Ric and Ryan from One Board Family are joined by Bob Crowell…. also from One Board Family. This week we’re pitching games about failed superheroes. Can Ryan find a hidden win with his social deduction game? Or will Ric’s game of heroes with a dirty secret come out on top?

You can find Bob where you find One Board Family. We’re @oneboardfamily on all the socials.

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In this episode of Will it Game?, we attempt to alienate all our board game listeners by talking about sports for 20 minutes. Our guest judge is designer Mondo Davis, a fan of sports and board games. Will Ric reinvent how we think of legacy games? Can Ryan handle the amount of hate mail coming his way?

You can check out Mondo’s next game Color Field which will be available through Kickstarter toward the end of February 2023. You can follow Mondo on TikTok at @gamesbymondo.

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We’ve got some terrible game pitches for your ears and an excellent guest judge for today’s episode. AnnaMaria Phelps is with us to judge our board game pitches with the theme of “Haute Cuisine”. We have convinced AnnaMaria that we have class, just wait until we share these game ideas!

AnnaMaria Phelps is the founder of Violet Daisy Games, a new publishing company that was launched in 2022. Check out their upcoming releases at https://violetdaisygames.com/.

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This week game designer Nathan Thornton is back as our guest judge. Since our game pitches didn’t scare him away 2 years ago, we figured we should give it another shot. Ric and Ryan are going to pitch there best “Atlanta” themed game. Will either of us give Nathan an authentic big city experience without the need to leave his home office chair?

Nathan is the designer behind Medium, the insanely fun Green Team Wins and AEG’s latest release, That Old Wallpaper. You can follow him on Twitter at @StormChaserGame.

(Please excuse all the conversation about Summer now that we’re getting close to Fall. This was recorded in the middle of Summer.)

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In this episode of the podcast, we have Kenechukwu Ogbuagu sitting in as our guest judge. KC is the founder of Nibcard Games, a game company bringing Nigerian culture into board gaming. This week Ric and Ryan are pitching games about mythical creatures. Will Ric’s reskin of a popular game be a hit? Will Ryan pitch a game that even he struggles to pronounce?

KC has also created Nibcard Game Café which has brought members of the community around the game table since 2019. You can also find out more about his founding of the African Boardgame Convention (ABCon) at https://theabcon.com.

Plus, check out KC’s new game Campus Wahala which is on Kickstarter now through September 18, 2022. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cowriegames/campus-wahala

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Another episode, another couple of weird pitches. This week, we’re pitching emoji games to our guest Dave Houck, better known as Board Game Dave.

This week, it’s emojis that we’re trying to build our games around. Ryan’s got an interesting, press-your-luck twist on Just One, while Ric is taking a big swing with his game focused on espionage.

Board Game Dave describes himself as an elementary music teacher who’s obsessed with board games. You can find him on YouTube putting out new videos every Sunday morning, or on Instagram.

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Our guest judge this week is Dani Effertz of Sovranti. Will Ryan’s infatuation with the online gaming platform make him the teacher’s (or judge’s) pet? Or will Ric’s inability to pronounce ‘Sovranti’ correctly win her over?

This week, the guys will be pitching roll ‘n’ write games. Ric’s flipping out over his gymnastics-based game, while Ryan is hoping to make a better coffee-themed game than he did in the last episode.

Dani Effertz serves as the community manager for Sovranti, a relatively new digital board gaming platform. You can get a free trial with code ‘ONEBOARDFAMILY’ for being an awesome Will It Game listener! She’s also a contributor on Dialing It In on the Hungry Gamer YouTube channel.

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This week on the podcast we have Dani Standring, one of our favorite TikTok creators in the board game space. Dani asked us to create two games that revolve around beverages and today she’ll receive two wildly different pitches. Will Ryan’s caffeinated pitch be enough to impress our guest judge? Will Ric’s game accidently teach your kids advanced Algebra? Dani has a tough decision in this episode of Will it Game.

You can follow Dani Standring on TikTok or Instagram for some incredibly funny video content.

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We’re back and ready to pitch some games! With almost a year hiatus, Ric and Ryan are ready to share half-baked board game creations with you the audience and our poor guest judges.

This week Amber and Josh of A Meeple Family join us in the judges seat. Can Ric and Ryan pitch two educational games that engage the whole family? Will Ryan’s game end with your child in tears? You’ll have to listen to find out.

Amber and Josh create board game content as A Meeple Family on YouTube and Instagram. You can check out their video content to find a new board game that your whole family will enjoy.

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This week we have a panel of judges ready to harshly pass judgment on our terrible game pitches. Brennan, Nick and Jack are 3 gentlemen who created a card game at a T.G.I Fridays. That makes them more than qualified to judge our game pitches on the topic of “the life of a mosquito”. Will Ryan just recycle a roll and move vampire game from the 80’s? Can Ric actually pitch a board game that has an MSRP of under $200?

Reinforcements is a card game coming to Kickstarter from our 3 guest judges. Be sure to visit to Reinforcements Kickstarter campaign when it launches on October 19, 2021. https://www.reinforcementscg.com/

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