Game Night Guys

It’s trivia night here on Game Night Guys. Tonight we play a game called Codigo Cube. It’s a QR coded die that uses an app on a smartphone to give you trivia questions and keep score. Nifty, right? Big thanks to Todd at Four Clowns Game and Toy Company in Scottsdale, Arizona for sending us … Continue reading "Codigo Cube"

Kandi, who was on the show when we played Left Center Right, returns to school us in the ancient tile game, Dominoes, otherwise known as Bones. Also, we get a recap of her recent nuptials to Kristin, Curtis tells us about his brief stint as a movie extra and Brian shares what’s not so great … Continue reading "Dominoes"

This week we play a game that combines the word play of Scrabble and card play of Gin Rummy. It’s a fun short word game called Quiddler. Sadly, Mike won’t be joining us regularly for game nights so he can focus on some other projects he’s working on. You can keep in touch with Mike … Continue reading "Quiddler"

Everyone has heard of Backgammon but has anyone ever played it? Tonight we tackle this staple game found in multi-in-one game sets. We also talk about strippers we’ve seen recently. No, really. Also this week, Mike gives a shout out to a new favorite podcast. Be sure to check out I Can’t Believe I’m a … Continue reading "Backgammon"

Listeners Amy & Greg from New Zealand sent us one of their favorite games to play. Carcassonne is a clever tile-laying game that builds cities, roads and monasteries in the South of France. Things we discuss include Mike’s recent adventures in manscaping, Brian seeing The Weepies in concert and we coin a new term that … Continue reading "Carcassonne"

This week’s show was recorded LIVE as a part of the Pride 48 Podcast Marathon. For this special show, we invited our friends Jon & Paul from Secretly Timid to play a game we made up about gay pop culture and current events we call the GLBT Grand Prix! Big thanks Jon & Paul for joining … Continue reading "GLBT Grand Prix 2011"

Michael Fox — host of The Little Metal Dog Show — joins us this week to play an online version of the wildly popular deck-building card game Dominion. You can play Dominion  for free at dominion.isotropic.org. Listen to Michael’s board game podcast at littlemetaldog.com. He is also the host of the video game podcast, Joypod … Continue reading "Dominion"

It’s Labor Day weekend and we are playing the classic board games, Careers. This prompts us to recount the many jobs we’ve had.

It’s all right, ‘cos we are playing the Saved By The Bell Game. This week we play a dating game based on the Saturday morning sitcom. Brian talks about his recent trip to Portland, including a visit to a pizza speakeasy, while keeping his middle name to himself. Mike’s planning a trip to Vancouver while … Continue reading "Saved By The Bell Game"

We are celebrating Christmas in August. This week, we play a prototype of a game called White Elephant Card Game. It simulates that classic holiday game of being a cheapskate. Big thanks to Brian Kelley for sending us this game. To learn more about it, visit whiteelephantcardgame.com. Also thanks to Curtis for joining us this … Continue reading "White Elephant Card Game"