A podcast about board games, role playing games and gaming conventions! We bring on game designers, creators, players and game masters to talk about their passion.
Episodes
Sunday Jun 23, 2019
Sunday Jun 23, 2019
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Monday Jun 10, 2019
Monday Jun 10, 2019
This is part 3 of our series on 3D printers. We bring a friend of David's to the show, Ryan, who has a great deal more experience with 3D printers. He has heavily modified printers and has a nice approach to building your own in a way that's not so overwhelming. Ryan has a lot of knowledge to share, so we paired it down to the big highlights.
A few great resources he shared with us:
simplify3D troubleshooting guide - visual dictionary
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Likely our last episode for a bit. If you have more questions or ideas on this space share them with us! We'll gladly revisit if there's more interest.
Tuesday Apr 16, 2019
Tuesday Apr 16, 2019
This begins a periodic series on 3D Printing in Gaming. We discuss the two most common types available for consumers (FDM and SLA) the strengths and weaknesses of both. We touch a bit on the software used and the many uses a gamer would have for a 3D printer.
A few tips to consider: things like joining the community for the printer you're interested in before buying, have an idea of your focus in printing (fine detail or larger items), be ready to fiddle and play with settings to really perfect your prints.
Other resources:
3D Printed Tabletop - YouTube channel
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Wednesday Apr 10, 2019
Wednesday Apr 10, 2019
Mitch Returns!
We had spoken with Mitch before about how to set up a D&D game in the workplace and keep it going. This time though we're talking about one of Mitch's favorite board games, Talisman. It's rough around the edges but a simple and fun game to spend the day with.
Mitch owns something like 9 expansions, all the big ones and many small expansions so we get into his favorites and how piling on the expansions change how you'd play the game. I really like his recommendations in this episode.
Mitch is in these places: Twitter and Tumblr as @Coolkidmitch!
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Sunday Mar 24, 2019
Sunday Mar 24, 2019
In this episode, we are joined by Patrick Kanouse, a sci-fi and mystery novel author, who happens to be a huge fan of Traveller RPG. As one of the first and certainly the most popular space opera RPGs Traveller is one of the classic mainstays of the role-playing industry. Patrick helps us unpack some of the primary themes of Traveller and break down the various editions of the game.
We chat about the big draws for the system. Like the iconic character creation process that's a risk vs reward system that can lead to PC death before the game even begins. We also chat about how insanely flexible the system is from a technology perspective which leads to some cool discussions around some of the most popular Sci-Fi shows out there today and their possible origins (spoiler: we're pretty sure those creators played Traveller).
We also take a swing at talking about Traveller's impact on the industry. Certain rules of traveller have made it into so many other games like our big favorites: Cyberpunk and Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition.
Some helpful links:
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Monday Mar 04, 2019
Monday Mar 04, 2019
A great friend of mine, Mitch, has somehow convinced his company to let him use the office at night to run a 10-person Dungeons & Dragons game! Such a cool story and we wanted to share his nuggets of wisdom with our audience. It started out as a simple board game night to team build in a way that was totally free to his employer. Mitch slowly ratcheted up the complexity of the games he provided, and the duration of game night grew organically. Soon enough, it was a tiny step further to make it a D&D game for those interested.
Mitch can be found on Twitter and Tumblr as @Coolkidmitch!
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Monday Feb 18, 2019
Monday Feb 18, 2019
Rich and David finally get to talk about a game they fell in love with years ago at Gen Con 50. Yes, it's XCOM The Board Game by Fantasy Flight. Yes, it has an application you need to play it, but we were hooked back then and wanted to give it a couple years to see if our enthusiasm stuck. It did. Here are our thoughts on it.
Note: There's a mature joke in here. Not sure I've been super consistent when we joke about penises but in this episode we do. Also a political joke, which we never do. Not sure what was up this session, we felt pretty loose and in high spirits. Don't burn us down, or do, whatever. We're not in charge of anything important. Hope it's fun for you too.
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Thursday Feb 07, 2019
Thursday Feb 07, 2019
Rich and David are back to talk all about the history of their favorite gaming convention, Gen Con. How it got started, and what steps led to its enormous success. Everything from the humble beginnings as a place to play "Fight in the Skies!" and other war games to the ideal incubator for D&D and TSR. early on Gen Con becomes the place to launch games like Magic the Gathering, whos founding company goes on to purchase TSR and Gen Con... Really an interesting story.
::Correction! We claim Gen Con is the largest convention in the world... There is another. and it's an impressive 3x larger with 190,000 attendees! over in Germany: https://www.spiel-messe.com/en/
^ Turns out this convention does turn style accounting instead of estimating headcount. It's a fair bit smaller than GenCon. Unless it doesn't, then it is larger. We're getting conflicting reports and I can't read German.
Some additional resources:
Interactive site with maps, timelines, and every Gen Con program cover
40 Years of Gen Con, a hardcover book detailing waaaay more than we ever could
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Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
A competitive introverts dream game - Shara returns to chat with us about a game we've all been playing a ton of in our Friday night twitch streams - Roll for the Galaxy. This is a dice chucking, dice pool building sci-fi game that's tons of fun for the type of gamer who doesn't need a lot of interaction or 'screw your neighbor' type play. Born from Race for the Galaxy, Roll for the Galaxy is its far more successful offspring.
We talk basics, clarify some confusing rules, and strategies for the base game and touch on the expansion just a bit.
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Wednesday Dec 05, 2018
Wednesday Dec 05, 2018
Just in time for the holidays, Ryan returns to talk with us about his and Rich's experiences at BoardGameGeek Con. They played 13+ games, new and old, and review each one. It's a fun episode packed with information.
Games Reviewed:
TransAmerica by Rio Grande Games
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