In this episode, we mark the midpoint of 2017 and discuss what our favorite games have been thus far. Thomas counts down his Top 5 Games that he’s played during the first half of the year.

This episode marks the first time we have not one, but TWO guests.

Our first guest this week is Albert Ross, one of the people from Carolina Tabletop Games, a Friendly (or in this case, Family) Local Game Store in our local area. We discuss the ins and outs and ups and downs of starting and operating a FLGS and how they brought the sense of family into the gaming community. Does your FLGS have a atmosphere so welcoming that you feel like Norm or Cliff at Cheers when you walk in? Albert talks about how their store accomplishes just that.

Our second interview is with Joshua Bridgman of Nightshade Creations that has a project currently on Kickstarter called The Gaming Vault. Joshua talks about what sparked the idea for this unique gaming (storage and station) container for any GM or DM wanting to add some bling to their RPG sessions.

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Thanks, and Game On!

Links to games in this episode:

Carolina Tabletop Games

Gaming Vault Kickstarter

Arkham Horror LCG

Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition

Too Many Bones

Mechs vs Minions

Scythe

Nightshade Creations Facebook

In this episode, Thomas goes over the Top 10 People Who Ruin Game Night from the Let’s Review Board Games blog article and shares his stories about encountering people characterized in the list. Thomas also submits for your thoughts the idea of an additional podcast of his semi-regular RPG group’s gaming nights. A completely unscripted version of an RPG meets MST3K. We also give a shout out to our first iTunes 5 star review! Yay!

Ever wanted to battle it out with medieval weapons or compete in fencing? You’re in luck because this week, Ben Dutter of Sigil Stone Publishing talks about his new card game Clash of Steel that recently completed a successful Kickstarter.

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Nocturnal Media

Clash of Steel Kickstarter

Top 10 People That Ruin Game Night

In this episode, Thomas reflects on Geek Chic going out of business and how that impacts the gaming table industry and their customers. There’s also a sneak peek at upcoming guests and Thom talks about beautiful art in games like Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn and Mystic Vale.

This week, our guest is Ben Stenquist from Nebulous Games talking about their current Kickstarter game Blueshift, a sci-fi 4X game where up to 6 species explore and fight for dominance in the farthest reaches of space.

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Nebulous Games

Mystic Vale

 

 

In this episode, Thomas considers the unlikely possibility of a Cthulhu game being too easy and encourages the support of your local friendly game store. He also highlights a life lesson as he describes his experience GMing his very first RPG with a room full of GMs far more experienced then he. Some plans are announced for improvements to the podcast to make it more well rounded and engaging.

This week’s guest is Daniel Blakney of Amber Palace Games. He joins Thom to discuss the new family friendly halloween themed game that just came out on Kickstarter, Scream or Die. A complete review can be found on our Review page as well as a preview video on our YouTube channel. Link at the Social Media page.

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Pandemic – Reign of Cthulhu

Amber Palace Games

In this episode, Thomas talks about his fears of childhood memories playing Stop Thief being ruined by the soon to be released remake has finally subsided. He talks about the preview video of the rebooted game and compares it to the original. He also gives some hints of a game coming to Kickstarter in June of which he will have an interview with the designer in a future episode along with a preview video on the Mega Meeple YouTube channel..

Since it is now June and 2017 is half over, Thomas talks about how far along he is in his 10×10 Gaming Challenge and comes to some interesting conclusions about solo vs group games.

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Links to topics in this episode:

Stop Thief!

Terraforming Mars