Episode 151: Hot Stuff
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Release Date: Apr. 30, 2012 Running Time: 178 min. Listen Now: Download: Subscribe via iTunes: See sidebar for other subscription options |
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Find 'em hot and leave 'em wet. Firefighter Major Brian Strange visits the padded cell to give us an expert's perspective on Flash Point - a board game of teamwork, burning buildings and daring rescues.
News & Notes: Ace of Spies, Off Your Rocker, Sentinels of the Multiverse, Keltis Dice, King of Tokyo
The List: Flash Point
Back Shelf Spotlight: Emergency!
Truckloads of Goober: Fire
Game Sommelier: Games Dave craves
Mail Bag: Adlung advice, Evansville connection, APE Games generosity
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
News & Notes
Made for Play: Board Games & Modern Industry
Ace of Spies Kickstarter
A card game of set collecting and sneakiness from designers Michael Fox and Mark Rivera.
Off Your Rocker Kickstarter
A party game that turns the tables on a hapless "psychiatrist." The group collectively chooses a quirk and through interacting with the group, the psychiatrist must identify what is wrong with them.
Sentinels of the Multiverse: Infernal Relics Kickstarter
The second printing of Sentinels will feature an ehanced version of the original game (better cards, bigger box and more) plus a new expansion with new heroes and villains and environments to add to the world of the game.
Keltis: The Dice Game BGG
A cube-y twist to the Reiner Knizia classic - Lost Cities.
King Of Tokyo, 2nd Ed. BGG
Monster mayhem from Richard Garfield. New edition of the game features etched dice instead of screen printed ones.
The List
Flash Point: Fire Rescue BGG | Indie Boards & Cards
Try to rescue 7 victims from a burning building before it collapses. Requires teamwork and tough decisions.
Truckloads of Goober
A super stylish dexterity game great for kids or cocktail parties.
Back Shelf Spotlight
Sure, the game is a typical TV tie-in, but games can be vehicles for great memories as well as social interaction.
The Game Sommelier
The Challenge: 5 games Dave gets cravings to play
Dave's Selections
Mail Bag
Thanks to APE Games for donating 36 copies of their Duck Duck games to The Spiel Foundation for our children's hospital bundles!!
Music
Music credits include
Fire The Pointer Sisters | the song
Fight Fire Credence Clearwater Revival | the song
This Fire Franz Ferdinand | the song
Fire The Crazy World of Arthur Brown | the song
Disco Inferno The Trammps | the song
Light My Fire (Bluegrass Tribute - Pickin' On Series) | the song
I'm On Fire (Bruce Springsteen Tribute - Lullaby Players) | the song
The Roof Is On Fire Westbam (Ultimate Mix) | the song
Errata
I'm sure there are some goofs in there somewhere. Let us know if (when?) you find one!
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Comments
Randolph Mantooth has spoken!
Emergency! is one of those games for me as well. I never saw the show in its original run, but it got a new life in the late 90s - early 00s on TV Land, right at the time that my sister became a paramedic. She even renamed their actual ambulance unit Rampart so she could quote the show when she went on runs.
And Dave, anytime you need a Filthy Rich opponent, I'm your man. I love that game, and crave it from time to time as well.
best name ever
If I had to pick an acting pseudonym, I'd be Randolph Mantooth the third. :)
I didn't know Emergency was on TV Land. Do they still show it? I'll have to set my DVR if so!
That's great your sister named their ambulance the Rampart. I spent a good deal of my youth thinking being a paramedic would be the coolest job ever.
Sign me up for Filthy Rich, too.