June 11, 2024

060: BYOBG (Bring Your Own Board Games)

1 hour 1 minute

First-ever guest Briggs returns to talk board games with The RxS Gang! It's nerdy, it's theological, it's 2 Smash 2 Furious—only on Rebel x Saint!

Notable Mentions: Coup, Smashup, King of Tokyo, Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest, Catan, Azul, Secret Hitler, Sheriff of Nottingham, Telestrations, Backgammon, War of the Ring, Bohnanza, Viva Java, Splendor, Codenames, The Crew, Colt Express, Survive: Escape from Atlantis, Keyforge, Chariots of Fire

Links/Sources: "King Me:" A Defense of King-Making in Board Game Design, Cole Wehrle, GDC, Nov 2, 2021 | The Acts of the Evangelists is about writing the Gospels. It's out of print, but you can buy a print-and-play version on the Belltower Games website. | 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, Romans 12:10

Editor's Notes: Ancient Egyptians played Senet; Vikings played Hnefatafl; the ancient Chinese game I should have mentioned is Go. I am sorry for my crimes against board game history. | Shem Phillips, designer of Ezra and Nehemiah, is a professing Christian from NZ. | You actually *can* stream board games on sites like Board Game Arena. -Andrew

Find Alex and Andrew here: ⁠https://beacons.ai/rebel.x.saint⁠

Find all of the media we talk about here: ⁠https://benable.com/RebelDigital/e470ebedd95578a3ab35⁠

REBEL OUT. SAINT OUT. WE ALL OUT.

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