This week's guest is the managing director of Essen Spiel, Carol Rapp. We talk about her life in gaming, running a beloved event and here hopes for the future...but which games did she choose?
If you entered the hobby as I did pre-2000, you didn't have BGG, podcasts, YouTube, or even a good way to buy games online. You often didn't have English rules in the box for what games you had in your small collection. But what you did have is The Game Cabinet. This was probably the very first boardgame website that ever existed. It was created by Silicon Valley boardgamer Ken Tidwell, who was at the leading edge of the hobby and the Internet. Thanks to Ken's website we had our first access to game reviews, letters columns, information about where to buy games, and online versions of Mike Siggins' famous boardgame zine, Sumo (fullname Sumo's Karaoke Club). I cannot properly convey how important and influential this website was to those of us getting started. Although it was a website, it was presented as an online magazine with numerous "issues" as it was periodically updated with a batch of fresh content. Its last issue was published in 2000. But it's still online! Go visit it at gamecabinet.com.
As an oldtimer myself, I've wanted to get Ken on my podcast for many years. Finally I managed to do it. I was delighted and surprised to have Ken tell the story of The Game Cabinet...but it turned out not to be a story stuck in the past. We definitely spend a good chunk of time talking about those early days, but when Ken disappeared online over two decades ago he didn't stop playing games. Not only that, he maintained his fascination with the leading edge of creativity in game design. In a nutshell, he's no curmudgeon like me! He's still got an enormous collection, goes to conventions, plays lots of games, is fascinated with the innovations of the Tokyo Game Market...and even Kickstarter. He's on a number of Discord servers and stays plugged in. He's even up on the indie RPG world that I keep hearing about, too. Closer: Considering what's most important to me in this hobby for 2024...and practicing it in the last quarter of 2023 -Mark
Essen Spiel happens THIS WEEK, so Shelley and I sat down to discuss possible titles to peruse and buy. Though we're not headed to Germany this year, we can't wait to play the best of the new releases.
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This Game is Broken is a comedy board game panel show with Matthew Jude, Dave Luza, Paula Deming, Nick Murphy and Mike Murphy. We play a lot of nonsense games full of role playing and trivia as well as other fun stuff which can be found at the links below.
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Thunder Road: Vendetta is a reboot of a beloved roll and move car crashing game from the 1980s. Each player starts with 3 vehicles and a chopper. Who will survive this perilous race down Route Sixty Styx?
In this episode, Pam Walls and I chat about the games on our “must play” lists if you’re a game designer. And be sure to check out Pam’s awesome channel about game design here: https://www.youtube.com/@pamwallsgamedesign
It's almost time for Essen SPIEL 2023, the great German Mecca of our people - and while we're not going ourselves, that's not going to stop us yearning. We're hear to tell you about all the amazing games available at the show this year that you ought to be excited about. Before we gaze longingly across the Atlantic, we talk about Asara, Skytear Horde, and Dwellings of Eldervale.
Timecodes:
02:31 - Asara 10:15 - Skytear Horde 14:04 - Dwellings of Eldervale 28:11 - Essen SPIEL 2023 Preview 30:04 - The Same Game 32:52 - Among Cultists: A Social Deduction Thriller 32:40 - Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West 34:11 - Civolution 35:25 - World Wonders 36:42 - Dying Message 38:27 - Kutná Hora: The City of Silver 40:24 - Tiny Mini Golf 42:19 - Arabella 43:38 - ArcheOlogic 45:41 - Terra Pyramides 46:51 - Sunrise Lane 48:25 - Evacuation 49:54 - TwinStar Valley 51:04 - Planta Nubo
Today Don, Tony, and Jamie dive into another spotlight of the legendary board game designer Uwe Rosenberg. The gang gives a few facts about his life and talks about the impact he's had on game design throughout the years. They also highlight some of his notable games and what makes them great.
In this expansion pack we go deeper underground to explore the mycelium network only to find a brand new board game called Mycelia, designed, developed and produced by Jack Neville from Split Stone Games.
GUEST PLAYER: Jack Neville from Split Stone Games THE PLAYERS: JP & Kerley
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - How Jack got into board gaming and how it compares to the classic old days of playing Mario Kart - What Jack's favourite games are right now - all about Mycelia: the strategic mushroom game designed and developed by Jack - all about Jack's answers to some of our historical Niche Number 1's
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 0:35 - TURN 2 - Introducing Jack Neville designer of Mycelia 2:03 - What is Jack's favourite game of all time? 4:38 - What games has Jack been enjoying lately? 7:44 - How did Jack get into the hobby? 11:24 - TURN 3 - An introduction to Mycelia: A strategic mushroom game 12:41 - What made you go for the theme of mushrooms? 17:52 - How does the gameplay loop work? 22:50 - How has the game changed from it's first iteration? 26:54 - How long ago did you start the design? 31:30 - What do you think people will enjoy about the game? 35:06 - How can people get their hands on Mycelia? 36:51 - What is your favourite player count & how does the solo work? 40:23 - When does the crowdfunding run to? 42:36 - Jack's Niche Number 1's 48:28 - TURN 4 - What are you excited about in the future? 52:03 - TURN 5 - Final Turn
Any old person could consult Wikipedia, but only the true elite tune in to SVWAG to hear Walker summarize random boat-related articles for them. It's a power move to rival even the most outrageous exploits of the viking peoples.
Intro Repeat Corner Sky Team with a Pilot Order of Invention One Piece Card Game Bad Things Happen 3 Ring Circus Sagrada Artisians Overboss Duel Battle Card Meeple Coffee Lorcana […]
It’s been Defs birthday and he played a crazy amount of games!!! Adrian talks about two games with “Age” in the title. Jules has been going hard out at the Sydney Game Day and visiting a Nightmare Cathedral!!
All this and more on the latest Board Game BBQ podcast.
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Tell me something, which other board game podcast episode can claim to contain the entire gamut of board games in one episode? Antropomorphic animals? Check. Weirdly themed euro? Check. Fantasy campaign game? Check. Real time? Check. Randomness? Check. Strategy, tactics, abstractification? Check check and check.
In this episode we’ll take a long overdue look at Vindication, a game where you gather cubes to kill monsters, Fit to Print, a cutesy real time newspaper assembly simulator and Kinfire Chronicles: Night’s Fall, a fantasy campaign game that signals the arrival of everyone’s most dreaded season - Campaignmass.
Find the video we mention in the discussion on contentification right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMqtgN82fUY
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On to the timestamps:
2:48 Fit to Print
29:07 Audience Correspondence: Board Game Fan Fic Trivia
31:48 Vindication
46:51 A Discussion on Contentification
59:47 Kinfire Chronicles: Night's Fall
Reviews of Imperial Miners, Cretaceous Rails, Sagrada-Artisans and so many more. Featured review: Thunder Road-Vendetta by Restoration Games. Board game discussion starts at 28:02. Thank you to our sponsors: Queen Games, Grand Gamers Guild, and AEG.
In this episode Ben speaks to Shazz form FLGS Settlers in Hamilton about the questionable practices in FLGS franchises and Martin Wallace talking about Fighting Fantasy Adventures. All the news that's fit to print.
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