Conventions are Awesome There was a moment during Geekway where I wasn’t playing any games. I’d sat down next to some friends while they wrapped up a game - I too had just come off playing something. I’d stayed up until 4 AM planting beans by way of dice, and was contemplating getting away from everything to take a nap. Looking around in my exhausted state, I was struck by what an amazing experience a gaming con is. I was surrounded by people who had taken entire days away from the rest of their lives to revel in 05/25/2016
There was a moment during Geekway where I wasn’t playing any games. I’d sat down next to some friends while they wrapped up a game - I too had just come off playing something. I’d stayed up until 4 AM planting beans by way of dice, and was contemplating getting away from everything to take a nap. Looking around in my exhausted state, I was struck by what an amazing experience a gaming con is. I was surrounded by people who had taken entire days away from the rest of their lives to revel in
Calvin's Corner - The Magic Circle: how to lie to your friends and kill them. Board games are magical. Nowhere else can we spend an afternoon as a 14th century French noble before turning into astronauts harvesting alien crystals and topping it all off as spies in a science fiction future. Part of this magic is the ability of games to transport us to wonderful places, not just in our imaginations but also emotionally. We can spend entire gaming sessions scheming, lying, and backstabbing our closest friends - then laugh about it together over dinner. At the gaming table, 05/24/2016
Board games are magical. Nowhere else can we spend an afternoon as a 14th century French noble before turning into astronauts harvesting alien crystals and topping it all off as spies in a science fiction future. Part of this magic is the ability of games to transport us to wonderful places, not just in our imaginations but also emotionally. We can spend entire gaming sessions scheming, lying, and backstabbing our closest friends - then laugh about it together over dinner. At the gaming table,
Episode 19 - Hybrid Games Recent plays include Millennium Blades, Mysterium, Krosmaster Quest, and Kodama. Discussion of hybrid Euro/Thematic designs makes up the main event. What We're Excited About - 1:30 Recent Plays Mysterium - 3:54 Millennium Blades - 12:55 Krosmaster Quest - 24:30 Kodama - 34:25 Hybrid Game Discussion - 41:30 iTunes Soundcloud RSS Stitcher 05/18/2016
Recent plays include Millennium Blades, Mysterium, Krosmaster Quest, and Kodama. Discussion of hybrid Euro/Thematic designs makes up the main event. What We're Excited About - 1:30 Recent Plays Mysterium - 3:54 Millennium Blades - 12:55 Krosmaster Quest - 24:30 Kodama - 34:25 Hybrid Game Discussion - 41:30 iTunes Soundcloud RSS Stitcher
Cardboard Combat - XCOM vs Level 7: Invasion There are thousands of games out there - which deserve to grace your table? Welcome to Cardboard Combat, where games get dinged and dented by our hosts in order to see if they’re right for your group! Today on Cardboard Combat, two co-op games about alien invasion: VS If two games fight, are they in fact boxing? CALVIN: What’s your favorite alien invasion movie? Please don’t say The Avengers. RAF: The Aveng-uhhhh. That’s a tough question. Honestly, there are a lot of really good ones but 05/16/2016
There are thousands of games out there - which deserve to grace your table? Welcome to Cardboard Combat, where games get dinged and dented by our hosts in order to see if they’re right for your group! Today on Cardboard Combat, two co-op games about alien invasion: VS If two games fight, are they in fact boxing? CALVIN: What’s your favorite alien invasion movie? Please don’t say The Avengers. RAF: The Aveng-uhhhh. That’s a tough question. Honestly, there are a lot of really good ones but
Episode 18 - Small Games, COIN Games, And Star Wars: Rebellion Review Raf discusses Tak and his latest COIN love, Charlie goes for lighter fare, and then they both dive headlong into Rebellion for a full review. What we're excited about (Last Friday/Millennium Blades) - 1:53 Tak - 5:24 Cockroach Poker - 13:44 Cheating Moth - 19:00 Liberty or Death - 22:51 Hostage Negotiator - 34:43 Contest Winner Announced - 39:27 Star Wars: Rebellion Review - 40:26 iTunes Soundcloud RSS Stitcher Check out our BGG Guild Forums! 05/04/2016
Raf discusses Tak and his latest COIN love, Charlie goes for lighter fare, and then they both dive headlong into Rebellion for a full review. What we're excited about (Last Friday/Millennium Blades) - 1:53 Tak - 5:24 Cockroach Poker - 13:44 Cheating Moth - 19:00 Liberty or Death - 22:51 Hostage Negotiator - 34:43 Contest Winner Announced - 39:27 Star Wars: Rebellion Review - 40:26 iTunes Soundcloud RSS Stitcher Check out our BGG Guild Forums!
Raf reviews - Tak "Tak is the best sort of game: simple in its rules, complex in its strategy.” These are the words Kvothe uses to describe Tak in The Wise Man’s Fear. At the time, Patrick Rothfuss hadn’t actually made the game of Tak so it was pretty easy to describe a beautiful brilliant game. It’s much harder to actually make one. Fortunately, Patrick and James Ernest have done just that; Tak is an excellent game. Tak in action. I am neither an abstract aficionado nor a Kingkiller Chronicles superfan. It’s 05/01/2016
"Tak is the best sort of game: simple in its rules, complex in its strategy.” These are the words Kvothe uses to describe Tak in The Wise Man’s Fear. At the time, Patrick Rothfuss hadn’t actually made the game of Tak so it was pretty easy to describe a beautiful brilliant game. It’s much harder to actually make one. Fortunately, Patrick and James Ernest have done just that; Tak is an excellent game. Tak in action. I am neither an abstract aficionado nor a Kingkiller Chronicles superfan. It’s
FUSE - Encyclopedia Brown In Real-Time FUSE is an interesting game where players COOPERATE in REAL-TIME to defuse a whole gaggle of EXPLOSIVE bombs that have been planted on their otherwise serene spaceship (why are we shouting? I DON'T know!). Facilitated by a free proprietary app, the 10 minutes tick away like an F-15 slicing through a clear sky. The table is full of terse shouting and backhanded vocal jabs as you try to muddle your way through bomb defusal via rolling handfuls of dice. Oh those damn multi-colored dice. Forget the 04/28/2016
FUSE is an interesting game where players COOPERATE in REAL-TIME to defuse a whole gaggle of EXPLOSIVE bombs that have been planted on their otherwise serene spaceship (why are we shouting? I DON'T know!). Facilitated by a free proprietary app, the 10 minutes tick away like an F-15 slicing through a clear sky. The table is full of terse shouting and backhanded vocal jabs as you try to muddle your way through bomb defusal via rolling handfuls of dice. Oh those damn multi-colored dice. Forget the
Calvin's Corner - Gateway-keeping: How to introduce people to boardgaming. If you’re reading this, it’s pretty good odds that you think board games are amazing (spoiler alert: they are) and are on a mission to share them with as many people as you can! In the past I have, while introducing muggles to our wonderful hobby, may have accidentally scared some off. So you don’t repeat my mistakes, here are some tips to making sure your gaming introductions get off to a wonderful start. Give them a few options. Emphasis on FEW. Throwing a dozen games at them is a bad idea 04/26/2016
If you’re reading this, it’s pretty good odds that you think board games are amazing (spoiler alert: they are) and are on a mission to share them with as many people as you can! In the past I have, while introducing muggles to our wonderful hobby, may have accidentally scared some off. So you don’t repeat my mistakes, here are some tips to making sure your gaming introductions get off to a wonderful start. Give them a few options. Emphasis on FEW. Throwing a dozen games at them is a bad idea