Vox Republica: Podcast of The Cardboard Republic

Length: 33:53

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Welcome back to Vox Republica, the Cardboard Republic Podcast!

We post new episodes every Thursday, and each episode will be about 20 - 30 minutes long.

Dungeons & Dragons. Yep. We're talking about it again. Because it's just that impacting on the roleplaying genre. With a game that's been around for decades, campaigns large and small have graced countless gaming tables. Some of these stories came out of the imaginations of your local GMs, and some came from large-scale settings. We decide to look at the latter.

To that end, we have have Dave on to first chat about the "Big Three" of iconic settings: Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, and Dragonlance.

Then he mentions some of his personal D&D favorite settings, such as Ravenloft, Eberron, Planescape, and Spelljammer, and we ponder if any of them beyond Forgotten Realms will ever see new life in 5th Edition...

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Audio Credits: Intro music track is "8-Bit Brawl" by DJ Cutman featuring S&CO., used with permission.

Length: 30:30

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Welcome back to Vox Republica, the Cardboard Republic Podcast!

We post new episodes every Thursday, and each episode will be about 20 - 30 minutes long.

Collectible Card Games, or CCGs, tend to be a polarizing aspect of gaming culture, though many players have had experience with them at some point. Some, like our guest Ryan, has had them be an integral part of their gaming portfolio, while others have never touched them at all. We talk with Ryan about CCG - the good, the bad, and the ugly. Are they worth getting into? What are the traps to be careful of? And are they ultimately worth it? Here's what he has to say.

For this week's gaming bulletin, check out our Crowdfunding Corner.

We’d love to hear from you! Please leave feedback via email at [email protected]. You can also reach us social media, including Twitter and BoardGameGeek.

Audio Credits: Intro music track is "8-Bit Brawl" by DJ Cutman featuring S&CO., used with permission.

Length: 28:38

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Welcome back to Vox Republica, the Cardboard Republic Podcast!

We post new episodes every Thursday, and each episode will be about 20 - 30 minutes long.

Worker Placement games have exploded in recent years, and they don't seem to be slowing down anytime soon. Is that good for the hobby? We explore the positives and negatives of this uptick of the worker placement mechanic, including why they originated the way they did, how they diversify themselves in the market of today, and what the future may hold for it.

For this week's gaming bulletin, check out our Crowdfunding Corner.

We’d love to hear from you! Please leave feedback via email at [email protected]. You can also reach us social media, including Twitter and BoardGameGeek.

Audio Credits: Intro music track is "8-Bit Brawl" by DJ Cutman featuring S&CO., used with permission.

Length: 35:40

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Welcome back to Vox Republica, the Cardboard Republic Podcast!

We’re back at posting new episodes every Thursday, and each episode will be about 20 - 30 minutes long.

From one convention to the next! This week we have on Glenn Given, a designer of Games by Play Date and the Tabletop Coordinator for the upcoming Boston Festival of Indie Games 2014. He shares with us a number of changes that are coming to BFIG this year, his team's criteria on how they selected this year's entries, and his thoughts on some of the over forty indie games people will be able to stop and check out in the very near future!

Well, that, and we sort of go on a tangent about digital video games, philosophy, the video game Majestic, and snowmobiles. It all ties in together, we swear!

For this week's gaming bulletin, check out our Crowdfunding Corner.

We’d love to hear from you! Please leave feedback via email at [email protected]. You can also reach us social media, including Twitter and BoardGameGeek.

Audio Credits: Intro music track is "8-Bit Brawl" by DJ Cutman featuring S&CO., used with permission.

Length: 47:28

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Welcome back to Vox Republica, the Cardboard Republic Podcast!

We’re back at posting new episodes every Thursday, and each episode will be about 20 - 30 minutes long.

Gen Con 2014 has come and gone. We have returned to the real world, caught up on some sleep, and are already looking forward to the next thing around the corner.

We couldn't possibly include all of what we experienced in one podcast, however. Instead Ryan put together an incredibly comprehensive list in The Big Damn Recap of 2014, and you should check it out when you can!

To accompany that, this week's has us chatting about some of our cherrypicked highlights and misses of the con. These include a couple Kickstarters like Lift Off! and Heifer Heist, along with games from:

• AEG
• APE Games
• Asmodee Games
• Bezier Games
• Catalyst Games
• Cryptozoic Entertainment
• Dice Hate Me Games
• Eagle & Gryphon Games
• Fantasy Flight Games
• Floodgate Games
• Foxtrot Games
• Game Salute
• Gamelyn Games
• Greater Than Games
• IDW Publishing
• Iello Games
• Jasco Games
• Lamp Light Games
• Level 99 Games
• Passport Games
• Portal Games
• Privateer Press
• Stronghold Games
• Tasty Minstrel Games
• V3G Games
• Z-Man Games

For the light gaming news bulletin, check out our Weekly Roundup.

We’d love to hear from you! Please leave feedback via email at [email protected]. You can also reach us social media, including Twitter and BoardGameGeek.

Audio Credits: Intro music track is "8-Bit Brawl" by DJ Cutman featuring S&CO., used with permission.

Length: 27:45

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Welcome back to Vox Republica, the Cardboard Republic Podcast!

We post new episodes every Thursday, and each episode aims to be about 20 - 30 minutes long.

Games help us socialize and interact with other people, take us to distant and mythical places, and force us to use those squishy brains of ours to solve complex problems.

Yes, games are many things to many people, and the vast majority demand or ask of us to make choices of one kind or another. This week, we look at what some of those favorite choices are in games. Hidden information, teamwork, player elimination? Here are our thoughts. Tell us what some of yours are!

Note: There is no news bulletin this week due to our entire crew being at Gen Con, but expect some big recaps in the weeks to come.

We’d love to hear from you! Please leave feedback via email at [email protected]. You can also reach us social media, including Twitter and BoardGameGeek.

Audio Credits: Intro music track is "8-Bit Brawl" by DJ Cutman featuring S&CO., used with permission.

Length: 32:36

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Welcome back to Vox Republica, the Cardboard Republic Podcast!

We’re back at posting new episodes every Thursday, and each episode will be about 20 - 30 minutes long.

While many tabletop roleplaying games have finite stories to tell and promptly end after its tale has completed its course, one of the most well-known traits of RPGs are those whose stories can go on and on for as long as the players wish.

But did you know that there are other open-ended tabletop games of note besides the most obvious choices of Dungeons & Dragons (or Pathfinder)? It's true!

This week, we have Dave on to talk about a few of them, inlcuding Wraith: the Oblivion, Shadowrun, Exalted, Legend of the Five Rings and more.

We’d love to hear from you! Please leave feedback via email at [email protected]. You can also reach us social media, including Twitter and BoardGameGeek.

Audio Credits: Intro music track is "8-Bit Brawl" by DJ Cutman featuring S&CO., used with permission.

Length: 33:48

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Welcome back to Vox Republica, the Cardboard Republic Podcast!

We’re back at posting new episodes every Thursday, and each episode will be about 20 - 30 minutes long.

The countdown has begun! Were less than a month out from Gen Con, and that means we're starting our pre-convention coverage.

The thing is, there's a lot to cover, and we can't do it all in one episode. So we're breaking it up into two parts.

This week we wrap up the second leg of our Gen Con previews with Ryan and his 20 or so games he's particularly interested in.

(He also apologizes for around 21:24 when he misspoke by implying Antoine Bauza created Level 7. He meant 7 Wonders. His punishment was to play back-to-back solo runs of Ghost Stories. He died of course. Probably due to a lack of sheep minion armies.)

Which games that we talked about have your interest for Gen Con? Which ones didn't we mention? Be sure to let us know!

For the light gaming news bulletin, check out our Weekly Roundup.

We’d love to hear from you! Please leave feedback via email at [email protected]. You can also reach us social media, including Twitter and BoardGameGeek.

Audio Credits: Intro music track is "8-Bit Brawl" by DJ Cutman featuring S&CO., used with permission.

Length: 34:44

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Welcome back to Vox Republica, the Cardboard Republic Podcast!

We’re back at posting new episodes every Thursday, and each episode will be about 20 - 30 minutes long.

The countdown has begun! Were less than a month out from Gen Con, and that means we're starting our pre-convention coverage.

The thing is, there's a lot to cover, and we can't do it all in one episode. So we're breaking it up into (at least ) two parts.

This week we begin by having on Dave Gordon to talk about what lies in store for the tabletop RPG arena and what in particular he's excited for.

What sort of RPGs is Dave looking forward to, and do they line up with yours? Be sure to let us know your selections!

We’d love to hear from you! Please leave feedback via email at [email protected]. You can also reach us social media, including Twitter and BoardGameGeek.

Audio Credits: Intro music track is "8-Bit Brawl" by DJ Cutman featuring S&CO., used with permission.

Length: 33:12

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Welcome back to Vox Republica, the Cardboard Republic Podcast!

We’re back at posting new episodes every Thursday, and each episode will be about 20 - 30 minutes long.

We're back from our Fourth of July break and we're jumping right back into our board game podcast to talk about...video games.

No, really.

I and my guest Sean McNamara have drummed up lists of five video games every board gamer should try for one reason or another.

Lastly, I talk about the latest Kickstarter controversy. Yep, I talk about Potato Salad.

For reference, here are the video game choices we made

Erin's List includes:

5. Plague, Inc.

4. The Guild series

3. The Tropico series

2. X-COM: Enemy Unknown

1. FTL

Sean's List includes:

5. Final Fantasy Tactics

4. Guns of Icarus Online

3. Orcs Must Die

2. Civilization 5

1. Hearthstone

For the gaming news bulletin, check out our Weekly Roundup.

We’d love to hear from you! Please leave feedback in our forums, or via email at [email protected]. You can also reach me on Twitter or BoardGameGeek.

Audio Credits: Intro music track is "8-Bit Brawl" by DJ Cutman featuring S&CO., used with permission.