Brendan talks about how we treat other gamers and people new to the hobby. What does it mean to be elitist?

Show notes:

Blue Peg Pink Peg episode #129
Shut Up and Sit Down thread I like
Dice Tower top 10
Have you encountered elitism in your game experience? How do you deal with it? Do you feel this impulse yourself?

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In this episode, Brendan talks about his game stats for August, including his 10x10 update, "out of the dust list," "shelf of opportunity,"

Show notes:

Top of the Stack
10x10 update
First plays this month
Out of the Dust
Want List update
Shelf of Opportunity
What have you been playing this month? Pop over to boardgamegeek and let us know in our guild, #3269!

Brendan talks about the phenomenon of multiple discovery or parallel creativity — the fact that multiple people can invent or create similar things at almost the same time.

Zombicide
Last Night on Earth
Gen7
“I feel like I’ve been punched in the gut”
Gil hova writing about creating The Networks
Have you wrestled with this problem? What do you do to help get over the hurdles it throws in your way?
How do you maintain your creative energy when the thing you were working on seems to have been made by someone else?
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Brendan reports on a couple game stores he visited in and near Bowling Green, Ohio, then conducts a “message from the deep” episode on Gloomhaven.

Show notes:

The Stacked Deck game store
Frogtown Hobbies
Gloomhaven
Have you played Gloomhaven? Do you think it holds up to the hype? Why/why not?
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Brendan discusses the second half of his current gaming wishlist.

Show notes:

The wishlist for you to review
Glass Road
Project: Elite
League of Six
Collapsible D: The Final Minutes of the Titanic
Victorian Masterminds
Raids
Gen7
Gizmos
What games are on your wishlist? Pop over to our guild, #3269, and let us know!

Brendan discusses his current top “wants” on his game list.
https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/244707/top-want-list

Brendan talks about what he’s been playing in the first half of August, 2018.

Games discussed:

Werewords
Ninjitsu!
Onitama
Roll for the Galaxy
Race for the Galaxy
The Grimm Forest
Five Tribes
A Study in Emerald
What games have you been playing lately? Let us know over on BoardGameGeek guild #3269.

Brendan talks about the [toggle] gaming all-day game event, then spends some time talking about hand management games.

Show notes:

[toggle] gaming
Android Netrunner
Legendary Marvel
Bohnanza
A Study in Emerald (1st edition)
Something Wakes in the Forest
What is your favorite Hand Management game? What games do you think sit on the border of hand-management country? Drop by our guild on Board Game Geek #3269 and let us know!

Brendan talks about his new role as the Games Librarian for [toggle] gaming, his local game group in Palatine, IL. What does it mean to be a games librarian?

Show notes:

[toggle] gaming
Blood Rage
Via Nebula
Are you part of a group that has a shared library? What kinds of things should we watch out for? Let us know over on BoardGameGeek, in guild #3269.

Brendan shares his thoughts after finishing the first collection from the Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective line of mystery games.

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders and Other Cases
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Carleton House & Queen's Park
Have you played this or other mystery games like it? What is your favorite? Let us know over on BoardGameGeek in guild #3269.