2019-08
2019-08
Friday Aug 23, 2019
Friday Aug 23, 2019
Episode 83 - Top Games of 2018 revisited part 1
Introduction:
Zany Banter!!
News:
Taxi Derby by Skipshot Games. 14 days to go and $34 - modular board. Players are picking up passengers and trying to deliver them to locations as fast as possible. If cops are alerted the taxis will need to our run the police. Customers require certain upgrades to their taxi before they will be able to be picked up.
Mr. Meeple Board Game Shirts. 2 days to go and $18 for one of the shirts and $34 for two shirts.
Burgle Brothers 2 from Fowers Games
Tabeltop Ink - Jillian Schmett
Root Digital
Games played:
Jason - Lisboa
Joel - Rajas of the Ganges
Jason - Portals and Prophets
Joel - Horrified
Honorable Mention - Black Angel
Revisiting our 2018 top 10 part 1:
Jason: 10 - Everdell: probably be higher on the list now. One of the few on this portion of the list I have played since we did this list. Joel: 10 - Villainous- Good, but too weird for most situations
Jason: 9 - Gearworks: this would be off the list. Haven’t played it since and in hindsight probably shouldn’t have been on here. Joel: 9 - Guardians- Still really good, but my taste in games continues to evolve.
Jason: 8 - Spirits of the Wild: played this a lot since this list. I still enjoy it. It is a quick and fun 2 player game. Joel: 8 - Temporal Odyssey- Moved this to a friend’s house. Again, taste in games has changed.
Jason: 7 - Spell Smashers: still agree with this pick. Haven’t played this since the original list was made but definitely want to. Joel: 7 - Gizmos
Jason: 6 - Legend of the Cherry Tree: one of my favorite push your luck games. Still under the radar and I love it. I have played this a lot since making this original top 10. Joel: 6 - Western Legends
Closing:
Root, Quacks of Quedlinburg, Teotihuacan, Chronicles of Crime, Gugong, Underwater Cities, Newton, Dice Throne Season 1, Imaginarium, Architects of the West Kingdom, Palm Island
Friday Aug 16, 2019
Friday Aug 16, 2019
Episode 82 - Gamer Advice
Introduction:
Zany Banter!!
Return of a game…. Pai (asmodee) owns….
News:
Rune Stones Rudiger Dorn and Queen. 6 days left and $45. Rune Stones is a deck-building, hand management game. In Rune Stones, every card has a unique number on it. Two cards are always played together, and the higher numbered card is removed from the player's deck. You have to be careful which cards you buy and how you play them to not lose your best cards. Players will use their cards to gather gems, forge them into Artifacts, then combine those into Rune Stones, which grants a special ability for the rest of the game. The more artifacts used in making a Rune Stone, the more points it scores, so players must decide whether it is best to gain abilities early or save to score more points.
Free Market NYC by Unique Board Games LLC. This is an auction and trading game where players are trying to be the best capitalist. $49 and 4 days left.
Speaking of a free market….. Amodeus errr. Asmodee bought Lion Rampant Games….
TIL employees who work for FFG for five years get their likeness in a piece of art for one of their games
Tapestry
BGG
Games played:
Jason - Agra
Joel - Edge of Darkness
Jason - Queen Bee
Joel - Homebrewers
Gamer Advice:
Joel - If you are new to the hobby, give a game a couple months.
Jason - Playing old games is acceptable.
Joel - Don’t play with people who need convinced to play.
Jason - No need to be cult of the future. WRONG!!!!!! Kidding.
Joel - Don’t force a game.
Jason - Be willing to try games that are outside your wheelhouse.
Friday Aug 09, 2019
Friday Aug 09, 2019
Episode 81 - GenCon Post Mortem
Introduction:
Zany Banter!!
News:
Sleeping Gods Red Raven. $70 and 20 days left. Seems to be the next game like Above and Below and Near and Far.
Fiasco!
SHASN!
Trial by Trolley
Games played:
Jason - Skull King
Joel - Jambo
Jason - Helios
Joel - Balloon Cup
Joel Recaps GenCon:
Con Cons: Lines, cosplays, crowds, and mystery boxes.
STEFAN FELD!!!!
Homebrewers, Legendary 007, Parks, Terror Below, Obscurio, Cartographers, Foodies, Watergate, Crusoe Crew, Black Angel, Abomination, City of Big Shoulders, Edge of Darkness
Closing:
Friday Aug 02, 2019
Friday Aug 02, 2019
Episode 80 - Disappointments
Introduction:
Zany Banter!!
Katie takes the co hosting reins because Jason is under the weather.
“This podcast will CHANGE YOUR LIFE All your wildest dreams will come true with this. Unless that dream is to meet Stefan Feld, in which case, sorry.“
Games 7,8, and 9.
1 Root
2 Anachrony
3 Harry Potter Battle of Hogwarts
4 Blackout Hong Kong
5 Reckoners
6 Dice Throne (season 1 and 2...but that counts as one)
7 Teen Titans Deckbuilding Game
8 Chronicle of Crime
9 Teo… Tay-oh-tee-wah-cahn
News:
Tattoo Brawl: No Paint No Game. $29 13 days left. Hand and resource management game. Players are taking on clients and trying to put the type of tattoo they are wanting in them to earn a pay day. Kind of mean as you can steal stuff from other players.
GWAR vs Time $60 plus; deck builder, add’l merch, bring Gwar to GenCon 2020
JOEL- RIP Richard Berg, HEX saga…. Dwarves in Trouble… Yokai City of Crime.
Games played:
Katie - Bohnanza Ladies and Babies expansion
Joel - Little Town
Katie - Naga Raja Hurrican Asmodee
Joel - Dizzle
Top 3 disappointments:
Joel - Descent
Katie - World’s Fair 18-whatever (1893)
Joel - Betrayal At the House on the Hill
Katie - Vinhos
Joel - Gearworld: The Borderlands
Katie - 7 Wonders/Dominion
Closing:
Joel - Agents of Smersh, Android and Netrunner, Arkham Horror, Mysterium, Doomtown Reloaded, L5R, Rise of Augustus
Katie - Scythe, Captain Sonar, Dragonsgate College, Star Wars Destiny, Broom Service, Castles of Burgundy
Jason - Rialto
Jason - Favor of the Pharaoh
Jason - Kingdom Builder
Jason - Formula D, Century Eastern Wonders, Letter of Marque, Mombasa