The group gets pretty philosophical about the definition of a cult…while they try and investigate a bathhouse rumored to be the hideout of the Cult of the Dead Three as we continue the D&D 5th Edition campaign “Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus”.
Read MoreEhhhh I’m pretty sure I can. Let’s see if the group managed to get through their first fight without major casualties as we continue the D&D 5th Edition campaign “Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus”.
Read MoreIt’s been over a year, but Chris finally got around to trying out the board game Wingspan from Stonemaier Games. Meanwhile, Collin and Cindy have been carefully making gardens in Miyabi from HABA. Plus, more news bits, some insight into some RPGs that have happened, and more!
Read MoreWe love board games, but we've never tried to make one. With all the serious situations going on in the world, we bring on Matthew Hocker, designer of Composition, to talk about his perspective on games.
Read MoreWe are trying this remote thing, so sorry for any issues. But its our favorite board games of all time!
Read MorePhilip 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.
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#
It’s time for our little level 1 halflings to show their talents in combat! Will everyone come out of this first encounter alive? Only one way to find out!
Read MoreRut 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.
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
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.
Read MoreWe've got the news, the reviews (Silver from Bezier Games, Menace Among Us from Smirk & Dagger, and more!), and the.....cool personalities?
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/
Read MoreIt’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!
Read MoreWe 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!
Read MoreFirst 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.
Read MoreIt’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!
Read MoreWe’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.
Read MoreIt'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.
Read MoreWe are back from Pax Unplugged! What board games did we see? What did we do? What didn't we do?
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
Here are the outtakes from our Tabula Rasa game! Come back next week as we play DC Comics superheroes!
Read MoreIt’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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