This week we look at gateway games.  What makes a game a gateway game and what are some of favorites.

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First we talk about our Fields of Green giveaway.  If you haven’t entered yet, you can go to http://TabletopGameTalk.com/register to do so.

Chris talks about GaryCon and some of the cool people he met and hung out with there.

We then get some feedback from Thom who gives us some of his favorite games, Shane on Kickstarter horror stories for designers, and Sam on our rebooking video of Fields of Green.

And a new sub-feedback segment on things Chris says wrong.

Our quick question this week is from Josh’s brother Stefan about games that are good for 4 year olds.

Then Chris talks about Guildhall, Tails of the Yawning Portal and Santorini. He also backed RPG Coasters and Impulse on Kickstarter.

Check out this actual play podcast – it’s really good: http://misdirectedmark.com/the-streets-of-avalon-one-shapeshifers/

Games we talked about in this segment:

Great Western Trail (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-Great-Western-Trail)*
Not Alone (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-Not-Alone)*
Fields of Green (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-Fields-of-Green)*
Marvel Legendary (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-Marvel-Legendary)*
King of Tokyo (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-King-of-Tokyo)*
Betrayal at House on the Hill (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-Betrayal)*
One Night Werewolf (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-One-Night-Werewolf)*

Guildhall (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-Guildhall)*
Santorini (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-Santorini)*
Talks of the Yawning Portal

*these are Amazon affiliate links that provide financial support to the show.

Kickstarters:

RPG Coasters (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ingramwoodworking/rpg-coasters-2-cthulhu)
Impulse (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/429029786/impulse-english-2nd-edition-2-expansions)

On Topic

This week we’re taking about gateway games. What makes a good gateway game and what are some our favorites.

Some of the gateway games we talked about in this segment:

Splendor (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-Splendor)*
Hogwarts Battle (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-Hogwarts-Battle)*
Resistance (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-Resistance)*
Resistance Avalon (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-Resistance-Avalon)*
Guildhall (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-Guildhall)*
Santorini (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-Santorini)*
Imhotep (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-Imhotep)*
FUSE (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-FUSE)*
Codenames (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-Codenames)*
Codenames Pictures (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-Codenames-Pictures)*
Insider (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-Insider)*
Potion Explosion (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-Potion-Explosion)*
Isle of Skye (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-Isle-of-Skye)*
Pandemic (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-Pandemic)*
Hanabi (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-Hanabi)*
Not Alone (http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Amazon-Not-Alone)*

*these are Amazon affiliate links that provide financial support to the show.

Next week we’ll talk about BoardgameGeek.com

 

 

 

 

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This week we talk about Kickstarter and the pros and cons if it in our industry.  But first…

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News/Announcements: We start off talking a bit about our new giveaway for Fields of Green  (and second winner gets a Tabletop Game Talk t-shirt).  You can find some videos we did no Fields of Green on our YouTube channel.

Feedback: We got some fun feedback on our drinking game episode. Maybe some of it was even constructive (we should drink more?).

Quick Question: We answer a question from Thom about when it’s ok to concede a game.

New Games/Kickstarters: We skip this segment this week since the entire show is about Kickstarter – just skip to on-topic.

Game of Today: This week we talk about Inis.  Spoiler alert, we liked it and the map is looks amazing.

Amazon affiliate links:

Inis: http://TabletopGameTalk.com/amazon-inis
Fields of Green: http://TabletopGameTalk.com/amazon-fieldsofgreen

On Topic

This week we talk all about Kickstarter and barely scratch the surface.  We also include some input from the listeners.  Let us know your thoughts for our next feedback section.

Some Kickstarters we talk about:

Rising Sun: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/rising-sun
Esper Genesis: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/113664363/esper-genesis-heroic-sci-fi-role-playing-for-5e
Wreck Age: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyacinthgames/wreck-age-post-collapse-vehicle-kits

 

 

 

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This one is a bit silly as today we are talking drinking games, and “needed” to play a few before we started to record.  We’ll be back to sobering topics next week when we talk about Kickstarter.

Off Topic (runs long)

Chris and Kitty welcome Fletcher as a guest host since Josh was out of town at SXSW this week (he forgot to mention it last week).  We then provide some updated information about Patreon.  We find out Chris’s weight hasn’t changed but he likes to read review names from iTunes (even got a correction on one from last week).  And then we announce our Gloomhaven giveaway winner before going into some quick questions and our game of today, Red Dragon Inn.

Games we talked about:

• Red Dragon Inn (affiliate link*)
• Dice City Board Game (affiliate link*)
• Forge War (affiliate link*)
• Kickstarter: Rising Sun
• Kickstarter: The PIP system RPG

*affiliate links give a small percentage back to us, thank you!

On Topic

We talk drinking games from Flippy Cup and Beer Pong to Irish Poker and Kings.  We made sure we were uniquely qualified to talk on the subject by having played many of these before we recorded.  You’ll even learn a little bit about our collage lives – which turn out to be much more interesting for Kitty than for Chris and Fletcher.

 

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This is the last week of our Gloomhaven giveaway.

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We’ve met our Patreon goal of a giveaway each month!  We have an interview up, currently a web exclusive you can find at http://www.TabletopGameTalk.com/sc-ThunderstoneQuest

Thank you to everyone that has become a Patron and for all the great iTunes reviews.

We answer a few questions from the listeners and then go on to talk about our game of today Not Alone.

Finally a couple new Kickstarters Chris is backing:

Empires of the void 2 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/empires-of-the-void-ii

Farlight https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamesalute/farlight

On Topic

We talk with Stephen Buonocore about Stronghold games.  The reprints of Terraforming Mars and Great Western Trial.  And an expansion for Dark Moon.  We ask some of our own questions and some from the listeners.  You can find Stronghold Games here https://strongholdgames.com

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