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BGP 029: Gen Con 2018 Preparations

Fri, 27 Jul 2018 00:39:28 +0000

Events we're excited about

Nerd Night - Thursday 6-midnight

Ruins of Atlantis Masquerade Ball - Thursday 8pm-midnight

Dice Tower Live - Friday 2pm

Rolling Dice & Taking Names Meetup - 5:45 on Friday, August 3

5:20 - Games Were excited about

For Sale

Alea - The Rise of Queensdale

Bezier games - Ultimate Werewolf Legacy

Chip Theory - Undertow, Gasket (new character), Age of Tyranny, 40 days in Daelore (more baddies)

CMON - Council of 4, Newton, Railroad Ink

Moaideas Game Design - Symphony no. 9

Pegasus Spiele - Game Over! A Game Fair Murder Mystery

Northstar Games - Most Wanted

20:25 - Games we want to demo

Druid City Games - Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef

Forbidden Games - Raccoon Tycoon

Greater Than Games - Legends of Sleepy Hollow

Holy Grail Games - Rallyman

Matagot - Treasure Island

Monolith - Batman: Gotham City Chronicles

Panda Cult Games - Wander: The Cult of Barnacle Bay

Parallel Games - City of the Big Shoulders

30:03 - Favorite places to eat in Indy

BGP 028: Dice Tower Con 2018 Recap

Wed, 11 Jul 2018 03:33:36 +0000

Day 1 - Monday

Disney springs

The Mind - 3:42

Shards of Infinity 4:04

Day 2 - Tuesday - 6:33

Epcot

Day 3 - Wednesday DTC Day 1 - 11:30

Vendor Hall

Registration Line and Game Library 14:22

Nusfjord 19:27

Dinner and Ice cream - 22:42

Who Goes There - 24:54

Coimbra - 26:58

Warsaw - 28:34

Day 4 - Thursday

Sorcerer City - 30:45

Sanctuary - 34:26

Dice Tower Awards 37:12

Hansa Teutonica - 39:15

Coup - 42:13

Day 5 - Friday

Rise of Tribes - 43:31

Mutant Genetic Gladiators 48:42

JVMF

58:05 - Strike

Agricola - 58:45

Glass Road - 1:01:22

Day 6 - Saturday

Sagrada - 1:04:00

Pursuit of Happiness - 1:06:14

Keyflower - 1:08:50

Sentient - 1:11:41

TGIB - 1:12:15

Sun of a Bee - 1:13:21

When Cutie Met Patootie - 1:15:52

Atmosfear / Nightmare - 1:20:38

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BGP Bonus: Dominations Interview with Georgina Parsons

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 00:22:35 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad talk with Georgina Parsons from Holy Grail Games about Dominations: Road to Civilization which is launching on kickstarter on June 28, 2018.

5:49 - Holy Grail Games

14:00 - Dominations: Road to Civilization

23:16 - Gen Con Plans

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BGP 027: Origins 2018 Recap

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 02:31:17 +0000

This week, we're going over the amazing time we had at #origins2018. We talk about Holding On from Hub Games, Grimm Masquerade from Druid City Games, Welcome To... from Deep Water Games, and Reef from PlanBGames / Next Move Games.

Origins 2018

13:19 Grimm Masquerade

17:00 North Market - Hot Chicken Takeover and Jeni's Ice Cream

23:38 Reef

28:28 Holding On: The Troubled Life of Billy Kerr

42:51 North Market - Dinner!

46:17 Welcome To…

52:00 Origins Haul

55:35 Origins Q&A

1:10:00 Future Events - KiraKon and Keep Gaming Indy June event

BGP 026: The Good, The Bad, and the Game Bag

Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:21:37 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad have some good news and some bad news! They talk about Space Con 2.0 and the first Keep Gaming Indy event! There's also a new segment!

The game we couldn't think of the title is called Anomia. Thank you Andrew Smith for bringing it!

BGP Bonus: Interview with Leder Games about Vast & Root

Fri, 04 May 2018 04:00:00 +0000

After a short break, Amanda and Brad return with an interview! This time they're talking with Patrick Leder of Leder Games about the hit Vast the Crystal Caverns, its sequel, and a bit about Root and the amazing parody trailer they did.

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BGP 025 : One Year Anniversary of Board Games with Panda

Fri, 13 Apr 2018 04:00:00 +0000

It's our one year anniversary of Board Games with Panda! It's been a crazy year of lots of games. This week, we go over what we've been playing, talk about Who's Yer Con, and talk about gaming with new friends.

0:10 - Pie Town

4:36 - Monster Match

7:18 - Rising Sun

8:55 - Deal or Duel

11:53 - Exit The Game - Polar Station

13:07 - Skull

14:49 - Potion Explosion

15:58 - Concordia

17:49 - Imperius

21:04 - Heaven and Ale

26:12 - Who's Yer Con

28:37 - Board Games on Easter

31:40 - Meeple Circus

33:32 - Playing Board Games with The Drinking Meeples

36:52 - A few stats from our first year of podcasting

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BGP Bonus: Whistle Stop Rocky Mountains Expansion interview with Scott Caputo

Fri, 06 Apr 2018 04:00:00 +0000

Amanda and Brad talk with Scoot Caputo, designer of Whistle Stop from Bezier Games, about his Rocky Mountains Expansion. It was also a blast learning about the process from the beginning stages of Whistle Stop through its big debut at Gen Con.

If you want to learn more about the expansion, Scott wrote a great article over on BGG talking about his favorite parts.

Next week, we'll be releasing our 1 year anniversary episode!!!

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BGP Bonus: Fireball Island interview with Rob Daviau

Fri, 30 Mar 2018 04:00:00 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad talk with Rob Daviau about his experience designing games, the creation of Restoration Games, and their upcoming title Fireball Island that will be launching on Kickstarter on April 3, 2018.

Discussion about Fireball Island starts about 15:47.

Kickstarter Link

BGP 024 : IndyCon 2018; Mystery of the Temples & Lucidity Six-Sided Nightmares

Fri, 23 Mar 2018 04:00:00 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad go over all the fun they had at IndyCon 2018, highlight Mystery of the Temples and give their thoughts on Lucidity Six-Sided Nightmares

Mystery of the Temples (Review Copy)

3:48 - Sidereal Confluence

6:45 - Forest of Fate

9:01 - Eclipse

12:47 IndyCon 2018

20:00 - Azul

20:30 - Meeple Circus

23:11 - Sidereal Confluence at 8 players

30:00 - Custom Heroes

31:23 - Cthulhu Wars

33:45 - Samurai Spirit

36:15 - Dinosaur Island

38:15 - Coldwater Crown

42:05 - Rising Sun

46:43 - Millennium Blades

50:03 - Skull

52:11 - Deception Murder in Hong Kong

55:27 - Bunny Kingdom

58:15 - Twenty-One

1:00:00 - Dead Man's Doubloons

1:04:04 - Lucidity Six-Sided Nightmares (Review Copy)

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BGP Bonus: Sorcerer City Interview with James Hudson

Thu, 15 Mar 2018 01:40:04 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad talk with James Hudson of Druid City Games about the game he's publishing called Sorcerer City. It's a tile placement game that uses a sort of a tile building aspect similar to a deck builder. This game is designed by Scott Caputo.

The kickstarter runs through March 30, 2018

Here's a link to the kickstarter: LINK

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BGP 023: How important is theme in board games?

Fri, 09 Mar 2018 05:00:00 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad discuss theme in board games, go over the giant list of kickstarters that have their interest, recap their progress on the 2018 challenges, and announce the winner of the Pairs giveaway! Congrats Tom!

What we've been playing

Custom Heroes

2:48 - Sons of Anarchy

5:24 - Grand Austria Hotel

9:47 - Chartstone completed (no spoilers)

16:36 - Lucidity: Six-Sided Nightmares

17:47 - The Grimm Forest

11:58 - Gloomhaven

23:02 - Azul

24:20 - Can't Stop

24:40 - Hanamikoji

24:53 - The Castles of Burgundy: The Dice Game

25:38 - 2018 Challenge Update!

29:03 - Kickstarter Round-up

41:09 - Chat about interviews

43:40 - How important is theme in board games?

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BGP BONUS: Kami-sama Interview with AJ Lambeth

Sun, 04 Mar 2018 05:00:00 +0000

In this special episode, Amanda and Brad interview AJ Lambeth of Kolossal Games. AJ is a designer and developer that is releasing his first game on kickstarter called Kami-Sama.

You can find the Kickstarter at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kolossalgames/kami-sama

Find more info on the game over on the Kami-sama BGG page.

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BGP BONUS: Werewords Deluxe Edition interview with Ted Alspach

Fri, 02 Mar 2018 05:00:00 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad are interview Ted Alspach from Bezier Games about his upcoming Kickstarter for Werewords Deluxe Edition. Werewords has been such a hit lately within their game groups so they're excited to hear what this deluxe version has to offer.

You can contact Bezier Games on twitter at @beziergames

Werewords Deluxe Edition on Kickstarter

BGP 022: Our Favorite Card Games

Fri, 23 Feb 2018 05:00:00 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad are going over their favorite card games! Which ones did they miss? Let them know! Also, don't forget the Pairs giveaway!

What we've been playing

00:20 - Qwixx

03:55 - Eight-Minute Empire

06:00 - Anachrony

09:18 - Custom Heroes

12:05 - Imperius - Kolossal Games meet-up at Books and Brew

Game day with Andrew

17:06 - Byzanz

22:23 - Railroad Revolution

26:29 - Santa Maria

28:13 - Lucidity

31:53 - Favorite Card Based Games

32:18 - Diamonds

34:10 - Sushi Go / Sushi Go Party

35:28 - Dark Tales

37:27 - Arkham Horror TCG

39:12 - Lotus

41:41 - Trambahn

44:12 - Herbaceous

45:54 - Hanamikoji

47:37 - Oh my Goods

49:45 - Indulgence

52:39 - Pairs giveaway

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BGP BONUS: Edge of Darkness interview with John Clair

Fri, 16 Feb 2018 05:00:00 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad interview John Clair, designer of Mystic Vale, Custom Heroes, and Edge of Darkness which will be releasing on kickstarter soon.

Edge of Darkness on BGG

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BGP 021 : Pairs Review and Our Favorite Apps for Board Games

Fri, 09 Feb 2018 05:00:00 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad give their thoughts on Pairs from Cheapass Games and go over their favorite apps they use to assist with board games.

Games we've played

00:24 - Nippon

04:18 - Notre Dame

08:44 - Trambahn

11:44 - Pandmic Rising Tide

15:11 - Two Rooms and a Boom

22:58 - Vinhos

29:46 - Topiary

33:48 - Rising Sun

36:28- The Grimm Forest

44:45 - Deckscape: The Fate of London

47:34 - Challenge update

BGG Plays

10x10

365 plays

365 games

Game a day

Monthly challenges

55:14 - Pairs - Review and Giveaway!

*Please submit response by 3/2/2018.*

1:04:57 - Our Favorite Apps for Board Games

BGG app

Scorepal

BG stats

Chwazi iTunes / Android

BGP 020: What Has Us Excited about 2018 pt.2

Fri, 26 Jan 2018 05:00:00 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad go over what they've been playing since the last episode and highlight some of the games releasing in 2018 that have them excited.

What we've been playing

3:20 - Santa Maria

6:48 - Western Legends

18:32 - Unstable Unicorns

22:31 - Too Many Bones

25:29 - Game of Thrones Catan

31:12 - Dead of Winter: The Long Night with Raxxon module

What games we're excited about releasing in 2018

34:39 - Chronicles of Crimes

36:50 - Sorcerer City

39:14 - The City of Kings

40:37 - Quodd Heroes

42:12 - Reykholt

43:27 - Victorian Masterminds

45:25 - The Stygian Societ

46.49 - Edge of Darkness

47:23 - Fireball Island: The Curse of Vul-Kar

48:58 - Anduine: First City in the West

49:41 - Castell

51:25 - Reef

52:44 - Century: Eastern Wonders

54:13 - Treasure Island

55:45 - No Dawn

57:05 - Rise of Queensdale

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BGP BONUS: Special Announcement

Mon, 22 Jan 2018 13:06:09 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad are proud to announce that they're joining the Dice Tower Network. They're excited to add Board Games with Panda to the already amazing list of content the network provides and look forward to working with such an amazing team.

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BGP 019: What Has Us Excited about 2018 pt.1

Fri, 12 Jan 2018 05:00:00 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad go over what they've been playing since the last episode (it's a lot) and then talk about the board games that they're excited to play in 2018.

This week is focusing on Kickstarter games that should be delivering in 2018 and the conventions that they're planning on attending.

After recording the episode, plans were made to attend Dice Tower Con this year! Excited to see everyone there.

Show Notes

What we've been playing

1:10 - Sons of Anarchy Men of Mayhem

2:15 - Charterstone

7:10 - Dinosaur Island

9:45 - TIME Stories Estero Drive

11:54 - Time's Up

14:28 - Dice Forge

15:17 Haspelknecht

17:08 - Raiders of the North Sea

20:09 - Through the Desert

22:26 - Harvest Dice

23:31 - Gloomhaven

25:05 - Legacy of Dragonholt

29:49 - Indulgence

30:54 Kickstarter games we're excited to receive

31:24 - Legends of Sleepy Hollow

32:27 - 7th Continent

33.16 - Spy Club

33:58 - Unstable Unicorns

35:12 - Founders of Gloomhaven

35:35 - Crusaders: Thy Will be Done

35:52 - Rise of Tribes

36:20 - Flow of History

36:54 - Dead Man's Doubloons

37:34 - Grim Forest

39:25 - Empires of the Void II

40:33 - Vast: Crystal Caverns miniatures

41:36 - Feudum

43:24 - Our 10x10 Challenge plans for 2018

50:15 - The conventions we're excited about in 2018

53:00 - Campaign games that we're excited to play in 2018

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BGP BONUS: Who is Kolossal Games and what is Western Legends?

Wed, 10 Jan 2018 16:00:00 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad interview Travis Chance from Kolossal Games and discuss Western Legends which launched on Kickstarter on 1/9/18. They also talk about the intense release schedule that Kolossal Games is planning for 2018.

WESTERN LEGENDS KICKSTARTER

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BGP 018: Top 10 Board Games of 2017

Tue, 12 Dec 2017 00:32:17 +0000

Amanda and Brad each give their list of Top 10 board games released in 2017

What made your list?

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BGP 017: 2017 Holiday Buying Guide

Thu, 30 Nov 2017 01:18:58 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad are offering up their suggestions on what games would make wonderful presents nestled under the Christmas tree. What games are you hoping to get or planning to get for friends and family?

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BGP 016: What we love about Legacy and Campaign style games

Fri, 17 Nov 2017 05:00:00 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad are taking a look at what makes a game considered to be a legacy game and how that makes it different than a campaign game.

They talk, spoiler free, about Pandemic Season 1, Season 2, Seafall, Gloomhaven, Near & Far, and a slew of other amazing games.

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BGP 015: Spooky Games for Halloween

Tue, 24 Oct 2017 18:11:24 +0000

Topic starts at 16:15

This week, Amanda and Brad are going over games to help bring terror and horror to your Halloween themed game night! They offer ideas from Lovecraft, vampires, supernatural, and a few others that should offer a pretty wide coverage.

What games do you like to play for those special spooky occasions?

Reminder, the Klondike Rush giveaway ends on 11/1/17 so make sure you get your entries in!

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BGP 014: Camel Up vs Downforce

Fri, 13 Oct 2017 04:00:00 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad put two games that they really like against each other to see which game is the better buy. It's camels vs race cars in this week's episode!

Let us know which you think is the better game!

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BGP 013: Picking Games for Game Night

Fri, 29 Sep 2017 04:00:00 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad discuss how they go about picking out games for game night with a little help from the /r/boardgames subreddit.

0:46 Deckscape: Test Time – dV Giochi

3:24 Fox in the Forest – Renegade Games

5:51 Triplock – Chip Theory Games

8:10 Caverna: The Cave Farmers - Lookout Games

10:30 By Order of the Queen – Junk Spirit Games

13:26 Rhino Hero - HABA

14:17 Klondike Rush – Red Raven Games

18:66 Great Wester Trail – Stronghold Games

24:05 Topic of the Week

What's your process for choosing games for game night?

BGP BONUS: A Dog's Life Review

Fri, 22 Sep 2017 04:00:00 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad review A Dog's Life where you play as a dog trying to go about their business collecting bones, delivering newspapers, running away from the dog catcher, fighting other dogs, and piddling on some lamp posts.

If that sounds interesting to you, checkout our review!

A Dog's Life

Players: 2-6

Time: 30-60 minutes

Age: 6+

Weight 1.5/5

We did receive this copy from the publisher as a review copy, but we were not paid for this review. BGP has not accepted any payment for our reviews.

We have a giveaway going on from the time this posts until 11/1/17. Listen to the episode (particularly the end) to learn how to win a copy of Red Raven's Klondike Rush!

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BGP 012: Our Shelf of Shame

Fri, 15 Sep 2017 04:00:00 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad go over the stacks of games that have been sitting on their Shelf of Shame and why they haven't been played yet.

They'd love to hear from you! Also, don't forget to enter for a chance to win Klondike Rush by Red Raven Games! Listen to the episode for info. One lucky person will be drawn on November 1, 2017!

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Show Notes

Games We Played

The Godfather – A New Done - :53

Dingo's Dreams – 3:24

Stop Thief – 5:42

Codenames Duet - 8:23

Whistle Stop – 10:42

Ex Libris – 12:35

Spirit Island – 17:10

Professor Evil and the Citadel of Time – 21:53

Hotshots – 23:05

Unearth – 24:48

5-Minute Dungeon – 25:51

Unlock: The Island of Doctor Groose - 28:10

Truck Off – 29:34

Downforce – 31:17

Between Two Cities: Capitals – 34:41

Lorenzo ill Magnifico – 36:16

Blurble – 39:06

Walk the Plank – 40:50

Our Shelf of Shame (Expansions) – 42:25

Our Real Shelf of Shame: 48:40

Fox in the Forest – 49:33

Triplock – 50:35

The Castle of the Devil – 51:14

Indulgence – 51:47

Black Fleet – 52:19

By Order of the Queen – 53:03

First Martians – 54:07

Unfair - 55:22

Eight Minute Empire - 56:31

Klondike Rush - 57:23

Haspelnekt - 59:07

Caverna - 59:56

Notre Dame - 1:01:10

Puerto Rico - 1:02:19

Alahambra Big Box - 1:03:10

Too Many Bones – 1:04:16

Lords of Vegas – 1:04:59

City of Iron (Second Edition) - 1:06:02

Terra – 1:06:31

Sons of Anarchy Men of Mayhem – 1:07:09

Ars Alchimia and Lemuria – 1:09:14

Deckscape – 1:10:10

BGP BONUS: AFFLICTION: Salem 1692 Review

Fri, 08 Sep 2017 04:00:00 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad review AFFLICTION: Salem 1692 designed by Dan Hundycz, art by Lissanne Lake, and published by DPH Games Inc.

Player Count: 2-4

Playtime: 30-60 minutes

Special thanks to DPH games for providing this review copy.

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BGP 011: Gen Con 50 Recap!

Fri, 01 Sep 2017 04:00:00 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad go over their experiences at Gen Con 50 in Indianapolis! They had such a wonderful time meeting so many wonderful people and playing many great games. Find out what games ended up coming home with them as well as their favorite game of the convention!

Gen Con continued it's impressive size with turnstile attendance of 207,979.

1:00 Pre-Gen Con events

5:45 Gen Con Day 1

Thursday Morning

8:15 Grabbing the games off of our list
Greyfox: Champions of Midguard expansions/mat
Renegade: Chaos at the booth
Restoration Games Bundle: Downforce, Stop Thief, Indulgence
Bezier Games: Whistle Stop

13:00 Cheapass Games
Butten Men, Tak, Pairs, Kill Doctor Lucky Expansion

14:38 Nerd Night
15:50 Flamme Rouge
Photosynthesis, Go Nuts for Donuts
17:20 Fantasy Realms
18:03 Charity Auction
20:20 Red Scare

Friday

21:45 Second attempt at picking up Ex Libris
24:41 First impressions of Ex Libris
27:14 Meeting with Lance at TMG
Orleans Expansion, Lumeria, Ars Technica
28:23 Hot Shots by Fireside Games

30:26 Dice Tower Live Show
32:15 Fireball Island Announcement
33:11 Overlight announcement from Renegade Games
33:58 Ticket to Ride map reveal by Alan Moon
34:51 Coaster Park by Pandasauras Games

36:25 Five Minute Dungeon

38:56 Rolling Dice and Taking Names Meetup / Strike Tournament
43:49 Late night gaming with friends
Our greatest game of Spyfall ever

Saturday

46:57 Red Rocket Farm art
47:54 Pirate Lab game bag
49:09 By Order of the Queen (meeting designers/artists)
50:00 Spy Club by Foxtrot Games

55:56 The Secret Cabal Meetup
Crowd, Food, Raffle
59:15 Crossfire

1:00:00 Truck Off
1:03:25 Spirit Island

Sunday

1:05:43 Near & Far ; Empires of the Void

1:08:55 Sunday Funday

1:10:20 Recap of our Top 5 games we were excited to demo
1:11:05 Expansions we were excited to buy
Harry Potter, Dead of Winter Warring Colonies, Blue Happy Salmon, Terraforming Mars, Champions of Midguard: Valhalla and Dark Mountains, Sherriff of Nottingham Merry Men, Dark Tales: Little Mermaid, Snow White, and Little Red Riding Hood
1:14:40 Top Games we were excited about picking up
Stop Thief, Flick 'Em Up Dead of Winter, Klondike Rush, Indulgence, Mountains of Madness, Whistle Stop, Professor Evil and the Citadel of Time, Ex Libris, Codenames Duet, Deckscape
1:20:55 Downforce
1:24:21 Photosynthesis
1:25:50 Favorite Game of the Convention: Spirit Island

BGP BONUS: Word Slam Review

Fri, 25 Aug 2017 04:00:00 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad go over one of their favorite party games, Word Slam by Inka and Markus Brand and published by KOSMOS.

Player Count: 4-99

Play Time: 45 Minutes

Ages 12+

Category: Part Game

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BGP BONUS: Vegas Wits & Wagers Review

Fri, 18 Aug 2017 04:00:00 +0000

This week Amanda and Brad are reviewing the expansion for Wits & Wagers called Vegas Wits & Wagers. It is designed by Dominic Crapuchettes, with art from Ali Douglass and Ben Goldman, and published by North Star Games.

They start the episode going over how the game plays and the changes this expansion brings. They finish with their review starting at 8:22 in the episode.

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BGP 010: Gen Con 50 Preview

Wed, 09 Aug 2017 00:21:48 +0000

It's almost Gen Con!!! It's going to be crazy this year with record crowds and insanity surrounding the 50th anniversary. Let Amanda and Brad help provide some guidance!

Also, they'll be at a Pre-Gen Con event at their friendly local game store: Game Preserve. They'll post the info on our facebook page! Here's the event!

Intro - 0:00

What is GenCon? - 3:48

Things to Know:

Generic Tickets - 7:39
Balloon Sculpture - 9:25
Cardhalla - 10:31
Registration/Ticket Pick Up - 11:54
Exhibit Hall - 15:01
Gaming Hall - 19:34
Costume Contest - 21:32

Food Options - 23:17

Coupon Book 31:55

Events - 33:19

Nerd Night - 33:48
Dice Tower Live - 35:08
Secret Cabal Meet-Up at Tow Yard - 36:54

Brad's Con Tips - 38:03

Games we already own - 42:03

Games we are excited to Demo - 45:53

Honorable Mentions:

Legends of Sleepy Hollow

Divinity Derby

Top 5

5 Palace Mad King Ludwig

4 Wits & Wagers Vegas Wits and Wagers: Superheroes vs. Supervillain

3 Spy Club

2 1001 Odyssey

1 Founders of Gloomhaven

Expansions we are excited to buy - 57:05

Honorable Mentions:

Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle - The Monster Box of Monsters Expansion

Dead of Winter: Warring Colonies

Top 5 Expansions

5 Blue Happy Salmon

4 Terraforming Mars Hellas & Elysium

3 Champions of Midgard (Valhalla and The Dark Mountains)

2 Sheriff of Nottingham - Merry Men

1 Dark Tales - Little Mermaid

Most Anticipated Games - 1:14:13

Honorable Mentions:

Stop Thief

Flick em up Dead Winter

Top 10 Games for GenCon50

10 Klondike Rush

9 Indulgence

8 Mountains of Madness

7 Whistle Stop

6 Professor Evil and the Citadel of Time

5 Ex Libris

4 Deskscape - Time Test/ Fate of London

3 Codenames Duet

2 Downforce

1 Photosynthesis

BGG Geek Preview - 1:40:29

GenCant

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BGP 009: Top 10 High Player Count Games (6+)

Fri, 04 Aug 2017 04:00:00 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad go over their Top 10 High Player Count Games (6+) and include a few Honorable Mentions.

Top 10 starts at 25:43

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BGP BONUS: Flip Ships Review

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 04:00:00 +0000

This week, Amanda and Brad review Flip Ships by Kane Klenko and published by Renegade Games. Have they finally found a dexterity game that Amanda loves?

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BGP 008: Who Makes the Best Wooden Insert?

Fri, 21 Jul 2017 01:34:51 +0000

In this episode, Amanda and Brad go over what they've been playing for the past two weeks as well as give their thoughts on the top two wooden insert companies for board games. This week they are highlighting The Broken Token and Meeple Realty.

Dead of Winter – 0:50

Hey That's My Fish – 3:18

Pandemic Iberia – 3:56

Castles of Mad King – 5:50

Sagrada – 8:40

Okey Dokey – 9:20

Carcassonne – 11:02

Dixit – 12:48

Purrrlock Holmes – 14:50

Wits and Wagers Vegas – 15:15

Word Slam – 16:43

Bang the Dice Game – 18:27

Insider – 20:18

One Night Ultimate Alien – 21:19

Firefly – 25:15

Flipships – 26:33

Century Spice Road – 27:30

Flatline – 28:00

Flip City – 29:00

Affliction – Salem 1692 – 30:10

Colonists – 31:04

Werewords – 32:42

Squeek & Sausage – 34:52

Ravenwood Castle – 37:12

Game Box Insert Conversation – 46:00

Game Hobby News

Watch it Played Indiegogo 1:36:00

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Sarah and Marti Engagement

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BGP BONUS: Purrrlock Holmes: Furriarty's Trail Review

Fri, 14 Jul 2017 04:00:00 +0000

In this episode, Brad and Amanda go over the recent release by IDW Games called Purrrlock Holmes: Furriarty's Trail . This semi co-operative deduction game designed by Stephen Sauer is all about trying to figure out what your card is that's facing away from you. Can you follow the trail and catch Furrriarty?

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BGP 007: Top 5 Tile Placement Games

Fri, 07 Jul 2017 04:00:00 +0000

In this episode, Amanda and Brad talk about the games they've been playing since Origins 2017 and present their Top 5 Favorite Tile Placement Games.

00:34 Purrlock Holmes Furryaties Trail by IDW games

01:04 Sentient by Renegade Games Studios

01:24 Nefarious by USAopoly

02:30 World Slam by Kosmos

04:30 Flip Ships by Renegade Games Studios

05:32 Island Hopper by Eagle Gryphon Games

07:41 Escape from 100 Million BC by IDW Games

10:19 Lignum by Capstone Games

12:11 Tokaido by Funforge

14:13 Hive, Quarto, Welcome to the Dungeon at Kingmakers

15:45 Dixit by Asmodee

17:06 Okey Dokey by Tasty Minstrel Games

18:46 Time Stories: Lumen Fidei by Space Cowboys

20:00 Dead Men Tell no Tales

21:56 Sagrada by Floodgate Games

25:43 Our Top Five Tile Placement Games

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BGP BONUS: Sentient Review

Thu, 29 Jun 2017 02:33:27 +0000

This review examines Sentient by J. Alex Kevern and published by Renegade Games.

Player Count: 2-4

Play Time: 45-60 min

Theme: Building Sentient Robots is easy but programming them to work properly in the network takes a lot of skill.

Game Play: Roll dice and place them on the assigned spaces. Pickup robots from a selection row and place them onto your player board and manipulate the flanking dice according to the card. If the objective to the card is met at the end of the round, you score the victory points listed on the card. Area control comes into play as you have to send agents and possible assistants to secure the robots. Having the most control above certain card slots grants the player investor markers that score at the end of the game.

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BGP 006: 2017 Origins Recap

Fri, 23 Jun 2017 04:00:00 +0000

In this episode, Brad and Amanda go over their amazing time they had at Origins Game Fair 2017. The five topics are: Demos, Full Plays, the City of Columbus, Events/Meet-ups, and special thanks to all the wonderful people they met during their first Origins!

Codenames Duet – 3:51

Last Will – 6:19

That's a Question - 9:00

The Networks – 10:42

Wordsy – 11:06

Okey Dokey – 14:10

Flip City – 15:23

Affliction: Salem 1692 – 16:08

Star Traders – 21:16

Vast – The Mysterious Manor – 24:40

Spoils of War – 27:30

Divinity Derby – 30:47

Spirit Island – 32:20

Island Hopper – 34:21

Wits & Wagers – 36:05

Evolution Beginning – 36:23

Citadel of Time – 37:30

Fox in the Forest – 41:42

Broken Token Gloomhaven Insert – 43:28

Cave vs. Cave – 45:19

Century Spice Road – 46:12

Deadline – 49:28

Escape from 100 Million BC – 49:59

Orleans Trade & Intrigue – 50:49

Witches of the Revolution – 51:20

Sagrada – 52:06

Avenue – 53:23

Rolling America – 54:19

Insider – 54:38

Flipships – 55:06

Dairyman – 56 :24

Giant Adrenaline – 58:18

Columbus – 59:30

Events – 1:07:00

Northstar Games Event – 1:07:14

Punchboard Media Event – 1:10:04

Nerd Night – 1:11:44

Secret Cabal Meet up – 1:13:45

Red Raven Demos – 1:17:46

Origin Awards – 1:18:26

Dice Tower Live Show – 1:22:00

MKMK Interview – 1:25:31

People are Awesome!!!! – 1:34:00

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The Legacy Planning Session

BGP 005: Origins 2017 Planning, Events and 10 Games We're Excited to Try

Thu, 08 Jun 2017 22:02:10 +0000

This week, Brad and Amanda go over their plans for their first trip to Origins Game Fair in Columbus Ohio. They also highlight the Top 10 games they're most excited about checking out.

What we've been playing

Arkham Horror LCG (0:54 )

Barenpark (2:00)

Onitama (3:12)

Quadropolis (3:33)

The Grizzled (4:40)

Mr. Jack (5:00)

Evolution (5:30)

Ethnos (6:07)

Sagrada (6:45)

EXIT: The Secret Lab (7:38)

Diamonds (8:20)

Camel Up (9:15)
One Night Ultimate Alien (9:50)

Near and Far (10:32)

Origins Prep Plans and Events (13:05)

North Market Link - A great place for food

Site book - This has maps of the convention as well as lots of great info!

Nerd Night - Charity event that benefits a local Children's Hospital June 15th 22:00-02:00

Renegade Event - Event at Tabletop Game Cafe June 15th 19:00-23:00

BGG Origins Geek List - Origins with all of the new games available for purchase/demo at Origins from Board Game Geek

Tabletop together tool - Fantastic tool to help you sort the new releases and filter by your interest.

Our ten games we are looking forward to Geek List

Caverna: Cave vs Cave (32:30)

Century: Spide Road (33:47)

Dealine (35:03)

Divinity Derby (36:05)

Escape from 100 Million B.C. (37:31)

Island Hopper (38:25)

Orleans: Trade and Intrigue ( 40:32)

Professor Evil and The Citadel of Time (41:52)

The Fox in the Forest (43:11)

Witches of the Revolution (44:11)

Special thanks to the following people for providing us ideas on what to do at Origins

@overthehillier - Patrick Hillier

@Maggibot from meeplesincluded

@JayAhre - JR Honeycutt

@OckhamRzrGames

Misc: I said that the suits allow you to manipulate the dice in Diamonds. They actually allow you to manipulate the DIAMONDS with some allowing you to move diamonds to your showroom and others that allow you to move the diamonds to your vault.

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BGP 004: Yokohama Review

Fri, 26 May 2017 04:00:00 +0000

In Episode 4, Amanda and Brad talk about the games they've been playing since last episode as well as provide their review for Yokohama by Hisashi Hayashi and published by Tasty Minstrel Games.

What we've been playing

Big Box Takenoko (0:25)

Mechs vs Minions (1:25)

Diamonds (2:56)

Dead of Winter (4:12)

Timeline Challenge (8:55)

Roll For It (10:06)

Ethnos (11:16)

New York Slice (12:25)

Troyes (12:55)

One Night Ultimate Alien (14:00)

Roll for the Galaxy (15:40)

Biblios (16:46)

Vikings Gone Wild (18:12)

Sagrada (21:53)

Fabled Fruit (26:30)

YOKOHAMA REVIEW (30:40)

This copy was provided by TMG as a review copy. It is the standard retail version.

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BGP 003: Amazing Components From Board Games We Love

Fri, 12 May 2017 04:00:00 +0000

In this week's episode, Amanda and Brad talk about some of the components that really surprised them when they opened up the games for the first time. They're suckers for cute bits and pieces so good looking components definitely affect their enjoy of games.

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BGP 002: The Board Game That Brought Us To The Hobby - Takenoko

Fri, 28 Apr 2017 04:00:00 +0000

In this episode,Amanda and Brad discuss what they've played since the last episode as well as the board game that really sparked their love of the hobby. This week, they highlight their love of the beautiful game Takenoko.

Clank! (00:32)

Scythe (01:00)

Celestia (01:30)

Orleans (02:38)

Telestrations (03:17)

Timeline: Americana (03:48)

Deception: Murder In Hong Kong (05:08)

Braintopia (06:07)

Happy Salmon (06:54)

Love Letter Premium (08:17)

Animal Upon Animal (09:33)

The Resistance (10:25)

The Blood of an Englishman (12:13)

Hanimikoji (12:37)

Betrayal at House on the Hill (12:54)

First Class (14:24)

Manhattan Project: Energy Empire (14:40)

New York Slice (15:03)

Exit: The Abandoned Cabin [No Spoilers] (18:45)

Roll for the Galaxy (20:39)

Topic Of The Week (22:29)

The Board Game That Brought Us To The Hobby

Highlight of the Week (26:40) - Takenoko

Topic for next week: Board Game Components that we love

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BGP 001: Our Favorite Board Game Mechanisms

Fri, 14 Apr 2017 04:26:02 +0000

Hello and welcome to Board Games with Panda. In this podcast, Amanda and Brad will be talking about the games that they love and the community that surrounds them.

This introduction episode gives some insight into the types of games that they enjoy by discussing various game mechanisms.