Geeks of Cascadia

We send our fearless tabletop game reporter Blue Samurai to Tallinn Estonia to find the best game store in all of Europe called Lorien. We interview the owner and find out if Europeans call euro games just games. Later we do a deep dive review of Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes and let you know if it was worth it or not. BTW: it was worth it.

00:00 Intro, con news, Kickstarters, and witty banter

8:36 Lorien game store in Tallinn Estonia

30:04 Banter, banter, banter

32:33 We review Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes!

01:06:17 Some final thoughts and of course our witty banter

We start our podcast with an interview with Mark Walters, Chairman of the Dragonflight Convention board. We learn about the latest updates to their convention coming this August. Later we do a game review of Feudum. Roll the dice!

00:00 Intro, con news, Kickstarters, and witty banter

10:08 Mark Walters with the Dragonflight Convention

25:12 Some more banter – we are so funny . . . maybe?

27:24 Geeks Tabletop Game Review of Feudum

01:09:06 Some final thoughts and of course our witty banter

We start with a game review of the hot game called The Palace of Mad King Ludwig. Later we visit with the folks at Seattle Metro Gamers to see how this nearly 40 year game club came to be and what their future holds. Of course our podcast crew will give you some con news and talk about games on Kickstarter.

01:09 Intro, con news, Kickstarters, and witty banter

15:53 Game review of The Palace of Mad King Ludwig.

38:57 Some banter – trust me it’s less than a minute.

40:30 Metro Seattle Gamers

55:28 Some final thoughts and of course our witty banter

What is going on with OrcaCon 2019 you ask? Well check out our interview with Donna Prior, Executive Director of OrcaCon. Later Kelly and Doug do a game review of Dinosaur Island!

01:01 Intro, con news, and witty banter

05:07 Donna Prior, OrcaCon 2019 update

13:28 Some more witty banter

15:00 Dinosaur Island game review

34:38 Some final Dinosaur Island talk, Kick Starter news, and final witty banter

After three weeks away the whole gang comes back with two game reviews Sagrada and Ex Libris. Sit back and enjoy some tabletop gaming geekiness.

01:04 Intro, con news, and witty banter

13:45 Sagrada game review

28:02 Some more witty banter and Sagrada talk

32:53 Ex Libris game review

50:05 Some final Ex Libris talk, Kick Starter news, and final witty banter

Our geeky buddy Lynne Hardy stops by to talk about her gig at Chaosium and the GoC crew talk about Zanathar’s Guide to Everything.

We interview Simon with WYSIWYG games who talks to us about their new miniatures board game Planet of the Apes! Also a review of the new expansion to Race for the Galaxy mobile app. Finally we wrap up the episode by talking to an Adventurers League Community Coordinator. Roll the dice!

So what causes a bunch of strangers who willingly come together to kill each other in vehicular homicidal mania? Well it’s Car Wars of course by Steve Jackson Games! Listen to the podcast to follow this year’s 2018 OrcaCon Car Wars Tournament. Will the game end if everyone’s strategy is to hang back and wait for others to kill each other? Will a novice beat the veteran? Only one way to find out is to listen on this Car Wars special episode. Roll the dice.

As Blue Samurai, The Costasorus, and Paul come down from their convention high they sit down with their new friends from the North, the podcast crew from Boards Alive. We talk to Bonnie about a Canadian geek delight, LANtasy Con, a nerdy convention in Victoria BC, March 10 and 11. Plus we talk to the Loree Parker of Norwescon as she gears up for the convention March 29 – April 1 at the SeaTac Double Tree. Also we talk to game developer Greg Corvitis, with Corvitis Games, about his new game Manok, a strategy board game about pirate smuggling.

Our GoC gang is going to fill you in on the latest on Day three of the OrcaCon 2018. Listen to our podcast to get the latest for day three, Sunday, before you arrive. Roll the dice!