The D6 Generation

Stephen Buonocore of Stronghold Games joins us to discuss geeky gifts & ideas for ways to celebrate the 2016 holiday season.

Raef 'Hollywood' Granger returns to the third chair to help us celebrate our 200th episode!   We couldn't let our 200th episode pass us by without at least a look back at what got us here.  Raef, Craig, & Russ, with the help of submissions from our listeners, remember favorite moments from the first 199 episodes.  But first we here from a host of third chairs (see what we did there) as they share what they enjoyed about being a part of the show.  A big thank you to all of them, and all of you!!   All that plus:    - Total Fan Girl - Do You Ever Notice - App of the Ep (Overcooked) -  & More If you'd like to discuss the show with us and others in our forum thread: .   The following fine organizations help make this show possible:        ==Quick Reference== App of the Ep: 1 hr 1 min - Vermintide Third Chair Thoughts: 1 hr 7 min Total Fan Girl: 2 hr 33 min Listeners Retrospective:  2 hr 40 min    Links Discussed in the show: Craig's Blog: Russ's Blog:  Total Fan Girl Blog:  Dice Tower Network:

Craig and Russ go to the archives and analyze the games they reviewed back in episodes 127 through 141 and ask "Where are they now?"

Luke Retallack, of World's End Radio & Channel Endgame, returns to the third chair!   Since Luke has a new channel called "EndGame" we thought it would be fun to do a mulling mechanics on 'end game mechanics'.  What do different games do to drive to conclusion and which do we like best?  Later we cover a topic that Russ loves to talk about but never gets to...video games! Luke has become somewhat of an expert and we dive into where we think things are going and what we like about it in 2016.   All that plus:    - Total Fan Girl - Do You Ever Notice - App of the Ep (Overcooked) -  & More If you'd like to discuss the show with us and others in our forum thread: .   The following fine organizations help make this show possible:        ==Quick Reference== App of the Ep: 1 hr 6 min - Battlefield 1 Mulling Mechanics - The Endgame: 1 hr 13 min Total Fan Girl: 2 hr 0 min Video Game Industry 2016:  2 hr 7 min    Links Discussed in the show: Craig's Blog: Russ's Blog:  Total Fan Girl Blog:  Dice Tower Network:

Luke Retallack, of World's End Radio and Party Loaded podcasts, join us to talk about fall 2016 geek TV.  Are the new shows and returning favorites living up to the hype?

Eric Summerer, of the Dice Tower, returns to the third chair!   Up first we do some mulling mechanics on board games which are made by their crazy components.  Later we dive into a full, detailed review of Colt Express, a board game with crazy components and cowboys!   All that plus:    - Total Fan Girl - Do You Ever Notice - App of the Ep (Overcooked) -  & More If you'd like to discuss the show with us and others in our forum thread: .   The following fine organizations help make this show possible:        ==Quick Reference== App of the Ep: 1 hr 8 min - Rebel Galaxy Crazy Components: 1 hr 13 min  Total Fan Girl: 1 hr 55 min Colt Express Review:  2 hr 1 min    Links Discussed in the show: Craig's Blog: Russ's Blog:  Total Fan Girl Blog:  Dice Tower Network:

Eric Summerer, of The Dice Tower, joins us to talk about what it's like to experience Gen Con as a Podcaster.

Teras Cassidy of Geek Nation Tours is back in the third chair and gives us an update on Geek Touring and other projects he has under way. Later we take a close look at Konflikt 47 from Warlord Games, the new "Wierd War II" miniature game based on Bolt Action.   All that plus:    - Total Fan Girl - Do You Ever Notice - App of the Ep (Overcooked) -  & More If you'd like to discuss the show with us and others in our forum thread: .   The following fine organizations help make this show possible:        ==Quick Reference== App of the Ep: 1 hr 9 min - Overcooked Geek Touring Update: 1 hr 14 min  Total Fan Girl: 1 hr 47 min Konflikt 47 Review:  1 hr 53 min    Links Discussed in the show: Craig's Blog: Russ's Blog:  Total Fan Girl Blog:  Dice Tower Network:

Teras of Geek Nation Tours joins us to talk about Historicals vs Weird War and which one appeals to us most.

We've got a CGO in the house! Curt Parr has the interesting title of "Chief Gamification Officer" and he shares with us how gaming concepts can be used in business training. Later we dive into one of the hot board games from Gen Con 2016: Dragon & Flagon from Stronghold games and the Engelstein design team.   All that plus:    - Total Fan Girl - Do You Ever Notice - App of the Ep -  & More If you'd like to discuss the show with us and others in our forum thread: .   The following fine organizations help make this show possible:        ==Quick Reference== App of the Ep: 59 min -Heroes of Normandie Gamification in Business Training: 1 hr 3 min  Total Fan Girl: 1 hr 48 min Dragon & Flagon Review:  1 hr 54 min    Links Discussed in the show: Craig's Blog: Russ's Blog:  Total Fan Girl Blog:  Dice Tower Network: