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If at first you don't succeed, relaunch. Holiday Wars creator Scott King shares with us what he did to relaunch his project to success.

It's a bit late, but we're back in the saddle with Episode 1 of the Great Big Table podcast!

In this episode, we learn that we have listeners and, not only that, but they have offered feedback and contributed our first audio segment.

Yeah, we're as shocked as you.

We also discuss what traits make up good, and bad, games for couples. Then we dive into our list of games that have worked for us, as couples, and may work for you.

Some of the games mentioned in this episode include:

1960 Making of the President
Balloon Cup (out of print, so here's the Board Game Geek page for the game)
Battle Line
Carcassonne
Carcassonne: The Castle
Cathedral
Haba Bear Dominos
Haba Bock-Springen (Jump-A-Sheep) (out of print, so here's the Board Game Geek page for the game)
Haba Catch Me Game
Jaipur
Lost Cities
Pandemic
Puerto Rico
Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age
Rook
San Juan
Small World
Sorry Sliders
Therapy
Ticket to Ride
Tobago
Zooloretto


Adrienne also found that the Mazes and Monsters DVD is available from Amazon. Enjoy the horror, folks. Enjoy the horror.

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The My favorite game console is a table and chairs image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike by Daniel Solis. If you like the image, head over to Daniel's blog, danielsolis.com, and buy the t-shirt. If you buy a t-shirt, tell Daniel that the Great Big Table podcast sent you. Daniel has an amazing blog with many interesting thoughts about gaming. Check it out.




***Great Big Table is a late-night conversation between two Midwestern geeks with dreams of world domination through board games. It's not a great plan, but it's our plan and we're sticking to it. Join as we plot to put a meeple in every pot- or at least on every table. We slipped the bonds of our robot masters, so the only opinions represented here are our own. We are however in league with Amazon, so a percentage of every purchase made through our links goes into our onshore accounts (thanks!). You should be proud of yourself for reading all this small print- we are!

It's Episode 0 of the Great Big Table podcast! It'll knock the cardboard out of you!

The Great Big Table podcast is finally off and running. Show hosts, Jim and Adrienne Jones introduce themselves and talk about what their planning to do with the podcast (pretty standard fair really).

Find out why Adrienne needed Therapy and how Jim found the most amazing sandwich shop (twice!). Learn about the Evansville game (Jim swears) of Clabber, why you should be playing Wise and Otherwise if you're single and looking to get hitched, and why hitting a front desk bell with tyrannosaurus arms makes it hard to be Spock.

Some of the games mentioned in this episode include:

Apples to Apples 
Buckaroo
Call of Cthulhu Role Playing Game
Carcassonne
Car Wars
Crack the Case
Curses (or, as we like to call it, "A Plague of Curses)
Dungeons and Dragons
Ghosts! by Milton Bradley
Kill Doctor Lucky 
Mille Bornes 
Mousetrap
Monopoly
Pitchcar
Qwirkle Cubes
Say Anything
Scattergories 
Taboo
Talisman
Therapy
Things: Humor in a Box (aka The Game of Things)
The Ungame
Wise and Otherwise 
Wits and Wagers

Download the episode:  GBT-EP000-Introductions-final.mp3

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This episode of the Great Big Table is released under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives 3.0 License.

The song used in this episode is The Music of You by Jim's Big Ego and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share Alike 3.0 License and is used with permission of the artist. Hear more of their music at bigego.com and if you buy something, tell them that the Great Big Table podcast sent you. Jim’s Big Ego is kind enough to share their music and we’d like to return that kindness.

The My favorite game console is a table and chairs image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike by Daniel Solis. If you like the image, head over to Daniel's blog, danielsolis.com, and buy the t-shirt. If you buy a t-shirt, tell Daniel that the Great Big Table podcast sent you. Daniel has an amazing blog with many interesting thoughts about gaming. Check it out.


***Great Big Table is a late-night conversation between two Midwestern geeks with dreams of world domination through board games. Join as we plot to put a meeple in every pot- or at least on every table. We slipped the bonds of our robot masters, so the only opinions represented here are our own.  None of the titles mentioned in this episode were provided by the manufacturers, but we will note such relationships where they exist.  You should be proud of yourself for reading all this small print- we are!

In episode 18, the gang breaks out Vlaada Chvátil's masterpiece of intergalactic transportation, Galaxy Trucker. And of course, Tony T brings you the best gaming news in podcasting and the peanut gallery gives their 2 cents. Then the founder rant about all the things that tick them off about games and gamers and finish up the show with a discussion about technology to enhance tabletop gaming.

Dan Yarrington joins me on Funding the Dream to talk about Game Salute's approach to working with successful game projects on Kickstarter

Sébastien Pauchon, co-créateur de la maison d'édition Gameworks se prête à l'exercice. "Nous sommes en 2011, une époque troublée où les écrans tactiles font de l'oeil aux tuiles de carton. Les experts ludiques s'expriment quant au portage de leurs jeux préférés sur les plateformes digitales" Cette accroche pompeuse et tonitruante présente une série d'interview portant sur le positionnement des acteurs du monde ludique quant à l'injection dans nos vies de ces tablettes et autres smartphones. Plusieurs éditeurs ont porté leurs jeux sur ces plateformes... Mode ou nécessité ? telle est la question posée....

The Strange Assembly crew continues the Embers of War set review with Crab, Spider, Crane, and Mantis.

With Mark, Carol, and Mags. RIP M.A.R. Barker. Court defeats "Amazon Tax" law. A battle of distributors. GenCon's 2012 charity! A mass market edition of Dixit! Once Upon A Time 3rd Edition! Tsuro of the Seas! Mage Wars plans. Lord of the Rings Card Game Hobbit expansions. Mayfair TV ads! SLA Industries on the way to the silver screen? Over The Edge system going OGL! Signal Fire releases. Rise of the Underdark. Star Wars X-Wing! Ogre 6th Edition crushes Kickstarter! The softening of Cthulhu.


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M.A.R. Barker (Wikipedia)
Once Upon A Time (Atlas Games)
Tsuro (Calliope Games)
WaRP System (Atlas Games)
Ogre 6th Edition (Steve Jackson Games/Kickstarter)

Welcome to Episode 87 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast.

In this show I am once again joined by Rich Jones as we have further discussion about Saga, Northern Fury and the latest faction: The Skraelings.

We discuss the new battleboards in some depth, and how these give specific 'feel' to each faction - but we also look at some questions that have been asked about the game, including morale and body count.

We also chat about other future releases for the Dark Age, including the upcoming rules from Too Fat Lardies.

I hope you enjoy the show.

Meuterer (Adlung-Spiele): Spiele-Podcast.de Nr. 140 - Klasse Kartenspiel, das sich wie ein sehr gutes Brettspiel spielt. Besser als Verräter. Die Rezension auch als Video: YouTube.

Today we have an afternoon recording, in which we talk about recent gaming, some kickstarter arrivals, and of course the Avengers phenomenon. Did Gyroplay and GeekJock have a throwdown about another movie or will they agree this time? You will have to see! Thanks to all our listeners we have reached 25 episodes! We are excited about it and hope the next 25 go as smoothly as the 1st 25 did!

In this episode, Jordan sparks up controversy and lets us “know” that Milla Jovovich was in Paranormal Activity (yeah, I still don’t get what movie he actually meant) and trashes on Scarlett Johansson. Michael admits that he plays with dolls. Jeff attempts to put Jordan on “time out” and ponders how Felicia Day isn’t his

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In this Session Report show, we "Point-5" one of the games we discussed during our Lord of the Rings Extravaganza of Show 19.0.

This Session Report is based on a friendly game of ICE's Lonely Mountain: The Lair of Smaug the Dragon, that we shared with our good friend Bill. This is a light discussion of some of the strategies each of the three of us employed, and also of some of the unforeseen events that threw a wrench into most of our strategies. While this play example was quite atypical for a couple reasons, we still got some fun insights into this game, and so we hope you enjoy hearing about some of the surprises that awaited us deep in Smaug's Lair.

We always love to hear from you, so please post a comment to this blog entry (at www.gameopolis.org or gameopolis.libsyn.com), or send us an email at info@gameopolis.org!

Stay tuned for Show 20.0, on its way to you very soon.

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In this show, Tom talks about pretty much everything involving gaming that enters his scatterbrained mind.  This includes some pretty big announcements, game news, and more.  We answer several game questions, announce a game show, and talk about our top ten board game expansions.

News, stolen XBL, ect..

The Strange Assembly crew kicks off the Embers of War set review with Unicorn and Scorpion.

Look ma! A bonus episode!  We've got some great new serivces to announce, including new FREE iOS and Android apps and new ways to get the Lost Chapters.  But instead of JUST announcing that we thought it would be nice to include our interview with Mack Martin, co-designer of Dust Warfare! Mack was kind enough to sit down with us for a bit at Adepticon 2012 and give us the inside scoop on the how and why design decisions behind Dust Warfare, and what we can expect in the future.

Cap'n Chaos vs. Champing at the Bite

Tune in next week for the second half!

Email us at threedieblock@gmail.com

Tom's trek across the continental United States is done, so we're back to blab about boardgames. In this episode, we catch up about the games we've been playing, from fishing fleets in the Atlantic (Upon A Salty Sea) to battling Brits in North Africa (Battle Academy). We find interesting parallels between FFG's A Game Of Thrones and Radiohead. Other games discussed include Mage Knight, Nightfall

Reviews of Hey That's My Fish, Laughing Moon RPG, The Walking Dead, Dystopian Wars, and More! Please visit us at http://www.thegaminggang.com/

Casi una hora para este programa donde empiezo hablando de la caida de Joc Internacional.

Luego el nuevo colaborador Brackder empieza una sección de juegos en solitario, y hoy va de zombies.

Los juegos de la semana Eclipse Rockband Manager y Zombie Dice.

Para acabar con Celacanto que nos habla de La Caida de Pompeya, no precisamente un wargame, pero con una historia de romanos algo atípica.

 
DESCARGAR

Deuxième année à Essen pour la maison d'édition PearlGames et les 3 auteurs de Tournay qui, après Troyes transforment l'éssai en réussite. Le classement FairPlay de fin de salon et le Sold-out atteint très rapidement en sont la preuve.  

There are a lot of new game ideas on Kickstarter. This week we talk about two of them. First, we chat with our pal Michael Fox from The Little Metal Dog Show about a game he’s developing called Ace Of … Continue reading →

Please take the 2012 Podcast Listener survey and show your support for UnderDiscussion: The Undergopher Podcast. Today on UnderDiscussion I present what has to be the longest bonus episode we’ve recorded to date. Hooligan and I got together with the aim of recording “something” and something is what we got. For close to an hour we discuss [...]

“Topics Are Lame!”   Welcome back for our sixth episode of Wooden Cubes & Iron Soldiers! In this episode we forgo a main topic and talk a bit more in depth about a few games, including 1989: Dawn of Freedom, Wings of War, Vinhos, Power Grid: First Sparks, Lords of Waterdeep, Titans of Industry, Tammany Hall, Ogre, and finally Car Wars! As before here is the list of games we cover: 1989: Dawn of Freedom, Twilight Struggle, Labyrinth: The War on Terror, Free At Last, Wings of War, Wings of Glory, Star Wars: X-Wing, Carnevale, Warhammer, War Machine, Vinhos, ...

Fun from the frozen north. We review 3 titles from Russian publisher Right Games: Evolution, Potion Making Practice and The Enigma of Leonardo.

In this latest show, I go over The Walking Dead: The Boardgame.  This is the Z-Man edition based on the comic.  I also ask the question “Is my Lord of the Rings: LCG a good value?”  Tune in to see if I answer the question. The Walking Dead: The Boardgame on BGG. Lucky Numbes by Michael Schacht. Shadi [...]

Scott Nicholson joines Donald Dennis and Erik Dewey for a discussion on the various gaming opportunities at Disney World

The Disney Podcasts Scott Listens to on a regular basis:

• Be Our Guest: http://www.beourguestpodcast.com/
• Inside the Magic: http://www.insidethemagic.net/
• WDW Radio: http://www.wdwradio.com/

Erik, Don, and Giles do another reviewapalooza, and talk about how you could get a free game!

• Catan Junior
• Bug Out
• Zip Zap
• Animal on Animal
• DiceAFARI
• Timeline

Erik and Don briefly discuss the Kickstarter project Road to Enlightenment

On Board Games is a proud member of the Dice Tower Network RSS Feed: http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/rss Email us: onboardgames.net@gmail.com On Board Games Guild at Board Game Geek

In an last-minute emergency change of game for April, Mags ran John Wick's Cat RPG for Kae, John, Steve, and Layne! Plus, wine tasting, folks (stay after for Layne's reviews)!

No specific recipe as such for April, because circumstances didn't really allow us to cook. So the Buffet decided on a tapas approach, with Mags bringing chicken salad, quinoa salad, crackers, and a sandwich platter from CostCo, John providing cheeses and wine, Layne provided assorted chocolates and wine, Steve bringing wine and fresh fruit, and Kae bringing fresh veggie platters and soda.

You can see our recommendations for a wine-and-cheese supper in the show notes from AGC Episode 54 in June 2007. If you're interested in how we Louisvillians approach finger sandwiches, take a look at this recipe for a local favorite: Benedictine spread.


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Seeland, Finca Re-Review, and Alhambra Comments

On this episode of the deployment zone; We announce the winner to our first contest, John swoons over his new Monstrous Arcanum and Imperial Armour books, and what our methods are for adapting to a new Army Book or Codex. All this and more On the Deployment Zone. 0:00:23 Roll Call 0:14:10 Arms Race 0:48:15 [...]

Ryan and Geoff tackle reviews and criticism. What are the different types? What drives people to write reviews? How do people use them? Do game reviews need to differ from film or book reviews? All these questions, and more, are discussed, dear listener, in this latest episode of Ludology.

Duration: 1:05

Interview guest: SuperChutney

Episode IV

0:0 Introduction with Herr Dr: Feedback, review of listener survey on Boardgamegeek.com, announcement of Kickstarter project for Guns, Dice, Butter Season ONE and a preview of this episode

0:17: Intro & conversation with Nick Karp, designer of Victory Games' Vietnam and CFO of Shenandoah Studio, the new gameco that is bringing wargames (among others) to new devices like the iPad. Nick discusses early days at SPI and Victory Games, his design Vietnam, Shenandoah Studio, and their upcoming iPad title Battle of the Bulge.

1:30 Intro & conversation with Nels Thompson, Breakout Normandy shark, who is now off on a lark to conquer the game Vietnam. Nels discusses why this 30 year title has great game play.

2:46  Wrap up by Herr Dr; hobby news, shout-outs and preview of Episode V (late may) which will cover Empire in Arms and World in Flames.

Please support our Kickstarter project: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/523543153/guns-dice-butter-season-1 

Lee Brimmicombe-Wood returns to the podcast so Bruce Geryk can talk more about bombers and commanding in them, in the recently released board game Bomber Command. And this time, we let them talk it all the way through! More on design decisions, simulating the air war and balancing history and play.

In episode 81 we review the lore of shadow. Mark talks about his first few games with Empire, Gareth considers a new army, Ben talks about his army list for Call to War. Gareths Query Corner throws up some new questions and you can win a copy of Shieldwall. We also have a new sponsor [...]

The Strange Assembly crew discusses the Knoxville Kotei and a whole lot of board games.

A brand new episode brings three interviews straight to your door! First up, Brian and Geoff Engelstein join me to discuss their new project - Space Cadets. A co-op game that sounds like it’ll be a barrel of laughs, they’re also planning a live version before Stronghold Games release it for Essen 2012. Max Tempkin [...]

Bistro comes crawling back and we talk about collectible card games

This time, we have the wonderful opportunity to interview Jeff Quick at AEG, the project lead for Thunderstone Advance. Check it out!

"Love is murder, murder is love, I'm a rock'n'roll hoodlum with a black leather glove. Knock me down, baby, step on my face, I'm a fool for ya baby, let's blow up this place."

 

And Advanced Squad Leader.  Starter Kit.

We come to episode 42 and we’re hoping this is the last episode with just Dale and myself. I am very pleased to say we are going to have more co-hosts in future episodes and they’re going to make the podcast really great! You’ll find out who in this episode of the show. In [...]

In this episode of The State of Games, Monkey and Dice have a nice chat - again! - with favorite guest Richard Launius, designer of the classics Arkham Horror, Elder Sign and Defenders of the Realm. The trio discuss Richard's current design in Defenders of the Realm: Battlefields, his involvement with the latest Sentinels of the Multiverse expansion, his feelings on Kickstarter, and some future projects in pulp and pirates. All this, plus talk of Origins plans, some morbidly humorous gameplay in Village and Infarkt, the fan-favorite Hawaii, Darrell Louder's chemistry brainchild Compounded, and progress on our very own Take the Bait, Soapbox Derby and VivaJava. Come on in, the water's packed!

In this show, we review several games, including Shootout, Nefarious, and Catan Junior.  We take a look a the latest gaming news, travel the country looking for game stores, and announce a new, upcoming podcast.  Finally, we talk about our favorite gaming partners - who do we want to game against?

Nieuws over Izzet vs. Golgari, wat geleuter over prerelease weekend en decks. 3 decks. Jorn, Mark en Joep. De decks: Mark: Commander Gisela in Standard Joep: RWAVR (Gisela) Joep: BUAVR (Dark Impostor) Beluister de podcast: Waar wij te vinden zijn? Nou..overal: Website: heren.magicology.nl Email: herenvanhetspel@gmail.com Twitter: twitter.com/herenvanhetspel iTunes Oh, en kijk ook eens op COMBO.magicology.nl.

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Not content with the ton of interviews we snagged at the ASL Open, we pursued another ASL legend, Jim Stahler.  After a near miss we made a connection with the man responsible for the Chapter K Training Manual for the Advanced Squad Leader Rule Book. Jim has also authored several articles for the Journal/Annual, and he has a big -- nay, GIGANTIC -- ASL project in the works that you can hear about here. Wow! This is one interview you won't want to miss.

And here's just a reminder that your chances to bid in the first T2HS Auction will soon be over. Email or tweet us with your bid(s), then watch our Twitter
feed for updates so you'll have a chance to bid again if you like. Items will go to the highest bidders on May 15th 2012. This is a great opportunity to get some great stuff and help out The 2 Half-Squads at the same time.

Here are the auction items:
Squad Leader - the Avalon Hill original. Used, good condition, might be missing some counters. 
Cross of Iron - the Avalon Hill expansion for above. Used, good condition, missing a counter.
For King and Country - the ASL module. New, un-punched.


SHOW GUIDE
6:10 Letters
19:30 Jim Stahler Interview
1:16:30 Total Running Time

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Please take the 2012 Podcast Listener survey and show your support for UnderDiscussion: The Undergopher Podcast. This week Hooligan and 8one6 sit down for a brief discussion of Fantasy Flight’s Warhammer 40k RPG Deathwatch. We touch on the fluff, the mechanics, and rant a bit about Games Workshop. This episode clocks in at about 30 minutes.

The gang from Secretly Timid joins us this week for a rousing round of mind-boggling, thought-provoking dilemmas: Would You Rather…? Things we discuss include: Stephenie Meyer, who on Captain Planet had the lamest power, the fear of cement trucks, adult diapers … Continue reading →