We seem to have gotten an increase in people, in different gaming groups, who post a version of "why in the world would anyone enjoy playing board games solo?" It's a question that comes up in good faith but also in bad faith. Jason answers that question for either audience. Shelf Stories YouTube (with video of this recording) - www.youtube.com/shelfstories __________________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/onestopcoopshop www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

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Ben and Steve walk through the streets of Paris.  Listen to the full show here

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Dan King The Game Boy Geek stars as our guest announcer today and goes the extra mile to give us some saxophone serenading! Today the Founders dive right into a conversation about a beautiful thing a group of Cabalsts did for Jamie by getting some of his favorite Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica character to wish him good health. Check out the show notes on www.thesecretcabal.com for links to the videos. Then the gang runs down some of games they've been playing including Stardew Valley, Caylus, Hunt a Killer, Nemesis, Great Wall, Brian Boru High King of Ireland, and Res Arcana. Don and Jamie throw down a feature review of Ark Nova from Capstone Games, Tony T delivers the hottest gaming news segment this side of the Mississippi and finally the gang takes questions from the listeners including where our gaming retirement home would be, what minimalist games do we recommend and what's our second favorite game from our favorite game designer. Ark Nova Overview 01:06:14, Ark Nova Review 01:10:35, News with Tony T 01:38:01, Short Topic Extravaganza 02:35:05

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Andrew Lowen and Sean Bradford, from Next Level Web, talk about how to get the most out of your crowdfunding campaign.

We spend most of the time talking about different aspects of marketing and break down examples from our own campaigns of what worked and what didn’t.

The post How to Get the Most out of Your Crowdfunding Campaign with Andrew Lowen and Sean Bradford appeared first on Board Game Design Lab.

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This week Dave takes us through 5 harmonious round of board game nonsense. 

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In today's episode, the guys are at Great Plains Game Festival! They talk about their recent plays, interview Cameron Iwan and Grant Lyon. Then they draft their favorite games to play at a Con. Help support the podcast on Patreon! www.patreon.com/punchboardparadise Need a new shirt? www.punchboardparadise.threadless.com Support our sponsors 3dBitSpace www.etsy.com/shop/3dBitSpace?re…sting_id=678598393 HobbyTown Lincoln hobbytownlincolngaming.com/?fbclid=IwA…zqPJdbnGw2U

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---AUDIO DISCLAIMER--- Let's face it in our earlier episodes our audio isn't up to scratch (it gets better we promise)

This time the group brings the conversation back to the start line outlining why this hobby of board gaming is awesome and some recommendations of where to start.

FIRST PLAYER: JP
OTHER PLAYERS: Becky & Adrian

OVERVIEW
In this episode "First Player" JP is joined by our other players Becky & Adrian to discuss how to get started in this fantastic hobby of ours.  In this episode you'll learn

- That JP's lockdown kickstarters have just started to roll in, bring on those dino's
- How Unfathomable compares to Battlestar Galactica
- Why people should get into the hobby, what are the benefits from an introverts / extroverts perspective
- A series of game suggestions from the group which have worked well in getting new players involved
- More about the Splotter experiment that the players are excited to try in Food Chain Magnate

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
- Becky mentioning her meeple component upgrades from The Game Knight UK you can find them on the link below - https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheGameKnightUK

- JP mentioning UK Crokinole Championship Tickets at the UK Games Expo - https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/events/180-uk-crokinole-championship-sponsored-by-tracey-boards-masters-of-games/

You can check out JP's new podcast called Just Play right here https://www.justplaypod.co.uk we'd love to have you and also on the new YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@JustPlayPodcast

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