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.
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Tuesday Aug 13, 2019
Tuesday Aug 13, 2019
Gen Con 2019 is, hands down, the best Gen Con we've ever been to. Amy and Steve join us to talk about the highs and lows of the year's best four days in gaming. We ran events, made and handed out a 'zine, just a crazy fun time on Amy's secret plan to make sure HSG wanted for nothing all convention long. From a party bus to getting to play Cyberpunk Red and Super Robo Rally to a memorial service fro Noodles and Company to the wonderful times we had with the High Shelf Gaming community...This year was insanely fun.
Huge thank you to everyone in the High shelf Gaming community who ran games and made the convention better for everyone. Thanks to Scott, Pattrick, Mike, Heather, Hugo, Fernando, and even Rich for running games and giving back to the community in such a selfless way. So freaking cool!
This episode is longer and covers fewer games than past wrap-ups, but this was too much to keep to ourselves. Hope you enjoy the retelling of our times at Gen Con 2019.
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Sunday Jul 28, 2019
Sunday Jul 28, 2019
Some BIG News in the True Dungeon community. Token Nerfs, RFID chips going into specific high-value tokens, along with many other tidbits that Larry brings us. The first half of this episode is full of news and updates. The last half is a recap of the True Dungeon runs and True Raid event Rich and Larry attended. There are spoilers in the second half of this episode but we call it out, so if you want a completely fresh experience going into Gen Con 2019 you'll have heads up for when to stop listening.
Great episode, always love having Larry on.
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Tuesday Jul 23, 2019
Tuesday Jul 23, 2019
Rich has traveled to the land of origin, and many a game were played. Some old, some new. Great times were had by all. Seriously though Origins 2019 sounded like a well-run con this year, with smoother registration and many of the game organizers stepping up their game big time. We tried to get a report on Pathfinder 2E but a police action put Rich on edge. He couldn't really comment on the game while he was distracted.
Also, our shirts have been updated. If you ordered in the first couple days and aren't happy with the lettering on the '15th level druid paladin' shirt, you can exchange it with Teespring to get a better print. It's a limited window, so do it right away.
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Monday Jul 15, 2019
Monday Jul 15, 2019
Megan from Nord Games joins us to talk about some great topics. We cover not only their excellent DM and player tools but so many more things. Megan really embodies the latest wave of D&D players. She has an excellent take on the role Nord Games plays in the gaming scene and how the business of these supplements came together. Behind the scenes, it seems like many game makers lend each other help and look out for one another. Megan provides a peek behind the curtain if you will. And, bonus, this is a super fun episode all around.
Nord Games
P.S. Megan turned us onto Quests & Chaos who make frequent use of their products on Twitch streams!
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Thursday Jul 11, 2019
Thursday Jul 11, 2019
The original Shelfie and all-around rockstar HSG community member, Brent, joins Rich and me to talk all about his first convention experience - KublaCon! I swear he's ruined for all other cons. He met and played games with probably half of all board game designers. Brent had an excellent time at KublaCon. So much so, he made a fan page on Facebook: Fans of KublaCon after hearing our episode about the similarly titled 'Fans of Gen Con' (HSG:53)
#shelfies
Stay on to the end to hear about hotdogs.
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Sunday Jun 30, 2019
Sunday Jun 30, 2019
Our friend Barry joins us to talk about a favorite game of ours, Acquire. This market simulation game can get pretty ruthless, and that's just what Barry and I love about it. We talk about tile placement, shares strategy, and the invisible stages of the game and how to spot them. Mostly though, we talk about how much fun we have teaching people to play in the hopes we get more people to play the game with us.
If you love Acquire, let us know!
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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 May 21, 2019
Tuesday May 21, 2019
After escaping the scene at Grindhouse the group lays low for several weeks at SnitchRich's family hideaway. This is the last session of our game and serves as an epilogue.
This episode is the last half of session 4 completing our little experiment.
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Monday May 20, 2019
Monday May 20, 2019
After escaping the scene at Grindhouse the group lays low for several weeks at SnitchRich's family hideaway. This is the last session of our game and serves as an epilogue.
This episode is the first half of session 4.
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