Episode 29: My Hacienda For A Vowel!
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29: My Hacienda For A Vowel! Release Date: May 14, 2007 Running Time: 80 min. Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version |
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Fire up those branding irons! There's livestock to round up and words to bluff or spell when we play Hacienda and Letterhead.
News & Notes: Arkadia, Valley Games new releases, Visa sponsors LIFE
The List: Hacienda, Letterhead
Backshelf Spotlight: Quarto, Flinch
Truckloads of Goober: Ponte del Diavolo
Game Sommelier: Five games to play with co-workers at lunch
Mail Bag: Locke's board game, Hordes of the Things, Sayings with meeples in Dutch
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Episode 28 - Listener's Choice
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28: Listener's Choice Release Date: Apr. 30, 2007 Running Time: 100 min. Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version
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Turn the tables! We let you call the shots. From The List to The Game Sommelier, every segment in the show comes from listener suggestions and submissions.
News & Notes: Mr. Jack, Walter Hunt's GoF blog, Name That Game
The List: Die Macher, Railroad Tycoon
Backshelf Spotlight: Skittles, Shove Ha'penny
Truckloads of Goober: Fire & Axe
Game Sommelier: Five games for a LOST party that reflect the characters
Mail Bag: Tom Vasel's Sommelier response, storing games when traveling
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Episode 27: Diceversary!
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27: Diceversary Release Date: Apr. 16, 2007 Running Time: 101 min. Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version |
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The Spiel is one year old! To celebrate, we roll our way through two games with loads of dice: Battleground Fantasy Warfare and To Court the King.
News & Notes: I Don't Know, What Do You Want to Play, Robotic Mah Jongg Table
The List: Battleground: Fantasy Warfare, To Court the King
Backshelf Spotlight: The Magnificent Race, The Omega Virus
Truckloads of Goober: Lifeboats
Game Sommelier: Five games for blind and sighted players to play together
Mail Bag: Listener's Choice Poll, Reboog, and Notes from the OCD
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Episode 26 - Machiavelli's Mullet
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26: Machiavelli's Mullet Release Date: April 2, 2007 Running Time: 102 min. Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version |
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Business in the front, party in the back. We plot and scheme to elect the Pope in The Prince, spaz out combining cornrows in Wig Out, and nibble our way from plankton to sharks in Chomp.
News & Notes: Stonehenge, Tannhauser
The List: The Prince, Wig Out, Chomp!
Backshelf Spotlight: Seasons, Mississippi Queen
Truckloads of Goober: Ubongo
Game Sommelier: guest challenge from Tom Vasel of The Dice Tower
Mail Bag: Kosmos Cage Match, The Great Game Tree, Knizia Dice Games, OCD issues
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Episode 25 - You Look Marbleous!
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25: You Look Marbleous! Release Date: Mar. 19, 2007 Running Time: 94 min. Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version |
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Driven to abstraction. From archaeology to pachinko in less than two hours, we play Mykerinos and Marvin Marvel's Marvelous Marble Machine, two fast fun abstract strategy games.
News & Notes: Chupacabra, Sakkara, 1701, Notre Dame
The List: Mykerinos, Marvin Marvel's Marvelous Marble Machine
Backshelf Spotlight: Balloon Cup, Space Beans
Truckloads of Goober: Through the Desert
Collector's Corner: How to organize, inventory, and protect a new game
Mail Bag: Nicknames! Romantic Game list, a pronunciation guide
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Episode 24 - Sic Transit Gloria
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24: Sic Transit Gloria Release Date: Mar. 5, 2007 Running Time: 88 min. Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version |
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I didn't know Gloria was sick. Ancient Rome is crumbling as the Goths swarm down from the north. We play Senators racing to escape the Eternal City in Gloria Mundi, the first collaborative effort from James Ernest and Rio Grande Games.
News & Notes: Taluva, Phill Rogers' survey, Spiel classes in Zionsville
The List: Gloria Mundi
Backshelf Spotlight: Zauber Cocktail, Caesar & Cleopatra
Truckloads of Goober: Tide of Iron
Game Sommelier: Five games for a Star Wars party
Mail Bag: To Court the King, correction of a correction, game podcasts & wives
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Episode 23 - Tony Danza & Co.
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23: Tony Danza & Co. Release Date: Feb. 19, 2007 Running Time: 79 min. Listen Now:
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Cue the laugh track. We play Conquistadors in Pizarro & Co. and Capitalist pigs in I'm the Boss, two games that lead to big deals and big piles of cashola.
News & Notes: Rage Reprint, Perth Game Group, Make: Magazine, Receda Cube
The List: Pizarro & Co., I'm the Boss
Backshelf Spotlight: Pirateer, Pente
Truckloads of Goober: Neolithibum
Game Sommelier: Five games for a romantic getaway
Mail Bag: Cleopatra corrections, Renfield print and play, Light Speed
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Episode 22 - You Bet Your Asp!
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22: You Bet Your Asp! Release Date: Feb. 5, 2007 Running Time: 95 min. Listen Now: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version |
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Bet like an Egyptian. We get a good dose of corruption, cash, and deadly crocodile gods playing Wits & Wagers and Cleopatra & the Society of Architects.
News & Notes: Colosseum, Web Links
The List: Wits & Wagers, Cleopatra & Society of Architects
Backshelf Spotlight: CheapAss Essentials
Truckloads of Goober: Doom: The Boardgame
Game Sommelier: Five meaty gamerly games for under $10
Mail Bag: Joel's classroom games, little plastic baggies
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Episode 21 - Ewe Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry!
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21: Ewe Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry! Release Date: Jan. 22, 2007 Running Time: 86 min Listen Now: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version |
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Lou Ferrigno, eat your heart out! It doesn't take gamma rays to make us see green, just two sets of horribly organized rules. We play Shear Panic and Marvel Heroes. One's a keeper, the other's a dud.
News & Notes: Talisman, To Court the King
The List: Shear Panic, Marvel Heroes
Backshelf Spotlight: Phoenix, Dragonmaster
Truckloads of Goober: Dread Pirate
Game Sommelier: Five games for a high school classroom that are educational without being "educational" (read:lame)
Mail Bag: BattleLore correction, game book suggestions
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Episode 20 - Lore & Ladders
Release Date: Jan. 8, 2007 Running Time: 98 min
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Chock full of Goobery goodness! We click with Lexio, a Korean tile game with Chinese roots, and charge head long into Battle Lore, waging table top fantasy battles with hundreds of miniatures.
News & Notes: Games Quarterly, War on Terror Game
The List: Lexio, Battle Lore
Backshelf Spotlight: Fearsome Floors, Canasta
Truckloads of Goober: Dark Tower
Game Sommelier: Five games for a Super Bowl party
Mail Bag: What game owes its name to the Hobby hawk?
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.