Even the steadfastly Imperial Americans are familiar with metric measurements of distance, volume, and temperature; but alas, the metric French Republican calendar has fallen by the wayside. Consisting of 12 months of exactly 30 days each (3 10-day weeks) with 5 (or 6, for leap years) interstitial days called "complementary days." I mean, you couldn't call them holidays what with your trying to purge religious influence on your calendar! In a fun twist, each of the 360 normal days, instead of Saint's Days, was meant to commemorate the "treasures of the rural economy." Like horseradish day (Frimaire 12), or rabbit day (Nivôse 15). Even more exotic was metric time, and don't get me started on that.
Games Played Last Week: 01:31 -Tobago: Volcano (Bruce Allen, Zoch Verlag, 2020) 03:50 -Ascension Tactics: Miniatures Deckbuilding Game (Justin Gary & Ryan Sutherland, Stone Blade Entertainment, 2021) 06:18 -Uprising: Curse of the Last Emperor (Cornelius Cremin, Pawel Mazur, & Dirk Sommer, Nemesis.Games, 2021) 08:50 -Resist! (Trevor Benjamin, Roger Tankersley, & David Thompson, Salt & Pepper Games, 2022) 14:07 -The Adventures of Robin Hood (Michael Menzel, KOSMOS, 2021) 15:44 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020) 16:38 -51st State: Master Set (Ignacy Trzewiczek, Portal, 2016) 18:16 -Swords around the Throne (Renaud Verlaque, My Kind of Games, 2022) 23:23 -Wormholes (Peter McPherson, Alderac Entertainment Group, 2022) 27:04 -Blitz Bowl: Season 2 (James M. Hewitt, Games Workshop Ltd., 2020)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 33:07 SHUX! September 30-October 2. SVWAG on stage for two live shows on October 1. 33:22 Unboxed: Board Game Experience and Design by Gordon Calleja and MIT Press releases October 4. 34:13 Pandemic everything! Star Wars: The Clone Wars--A Pandemic System Game 34:35 Mac Gerdts' Crossing Oceans 35:43 International Gamers Awards winners announced: Carnegie, Ark Nova, and Cascadia. [EDIT: In the broadcast we mistakenly refer to the International Gamers Awards as the International Gaming Awards. We apologize for the error.] 36:14 Disney trading card game: Disney Lorcana
37:47 Feature Game: Capital Lux 2: Generations (Eilif Svensson & Kristian Amundsen Østby, Aporta Games, 2020)
In this episode Conor, Sarah and Def discuss the hand management intricacies of Spirit Island and Mage Knight, the D&D inspiration behind Tina Tina's Wonderland, and their new love-affair with Carnegie. In Sizzling Games Def is caught between competing companies and collapsing corporations, Sarah has been strengthening her school standing, and Conor is doubling down on his dice dealing.
We also recap last week's Question of the Pod: How do you arrange your game collection? Thanks to everyone who contributed and shared their photos with us on Discord and the Facebook Community.
Finally, in Swear An Oath, Def and Mitch are pushing on with Undaunted: Normandy, and Conor played Mythic Mischief with his niece. Meanwhile Sarah finally finished Mission 50 in The Crew, as well as burncycle and Chakra on Board Game Arena (BGA). New oaths include ISS Vanguard (Def), Block & Key (Conor), and Civilization: A New Dawn (Sarah).
Question of the Pod: What are you favourite innovations in board games?
Sizzling Games: John Company 2nd Ed (44:37), Alma Mater (1:03:20), Doppelt So Clever (1:16:20)
Our podcast is proudly sponsored by Advent Games. Advent Games (http://www.adventgames.com.au/) are an Australian online board game store based in Sydney, NSW. Their core values are integrity, customer satisfaction, and providing a wide range of products including those hard-to-find board games.
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Reviews of Jurassic World: The Legacy of Isla Nublar, Framework, Space Station Phoenix and so many more. Featured review: Nidavellir by GRRRE Games; Reroll Red Rising by Stonemaier Games. Board game discussion starts at 20:22. https://bluepegpinkpeg.com/ep228.Thank you to our sponsors: Queen Games, Grand Gamers Guild, and Inside Up Games.
This week's guest is New York Times bestselling author, Matt Kindt. We talk about being bad, working with Keanu Reeves and why comics are great...but which games did he choose?
In this roleplaying special of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Ava and Quinns have a big rambly chat about getting into RPGs and what systems they’ve been dabbling with recently!
The best thing about being part of a team is even when things go wrong, your team is there for you. And boy, did things go wrong this week ... but I'm getting ahead of myself. This week we're talking about team games! Twice! Before we make the dream work, we talk about Art Decko, Feed The Kraken, and War of the Ring: The Card Game.
02:47 - Art Decko 09:03 - Feed The Kraken 20:08 - War of the Ring: The Card Game 32:51 - Team games 35:26 - Guards of Atlantis II 39:20 - Ingenious 40:10 - Tichu 43:32 - Concordia Venus 47:43 - Shadow Hunters 49:33 - Inkognito 51:27 - Between Two Cities 52:06 - Ladies & Gentlemen 53:16 - Space Cadets: Dice Duel 53:16 - Captain Sonar
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.
This Game is Broken is eternally thankful to our Sponsors Restoration Games Find them at https://restorationgames.com/
We encourage elaborate deception in this week's episode. Go on designers, up your game. While we can't accept anything from you in terms of gifts or donations, you can totally fool us. Stack yourselves three deep in a trenchcoat! Pretend to be long-lost, estranged, and newly-dead relatives! Don silly hats and fake moustaches!
Games Played Last Week: 01:00 -Monumental (Matthew Dunstan, Funforge, 2020) 06:37 -Spirit Island: Jagged Earth (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2020) 08:52 -Ragusa (Fabio Lopiano, Braincrack Games, 2019) 12:52 -Dead Reckoning (John D. Clair, Alderac Entertainment Group, 2022) 18:04 -Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Collector's Edition (Ted Alspach, Bézier Games, 2022) 22:04 -Space Weirdos: A Skirmish Heartbreaker (Casey Garske, Garske Games, 2021) 27:29 -Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood (Jamie Jolly, Shadowborne Games, 2022) 34:38 -Battlecrest: Fellwoods Base Game (Dustin Dobson & Milan Zivkovic, Button Shy, 2022)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 37:53 We have a Patreon. Please keep mum about it, designers! www.patreon.com/svwag 39:11 Fun Facts by Repos Production 39:40 David Thompson and BeyondSolitaire working on a game about the Night Witches 40:31 Almost Innocent on KS: co-op deduction 40:52 Come Together and hold a music festival
41:44 Feature Game: Mosaic: A Story of Civilization (Glenn Drover, Forbidden Games, 2022)
Intro MegaMooseCon Lawn Care Tips RDTN Business Crescent Moon 5 Player Interruption by Alexa Back to the show Marvel Dice Throne Scout Portal Games Yak Quartermaster General: 1914 Miniature Market […]
In this episode Jules, Mitch and Old Man Dan talk all things games, including John Company, Kingdom Death Monster, Power Grid, Ark Nova, and Freedom: The Underground R. In Sizzling Games Jules has been ruling regions in Rome, Mitch has been spotting spies in the Spanish Civil War, and Dan has been making more movie magic.
We also recap last week's Question of the Pod: What are your board game 'Red Flags' that make you rethink/avoid playing a game? Thanks to everyone who contributed and shared their experiences with us on Discord and the Facebook Community.
Finally, in Swear An Oath, Dan tried his hand at Ark Nova solo, Jules was rapt to get John Company to the table, and Mitch escaped the Mechanical Beast. New oaths include Sleeping Gods (Dan), Circadians: Chaos Order (Jules), and Lanzerath Ridge (Mitch).
Question of the Pod: How do you arrange your game collection?
Sizzling Games: Caesar!: Seize Rome in 20 Minutes! (34:50), Resist (44:50), Roll Camera!: The B Movie Expansion (56:20)
Our podcast is proudly sponsored by Advent Games. Advent Games (http://www.adventgames.com.au/) are an Australian online board game store based in Sydney, NSW. Their core values are integrity, customer satisfaction, and providing a wide range of products including those hard-to-find board games.
**PATREON**
Yes, that's right. We have a Patreon. By becoming a Patreon member you will receive exclusive content, have access to a members only section of our discord where you can contribute to the content of the show, and much more. Your Patreon support will also allow us to expand the podcast and deliver some exciting upcoming projects that we have planned for 2022.
Our team at the Board Game BBQ Podcast love what we do and will continue to deliver the same shenanigans that you have come to expect from us, and we are already incredibly grateful and humbled by all of your support. Being a member of the Patreon is by no means an obligation and please do not support the Patreon if it will it cause you financial hardship in any way. But if you would like to support us from as little as USD$5 a month please click the link and head to the Patreon page.
Thanks again for all of your continued support. We work hard to create a welcoming and inclusive community and you are all awesome. See you at the BBQ!! Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/BoardGameBBQ
The coffee craze has hit Portugal and there's a fortune to be made supporting its growing cafe culture. Can you create a successful supply chain harvesting, drying, roasting and delivering coffee beans to meet the demand for this magic drink?
Shelley and I have a great time with two more Japanese titles, one of which is more readily available than the other, though both are worthy new titles that we need to get on our own shelves...in fact, many thanks to a BGG user who was willing to trade for his copy of Pastiche!
Exhaust by Hisashi Hayashi from OKAZU Brand
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Pastiche: Birth of a Masterpiece by Rikkati from Twins Lion Do
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