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

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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

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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!

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Wizards went too far…again…., a lot of nerds got together in a mall and set a world record, and we’re in Vegas baby! See what crazy antics we got into, plus Chris got to talk with Scott Johnson from Frogpants Studios about his new card game “Dungeon Murder” (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rockrunners/dungeon-murder-a-new-game-by-scott-johnson)

News

Call of Duty board game incoming

https://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/iconic-video-game-series-call-of-duty-set-to-debut-as-official-board-game-on-kickstarter-fall-2023

D&D world record set

https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/news/dungeons-and-dragons-guinness-world-record-most-players

A Star Trek escape room style game

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53945/funko-gets-cryptic-star-trek

Pathfinder.....2.5???

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53955/gama-expo-news-paizo-reveals-pathfinder-2e-remaster-project

In today's example of Wizards of the Coast screwing up....

https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/trading-card-game/news/magic-the-gathering-aftermath-youtube-prompts-pinkerton-investigation

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