Magical RPG Artifacts with Paul Shapiro from Beadle & Grimm's - Boards & Swords #232

Ready to immerse your RPG players in your game world? We've got Jon Ciccolini & Paul Shapiro from Beadle & Grimm's Pandemonium Warehouse to talk about all the "artifacts" you can get for your favorite Roleplaying Games. Also in this episode: Wingspan with Dragons? Clean Energy Catan? And Chris drools over the idea that a Halo Miniatures Game is back in the works.

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Alone Against the Static with Brian Holland from Chaosium - Boards & Swords #231

What D&D books are coming out next year? Another much loved board game is getting a roll and write version, and you can now get your Geralt on in Unmatched. Plus, we have Brian Holland on from Chaosium to talk about Alone Against the Static: a solo adventure using the Call of Cthulhu ruleset!

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What the heck is Newsh? With Jason Craze from Monument Hobbies - Boards & Swords #230

A couple of Kickstarters, Asmodee picks a terrible time to do layoffs, and a Magic/Clue crossover that sounds....good? Plus we've got Jason Craze from Monument Hobbies with us to talk about their Pro Acryl paint line!

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Boldly Rolling with Jim Johnson from Star Trek Adventures - Boards & Swords #229

Saw and Diablo are getting board games, AI wants to teach you board games, and Murder Mystery magic cards?? Plus, we have Jim Johnson on the show, project manager and line editor of the Star Trek Adventures RPG from Modiphius!

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Toys R Us Returns, Mr. Beast plays Dune Imperium with Ian from Floodgate Games - Boards & Swords #228

Never would have thought I'd hear "MrBeast" and "Dune Imperium" in the same sentence. Or that I'd hear about Toys R Us returning, or that a TCG website would stop carrying Magic: The Gathering? Is it the end times? We find out while also talking to Ian from Floodgate Games about their board games.

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Game Toppers 4.0 Kickstarter Preview (Premium Game Mats!) with Burky - Boards & Swords 227

An RPG maker is suing Netflix? Could you handle 24 people playing Twilight Inscription at one time? And what’s this about combining Barbie with Warhammer 40k? Plus, we’ve got Burky from GameToppers LLC to talk about his latest Kickstarter, featuring a TON of cool new playmats!

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Affordable Dice For All Minis Games with Steven from Baron of Dice - Boards & Swords 226

Rhino Hero to Rhino Zero…money? You’ll never guess, but Terraforming Mars has used AI art before, and Weta Workshop is wetting our appetites for some new 40k action figures. Plus, we’ve got Steven from The Baron of Dice on the show to talk about what else but DICE!

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Nova Open 2023 with Adam and Vince from Snarling Badger Studios - Boards & Swords 225

We are live at Nova Open 2023! Will Chris get the chance to insta-kill Philip AGAIN in D&D? Want a eco-friendly card game with more “bark” in it? Plus, we talk with Adam and Vince from Snarling Badger Studios about their various tabletop miniatures games and going from tabletop players to making a tabletop company.

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1986 Called, Will You Roll Out? - Transformers Core Rulebook Review

It's pretty well known to everyone, but I know TikTok is spying on me. Here I am, reviewing Renegade Game Studios' Transformers The Roleplaying Game, and so I've been talking about it with friends. Suddenly, over the past week, I've started getting clips of various Transformers cartoons and movies in my Tik Tok feed. I'm onto you TikTok, you aren't fooling anyone. Then again, I'm enjoying the nostalgia, so maybe it's working as designed?

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Cyberpunk RED Combat Zone with Dan from Monster Fight Club - Boards & Swords 224

Castle Assault gets popular for the wrong reasons, get dice everyday for a month, and a new card game based on a show based on a card game? We talk about this and more with Dan Scillieri from Monster Fight Club, makers of great terrain and the Cyberpunk RED Combat Zone minis game.

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Can I Unleash Havoc On Some Daemons? Imperial Knights Battle Report

Last time, I talked about my first "real" Warhammer 40K tenth edition game. In that game, I learned how important movement and placement was for my Imperial Knights. Clearly, having had my butt handed to me so severely, I would never make those mistakes again.

Yeah….okay. We'll see about that later.

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Gen Con 2023 Exclusive: Star Wars Unlimited Card Game First Look & Preview by Fantasy Flight Games!

We got a preview game of Star Wars Unlimited from Fantasy Flight Games while at Gen Con 2023. Here's the full match between Shawn and Jeremy (one of the designers of the game).

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Stompy Knights Are A Go....Or Maybe They Aren't? Imperial Knights Battle Report

Well here we are, over two months into Warhammer 40K tenth edition. If you listen to reddit and the competitive scene, there are so many bugs/errors in the game that GW needs to fix IMMEDIATELY! Do they need to be fixed? I dunno, I don't pretend to be a game designer in my free time. But I did figure that this would be a good opportunity to fire up my Battle Reports again.

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