing including Dead Reckoning, USPS The Great American Mail Race, Dorf Romantik, Conquest of Planet Earth, My Father’s Work, Suburbia Collector’s Edition and Everdell Digital. Then, of course, Tony T give the audience with the best damned tabletop gaming news segment that has ever been provided to a podcast audience. And finally, the gang hosts a Short Topic Extravaganza with topics including the Founder's superpowers, what Dungeons and Dragons characters would the Founders be, how many plays does it take to say a game is bad and are there any Kickstarter the founders regret backing and not backing. Sniper Elite Overview 01:07:43, Sniper Elite Review 01:10:20, The News with Tony T 01:38:19, Short Topic Extravaganza 02:42:50
Davey returns all alive and well to complete his run of episodes as "First Player" to talk about one of his favourite genres in boardgaming "Dungeon Crawlers".
FIRST PLAYER: Davey OTHER PLAYERS: Rob & Chris (New Player)
OVERVIEW Davey is joined by Rob and a new player to the podcast Chris (no not Kris with the K but Chris with the C), to chat through their experiences with dungeon crawler co-op games and why they love them so much. In this episode you'll learn:
- All about our new player to the pod "Chris" and how he relishes co-op games and the occasional turn at being evil - Rob is pushing Carrooka onto everyone he sees and now his mum has taken over the board - Davey provides the shortest description of Anno 1800 - about the differences in the Descent (Journeys & Legend) - how the group have experienced a range of dungeon crawlers but there's still a lot left to try - about "coffeegate" and "pizzagate" when we mix food / drink with board games - and finally who will be taking over as the next "first player" for Episodes 13-16
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 0:39 - Welcoming Chris 1:51 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 2:01 - Davey - Anno 1800 2:29 - Rob - Carrooka 7:05 - Chris - Gloomhaven 9:14 - TURN 3 - The Descent into Dungeon Crawlers 9:22 - Introducing Descent 13:51 - Differences in managing a character to now a roster 16:55 - The model quality is fantastic in Legends 18:34 - What are the major differences between Journeys & Legends? 21:49 - The set-up & tare down in the older versions is noticable 22:39 - What draws us to Dungeon Crawlers? 30:32 - An aside with Imperial Assault 35:43 - Zombies are hard to kill, unless they are in Zombicide 40:34 - Our apprehension with Darkest Dungeon 43:35 - What was our first Dungeon Crawler experience? 46:06 - Our favourite moments playing Dungeon Crawlers 50:46 - TURN 4 - Question Time: What is our rules around food & drink at the table? 1:00:06 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up? 1:00:21 - Rob - Top Gun Maverick & House of the Dragon 1:03:07 - Chris - She-Hulk & Bloodborne The Card Game 1:06:12 - Davey - Horus Heresy 30k, Barrage & Rurik 1:08:25 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
Hello Taste Buds Why are we doing this Topics that excite you What games are next Moonpie Sponsorship we wish Just talk about it Not getting it back The Sword […]
Fatal Fury 3's subtitle was Road to the Final Victory, ironic given that there were then four more Fatal Fury titles (the first's subtitle was The King of Fighters, which is its own huge delightful kettle of fish). While Fatal Fury Special (the actual third Fatal Fury title, which made 3 the fourth, please do keep up) was worthy in its own right, 3 is clearly where the Fatal Fury series hit its stride. This is to say nothing of the introductions of Ryuji Yamazaki and Blue Mary! It's either this or Kant, folks.
01:25 AYURIS: Dogs of War (Paolo Mori, CMON, 2014)
Games Played Last Week: 03:12 -Cosmic Frog (Jim Felli, Devious Weasel Games, 2020) 06:20 -Flotilla (J.B. Howell & Michael Mihealsick, WizKids, 2019) 07:55 -Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape (Alex Olteanu & Marco Portugal, CMON, 2022) 09:29 -Dead and Breakfast (Rodrigo Rego, Braincrack Games, 2018) 12:12 -So, You've Been Eaten (Scott Almes, LudiCreations, 2022) 16:13 -Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan (Gordon Calleja, Mighty Boards, 2023) 20:27 -Ice Floes & Foes (Kees Meis & Dennis Merkx, Keep Exploring Games, 2021) 23:35 -Sentinels of the Multiverse (Christopher Badell, Paul Bender, & Adam Rebottaro, Greater Than Games, 2011) 27:52 -Santorini (Gord!, Roxley, 2016)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 29:02 Chip Theory Games gifting board game media types with swords 30:09 Vital Lacerda and Ian O'Toole: Inventions: Evolution of Ideas 30:40 HeroScape will be distributed by Hasbro's crowdfunding platform, HasLab 31:34 Astra from Mindclash games: straight to retail
In this episode Mike, Conor and Sarah are back and they have played a tonne of games lately, including Fluttering Souls, Nova Luna, Trickerion, Brass: Birmingham, Gimme That, and Planet Unknown. In Sizzling Games Conor has been dealing damage in the dungeons of Drunagor, Sarah had been filling factories for the frontline, and Mike is standing specific statues to score success.
We also recap last week's Question of the Pod: What game have you been dying to play and it's just never happened? Thanks to everyone who contributed and shared their experiences with us on Discord and the Facebook Community.
Finally, in Swear An Oath, Mike played a bunch of his new games from GenCon, Conor played Viscounts of the West Kingdom with both expansions, and Sarah did set-up burncycle on her table if that counts? New oaths include Dog Park (Mike), Mythic Mischief (Conor), and learning a new game on BGA (Sarah).
Question of the Pod: What are your board game 'Red Flags' that make you rethink/avoid playing a game?
Sizzling Games: Chronicles of Drunagor: Age of Darkness (40:30), Victory Through Industry (59:45), Terracotta Army (01:09:02)
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Reviews of Block and Key, Oranienburger Kanal, Catherine: The Cities of Tsarina. Featured review: Terracotta Army by Board and Dice; Reroll Too Many Bones by Chip Theory Games. Board game discussion starts at 38:15. https://bluepegpinkpeg.com/ep277.Thank you to our sponsors: Queen Games, and Grand Gamers Guild.
This week's guest is the designer of pipeline, Ryan Courtney. We talk about athletics, winning design competitions and living in the big city...but which games did he choose?
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In this classic episode of 5G4D I interview a bona fide living legend, Mark Herman. He talks about war game design and being Edward Snowden's boss. Enjoy!
In this highly addictive episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are talking about Guards of Atlantis 2 and Llama Land! The former is a MOBA in a box and the latter involves llamas in flocks! It’s been a long week.
Have a great weekend, everybody!
Timestamps: 02:24 - Guards of Atlantis 2 20:17 - Llama Land 31:23 - SCOUT
Opener: RoyalsPlease join us on the Boardgames To Go discord server where you can chat online with other podcast listeners. For boardgame publishers, I believe there's such as thing as "convention season." Of course game conventions happen all over the world, all across the calendar, but for the industry there's a special significance to Gencon in the US, and Spiel in Europe. Add in Origins, UK Games Expo, the Nuremberg Int'l Toy Fair, events in France or Japan...the list goes on & on. Especially for the domestic North American market, however, the summer season of Gencon and Origins means something for sales & product launches. Both events are located in the middle of the US. Designer (and friend!) David Thompson is also located in the middle of the US. I had the great fortune to stay with him for a weekend recently, and besides playing a bunch of games together, we also recorded a podcast. He'd recently been to Gencon & Origins, as well as Ohio's own Buckeye Game Fest. We sat on his back porch during a summer evening and recorded this podcast together. I hope you enjoy the discussion. https://discord.io/BoardgamesToGo Closers: I sat next to a guy on the plane who played a lot of Catan...but only on the app on his smartphone. He told me how the original game has too much luck, how certain Seafarers maps turn it into more of a game of "pure strategy." I showed him Azul on BGA, Iberian Gauge in a photo, and A Few Acres of Snow on Yucata. It's like we were speaking the same language, but different dialects that could barely understand each other! -Mark
Okay, this end of the BGG top list starts to get weird. Regardless, we must draft. Who's going to end up with the best selection of five games from this chunk of one hundred? That's up to you - vote and you could win a $50 gift voucher! Before we pick a peck of paper products, we talk about Town 66, Akropolis, and Pampero.
02:09 - Town 66 08:24 - Akropolis 16:51 - Pampero 27:38 - Drafting BGG's #601-700 29:40 - Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation 31:11 - So Clover! 32:49 - 6 nimmt! 34:19 - Bus 35:56 - The Oracle of Delphi 37:11 - The Estates 38:50 - Long Shot: The Dice Game 40:44 - Yellow & Yangtze 42:06 - Undaunted: North Africa 43:05 - Between Two Cities 44:02 - City of the Big Shoulders 47:05 - Merv: The Heart of the Silk Road 48:05 - QE 49:47 - Civilization: A New Dawn 52:18 - Fort
By listener request, Jason is continuing to branch out into the wider world of hobby gaming. Ken Pickering and Garett Kopczynski from Reverie Studios stop by the show to chat about an upcoming, super awesome Live Action Role Play (LARP) they are organizing called Saturnalia. This is based on an ancient cultural festival involving, among other things, vampires! Players will be walking around the streets of New Orleans for a weekend, getting into adventures and celebrating collaborative storytelling.
Ken and Garett share their experiences designing and executing this LARP. This conversation focuses on how to construct an experience for maximum collaborative fun. They discuss game mechanisms to foster trust and insure consent. They also have some thoughts about how to deal with "alpha players", which is something cooperative board gamers know quite well!
Tickets are still available to this amazing event - https://vampirelarp.com/the_saturnalia_event.html
Enter, Ye Gods of War! In Volume five of Battletome, a podcast about the miniatures gaming hobby, Bender, Aaron and Jamie welcomes a new filthy casual to the roster of Cabal hosts, Mike! The gang talks about their hobby projects including Warcry, Frostgrave, Marvel Crisis Protocol, Star Wars Legion, Warhammer 40,000 and Moonbreaker. Then the guys get down and dirty with the classic miniatures wargame Battletech from Catalyst Game Labs.
Welcome back to Season 4! It's time for more board game comedy panel show nonsense!
This Game is Broken is a comedy board game panel show with Matthew Jude, Dave Luza, Paula Deming, Nick Murphy and Mike Murphy. We play a lot of nonsense games full of role playing and trivia as well as other fun stuff which can be found at the links below.
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Our expansion packs return with Adam Richards from Punchboard talking all about his love for the hobby, the importance of written media in board gaming and his passion behind why he set-up his website Punchboard.
GUEST PLAYER: Adam Richards from Punchboard THE PLAYERS: JP
OVERVIEW In this Expansion Pack episode JP flies solo and meets Adam Richards from Punchboard to talk about his love for playing, writing and reviewing games in our fantastic hobby of ours
In this episode you'll learn:
- What Adams favourite games are at the moment - How Punchboard began - The importance of writing about how games make you feel in reviews - how solo gaming supports mental health - how Adam fairs at a few of our Niche Number 1's from Round 1
Space Biff - Adam mentions a great review site from Dan Thurot, check it out here - https://spacebiff.com/
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 0:49 - TURN 2 - Welcoming Our Guest Player 2:56 - What brought Adam to tabletop gaming? 5:09 - What kind of games do you tend to enjoy? 6:41 - What are your favourite games? 8:02 - What's been hitting the table a lot recently for you? 11:06 - TURN 3 - Main Interview 11:16 - What was your motivation behind Punchboard? 15:47 - The importance of writing about how it makes you feel 17:59 - Writing about the industry and mental health 23:10 - Do you get support from publishers to cover their games? 28:15 - Is there a favourite piece of content? 32:41 - Has there been any games you've reviewed that surprised you? 37:28 - Do you test review games with a group or club? 39:29 - Adam's Niche Number 1's 40:30 - Favourite game under £20 44:53 - Favourite games to play at 2 players that also plays at 5 46:40 - Favourite game you're getting rid of 53:28 - TURN 4 - Planning Your Turn - What's coming up for our guest 57:49 - Thanking Adam 58:40 - TURN 5 - The Final Turn
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