Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Shikoku 1889 and First Ascent. Then, we talk about times when we really don't feel like getting together to play board games (but then we usually still do).
This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BGBLITZ2023" to get 10% off your ENTIRE ORDER, including upgrades not available anywhere else!
We've reached the end of our fantasy draft series, the last in this increasingly dire list of games from which we pluck five gems each, and then get you to vote on your favourites. There's a (potential) $50 gift card in it for you! Before the last dance, we talk about Seas of Havoc, Whale to Look, and Dorfromantik: The Board Game.
Timecodes:
03:12 - Seas of Havoc 10:42 - Whale to Look 19:50 - Dorfromantik: The Board Game 29:10 - Drafting BGG's #901-1000 32:17 - Caylus 1303 33:43 - Ready Set Bet 36:03 - Mosaic: A Story of Civilization 37:12 - Clever Cubed 38:51 - Condottiere 40:20 - Adrenaline 42:54 - Meeple Circus 45:13 - Automobiles 47:54 - Unmatched: Battle of Legends, Volume Two 49:12 - Lowlands 50:04 - Genoa 52:46 - Santa Monica 54:41 - Feed the Kraken 58:02 - Homesteaders 1:01:25 - First Rat
Today Jess and Bender spin the yarn of their recent Star Wars adventures using the Blades in the Dark RPG called Criminal Muppets. Then the Lords take a question from a listener regarding roleplaying mental trauma. And finally, the game talks about healthy and unhealthy player character conflict.
In today's episode, the guys talk about their recent plays, answer a COIN related question from the mailbag, review Hegemony and draft their favorite unique board game mechanisms.
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Board games aren't just a form or entertainment, they can really develop your real world skills and the Whose Turners come together to chat through which skills they've learnt and put into practice in this 3D world we call life.
FIRST PLAYER: Adrian OTHER PLAYERS: Becky, Davey & JP
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - The aftermath of the "Rumrush" scandal and did that Dune Imperium copy survive? - What happens when JP hit's his 100th play of Too Many Bones (he's on 73 plays) - How Adrian has been enjoying recreating WW2 scenarios in The War Room - how board games have developed real world skills that have helped us in life, seriously they have - our continuation of our "Would you rather?" questions where board games can't be purchased using normal currency - how excited the team are in attending The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon this year
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW The team are looking forward to the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon this year which is being held at the Shrubbery Hotel in Ilminster on 22nd July at 9am. Get your tickets and more information here - https://www.the24hourboardgamemarathon.co.uk/
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 1:39 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 1:58 - Becky - Clank Catacombs 3:43 - Davey - Clank Legacy 6:44 - JP - Riffle & Too Many Bones 12:12 - Adrian - War Room 15:45 - TURN 3 - Real board games, real skills 16:17 - Dealing with failure 21:46 - Dealing with confrontation 26:50 - Learning to win gracefully 31:49 - Risk management & mitigation 35:40 - You never have to settle 41:20 - Negotiation 45:31 - Time management & planning 49:01 - The consumption of detailed information 53:55 - TURN 4 - Would you rather? 54:28 - Would you rather have a one in one out system to acquire games or spend board gaming time to acquire games 58:36 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up? 1:10:52 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
The COIN series of games from GMT Games is very popular series of games. However, the look and rules may be intimidating to gamers. I teach 3 players Cuba Libre […]
Mark's enthusiasm for Dungeon Scrawlers is telling. Whereas most children enjoy mazes, drawing, or even colouring, Mark instead as a child enjoyed the programmatic, deterministic mundanity of connect-the-dots. Straight(ish) lines and ascending natural numbers only, please. No doubt at a similar age Walker was already pursuing his jock/theatre kid synthesis, doing a number from Gilbert & Sullivan as his endzone dance after scoring a touchdown.
01:13 AYURIS: Soldiers in Postmen's Uniforms (David Thompson, Dan Verssen Games, 2021)
1:03:20 -Thunder Road: Vendetta (Dave Chalkers, Brett Myers, Noah Cohen, Rob Daviau, Justin D. Jacobson, Jim Keifer, and Brian Neff, Restoration Games, 2023)
1:07:25 -Splendor Duel (Marc André and Bruno Cathala, Space Cowboys, 2022)
In this episode we are joined by Daniel Newman from Newmill Industries . Daniel is a successful game designer, and a self-confessed tricktaking addict! Daniel gives us a keen insight in how they work and why they are making a huge comeback in the hobby. Conor says “he is a good lad” so he must know his stuff.
We also catch-up on what we've been playing lately, sizzle some games, recap last week's Question of the Pod, and finally Swear an Oath.
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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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.
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Reviews of Miller Zoo, Precognition, RA and so many more. Featured review: Darwin’s Journey by ThunderGryph Games. Board game discussion starts at 36:21. https://bluepegpinkpeg.com/ep244.Thank you to our sponsors: Queen Games, Grand Gamers Guild, and AEG.
In this final episode of The Wretched, Ben talks to the designer of the game Chris Bissette. They talk about the game's origin, the impact it has had on the world of solo RPGs and we also get into a chat on OSR.
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Peter C. Hayward, from Jellybean Games, is back, and we’re talking about how a hyper-creative person can pursue lots of different projects and actually get things done.
Jason recently hosted a Zoom panel on the relationships between content creators and publishers. Attending were Jamey Stegmaier from Stonemaier Games, Josh Weilgus from Chip Theory Games, and Jennifer Graham-Macht from Keymaster Games. They discuss review copies, paid content, blurred lines between creators and reviewers, and recent controversies. Transparency is key, so this represents a community effort to provide such.
We're veering into the dark roads of board game classification, but this time with a goal in mind - how to best highlight games that feature strong interaction. Shouldn't BoardGameGeek have a scale for that somewhere? And while we're at it, BGG ... Before we put our thoughts in the suggestion box, we talk about Guatemala Café, and Ride the Rails.
Timecodes:
01:56 - Guatemala Café 12:43 - Ride the Rails 23:09 - Quantifying interactivity 25:43 - A Feast for Odin 32:13 - Yucatan 34:31 - What else should be on a BGG page? 37:15 - Stationfall 44:20 - Biblios
In this Battle Report sample, Ben and Steve tackle the remake of the classic, Thunder Road. You canlisten to the whole episode by pledging at https://www.patreon.com/5g4d
Good morning and happy Wednesday Cabalists, it's that time again for some irreverent nonsense with The Founders! Today the gang talks about the new Discord channel and runs through some of the games they've been playing including Hegemony: Lead your Class to Victory, Takenoko, Mindbug: Beyond, Now or Never, Agricola 15 and feature The Witcher Old World. Then Tony T gives us the best damned official tabletop gaming news you'll ever hear. And finally Judge Topper is back, and court is in session with The Cabalist's Court. The Witcher Old World Review 01:12:21, News with Tony T 01:42:53, The Cabalists Court 02:35:55
We are fresh off our Golden Geek Award win and frankly we are pretty hyped and thankful in this one. Thanks y'all!
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're back from our exploits at the UK Games Expo 2023 with another expansion pack episode covering ALL the games (well most of them). Don't let the croaky voices and tiredness fool you, we had the best time ever with most of the podcast team covering the event.
OUR PLAYERS - Becky, JP, Adrian, Kerley & Tambo
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - Becky (Dolly Parton) & JP (Kenny Rogers) did their own version of carpool karaoke which Kerley was thankful to not be in the same car as them - We covered the Thursday preview event for the first time so check out our thoughts and experiences on that - From battle royale shooters in Apex Legends, to drawing Disney characters in Lorcana, writing your own pages in Books of Time or sporing new mushrooms in Mycelia we've played a whole bunch of games during our 3 days at Expo - Our experiences of 2023 and what we liked and didn't like before finally getting some rest from a cracking weekend
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 1:52 - Meeting some of our listeners 5:07 - TURN 2 - UK Games Expo 2023 5:21 - Travelling up to the Expo 8:16 - Arriving at the Expo & visiting the Press Event (Thurs) 9:36 - Strong Point & MaxxRas 11:14 - The Expo Awards Ceremony 12:34 - The Main Show (Fri-Sun) 12:49 - Dice Realms 14:19 - Earth, Flamecraft & back to Earth 19:42 - Fire Tower 24:28 - Lorcana 28:40 - Mycelia 34:53 - Hegemony 39:38 - Ocean Pods 41:22 - Becky's Granny Trolley & Adrian's Bag Incident 44:35 - Apex Legends 53:27 - Port Royal 57:06 - The Old Kings Crown 1:06:27 - Kung Fu Panda 1:09:00 - Senjutsu: Battle for Japan 1:13:18 - Fateforge & Lost Ruins expansion 1:19:13 - A few demos & All On Board VR Gaming 1:28:11 - Books of Time 1:30:51 - Our individual experiences 1:42:07 - Meeting old friends and new 1:47:03 - The Shop & Drop and the Bring & Buy 1:53:36 - How much for ice cream??? 1:58:00 - TURN 3 - We're off to get some sleep & thank you
Intro The Wedding Strike Tournament Update New Contest for Tickets to Strike Drive is Full Correction Time Warhammer 40k – Big Updates Thunder Road Vendetta Gametoppers LLC Undaunted Stalingrad Motor […]
In this episode a shortage of available hosts sees Sarah and Def head once more unto the breach without any support from a 3rd host. They do so however with aplomb as they take us on a journey through Age of Steam, Frosthaven, Hegemony and Mists Over Carcassonne to name just a few of the games they discussed, but would you say any of these game designs are timeless?
We also recap last week's Question of the Pod: Which childhood cartoon would you like to see as a Board Game?
Thanks to everyone who contributed and shared their experiences with us on Discord and the Facebook Community.
And as always, we Swear An Oath.
Question of the Pod: What game do you think is a timeless design and why?
Sizzling Games: Hegemony (30:13), Mists Over Carcassonne (54:15)
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