Episode 109: GenCon 2010 - Part 2
109: GenCon 2010 - Part 2 Release Date: August 23, 2010 Running Time: 138 min. Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version Subscribe via iTunes: Enhanced - MP3 See sidebar for other subscription options |  |
Games are global. From France and Belgium to Korea and Mongolia and back... all at one convention. We conclude our GenCon coverage with a dozen interviews including a chat with the great designer, Tom Wham.
Interviews:
| Asmodee Editions Korean Pavilion Days of Wonder Steve Jackson Games Blue Kabuto Games Conquest Gaming | Travesty Games P & G Games Designer Tom Wham Artist Beth Trott Crocodile Games Hamster Press |
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Episode 108: GenCon 2010
108: GenCon 2010 Release Date: August 16, 2010 Running Time: 129 min. Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version Subscribe via iTunes: Enhanced - MP3 See sidebar for other subscription options |  |
The best four days in gaming. We give you a view from the trade show floor with a dozen interviews featuring publishers, designers and collectors.
Interviews:
| Crosscut Games Nexus Games Winning Moves Playroom Entertainment Fireside Games Moosestache Games | Q-Workshop Dice Geek Chic Mayday Games AEG Games Dice Collector Kevin Cook Gabob Games |
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Episode 107: Cubism
107: Cubism Release Date: Aug. 2, 2010 Running Time: 117 min. Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version Subscribe via iTunes: Enhanced - MP3 See sidebar for other subscription options |  |
Forget Picasso. Bring on the dice! We roll through Asteroyds, winding toward three other titles, obscure and sublime, that feature 'dem bones.
News & Notes: Alien Frontiers, Fictionaire
The List: Asteroyds
Table Talk: Shanghaien
Truckloads of Goober: Canoe
Back Shelf Spotlight: God Dice
Game Sommelier: 5 games whose components will help you survive
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Scribbler #7 - Big Deal
Scribbler #7 - Big Deal Release Date: July 19, 2010 Match-Up Puzzle Print, Play Along, Win a Prize! Download: Scribbler #7 Subscribe via iTunes: Enhanced - MP3 See sidebar for other subscription options |  |
Dave the Klutz has done it again.
He has dropped one of his drawers full of card games.
Your job is to match each of the 40 cards with its correct title. Good luck!
Send your solution to stephen@thespiel.net. PRIZE DEADLINE: July 28, 2010
Download the puzzle and the solution using the links above.
Episode 106: Origins 2010
106: Origins 2010 Release Date: July 5, 2010 Running Time: 181 min. Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version Subscribe via iTunes: Enhanced - MP3 See sidebar for other subscription options |  |
Con-versations. We take you on an extended tour of the trade show floor with 19 interviews, featuring publishers and designers big and small.
Interviews:
| Out of the Box Games Minion Games Gabob Asmodee Editions Designer: Jason Matthews Blue Panther Cepia Games Asmadi Games Swan Panasia Designer: Walter Hunt | Stratamax / Valley Games Queen Games Northstar Games Eventide Games Designer: Kevin G. Nunn Jolly Roger Games Wattsalpoag Blood & Cardstock Games Baksha Games and more! |
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Episode 105: Spiel des Schpiel 105 - Part 2
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105: Spiel des Schpiel 2010 - Part 2 Release Date: June 21, 2010 Running Time: 136 min. Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version Subscribe via iTunes: Enhanced - MP3 See sidebar for other subscription options |
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There can be only one. We review A la Carte and Fresco, the final two nominees for the Spiel des Jahres (German Game of the Year) and predict the winner before the official selection.
News & Notes: Top 10 Selling Hobby Games Q1, Automobile, Merchants & Marauders
Nominee #4: A la Carte
Nominee #5: Fresco
Predictions: We select our favorites and guess the jury's selection
Mail Bag: Sliders, Gravity Blocks, Game Day at Indy Senior Center
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Episode 104: Spiel des Schpiel 2010
104: Spiel des Schpiel 2010 Release Date: June 7, 2010 Running Time: 135 min. Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version Subscribe via iTunes: Enhanced - MP3 See sidebar for other subscription options |  |
The Prize. Movies have the Oscars. Games have the Spiel des Jahres (German Game of the Year). We play and review Dixit, Identik, and Roll Through the Ages - three of five nominees - in an effort to predict the winner later this month.
News & Notes: Spiel des Jahres & Kinderspiel des Jahres recommendation lists
Nominee #1: Dixit
Nominee #2: Identik
Nominee #3: Roll Through the Ages
Mail Bag: Irondie, Spiel dinner: Origins
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
Episode 103: Earth, Wind & Fire
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103: Earth, Wind & Fire Release Date: May 24, 2010 Running Time: 129 min. Listen Now: Download: Enhanced Version - MP3 Version Subscribe via iTunes: Enhanced - MP3 See sidebar for other subscription options |
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Smoke monsters need not apply. We assemble a team to hunt mystical treasures in Forbidden Island and flip medieval coins to construct castles and cathedrals in Builder's Duel.
News & Notes: boardgames.com sells for 450K, Tien Zi Que, Marrakech makeover
The List: Forbidden Island, Pillars of the Earth: Builders Duel
Kid's Table: Sleeping Queens
Truckloads of Goober: Hookum
Game Sommelier: 5 games you can improvise from natural materials
Complete Show Notes continue after the break.
