It's been a long time coming (sorry about that), but we've finally been able to edit the episode that we recorded over two months ago. In this episode we talk about our new voice mail system (401-ItIsBig), about our Extra Life team, about some of our thrift store finds and flops and we run down some of the games we've played.
The Great Big Table Extra Life team page can be found at www.extra-life.org/team/greatbigtable .
Please spread the word about what we're doing, join the team, support a
team member or start a team of your own with your family, gaming group,
co-workers, church, or friendly local gaming store.
All that and we harness the Internet to brainstorm ways to find, or create, gamers with whom to play more games.
So, saddle up and check out the show.
Some additional links from the show:
The Ted Talk (about the enthusiastic follower) that we discussed: Derek Sivers' How to Start a Movement.
Chris Norwood (aka Gamer Chris): gamerchris.com
Chris' Extra Life team: Exploring Games with Kids
Paul Owen's Man Overboard blog: paulowengames.blogspot.com
Jason Moslander's Games with Two blog: gameswithtwo.blogspot.com
Legends Family and Hobby Games (Vincennes, IN) facebook: www.facebook.com/legendsgames
Some of the games we talk about this episode include:
Battle Line
Can't Stop
Dixit
Dominoes
Double Discoveries (Trap the Cap / Game of Goose) - Out of Print, link goes to Board Game Geek page.
Eleminis
Got 'Em
Hike
Identik
Jungle Speed
Leader 1
Lost Cities
Monopoly Deal
Pit
Rallyman
The Resistance
Reverse Charades
Save the Whales - Out of Print, link goes to Board Game Geek page.
Say Anything
S'getti Scatter
Therapy - Out of Print, link goes to Board Game Geek page.
Times Up: Title Recall
Werewolf
Wise and Otherwise
Witch Trial - Out of Print, link goes to Board Game Geek page.
Wits & Wagers
Download the episode: GBT-EP003-Finding-a-Game-Group-Final.mp3
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***Great Big Table is a late-night conversation between two Midwestern geeks with dreams of world domination through board games. It's not a great plan, but it's our plan and we're sticking to it. Join as we plot to put a meeple in every pot- or at least on every table. We slipped the bonds of our robot masters, so the only opinions represented here are our own. We are however in league with Amazon, so a percentage of every purchase made through our links goes into our onshore accounts (thanks!). Some games have been provided by publishers for review while we picked up others for a buck or two at a thrift store or yard sale. Others are from our own collections or games we played with friends and strangers. Our church also received donated games to its community game collection from Legends Family and Hobby Games. All of which are disclosed as such in the podcast. Give yourself a pat on the back if you've made it this far. You should be proud of yourself for reading all this small print- we are!
