Have Games, Will Travel

Have Games, Will Travel

By Paul Tevis
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Have Games, Will Travel episodes

  • Have Games, Will Travel #105
    Year-end Review for 2007
    • 0:32 - In this episode I take a look back at my gaming in 2007.
    • 1:32 - This show is a member of the Gaming Broadcast Network.
    • 1:39 - I played fewer new games and fewer board games overall in 2007, but I still had a lot of fun.
      • Top New Game: Zooloretto; Honorable Mentions: Arkadia, Pizza Box Baseball
      • Top New (To Me) Game: Hammer of the Scots; Honorable Mentions: The Napoleonic Wars, Twilight Struggle
    • 15:01 - Have Games, Will Travel is supported by RPGNow.com.
    • 15:21 - Last year was pretty good for board games, but it was clearly my best year ever for roleplaying. I enjoyed not only encountering new gems but also revisiting old favorites.
      • Top New Game: Grey Ranks; Honorable Mentions: The Committee for the Exploration of Mysteries, The Blossoms Are Falling
      • Top New (To Me) Game: Primetime Adventures; Honorable Mentions: HeroQuest, Burning Empires
    • 28:46 - You can find more RPG podcasts at RPGPodcasts.com.
    • 28:53 - It will be hard to top a year in which I designed my first game, started doing improv, won an ENnie, but I'm going to try in 2008.
    --PaulDiscuss this episode in the HG,WT forum
    34 min
  • Have Games, Will Travel #105
    Year-end Review for 2007
    • 0:32 - In this episode I take a look back at my gaming in 2007.
    • 1:32 - This show is a member of the Gaming Broadcast Network.
    • 1:39 - I played fewer new games and fewer board games overall in 2007, but I still had a lot of fun.
      • Top New Game: Zooloretto; Honorable Mentions: Arkadia, Pizza Box Baseball
      • Top New (To Me) Game: Hammer of the Scots; Honorable Mentions: The Napoleonic Wars, Twilight Struggle
    • 15:01 - Have Games, Will Travel is supported by RPGNow.com.
    • 15:21 - Last year was pretty good for board games, but it was clearly my best year ever for roleplaying. I enjoyed not only encountering new gems but also revisiting old favorites.
      • Top New Game: Grey Ranks; Honorable Mentions: The Committee for the Exploration of Mysteries, The Blossoms Are Falling
      • Top New (To Me) Game: Primetime Adventures; Honorable Mentions: HeroQuest, Burning Empires
    • 28:46 - You can find more RPG podcasts at RPGPodcasts.com.
    • 28:53 - It will be hard to top a year in which I designed my first game, started doing improv, won an ENnie, but I'm going to try in 2008.
    --PaulDiscuss this episode in the HG,WT forum
    34 min
  • HG,WT: For A Few Games More #7
    Buy Graham's BookInspired by Play Unsafe by Graham Walmsley(See also my conversation with Remi Treuer about improv and gaming in episodes 97 and 98.)--PaulDiscuss this episode in the HG,WT forum
    4 min
  • HG,WT: For A Few Games More #7
    Buy Graham's BookInspired by Play Unsafe by Graham Walmsley(See also my conversation with Remi Treuer about improv and gaming in episodes 97 and 98.)--PaulDiscuss this episode in the HG,WT forum
    4 min
  • Have Games, Will Travel #104
    Hammer of the Scots and PBeM wargames
    • 0:34 - Inspired by For A Few Games More #6, I've guilted myself into finally getting this episode recorded.
    • 1:28 - This show is a member of the Gaming Broadcast Network.
    • 1:37 - Hammer of the Scots is one of my favorite new wargames, combining an elegant design with strategically asymmetric sides.
    • 21:00 - Have Games, Will Travel is supported by RPGNow.com.
    • 21:18 - I've been playing a few wargames recently via PBeM, using Cyberboard, VASSAL, and ACTS.
    • 31:03 - And that will do it for today's show.
    --PaulDiscuss this episode in the HG,WT forum
    33 min
  • Have Games, Will Travel #104
    Hammer of the Scots and PBeM wargames
    • 0:34 - Inspired by For A Few Games More #6, I've guilted myself into finally getting this episode recorded.
    • 1:28 - This show is a member of the Gaming Broadcast Network.
    • 1:37 - Hammer of the Scots is one of my favorite new wargames, combining an elegant design with strategically asymmetric sides.
    • 21:00 - Have Games, Will Travel is supported by RPGNow.com.
    • 21:18 - I've been playing a few wargames recently via PBeM, using Cyberboard, VASSAL, and ACTS.
    • 31:03 - And that will do it for today's show.
    --PaulDiscuss this episode in the HG,WT forum
    33 min
  • Have Games, Will Travel #103
    Post-GenCon Grab Bag
    • 0:33 - This episode is much later than I'd like, but I'm finally back from my post-GenCon hiatus.
    • 1:14 - This show is part of the Gaming Broadcast Network.
    • 1:21 - First up on my review pile is 40 Years of GenCon, an oral history of North America's biggest gaming convention.
    • 4:12 - I was bowled over by Hobby Games: The 100 Best, a collection of essays by one hundred game designers about their favorite games.
    • 8:48 - Have Games, Will Travel is supported by RPGNow.com
    • 9:06 - I finally got a chance to read two books I contributed to, Finis: A Book of Endings to Give People New Beginnings and the Story Games Names Project.
    • 10:59 - My favorite game from GenCon so far is Grey Ranks, a roleplaying game about child soldiers during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.
    • 12:02 - I haven't been playing much recently, but my group is getting ready to play Burning Empires (PDF). I've also managed to fit in some Play-by-Email games of Hammer of the Scots and Sword of Rome.
    • 13:27 - Don't forget about my other gaming podcast, The Voice of the Revolution, and my Actual Play weblog, A Fistful of Games.
    --PaulDiscuss this episode in the HG,WT forum
    17 min
  • Have Games, Will Travel #103
    Post-GenCon Grab Bag
    • 0:33 - This episode is much later than I'd like, but I'm finally back from my post-GenCon hiatus.
    • 1:14 - This show is part of the Gaming Broadcast Network.
    • 1:21 - First up on my review pile is 40 Years of GenCon, an oral history of North America's biggest gaming convention.
    • 4:12 - I was bowled over by Hobby Games: The 100 Best, a collection of essays by one hundred game designers about their favorite games.
    • 8:48 - Have Games, Will Travel is supported by RPGNow.com
    • 9:06 - I finally got a chance to read two books I contributed to, Finis: A Book of Endings to Give People New Beginnings and the Story Games Names Project.
    • 10:59 - My favorite game from GenCon so far is Grey Ranks, a roleplaying game about child soldiers during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.
    • 12:02 - I haven't been playing much recently, but my group is getting ready to play Burning Empires (PDF). I've also managed to fit in some Play-by-Email games of Hammer of the Scots and Sword of Rome.
    • 13:27 - Don't forget about my other gaming podcast, The Voice of the Revolution, and my Actual Play weblog, A Fistful of Games.
    --PaulDiscuss this episode in the HG,WT forum
    17 min

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A podcast about tabletop games by Paul Tevis.