Episodes
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Ep 205: Birds Are Not Real
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
When bP was asked about an episode title, she was clearly focused on penguins: Purple Penguins, Penguin Pals, Purple Penguin Pals ... yeah, we don't know either. Then Paxton just said there's nothing funnier than watching penguins walk at 5x speed. Basically they weren't help at all.
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Tuesday Jul 04, 2023
Ep 204: The Elephant Walk
Tuesday Jul 04, 2023
Tuesday Jul 04, 2023
"It doesn't take a lot of elephants to have a scary amount of elephant on the battlefield." This week, Eric and Kiwi bring Commands & Colors: Ancients to the table and recreate the first battle of the Bagradas River between Rome and Carthage. The game was published by GMT Games in 2006 and designed by Richard Borg.
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Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
Ep 203: Blazing a Trail Through Time
Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
It's another double game episodes with bP and Kiwi. This time around we're playing Timeline by Frederic Henry and published in 2012 by Asmodee. We follow that up with Trailblazers published in 2023 by Bitewing Games and designed by Ryan Courtney.
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Tuesday Jun 20, 2023
Ep 202: Hack the Planet!
Tuesday Jun 20, 2023
Tuesday Jun 20, 2023
This week, Eric, Kiwi, and Alexei got the opportunity to learn Exit Vector from Vector Tridens LLC set to go to Kickstarter in mid-2023. The designers Jerick Black, Marc Daigler, and Matt Davis joined us to teach us the game and then run us through a scenario. The game can be played stand alone or added as a module to an ongoing RPG campaign. Find out how it goes!
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Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Ep 201: Welcome to the Pixel Parade
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
When I was. A young man. My father. Took me into the city. To see Kiwi and bP play two games this week. An episode harkening back to the double game episodes that we used to publish many moons ago. They are playing Pixel Tactics Deluxe by D. Brad Talon Jr and published in 2015 by Level 99 Games and Parade which was designed by Naoki Homma and published by ZMan Games in 2007.
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Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
Ep 200: Why a Spoon, Cousin?
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
Because it's DULL, you twit, it'll hurt more! This is it! We made it! This is our 200th episode! Only 88 shows in US Prime Time television have made it to 200+. We're in prestigious company. Only 436 more to pass Gunsmoke and be number 2 on the list. This week we delve into hot topics, like who played the best Robin Hood as we get into our deep dive of The Sherriff of Nottingham designed by Sergio Halaban and Andre Zatz, originally published in 2014 and now published by Asmodee.
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Tuesday May 30, 2023
Ep 199: Please Mind the Gap
Tuesday May 30, 2023
Tuesday May 30, 2023
We're building subway lines this week in Terminus by Earl Aspiras and Thomas Volpe. It was published in 2023 by Inside Up Games.
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Tuesday May 16, 2023
Ep 197: Behold!!! CEPHALOPOD!!
Tuesday May 16, 2023
Tuesday May 16, 2023
We're back in this week in the big beautiful ocean, as we hang out with seahorses, clown fish, hermit crabs, and the super smart Octopus! We're playing Octopus's Garden by Roberta Taylor publishing 2022 by Maple Games.
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Tuesday May 09, 2023
Ep 196: A Revolution Without Dancing ...
Tuesday May 09, 2023
Tuesday May 09, 2023
... is a revolution not worth having. was V right? Find out this week if Eric, Stephanie, Ernesto, and Alexei are dancing as they play Bloc by Bloc: The Insurrection Game by T.L. Simons and published in 2016 by Out of Order Games.
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Tuesday May 02, 2023
Ep 195: An Anniversary by Design
Tuesday May 02, 2023
Tuesday May 02, 2023
This episode marks our 4th anniversary. Bringing the content that at least a dozen of you crave but one way or the other we enjoy making! Join our four hosts as we deep dive in to why we enjoy, and continue to play Castles of Mad King Ludwig, designed by Ted Alspach and published by Bézier Games in 2014 with a collector's edition hitting our game rooms in 2022.
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