Part 2 of our conversation with Aldie and Derk of boardgamegeek.com; and Richard Borg, designer of Memoir 44, Commands & Colors, and Liar's Dice.  This time we continue our discussion of the Spiel des Jahres (Germany's Game of the Year award), but discussing the Recommended list, then Derk continues his discussions about the industry and we wind up talking about BGG.

Enjoy!

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Derk and Aldie, plus Richard Borg (of Commands & Colors, Liar's Dice) join me LIVE from Kublacon 2010 for Part 1 of a discussion of Richard's gaming designs & and history of gaming, along with a rather opinionated discussion of the Spiel des Jahres' Finalists - the list had JUST been announced that morning.  Enjoy!

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WARNING! - OCCASIONAL EXPLICIT LANGUAGE

Scott Alden (Aldie of Boardgamegeek.com) joins Greg Z., Shelley and me for Part 2 of our discussion at Kublacon.  On this episode we discuss Boardgamegeek and its new iterations, along with Essen plans, BGG.con, and some of the games we've been enjoying over the past year.

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WARNING - SOME EXPLICIT LANGUAGE!

Live From Kublacon - Part 1!
Scott Alden joins his wife Michelle, Shelley, Greg Z. and me on the mics for Part 1 of a wide-ranging discussion of possible SdJ nominees (a day before the finalists and recommendations were released), as well as commentary on some of the games we were able to play over the weekend:

Fresco
Telestrations
Carson City
Mow
(Alice In Wonderland) Parade
Beowulf

I start the episode with the list of SdJ finalists and recommended games, so tune in and enjoy the discussion.

Doug

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Shelley and I sit down to talk about two 2-player games, and three of the new tin-box card games from Out of the Box.  Games discussed:

Los Banditos by Reiner Knizia and from Schmidt Spiele's Easy Play line of games
Drachenherz by Rudiger Dorn and from Kosmos

And from Out of the Box three games for 2-4 players:
Super Circles
7 Ate 9
Run Wild

Enjoy!

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Shelley and I sit down to discuss the new English verison of Spielbox, Sticheln, Titania, The Great Balloon Race, Keltis Das Orakel, and Time's Up Title Recall.

Played: 833 | Download | Duration: 00:41:37

        

Shelley and I sit down to discuss the differences between Alhambra and Granada, then delve into Fresco as well.

Enjoy!

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A very short episode discussing gaming and good weather, along with some brief comments on Dominion, my lack of Queen review copies, and the podcast "poll" that's going on now at BGG.

Enjoy, and head over to my guild on BGG if you have any comments on this episode.

Doug

Played: 866 | Download | Duration: 00:10:36

        

Roundtable discussion out at the Sacramento delta.  We cover Telestrations, Dominion, Golden City, Golden Compass, Wallenstein, Union Pacific, Taj Mahal, and Vikings.  Thanks to Ric B. and our host Greg Z. for joining in on the podcast!

Enjoy!

Played: 1050 | Download | Duration: 00:54:54

        

Gathering Game Commentary Part 2 - Shelley and I sit down after returning from Columbus for a discussion of more games played:

Level X
Telestrations
Schweinebande
Fresco

Enjoy!

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