BJ Shea's Geek Nation

That '80s Podcast Feb 85

Hosts: “Uncle” Chris Walker & Brandon “Wayback” Jerwa

Highlights:

US stamp goes from 20 Cents to 22, Mickey Mouse welcomed in China, canned and bottled Cherry Coke introduced , Miami Vice starts On BBC, less than a year after its American debut , US men’s mail figure skating championship win goes to Brian Boitano.

MOVIES: 

Turk 182 

Breakfast Club

Witness

Vision Quest

MUSIC:

Albums - Smiths, Meat is Murder

Whitney Houston self titled 

Songs from the big chair, Tears for Fears

Vision Quest

Breakfast Club Soundtrack

COMICS:

Tales of the Teen Titans #50: Donna Troymarries Terry Long. (DC Comics)

With issue #150, Marvel Comics cancels the Spider-Man title Marvel Team-Up (Web of Spider-Man will debut two months later).

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Rev talks with Scott from Comics Dungeon about the comics you should get; BJ discusses the latest Spider-Man comics; Rev reviews The Thanos Quest; BJ runs down some of the games that he's backed on Kickstarter; BJ talks about the TV series Falling Water and a little talk about Mr. Robot; and we get the Geek Sheet with Vicky B!

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The gang talks TV with the season finale of Star Trek: Discovery, the Netflix series Altered Carbon; and the Netflix series Glitch; Rev talks with Gareth von Kallenbach; and we get the Geek Sheet with Vicky B!

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It's Special Ops with Mark Rahner, Rev, & Chris! Mark reviews Black Panther as Chris gives a bit of history on the character; and then Mark reviews the Netflix movie The Ritual

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The gang interviews author Tommy Rice about his book The Lok, bodybuilding and more; Rev talks with Scott from Comics Dungeon about his comic book picks; and we get the Geek Sheet with Vicky B!

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The gang talks with Anne Wheaton about her new children's book Piggy and Pug and her ECCC appearance; BJ recaps his experience making his own mini-board game convention and reviews Gaia Project and Masters of Orion; the gang talks TV with Flash/Arrow and Punisher; and we get the Geek Sheet with Vicky B!

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The gang talks TV with Agents of SHIELD & Star Trek: Discovery; Rev talks with Gareth von Kallenbach about Star Wars news; the gang reviews Netflix's The Cloverfield Paradox; and we get the Geek Sheet with Vicky B!

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It's Special Ops with Mark Rahner, Chris Walker & Rev! They discuss the new Deadpool 2 trailer; Mark reviews the horror movie Winchester; the gang discusses the new Netflix show Altered Carbon; and they review the Netflix movie The Cloverfield Paradox!

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Scott from Comics Dungeon discusses the titles he feels are worthy to grab from your local comic store; Rev, Chris & Brandon Jerwa discuss the best Batman animated films; and Mike Robles discusses Dragon Ball Fighter Z as well as Monster Hunter World!

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EP 27

Intro:

Host: "Director" Chris Walker of Bj Geek Nation

Designer: Sean Epperson of Thing 12 Games

Chief Game Player: Josh Utley from The Omega Gamers

1. Con report

Game on con February 8th-11th Issaquah (SOLD OUT)

http://gameon-con.com/

Emerald City Comic Con March 1st-4th Seattle

https://www.emeraldcitycomiccon.com/

Norwescon March 29th-April 1st. Seatac

http://www.norwescon.org

Gamestorm April 5th-8th Portland

http://www.gamestorm.org

2. Quickstarter 

1. Seize the Bean by Quality Beast

2-4 players, 45-90 minutes

A coffee-themed deckbuilding game about Berlin. Players operate a coffee shop and compete to be the best shop.

Complete with beans, milk cartons, and sugar cubes.

$49 base pledge 

$61k of 24k goal – Ends Feb 15th

2. Valeria: Card Kingdoms - Shadowvale by Daily Magic

1-5 players, 30-45 minutes

A gothic-themed expansion for VCK. Werewolves, Vampires, Zombies, Relics, citizens and domains.

$28 base pledge 

$54k of 15k goal – Ends Feb 16th

3. Lucky's Misadventures - Episode 42: Lost in Oddtopia by Great Northern Games

2-4 players, 30-45 minutes

A slightly spooky storybook world of a boy and his dog trapped in a fantasy world. A unique deckbuilder where players play at the same time. Compete to win challenges, build weird machines by combining cards, and play cards to try and escape Oddtopia.

$29 base pledge 

$3.6k of 4.2K goal – Ends Feb 24th

4. Rambo: The Board Game by Everything Epic

1-4 players, 30-45 minutes

A Tactical Mission-Based Cooperative Board Game with Unique Stealth and Fog of War Mechanics. Lots of awesome minis.

$60 base pledge, $100 base + expansion 

$61k of 50K goal – Ends Feb 22nd

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