Episode 339: Holiday Party 2019
Release Date: Dec. 20, 2019 |
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Running Time: 148 min. |
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Join our party of misfit nerds for fun and games, and plenty of freewheeling conversation spanning the wide world of geekdom.
We hope you'll be in a festive mood for the season after listening to some Grade A goofing around.
Guests:
Francie Broadie (Indianapolis, IN)
Gubbins (Indianapolis, IN)
Allen Chen (Cupertino, CA)
Miklos Fitch (Omaha, NE)
Starla Fitch (Omaha, NE)
Debbie Ohi (Toronto, Canada)
Darrell Ottery (Reading, UK)
Mark Rickards (Hobart, Tasmania)
Jeff Ridpath (Toronto, Canada)
Kristof Tersago (Sint Truiden, Belgium)
Mark Smalley (Indianapolis, IN)
Mark Wilder (Chicago, IL)
**SPECIAL THANKS**
Debbie Ohi provided the fun and festive artwork for this episode!
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Cast of Characters
Francie Broadie
Francie Broadie lives in the padded cell with her partner in crime, Stephen. She loves cats, knitting, folk music and makes beautiful beaded jewelry.
Allen Chen
Allen has been goofing off with Stephen since high school. If it was nerdy, these two were neck-deep in it. He's a lifelong lover of games, from the classics to the modern.
Allen works and lives in Silicon Valley and enjoys traveling the world with his wife Pei Fang and his two sons Peyton and Bryson.
He's a car nut and spends weekends driving in timed rally races whenever he can. And he's an avid fan of the Colts & Pacers.
Gubbins
Gubbins Boffin is rarely seen and those who have seen him think it is best kept that way.
Gubbins loves co-op games and is still basking in the afterglow from winning Pandemic Legacy: Season 2.
Miklos & Starla Fitch
Miklos and Starla are avid board gamers and have recently moved to Omaha, Nebraska. They especially enjoy sharing their love and knowledge of gateway games, hoping to welcome more African-American players into the gaming community. They run a wonderful page on Facebook called Our Family Plays Games highlighting great games they've played.
Our Family Plays Games Facebook | Instagram
Debbie Ohi & Jeff Ridpath
Debbie Ohi & Jeff Ridpath share a passion for fun whether through games or books or art or music. They live in Toronto.
Jeff is a technology development specialist for the Glenn Davis Group.
Debbie is an artist, writer and musician.
Darrell Ottery
Darrell Ottery and his wife Becky own Eclectic Games, located in Reading, UK. They manage the shop with help from their feline companions. Darrell enjoys a pint, a nip of scotch and is a wizard at social deduction games.
Mark Rickards
A man of many voices, Mark Rickards is from Hobart, Tasmania. He is one of the creators and co-host of The Dice Men Cometh, Australia's leading board game podcast. It airs on 99.3 Edge Radio every week.
Kristof Tersago
Kristof lives in Sint Truiden, Belgium. He's been a good friend and listener to The Spiel for over a decade, helping us to orchestrate a documentary film shoot in Antwerp, Brugge, Brussels and Hasselt.
Kristof is a lifelong player and collector of games. He's also a lover of Belgian beer and Genever. He's an accomplished chef and enjoys using his Weber grill any chance he gets.
Oberonn Game Store | Spellenspektakel
Mark Smalley
Mark Smalley is an avid gamer, reader and is a huge fan of roller coaster and theme parks. He also has a huge crush on game designer Tom Lehman. His pal Henson (a Chihuahua) is an avid listener of The Spiel. And one day, little Darwin might be, too!
Mark Wilder
Mark Wilder is a 74 year old woman trapped in the body of a middle aged Chicagoan. Mark loves contract bridge, opera, and his lovely bloodhound Roscoe. Mark has a small photography business and runs Operahound, a site listing all opera performances in Chicago.
Operahound |WilderPix Photography
Roscoe's web site | Roscoe on Instagram
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Miscellaneous Links
Debbie's review of said whiskey
Things We Love 2019
Jeff's picks
The Expanse (tv) | The Expanse (books)
Mark Rickard's picks
Kristof's picks
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Miklos & Starla's Picks
Debbie's Picks
Allen's Picks
Mark Wilder's Picks
Doug's Picks
Gubbin's Pick
DONT watch The Rook
Francie's Picks
European Travelers for the Monstrous Gentlewoman
The Strange Case of the Alchemist Daughter
This is How: Surviving What You Think You Can't
Mark Smalley's Picks
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Music credits include:
Christmas Dinner
by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | the song
The Nutcracker Suite
by Les Brown & His Band of Renown | the song
Little Drummer Boy
by Jaymz Bee & The Royal Jelly Orchestra | the song
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