Tom, Julie, and Eric discuss the results of the Origins Awards, and share the nominees for The Dice Tower Awards' Game of the Year. Julie tells us about her trip to Origins (and Tom pines for ice cream), and we ponder the dos and don'ts of upgrading your boardgame pieces. Then, we finish the show with our Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.
Our first guest host while Michael Walker is recovering is James de Moss, aka Jimbo!
Many a human being has become lost in the deep recesses of Jimbo's sonorous voice, and thus one must take care lest you become consumed by his powerful charisma. Jimbo brings his extensive experience of digital board games, and board game adaptations, to SVWAG.
Fire up your dice and grab a cold one, because it's time for another mouth-watering episode of the Board Game BBQ Podcast!
On the Grill This Week: Mitch saddles up and gallops into the world of Raiders of Scythia. Will this game be a feast fit for a nomadic warrior, or will it leave him feeling like yesterday's leftovers? Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble! Conor stirs the pot with his review of Quacks of Quedlinburg. Will this potion-brewing bonanza be a delicious delight or a recipe for disaster? Elementary, my dear barbecue lovers! Lauren dons her deerstalker and puffs on her pipe to unravel the secrets of Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective.
There's also the Question of the Pod, Swear an Oath, and all of the usual shenanigans you've come to expect from the Board Game BBQ Podcast.
New Question of the Pod: How do you feel about mean games? and why?
Sizzling Games:
Raiders of Scythia: 42:00
Quacks of Quedlinberg: 00:53:01
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: 01:01:37
Question of the Pod Recap: 01:13:12
Swear An Oath: 01:27:20
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In this episode of 5G4DnD, our party negotiate with the council and get commissioned to rescue, Matilda, the brewer's daughter, but is the brewer all he seems?
Hey Now Cabalists and welcome to Episode 300! We kick off this milestone episode with a look back at our trip to Origins Game Fair in Columbus Ohio and the games we played there. Then Don and Jamie look at Sea of Legends from Guildhall Studios. Then after Tony T hooks us all up with the best damned tabletop gaming news segment in the entire world, the gang takes a look back at the past 13 years and 300 episodes and answers questions from the listeners about our show and the goofy shit we got up to over the years. Sea of Legends 01:07:44, News with Tony T 01:41:42, The Episode 300 Retrospective 02:36:55.
In this weeks board game panel show Nick hosts as we play games that franky make less and less sense as it progresses.
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
Guess who's back...back again? It's Becky as she returns as first player to talk about one of her favourite subjects "The second hand market" and the importance of that in the hobby space.
FIRST PLAYER: Becky OTHER PLAYERS: JP, Rob
In this episode you'll learn:
- about Rob's first experiences on Primal: The Awakening by Reggie Games - how JP got on with the new Eclipse species in Seekers & Outcasts by Lautapelit - whether Becky survived the madness that is Mansions of Madness by Fantasy Flight Games - all about our groups perspectives of second hand games, where we buy them from, what we look for and whether we actually sell them...yes we're looking at you Bex.
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW N/A
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 2:50 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 3:07 - Rob - Primal: The Awakening 9:08 - JP - Eclipse Second Dawn (Seekers & Outcasts) 16:26 - Becky - Mansions of Madness 22:51 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Second hand scores 27:03 - What do we look for in our second hand games? 35:16 - What are our favourite second hand arena? 45:14 - Are we general sellers of our collections? 52:10 - What do we think buyers look for when we sell games? 1:00:15 - Closing thoughts on second hand games 1:02:20 - TURN 4 - Would you rather...Always be able to buy the games you want second hand and not be able to sell, or always sell at the price but never buy them at the price you want? 1:10:43 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up 1:18:09 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
One of the under-appreciated virtues of an auction game is that each session can provide its own economy. While daunting to new players, who don't know what things might be worth, their flailing speculation actually helps determine what things are worth. If they buy that share of red for a squillion moneys, guess what, that is what that market would bear. At least for now, that is. Some jerk might then get the next share for two cents and a smile, but watching those economies develop differently every time is part of the magic.
What is the Golden Age of board gaming and has it passed? We give it some thought in this episode. One of us did a deep dive, while the other thought about it while setting up the microphone. Either way, it is defined differently for each of us. But we board gamers are drawn to rules, and so titles will rise in popularity and fall, just like we discussed in one of our reviews. Eventually, things get overused which leads to a shift and themes cycle. But fear not—new games emerge, striking a delicate balance, and the golden age continues.
In summary, the golden age isn’t a fixed point—it’s a dynamic journey fueled by creativity, passion, and the love of rolling dice and taking names.
It's the 300th episode of the Board Game BBQ podcast, and we're firing up the fun!
The whole gang is here to celebrate as we take a wild ride down memory lane, reliving 300 episodes and four years of game-loving madness. Def is ready to dazzle with some juicy stats, and we've got surprise guest appearances from some friends we have made along the way.
A massive shout-out to our fantastic community for sticking with us through all the hijinks and hilarity, and a huge thank you to our Patreons for your unwavering support.
All nine of us had an absolute blast recording this retrospective, and we hope you enjoy listening just as much!
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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.
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
On this episode of On Board Games, Erik and Bruce are joind by Jeff Anderson from QWYX Events and BGG, to talk about games (and other things) they've played including:
Blood on the Clocktower
Charcuterie
The Plum Island Horror
The Gang
Zendo
Words of a Feather
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(30:54) Next, they talk all about hosting and attending gaming cruises and conventions.
Openers: Voyages Closers: Virtual Flea Markets (VFMs) at game conventions and other events
It'll be no surprise to any listener that I care about the Spiel des Jahres. In addition to its decades-long strong & beneficial effect on our boardgaming hobby, these awards are a better predictor for me than any other. Predictor of what? Of the games I'll actually continue to own and play with family & friends. True, they skew more toward lighter games, but that's ok with family. And truthfully, that's the preference of myself and several of my longtime gaming friends, too. If you only know the SdJ from recent years when it homed-in on the lightest games, more about parties than strategy, then I'd forgive your feeling that these aren't an award process that means much to a hobbyist. I'm thinking of recent winners like Just One, Pictures, MicroMacro Crime City, and even Dorfromantik. However, while you may long for the days when the award was bestowed on more gamer-ish titles like Tikal, Torres, and El Grande, my own personal highlights are the titles in between those two groupings. I'm thinking of Catan, Thurn und Taxis, Carcassonne, Dominion, Hanabi, Dominion, Ticket to Ride, or Alhambra. Not only the winners, too--I've learned to pay attention to the other nominees and recommended list of games, too. Just last weekend my friends Davebo and Jeff were visiting. Along with some other local gamers we played a lot of great titles, but guess what was on the table, pulled from my collection: Luxor and Imhotep, two fantastic nominees that were merely overshadowed by the steamroller winners those years (Azul and Codenames, respectively). The titles nominated for Spiel des Jahres are Captain Flip, In the Footsteps of Darwin, and Sky Team. In addition to these nominations, the SdJ jury recommended the following six titles: Harmonies, Passt nicht!, Phantom Ink, Schätz it if you can, Trekking Through History, and Trio.
I think it's July 21 when we'll hear which games are the ultimate winners, but do take a look at the other nominees and recommended games. There's a good chance you'll enjoy those games, too, maybe even more than the winner. -Mark
This week's guest is the designer of Powergrid and ther owner of 2F Spiele, Friedemann Friese. We talk about powergrid, being a punk publisher and the biggest innovation on games in the last 20 years...but which games did he choose?
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