In this episode, Thomas talks about the Do & Don’t of teaching and learning board games. People learn in various methods and if you’re a person who teaches or demos games, you need to meet your audience where they are. Also, there are things people can do while learning the game that can make the role of teacher much less stressful or problematic.

My guest this episode is Frank West to talk about his wildly successful game now being shipped to Kickstarter backers, City Of Kings. This “Gloomhaven Lite” game packs quite a lot into one box and the variety of gameplay offers literally months on end of replay ability.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: How do you prefer to learn a game?  What approach do you take to teach a game?

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In this episode, Thomas’ guest is Vincent Vergonjeanne to talk about the highly successful Kickstarter game by Lucky Duck Games, Chronicles Of Crime. If you ever wanted to experience what it is like as a CSI Forensic Specialist, then this game is the closest you’ll get. It’s Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective meets augmented reality.

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In this episode, we divert from our usual podcast format as this entire episode is devoted to talking at length with Uwe & Gunter Eickert with Academy Games and their wildly successful Kickstarter game, Agents of Mayhem: Pride of Babylon. We talk about everything from military, history, video games, and the wealth of content and features that is the game Agents Of Mayhem.

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In this episode, Thomas talks about playing a mix of Zombicide Green Horde and Black Plague and gives his first impression of Green Horde. He also discusses upcoming guests to the podcasts and the “Kickstarter Season” as all the games he backed last year is starting to ship out.

Our guests this episode are Richard MacRae and Corey Myckan, designers of Centrix. The multilevel 3D board game that is very colorful but designed in a way that also accommodates people who are colorblind. Check out the Kickstarter!

QOTW: What type of contest should we have to giveaway a game in celebration of our 1 Year Anniversary / 50th Episode?

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EDITORS NOTE: The Skype gremlins decided to pay us all a little visit during this episode’s interview but we did what we could. The show must go on!

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Zombicide Green Horde

Battlestar Galactica

Istanbu

Stop Thief!

Elder Dice

City of Kings

Queen City Gaming Club

 

In this episode, Thomas and Al discuss adult themes in board games. We talk about how sex, nudity, and violence are depicted in board games and how such things may cross the line sometimes.

My guest this episode is Todd Sanders, designer of the successful Kickstarter game Pulp Detective. Go back to the day of gum shoe detectives, Amazing Detective magazine, and pulp art in the 30s, 40s, and 50s.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Is there too much violence in board games?

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Phantom of the Attic

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