We talk with Avonelle Wing from Double Exposure about the services they provide for Game Companies, Stores, Conventions, volunteers, and gamers. We encountered the Envoy heralds at SaltCon where they taught players new games at the con, including games in the Play-to-win program. The Envoy website is: http://dexposure.com/envoy/ The Double Exposure website is at: www.dexposure/com/home.html Aspiring game designers and folks planning kickstarters should look into Metatopia. (google it. check out ...
Sep 01, 2015•28 min•Season 1Ep. 72
This week we talk about Viceroy, which is designed by Yuri Zhuravlev and produced by Mayday Games and Hobby World. Viceroy is a board game of bidding and resource management set in the world of Berserk , a Russian collectible card game. This is a beautiful and colorful collection of cards and bits with excellent artwork. The theme is stretched a bit as the characters provide fairly generic powers depending on where they are placed in your pyramid, including more resources, cards, or tokens for s...
Aug 25, 2015•36 min•Season 1Ep. 71
From camp #GenCant, we talk about the latest buzz from GenCon, which was two weeks prior to this podcast's release. It was all brand new to us as we recorded and gushed about new games. We hit the old favorites: Imperial Assault, Firefly, and Legendary. We also hit on new games, such as Blood Rage, Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn, Codenames, Mysterium, Star Wars Carcassonne and Champions of Midgard, among many others. We also talk Nathan into spending more money for our own enjoyment. Not that th...
Aug 18, 2015•42 min•Season 1Ep. 70
With guest host Dennis Holliday, we discuss the world of Kickstarter, focusing mostly on board games, of course. Dennis has backed over 60 projects and Brent even more. Both seasoned Kickstarter veterans discuss their experiences and joys of this crowdfunding experience. Both are positive and express that the good out way any negative experience that occur. Ryan, on the other hand, expresses his paranoia and criticism of Kickstarter, speculating that it allows creatures the opportunity to skip s...
Aug 11, 2015•45 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Designer: Mike Fitzgerald Publisher: Eagle/Gryphon Games Players: 1-4 Ages: 10+ Play Time: 45-60 min In this episode, we discuss how Baseball Highlights: 2045 is not a baseball simulation, but instead a tight, mechanics oriented deckbuilder, which focuses on the 'highlights' of a game of a baseball game. You don't need to like baseball to enjoy this game, and if you absolutely hate baseball, you could still really like this game. Ryan gushes about the cyberpunky art where the robots are trash ca...
Aug 04, 2015•41 min•Season 1Ep. 68
This week we revisit the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game. We are joined by our friend, Dennis Holliday, and we talk about the second and third base games, Skull and Shackles & Wrath of the Righteous. Pathfinder Adventure Card Game is a cooperative game Ages: 13 and up Players: 1-4 (up to 6 with expansion) Time: 60-90 minutes Publisher: Paizo Publishing Designers: Chad Brown, Mike Selinker, Tanis O'Connor, Paul Peterson, Liz Spain, Gabby Weidling We previously reviewed the base set in 2014 on ...
Jul 28, 2015•43 min•Season 1Ep. 67
This episode we review: Betrayal at House on the Hill Publisher: Avalon Hill Year Published: 2004 Edition: 2nd Designer: Bruce Glassco Ages: 12+ Time: 60 minutes Player Count: 3-6
Jul 21, 2015•31 min•Season 1Ep. 66
In this episode we talk about games we have already reviewed and the expansions we hope to see soon. We also talk about new games we anticipate. We cover Star Wars: Imperial Assault and the Twin Shadows expansion Pathfinder Adventure Card Game Dark Moon Firefly and the new ships and new expansion, Kalidasa Ghostbusters Seafall Dark Moon
Jul 14, 2015•46 min•Season 1Ep. 65
This week we review Castles of Mad King Luwdig. Designer: Ted Alspach Publisher: Bezier Games Time: 30-90 minutes Ages: 13+
Jul 07, 2015•30 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Colt Express is a program movement game for 2-6 players that plays in 40 minutes, ages 10 and up. It is played on a three dimensional train, as players take the roles of competing bandits, trying to get the best haul without encountering the sheriff.
Jun 30, 2015•28 min•Season 1Ep. 63
This week we talk about the game Werewolf, originally designed as Mafia as part of a psychology experiment. We focus our talks on Ultimate Werewolf, a set of cards from Bezier Games.
Jun 23, 2015•35 min•Season 1Ep. 62
This episode we review Star Wars: Imperial Assault, a game based on Fantasy Flight's Descent series of games. Released in 2014 Players: 2-5 Time: 60-150 minutes Ages: 14 and up This game can be played as a two player head to head skirmish or with one player controlling the imperial side while 1-4 players control 2-4 heroes as they try to complete objectives and level up their characters.
Jun 16, 2015•48 min•Season 1Ep. 61
What is theme? What is narration? Do they compete with each other? We discuss Theme and Narration and a few games as we explore this topic. Games include: Dominion Dixit Mysterium Duel of Ages
Jun 09, 2015•37 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Legendary Encounters Upper Deck Ages 17 and up Around 60 minutes 1-5 players
Jun 02, 2015•37 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Ben Hillyard of Daedalus speaks with us at SaltCON 2015 Daedalus makes inserts designed to quickly start games. These inserts store the game in the original box but can be pulled out and opened to set up the game. http://daedalusproductionsinc.com Some of the games they have built these inserts for are Merchants of Venus Dead of Winter Eclipse Small World Marvel/DC/Dungeons and Dragons, etc Dicemasters Robinson Crusoe Cosmic Encounters Caverna Le Havre You can use their Design It tab to request ...
May 28, 2015•17 min•Season 1Ep. 58
We discuss Meteor Get Bit! Garbage Day Chopsticks Megadexterity 3000 Click Clack Lumberjack Mayday Sleeves Mayday Sleeve Bundles Visit www.maydaygames.com
May 26, 2015•32 min•Season 1Ep. 57
In this episode we speak with new designer and game company owner, John Ogilvie, about his games Bejinx and Skwozen. Bejinx is a game add-on that enhances most any game, adding a little bit more chaos and another level of game. Skwozen is a card set which takes a traditional set of playing cards and adds eight symbols to each of the square cards. Rules exist for many popular public domain games.
May 21, 2015•24 min•Season 1Ep. 56
On May the 4th we sat down and recorded this Star Wars specific podcast, reminisced about the movies, the good the bad, the Gungans, and then talked about Gaming in the Star Wars Universe. We talk about the following games: Star Wars Trivial Pursuit Decipher's Star Trek CCG Star Wars LCG Queen's Gambit Star Wars: Epic Duels West End Games' Star Wars Role Playing Game Star Wars: X-Wing Star Wars: Imperial Assault...
May 19, 2015•34 min•Season 1Ep. 55
This episode we speak with Blake and Curtis, designers of the block stacking game, Kubeni. This game can be played with 2-8 players. Each set contains 20 blocks a custom die, a timer, and a set of cards. Playtime is 10 minutes or less per player. www.kubeni.com
May 12, 2015•25 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Deus was designed by Sébastien Dujardin . It looks like it scales well from 2-4 players in 45-60 minutes. Ages 14 and up. Some direct interaction as players compete to expand across a hex based map.
May 05, 2015•34 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Seth Jaffee is a game designer and developer best known for the game Eminent Domain. In this episode he discusses the game and the upcoming Exotica expansion. Eminent Domain is for 2-4 players (up to five with the Escalation expansion) in 45-60 minutes. You can find Seth at http://sedjtroll.blogspot.com
Apr 28, 2015•38 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Star Realms is a game for 2 player. It plays in 20 minutes. Ages 12 and up. Designed by Rob Dougherty and Darwin Kastle.
Apr 23, 2015•38 min•Season 1Ep. 51
In this episode we discuss Gamer Snobbery, terms such as Eurogame and Ameritrash, and why Brent doesn't like the term Filler. We also do a third of the way review of our 2015 gaming goals. How are you doing with yours?
Apr 21, 2015•40 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Michael Coe of Gamelyn Games talks about his three Tiny Epic Games: Tiny Epic Kingdoms Tiny Epic Defenders Tiny Epic Galaxies
Apr 14, 2015•33 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Machi Koro is a card and dice game from IDW and Pandasaurus Games for 2-4 players in 30 minutes. Ages 8 and up. The Harbor expansion adds a 5th player but can extend the game past an hour.
Apr 07, 2015•39 min•Season 1Ep. 48
SaltCON 2015 took place in Layton Utah on March 12-14, 2015. Next year the convention will be March 3-5, 2016 at the same location. Visit their website at http://saltcon.com
Mar 31, 2015•30 min•Season 1Ep. 47
In our first episode from SaltCON 2015 we talk with Rick and Joanne Soued about their history, creation of Funagain Games, aquisition of Eagle Games, and creation of Gryphon Games. Rick spends much of the interview telling us about many of the current games available through their company including Tumblin-Dice, Through the Ages, Baseball Highlights 2045, and many more. We greatly enjoyed the time we spent with Rick and Joanne and hope to spend more time playing Eagle-Gryphon Games....
Mar 26, 2015•41 min•Season 1Ep. 46
In this episode we introduce the SaltCON interviews which we plan to release across the next six or seven weeks. Some weeks we will release two episodes. We are saddened to report that the podcast recorded live during the Saturday panel was lost. We discuss the games we played at SaltCON including Deus, Colt Express, Witness, Baseball Highlights 2045, Ultimate Werewolf, and Two Rooms and a Boom. We talk about future releases Orphan Black Card Game, Abyss Expansion - Black Pearl, Legendary Encoun...
Mar 24, 2015•33 min•Season 1Ep. 45
This week we review the 2009 release Thunderstone, and what is considered by many to be its improvement, the 2012 released Thunderstone Advance. This game is for 2-5 players ages 12 and up, in about 60 minutes, which might include setup. There are solo rules in some of the rulebooks. We focus a bit on the Thunderstone Advance: Numanera set, which is based in the Numanera world created by Monte Cook. Let us know what you think!
Mar 17, 2015•32 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Beowulf the Legend was released in 2005 for 2-5 players (the more the better). It plays in an hours and was designed by Reiner Knizia. Join Beowulf as he embarks on his epic journey to defeat Grendel, the Sea Hag and the Dragon. Work to aquire the most fame so that you can become Beowulf's successor.
Mar 10, 2015•30 min•Season 1Ep. 43
