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Portal Gaming Podcast

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A biweekly podcast about board games, card games, miniatures games and events at the Portal, a game store located at 60 Hilliard Street in Manchester, CT.
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Episodes

Episode 182: Portal Gaming Podcast: Episode 182 - "A death mark is not an easy thing to live with"

the brandt is back! In this episode, the brandt talks through a pile of games that he has gone back to play in the last two months and highlights a few new ones including: Foundations of Rome, Ascension Tactics, and SolForge Fusion. This episode was recorded live and so Brandt answers questions from the audience periodically throughout the episode!

May 18, 2022•35 min•Ep 182•Transcript available on Metacast

Episode 181: Portal Gaming Podcast: Episode 181 - "Like my father before me"

In this episode, the brandt is joined by Dan Hughes as they chat about the rollout of CoraQuest, review a pile of games including Merchants of Magick, Tinner's Trail, Vagrantsong, Batman: Shadow of the Bat, and Legends of Sleepy Hollow. They then discuss getting back to gaming and gaming groups. Thanks for listening and enjoy!

Mar 01, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep 181•Transcript available on Metacast

Episode 180: Portal Gaming Podcast: Episode 180 - "I need a Hero!"

In this episode the brandt is joined by Steve from BeatDGame as they interview Caleb Grace and Michael Boggs, the designers of Marvel Champions from Fantasy Flight Games. They discuss accessibility, design, reprints, plans for rules updates, achievements, and plans for future cards to help older heroes! The designers also give a solo hero challenge as well as a three hero challenge.

Feb 11, 2022•2 hr 54 min•Ep 180•Transcript available on Metacast

Episode 179: Portal Gaming Podcast: Episode 179 - Game Reviews with Mason

In this episode, the brandt is joined by Mason for another episode chock full of reviews including Ankh, Ark Nova, War of the Ring, Three Sisters, and more! They then discuss how games and game designs are changing in recent years. Thanks for listening and enjoy!

Feb 09, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep 179•Transcript available on Metacast

Episode 174: Portal Gaming Podcast: Episode 174 - "Fly Casual"

In this episode, the brandt is joined by Paula Deming! They recount recent plays of Master Word, Chronicles of Crime 2400, The Deadlies, and more. They then discuss theater and the joy of using acting in games. Enjoy and thank you for listening!

Nov 26, 2021•57 min•Ep 174•Transcript available on Metacast

Episode 173: Portal Gaming Podcast: Episode 173 - "Bith Shuffle"

In this episode, the brandt is joined by game designer, Carl Van Ostrand as they recount recent plays of Enchanters, Parks, Anno 1800 and more! They then discuss Carl's most recent game Bardwood Grove which is on Kickstarter now! Thanks for listening! Bardwood Grove KS can be found here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/512772051/bardwood-grove

Nov 12, 2021•41 min•Ep 173•Transcript available on Metacast

Episode 172: Portal Gaming Podcast: Episode 172 - "Who's Scruffy Looking"

In this episode, the brandt recounts a trip to GenCon 2021 as well as his 40th birthday VannerCon! He also reviews a pile of games including Anno 1800, The Loop, Arch Ravels, Cascadia, Ten and more! Thank you for listening and be sure to check out our YouTube channel, Step Into The Portal!

Nov 01, 2021•55 min•Ep 172•Transcript available on Metacast

Episode 171: Portal Gaming Podcast: Episode 171 - "Same Old, Same Old"

In this episode the brandt recounts recent plays of Descent: Legends in the Dark, Journeys in Middle Earth, Golden Ticket, and Summoner Wars: Second Edition. He then talks about a stack of old games that remain in his top 100 and continue to hold up after time. Thanks, as always, for listening!

Sep 11, 2021•31 min•Ep 171•Transcript available on Metacast

Episode 169: Portal Gaming Podcast: Episode 169 - "A Mess of Things"

In episode 169 of the Portal Gaming Podcast the brandt goes it alone! He reviews a stack of games including Happy Little Dinosaurs, Faiyum, Destinies, Paris, and more! He then answers any questions from the audience and discusses cleaning up games!

Jul 30, 2021•51 min•Ep 169•Transcript available on Metacast

Episode 168: Portal Gaming Podcast: Episode 168 - "Casual Gaming"

In this episode, the brandt is joined by Dale from the YouTube Channel, Dale the Casual Gamer! They discuss gaming in general and then review a pile of games including: The Initiative, Warhammer: Labyrinth of the Necrons, Dungeon Alliance, Red Rising, Valor and Villainy and more! Thanks for listening!

May 27, 2021•51 min•Ep 168•Transcript available on Metacast

Episode 165: Portal Gaming Podcast: Episode 165 - "The Esteemed Mr. Jude"

In this episode the brandt is joined by Mr. Matthew Jude from This Game is Broken and Watch It Played as they chat a bunch, review Caper: Europe, Riverboat and more! Then Brandt presents Matthew with a pile of games he thinks Matthew will enjoy and they run through the ones he has played or sound interesting. Thanks for listening!

Mar 26, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep 165•Transcript available on Metacast

Episode 164: Portal Gaming Podcast: Episode 164 - Jenn and Matt Bartlett

In this episode the brandt is joined by Matt and Jenn the Board Game Librarian from The Literary Gamers channel! They chat about life and board gaming and then review a pile of games including: Disciple Detectives, Macro Micro Crime City, After the Empire, Hammer of the Scots, and many more! Enjoy and thanks for listening!

Mar 15, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep 164•Transcript available on Metacast

Portal Gaming Podcast: Episode 157 - "I'm not dead yet!

In this episode, the brandt reviews Marvel Champions: Rise of Red Skull, Marvel United, Tiny Epic Dinosaurs, Truffle Shuffle, Divvy Dice, Pandemic: Hot Zone, and Stick 'Em. Enjoy and thanks for listening!

Sep 26, 2020•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast