In this episode, Thomas’ special guest cohost is Brent McLennan. Topics we touch upon include gaming events, being an ambassador for gaming, the immediate access to creative tools, finding your “voice” in the ocean of gaming podcasts, games that tell stories, and video games vs analog games.

My guest this episode is Daryl Durston, a PE teacherin Ontario, California, Durston brings his passion for gaming to his classes. Whether it’s transforming Super Mario Kart into a playground activity or incorporating exercise into board game play, Durston’s creative thinking led him to being named his school district’s P.E. Teacher of the Year.

The Mega Meeple will be on vacation for the next 2 weeks but will be back on the weekend of Sept 15-16. See ya then!

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In this episode, Gerald King III as this week’s special guest co-host joins Thomas. We chitchat about family lineage, game designers, game events, podcasts, and hobbies turned into businesses. Since the initial recording, Gerald got a new microphone and we recorded a short addendum to announce Welterweights, a new game on Kickstarter and a tour to go with it. So if you’re going to be in Chicago, Seattle, or Tulsa, go check out Gerald’s new game and tell him The Mega Meeple sent you.

My guest is Cathy Ford from the Our Turn Podcast. We talk about female game designers, LBGTQ community, and POC. We also address the perceptions that some men have about women in gaming and how women are portrayed in games. We also touch upon introducing your significant other and/or family to the board game hobby.

The Mega Meeple is having a game giveaway. To enter, simply go to The Mega Meeple YouTube channel and subscribe. Once we hit 100 subs, I’ll give away a game to one of my epic subscribers!

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In this episode, Marc Davis of The Thoughtful Gamer joins Thomas. We chit chat about what we’ve been playing and give our $2 worth opinions about making stuff on the internet, procrastination, self imposed deadlines, our local gaming landscape, how someone’s gaming tastes change over time and experiences, and game reviewers.

My guest is Brett Sobol (Skype didn’t allow us to have Seth Van Orden on as well) talking about The Reckoners, the successful Kickstarter game that is coming to a FLGS near you very soon. Check it out.

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This episode is jammed packed so sit back, relax, recover from Gen Con, and chill out with Thomas as he talks about his new favorite games, Everdell and Gearworks and looks forward to receiving some new hopefully future favorites, Rise of the Necromancers and The Children. This month we begin our weekly special co-hosts spots and we start out with Jen from LA talking about the “good ol days” and the early intro to euro games.

My guest this episode is Randal Lloyd from Eagle Gryphon Games talking about the successful Escape Plan game now wrapping up on Kickstarter. Take the money and run in this cops and robbers game from Vital Lacerda with artwork by Ian O’Toole. Check it out!

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In this episode, Thomas talks about his Top 10 games he’s looking forward to at Gen Con. Check out the video on the Mega Meeple YouTube channel.

We have a double feature of guests this episode as Jamey Stegmaier of Stonemaier Games returns for a 3rdtime to talk about Scythe final expansion, Rise of Fenris as well as My Little Scythe. We also touch upon the plagiarism accusations leveled against Jakub Rozalski’s art.

Hoby Chou is also our guest as he talks about his daughter and her role in the creation of My Little Scythe and what it was like to work with Jamey Stegmaier.

Both My Little Scythe and Rise of Fenris will be showcased at Gen Con and has a street release date of August 17. Look for them at you local game store!

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What games are you looking forward to at Gen Con?

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