Release Date: Aug. 31, 2015 Running Time:   142 min. Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version  MP3 Version Subscribe via iTunes: Enhanced - MP3 See sidebar for other subscription options

Play long and prosper.

We review Star Trek: Five Year Mission and Medieval Academy.

Five Year Mission is a cooperative dice game where each player takes on the role of a character from the original series or the Next Generation. Alert cards place missions on the table. The crew must contribute dice to these missions and finish them before they fail or the ship is torn to pieces. The fate of the Enterprise is in your hands.

In Medieval Academy each player is a squire training to be a knight. Draft and play cards in order to advance on various training boards testing your brains, brawn, charity and gallantry. The squire who earns the most chivalry points will be knighted by King Arthur at the end of the game.

News & Notes: Advent Calendar for gamers, Ultra Pro & Jolly Roger, GW rebranding
The List: CMedieval Academy, Star Trek: Five Year Mission
Truckloads of Goober: Flick 'Em Up
Back Shelf Spotlight: Game reboots

Complete Show Notes continue after the break.

News & Notes

Advent Calendar for Gamers   Link

Ultra Pro Acquires Jolly Roger Games    ICv2  |  Jolly Roger

Games Workshop Rebranding Retail Stores   ICv2

Shooting Averted at Pokemon World Championships  Link

Crowdfunding Round-Up

Tabletopia    Kickstarter

Prime Time  Kickstarter

Loaded Up & Trucking  Kickstarter

Cat Tower    Kickstarter

The List

Medieval Academy   Iello  |  BGG

Star Trek: Five Year Mission     Mayfair Games |  BGG

Truckloads of Goober

Flick 'Em Up     Pretzel Games  |  BGG

Back Shelf Spotlight

Fantasy Flight Games:  Samurai, Tigris & Euphrates, Fury of Dracula, Mission Red Planet

Thames & Kosmos: Lost Cities, Ubongo, Dohdles, Kahuna

Mayfair Games: 6 Nimmt, No Thanks, Saboteur

Rio Grande Games: Cafe International, Elfenroads & Elfensea, Tikal

Super Meeple: Mexica

Flying Buffalo: Nuclear War

Academy Games: Mare Nostrum

Cool Mini Or Not: Queen's Necklace

HABA USA: Pharaoh's Gulo Gulo

Stronghold Games: Code 777

USAopoly: Nefarious

Music

Music credits include:

Ukulele Star Trek Theme   by WS64  |  Vimeo

The Ritual / Ancient Battle (from Amok Time)  by Gerald Fried  |  Link

Approach of the Enterprise / Constellation  by Alexander Courage  |  Link

Disco Star Trek Theme   artist unknown  |  Link

Errata

I'm sure there are some goofs in there somewhere

Let us know if (when?) you find one:

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