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Tom Vasel and Eric Summerer take a look at board games, card games, and the people who design, publish, and play them. Top ten lists, Q&A, tales of horror, and more await you!
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Tune in every Wednesday to immerse yourself in The Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast, dedicated to board games, card games, role-playing, and the miniatures hobby. Join The Secret Cabal Founders: Jamie, Chris, Steve, Don, and Tony T, as they present a captivating array of perspectives on board games, all delivered with a generous dose of irreverent nonsense. Explore the world of role-playing games with The Lord of the Dungeon, and accompany the Filthy Casuals as they delve into the miniatures gami ...
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Welcome to Ludology, an analytical discussion of the how’s and why’s of the world of board games. Rather than news and reviews, Ludology explores a variety of topics about games from a wider lens, and discusses game history, game design and game players. Ludology is part of The Dice Tower Network, the premier board game media network.
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Chewie, Mike, Brian, and Dirk have been talking about Magic: The Gathering on the internet for almost 10 years (at the time of this writing). Since there are so many shows about strategy and tournaments, these dorks focus on all the fun you can have with the game outside of that, from flavor to philosophy to game design to history to whatever else we can come up with. We're funny, we're serious about what we do, and we love it!
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Topical, controversial, and (hopefully) entertaining conversation about miniature war games, board games, and other topics near and dear to gamers' hearts. Our wide variety of topics include table top war games, board games, miniature games, Fantasy Flight Games (Starcraft, Descent, Twilight Imperium, etc.), Games Workshop (Warhammer, 40k), Privateer Press (Warmachine Hordes, Monsterpocalypse), Days of Wonder, Rio Grande Games, Video Games, MMORPGS (World of Warcraft, Warhammer Online), and ...
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A board game podcast that tackles the industry from both inside and out! The State of Games is hosted by Chris Kirkman, the head of publishing house Dice Hate Me Studio and co-owner of Greater Than Games, and features regular co-hosts Darrell Louder, resident grump and designer of Compounded, Bottom of the 9th, and Fate of the Elder Gods, and TC Petty III, gaming hipster and designer of VivaJava and VivaJava Dice, Xenon Profiteer, and Spires. Presented by the website www.dicehateme.com - the ...
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A podcast dedicated to the table-top game Blood Bowl, that focuses on flavor, history and fluff of the game. We also talk about local tournaments, running a house league, and house rules. Sit back and enjoy as Steve and Scott bring you the world’s #1 Blood Bowl podcast…
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A podcast following the sessions of a group of Australian gamers as they try different table top role playing game systems and adventure through fantastic worlds. Actual play sessions of games run on a weekly basis, tune in to join the fun.
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Out of Game is a monthly podcast about tabletop gaming, focused on unique discussion topics related to board games, card games, RPG’s, gamers, and gamer culture.
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Video games, traditional and tabletop games, anime, movies, tv shows, and all that other stuff that falls in the realms of general geek-dom and nerd culture. Some people love this stuff so much they try to call it a "lifestyle" all of its own. We don't. We're a handful of misanthropic nerds/geeks/what have you, who love these things as much as we're sick of them all. We're here to bitch, moan, rant, and generally tell you why we love to hate everything you love, and have a good time doing it ...
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Three gamers around the age of thirty sit down to talk about gaming in all its forms. Console and PC games, RGP, tabletop, and even board games.
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Bonus Episode 103 – WGM 3: clockwork crystals
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* (0:23) Prompts and prepositions. The clockwork circus is coming to town! * (1:40) Wayne’s circus in space. * (4:13) Mary’s circus on the frontier. * (7:53) Doug’s carnival of nightmares. * (8:41) Dan’s carnival of hope. * (13:10) Celestial crystals that grant power. * (14:05) Mary’s crystal preppers. * (16:08) Dan’s crystal entanglement. * (19:45…
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Lords of the Dungeon 76: Making Your Setting Feel Alive and Sudden Campaign Ends
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Greetings, noble Cabalists! Gather round as the Lords commence episode 76, where Sir Bender doth recount the tale of what he declares his most favored Shadowrun Adventure of all time! Thereafter, the valiant company delves into a discourse on breathing life into thy campaign worlds during sessions of gaming, and doth follow with a discussion on how…
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At The Table with The Dice Tower - Better Than The Original
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Tom, Julie, and Eric discuss the results of the Origins Awards, and share the nominees for The Dice Tower Awards' Game of the Year. Julie tells us about her trip to Origins (and Tom pines for ice cream), and we ponder the dos and don'ts of upgrading your boardgame pieces. Then, we finish the show with our Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 00:17 - Gen …
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Both Down Episode 165 – Glory – Howdy folks sorry about the website difficulties! We are back with the episode that should have dropped on July 4th. We start with a tribute to our friend Jim Lane. We catch up with Steve as he returns from Amorical Cup in Canada. Then we give you even more Steve as he fill us in on all the tournaments he is playing …
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Jim - Johnathan P. Young John N - Cyrus Roald Templeton IIIJesse - Jacob Hancock John H - Lester BoydNeil – GMThe boys try to locate and convince a huckster to join the team.https://peginc.com/CORE Products: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?filters=100202_0_0_0_0https://www.etsy.com/shop/MidwestResinGeekhttps://dappermeeplegaming.podbean.com…
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Episode 804 This week's hosts - Dave, Warlord Scarr, Hida-O-Win & SavageMickEditor - SavageMick Give a GM a scenario and they will run the game for a night. Give a GM a plot hook and they will spend the night before trying to flesh it out! This week the party dig into the pros and cons of supplying scenario outlines and plot hooks in published mate…
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Sen and Erica interview Rebecca Strang, a librarian and game designers who promotes gaming in libraries and is active on the Gaming Round Table of the American Library Association. Rebecca was also recently featured in "Games for a Rainy Day," a book with 54 micro-games, puzzles, and more. Why do boardgames and libraries go hand in hand? Let's find…
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Adaptations, Tournaments, & Video Games - Dorks Just Chatting
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This was recorded on June 6, but due to a whole lot of life happening, I never got to post it. Sorry about that. But here it is now, so enjoy! The dorks are back! We're chatting about how the Fallout show is an excellent adaptation and why. There's some talk about Chewie's June streaming plans, which got disrupted by various emergencies and life in…
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This week we finish ranking the Simply Solo games designed by Scott Almes and published by Button Shy Games. Find out which are my favorite top 3 of the six games. Simply Solo Series (BGG, Button Shy Games) 04:00 Ugly Gryphon Inn (BGG, Button Shy Games) 09:21 Fishing Lessons (BGG, Button Shy Games) 19:56 Food Chain Island (BGG, Button Shy Games)…
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Episode 300: Sea of Legends and The Episode 300 Retrospective
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Hey Now Cabalists and welcome to Episode 300! We kick off this milestone episode with a look back at our trip to Origins Game Fair in Columbus Ohio and the games we played there. Then Don and Jamie look at Sea of Legends from Guildhall Studios. Then after Tony T hooks us all up with the best damned tabletop gaming news segment in the entire world, …
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The Adventuring Party - Episode 803 This week's Party: Savage and Scarr Editor – Shane This week, yet more D&D spells with too many Ds to them. How many different ways to mind control different creatures does one game need? And is an underwritten spell a blessing or a curse? Covered this week: Divine Favor Divine Word Dominate Beast/Monster/Person …
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Munchkin Land #703: Games from Spiel des Jahres 2024
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Dan Patriss shares a number of games people saw at Spiel des Jahres 2024, and other board game news. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (…
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On this episode of On Board Games, Erik and Bruce are joind by Jeff Anderson from QWYX Events and BGG, to talk about games (and other things) they've played including: Blood on the Clocktower Charcuterie The Plum Island Horror The Gang Zendo Words of a Feather You can get a discount on Zencastr.com with key word ONBOARDGAMES (30:54) Next, they talk…
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Boardgames To Go 229 - Spiel des Jahres and Kenner nominations 2024
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Please join us on the Boardgames To Go discord server where you can chat online with other podcast listeners. Openers: Voyages Closers: Virtual Flea Markets (VFMs) at game conventions and other events It'll be no surprise to any listener that I care about the Spiel des Jahres. In addition to its decades-long strong & beneficial effect on our boardg…
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Zuchy Du - KurtSmokey MacManus - KevinHuxley Peterson – John HGM – Jesse The guys set out on a run to Tzaine where nothing at all could possibly happen. CORE Products: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?filters=100202_0_0_0_0https://www.etsy.com/shop/MidwestResinGeekhttps://www.patreon.com/legendsoftabletopTheme music created by Brett Miller h…
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In this installment of TTRPGKids, Special Guest Host Steph Campbell talks about how TTRPGs can be used in the classroom to help students gain social and emotional learning (SEL) skills.
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This week I look at the Simply Solo series from Button Shy Games. This is a collection of solo games all designed by Scott Almes, of many other games fame (Tiny Epic series, Warp's Edge and many more). In this two-part show, I rank the games from least to most favorite and focus on the last 3. Don't forget to enter the contest and win a copy of The…
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Mark and Rob discuss recent games they've played, then review The Feds, and finsih up by covering some of their favorite small box games. Games discussed in this episode include: The Feds, Final Girl, Trekking Through History, Wonderland's War, Clank! Legacy: Acquisitions Incorporated, Draft & Write Records, Wyrmspan, Dungeon Saga Origins, The Hung…
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At The Table with The Dice Tower - I Pick Things Up I Put Them Down
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Tom and Eric congratulate Julie on her successful move, which leads to a discussion on keeping your collection to a reasonable size (so you don't have to move as much). We run through the nominees for the Spiel des Jahres (Germany's Game of the Year awards), answer some questions from the mailbag, and share our recent Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.…
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Zuchy Du - KurtSmokey MacManus - KevinHuxley Peterson – John HGM – Jesse The guys set out on a run to Tzaine where nothing at all could possibly happen. CORE Products: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?filters=100202_0_0_0_0https://www.etsy.com/shop/MidwestResinGeekhttps://www.patreon.com/legendsoftabletopTheme music created by Brett Miller h…
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Sen talks to Patrick Leder from Leder Games at Origins 2023 in this installment of Pros and Cons. We're almost caught up with 2023's shows and we're recording 2024's Pros and Cons episodes right now! So much more to come!
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Episode 802 This week's hosts - Hida-O-Win & SavageMickEditor - SavageMick Okay, we promise this is the last one... for a while. Grab a Stormer friend and strap in for even more psychotic splatterpunk shenanigins with the recently launched SLA Industries - Threat Analysis 2: Cults by Nightfall Games. Hida and Savage spitball about what we can expec…
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1P 342: Back to the Table with Lord of the Rings The Card Game
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This week I bring Lord the Rings the Card Game from Fantasy Flight back to the table. This is a game that honestly, is often on the table. It's by far my most played game. I enjoy the deck construction and fun adventures of this game. It's still a great time to get into the game too. Lord of the Rings: LCG (BGG, FFG) A Long-extended Party (aLeP) fr…
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Join Leah as she interviews Joshua Chaplinsky.Joshua Chaplinsky is the author of ‘Letters to the Purple Satin Killer’, ‘The Paradox Twins’, ‘Whispers in the Ear of A Dreaming Ape’, and ‘Kanye West—Reanimator.’ His short fiction has been published by Vice, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Thuglit, Severed Press, PMMP, Expat Press, and Broken River Books. He was the…
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On this terrifyingly tall episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Matt and Tom are checking out some games with BIG THINGS in ‘em! Skyrise is the latest from Brass: Brum publishers Roxley Games and has you making great stinkin’ scrapers, and Leviathan Wilds from new publisher Moon Crab Games gets us climbing the backs of crusty creatures. It’s a…
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Episode 299: Fractured Sky and a Short Topic Extravaganza
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Hey Now and welcome to episode 299 of The Secret Cabal in which the gang gets deep into a bunch of the games they’ve been playing including Skyrise, Cascadero, Tigris and Euphrates, Zoo Vadis, Masters of the Universe Clash for Eternia, and feature Fractured Sky by Max Anderson, Zac Dixon, and Austin Harrison. Then Tony T gives us his world-renowned…
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On this episode of On Board Games, Erik and Don are joind by Tony Lawhorne from Lawhorne Design, to talk about games (and other things) they've played including: Faraway Federation Savage Worlds Adventure Edition Draft & Write Records Hissy Fit Xylotar You can get a discount on Zencastr.com with key word ONBOARDGAMES (17:56) Next, they talk about c…
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Cthulhu Invictus - An Old Friend returns 1-2
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Doreena Hermula – ReginaConsus Additus – JesseVatinius Papaus - TomMacreon the Scholar– John HKeeper – Oscar RiosMacreon receives a vision and puts together a party to try and rescue an old friend.https://www.youtube.com/@tabletoptaproomhttps://www.goldengoblinpress.comCORE Products: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?filters=100202_0_0_0_0htt…
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Perform, June 2024: SLA Industries...Again?
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The Adventuring Party - Episode 801 This week's Party: Shane and Dave Editor – Shane This week, The Party return to the topic of SLA Industries, how the recent revival has been going, and suggest ways it should go in the future. For context, see our last episode on the game here. ------------------------ Want to actually shout at us? Go to SpeakPip…
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Sen interviews Matt Faulisi, marketing manager at Skybound Tabletop, at Origins 2023. The Pros and Cons series continues in 2024 and we'll be slowly releasing those over the 2024/2025 season, first to Patreon subscribers and later in the schedule. Thanks for listening!
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This week Julius is out so I have my very own dream quest as I talk about the game In Dreams by Jamie Thul & Mike Berg. It's an interesting little solo journaling game using a deck of unique cards and a little bit of AI magic. In Dreams (BGG, Side Room Games, PnP Arcade)By Albert Hernandez and Julius Besser
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Mark and Rob discuss recent gaming and then go over the SDJ nominees. Lastly they go over all the crowd funded games they are waiting for. Games discussed in this episode include: Let's Go! To Japan, Too Many Bones, Final Girl, Draft & Write Records, Alhambra, Gizmos, Pandemic: Hot Zone – North America, Abducktion, Trekking [...]…
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On this VGA-Compliant episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are chatting about two excellent asymmetric games they’ve been dabbling with recently! First up is Ironwood - a game where wood and metal collide in a Root-Lite frenzy of asymmetric squabbling - followed by Undaunted 2200: Callisto - the newest, most lunar entry into the …
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Lords of the Dungeon 75: Mothership, Shadowrun, and Player Created NPCs
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In episode 75 of Lords of the Dungeon, the crew jacks in and starts off with Jess’ new chef bard character, whipping up more than just trouble in the kitchen. Jamie dives into the nitty-gritty of the Mothership Core and Deluxe Boxed Sets, spilling the beans on all the bad ass goodies inside the boxes. Meanwhile, AC decrypts some fresh insights on P…
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At The Table with The Dice Tower - Places Please
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This time, Tom recounts his trip to BGG Spring, and Eric reviews the Dungeons and Dragons show in New York City. We act out a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror, attempt to help answer a listener question, and close the show with our Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 00:47 - Summer Events 05:26 - Dice Tower District 06:09 - Tom at BGG Spring 13:22 - Eric …
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Munchkin Land #702: Star Trek: Captain's Chair
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Dan Patris is back with more news from the board game world! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us a…
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Cthulhu Invictus - An Old Friend Returns 1- 1
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Doreena Hermula – ReginaConsus Additus – JesseVatinius Papaus - TomMacreon the Scholar– John HKeeper – Oscar RiosMacreon receives a vision and puts together a party to try and rescue an old friend.https://www.youtube.com/@tabletoptaproomhttps://www.goldengoblinpress.comCORE Products: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?filters=100202_0_0_0_0htt…
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Sen and Erica welcome Whitney Red Loraine to the podcast to talk about how her experiences as a boardgame cafe owner / operator has informed her as she transitioned to become a boardgame designer.
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Episode 800 This week's hosts - Dave, Hida-O-Win, Warlord Scarr & SavageMickEditor - SavageMick Another milestone. This time, instead of looking back or inwards, we instead ask some of your questions and ponder what could have been, what might yet be... What If? ----------------------------------------------------------------- We have a Discord Ser…
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Episode 701 - The Traitor Among Us (Heirs of Trivester #19)
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Brian's homebrew MTG RPG continues! After our tribulations in the tunnel, the party finds itself in a large room. Syr, who we've been chasing down this tunnel the entire time, is in a pod of some sort. From here, all sorts of shenanigans ensue. Things get weird before the end. And of course, we end on a serious cliffhanger just to keep everyone inv…
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Episode 298: Age of Comics and The Cabalists Court of Fairness
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HEYOH CABALISTS! The 2024 KICKSTARTER IS LIVE! Stop the podcast now and go support all The Secret Cabal Shows right now. Today the Founders kick off the episode talking about their upcoming Origins Meetup - the first meet up they've 5 years! Then get into some of the games they've been playing including Beyond the Sun, Golem, Now or Never, Slay the…
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Mark and Rob do an in depth session report covering recent gaming. Games discussed in this episode include: Super Mega Lucky Box, Draft & Write Records, Too Many Bones, Planet Unknown, Next Station: Paris, Roll to the Top: Journeys, Dog Park, Gloomhaven, Starship Captains, Dungeons, Dice & Danger, Tapestry, The Downfall of Pompeii, Dungeon Saga [..…
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On this episode of On Board Games, Erik is joind by Steve Chivers, from Board Game Chin Wag, to talk about games (and other things) they've played including: World Wonders Heat: Pedal to the Metal Atlantis Rising Pole Position You can get a discount on Zencastr.com with key word ONBOARDGAMES (27:17) Next, they talk about the mental health, specific…
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Jim - Johnathan P. Young John N - Cyrus Roald Templeton IIIJesse - Jacob Hancock John H - Lester BoydNeil – GMSomething unexpected happens to our posse while in the train to Cheyenne. https://peginc.com/CORE Products: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?filters=100202_0_0_0_0https://www.etsy.com/shop/MidwestResinGeekhttps://www.patreon.com/lege…
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To start off their second year with Ludology, Steph Campbell of TTRPGKids sets the stage for the next 12 episodes that will deal with using TTRPGs for educational purposes. They start the discussion off by talking about the various ways that TTRPGs can help students connect more with learning materials versus more traditional routes.…
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The Adventuring Party - Episode 799 This week's Party: Shane and Dave Editor – Shane This week, The Party discuss some of the quirks of magic items in RPGs: How do you figure them out? Should they have horrible curses? And how many should you have, anyway? ------------------------ Want to actually shout at us? Go to SpeakPipe and tell us how you re…
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This week Julius and I go out on a limb and talk about miniatures gaming. Turns out this isn't a subject we really know much about so we struggle to come up with some good examples of it. Still, I think the episode is useful if you are curious about miniatures gaming and want to find out a bit about what that is. Also, check out the new YouTube cha…
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Boardgames To Go 228 - Spiel des Jahres Wayback Machine...2019 (with Mark Jackson)
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Openers: Knarr, Faraway Closers: Ordering games nominated for the IGA and SdJ awards Mark Johnson @MarkEJohnson Mark Jackson @akapastorguy Recently I asked my listeners for more feedback about this old podcast. What I heard back was very encouraging--thanks for that. Most of you just tell me to keep doing what I like & want. Good, I will! Some othe…
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Hey now Cabalists! Today's episode of The Secret Cabal Express Tony gives us the rundown of his first visit to the California game convention KublaCon! And then the fellas get into a discussion about Epic Board games. Enjoy!By The Secret Cabal Founders
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At The Table with The Dice Tower - In The Year Two Thousand... Four
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Tom, Julie and Eric run through some of their plans for Dice Tower East and Gen Con later this summer before taking a look at the year that was 2004, which was inexplicably 20 years ago. We share a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror, answer a question from the mailbag, and round up our Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 00:48 - Events at Dice Tower East 03…
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