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The Purge: For 12 Hours All Board Game Crime Is Legal - Boards & Swords #145

Rut roh! All the shelves have gotten full! Now what do you do? We talk about whether or not we purge board games from our collection and what we do with them if we do.

News

MTG Arena getting smaller in 2020
https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2020/02/mtg-arena-will-come-to-mobile-in-2020/

FFG's RPGs crit fail their saving throw
http://www.d20radio.com/main/fantasy-flight-games-long-term-plan-will-discontinue-rpg-development/

Asmodee updates their customer service by deleting it
https://www.asmodeena.com/en/customer-service-faq/

Hold the liiiiiiineeeee, Kickstarter isn't always on tiiiiime....
https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/18/kickstarter-workers-vote-to-unionize/

Lets Get Villainous....Villainous....
https://io9.gizmodo.com/marvels-baddies-are-getting-their-own-disney-villainous-1841702456

Descent into Avernus Pt. 1: "Meet The Beetles" - The Dirtbags of Holding #153

We love getting feedback, and so this next campaign was actually a suggestion from one of our listeners, Beetle! He suggested we take the new D&D 5th edition adventure “Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus”, and play it as a party of only halflings! Now he gets to see what a poor decision he has made! In this episode, we meet most of the party as they answer a summons to see a local Captain in Baldur’s Gate.

Podcasts, Dirtbags of Holding, DBOH1XXChris RenshawFebruary 28, 2020Dungeons and Dragons, RPGs, Roleplaying Games, Actual Play, D&DComment

Silver, Menace Among Us, Meeple Party - Boards & Swords #144

We've got the news, the reviews (Silver from Bezier Games, Menace Among Us from Smirk & Dagger, and more!), and the.....cool personalities?

News

Secret Hilter being played in State Senate
https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/gop-senator-wants-legislative-pages-to-stop-playing-secret-hitler/article_d5b4ed05-c503-5e86-8534-8de650fd3e1d.html

New J. Alex Kevern game I'm required to talk about
http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/Renegade-Game-Studios-Taking-Pre-Orders-For-Succulent-Board

Game Games announced I really don't care about https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/100003/spielwarenmesse-2020-ravensburger-teases-castles-t

Expansion for Journey into Middle Earth https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2020/1/28/shadowed-paths/

New Keyforge cards! https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2020/1/30/mass-mutation/

DC Adventures Pt. 3 + Outtakes: "Got Those Moves Like Batman" - The Dirtbags of Holding #152

It’s the last part of our DC Comics Adventures game! The last bit was a little short, so I threw in the few outtakes we had at the very end for you to enjoy. Come back next time as we start our newest D&D 5th edition campaign: Descent into Avernus!

Podcasts, Dirtbags of Holding, DBOH1XXChris RenshawFebruary 13, 2020Dungeons and Dragons, RPGs, Roleplaying Games, Actual Play, D&DComment

DC Adventures Pt. 2: "Azrath Matador Zit Cream" - The Dirtbags of Holding #151

We continue our DC Adventures RPG from Green Ronin. Our players are “famous” heroes from the DC Comics universe who have been gathered at Arkham Asylum to investigate some weird stuff going on. Last time, there was a meteor crash that had the team wake up to find that the asylum had been….altered. Wear headphones if you can! We experimented with using the Syrinscape software to add some thematic background noise to help with the ambiance. Let me know if it came through alright!

Podcasts, Dirtbags of Holding, DBOH1XXChris RenshawFebruary 6, 2020Dungeons and Dragons, RPGs, Roleplaying Games, Actual Play, D&DComment

Adventure Games, Cat Cafe, 2020 Look Ahead - Boards & Swords #143

First episode recorded in 2020! We talk about what we are expecting this year, then we go into lots of board game reviews such as the Adventure Games from Kosmos, Cat Cafe from Alley Cat Games, and the Pickle Rick game from Cryptozoic.

DC Adventures Pt. 1: "Number 1 Intelligence" - The Dirtbags of Holding #150

It’s our first episode of 2020! And its our 150th episode! And its the first episode of a new game! Here’s the first episode of the game we streamed on Halloween using the DC Adventures RPG from Green Ronin. Our players are “famous” heroes from the DC Comics universe who have been gathered at Arkham Asylum to investigate some weird stuff going on. Wear headphones if you can! We experimented with using the Syrinscape software to add some thematic background noise to help with the ambiance. Let me know if it came through alright!

Lots of News - Boards & Swords #143 Prologue

We’ve had to reschedule some recordings for various reasons, so Episode 143 was going to be super huge (spoiler, it was huge anyways). So I decided to write a few more jokes than normal and put out a special bit to hold you over until the full up episode drops. Oh, and Collin and Cindy were there too.

Boards & Swords, PodcastsChris RenshawJanuary 28, 2020board games, RPGs, card games, roleplaying games, CMON, Fantasy Flight Games, cryptozoicComment

How Was 2019 & Reviewing Lots of Inserts - Boards & Swords #142

It's the last podcast of 2019, so how was the year? Also, we've got a stack of various board game inserts from GameFit and The Broken Token and we talk about what we think of them.

Boards & Swords, PodcastsChris RenshawJanuary 6, 2020board games, RPGs, card games, roleplaying games, CMON, Fantasy Flight Games, cryptozoicComment

Pax Unplugged 2019 Recap - Boards & Swords #141

We are back from Pax Unplugged! What board games did we see? What did we do? What didn't we do?

News

5 Minute Mystery on Kickstarter
http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/5-Minute-Mystery-Up-On-Kickstarter

Romans coming to Empires of the North
http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/Portal-Games-Announces-Roman-Banners-Expansion-For-Empires-of-the-North

Gloomhaven 2: More Haven, Less Gloom
http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/Cephalofair-Announces-Gloomhaven-2--Frosthaven

The Purrfect Game for Chris
http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/Fantasy-Flight-Announces-Barkham-Horror--The-Meddling-of-Meowlathotep-LCG-Expansion

Boards & Swords, PodcastsChris RenshawDecember 23, 2019board games, RPGs, card games, roleplaying games, CMON, Fantasy Flight Games, cryptozoicComment

Tabula Rasa Outtakes - The Dirtbags of Holding #149

Here are the outtakes from our Tabula Rasa game! Come back next week as we play DC Comics superheroes!

Podcasts, Dirtbags of Holding, DBOH1XXChris RenshawDecember 19, 2019Dungeons and Dragons, RPGs, Roleplaying Games, Actual Play, D&DComment

Tabula Rasa Pt. 6 "How Am I Supposed To Text With These?" - The Dirtbags of Holding #148

It’s the conclusion to our Tabula Rasa game! Previously: Our “heroes” woke up in a lab with no memory and with superpowers. At some point, we jumped back on the rails and raced off to help Philip deal with the thugs that captured him. We continue our Tabula Rasa game using the Genesys RPG system from Fantasy Flight Games.

Podcasts, Dirtbags of Holding, DBOH1XXChris RenshawDecember 14, 2019Dungeons and Dragons, RPGs, Roleplaying Games, Actual Play, D&DComment

Marvel Champions, Ubongo, Batman: Gotham City Chronicles - Boards & Swords #140

What's coming out/came out at Pax Unplugged? Chris gives some insight, then we go into reviews on the Marvel Champions LCG from Fantasy Flight Games, Ubongo the puzzle game from Kosmos, and the minis game Batman: Gotham City Chronicles from Monolith Games.

My Article I wrote about the failed Kickstarter Satanic Panic
https://boardsandswords.squarespace.com/blog/satanic-panic

Article about the Robotech Kickstarter mentioned on the show: https://www.polygon.com/2018/3/2/17071612/robotech-rpg-tactics-kickstarter-disaster-palladium-books