Vox Republica: Podcast of The Cardboard Republic

Episode 037: Gaming Canon Part II

Length: 46:39

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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.

When we last left our intrepid adventurers, Dave and Ryan were discussing what constitutes the qualifications for a game to become canon. Is there such a thing? Who gets to decide? And so on. If you haven't had a chance to check it out yet, you can do so here.

In the second half of this conversation, they discuss specific game titles that they feel embody what it means to be a canon game. Which ones are chosen? Let's find out!

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

Episode 036: Pleasant Dreams

Length: 34:46

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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 hiatus! Go us! Welcome to Season Two of Vox Republica.

We've preempted our own podcast this week about Part II of gaming canon to instead share an interview we had at our TableTop Day event with Aerjen Tamminga. Aerjen is a Boston-area game designer, Director of BostonFIG, and he is currently running his first Kickstarter for the game Pleasant Dreams, which is going on right now!

In this episode, we talk about his game (naturally), but also about various communities and resources that help when diving into being a first-time designer.

Some of the groups mentioned are:

Game Maker's Guild Meetup

Game Maker's Guild Resource List

Board Game Designers Forum

BoardGameGeek Forums

Kickstarter Best Practices Facebook Group

Jamey Stegmaier's Kickstarter Lessons

James Mathe's Design Notes

Aerjen also recommends checking out some communities for playing and testing video games as well, because they too can foster good relationships and even teach tabletop designers a thing or two. These include:

MIT Game Labs

Boston Indies

Boston Post Mortem

OK, now we're off to PAX East!

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.

Episode 035: Gaming Canon

Length: 29:07

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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 hiatus! Go us! Welcome to Season Two of Vox Republica. Canon is defined as a body of rules or standards accepted across a field of study or art. There's a literary canon (well, there are many) and film canon, but is there gaming canon? Ryan LaFlamme and Dave Gordon discuss just that in this week's podcast. Who gets to decide what becomes canon, and how are those games selected? Do they have to be fun to play, or even good? Check us out next week to hear their recommendations of canon games. 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.

Episode 034: TotalCon 2014

Length: 28:52

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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.

This week marks the official end of Season 1 of Vox Republica. The show will take a short break and return in a few weeks, hopefully better than ever!

Topic-wise Ryan is on to recap his day trip to TotalCon 2014 experience where it's explained the allure of this iconic New England convention, along with some of the new things he's seen.

Editor's Note: Ryan mentions the Dice Tower presence at Total Con was Ryan Metzler. He mixed Metzler and Eric Summerer mixed up. Although he feels bad, he has been put into the town stocks for a day as a result anyhow.

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.

Episode 033: Dave Boostrom

Length: 28:58

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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.

This week, Ryan commandeers the mic once again and sits down with Dave Boostrom of 3Some Games, co-creator of the Heroes of Metro City deckbuilder. We chat about the game, the current expansion, and Kickstarter in general.

Feel free to check out our review of the base game, our preview of the expansion, or you can skip right on over to the Kickstarter campaign itself.

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.

Episode 032: Crowdfunding RPGs

Length: 34:06

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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.

A few episodes back (Episode 28), we discussed tips for backing games on crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter. Tabletop RPG, though, have different sets of criteria. This week our senior tabletop writer Dave Gordon is on to walk us through his tips and tricks that he uses when selecting games to back.

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.

Episode 031: Deck Builders

Length: 23:22

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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.

This week we introduce the Meta Review segment, where we'll occasionally talk about behind the scenes aspects of what we (and many others like us) go through in order to talk about games open and honestly with you all.

After that, a member of our review group, Sean McNamara, stops by to chat about the deck builder and tableau genres of games.

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.

Episode 030: Convention RPGs

Length: 23:44

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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.

As many people can attest, playing tabletop RPGs can be a fantastic use of time, not only to bring life to characters, but to socialize with fellow gamers. Conventions prove to be a double edged sword for them though. On the one hand, they're a great resource to try out other games and interact with other gamers, but it isn't always as ideal as many players are used to. This week, Dave Gordon talks about some tricks and tips players and GMs can use for making tabletops more successful at convention settings.

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.

Episode 029: Diversity in Indie Gaming

Length: 30:21

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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.

Games are known to be a lot of fun, but does that mean that they can't also tackle serious topics? Some indie video games do it. What about tabletop games? This week, Ryan LaFlamme is on to help parse this difficult issue.

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.

Episode 028: Tips for Backing A Game

Length: 30:34

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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.

Choosing a crowdfunding project to donate your money to can be a difficult decision if you have a lot of options. This week, Ryan LaFlamme is on to help discuss some general tips to consider when you're digging through all of your possible choices.

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.