The Cool Stuff Inc contest has come to a close and thanks to everyone who took the time to either join our BGG guild, do an iTunes Review, or fill […]

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Episode 21 continues the Gen Con coverage with various interviews that designers and producers were kind enough to give me. And let me again say sorry for calling Mr. Buonocore […]

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  Stick a fork in it, Gen Con 2013 is done. Marty and I talk about a newbie’s experience at Gen Con, mine. We discuss some of the games I […]

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Chaos & Alchemy is a game designed by Michael Iachini and published by Game Salute. At this time of this writing, the game is live on Kickstarter In the game, […]

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Yes, the year long wait is over and Gen Con is on us. While many of the board gaming faithful will not be able to attend, it is estimated that […]

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One of our first blogs was on a Kickstarter called Dungeon Roll designed by Chris Darden and brought to market by Tasty Minstrel Games. The game arrived and Marty and I […]

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In this segment, Marty and I review a prototype copy of the card game The Agents, which is currently on Kickstarter. The game is a card game, plus on my […]

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At Origins, my family had the privilege of previewing a new game from Derpy Games called NanoBot Battle Arena. This is a tile laying game where the goal is to take […]

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We promise that this will be the last song reference we use for the naming our podcast. Ok, let me restate that to say, we will do our best to […]

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Have you ever been playing a game and wished that they people you were playing with would just get a clue and have better manners? Of course you have, Marty […]

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That is right, channeling some Pat Benatar for Episode 16. Over two years ago, Marty and I got involved in Warmachines. We are still only dabbling in the hobby, but it […]

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For this 5 Minute Initiative, Marty and I discuss a new game from Catalyst Game Labs, The Duke. This was a Kickstarter from last year that Marty bought into and […]

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What?! Two episodes in one week? Yes, with Origins still fresh on everyone’s mind, we wanted to get the last of our interviews released as quickly as possible. This episode […]

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This is going to be an interesting podcast because I am not on it. Why do you ask my one fan, my niece, because Marty had an incredible time at […]

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First, we want to say apologize about the length of this episode. We know it is a bit long, by almost 45 minutes, but it was so stuffed with good […]

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  In this episode, Marty and I explore our various dives into Role Playing Games (RPGs), what we enjoy, and why have they seem to be gaining popularity again.  I […]

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So how do you respond to the question “Whatcha’ playing?” Do you take time out to explain the game in simple terms or even invite the people to sit down […]

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In this episode, we step back and as a gift to them for Mother’s Day, we let them take over the mic. Ok, we begged and pleaded with them to […]

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How do you know if it is a good game or not? What is your “I like it” criteria? Well, in this 5 Minute Initiative, Marty and I discuss one […]

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10 D10 for 10th Episode We have achieved double digits in our number of podcasts!!! I know it doesn’t seem like much being only #10, but hey, when you set […]

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