In this episode Bruce & Josh dig into the different contexts of gaming and how those experiences can shape the way we view or get to interact with games as media creators in order to shed light on how different contexts you game in can influence your experiences in the hobby.

In particular they talk about gaming at home, at a Meetup/Pub/Cafe, online, and at conventions.

If you want to watch the video Bruce did about game reviewers having different perspectives on the same game, check out this YouTube video he created: https://youtu.be/25VDIfg6snU

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In this GEEKtastic episode Bruce and Josh talk about games they have been playing and dabble in their reflections on BoardGameArena. Then in the latter half of the episode dig into the Geeky books they have been reading lately in honor of this being episode 42, which for the unknown listeners out there is the meaning of life according to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Stay tuned and thanks for all the Fish!

Specific Games Discussed:

* Yokohama (Tasty Minstrel Games)* Super Skill Pinball 4 Cade (Wiz Kids)* Wingspan Digital Edition (Stonemaier Games & Monster Couch)

Free Print & Play of Super Skill Pinball 4 Cade: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2391700/free-print-and-play-pinball-roll-write

Specific Books Discussed:

* The Wheel of Time (Robert Jordan)* Star Wars: Thrawn & Star Wars: Thrawn Alliances (Timothy Zahn)* Homeland (R.A. Salvatore)* Dune (Frank Herbert)

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Enter the contest: https://gleam.io/yxaS5/board-game-impact-10-mm-september-2020-giveaway

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In this episode Bruce and Josh are back at gaming after saying thank you for your kind support during their Extra Life fundraiser benefiting Children's Miracle Network Hospitals COVID-19 Relief Fund. In this episode they talk through two games and then ended up doing a fairly deep dive into Pendulum, the latest game from Stonemaier Games.

Games Discussed:

* Dominations: Road to Civilization (Holy Grail Games)* Root digital adaptation (Leder Games & Dire Wolf Studios)* Pendulum (Stonemaier Games)

Contest Link: https://gleam.io/yxaS5/board-game-impact-10-mm-september-2020-giveaway

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Hey and welcome to another episode of Board Game Impact in today's episode, we're GONNA be talking about initial impressions with pendulum many other Games were. Jam, packed episodes. So stay tuned. Hello and welcome back to another episode of Board Game. Impact. As always I am bruce joined by. This is Josh and Josh. Before we get into anything we needed to save two very important words how about you say? I just want to say a huge huge huge. Thank you to all of our listeners and all of our donors from our most recent recording where we did a live recording for extra life. Yeah then. Seriously cannot thank y'all enough. So if you if this is your first episode. We're a board game podcast that talks about games or playing all those kinds of things, but we both become from an educational lens. So that way you can learn about what experiences we're having what we're excited about. So you can make informed decision for your gaming group however last episode. We lived up to our motto of ending up every episode on go make a positive impact on the world by participating in a thing called life life nonprofits been around since two thousand eight since then they've raised over seventy million dollars benefit children's miracle network. So essentially. Has gamers use their platforms to raise awareness to help kids, and they did tabletop appreciation weekend with Josh and I both created a team for called tabletop alliance. And we did a ten hour stream in some of our friends were on their playing games. So thank you to those individuals as well, and they actually made some cameos on our last episode. But that day just we're able to raise eight, hundred, Ninety, eight, hundred, and ninety, five dollars for. Kids Children's hospitals I mean this crazy. Awesome and so there's so many good ways. Yeah absolutely, it was a fantastic time great to get to game with a lot of folks that I personally haven't gotten a chance to play with for quite some time and for it to go to such a fantastic cause and for our listeners and friends and family who are able to donate such a tremendous tremendous amount of support and the love is unending at this point. And just thank you to everyone. Yeah. Thank you from the bottom our hearts. It was it was an amazing amazing experience a kind of flew by because we were so invested but it was really nice. We had this. Sound every time somebody donated live. So thank you. Thank you. Thank you. If you want to see that stream, you can actually go see it. If you WANNA watch it, it's over on our facebook. So facebook dot com slash board board game back.

Thank you thank you thank you! This episode is different than the rest in that it was recorded live while being streamed over Facebook and YouTube to cap off our 10 hours of gaming content for Extra Life's Tabletop Appreciation Weekend benefitting Children's Miracle Network, Children's Hospital COVID-19 Relief Fund!

During the stream we were able to raise $895 to help such a great cause. If you want to learn more about Extra Life, join our team, and donate click here: https://www.extra-life.org/team/TabletopAlliance

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Episode 40 10 Hours of Gaming LIVE for Extra Life

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Hello and welcome to another episode of Board Game. Impact in today's episode, this was recorded live during our extra life things. So stay tuned to hear about the amazing impact the y'all are able to make ends. Thank you so much for it in advance. Hello and welcome to another episode of Board Game Impact. Coming to you live. So of course, my name is Bruce and I am joined by. Josh Year joined by Josh, but you are also joined by a number of other folks. That is true. So the the the pauses for the suspense. Josh, how about you introduce yourself real quick and then we will get everybody else on board real fast. Hello listeners as always you get to hear from Josh today, but we have a number of guests with us. I will go ahead and let them introduce themselves. So. Go on how `bout, we go with Justin. would. Thanks for everything today Bruce. Really, well, and a lot of. Awesome. So. Thankful. You're here. So yeah, we're going to get a quick rundown from y'all here in a second George. What are you? What do you think? Tell. Everybody you're here. Oh, thanks, George. Yeah, I had a great time today. I'M A love to love to be around the table playing games the this is the next best thing. And Conrad. There Yeah. real treat to able to do something. and. It's. Equal. saw. Thanks thanks Josh for by. Games all day. No thank you guys so much for jumping on. We really appreciate. It was a blast to get to play with you all for. The time that we got to play so And you know the the money raised was definitely. Cherry on top of of all of that. So. Thank you to all of our viewers throughout the day as well. Yeah so If you are currently viewing this live. Please let us know you're here in the chat on facebook and things. and. So real quick. What we did today is. Josh and I learned about extra life. We learned about it a while ago to be honest and but actually normally happens in November. and. Extra life. If you've never heard of it, it's been around since two thousand eight they've raised over seventy million dollars for children's Miracle Network they partner with one hundred and. One hundred seventy different children's miracle network hospitals throughout North America which is really just great. It's really benefiting kids and right now they're also raising the funds towards the. Children's hospitals. COVID. Nineteen Relief Fund which is really really really cool. So just fight forty million people unemployed in the US alone. So I know finances are rough for a lot of families out there, and this is a really great way to help kids. With all of this and help those families who are in that situation I have a story told at the beginning of streaming. Tell again a minute.

In this episode Bruce and Josh are excited to share games they are looking forward to. This includes games they have purchased, games coming out, games back on kickstarter, and the like. This is in an effort to share some things that you too may look forward to amongst all the different times we are living in.

Specific Games Discussed:

* Perseverance by Mindclash Games* Warhammer 40k 9th Edition by Games Workshop* Pendulum by Stonemaier Games* Sleeping Gods by Red Raven Games* Raccoon Tycoon & the Fat Cat Expansion by Forbidden Games

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Welcome to this episode of Board Game Impact Today. We're talking about things we're looking forward to so kickstarter games that we've got games that we were starting to work with and going to play eventually. We're really just some cool game. So stay tuned. Hey Josh Hey bruce were throwing something different at y'all. So. Welcome aboard game and backed Josh both work in higher education. Have Masters degrees in the things, and we're breaking down game experiences and and what we're experiencing in the hobby for your benefit. So that sounds cool. Hit subscribe. Josh in the last episode, I'm like all amped up right now I don't know why. A whole new energy for whole new. Yeah. This is not normally what this is like but maybe So in the last episode Josh, you and I were talking about how kickstarter has been on the rise and they had forty percent increase on things of sales even when you remove allies. Frost haven being one of the most successful funded things on kickstarter ever. Things are going really well on there. I know were in the middle of Covid, but we're also getting to experience some things digitally. Some. Of these things and so with that being said I thought it'd be cool to just make this its own episode and let's talk about. Games were looking forward to so this could be. We've backed during this pandemic kick starters back before this pan-demic or games pre-ordered that are finally coming and that we're going to get to experience soon. Or Games that we have and we're working on, they'll make that'll make sense in a minute. But we can't play yet. So Josh, why aren't you jump in with this with just an example of what we're talking about and kickoff absolutely. So we'll start with. The thing that I am most amped because it is the most recent announcement. I. Guess There's one on here this more recent and we're honestly amped. were an for. I think lanes what I'm talking like my my my amps name right now. But yeah, Josh what is it? I. WanNa talk for a second about perseverance. Perseverance is something we all need in our lives right now Josh Nova in the game yes. By mind clash, do you need it in our lives in more ways than one if you have been a listener of this show for quite some time, you will know that one of my all time favorite game publishing companies is mind clash gains mind. Clash Games has published. Two of my top ten games of all time Tra Kerryon and an acronym along with another fantastic game that does not get enough. Love Ignition Serie. Brea. Mind, clash is back with their fourth project and. I don't think they have missed yet. I think every game they have published has been a home run and this looks like a yet another. Grand Slam in in. My Book. Perseverance is a game that is live on kickstarter as we record this.

Quick announcement! We are participating in Extra Life's Tabletop Appreciation Weekend (August 22-23, 2020) benefiting Children's Miracle Network Hospitals as well as the Children's Hospital COVID-19 Relief Fund! That's not all....we have also launched a contest where you can win a $10 USD virtual gift card to MiniatureMarket.com to help raise awareness for the show and our efforts for this great cause.

Enter the contest: https://gleam.io/E65gk/board-game-impact-10-mm-august-2020-giveaway

CONTEST SECRET CODE: "EXTRALIFE"

Join/Support our Extra Life team "Tabletop Alliance": https://www.extra-life.org/team/TabletopAlliance

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In today's episode of Board Game Impact. We're not GONNA have a full episode because this is a special announcement. So how'd y'all? It's Bruce it's just me today. This is going to be a very short episode because we have an episode coming out tomorrow I'm so if you're listening to this in real time today is Monday and tomorrow is Tuesday. So we have our next episode coming up tomorrow. But I wanted to make this announcement because there's some things going on that I wanna make you aware of so. Since recording a episode is GonNa Launch Tomorrow Josh and I found out about and have gotten involved with extra life. So Extra Life is a nonprofit here in the US It's been around since two thousand eight and they benefit children's miracle network hospitals, and so since two thousand eight, they've donated to seven hundred seventy million dollars man my word right now I'm blown away for a reason I'm going to get in second. That's why I'm a little tripping over my words of they've donated over seventy million dollars to children's miracle network. And this year, they're doing a tabletop appreciation weekends. This is in the month of August of twenty twenty in the midst of the pandemic and people starting to go back to school, and with that, there's a lot of people who need help. And especially kids. And help help with hospital things isn't something that a kid or a family with kids should really have to worry about and so. They're also partnering this year with Children's hospitals covid nineteen really fund, and that's why they're doing this table top appreciation window, and so with that being said Josh, end every single episode with go of positive impact on the world, and as soon as we heard about this since recording tomorrow's episode, we said we have to do this like this is an absolute. So they're tabletop appreciation weekend is August twenty, six, twenty, second and twenty third? So, we're instill some the logistics. But we are planning to do a stream. So probably on Youtube of us, playing games with friends, even recording an episode of board game impact live timing still to be worked out. If you want to find more out about the logistics, we're gonNA posting those as we figured them out. Leading Up to twenty second that Saturday. That's going to be over on our facebook page, but then also on our personal pages. So. End Of course on our patriot. With all that being said, go on social media and Patriot on to find out more details. Also, if you want to support us or learn more about it in the show notes for this episodes. If you go into your podcast player and quick show notes, we have posted our team page where you can get involved. And you can sign up or you can share that link with friends family whoever to help raise awareness for this great cause. So if you were to get involved. Real. Quick. What it looks like it's free to sign up and to participate what's Cool Geo locates your location. Wherever,

In today's episode Bruce and Josh talk about some of the new experiences they are having in light of COVID impacting areas differently than jump into a conversation about how different gaming platforms may be better depending on your personal desired outcomes.

Some specific things covered are:

* Facilitating a 10x5 with a gaming group* Steps a gaming group can take to decrease the time to get something to the table* What Online Conventions have been like (BGG's Virtual Gaming Con, Comic Con, etc.)* A lively conversation about the different impacts that can be fostered thanks to the scripting and user experience functions of various tabletop online platforms (TableTopia, Table Top Simulator, Board Game Arena, and more)

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In today's episode of Impact Josh and I talk about experiences that were having an you can have in this digital world stays in. Welcome back for another episode of Board. Game Impact of course I am Bruce I'm joined by. This is Josh and today we're going to be talking about experiences that were having in this weird like digital hybrid world thing that we got going on with Covid nineteen still in full fledge at the time of this recording. So we hope that no matter where you are in the world, you your family, everybody safe, and we can knock this thing out, so we can get back to more things and more gaming around the table, but that being said there's still plenty of cool opportunities that we're having and you can have. And, so we wanted to talk about that today and so. Josh, weren't you? Kinda kick us off like what's going on in your neck of the woods. What are things looking like for gaming for you? Sure so. I kind of have two things going on right now when it comes to to gaming. kind of taking it from two different approaches, so the first is. Still continuing to reconnect with. Past game groups and doing some gaming online I know that you and I have gotten a chance to get some games and together but then also more recently have started to. Isolate my gaming group a little bit so rather than I think I've talked in the past about I have a pretty large game group here. The game store that I normally go to About forty people on average on a weekend awesome and so. Obviously. That's just not gonNA. Work Right now, So I've kind of isolated it down to a handful of people and recently started a ten by. We're calling Tim. By Five kind of scaled down version of ten by ten so furloughs news aren't aware. Choosing ten games. And trying to play those games five times throughout the course of a year so. Keeping it to just a handful of folks, so we've got four people and and really kind of enjoying kind of digging into some depths of SIM Games that we all really really enjoy. That sounds horrible. Yeah. It's been great a really really good time you know. We each threw in the name of two games that we really wanted to. Kind of dig deep into and really get some meat out of okay. Now, we we, we do not have ten so each person then through in one more game for consideration or at twelve twelve. Out of those four extras, we played all of them once and then independent of one another. We ranked those four games one. so our favourite got a score of one are least favorite gotta score four. We revealed those scores tallied them up and golf scored it, so the lowest to scoring games got added into our ...

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains conversations around Racism, Black Lives Matter, and Representation

This episode is different, the times that this episode goes live are different. At this recording there are mass protests throughout the United States in response to systemic racial issues that was catalyzed by the George Floyd death a week before we recorded this. Given the state of the world, Josh and I felt it would be inappropriate to not have a conversation about how we can support voices as a hobby and to encourage that the hobby move to be more inclusive. We love games, but we also believe that the hobby can be more than it currently is. When that happens we all win as at the end of the day games are nothing without people!

In this episode we simply have a conversation. We came at this episode from our educational backgrounds to shed light on how we can make a positive impact on the world. The tagline that we end every episode with.

In this episode there is no intro we just jump into the conversation.

The article that Josh presented titled Seriously – boardgames? Yes, seriously By Patrick Rae is available at the following link: https://www.aaihs.org/seriously-boardgames-yes-seriously/?fbclid=IwAR0OYUfOxhNGKwt5JKWyS0noiAGb7ePCSy3OWFbGVSafVi1tuC1ieO4Fl5Y

During the global pandemic of COVID-19 we have been faced with unprecedented challenges, within this we also see an opportunity to try new technologies, find new ways to connect, and develop new skills. This being said, in today's episode Bruce and Josh share about their journey into playing board games digitally with each other. Since Bruce and Josh live in different states, they have actually been able to play more games together than they normally get to. Specifically, they talk about how to connect with your game community using different apps (Discord, GroupMe, Slack), places to find games online using Steam, then the difference between board game digital adaptions vs simulators, and finally two games that they have played together. Enjoy, be safe, and make a positive impact on the world!

Specific Games Discussed:

* Steam: Rails to Riches (Digital adaptation of Age of Steam)* Scythe (Digital Adaption of Scythe)(Asmodee Digital & Stonemaier Games)

Communicaiton Platforms for Remote Gaming:

* Discord* GroupMe* SLACK* Zoom

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Turning a situation into an opportunity, Bruce & Josh have still been playing games in this Global Pandemic...it just looks different than large game days of the past. In this episode Bruce & Josh talk about the games they have been playing recently as well as some of the major Kickstarters projects that are interesting them. No matter where you are in the world or what your situation is, you are not alone, and we are and will continue to be here with you. To those who can, make a positive impact on the world.

Specific Games Discussed:

* Everdell Pearl Brook & Bellfair Expansion (Starling Games)* Arcadia Quest (CMON & Spaghetti Western Games)* Dungeons & Dragons Role Playing Game (Wizards of the Coast)* Honey Heist (by Grant H)

Kickstarters Discussed:

* Wrymwood Dice* Ankh (CMON)* Frosthaven (Cephalofair Games)