Tabletop Game Talk

This week we first talk about all the new games we came back from Gen Con with.  Then we revisit the question of whether you can judge a game on the first play or not.

We eventually start talking about gaming trends with a lot of input from you which made us realize there are a lot more trends than we originally thought!

We're posting this episode 4 days early!  We won't have a normal Tuesday episode, as this really is episode 53, we just wanted to get it to you in more of a real-time way.

In this episode we talk to you, our listeners, about your experiences at the show.  Chris gives away a ton of games and we all have a great time.  We'll be back to our regular schedule next week when we talk about gaming trends in the hobby.

If you're at GenCon 50, stop by for our live show Friday at 6:00pm (8/18/17) at the Crowne Plaza : Pennsylvania Stn B

52 weeks.  One year.  A milestone.  And what do we talk about, games of course.  Some of our favorites in fact.  And some of yours as well.

In this episode we talk a lot about Kickstarter in our off topic segment.  Ironic really since Chris didn't back anything on Kickstarter this week.

On topic it's all about how to manage your game collection.  Or probably more accurately, how Josh, Kitty, and Chris manage their collections.  From a handful, to a dozen, to a couple hundred we try and add a little order to the chaos.

Oh, and if you listen after the credits you'll get a bonus of our entire theme song.

We made it to episode 50!  This episode is mostly all about your questions and feedback.  Thank you for helping us get to 50 episodes and here's to the next 50!

This week we talk about board game parties and the pros and cons, ups and downs, ins and outs, and other opposites on the subject.  But first...

Off Topic

More on the 50/52 debate and our upcoming 50th episode.  Last week to enter our giveaway, send a question for a few bonus entries to [email protected].  Our GenCon show is 50% sold out and we'll be giving a ton of stuff away there, so get your tickets now.

Chris then talks about two new Kickstarters he's backing, Rolling Empires and Renegade.

Finally we get some feedback from Terrence on game burnout.

On Topic

Finally we get on topic and start with an email from Jason.  There's a lot of input on this topic that we use to drive our discussion and we even come up with some advise by the end.

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This week we talk about burnout, game burnout that is.  But first...

Off Topic

We start out talking about our current giveaway and our upcoming episode 50.  Send us your questions for extra entries.  Enter at [email protected] with subject "July Giveaway".

Chris then talks about Kickstarters, Action Cats, Founders of Gloomhaven, and Crusaders.

We get some feedback from Kitty and Steven then we go on topic.

On Topic

Lots of input from the listeners, thanks Sam, Christy, Caleb, Michael, Steven, Terrance, and Todd.

We talk a about burnout and it's opposite that we finally call addiction.  Turns out there are a ton of games we are burned out on, but there are also a bunch we can't see burning out on.  Hmmm...

This week we talk word games with Gloria.  And Letter games which Chris doesn't care for at all.  But first...

Off Topic

Lots of talk about Dice Tower Con and our giveaway.  We're giving away Plague Inc and Arena For The Gods.  Email us to enter with the subject "July Giveaway"

On Topic

Eventually we get on topic and talk about Scrabble and other spelling games.  We also talk about some word games and how they differ.

This week we take the 4th of July into consideration and talk about yard and picnic games.  But first...

Off Topic

Chris is off to DiceTowerCon with Sydnie this week.  If you're in Orlando, give him a tweet @GameMasterChris.

We're starting our newest giveaway, but the prize is TBD based on what Chris finds in Orlando.  In the mean time you can email your entry to [email protected] with the subject "July Giveaway" to enter.

No new Kickstarters for Chris, but we do have feedback form Aaron and Steve on previous episodes.

On Topic

We spend a fare amount of time talk about traditional yard games and a lot of time reminiscing about these games.  Eventually we do get around to a few tabletop games that would transition fairly well to the outdoors though.

This week we talk about game demos and what we can learn from them.  But first...

Off Topic

Chris is back into the Kickstarter swing with Triplock, Gruff: Rage of Trolls, Bio-Logic, Rise of Tribes, and The Component Collector.

We then get some feedback from Sydnie, Christy, and Sam to talk about.

On Topic

We start off thinking about game demos and if they are useful for learning games at home.  This quickly turns into a discussion about games that kind of do this already by having "first game" versions of the rules.  We end talking about some of the games we demoed at Origins last week.