All The Bits Board Game Podcast

Welcome to Episode 39 of All The Bits wherein the audio goblins strike again but still we prevail! Vasco de Gama, Archmage, Call to Adventure, Planet, Luxor, Songbirds, and many more games are discussed! We manage to salvage the Hot Topic (Our thoughts on the Golden Geek Awards), the All the Bits bit and the Shelf Shamming bit so all is not lost!

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Welcome to Episode 38 of All The Bits wherein Shaun and Michelle discuss DinoGenics, Beta Colony, look at the BGG Thread "Zen Koan (co-wan) & philosophical proverbs for gamers", bring back an old bit (Unboxing!), introduce a new bit (Shelf Shaming), and hit you up with all the games, fun, and witty banter you have come to know and love!

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Time Stamp:

0.01 - Welcome, and lots of complaining about the cold

4.10 - Ask Me Anything bit

8.40 - Guess The Game Bit

15.20 - PEW PEW PEW bit

Beta Colony, DinoGenics

37.15 - BGG Thread Spotlight: Zen Koan (co-wan) & philosophical proverbs for gamers https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2166277/zen-koan-and-philosphical-proverbs-gamers

41.30 - Unboxing bit

49.43 - Shelf Shaming bit

Welcome to Episode 37 of All The Bits wherein Shaun and Michelle up their bit game by 20%! Gameplay and bits of Russian Railroad, Reykholt, Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters, Beta Colony, and Speicherstadt are discussed. The BGG Thread Spotlight returns as the thread "Worst Teaching Experience" is examined (note: Michelle embarasses Shaun) and a brand new bit, "Shipped Off", makes its debut! All this, and the usual question asking, game guessing, and fawning over bits on episode 37 of All The Bits!

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Time Stamp:

0.01 - Welcome, and lots of complaining about the cold

3.37 - Ask Me Anything bit

7.04 - Guess The Game Bit

13.00 - PEW PEW PEW bit

Russian Railroad, Reykholt

30.25 - Hot Topic bit: Felduary recap

39.00 - BGG Thread Spotlight: Worst Experience Teaching

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2125060/worst-experience-teaching

47.00 - All The Bits bit

Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters, Speicherstadt coins, Beta Colony

52.30 - Shipped Out bit

Welcome to Episode 36 of All The Bits wherein Shaun grabs the reins and rambles about all of Michelle's "problems".From there, we are doing our first episode Re-run... We go in the way back machine to Episode 26 of All The Bits, where Shaun and Michelle finally go over their top 10 games of all time!

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Welcome to Episode 35 of All The Bits wherein we emerge from slumber and straight into the Dice Tower Network! We discuss our recent plays of Spell Smashers, Forum Trajanum, Blood Bowl Team Manager The Card Game, and Wingspan. We bring forth another Hot Topic as we talk about our 2019 Gaming Resolutions. We marvel at the bits of Through The Desert and Gorus Maximum. All this, and the usual antics, “baseball” discussion, and assorted nonsense from All The Bits!

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Time Stamps

1.03 – Our Big News!

4.14 – Ask Me Anything bit

9.00 - Guess the Game bit

19.08 – Spell Smashers

28.40 – Forum Trajanum

41.20 - Blood Bowl: Team Manager – The Card Game

46.15 – Wingspan

58.00 – Hot Topic bit

71.11 - All The Bits bit

Shaun: Gorus Maximum Premium Edition

Michelle: Through The Desert

74.00 - Next Up Bit

Shaun: Secret Santas

Michelle: Castles of Burgundy Deluxe

Welcome to a very abbrivated Episode 34 of All The Bits! After recording THE BEST PODCAST IN THE HISTORY OF PODCASTS, the technology would not cooperate and audio went missing. On top of that, Shaun picked up and ran off to (not so) sunny Florida. Thank goodness for Michelle though, who stepped in and tells us about all her recent plays!

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Welcome to Episode 33 of All The Bits wherein we convey "The hype got to me and these are the top 5 that stood out in 2018 (aka Top 5 New to Me Games of 2018)". You may not have asked for it but we decided to do it because everybody else is doing it! But don't worry, we still got all the other bits you have come to love: our recenently plays, guess the game, wacky questions, all the bits, next up and more! Let's knock out 2018 in style!

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Time Stamps

3.03 – Ask Me Anything bit

6.22 - Guess the Game bit

13.40 - What we've been playing

Shaun: Pax Unplugged

Michelle: Discover: Lands Unknown, Newton

48.46: The hype got to me and these are the top 5 that stood out in 2018 (aka Top 5 New to Me Games of 2018)

84.00 - All The Bits bit

Shaun: Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done

Michelle: Dinosaur Island

90.00 - Next Up Bit

Welcome to Episode 32 of All The Bits wherein we discuss our recent plays of Everdell, Terraforming Mars: Colonies, Underwater Cities, and Villainous. We marvel at the bits from Victorian Masterminds and Forbidden Sky, and look at the BGG thread "You know you're a board gamer if...". In our Next Up bit, we look to the future and to Pax Unplugged. All this, and the usual game guessing, question asking, and nonsense of All The Bits!

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Time Stamps

2.05 – Ask Me Anything bit

8.20 - Guess the Game bit

15.00 - Roar: King of the Pride give-awawy! Social media your picks for the new bit name to #allthebitsbitname. This give-away is available to residents of North America.

16.42 - What we've been playing

Shaun: Terraforming Mars: Colonies, Villainous

Michelle: Everdell, Underwater Cities

49.30 - BGG Thread Spotlight: You know you're a board gamer if....

54.20 - All The Bits bit

Shaun: Forbidden Sky

Michelle: Victorian Masterminds

59.40 - Next Up Bit

Narabi, Spell Smashers, Chai, and PAX Unplugged!

Welcome to Episode 31 of All The Bits, AKA the cursed episode. We finally take to the fake radio airwaves to discuss Mechs vs. Minions, Charterstone, House of Danger, and Kashgar. We drool over the bits in Night Night Kisses and Just One. We shine a spotlight on the BGG Thread "What is Important in a Game Box?". We also have all the usual fun of AtB... And oh yeah..A GIVE-AWAY! Woot!

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Time Stamps

2.10 – Ask Me Anything bit

8.15 - Guess the Game bit

12.31 - Roar: King of the Pride give-awawy!

Social media your picks for the new bit name to #allthebitsbitname. This give-away is available to residents of North America.

16.37 - What we've been playing

Shaun: Mechs vs. Minions, Kashgar: Merchants of the Silk Road

Michelle: Charterstone, House of Danger

49.36 - BGG Thread Spotlight: What's Important to you ina game box?

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2085696/what-important-game-box

58.48 - All The Bits bit

Shaun: Night Night Kisses

https://www.boardgamebliss.com/products/night-night-kisses?variant=12750193819699

Michelle: Just One

64.38 - Next Up Bit

Shaun: Oceans - An Evolution Game; Pax Unplugged

https://www.northstargames.com/blogs/secret-fun/call-for-oceans-playtesters

Michelle: Endeavor: Age of Sail; Brixx

Welcome to Episode 30 of All The Bits, wherein we get so predictable as Michelle pew pew pew's a Feld (Carpe Diem) and Uwe (Spring Meadow), while Shaun gets his creativity on with Spy Club and Untold: Adventures Awaits.The duo then discuss themes that turn you off the most in the BGG thread spotlight. Don't forget the fondaling bit as Rescue Polar Bears and Tidal Blades are discussed. Finally, in the next up bit, Euros and Kickstarters are gazed upon. All this, and all the usual question asking, game guessing, and general whackiness in Episode 30 of All The Bits!

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Time Stamps

3.26 – Ask Me Anything bit

Michelle: This or that?

Shaun: What do you look for in a FLGS?

12.47 - Guess the Game bit

21.22 - Drive By bit

Michelle: Carpe Diem, Spring Meadow

Shaun: Spy Club, Untold: Adventures Await

58.39 - BGG Thread Spotlight: Themes that turn you off most in a game

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2075665/themes-turn-you-most-game

72.26 - All The Bits bit

Shaun: Rescue Polar Bears

Michelle: Tidal Blades

77.0 - Next Up Bit