Board Stupid

We Played - Fallout! We Played is a series where we talk about an epic boardgame  we played this week, and this week it's post apocalyptic, radroach crushing,  nuka cola drinking, Jet huffing, alt history 1950's, video game IP, Fallout!  In this episode, we will be diving in to the things we liked and breaking down  the elements that make it great, because, at the end of the day we only play  awesome games. And fallout… is rad

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This week, We Played - Pandemic Iberia! We Played is a series where we talk about an epic boardgame we played this week, and this week it's the disease researching, illness treating, railway building, water purifying cooperative behemoth, Pandemic - Iberia! In this episode, we will be diving in to the things we liked and breaking down the elements that make it great, because, at the end of the day we only play awesome games. And Pandemic Iberia… is pretty sick! One could say it's the illist cooperative game there is...

In this episode we're going to be talking in detail about the rules of spellcasting in D&D, often thought of as one of the more complicated rule sets, we want to break it down to make it easy to understand and get anyone new to the game comfortable with playing a spellcasting character. We'll be talking about spell effects, spell slots, components, durations and a whole heap more, all wrapped up in some core principles that if you understand them, will make playing spellcasting characters a whole lot easier… so with that let's get started!

This week, We Played - Rising Sun! We Played is a series where we talk about an epic boardgame we played this week, and this week it's the katana clashing, ronin hiring, kami worshiping, political manoeuvring, mythological ancient japan, Rising Sun! In this episode, we will be diving in to the things we liked and breaking down the elements that make it great, because, at the end of the day we only play awesome games. And for me at least, Rising Sun is epic in a way that is hard to describe… but we're going to do out best!

In this episode we're building a half orc wizard! Those of you who have been with us since episode 1 know that we mentioned it as a comment on making interesting characters, not being bound by min maxing, so allow us to introduce our new D&D sub series... "Let's Build".

This is the first of those - so, Let's build a half orc wizard! Both Simon and I have created a half orc wizard build and we'll be discussing how we did it, the process and thinking behind the choices and explaining how character creation works

What should we build next?

This week we played - Wasteland Express Delivery Service! We Played is a series where we talk about an epic boardgame we played this week, and this week it's the mad max, borderlands evoking, raider evading, post apocalyptic Fedex simulator, Wasteland Express Delivery Service! In this episode, we will be diving in to the things we liked and breaking down the elements that make it great, because, at the end of the day we only play awesome games. And Wasteland Express Delivery Service is a wild ride!

In this episode we count down the qualities that we believe make for the very best Dungeon Masters at the table. We discuss principles, traits and concepts that would almost certainly be good for any existing or new DM to aspire to implement in their own games. If you listened to our "Top Tips for New DMs" episode, this episode takes those principles to the next level, they are the very best behaviours and traits shown by the excellent dungeon masters we've had the pleasure of playing under.

This week, We Played - Nemesis! We Played is a series where we talk about an epic boardgame we played this week, and this week it's the terrifyingly tense, alien evading, deep space sci fi survival horror, Nemesis! In this episode, we will be diving in to the things we liked and breaking down the elements that make it great, because, at the end of the day we only play awesome games. And Nemesis is all but the license, Alien the board game...

In this episode we will be discussing the core rules, concepts, and general knowledge that you need before playing a game of Dungeons and Dragons for the first time! We hope after listening to this episode, you'll have a solid idea of where to start and what you need to do to dive in to the amazing hobby that is D&D and Tabletop Roleplaying Games! What are your tips for brand new players? Let us know in the comments below!