Boards & Swords

Boards & Swords

By Chris Renshaw
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Boards & Swords episodes

  • Affordable Dice For All Minis Games with Steven from Baron of Dice - Boards & Swords 226
    Affordable Dice For All Minis Games with Steven from Baron of Dice - Boards & Swords 226

    Rhino Hero to Rhino Zero…money? You’ll never guess, but Terraforming Mars has used AI art before, and Weta Workshop is wetting our appetites for some new 40k action figures. Plus, we’ve got Steven from The Baron of Dice on the show to talk about what else but DICE!

    News

    Terraforming Mars defending AI art?

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/terraforming-mars/news/terraforming-mars-expansion-ai-art-criticism

    1:6 chance I get these new 40k figures

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/warhammer-40000-10th-edition/news/warhammer-40k-age-of-sigma-figures

    Squid Games in the dark?

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/deathmatch-island/news/deathmatch-island-battle-royale-rpg-squid-game-fortnite-severance

    Haba going bankrupt?

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/haba/news/haba-files-for-insolvency

    New Star Trek minis game?

    https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55098/wizkids-announces-star-trek-into-unknown-core-set

    Join us on Discord! https://boardsandswords.com/discord

    Email us your comments and questions at [email protected]. We're on social media! Facebook.com/boardsandswordspod is our official Facebook page. Chris is @boardsandswordschris on instagram, while Philip is @PhilTheDirtbag on Twitter. Thank you for listening to the show. Until next time, remember that every gamer has a story…..what's yours?

    1 hr 9 min
  • Nova Open 2023 with Adam and Vince from Snarling Badger Studios - Boards & Swords 225
    Nova Open 2023 with Adam and Vince from Snarling Badger Studios - Boards & Swords 225

    We are live at Nova Open 2023! Will Chris get the chance to insta-kill Philip AGAIN in D&D? Want a eco-friendly card game with more “bark” in it? Plus, we talk with Adam and Vince from Snarling Badger Studios about their various tabletop miniatures games and going from tabletop players to making a tabletop company.

    News

    Worms the Board Game!

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manticgames/worms-the-board-game

    Doctors and Daleks!

    https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54925/cubicle-7s-doctors-daleks-ready-materialize

    Eco-Friendly LCG?

    https://www.teamcovenant.com/games/earthborne-rangers

    A Mario Kart style board game?

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/series/dungeon-kart/news/dungeon-kart-kickstarter-mario-kart-board-game

    Return to the beginning of D&D5e

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/dungeons-and-dragons-5e/news/phandelver-and-below-sourcebook-details-nostalgia-corruption

    Join us on Discord! https://boardsandswords.com/discord

    Email us your comments and questions at [email protected]. We're on social media! Facebook.com/boardsandswordspod is our official Facebook page. Chris is @boardsandswordschris on instagram, while Philip is @PhilTheDirtbag on Twitter. Thank you for listening to the show. Until next time, remember that every gamer has a story…..what's yours?

    59 min
  • Cyberpunk RED Combat Zone with Dan from Monster Fight Club - Boards & Swords 224
    Cyberpunk RED Combat Zone with Dan from Monster Fight Club - Boards & Swords 224

    Castle Assault gets popular for the wrong reasons, get dice everyday for a month, and a new card game based on a show based on a card game? We talk about this and more with Dan Scillieri from Monster Fight Club, makers of great terrain and the Cyberpunk RED Combat Zone minis game.

    News

    Starfinder 2e

    https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54808/paizo-announces-starfinder-2e

    Post Malone has one ring magic card money

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/magic-the-gathering-game/news/post-malone-buys-one-ring-card

    Exploding Kittens: The Card Game for the TV Show about the Card Game

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/exploding-kittens-good-vs-evil/news/exploding-kittens-good-vs-evil

    Cool advent calendar idea

    https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54698/fanroll-reveals-advent-dice-calendar

    Best way to get your game promoted?

    https://gizmodo.com/gen-con-card-theft-magic-gathering-persons-of-interest-1850734744

    Join us on Discord! https://boardsandswords.com/discord

    Email us your comments and questions at [email protected]. We're on social media! Facebook.com/boardsandswordspod is our official Facebook page. Chris is @boardsandswordschris on instagram, while Philip is @PhilTheDirtbag on Twitter. Thank you for listening to the show. Until next time, remember that every gamer has a story…..what's yours?

    1 hr 11 min
  • Gen Con 2023 Recap: Over 70,000 Nerds Trying To Get Lorcana - Boards & Swords 223
    Gen Con 2023 Recap: Over 70,000 Nerds Trying To Get Lorcana - Boards & Swords 223

    Chris is back from Gen Con, and Shawn and him did a lot and saw a lot of things. Also, $300,000 worth of magic cards stolen, people were crazy for Lorcana, and Transformers are coming to Robo Rally! The best part - you wont have to shove through 70,000 other nerds to find out everything that happened!

    News

    No news other than things we saw!

    Email us your comments and questions at [email protected]. We're on social media! Facebook.com/boardsandswordspod is our official Facebook page. Chris is @boardsandswordschris on instagram, while Philip is @PhilTheDirtbag on Twitter. Thank you for listening to the show. Until next time, remember that every gamer has a story…..what's yours?

    1 hr 56 min
  • Worms: The Board Game with Ronnie Renton from Mantic Games - Boards & Swords 222
    Worms: The Board Game with Ronnie Renton from Mantic Games - Boards & Swords 222

    They actually made a way for you to play as the Blob in the Arkham Horror LCG, a popular Call of Cthulhu adventure is getting turned into a board game, and “Allons-y”: we’ve got Doctor Who magic cards to talk about now. Then, we talk with Ronnie from Mantic Games about the upcoming Worms: The Board Game.

    News

    Play as the Blob - for real!

    https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2023/7/13/the-blob-that-ate-everything-else/

    New Call of Cthulhu board game

    https://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/chaosium-announces-horror-on-the-orient-express-board-game-adaptation/

    RPG mashing together a ton of scifi hits

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/terminal/news/sci-fi-pirate-rpg-terminal-the-matrix-black-sails-twin-peaks-kickstarter

    Solo Star Trekking

    https://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/modiphius-entertainment-announces-captains-log-solo-roleplaying-game-in-star-trek-universe/

    More Doctor Who MTG news

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/magic-the-gathering-game/news/mtg-doctor-who-card-reveals-tenth-doctor-tardis-daleks

    Email us your comments and questions at [email protected]. We're on social media! Facebook.com/boardsandswordspod is our official Facebook page. Chris is @boardsandswordschris on instagram, while Philip is @PhilTheDirtbag on Twitter. Thank you for listening to the show. Until next time, remember that every gamer has a story…..what's yours?

    1 hr 9 min
  • Dice Theme Park, Tiny Epic Gloomhaven, Um Actually the Board Game - Boards & Swords 221
    Dice Theme Park, Tiny Epic Gloomhaven, Um Actually the Board Game - Boards & Swords 221

    One of these days I will stop putting Lord of the Rings MTG stories in the news…I’m sorry but today is not that day. Also: a tabletop minis game set in a trailer park, Gloomhaven: just smaller, and massacre your friends (but only in Texas with a Chainsaw!). And Cory and Jimmy join us to talk about Dice Theme Park from Alley Cat Games and we play the “Um, Actually” card game.

    News

    Trailer park minis game

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/badgoblingames/trailer-park-warlords-of-the-apocalypse-0?ref=discovery_category_newest

    Texas Chainsaw Massacre the board game

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/texas-chainsaw-massacre-slaughterhouse/news/texas-chainsaw-massacre-slaughterhouse-asymmetric-horror-announcement

    Without fail..they will make more games

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/without-fail/news/exploding-kittens-without-fail

    Gloom-hav'n a good time...

    https://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/compact-new-solo-play-game-gloomhaven-buttons-bugs-now-available-for-15

    *Another* Lord of the Rings MTG story....sorry....

    https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/54521/tcgplayer-top-25-sealed-products-with-price-shifts-june-2023

    Email us your comments and questions at [email protected]. We're on social media! Facebook.com/boardsandswordspod is our official Facebook page. Chris is @boardsandswordschris on instagram, while Philip is @PhilTheDirtbag on Twitter. Thank you for listening to the show. Until next time, remember that every gamer has a story…..what's yours?

    1 hr 20 min
  • Cocaine Bear: The RPG, Warhammer 40k 10th edition, Dragonlance 5e - Boards & Swords 220
    Cocaine Bear: The RPG, Warhammer 40k 10th edition, Dragonlance 5e - Boards & Swords 220

    The one ring is found, Cocaine Bear: the RPG, and defend Waffle House from Zombies! Also, you know we are going to talk about 10th edition Warhammer 40K and we take a look at the Dragonlance D&D5e adventure that released earlier this year.

    News

    Just a wholesome Pokemon story

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/pokemon-trading-card-game/news/pokemon-card-second-grade-spikey-eared-pichu-record-breaking-sale

    This was only a matter of time

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/news/cocaine-owlbear-announced

    "Cracker barrel has fallen"?

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/news/cracker-barrel-has-fallen-rpg-waffle-house-index

    Sushi Go, now with lazy Susan

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/sushi-go-spin-some-dim-sum/news/sushi-go-spinoff-fills-the-the-table-with-rotating-steamer-baskets-and-family-style-dishes

    A tabletop gaming coloring book?

    https://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/shelf-care-a-tabletop-coloring-book-now-on-kickstarter

    Origins attendance

    https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54457/gama-reveals-origins-2023-attendance

    Epic Horus Heresy!

    https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/07/01/warhammer-preview-battle-on-an-epic-scale-in-the-horus-heresy-legions-imperialis/

    New 40k Starter Sets!

    https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/07/03/warhammer-40000-starter-sets-get-cracking-with-the-new-edition/

    10th edition 40k is already broken (and fixed?)

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/warhammer-40000-10th-edition/news/warhammer-40k-tenth-edition-competitive-balance-problems

    The One Card is Revealed!

    https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54492/psa-reveals-grade-magic-the-gatherings-the-one-ring-001-001

    Email us your comments and questions at [email protected]. We're on social media! Facebook.com/boardsandswordspod is our official Facebook page. Chris is @boardsandswordschris on instagram, while Philip is @PhilTheDirtbag on Twitter. Thank you for listening to the show. Until next time, remember that every gamer has a story…..what's yours?

    1 hr 27 min
  • Too Many Marvel Games to Count with Brian Ibbott from The Morning Stream - Boards & Swords 219
    Too Many Marvel Games to Count with Brian Ibbott from The Morning Stream - Boards & Swords 219

    A couple of games being brought back from the dead, one that might be dead in the water, and Worms the Board Game? Then we talk to Brian Ibbott from The Morning Stream and find out what kind of games he enjoys playing.

    News

    Crossbows and Catapults coming from Restoration Games

    https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/148695/restoration-launches-new-crossbows-catapults-and-d

    Worms: The Board Game??

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/worms-the-board-game/news/worms-board-game-kickstarter-incoming

    Board game based on the video game based on the wargame

    https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54284/games-workshop-unleashes-new-warhammer-40-000-board-game

    7 figures Magic the Gathering card?

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/magic-the-gathering-game/news/magic-the-gathering-the-one-ring-million-dollar-bounty

    Gloomhaven Second edition!

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/gloomhaven-second-edition/news/gloomhaven-second-edition-announced

    Heroscape is coming back after all!

    https://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/renegade-game-studios-expands-partnership-with-hasbro-bringing-heroscape-back-to-the-table

    Upper Deck sues Ravensburger on Lorcana

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/disney-lorcana/news/disney-lorcana-studio-responds-to-allegations

    Email us your comments and questions at [email protected]. We're on social media! Facebook.com/boardsandswordspod is our official Facebook page. Chris is @boardsandswordschris on instagram, while Philip is @PhilTheDirtbag on Twitter. Thank you for listening to the show. Until next time, remember that every gamer has a story…..what's yours?

    1 hr 21 min
  • Metal Gear Solid Returns, Ticket to Ride Legacy, Historical Wargames - Boards & Swords 218
    Metal Gear Solid Returns, Ticket to Ride Legacy, Historical Wargames - Boards & Swords 218

    Are movies based on tabletop games the next trend? (I hope not). Ticket to ride is hoping on the legacy train (hehe), and the Metal Gear Solid game is back! Also, we celebrate Memorial Day by talking about games based on historical wars.

    News

    Metal Gear Solid game is back

    https://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/metal-gear-solid-the-board-game-integral-edition-available-for-pre-order-now

    Ticket to ride legacy?

    https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/23739222/ticket-ride-legends-west-daviau-leacock-moon-interview

    Nobody asks about tabletop movies?

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/topics/films/interview/chris-kaminski-terraforming-mars-board-game-screen-adaptations

    D&Dtv?

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/news/dungeons-and-dragons-adventures-streaming-television-network-announcement

    I was right!

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/news/dungeons-and-dragons-dont-say-one-dnd

    Spiel des Jahres nominees announced

    https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54189/spiel-des-jahres-2023-nominees-announced

    Email us your comments and questions at [email protected]. We're on social media! Facebook.com/boardsandswordspod is our official Facebook page. Chris is @boardsandswordschris on instagram, while Philip is @PhilTheDirtbag on Twitter. Thank you for listening to the show. Until next time, remember that every gamer has a story…..what's yours?

    1 hr 10 min
  • A New Star Wars TCG, BattleTech in Target with Mike from Nova Open - Boards & Swords 217
    A New Star Wars TCG, BattleTech in Target with Mike from Nova Open - Boards & Swords 217

    Nerf gun RPGs, Doctor Who & Magic, and of course: a new Warhammer 40k box set!! Then, we get our Nova on as we talk with Mike from the Nova Open Committee as he tells us about all the new changes coming to the Nova Open this year - including A LIVE BOARDS & SWORDS! Come join us!

    News

    You got your Nerf blasters in my RPG!

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/hyperweapon/news/nerf-gun-tabletop-rpg-hyperweapon-announced

    New class coming for Munchkin

    https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54059/steve-jackson-adds-new-class-munchkin

    *Another* Star Wars card game is coming out

    https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54062/fantasy-flight-games-announces-new-star-wars-tcg

    You got your Doctor Who in my Magic The Gathering!

    https://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/magic-the-gathering-and-doctor-who-come-together-to-celebrate-60-years-of-time-traveling-adventures

    BattleTech coming to Target!

    https://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/battletech-essentials-boxed-set-coming-soon-exclusive-to-target-stores

    The 10th edition 40k box set revealed!

    https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/warhammer-40000-10th-edition/news/warhammer-40k-10e-starter-set-leviathan-contents

    Email us your comments and questions at [email protected]. We're on social media! Facebook.com/boardsandswordspod is our official Facebook page. Chris is @boardsandswordschris on instagram, while Philip is @PhilTheDirtbag on Twitter. Thank you for listening to the show. Until next time, remember that every gamer has a story…..what's yours?

    1 hr 9 min

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Bad jokes. Good folks. Games. Every other week, Chris & Philip talk about their experiences playing different games (both board games and video games). If you enjoy hearing people talk about the…