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Snowman Dice, My Little Scythe, Ion - Boards & Swords #146

Philip isn't here, but the rest of us have our Ion some board games! Featuring Ion from Genius Games, My Little Scythe from Stonemaier Games, and Snowman Dice is from Brain Games.

News

Retrayal Rat Rouse Ron Rhe Rill Raggy!
https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/101005/grab-your-scooby-snacks-and-prepare-betrayal-myste

Plaid Hat Gives Asmodee the pink slip
https://www.plaidhatgames.com/news/1047

Wizards announces an Odyssey
https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/mythic-odysseys-theros

New Bill would cost Amazon some bills
https://www.pcmag.com/news/new-bill-would-make-amazon-ebay-liable-for-counterfeits

Millennium long Kickstarter for Chronicles of Crime
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/destinies/chronicles-of-crime-the-millennium-series?ref=section-homepage-projectcollection-3-staff-picks-newest#

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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

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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.

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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/

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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!

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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.

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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!

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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.

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Pax Unplugged 2019 Recap - Boards & Swords #141
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.

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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

Pax Unplugged Preview/Postview

Snowman Dice from Brain Games
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/271038/snowman-dice

Vast The Mysterious Manor from Leder Games
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/252399/vast-mysterious-manor

Downforce: Wild Ride from Restoration Games
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/281941/downforce-wild-ride

Clank! Legacy from Renegade Games
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266507/clank-legacy-acquisitions-incorporated

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Tools and Tips for Organizing Board Game Table Space - Boards & Swords #139

Along with the usual news and commentary, we talk about some ideas that you can use to keep your board games from taking up so much table space.

News

King of Tokyo: Dark Edition
https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/96411/spiel-19-ii-dark-outlook-king-tokyo-2020

World of Warcraft board game
https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/96456/small-world-warcraft-coming-2020

Montana expansions
http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/Montana--Heritage-Edition-Up-On-Kickstarter

Night of the Living Dead Kickstarter soon
http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/CMON-Announces-Zombicide--Night-of-the-Living-Dead

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