Episode 56 – Crash of Games Reviewapalooza Fish Frenzy, Plums & Backyard Builder’s Treehouse

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In our fifty-sixth episode, Graeme joins Aaron and Quinten as we try and heal Quinten’s booboo with a Survival Kit segment for the Meeple Realty inserts Huts of Bora Bora, Rebellion Outpost, & Mystic Tavern. We also have not one, but three reviews this episode in our Reviewapalooza. We review three Crash of Games games, the fish set collection game Fish Frenzy, the fruit collecting trick taking game Plums, and the drafting game Backyard Builder’s Treehouse. Then we discuss Art & Components and how they affect our enjoyment of a game.

This episode is sponsored by Board Game Bliss & Tasty Minstrel Games

Gen Con Shmen Con – 0:44

Survival Kit: Meeple Realty – 2:22

Boards Alive Banter – 9:13

Strike – 9:20

WWE Superstar Showdown – 14:32

Via Nebula – 25:43

Board Game Bliss Sponsorship – 34:29

Fish Frenzy Review – 35:14

Plums Review – 48:08

Backyard Builder’s Treehouse Review – 58:11

Tasty Minstrel Games Sponsorship – 1:11:35

How Art & Components affect our view of games – 1:12:20

Episode 55 – Interview with Stonemaier Games Jamey Stegmaier

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In our fifty-fifth episode, we talk about our summer vacations so far and the games we have been playing lately. Then we interview Jamey Stegmaier of Stonemaier Games about how his Kickstarter Guru skills, his designs and his life as a publisher, including his newest game Scythe and his upcoming legacy style game Charterstone.

This episode is sponsored by Board Game Bliss & Tasty Minstrel Games

Summer Vacation! – 0:52

Pizzeria Ludica– 4:27

La Boca– 6:35

Zany Penguins – 10:00

Difference – 14:07

Ciao! – 15:22

Papayoo – 17:52

Scythe – 22:50

Board Game Bliss Sponsorship – 31:02

Interview with Jamey – 32:01

Scythe – 53:18

Charterstone – 1:12:26

Tasty Minstrel Games Sponsorship – Guilds of London – 1:25:14

“Rapid Fire” Listener Questions – 1:27:02

Upcoming Stonemaier Games Projects – 1:52:47

Episode 54 – Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game

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In our fifty-fourth episode, Aaron and Quinten talk about the games we have been playing lately. We also review the Alien films themed deck building cooperative game Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game, and we discuss the worst “fumble” we’ve ever seen, the best series of dice rolls we’ve seen in an RPG, how to run a campaign with evil characters, and the RPG system we’re dying to try in our RPG Question of the Day discussion.

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

Boards Alive Banter – 1:40

Castles of Burgundy: The Card Game – 1:50

Mottainai – 6:45

Port Royal – 12:36

Descent 2nd Edition: Road to Legends app – 19:30

Crash of Games Sponsorship – 30:14

Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game Overview – 30:57

Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game Thematic Review – 33:22

Tasty Minstrel Games – Yokohama Sponsorship – 1:08:29

RPGGeek.com Question of the Day – 1:10:34

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

Episode 51 – Adventure Land

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In our fifty-first episode, it’s our Kids Games episode, as Aaron and Quinten talk about the games we have been playing lately, including a couple new kids games. We also review the first family game from HABA, the fantasy themed euro game Adventure Land and Benji (4 1/2 years old) gives us his review of it as well. And we are joined by Rocky & Bruce from The Party Game Cast as we talk about Kids Games that are Fun for Adults.

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

Boards Alive Banter – 0:44

My First Stone Age – 1:22

Eminent Domain: Exotica expansion – 6:04

Dr. Eureka – 11:37

D&D: The Curse of Strahd & Playing with Cherie – 16:43

Crash of Games Sponsorship – 27:04

Adventure Land Overview – 28:11

Adventure Land Thematic Review – 30:35

Tasty Minstrel Games Harbour Sponsorship – 1:00:01

Kids Games that are Fun for Adults with The Party Game Cast – 1:01:01

Benji’s Favourite “Kids” game– 1:50:08

Episode 50 – Interview with Rob Daviau and Matt Leacock

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In our fiftieth episode extravaganza, Quinten and Aaron are joined by Linsae as we talk about Quinten’s surprise bachelor party and the games we have been playing lately. We don’t do a formal review this episode, but interview the designers of the #1 game on Board Game Geek, Pandemic Legacy, Rob Daviau and Matt Leacock, getting insight into their pasts as gamers, the challenges they faced in making a cooperative legacy game, and what projects they have coming soon. And Aaron and Linsae answer some listener questions about Role Playing Games and why we love RPGs so much.

This episode is sponsored by Crash Games & Counter Magazine

Bachelor Party Debauchery – 2:25

Boards Alive Banter – 11:33

Paperback – 11:42

1812: The Invasion of Canada – 17:19

Blood Rage – 26:15

Winner of our Bottom of the 9th CONTEST– 41:20

Crash Games – Backyard Builder’s Treehouse Sponsorship – 42:37

Interview with Rob Daviau & Matt Leacock – 43:30

Gaming Background – 45:38

Pandemic Legacy – 57:05

Seafall – 1:20:57

Knit Wit – 1:24:20

Counter Magazine Sponsorship – 1:30:31

RPG Q&A with Linsae and Aaron – 1:31:30

Boards Alive Plays – The End of the World Wrath of the Gods Episode 2

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In the second episode of our second RPG series, Marty from Rolling Dice and Taking Names, Sean from the Dukes of Dice, and game designer Jon Gilmour join us as we experience the end of the world in The Wrath of the Gods, the 2nd RPG book in the End of the World series from Fantasy Flight Games. We try to save a life, we help some police officers, encounter a mythical being, and attempt to rescue a mother and child.

This episode is sponsored by Crash of Games & BattleBards

Introduction – 0:40

An unexpected Gen Con attendee – 2:57

Looters – 10:49

An encounter with a god – 25:45

Mid-Show Break – Crash of Games & BattleBards Sponsorship – 35:14

Showing off our fighting skills– 37:33

Let’s learn how Trauma works– 1:15:57

Episode 49 – Star Wars: Rebellion Two Year Anniversary

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In our forty-ninth episode, Linsae joins Aaron and Quinten as we thank all our listeners for a great second year of the podcast and talk about the games we have been playing lately. We also review the Star Wars themed epic space opera game Star Wars: Rebellion, and we look back on the past year of gaming for us here on the podcast.

This episode is sponsored by Crash of Games & Analog Gamer

2nd Anniversary– 0:41

Boards Alive Banter – 2:50

Archaelogy – 3:00

The Big Book of Madness – 6:46

Qwinto – 15:06

Bottom of the 9th by Dice Hate Me Games April CONTEST– 21:39

Crash of Games – Plums Sponsorship – 22:54

Star Wars: Rebellion Overview – 24:37

Star Wars: Rebellion Thematic Review – 26:12

Analog Gamer Sponsorship – 1:14:04

Year Two Lookback – 1:15:17