This time, Eric is looking for advice from Julie and Tom about running a game night at his son's Middle School. How deep a hole has he dug for himself? Plus, a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror, a question from the Listener Mailbag, and a bouquet of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.
01:47 - Dice Tower Winter Spectacular
02:24 - Tom's Anniversary Cruise, Audiobooks, and Subtitles
03:52 - 2025 Gamefound Campaign
04:27 - Eric's Middle School Game Night
23:58 - Tale of Boardgaming Horror
28:28 - Listener Question: Our Changing Review Perspectives
31:11 - I Am Done (Quick Mention)
37:56 - Point of View
41:05 - The Smurfs Hidden Village
45:17 - Cottage Garden
47:19 - Distilled: Africa and Middle East
50:32 - Penguin Party
Questions? Tales of Horror? Send to Tom at tom@dicetower.com.
We're trying this YouTube thing in earnest, now, doing the video podcasting thing. This is our inaugural attempt at plastering our mugs on the internet in a podcast form. You have to be where your audience is, and also, Mark hopes that a link to a video can serve in lieu of his having to travel to see anyone ever again.
https://www.youtube.com/@SoVeryWrongAboutGames
Games Played Last Week:
01:08 -This Is Not a Test: Post-Apocalyptic Skirmish Rules (Joseph McGuire, Worlds End Publishing, 2013)
05:17 -The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth (Antoine Bauza & Bruno Cathala, Repos Production, 2024)
11:13 -Iron Forest (Brian Gomez, Brain Games, 2024)
16:55 -Trudvang Legends (Jordy Adan, Fel Barros, Guilherme Goulart, Eric M. Lang, Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello, Umberto Pignatelli, & Fabio Tola, 2022)
20:38 -The Gang (John Cooper and Kory Heath, KOSMOS, 2024)
23:31 -Wonderland's War (Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner, & Ian Moss, Druid City Games, 2022)
26:33 -SCOUT (Kei Kajino, Oink Games, 2019)
28:49 -Fromage (Matthew O'Malley and Ben Rosset, Road to Infamy Games, 2024)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
33:05 Witcher 3's card game Gwent getting a physical version from No Loading Games
34:57 Hachette distributing MicroMacro Crime City in North America
35:19 Reiner Knizia's Ape Town from Piatnik
36:22 Shut Up & Sit Down form "Strategic Partnership" with Play to Z Games
37:35 Feature Game: D.E.I.: Divide et Impera (Tommaso Battista, Ludus Magnus Studio, 2022)
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Episode 323: Awkward Guests, The Light in the Mist.
On this week’s Episode, Dan and Dana have to take the reins at short notice while Adrian is recuperating. Dan has been trying to get rid of all his ‘midden’ as a Scottish Farmer in Skara Brae, only to find he is perhaps better suited to being Captain Obvious or a super sleuth in Awkward Guests. Meanwhile, Dana has been mulling over whether her daughter’s fear of electrocution has trumped her love of Brie in My Favourite Things. This of course comes a distant second to a good-looking tarot deck with a twist in The Light in the Mist.
There's also the Question of the Pod, Swear an Oath, and all of the usual shenanigans you've come to expect from the Board Game BBQ Podcast.
New Question of the Pod: Stuck for stocking stuffer ideas? Give us your recommendations!
Sizzling Games:
Awkward Guests: (42:55)
The Light in the Mist: (57:09)
Question of the Pod Recap: (1:12:27)
Fired Up: (1:24:57)
Check out our Eventbrite page for all of our upcoming Game Days: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/board-game-bbq-32833304483
Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed:
Skara Brae: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/408636/skara-brae
My Favourite Things: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/188530/my-favourite-things
Captain Obvious: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/423533/captain-obvious
Magic Maze Tower: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/396749/magic-maze-tower
Flip 7: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/420087/flip-7
Awkward Guests: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/188866/awkward-guests-the-walton-case
The Light in the Mist: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/341519/the-light-in-the-mist
Blank: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/231824/blank
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On Episode 969 Shelley and I play a couple of games involving plants, then one with gnomes!
We start with Leaf by Tim Eisner from Weird City Games,
then check out Stalk Exchange by Christopher Ryan Chan from The Op Games
and finish with Gardlings by Kristian Amundsen Ostby and Maria Ostby from Alion-By Dr. O
Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games
Sponsor the podcast directly at www.patreon.com/garrettsgames
or check out our extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing
It's a chunky extra special feature from Matt and Tom, sat FACE TO FACE on the very same table! Let us drag you through a rolling discussion about the games we've enjoyed most in 2024. This is also available as a VIDEO - so just choose your poison and dive in!
Timestamps:
2:59 - Earthborne Rangers
10:35 - Daybreak
18:25 - Arcs
24:22 - COMPILE
28:47 - Tichu
33:51 - Spectral
36:59 - Leviathan Wilds
43:36 - Eternal Decks
49:46 - SPECIAL MENTIONS
50:14 - Dune Imperium: Uprising
52:03 - Slay The Spire
56:41 - Vale of Eternity
59:18 - How To Make Friends at Conventions
Get your engines warmed up, your fishing rod at the ready, and your knee-pads on as we delve into a crash, bash racing game in Thunder Road: Vendetta, freeze our fingers building a village in Saltfjord, and co-operatively fight for the freedom of Kaan in Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan.
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On to the time stamps:
00:00 Cold open
02:31 Intro
03:39 Correspondance regarding board game libraries
04:56 Thunder Road Vendetta
22:24 Correspondance regarding learning games
25:23 Saltfjord
44:52 Correspondence regarding games made of chocolate
49:40 Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan
1:22:49 Outro
For this week's Wednesday podcast, Shelley and I check out a BIG game about psychoanalysis
Unconscious Mind by Laskas, Jonny Pac, Yoma, and Antonio Zax from Lucky Duck Games
then we try out TWO games at BGG.CON that have reefs a their theme
Reef Project by Martino Chiacchiera and Federico Pierlorenzi from Board&Dice
Pick a Pen: Reefs by Reiner Knizia from AMIGO
Thanks as always to Bezier Games for their sponsorship
YOU can sponsor the podcast directly at www.patreon.com/garrettsgames
or check out our extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing
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