The Boards Alive Monster Mash-up – Episode 6

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In the sixth episode of this board game variety show, Patrick from the What Did You Play This Week Podcast Thing talks about RPGs at Conventions, Sean from the Dukes of Dice pitches us his Big Screen Board Game, Quinten rants about a mess of mechanics in a box, Baker from Bored Online Board Offline talks about Xia: Legends of the Drift System, Aaron introduces a new segment called Board Game Education, Linsae Reviews some games, and we tell you our Game of the Month.

This episode is sponsored by Crash Games & Tasty Minstrel Games

Summer time – 1:38

Patrick from the What Did You Play This Week Podcast Thing: RPGs at Conventions – 6:00

Dukes of Dice: Big Screen Board Games – 17:34

Linsae Reviews: Animal Upon Animal – 25:13

Odd Thoughts with Quinten – 25:40

Crash Games Sponsorship – 30:05

Tasty Minstrel Games Sponsorship – 32:10

Board Online? Board Offline: Xia: Legends of a Drift System – 34:10

Board Game Education – 42:22

Linsae Reviews: Catan – 46:49

Game of the Month – 47:17

Episode 53 – Terra Mystica

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In our fifty-third episode, Aaron and Quinten are joined by special co-hosts Matt Riddle, Ben Pinchback, and Jon Gilmour, designers of the upcoming game Wasteland Express Delivery Service. We talk about the games we have been playing lately and let Jon go on random tangents throughout the episode. We also review the fantasy-themed territory building game Terra Mystica, and we discuss Collaboration in Game Design and their upcoming game Wasteland Express Delivery Service.

This episode is sponsored by Crash of Games & Tasty Minstrel Games

Introducing the co-hosts – 1:03

Gaming Background for Matt and Ben – 3:25

Boards Alive Banter – 9:11

Innovation – 9:15

Cosmic Encounter – 21:43

Karuba – 25:25

The Bloody Inn – 35:30

Trains – 46:11

Crash of Games – New Website – 1:01:19

Terra Mystica Overview – 1:02:46

Terra Mystica Thematic Review – 1:06:23

Tasty Minstrel Games – Yokohama Sponsorship – 2:07:01

Collaboration in Game Design – 2:08:08

Wasteland Express Delivery Service – 2:29:00

Episode 52 – The Prodigals Club

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In our fifty-second episode, Linsae joins Aaron and Quinten as we talk about the games we have been playing lately. We also review the worker placement and action selection game The Prodigals Club, and we discuss the best RPG campaign we’ve ever ran, how we deal with mundane tasks in RPGs, named weaponry, and how we create our characters in our RPG Question of the Day discussion.

This episode is sponsored by Crash of Games & Tasty Minstrel Games

Boards Alive Banter – 2:25

Signorie – 2:29

Sentinels of the Multiverse: Wrath of the Cosmos expansion – 8:00

Cthulu Realms app – 15:27

Crash of Games – Finca Sponsorship – 25:29

The Prodigals Club Overview – 26:15

The Prodigals Club Thematic Review – 30:40

Tasty Minstrel Games – Scoville Labs Sponsorship – 1:11:55

RPGGeek.com Question of the Day – 1:12:52