Episode 63 – World Series of Board Gaming (Part 1)

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We’ve turned intuition into a buzzword—flattened it into a slogan, a gut feeling, or a vague whisper we don’t always know how to hear. But what if intuition is so much more? What if it's one of the most powerful tools we have—and we’ve just forgotten how to use it? In this episode, I’m joined by Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir , Icelandic thought leader, filmmaker, and author of InnSæi: Icelandic Wisdom for Turbulent Times . Hrund has spent over 20 years studying and teaching the science and art of intuition through her TED Talk, Netflix documentary (InnSæi: The Power of Intuition), and global work on leadership, innovation, and inner knowing. Together, we explore what intuition really is (hint: not woo-woo), how to cultivate it in a culture obsessed with logic and overthinking, and why your ability to listen to yourself might be the most essential skill you can develop. In This Episode, We Cover: ✅ Why we’ve misunderstood intuition—and how to reclaim it ✅ Practical ways to strengthen your intuitive muscle ✅ What Icelandic wisdom teaches us about inner knowing ✅ How to use intuition during uncertainty and decision-making ✅ Why trusting yourself is an act of rebellion (and power) Intuition isn’t magic—it’s a deep, internal guidance system that already exists inside you. The question is: are you listening? Connect with Hrund: Website: www.hrundgunnsteinsdottir.com TedTalk: https://www.ted.com/talks/hrund_gunnsteinsdottir_listen_to_your_intuition_it_can_help_you_navigate_the_future?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare Newsletter: https://hrundgunnsteinsdottir.com/blog/ LI: www.linkedin.com/in/hrundgunnsteinsdottir IG: https://www.instagram.com/hrundgunnsteinsdottir/ Book: InnSæi: Icelandic Wisdom for Turbulent Times Related Podcast Episodes: How To Breathe: Breathwork, Intuition and Flow State with Francesca Sipma | 267 VI4P - Know Who You Are (Chapter 4) Gentleness: Cultivating Compassion for Yourself and Others with Courtney Carver | 282 Share the Love: If you found this episode insightful, please share it with a friend, tag us on social media, and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform! 🔗 Subscribe & Review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Josh is back to talk all about his upcoming trip to the World Series of Board Gaming happening in Vegas! Josh is going to talk to us all about his prep and how this whole world series works. Join the Tabletop Alliance Fundraiser by visiting - https://go.rallyup.com/tabletopalliance2022 Have you volunteered for Extra Life? Sign up to potentially participate as part of Bruce's Study - https://tamu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d71TwF8c9ZXKGYC You can check out WSBG at https://wsbgvegas.com/ To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game ImpactLike the Facebook Page: Board Game ImpactInstagram: @boardgameimpactEmail: boardgameimpact@gmail.com

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Episode 63 – World Series of Board Gaming (Part 1)

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Episode 73 – Pikes Peak Gamer Con 40:10

2 years ago40:10

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This past weekend I had the privilege of traveling to Colorado Springs for Pikes Peak Gamer (PPG) Con! This local convention with a library of over 1,300 great games was an absolute blast. In this episode I talk all about the convention and speed run through the some of the games we played. Of course we also give an important update on Tabletop Alliance, our 501c3 nonprofit that spreads games to students across the US! Games Discussed: All Creatures Big & Small Carooka (both snooker & pool) Darwin’s Journey Terraforming Mars: Aeres Expedition Strike & Tournament Azul Japanese Card Games Volltreffer (Underground labyrinth and Five Tribes) Nana Potato Man Special shoutouts to Jon, Lainie, Jose, Angela, Sean, Peter, Mitchel, Denis, Dwayne, and others for making the weekend so great! To learn more about and support Tabletop Alliance, visit TabletopAlliance.Org To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game Impact Like the Facebook Page: Board Game Impact Instagram: @boardgameimpact Email: boardgameimpact@gmail.com…

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Episode 72 – Chicken 18:02

2 years ago18:02

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This episode is all about the little dice game that captivated me from GAMA Expo and was just released by Keymaster games...Chicken! In addition, Bruce shares some incredible news about Tabletop Alliance and how the article linked in these notes went out to 90,000 teachers in the National Education Association (NEA) magazine! TO support and donate to Tabletop Alliance go to - https://tabletopalliance.org/ NEA Article - https://www.nea.org/professional-excellence/student-engagement/tools-tips/want-your-teaching-game-let-students-play Pikes Peak Gaming Con - https://pikespeakgamers.com/ To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game Impact Like the Facebook Page: Board Game Impact Instagram: @boardgameimpact Email: boardgameimpact@gmail.com…

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Episode 71 – Dorfromanik 29:14

2 years ago29:14

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Today's episode is all about the 2023 Spiel des Jahres winner, Dorfromantik! This tile laying gaming campaign experience took my family by storm while we attended BGG.Spring. You definitely want to hear about all the interesting things this game facilitated for us! To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game Impact Like the Facebook Page: Board Game Impact Instagram: @boardgameimpact Email: boardgameimpact@gmail.com…

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Episode 70 – Hunt A Killer: Body on the Boardwalk 20:34

2 years ago20:34

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In this gamine experience deep dive we talk all about the Hunt A Killer Mystery Box: Body on the Boardwalk case. This case experience was sent to us by Hunt A Killer and we are glad they did because it was a really great mystery to solve and the components were beyond anything we had seen in this kind of experience to date. If you would like to try a Hunt A Killer case, feel free to use anyone of the codes that they sent us for use on their website: For $10 off any Item "HUNTGA1010" For 10% off an order "HUNTGA10" For 20% off either a 6 month or 12 month subscription "HUNTGA20" To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game Impact Like the Facebook Page: Board Game Impact Instagram: @boardgameimpact Email: boardgameimpact@gmail.com…

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Episode 69 – Team Games & Learning Journeys 55:02

2 years ago55:02

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In this episode of Board Game Impact released on 6/9 we welcome Dean as a guest so we can chat about team games, particularly the Crew and the lessons we learn while playing games together. This includes the game strategy, group meta, and more all related back to Blooms Revised Taxonomy for learning outcome development! Dean's BGA Username = OccamsRazor To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game Impact Like the Facebook Page: Board Game Impact Instagram: @boardgameimpact Email: boardgameimpact@gmail.com…

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Episode 68 – Disney Lorcana 40:03

2 years ago40:03

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This episode is all about getting to be one of the first to play Disney Lorcana while at the GAMA Expo 2023 and my first impressions of the trading card game. Disney Lorcana is set to release to retail late summer 2023 with their "first chapter" set that will have 204 uniquely new Disney art! The game is designed by Ryan Miller and Steve Warner, who were the two people who also taught me how to play! Make sure to listen to the whole episode to know all of my impressions on the game, conversations with the designers, and the owner of Ravensburger. To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game Impact Like the Facebook Page: Board Game Impact Instagram: @boardgameimpact Email: boardgameimpact@gmail.com…

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Episode 67 – The Doctor is in! 44:02

2 years ago44:02

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It has been an incrediblely life changing couple months and you have been extremely kind in your patience for another episode. I am happy to share that I am officially Dr. Bruce Brown (aka "Doc Brown") as I have successfully defended and completed a PhD! This episode is a MEGA update in advance of many more episodes to come. Topics discussed include: PhD Completion & Life Updates Incredible Tabletop Alliance Updates Children's Miracle Network Hospitals - Extra Life United GAMA Expo LOTS OF GAMES (with brief overviews) BGG.Spring (Memorial Day Weekend, upcomming)…

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Episode 66 – Lots to be thankful for 33:30

2 years ago33:30

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It has been an incredible month and a half since the last recording! We have been able to further the Tabletop Alliance impact to 18,000+ students, attended BGG.Con, made significant progress on my PhD, and more! Special thanks to all those who came and said high to me at BGG.Con, AMIGO Games, Many Worlds Tavern, and The Brothers Murph. The Brothers Murph: (please go follow them) Top 100 Games of all Time – https://youtu.be/MVBTXFKfrCc 152 Games Leaving Charity Cull - https://youtu.be/Vc5rS_xAakc Many Worlds Tavern - https://manyworldstavern.com/ To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game Impact Like the Facebook Page: Board Game Impact Instagram: @boardgameimpact Email: boardgameimpact@gmail.com…

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Episode 65 – Lords of Baseball 1:11:08

3 years ago1:11:08

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Join us as we interview Max Jamelli, an educator who uses games and now has a game of his own design (along with his father) coming to Kickstarter at the end of the month called Lords of Baseball! Why take me out to the ballpark when we can manage the ballpark from home! We are doing this live recording to raise awareness for Tabletop Alliance, a charity we believe in that sends games to schools, libraries, and community programs across the US for FREEE!!! Join us as we help them get the support needed to impact 10,000 students! Fundraiser campaign link - https://go.rallyup.com/tabletopallian... Lords of baseball Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lordsofbaseball/lords-of-baseball?fbclid=IwAR2UWxV54xf4SKV-YwYOZIafYvLPnCq4eBCHRBbrCNqLbMuu-BaKdLFXd2Q Support Board Game Impact on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/boardgameimpact…

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Episode 64 – World Series of Board Gaming (Part 2) 1:06:25

3 years ago1:06:25

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In this episode Josh is back sharing all about his experience from the first ever World Series of Board Gaming and even his experience playing Terraforming Mars The Dice Game!!! Definately a lot of fun was had at the competition, but so were too a lot of first convention growing pains. Tune in to hear all about it and Josh's plans for next year's event. We streamed this recording LIVE to Facebook, Twitch, and Youtube to raise awareness about Tabletop Alliance, a gaming charity that we care about! You can tune in for our recordings live so that you can participate in our discussion. Make sure to follow on each platform to be alerted when we go live! To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game ImpactLike the Facebook Page: Board Game ImpactInstagram: @boardgameimpactEmail: boardgameimpact@gmail.com…

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Episode 63 – World Series of Board Gaming (Part 1) 44:40

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Episode 62 – Downforce 33:24

3 years ago33:24

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In this episode Bruce revs up his engines as he shares about Downforce, a game by Restoration Games designed by Wolfgang Kramer. Also, Bruce shares how the podcast has surpassed 9,000 downloads thanks to you and wants you to know that there is currently a great way to win games while making a positive impact on a nonprofit they love, Tabletop Alliance. To support Tabletop Alliance by joining the game-a-thon, getting raffles, and/or donating visit - https://go.rallyup.com/tabletopalliance2022 To learn more about Board Game Impact: Join the Patreon: Board Game ImpactLike the Facebook Page: Board Game ImpactInstagram: @boardgameimpactEmail: boardgameimpact@gmail.com…

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Episode 61 – Beyond the Sun 33:38

3 years ago33:38

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For starters I am beyond the moon thankful to share that this podcast has been downloaded more than 9,000 times!!!! In this episode Bruce does a deep dive into Beyond the Sun by Rio Grande Games, designed by Dennis K. Chan. In addition Bruce shares about his upcoming game of Twilight Imperium (4th Edition) with the Prophecy of Kings expansion, and more as this episode was recorded LIVE and can be watched on the @BoardGameImpact pages on Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook. Make sure to subscribe on each so that you can join in live for a future recording as Bruce talks about more gaming things and your questions before and after the episode recording! To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game ImpactLike the Facebook Page: Board Game ImpactInstagram: @boardgameimpactEmail: boardgameimpact@gmail.com…

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Episode 60: Destiny Quest – The Legion of Shadow 41:10

3 years ago41:10

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In this episode of Board Game Impact Bruce reviews Destiny Quest - The Legion of Shadow game book by Michael J. Ward. This choose your own adventure game book has over 900 passages that the character you create can explore all while making meaningful decisions, engaging in combat, finding new gear, and learning more about this sprawling world that the author created. This game book does contain some mature content (fighting, battle, death) and is recommended for young adults and older due to the content. Join Bruce as he shares his experiences playing this first book in the Destiny Quest line for more than 15 hours in the unique role of being a game master for his wife as she has her character explore the vast storylines. Stay tuned after the credits for reading of the prologue by Bruce so you can feel the narrative environment that Michael creates through his writing. This episode was recorded LIVE and streamed to Patreon, Twitch , and YouTube to raise awareness for Tabletop Alliance, a volunteer run 501c3 nonprofit that supports educators, librarians, and community leaders using games by providing free games and consultations for the benefit of their students! You can learn more about Tabletop Alliance and donate by visiting TabletopAlliance.org To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game ImpactLike the Facebook Page: Board Game ImpactInstagram: @boardgameimpactEmail: boardgameimpact@gmail.com…

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Episode 59 – 28+ Games in 40 Minutes! 48:46

3 years ago48:46

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The podcast is back!!!!! After a long and jam packed PhD adventure of finishing off all coursework I am so happy to be back playing games and getting to share about them with you for the benefit of your gaming group. In what way did I come back you may ask....well with a vengeance is the correct answer! This episode crash courses 18 games, 10 kickstarters/preorders ahead, and sharing updates about some different elements (i.e. PhD Journey, BGG, Streaming Gaming). It is good to be back. This episode is full of crash courses on each of these 28 games in 40 minutes To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game ImpactLike the Facebook Page: Board Game ImpactInstagram: @boardgameimpactEmail: boardgameimpact@gmail.com The games discussed in this episode are: Clash of Cultures Monumental Edition by WizKidsDestiny Quest (Book 1) Legion of Shadow by Michael WardMarrakech by GigmaticCamel Up/Camel CupLast Message by IelloLibertalia by Stonemaier GamesWatergate by Capstone GamesCryptid by OspreyDune Imperium + Rise of Ix Expansion by Dire WolfGutenberg by Portal GamesMagic Mountain by AmigoPlanet Unknown by Adams Apple GamesTortuga 1667 by Facade GamesNemo’s War 2nd Ed. by Victory Point GamesJuicy Fruits by Capstone GamesKabuto Sumo by BoardGameTables.comWasteland Express Delivery ServiceRadlands by Roxley Games Kickstars/Pre-Orders Ahoy! By Leder GamesDestiny Quest world compendiumUm Actually - The Game of Nerdy ConnectionsCanvas Reflections Expansion by Road to InfamySleeping Gods; Distant Skies by Red Raven GamesToo Many Bones: Unbreakable Stretch Content from Chip Theory GamesAge of Steam Deluxe KS (All Maps) by Eagle GriffinAvatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game by Magpie GamesRoot Roleplaying Game by Magpie GamesSkyrise by Roxley Games…

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Episode 58 – Parks & Trails 39:34

4 years ago39:34

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In this episode Bruce and Josh compare and contrast Parks and Trails, both by Keymaster games. They discuss the nuances of each, gameplay, components, and overall whether one replaces the other or if there are differences to justify having both. To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game ImpactLike the Facebook Page: Board Game ImpactInstagram: @boardgameimpactEmail: boardgameimpact@gmail.com…

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Episode 57 – Twilight Imperium 1:44:50

4 years ago1:44:50

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In this episode Bruce uses his dozens of hours of playtime to ask Josh about his first every play of Twilight Imperium 4th Edition which included playing with the new Prophecy of the Kings Expansion. To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game ImpactLike the Facebook Page: Board Game ImpactInstagram: @boardgameimpactEmail: boardgameimpact@gmail.com Twilight Imperium Links: -Learn to Play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u2xEap5hBM -Choose starting factions site http://www.mygurps.com/TwilightImperium.html -Stats by faction Google Spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1c2fGqedk13kS8PR2XF1Olo7kWrjUu5LwZFLSRUKaKdo/edit#gid=0 -”Evernoob’s Super Cheat Sheet” https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Y_av0_M5Cyz8viBIMOqDjf_ZbawR9GGNWztPqR-zuso/edit#gid=291923345 -Map Generator https://ti4-map-generator.derekpeterson.ca/ -Space Lions Documentary by Shut Up & Sit Down - https://youtu.be/iUpFlkTvQgg Audio Transcript (Generated by AI...Coming Soon)…

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Episode 56 – BGG Awards 1:11:49

4 years ago1:11:49

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In this episode the BoardGameGeek Golden Geek Award goes to.......quite a lot of games actually. That's right Bruce and Josh share who won each of the game categories of the BGG Golden Geek Awards. Each of these came out in 2020 and were voted on throughout BGG's nomination and voting process by the BGG users. We encourage you to check out the Tabletop Alliance "Christmas In July - Buy a Game, Give a Game" experience at - https://shop.tabletopalliance.org/ To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game ImpactLike the Facebook Page: Board Game ImpactInstagram: @boardgameimpactEmail: boardgameimpact@gmail.com Audio Transcript (Generated by AI...coming soon)…

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Episode 55 – Hello World 1:18:55

4 years ago1:18:55

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The time has come for the start of in-person gaming and to nominate your favorites for the Board Game Geek "Golden Geek" Awards! Now that they are vaccinated they have started to play games again with other vaccinated individuals in-person with lots more coming soon. This being the case there are some great games that have gotten to the table. Nominations for Golden Geek: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2639250/15th-annual-golden-geek-awards-nominations-open Specific Games Discussed: Honey Buzz (Elf Creek Games)Star Wars: Unlock! (Space Cowboys)Lost Ruins of Arnak (CGE)MicroMacro - Crime City (Pegasus Spiele)It's A Wonderful Life (Lucky Duck)In Vino Morte (Button Shy)Nidavellir (Pegasus Spiele) To try MicroMacro: https://www.micromacro-game.com/en/index.html To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game ImpactLike the Facebook Page: Board Game ImpactInstagram: @boardgameimpactEmail: boardgameimpact@gmail.com Audio Transcript (Generated by AI...Coming Soon)…

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Episode 54 – Teaching & Learning Games 1:25:31

4 years ago1:25:31

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In this episode Josh brought up a discussion topic that was the focus of the entire show, how do we go about "teaching and learning games?" Given our backgrounds in education we easily could have kept talking about this but had to cut ourselves off but it was a lot of fun to have this personal conversation in an effort of sharing our perspectives and experiences. In addition, we also dive into game design choices such as intro games, recommended first plays, and campaign/legacy systems as a method of the game trying to be the teacher. We hope that you enjoy this episode, and more importantly find it helpful to you and your game group. As Josh mentioned several times, we would love to hear from you about what you have seen that has worked well or not so well. Please email those suggestions to us at Boardgameimpact@gmail.com. To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game ImpactLike the Facebook Page: Board Game ImpactInstagram: @boardgameimpactEmail: boardgameimpact@gmail.com Audio Transcription (Generated by AI) 00:00:09 - 00:05:02 And this episode of board game impact. We're going to be talking about teaching and learning games and some strategies that ends a stay tuned. How do you welcome to the latest episode of board game impact. My name is bruce. And i'm always joined by. This is josh and today. we're gonna be talking about teaching and learning games. But if you haven't heard if you haven't listened to us before please make sure to hit that. Subscribe button so you can get all the latest episodes because we are taking our educational lenses working on my phd. And josh and i both work and higher education and so we take those lenses and we apply them to the gaming situations that were having to break them down for your group benefit and so two days probably one of the most important ones there because we're literally talking about teaching and learning. It's a little on the nose with this little on the nose with this one like literally. I was teaching my class earlier today. So this is really about like some strategies and things like that. But i'll let josh get into that in a second but that is who we are. We also do some youtube videos occasionally. But we're very excited to be talking to you about this. So make sure to subscribe and then also go on over to facebook and instagram and follow us there. So just this was your brainchild which is interesting because we both work in education in find opposite fifty four for us to do this so walk us through kind of where this game from. Yes so this is a topic that i've been very interested in bringing to the show for quite a while now and where this really started for me is. I have traveled a lot over the past five ten years of my life. I've moved around for different jobs and different things like that and board games have always been my home whenever i find a new home. Is you know the first thing i do is i find. Where's where do people meet up to play board games in this new town that i'm living in and so it's how i introduce myself to people and how i meet people. I have found in the process of doing that. That i as i find new groups and new individuals that i'm learning a lot of new games that i hadn't heard of from other people but i'm also bringing a lot of two groups that have not had those games before and so i'm doing a lot of teaching And a lot of learning. And so i have realized and found and discovered over time some techniques and ways that i have modified the way that i teach games too i think improve my teaching methodology for different games. I found things work. I found things that don't work. And and so. I kind of wanted to bring this topic to the show. And you know. Bruce and i. We've we've talked a little bit. About how a very particular game that we're going to mention a little bit later on has a really great teaching mechanism built into the rule book. And that really kind of prompted me to say you ...…

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Episode 53 – Thawed Out 1:09:04

4 years ago1:09:04

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In this episode Bruce has finally thawed out in Texas and although he lost power several times he is thankful because board games don't require power so he was able to get in even more gaming. Together Bruce and Josh talk about what they have been playing recently as well as some of what they have backed or are excited about on Kickstarter. Enjoy! Specific Games Discussed: Root (Leder Games)Sleeping Gods (Red Raven Games)Merlin (Queen Games)Canvas (Road To Infamy) Kickstarters and coming soon things Darwin's Journey (Thundergryph)Maquis 2nd Edition (Side Room Games)Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition (Stronghold Games)Radlands (Roxley)Clinic 2nd & 3rd Extensions (AV Studio)CoraQuest (Dan & Cora Hughes)Crafting Arzium (Zoom Out Media)Meeples & Monsters (AEG)War Chest: Seige Expansion (AEG)Red Rising (Stonemaier Games) To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game ImpactLike the Facebook Page: Board Game ImpactInstagram: @boardgameimpactEmail: boardgameimpact@gmail.com Audio Transcription (Generated by AI) Episode 53 Thawed Out 00:00:08 - 00:05:03 In this episode of board game impacts. We're going to be talking about a whole bunch of kick starters and gains. You've been playing reselling now that we've been thought out here in texas a stay tuned. Welcome back to another episode of board game impact. Of course my name is bruce. And i'm joined by. This is josh. Josh and so we are recording I just want to give a quick caveat before we get started so the episode that came out last week. This is yeah. It's only been a week. And that is because texas froze over for a week and so thank you for understanding this kind of like weird schedule just one put that out there because literally there's rolling quote unquote rolling blackouts across the state and for many people. It wasn't rolling and there's still power and things like that and so if you're listening to this and the state of texas we just want to say and you're still having some ongoing things or friends who are just wanted to say like. Hey i hope all that gets worked out fast and that you are safe and that we are here with you and this is one of those times. That josh is getting put out there. Very thankful to be aboard gamer. Because when the power went out for hours on end i was able to get in some games and just opened up the blinds in the snow. The snow reflected the the sun pretty well so we can get some games so actually have more games than i was planning to even be able to talk about things going on. That's good right. Glad you found found some ways to entertain while you were there definitely elizabeth and i were thinking about you a lot over the last weekend of course Sitting all of our thoughts and well wishes to all of our listeners and everyone Down there in texas I know that that is a struggle I can only imagine what some folks have been going through so Yeah glad here that you Are doing well. I'm glad to hear that that caitlin is doing well and Hope hope everyone else out. There is also making through in this Very very strange times very much and by strange like you can't be like you're right on the money because literally four days ago it was negative one. And it's now seventy so it is just crazy. What's been nice this out there. I'm on a couple email threads with fellow geeks. Who board game geek. Things and it's been really nice having people like reach out and see this community come together and so if you're like okay. What the heck is this podcast about. This is your first time. We are so this is a board game related podcast. And so what does she do. We both work in higher education. And so what we do. Is we break down our gaming experiences through our educational lenses for the benefit of you and your gaming group and so if that sounds like something of interest makes to hit subscribe and we put out these episodes every other week with the obvious exception of texas freezes over so with that be...…

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Episode 52 – Dune Imperium 1:02:07

4 years ago1:02:07

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In this episode Bruce & Josh take a deep dive into Dune Imperium by Dire Wolf Studios. This coveted intellectual property along with the unique combination of deck building by the creators of CLANK! and worker placement make this game an interesting one to play. Listen in to this complete deep dive into our experiences for your benefit. To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game ImpactLike the Facebook Page: Board Game ImpactInstagram: @boardgameimpactEmail: boardgameimpact@gmail.com Audio Transcription (Generated by AI) 00:00:08 - 00:05:03 In this episode of board game impact the spice must flow as we talk about dune imperium. Welcome back to another episode of impact. As always i am bruce. I'm jordan. Joined by and this is josh. Well josh they say that fears the mind killer but so far getting started is thrown me off. I think it's just because we're very excited about this game and talk about it. Because i know you and i both had some anticipation with it. But before we get into that if this is your first episode of board game impact what you're here for is we look at games through educational lenses. We both work fulltime and higher education and we apply those lenses to unpack games and gaming experiences for you and your benefit so by listening to this is gonna be a deep dive into dune. Imperium and so Josh what do you want to say to kick us off a little bit. Yeah bruce. I was very excited about this game. I definitely had my acquisition disorder All a buzz So love the dune franchise Barracks cited to see this movie. When it finally comes out please. Yes at some point But you know. I fell in love. I actually came late to the dune party. I kinda picked up the books. Probably about two or three years ago And just absolutely fell in love because it's a phenomenal especially the first book The the main book dune For listeners who aren't really aware dune imperium is set in the dune universe series of novels by frank. Herbert sifi Political intrigue drama type series. That is absolutely fantastic So very very excited to play this really excited to talk about it and and get some thoughts. Yeah and so Dean premium is made by designed by paldon and it was put out by dire wolf who you might know for doing some pretty great things over with some digital app adaptations so they did the digital adaptations of route but also this is the team that brought clank together. So there's a little bit deck building in this. Some really cool things and josh was saying a little bit about his position -ality so like our lenses that are getting applied to this. I was later to the dune thing too. I honestly picked up a copy. Abdoun my local like half price books for like five bucks two years ago. Because i'm like. I need to read this. And then when i found out the movie was coming out and was like blown away by the trailer owes like i need to read this and so i read the book and then a month before the movie is supposed to come out. Movie comes out next year. So i'm a little caught up now but honestly back in the day josh before i ever really knew. What dune was things like that. I was really into the real time strategy games and like command and conquer right or red alert. But i also really like dune. Two thousand which was based on the dune universe and these different houses vying for control. Did you ever play that. I did not. It's pretty cool. It's exactly like command and conquer and things like that. Where you have your factions. You build the buildings and then you're trying to go out which later evolved into things like starcraft which took the world by storm but yeah these things were first starcraft. Just put that out. There did not never never played any of that. Okay look that up yeah. It's pretty cool. The graphics today's standard. Not that great. But if you like the lower of dune sand worms. I knew what a sand worm was new kinds of stuff back. Then and so.…

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Episode 51 – Ploys, Whispers, & Beyond 1:00:56

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In this episode Bruce and Josh talk about several games they have been playing lately, all of which have been in the BGG hotness at respective times. Find out what we thought about them and what we they brought out in ourselves and fellow gamers! Specific Games Discussed: Tapestry + Plans & Ploys (Stonemaier)A War of Whispers (2nd Ed) (Starling Games)Dwellings of Eldervale (Breaking Games)Beyond the Sun (Rio Grande) To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game ImpactLike the Facebook Page: Board Game ImpactInstagram: @boardgameimpactEmail: boardgameimpact@gmail.com Audio Transcription (Generated by AI....Coming Soon)…

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Episode 50 – Celebrating 50 Episodes while Making a Positive Impact 48:53

4 years ago48:53

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This episode is a celebration! We recorded it LIVE at the conclusion of an online game day where we raised awareness and funds for Tabletop Alliance. What better way to live up how we end every episode with "go make a positive impact on the world." Bruce and Josh are joined in the beginning by some others who participated in the game day, then there is some reflection on the day as well as the past 49 episodes, and then some excitement that is to come despite everything going on in the world at the time. We are so humbled and cannot believe we are at 50 episodes, and cannot wait to do 50 more! To learn more about Tabletop Alliance Visit TabletopAlliance.org To donate to the nonprofit text "Tabletop" to 44-321 (standard message/data rates may apply) Giveaway Link: https://gleam.io/yNVv8/kicking-off-2021-30-mm-giveaway Giveaway CODE: “ALLIANCE” ------------------------ Show Notes To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game Impact Like the Facebook Page: Board Game Impact Instagram: @boardgameimpact Email: boardgameimpact@gmail.com Transcript (Generated by AI) Episode 50 Celebrating 50 Episodes while Making a Positive Impact 00:00:09 - 00:05:07 Hello and welcome to the fiftieth episode. We're celebrating in this episode so we actually being recorded live so stay tuned for all the excitement and why we're doing this live. Hello and welcome to the fiftieth episode of board game impact. How crazy is that. So my name of course is bruce brown as always. I am joined by josh. So josh and i are not the only ones here. We're going to introduce a couple more people real fast but first of all if this is your first episode board game backed make sure to hit that. Subscribe button because what we're doing is we're applying our educational lenses. Both josh and i work fulltime and higher education. We apply those educational lenses to the gaming experiences. Mma games we're playing for your benefit and your game groups benefit so make sure to hit subscribe like on all the things and speaking of liking all the things i like the next people and the other people we had today on this stream because this is lie. This was a live recording that we're doing On the board game impact facebook page. So let's introduce a couple people who have been with us out of ours not everyone who is with us. This is just those who could be here right now but first of all fox you've been on the entire time introduce yourself. Hi i'm fox I play board games with bruce. And i used to play board games. Josh play board games. Josh today is great. And i'm also the financial officer of tabletop alliance and so we've been streaming all day. Four tabletop top lions. We're gonna talk all about that but justin how introduce yourself justed. Would we're friends and we'd like to play games together. Laid with all these people for a long time. It was a good day of playing games and it was absolutely great. Dan playing games. And i know you on the august dream. We did as well. So welcome back for another live episode recording conrad whereby you why is connor. They same same deal. All we play board games prime members or previous members of the twelve game or group out here in college station and gaming as well. So conrad this is. You are the conrad who i often refer to in the episodes for always whooping my tale showing me how to break games. I never always figure it out myself. Well you humble me all the time. So thank you for that So is also people we have on the stream today just to give them a little credit because there are so wonderful for sending a couple of hours with today but we had lucia on playing some games with us as well as And that was just so kind of taking y'all time out of today to play games to raise awareness for this great caused so real quick josh one or two you explain what the heck we've been doing for the last seven hours. Yeah absolutely so.…

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Episode 49 – Tabletop Alliance 36:41

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Let's kick 2021 off right by having a different and special episode to showcase how both Bruce and Josh are working to make a positive impact on the world, the quote they end ever episode with! In this special episode Bruce & Josh talk about Tabletop Alliance a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization they created which works with educators and community leaders to enhance their work through the incorporation of games! Learn more about Tabletop Alliance & Donate - https://tabletopalliance.org/ RSVP for the January 9th Game Day - https://fb.me/e/1QfqHXZOO Giveaway - https://gleam.io/yNVv8/kicking-off-2021-30-mm-giveaway Secret Code - "ALLIANCE" Special Thanks to: FoxDeborahDianaMatthew P(All Aboard Games)Scott B (Attorney)Michael “Futiles” To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game ImpactLike the Facebook Page: Board Game ImpactInstagram: @boardgameimpactEmail: boardgameimpact@gmail.com Audio Transcript (Generated by AI...Coming Soon)…

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Episode 48 – 2020 Holiday Wishlist 58:59

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Tis the season and Bruce & Josh talk about their holiday wishlists. In addition Bruce and Josh share some reflections on 2020 to be thankful for and well wishes for the start of the new year. Specific Games Discussed: Clash of Cultures: Monumental Edition (WizKids)Twilight Imperium 4th Edition: Prophecy of Kings ExpansionWarhammer 40K Battlezone Manufactorum Sanctum Administratus (Games Workshop)Memoir 44 (Days of Wonder)Animal Adventures: Dungeons & Doggies Volume 1Star Wars Unlock (Space Cowboys)Maracaibo (Games Up)Tapestry Plans & Ploys Expansion (Stonemaier)Warhammer Warcry (Games Workshop)Yokohama (TMG)Tawantinsuyu (Board and Dice) Contest - https://gleam.io/yNVv8/kicking-off-2021-30-mm-giveaway Secret Giveaway code "ALLIANCE" To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game ImpactLike the Facebook Page: Board Game ImpactInstagram: @brucedpbgmail-comEmail: boardgameimpact@gmail.com Audio Transcript (Generated by AI) 00:00:18 - 00:05:01 hello and welcome to another episode of board game impact as always. This is bruce. And i'm joined by ho ho ho. This is josh and we hope that no matter where you're listening to this from that you are able to celebrate the holidays. Whichever those are we just happened to have this music for this but no matter what holiday you choose to celebrate. Or don't we're just so thankful to get to have these winter seasons together and spend time together and just come together as friends and family and all this time and we had two thousand twenty has been a heck of a year so coming together whether virtually things like that. It's really important so we encourage you to do this. And that's why we're gonna do this episode so josh. What are we doing for this episode. Well bruce for this episode. We're gonna talk about what are the games. We are hoping. Make it under our tree this year. Exactly so for us. Josh do both and our families both do celebrate christmas but regardless it's really just the spirit of giving and so that's why we thought this would be cool just here what things we're looking forward to but in this different vein of light and so i think it's important to start us off not with what we want. But how do we ask for it. And by the way real quick if this is your first episode of ward game impact first. It's a very different than normal. The second of all what. We are biweekly. Podcast on gaming and joshua both work fulltime in higher education and we apply those educational lenses to our gaming experiences to break them down for the benefit of union game group. That sounds like something of interest to you like. Make sure to subscribe. And if you wanna learn more about us and see like behind the scenes stuff you can also head over to board game. Impact dot com to learn that or check out the patriots patriot. Patriots dot com. Such him back but with that being said josh. How the heck do we even tell people about what we want for the holidays or birthday. Whatever what do you do so this is really challenging for me. And i thinks probably something. That's challenging for a lot of gamers out there especially if you are interested in things revolve around gaming and you have family that may not really understand or be involved in the hobby So one thing that that my family does. And it's just become our thing. Is we have each of us have an amazon wishlist that is shared with the rest of the family that we can ask things to as we go generally personally i would prefer to send people other places you can find places games cheaper. It different online retailers It's nice to support. Local game stores all those types of things but we just find because my family is a little bread out that it is just a little bit easier to just have that amazon wishlist. If people want to go looking other places and find a deal or support local businesses in their areas. They are welcome to do that. But that gives everybody kind of a starting point at least...…

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Episode 47 – Pandemic Aquisitions 1:04:02

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In this episode Bruce & Josh crash through 14 different games/expansions that they have acquired during the Pandemic up to that point while talking through some considerations around managing impulses and seeking true satisfaction rather than short term joy. Specific Games Discussed: Pendulum (Stonemaier Games)Tapestry + Plans & Ploys Expansion (Stonemaier Games)Azul: Summer Pavilion (Next Move)StartUps (Oink Games)Blitzkrieg (Plastic Soldier Company)Tekhenu (Board & Dice)Memoir '44 Easter Front Expansion (Rio Grande Games)Scythe: Wind Gambit Expansion (Stonemaier Games)Wingspan: Oceania Expansion (Stonemaier Games)Racoon Tycoon (Forbidden Games)Warhammer 40K [Tau Army and Terrain] (Games Workshop)Clans of Caledonia (Karma Games)Dune Imperium (Dire Wolf Digital) To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game ImpactLike the Facebook Page: Board Game ImpactInstagram: @boardgameimpactEmail: boardgameimpact@gmail.com Audio Transcription (Generated by AI) Episode 47 Pandemic Aquisitions 00:00:09 - 00:05:14 In this episode of board game impact. Bruce and josh are going to crash course through their pandemic acquisitions once. They got him what they got in. Believe it or not they're going to cover twenty fourteen different games including expansions efan. Welcome to another episode of board game impact. As always i am. Bruce and i'm joined by. This is josh and for those of you who are new to the show. Josh and i both work fulltime in education and we apply our educational lenses to the games and experiences that were having in this great hobby for you and your gaming groups benefits if that sounds like of interest to you make sure to click subscribe on all the things so we can get this content all the time so josh it's been twenty twenty and if you're listening to this this in the future hope things are great in the future. But in the meantime we're going into the now. Holiday season of twenty twenty cases are on the rise in the united states. But we're not getting into all of that. We are going to get into is. What have we been buying throughout these last couple of months and i also have some research pulled up on our buying habits and what can be going on there during these kinds of things but we're gonna be talking about games you've acquired and also more importantly what led us to getting them and the reasons behind why we're getting them and so if you're interested in content like that wanna points you over to our youtube channel. We recently just posted another video. This one's on loss aversion particularly in clans of caledonia. So how games and other situations can make you not want to take certain actions based on the potential losses. The you might be losing things on the board or resources etc so go. Check that out over on you. Youtube pitch but josh. What are you interested in about today in this topic. Yeah so i mean we've got. I think we've both been doing a little bit of. Yeah i guess therapy shopping by the looks of it as well as just some general You know getting some new things in and playing around with them. And so i think it's really interesting to talk to you especially with With you because i i've been able just by the nature of Where where i live and the the case rates of where i've been living Things are getting a little bit worse right now. But i've been able to be playing some games in person and so My purchases have been hitting the table pretty quickly for the most part But i find it very interesting kind of change that i've seen in in your purchasing habits and so i think that's something that i'm really interested to kind of explore a little bit here. Yeah i think that's going to be cool to talk about to and you're right You have been able to get things to the table so one of the things we talk about often is position in things right. We are both married We both with our spouses. And that's all that are there.…

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Episode 46 – Sunk Cost Fallacy in Gaming 1:04:25

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This episode is something new for Bruce & Josh as it is conversation around a singular topic and its interactions within the gaming experience. This episode is all a researched conversation about the sunk cost fallacy which refers to people having a greater tendency to continue an endeavor once an investment in time, effort, or money has been made (Arkes & Blumer, 1985). Inspired by Bruce's recent videos on the YouTube page and a recent play of For Sale by Josh in which he felt the pressure to keep bidding money to stay for a property card enabled this conversation and we hope you enjoy. We are toying with having one of our 2 episodes a month being themed like this, let us know your thoughts! Specific Games Discussed: For Sale (Eagle Gryphon Games)Modern Art (CMON)Warhammer 40k (Games Workshop)Gloomhaven (Cepalofair Games)Wingspan (Stonemaier Games) Book: The Willpower Instinct (Kelly McGonigal) To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: Board Game ImpactLike the Facebook Page: Board Game ImpactInstagram: @boardgameimpactEmail: boardgameimpact@gmail.com Audio Transcription (Generated by AI...Coming Soon)…

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Episode 45 – Dune Imperium Pre-Order & Aesthetic Value 38:16

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In this episode Bruce was inspired by the design of the Dune Imperium pre-order and conversation from the epistemology video/podcast episode to shed more light on aspects of aesthetic value. This premiered first on the Board Game Impact YouTube page, but the content transfers well to the audio format. The reason for this different kind of episode is because of the life happenings that occurred for Bruce which he discusses at the intro, and thanks you for understanding. We hope you get excited for this different type of content over on the YouTube page and would love to hear from you about your thoughts/ideas! Specific Game Discussed: Dune Imperium (Dire Wolf Digital) To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boardgameimpactSubscribe on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMlAGoFLfsg2PYfl0SvthTQ/Subscribe to the podcast: https://boardgameimpact.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boardgameimpactInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/boardgameimpact/Email: boardgameimpact [at] gmail [dot] com Audio Transcription (Generated by AI) 00:00:12 - 00:05:10 How everybody in this episode. Bruce is going to talk about the dune imperium preorder and aesthetic value stay tuned. Well how do you everybody. This is bruce with board game impact. It's just me today if you listen to last week's episode then you know kind of what's up but if this is your first episode. Welcome this one's going to be a little different than normal podcast episodes but that being said what we do over here. Impact is josh. I both work fulltime in higher education. I also teach some classes of the university. And i'm getting peachy and so what we're doing. Is we apply our educational lenses to the game experiences and games we playing and the game content we are consuming too then analyze it for your benefit and present that back to you for you and your gaming group so hopefully you can make informed choices about your experiences in the hobby and so with that being said this twenty twenty s been just weird for everybody. Let's just put it that way. And if you're listening to this in the future this is coming out at the beginning of november and we're still in the midst of the pandemic and also now all the election stuff so yes just look back on this with a grain of salt. And so what's going on to is as i talked about last week's intro i. We've josh and i both had some things. I was sick for a while. As well as i just had a family member pass in these last two weeks so i've been pulled away for family things which made scheduling regular episodes with a little difficult. And i thank you for understanding that. But that being said i have also had moments of inspiration and it's been this one of these cathartic releases of doing these things to do something uplifting while also attending all these family things which you can imagine having these spurts of emotion and feelings both that being said last week so it talked about What's called the what is knowledge and it was a crash course based on some conversations. I encourage you to go. Listen to that one. But as i mentioned i was going to be doing is this one is all about the dune imperium preorder and this actually stems from conversations in the youtube comments for that last episode so the youtube video for the last episode actually came first and then there was some conversation. Hey lean into this thing on value a little bit more. We'd like that. And i have many more ideas of different types of content of essentially combining my phd work. As well as the sport game content and trying to mash that up and present that back of cure some lessons and so. I've got some really cool things. I'm working on but to be one hundred percent transparent. The feedback for these videos has been nothing but the most reward one of the most rewarding things i've done don't get me wrong. I absolutely love recording. This podcast with josh.…

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Episode 44 – Bias and Board Game Reviewers 25:49

5 years ago25:49