Episode 39: Changelings
39: Changelings Release Date: October 1, 2007 Running Time: 102 min. Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version Subscribe via iTunes: Enhanced - MP3 See sidebar for other subscription options |
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Wonder Twin powers, activate! We play Blue Moon City, a board game based on a card game and Caylus Magna Carta, a card game based on a board game, plus we discuss the risks and rewards of changing classic games in reprints.
News & Notes: Key Harvest, Tzaar
The List: Blue Moon City, Caylus: Magna Carta
Name That Game: win a copy of Caylus Magna Carta from Time Well Spent
Backshelf Spotlight: Stratego, Fox & Geese
Truckloads of Goober: Starcraft the board game
Game Sommelier: Five games for a listener and his very picky wife
Mail Bag: "Colorizing" classic games
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Episode 38: Valhalla or Bust!
38: Valhalla or Bust! Release Date: September 17, 2007 Running Time: 91 min. Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version Subscribe via iTunes: Enhanced - MP3 See sidebar for other subscription options |
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Y is for Yggdrasil. We load our longboats and set sail in search of adventure on the stormy North seas, playing Fire & Axe and Vikings. Surely, an episode worthy of the sagas!
News & Notes: Essen impulse guide, Knizia video game deal, Franz Benno Delonge
The List: Fire & Axe, Vikings
Name That Game: win a copy of Vikings from Time Well Spent
Backshelf Spotlight: Odin's Ravens, Mamma Mia
Truckloads of Goober: Pillage & Plunder
Game Sommelier: Five games for a car trip you can play with the drive
Mail Bag: Mars Sommelier responses, Kosmos Cage Match update, Buckeye Game Fest
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Episode 37: Off the Map
37: Off the Map Release Date: September 3, 2007 Running Time: 101 min. Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version Subscribe via iTunes: Enhanced - MP3 See sidebar for other subscription options |
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Cue the Indiana Jones music.We build routes for a very lazy London Passenger in On the Underground and globe trot from Cypress to Taiwan in 10 Days in Asia.
News & Notes: Mike Doyle/Master Print Editions, Chinatown?, Cyberboard
The List: On the Underground, 10 Days in Asia
Name That Game: win a copy of On the Underground from Time Well Spent
Backshelf Spotlight: Dungeon Dice, Can't Stop
Truckloads of Goober: The Inventors
Game Sommelier: Five games for a trip to Mars and back
Mail Bag: Walter Hunt Interview, FlatCon, Dune petition, Zun Tzu
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Episode 36: Gen Con 2007 Part 2
36: Gen Con 2007 Part 2 Release Date: August 27, 2007 Running Time: 75 minutes Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version Subscribe via iTunes: Enhanced - MP3 See sidebar for other subscription options |
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This time it's personal! You've heard the interviews (well most of them!), now hear from us. We give our report on our event, the Spiel-a-thon, panel discussions, Dealer's room hits and misses, and a game book that is not to be missed!
Interviews: SlugFest Games (Tiki Island, Red Dragon Inn), Strategic Retreat Adventures (gamer cruises)
Reports: The Spiel-a-thon, Trade Day digital convergence panel, Podcaster Game Review panel, Games that caught our eyes, Game book reccomendation, overall impressions.
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Episode 35 - Gen Con 2007
35: Gen Con 2007 Release Date: August 21, 2007 Running Time: 99 min. Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version Subscribe via iTunes: Enhanced - MP3 See sidebar for other subscription options |
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Global geeks, global games. From Israeli brainteasers and Italian game publishers to carved dice from little Polish elves, part one of our convention coverage includes over a dozen interviews. Part Two will be released a week from today.
Interviews: Black Industries (Talisman), TableStar Games, 3d6 Art (Dice Mosaics), Rubbing Hands (Fred: The Game), Southern Fox (Re-Fraze), Tenki Games (Chang Cheng), Looney Labs (Zombie Fluxx), Your Move Games (Battleground), Fat Dragon Games (EZ Dungeon), Gen Con Australia, Q-Workshop Dice, Simply Fun Games, Intimagik Rings, Think Outside The Box (Brain Teasers).
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Spiel-a-thon! Aug. 17 (sponsored by Rio Grande Games)
We are proud to announce the Spiel-a-thon!
sponsored by Rio Grande Games
When: Friday, August 17
Open gaming 10 AM - 7 PM
Spiel-a-thon: 7 PM - midnight
Where: Omni Hotel, Fischer B Room (map)
Come meet us, play Rio Grande Games, and win fabulous prizes! When we heard Rio Grande was not going to have a booth at Gen Con this year, we asked them if they wanted to team up so our listeners and the gaming public could still get a chance to play.
Episode 34: Bullet Barons
34: Bullet Barons Release Date: August 6, 2007 Running Time: 97 min. Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version Subscribe via iTunes: Enhanced - MP3 See sidebar for other subscription options |
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Click, Click, Boom! Our nerves of steel are put to the test playing Russian Roulette in Kablamo! and bidding for a coal powered empire in Industria.
News & Notes: Walk the Plank, Gen Con plans (Spiel-a-thon!)
The List: Kablamo, Industria
Back Shelf Spotlight: Roma, Babel
Truckloads of Goober: Arbos
Notes from the OCD: Collecting series, Storing games, Shuffling
Mail Bag: Dice article, Iron Sommelier, Parsec Award Nomination
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Episode 33: Origins 2007
33: Origins 2007 Release Date: July 9, 2007 Running Time: 114 min. Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version Subscribe via iTunes: Enhanced - MP3 See sidebar for other subscription options |
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Wood burning, Richard Borg, and dismembered robots. We take an inside look at Origins International Game Expo.
News & Notes: Spiel des Jahres wrap-up
Interviews: Blood & Cardstock, Game Science, Knucklebones Magazine, Blue Panther, Richard Borg, Bent Castle, Shifting Skies, StrataMax, Robot Martini
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Episode 32: Spiel des Schpiel
32: Spiel des Schpiel Release Date: June 25, 2007 Running Time: 98 min. Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version Subscribe via iTunes: Enhanced - MP3 See sidebar for other subscription options |
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And the winner is... We play all five games nominated for the Spiel des Jahres (German Game of the Year) and then we try to predict the winner!
News & Notes: Origins plans, Spiel T-Shirts, Contest news
The Nominees: Arkadia, Zooloretto, Thief of Baghdad, Jenseits von Theben, Yspahan
Our Predictions: tune in to find out!
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Episode 31: Samurai Slum Lords
31: Samurai Slum Lords Release Date: June 11, 2007 Running Time: 98 min. Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version Subscribe via iTunes: Enhanced - MP3 See sidebar for other subscription options |
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Sayonara, squatters. We play Shogun and Landlord, proving that the best evictions often come at the end of a katana (or a tower full of little wooden cubes).
News & Notes: Wings of War Minis, Leaping Lemmings, Sponsors!
The List: Shogun, Landlord
Time Well Spent Contest: win Notre Dame, Colosseum, and Factory Fun!
Backshelf Spotlight: Adel Verpflichtet, Balderdash
Truckloads of Goober: Battle Masters
Game Sommelier: Five games you can quit/join mid-game without ruining the game
Mail Bag: Game of the Day, Nerdy to Cool, Goal Die mystery solved, GenCon auction
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.