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Date |
Episode Name/Link |
Main Topic |
Notes and Other Features |
| 0 |
01 Mar 2007 |
Meet the Makers |
Introduction |
Reposted to Libsyn Feed 10 Mar 2007 |
| 1 |
15 Mar 2007 |
Don't Quit Now |
Quitting games in progress and discussion of game events. |
interview with Niagara Board Gaming Weekend's, Mike Cardwell |
| 2 |
31 Mar 2007 |
Expanding Game Play |
The benefits and purposes of expansions. Creating prototypes and pitching games to publishers. |
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| 3 |
13 Apr 2007 |
Critical Reviews and the Modern Board Game |
Reviews and game definitions. Scott and Donald discuss what we call games and why it matters. |
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| 4 |
18 May 2007 |
Building a Game Group |
Finding people, finding space, publicity, game choices. |
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| 5 |
18 June 2007 |
Getting Your Game Collection into Play |
Convincing your friends to play the games you purchased. |
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| 6 |
05 Jul 2007 |
Endgame |
Victory conditions: victory points vs. victory conditions |
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| 7 |
21 Jul 2007 |
It's Just a Gimmick |
Games with unique gimmicks |
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| 8 |
6 Aug 2007 |
We Rule! |
Game Rules: Poorly assembled rulebooks and various formats |
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| 9 |
21 Aug 2007 |
Gateway Games: The First Hit is Free |
Care and feeding of new gamers. Board Game Podcast Award for Best Gateway Game:-
Summary of nominees, winner declaration and discussion why winner is a great gateway game |
Review of Penguin by Fantasy Flight Games |
| 10 |
7 Sep 2007 |
Social by Request |
Games that promote social interaction. |
Advanced Squad Leader Starter Sets reviewed by Erik
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| 11 |
24 Sep 2007 |
Not Your Father's Board Games |
Playing games with children. |
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| 12 |
29 Oct 2007 |
Role-Playing Board Games |
Scott gives an impromptu Quelf review One fan of the show asks about Scott's weird games
Donald is mocked due to the episode's likely delay and fading relevance to Essen
Return of Return of the Heroes |
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| 13 |
2 Dec 2007 |
The Price of Board Games |
Mayfair Setting price floor on their games. |
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| 14 |
Removed for matters of national security |
?? |
It's all Erik's fault, really |
?? |
| 15 |
30 Dec 2007 |
Party On |
Party Games. |
Donald interviews Dominic of North Star Games
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| 16 |
17 Jan 2008 |
Down Time and Delay of Game |
Games with long down time and players who cause delay of game. |
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| 17 |
1 Feb 2008 |
The Big Event |
Round Table:
Event Round Table
Erik, Scott, and Donald discuss industry only shows, trade to consumer shows, and fan oriented shows.
- BGG Con, Chitag, GAMA
Australian Big Event segment by Caradoc |
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| 18 |
17 Feb 2008 |
The Culture of Game Consumption |
Round Table:
The Culture of Game Consumption by Scott, Erik, & Donald
Wandering Geek OBG Promo
Correspondent Segment:
Games in Education - Giles discusses why games make a good addition to any classroom. |
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| 19 |
02 March 2008 |
The Dirty Dozen |
Round Table
The Twelve Lowest Ranked Games on Board Game Geek.
Blott's Guide to the Geek
Game Rankings.
Caradoc on Games in Education
Giles discusses the ways he has used games in schools. |
Steve LeShay of Sherco Games interviewed by Donald
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| 20 |
17 March 2008 |
Player Scale-ability |
Round Table
Player Scale-abilityCorespondent Segments
Games in Education - Giles reveals games used in schools
A Guide to the Geek - Ben covers the advanced search feature |
- Realpolitik from Peccable Productions reveiwed by Scott
- Heroscape from Hasbro reviewed by Erik
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| 21 |
31 March 2008 |
Interview Episode |
Interviews
Andrew Parks
Pet Fenlon |
- Gamer's Companion to Shakespeare, reviewed by Giles
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| 22 |
23 April 2008 |
Print and Play Games |
Round Table
Print and Play Games
Corespondent Segment
Games in Education by Giles - the stigma of games in schools |
- Black Death v1.01 from BTRC reviewed by Erik
- Caveman from MAG Ltd reviewed by Scott, Tammy, and Donald
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| P1 |
7 May 2008 |
Pirate 1 Walk the Plank |
Music
Poxy Boggards
Happy Jack’s Undrinkable Ale |
Review
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| 23 |
15 May 2008 |
Train Games |
Round Table
Train Games
Corespondent Segments
Games in Education - Giles interviews Tom Vasel
A Guide to the Geek - Ben covers Geek Lists |
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| 24 |
8 June 2008 |
International Gamers Awards |
Round Table
International Gamer Awards
Corespondent Segments
Games in Education - Giles discusses talks about the Games for Educators site. |
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| 25 |
25 June 2008 |
Alex Yaeger Interview |
Main Segment
Interview with Alex Yaeger |
No reviews this episode |
| 26 |
6 July 2008 |
Teaching Games |
Round Table
Teaching games
Corespondent Segments
Giles discusses Boardgames Australia Awards. |
Reviews
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| 27 |
26 July 2008 |
Monopoly and More |
Round Table
Donald, Scott, and Erik revisit classic American board games from their youth
Corespondent Segments
Music contest results are in.
Discussion of the Scrabble lawsuit |
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| P2 |
14 August 2008 |
Pirate: Loot |
Round Table
Donald discusses the game Loot and plays more pirate music
Music Segment
Music provided by Marc Gunn |
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| 28 |
10 Septemebr 2008 |
Small Game Companies |
Round Table
Donald Scott and Erik talk about the place of small game companies in the hobby, and discuss review copies of the games.
Corespondent Segments
Interviews with Craig Ichabod O'Brien and David Crockett |
Reviews
Oddly, there aren't any. |
| P3 |
18 September 2008 |
Pirate: Caribbean |
Round Table
Donald discusses the game Caribbean and plays more pirate music
Music Segment
Music provided by Pyrates Royale |
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| 29 |
30 September 2008 |
Store in a Cool Dry Place |
Round Table
Donald, Scott,and Erik discuss the different ways to store your game collection and the game components. We also learn that Don has issues.
Corespondent Segments
Giles talks about his lunchtime gaming program |
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| 30 |
26 October 2008 |
Start Your Engines |
Round Table
Scott and Erik discuss racing games
Corespondent Segments
Giles talks about using punchboards |
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| AA1 |
11 November 2008 |
All Alone |
Topic
Erik talks about single player games |
Review
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| 31 |
19 November 2008 |
Take That! |
Round Table
Donald, Scott and Erik discuss Take That Games
Corespondent Segments
Giles talks take that games and direct conflict games in the classroom |
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| 32 |
15 December 2008 |
Games with Large Groups |
Round Table
Donald, Scott and Erik discuss Dominion, large group games, and breaking large groups into smaller groups.
Corespondent Segments
Donald and Giles talk about games with large groups and review the Werewolves games. |
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| 33 |
22 January 2009 |
Pimp Your Games |
Round Table
Donald, Scott and Erik discuss pimping your games
Corespondent Segment
Giles throws in his two cents about pimping his games. |
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| 34 |
17 February 2009 |
Bait Games |
Round Table
Donald, Scott and Erik discuss what makes a game good bait to draw in non gamers.
Corespondent Segments
Giles talks about games he played at the Australian Games Expo 2009.
Bart shares his success with Avid Gamers |
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| OW 1 |
26 February 2009 |
Out of this World 1: Castle |
Round Table
Giles and James talk about Fantasy books and games |
- Castle, reviewed by Giles & James
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| 35 |
11 March 2009 |
The Economy vs. the Board Game Industry |
Round Table
Donald Scott and Erik discuss what impact the economy will really have on the board game industry.
Giles gives his tuppence on the economy as well. |
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| 36 |
11 March 2009 |
Two Years and Counting |
Round Table
In this episode Donald, Scott, and Erik, discuss the first two years of On Board Games, and Giles chimes in as well. |
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| OW 2 |
18 May 2009 |
Out of this World 2: Fairy Tale |
Round Table
Giles and James talk about recently read Fantasy novels |
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| AA3 |
11 November 2008 |
The Rest of the Games |
Topic
Erik looks at playing regular games as solitaire. |
Review
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