Then we talk briefly about the Bang lawsuit, there’s more about that here: http://www.strebecklaw.com/court-rules-favor-cloned-tabletop-game-no-protection-us-copyright-law/
Next a big about Villages of Valeria vs. Lords of Waterdeep and then on to Kickstarters!
We talk games that are good for travel, those that start in small boxes (anything Tiny Epic and most social deduction games). We also talk about game footprint considerations and repacking bigger games. Oh and we even touch on airport security.
This week Spencer joins us (Josh is out of town) to talk about trick taking games.
Off Topic
First we get some feedback about past episodes including a comment about what “random” is in games that turns into an interesting debate. We then get a quick question on game knock offs and how we feel about them.
On Topic
Spades, Hearts, Euchre, Moons, and Nyet! All trick taking games. We look at what makes them unique, fun or not fun (depending on your point of view) and what’s different in the newer generation of trick taking games.
This episode we talk upgrades, enhancements, storage and more. We talk about tricking your games out. And thanks to Christy we cover all kinds of options.
Off Topic
First we get some feedback and answer the question, what is our favorite game mechanic?
On Topic
Chris gets lazy and just uses all of Christy’s work (because it was awesome) as the show outline. You can check out all her research, and others, at http://TabletopGameTalk.com/bgg – just take a look a the Ep 37 thread.
This week we talk about the differences in Campaign and Legacy games, both as they relate to each other and as they relate to other games.
Off Topic
First we start off with announcements as always (Josh is back too). This is the last week of our current giveaway – so listen and enter! Chris is back to Kickstarting things again and we get challenged on whether you can get away with coming out as a spy in resistance. Finally Chris finds a way to sneak in some talk of Too Many Bones.
On Topic
Well we try and figure out whats the differences between a campaign game and a legacy game. I’m not sure we ever agree, but we do try. We also talk about some of our favorites, Pandemic Legacy, Risk Legacy, Gloomhaven, Arcadia Quest and we confess that we’ve never played Decent, but should.
In this episode we’re talking the new vs. the old, games that is. What drives us to wanting to play new games instead of the older ones we already know how to play…
Off Topic
Thanks to Sam we have a series of questions to answer in our off topic segment. And don’t forget about our current giveaway, Santorini! Visit us at http://tabletopgametalk.com/register to enter.
On Topic
New vs. old. Games we like vs. games we don’t know if we like. Getting better at a game vs. trying out new games. All this leads us into the Cult of the New vs the Cult of the Old. Oh, and Sydnie joins us this week!
This week we take a closer look at board games vs. video games. What draws us to each and why might we play one over the other.
Off Topic
In our off topic segment we get some feedback from our last episode on board game geek. We learn a few extra tricks and maybe even how a trade works.
We then answer a quick question about the cost of board games.
On Topic
We drill into the differences between board games and video games. There were a number of times we may have looked like we were preferring one over the other, but in the end, we like them both.
We’re into the last week of our Fields of Green contest. To enter visit us at http://TabletopGameTalk.com/register. The deadline is midnight (your local time) April 7th, 2017.
We then announce some changes to your off topic section in order to make it shorter. Followed by some feedback on past episodes.
On Topic
We talk about BoardGameGeek.com. This is a big topic, but we try and cover the basics and give a few advanced tips as well. We’re all still learning everything BGG has to offer, so we’re looking for feedback and tips that you might have about BGG.
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.
This week we talk about Kickstarter and the pros and cons if it in our industry. But first…
Off Topic
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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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