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Karl Bunyan
United Kingdom
London
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A short news section this episode, including a semi-regular Hobbit update and news of the publication of Snowdonia, and a couple of reviews including the "I am Spartacus" card game PAX and the rondel-in-disguise game Walnut Grove. We discuss the Voice of Experience review competition and we also have the winner of our Hab & Gut competition sponsored by Board Game Guru.
You can download the episode here.
Full show notes are available on the episode's page.
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Karl Bunyan
United Kingdom
London
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We have a small crop of games that we either had a glimpse of or just completed missed from Essen 2011 including Hawaii, Power Grid: The First Sparks and Hasbro's innovative Risk Legacy. There also a ton of news featuring both Hasbro and Hobbit movie tie-ins including:
K2: The Avalanche
Ugg-Tect
Galaxy Trucker: Another Big Expansion
Tammany Hall
Star Wars: The Card Game
The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game - The Hobbit: Over Hill and Under Hill
Lastly, and far from leastly, there's a second chance to win a copy of Hab & Gut sponsored by Board Game Guru.
You can download the episode here.
Full show notes are available on the episode's page.
Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:50 am
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Karl Bunyan
United Kingdom
London
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Games Workshop may be busy chasing Pirate Bay for putting up files to allow the printing of miniatures on home 3D printers, but meanwhile it looks like Nato have found a way to get around copyright laws with what looks to be a homemade copy of Dreadfleet:
If you're interested in what they're really doing you can read the full story on Nato's cardboard boats here.
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Karl Bunyan
United Kingdom
London
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We don't talk a great deal about Kickstarter here but plenty of other blogs and podcasts do. Rock Paper Shotgun has posted an interesting piece about the journalistic responsibilities of Kickstarter coverage and, although strictly about the video game business, it applies just as well to anything else. As a taster:
Quote: 1) If we post about a Kickstarter project, we’re essentially implying our readers should donate to it. Everyone makes their own spending decision based on their own feelings and research of course – but it can still be the case that for many of our revered readership, the deal wasn’t even on the table until it appeared here.
The article makes some good points, and in case anyone's interested #2 is one of the main reasons I don't look into Kickstarter that much and don't have an urge to talk about it. Read the rest of the article anyway and let it feed into your own reading of Kickstarter coverage anyway. And if anyone has any opinions, I'm also interested in the answer to RPS's question:
Quote: Again, our decisions will be ultimately our own and, as with the Kickstarter stuff itself, mob rule won’t force our hand, but I am very interested in what those outside the gaming press feel are the essential factors and best practices in this brave new world of paying for a game before it exists.
Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:03 am
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Karl Bunyan
United Kingdom
London
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It's been a while, but Episode 10 has made it out of captivity. We have reviews of Kingdom Builder, Galaxy Trucker and I'm the Boss!.
We have many many new voices this time around, including
Martin G
United Kingdom
London
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John Bandettini
United Kingdom
London
No, no, no, no, no, yes
A new season and all is well in the world
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Jeff Clark
United Kingdom
Surbiton
Surrey
and Plus a second episode for
Lloyd B
United Kingdom
Sidcup
Kent
And I hang around to press record and stop when appropriate, of course.
It may take us a while to get the new format flowing please so bear with us. And unfortunately there's a bit more background noise and a few more clunks and thumps than usual, especially in the reviews section, which should be easy to iron out once I get used to everyone's speaking volumes.
There's still the usual news, reviews and chats, though, plus the results of our competition for Mord im Arosa and a new contest to win a copy of Hab & Gut.
You can download the episode from our website.
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Karl Bunyan
United Kingdom
London
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Hot(ish) on the heels of episode 8 comes episode 9 of the Royal Society of Gamers podcast. We have news of a couple of expansions, expansions and more expansions, including Kingdom Builder, Dominion and Carcassonne, some bad puns about Goa, and an update on the latest target for Games Workshop’s lawyers. We also have a change of personnel with one new host and one going so far as leaving the country to get away from us all.
We review the mountain climbing game of K2 with it’s new expansion K2: Broad Peak, Z-man’s take-that trick-taking game Lords of Scotland, and a classic Euro The Princes of Florence.
Treasure hunters features Crokinole – a pieces of treasure if ever there was one – and in New Gaming Worlds we have news of a few heavyweight releases on the horizon (Eclipse and Pandemic) plus the dodgy version of Dominion.
And finally there’s an extension of our competition to win another overlooked gem: Mord im Arosa.
You can download the episode here
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Karl Bunyan
United Kingdom
London
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We've finally done it... Episode 8 of the Royal Society of Gamers podcast is up and ready to download and listen to. We have news of a couple of reprints, a sequel, and a retired household name.
We review the sneaky Nefarious, the mighty Eclipse, and the dicey classic Can't Stop.
Plus in our Treasure Hunter section we cover a game you may not of thought of giving a second glance: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Game (US). All that and our biggest surprises (of the gaming kind), biggest disappointments (of the gaming kind), and favourite games (of the, erm, gaming kind) of 2011.
And finally there's a competition to win another overlooked gem: Mord im Arosa.
You can download the episode here and there are full show notes are available on the episode's page.
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Karl Bunyan
United Kingdom
London
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The long(ish) awaited Episode 7 is now live and ready for your listening pleasure. We have reviews of Mage Knight: Board Game, A Few Acres of Snow and Let's Take A Hike, a bit of post-Essen discussion, plus the usual news and updates.
You can download episode 7 here.
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Karl Bunyan
United Kingdom
London
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Hot on the heels of our first report from Essen, we've uploaded a second and final part. We run through the last two days of the fantastic Spiel show and talk about some more of the game purchases and plays including Mage Knight: Board Game, the sold-out Panic Station and Power Grid: The First Sparks. We also announce the winner of our competition to win a game from the show.
You can listen to the second of our Essen special episodes here.
Note that we recorded the episode whilst travelling on the cross-channel ferry from Calais to Dover so the sound quality is not up to our usual regal standards. The content is as top-notch as ever, of course.
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Karl Bunyan
United Kingdom
London
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The Royal Society has made it to Essen and have put together a special podcast episode from this fantastic game fair. With a more informal format than usual, we discuss our impressions of the show, some of the games that seem to be generating buzz or selling out, some of the games we've played or bought, and our opinions on hot new releases such as Risk Legacy (or Risiko Evolution, as it is in German) and Donald X. Vaccarino's new game Kingdom Builder as I was able to get a game of both. We have brief discussions of a few other new games including Confusion: Espionage and Deception in the Cold War, Drako, On The Cards and Essence.
You can download the episode here.
Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:19 pm
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