Epic Gaming Night - Board Games, Table Top Games, & D&D

Ep 101 Listener Q&A


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This week Roy, Matt, & Rob Answer Questions from our listeners! We also talk about what we have been playing!

 

News:

  • Hot Sauce video for our patrons has been shot it's in the process of being edited

What we have been playing?

  • (Roy) Evolution: The Card Game,
  • (Rob) Scoville
  • (Matt) Scoville

Topic: Questions

 

  • Kyle_the_white: What is a theme in boardgaming that you think is under utilized?

 

  • Hard Science
  • Anime
  • Cyberpunk with less emphasis on corporations
  • Frankenstein’s monster

 

  • three_geek_moon: If you guys could feature on some promo cards, which games would you like to be featured in? What would you like to he doing in those promo cards?

 

  • Dead of Winter
  • Cosmic Encounter
  • Blood Rage
  • Champions of Midgard
  • Lost in Space
  • Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn

 

  • Theonesyoulove: What was the game that drew you into the hobby?

 

  • (Rob) Game of Thrones, Risk Legacy, Battlestar Galactica
  • (Roy) Redemption, Battlestar Galactica, Shadows over Camelot, Arkham Horror
  • (Matt) Betrayal at House on the Hill

 

  • Sportsguy3125: How do you feel is the best way you learn a game? Do you have to read the rule book or do you like to jump in and figure it out from there?

 

  • Give it to your buddy to figure out
  • Read the rule book and watch a playthrough
  • Go online and watch “Watch it played” and look at reviews

 

  • Bencobes: How have your gaming tastes changed since you started gaming?

 

  • Stayed the same mostly
  • Moved away from “lifestyle games”

 

  • Tabletopcraig: Do you find doing reviews for a game takes away from enjoying them?

 

  • Nope

 

  • Re_education_through_yams: You guys excited to play Near and Far?

 

  • YES!

 

  • Blackbeardgamer: What person would you most like to interview on the podcast?

 

  • Shut up & Sit Down
  • Corey Konieczka
  • Eric Lang
  • Emerson Matsuuchi
  • Stephen Avery
  • Josh Lebkowicz

 

  • hollyraewolffGames: you like the idea of but want a different theme? I like flick em up's mechanics but hate country western cowboy themes. I'd like it with ninjas :)

 

  • Mansions of Madness
  • IP games like GoT and Star Wars

 

  • Jeromenowak: Dream collaboration between which designers/publishers??

 

  • Emerson Matsuuchi x Space Cowboys
  • Emerson Matsuuchi x Anyone
  • Emerson Matsuuchi x Stephen Avery

 

  • Thechrissteele13: Have you ever had a game to review that at first glance you didn't think you would like but after reviewing it you were surprised that you enjoyed it?

 

    • Not really
  • @restorationgames: what's the most important single that my to making a game night epic?
    • (Roy) People
    • (Rob) People
    • (Matt) Mood (i.e. food, music, lighting, people)
  • @waltkippenhuck: "How does one pick the perfect game for both their wife AND fiancé...and survive?"
    • LOL
  • @pixiebobgames: What makes a game epic?  Can a game be epic to some and meh to others? Why play bad games?
    • Stories, Stories, Stories
  • @spamsicola: How many games are too many?  Or, does it depend on how much room you have to store them?
    • Depends on the person
  • @gamesngainz: While playing games, do you ever lose track of pieces because they camouflage into the elaborate pattern of your table?
    • Not really...but sometimes
  • Timothy Gay: If board games didn't exist, what hobby would you obsess over instead?
    • (Roy) CCG’s, RPG’s, Music
    • (Rob) Video Games
    • (Matt) Movies, Cooking
  • Jerome Nowak: What game do you hate that you love? The most bittersweet game... For any reason, time, backstabbing, etc.
    • Axis of Villains, Killer Bunnies, Magic the Gathering

Other games mentioned:

  • Massive Darkness
  • Champions of Midgard
  • Lost in Space
  • Quartz
  • Rex
  • Bang!
  • D&D

Thanks to our awesome Patrons!

  • Patrons of the week!
    • Rob: EJ Burkhardt
    • Matt: Jerome Nowak
    • Roy: Susan Cannaday

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