Rulebooks Anonymous

Shark Week may be over but that won't stop us from talking about the Jaws boardgame! Dennis gets a little heated discussing recent events blaming videogames for heinous acts, fortunately James and Amanda help him cool off quickly. Loads of upcoming games announced and previewed at Gen Con, James has the scoop on his favorites and ones that have tickled his fancy!

He's dead, Jim! We cover the Captain is Dead today, a fantastic board game in the spirit of Star Trek. A couple of upcoming games from Gen Con have our interest. And we discuss properties we'd like to see as games, with a little of our patented going off the rails.

What a show do we have for you today! It is recommended that you have the volume down for the intro (you'll understand why), then turn it back up as we cover Terror in Meeple City (formerly called Rampage). The show goes slightly off the rails as we discuss a new business venture involving turkey legs. To cap things off, a discussion about poor sportsmanship from winners with a tale involving the infamous, Player X!

We've got a double shot of boardgames today with Baren Park and Patchwork! How do you feel about rules in games? Do you strictly enforce them or are you more forgiving? We discuss the subject of being a Rule Lawyer (can't say the other thing we all say) and when it's ok to bend the rules or enforce them with an iron fist!

The wackiness is cranked up to 11 as we review Wacky Races! James reveals potential plans for his home (game related of course). And we share a few favorites from E3 2019!

Join us as we journey into Middle Earth with the new Lord of the Rings boardgame. We discuss a couple of our play throughs as villianous characters in a couple classic video games as well as Diablo 3 adventures. Do you have a game mechanic that you don't like? So do we! We cover a few we don't like (possibly a new feature) in video and board games. And Amanda shares her triumph in Tiger Woods.

We return to Fireball Island to explore the many expansions of the game! We delve into spiders, snakes, and bees, oh my! A brief discussion on a potential (and kinda gross) RA exclusive game. And to finish our show we dive into digital vs physical card games and what pros or cons they have.

It's time to suit up and save the world as we play Heroes Wanted! We take a quick look at the beta of Mortal Kombat 11, and recieve a strange history lesson on poison damage in real life. With all the talk of Starwars, we have news on upcoming games and the return of an old feature with James sharing his tale of a mechanical pony. And just to round things out, we discuss football and Madden, because of reasons.

Stick em up! I mean, Flick Em Up! We cover an interesting take on the old western cowboy genre with a review of Flick Em Up. This episode also delves into the realm of game movies, do they work? Do they not work? Will we have to revisit this topic with how many movies there are? Tune in!

We head to New York (not literally of course) for the Godfather Boardgame. We discuss cheating in games, with a look back at the fall of a champion. Plus, did you know that playing boardgames has health and educational benefits? You will after tuning in!