Episode 163: Robots & Rondels

Release Date: Oct. 8, 2012

Running Time: 135 min.

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Going the distance. We review Milestones, a road building game that mixes abstract strategy with custom rondels, and dive into Smash Up, a genre bending card game chock full of pirates, ninjas, zombies and robots.

News & Notes: Mr. Card Game, Aztlan, Spiel-a-thon
The List: Milestones

Playbill: Smash Up
Truckloads of Goober: Medina

Game Sommelier: 5 games to Queen Elizabeth II celebrate her Diamond Jubilee
Mail Bag: No-tie dice, curling, Artemis

Complete Show Notes continue after the break.

News & Notes

Mr. Card Game Kickstarter | Kingdom of Loathing

Card game based on the comical online RPG Kingdom of Loathing.

Sheepdogs of Pendleton Hill Link

Pre-order and pick up at Essen!

Aztlan BGG | ARES Games

Blitzkrieg 1940 BGG | Zvezda

Spiel-a-thon 2012 Link

The List

Milestones BGG | Stronghold Games | Eggertspiele

Truckloads of Goober

Medina BGG

Playbill

Smash Up BGG | AEG

The Game Sommelier

The Challenge: 5 games to play to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. 4 games to represent the four regions of the United Kingdom and 1 game to play with Her Majesty. (challenge from Jamie McMillan).

Stephen's Selections

England - Brass

Scotland - Hammer of the Scots

Wales - Mabinogion

Northern Ireland - Britannia

Her Majesty - Cribbage

Mail Bag

Support Robert Foose's Extra Life Efforts!

Go First Dice

True Dungeon Volunteering (thanks, Brian Symington)

Curling Monkeys (thanks, David McCarson)

Curling in Wasau (thanks, Greg Sweet)