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Game
News & Notes
Colosseum
Link
Roman
impresarios stage events to attract largest audience.
Four
Cool Links
Subbuteo
Table Soccer USB drive
Sid Radner Game Auction in
Las Vegas
Oldest
Board Game found in Iran?
Vassal Game Engine
The
List
Wits & Wagers BGG entry
The quick
Hollywood pitch for this game might be Price Is Right meets Family Feud.
Cleopatra & The Society of Architects BGG Entry
Balance resources and corruption to build Cleo a new home.
But beware, the most corrupt gets fed to the crocs!
Backshelf Spotlight:
Mystery
Connection Contest
No connection, this week, just an open question to all listeners. Email us with your
favorite CheapAss game and you could win a pair of laser cut custom
Spiel dice!
CheapAss
Essentials
Devil
Bunny Needs a Ham BGG Entry
Sous chefs scale a building as fast as
they can. Why? Devil Bunny needs a ham.
Ben Hurt BGG Entry
Any game with a Well-Aimed cat card has
to be in your collection.
Kill
Doctor Lucky BGG Entry
Clue in reverse. Off the old codger with
a tight hat or a loud noise when noone is looking.
The Big Idea BGG Entry
Players
create products like Erotic Pants or Mentholated Shampoo to attract
investors.
Lord
of the Fries BGG Entry
Zombies in a fast food restaurant compete
to fill orders like Chick-a-Bunga-Gonga.
Dead
Money BGG Entry
Cowboy
zombies play poker and try to be the first to lose all their money
Renfield BGG Entry
Funky trick taking game with body
parts as suits.
Deadwood BGG Entry
Play
as an extra on the set of a movie studio making bad Westerns and
compete for the best roles.
Starbase
Jeff BGG Entry
Fun tile laying game with gambling
mechanic.
Get Out!
BGG Entry
Three track Monopoly-esque
game where the winner is the first to get a job and move out of Mom's
basement.
Truckloads
of Goober
Doom:
The Boardgame BGG Entry
Based on the PC
game bloodfest. Tons of huge detailed plastic figs, modular board
tiles, and counters galore.
Game
Sommelier
The
Challenge: find five games for under $10 that are meaty gamerly games.
Next week's
challenge:
Dave must find
five games with for an intimate weekend, games withe a romantic tie-in
or theme.
Mail Bag
Joel in GA weighs
in on Dave's Sommelier picks from Episode 21 and gives a list of his
own.
Ankabut in
Malaysia is having trouble storing all his BattleLore figs in the
box.
Len in Canada gives some good
advice for playing Phoenix with the broken card
Errata
I'm sure there are
some goofs in there somewhere. Let us know if
(when?) you find one!
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