Dinosaur Island Interview FINALLY a dinosaur theme park management game! Dinosaur Island challenges its players to cook up dinosaurs from DNA, build a park, entertain guests, sell T-shirts, and make sure no one gets eaten. With Dinosaur Island entering its final 48 hours on Kickstarter, I managed to talk to the entire crew behind the game about whether dinosaurs are the best (Spoiler: Yes), the game’s art direction, design process, and why it took so darn long for someone to make a game about this! Hi all! Thank you so 03/22/2017
FINALLY a dinosaur theme park management game! Dinosaur Island challenges its players to cook up dinosaurs from DNA, build a park, entertain guests, sell T-shirts, and make sure no one gets eaten. With Dinosaur Island entering its final 48 hours on Kickstarter, I managed to talk to the entire crew behind the game about whether dinosaurs are the best (Spoiler: Yes), the game’s art direction, design process, and why it took so darn long for someone to make a game about this! Hi all! Thank you so
Episode 39 - Kevin Wilson Interview Raf and Charlie catch up with Kevin Wilson to discuss the past, present, and future. Raf on March Madness - 1:20 Libertalia - 2:20 Wiz-War - 10:30 Roborally - 19:05 Unknown - 27:40 Chicago Meetup - 36:50 Kevin Wilson Interview - 39:00 iTunes Soundcloud RSS Stitcher 03/22/2017
Raf and Charlie catch up with Kevin Wilson to discuss the past, present, and future. Raf on March Madness - 1:20 Libertalia - 2:20 Wiz-War - 10:30 Roborally - 19:05 Unknown - 27:40 Chicago Meetup - 36:50 Kevin Wilson Interview - 39:00 iTunes Soundcloud RSS Stitcher
Episode 38 - Emotions at the Game Table Boasting, mystery, and bloodshed are discussed before diving into the positive and negative aspects of emotions in gaming. Excited About - 1:15 What We've Been Playing Lately: Warhammer Quest: Shadows Over Hammerhal - 4:20 The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen - 12:35 Champions of Midgard Expansions - 21:50 Holmes: Sherlock and Mycroft - 32:15 Emotions at the Gaming Table - 40:30 iTunes Soundcloud RSS Stitcher 03/08/2017
Boasting, mystery, and bloodshed are discussed before diving into the positive and negative aspects of emotions in gaming. Excited About - 1:15 What We've Been Playing Lately: Warhammer Quest: Shadows Over Hammerhal - 4:20 The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen - 12:35 Champions of Midgard Expansions - 21:50 Holmes: Sherlock and Mycroft - 32:15 Emotions at the Gaming Table - 40:30 iTunes Soundcloud RSS Stitcher
Spotlight - Sara Erickson Welcome to the International Women’s Day edition of Spotlight! Today we have Sara Erickson, who has broken many firsts for Spotlight: First public relations person, first Montana resident, and first person to own a game store! But I’m spoiling the fun - let’s let Sara tell you about herself. Hello Sara! Thank you for being on Spotlight. Could you please tell our audience who you are? I am the Director of Sales and Marketing for Renegade Game Studios. I live in beautiful Bozeman, MT where I 03/06/2017
Welcome to the International Women’s Day edition of Spotlight! Today we have Sara Erickson, who has broken many firsts for Spotlight: First public relations person, first Montana resident, and first person to own a game store! But I’m spoiling the fun - let’s let Sara tell you about herself. Hello Sara! Thank you for being on Spotlight. Could you please tell our audience who you are? I am the Director of Sales and Marketing for Renegade Game Studios. I live in beautiful Bozeman, MT where I
Charlie's Take - Hypergrid Abstracts are a weird thing for me. Setting and theme are such an integral part of what I seek out of this hobby that very few abstract games have garnered my attention. While Hypergrid does possess a small nod towards grander thematic trappings, it's still an abstract about stacking colored chips in columns and scoring points. And it's exceptional. This game is not currently in print and the copy I acquired is a prototype the designer arranged to be handed off to me at Gen Con 2016 in what 03/03/2017
Abstracts are a weird thing for me. Setting and theme are such an integral part of what I seek out of this hobby that very few abstract games have garnered my attention. While Hypergrid does possess a small nod towards grander thematic trappings, it's still an abstract about stacking colored chips in columns and scoring points. And it's exceptional. This game is not currently in print and the copy I acquired is a prototype the designer arranged to be handed off to me at Gen Con 2016 in what
Raf Reviews - COIN Part 2 A two part series on my favorite game system. Part 1 was about why I like these games so much. Part 2 goes into detail on each of the first 5 titles. Trying to suggest a COIN game is a lot like trying to suggest a beer. What do you like? What don’t you like? 5 different people will put these games in 5 different orders and I’d nod at all of them and say “yeah that feels right”. For this article I’ve decided to list them in the order I’m likely to pull them off the shelf. I’m not ranking them 02/26/2017
A two part series on my favorite game system. Part 1 was about why I like these games so much. Part 2 goes into detail on each of the first 5 titles. Trying to suggest a COIN game is a lot like trying to suggest a beer. What do you like? What don’t you like? 5 different people will put these games in 5 different orders and I’d nod at all of them and say “yeah that feels right”. For this article I’ve decided to list them in the order I’m likely to pull them off the shelf. I’m not ranking them
Episode 37 - New Angeles Review Raf and Charlie talk serial killers, science, and the end of the world before diving into New Angeles. Excited About - 5:00 Recent Plays Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective - Jack the Ripper and West End Adventures - 7:40 Evolution: Climate - 14:40 Perdition's Mouth: Abyssal Rift - 23:20 Aeon's End - 31:45 New Angeles Review - 44:05 iTunes Soundcloud RSS Stitcher 02/22/2017
Raf and Charlie talk serial killers, science, and the end of the world before diving into New Angeles. Excited About - 5:00 Recent Plays Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective - Jack the Ripper and West End Adventures - 7:40 Evolution: Climate - 14:40 Perdition's Mouth: Abyssal Rift - 23:20 Aeon's End - 31:45 New Angeles Review - 44:05 iTunes Soundcloud RSS Stitcher
Calvin's Corner - Gordon Calleja Interview Gordon Calleja is the designer of the Kickstarter smash hit Posthuman, a game that I did not know I needed in my life until I played it - and the upcoming revenge-movie styled Vengeance, which is one of the most anticipated games of 2017. At Essen, I sat down with Gordon to discuss his work, his process, and his upcoming projects. Vengeance's absolutely stunning kickstarter trailer. “The axe forgets, but the tree remembers.” Hi Gordon, thanks for talking to me. Assuming I know about the 02/20/2017
Gordon Calleja is the designer of the Kickstarter smash hit Posthuman, a game that I did not know I needed in my life until I played it - and the upcoming revenge-movie styled Vengeance, which is one of the most anticipated games of 2017. At Essen, I sat down with Gordon to discuss his work, his process, and his upcoming projects. Vengeance's absolutely stunning kickstarter trailer. “The axe forgets, but the tree remembers.” Hi Gordon, thanks for talking to me. Assuming I know about the
