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"Not So Boring Board Games" - Columbus Game Group on TV!
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Columbus OH Board Game Group Featured on TV Good Morning Columbus, a local morning show, recently did a feature on CABS - The Columbus Area Boardgaming Society - a group that I am a member of. We got about 18 minutes of airtime over the two hour show, and a number of different games made it on the air. We were able to get 57 gamers to our meeting place at 7AM, so it certainly looked to be a vibrant group on TV! For more details, you can read a recap at: http://www.boardgamenews.com/index.php/boardgamenews/comment...If you want to see the video, check out the first segment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odacPPj4JrcLinks to the other segments are found under "More From: marylaser" This geeklist is a list of games that were either discussed or seen on TV (at least seen long enough for me to identify them). I'm sure that eagle-eyed BGG'ers will be able to add the other games to this list that I wasn't able to see!
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Posted Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:23 pm
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This game has had a fairly strong following at CABS. The show opened to the host rolling dice from this game
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Monopoly was mentioned along the way, but only in an aside
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The host will kill you at this! Again, just mentioned in passing in conversation with the studio hosts
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The studio hosts had this on their table
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Board Game: Buckopoly
[Average Rating:3.67 Unranked]
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another game just seen on the table in the studio (not in our game-room!)
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This started off the segment with our librarian - to show the breadth of the games that we play
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There is a wargame shown with a brownish board, but i can't figure out what it is - inserted here to show the scope of the games we have in the club library
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Board Game: Saturn
[Average Rating:6.70 Overall Rank:1677]
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I didn't think that Nate would ever let this game leave his house, but anything goes for TV apparently
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Board Game: Zooloretto
[Average Rating:7.08 Overall Rank:188]
[Average Rating:7.08 Overall Rank:188]
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The host kept coming back to this game. His last name was DiLoretto and for whatever reason, the fact that this game rhymed with his last name was fascinating and apparently made for good TV
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Board Game: Akaba
[Average Rating:6.55 Overall Rank:1625]
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Used in the teaser for the kids section.
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I'm not sure how the host got the idea that this was a game "specifically for women" but as far as the Columbus TV audience is concerned, it's good for women -- despite an attempt to correct this by our club President.
Surprisingly, after taping this segment, it became apparent that none of the women sitting in front of the game actually remembered the rules to the game. So, they pretended to play, traded cards and developed their own Settlers of Cleopatra variant
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"A game you can't lose". I respectfully disagree with that statement as IMHO everyone loses when they play it... At a minimum, they all lose three or four hours! However, I know that many people love this kind of game and I'm glad that I'm not asked to join in...
This was our chosen example for a cooperative game and sold as a nice game for beginners as they can participate in a group and not be intimidated.
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Descibed as a protypical "strategy" game by the TV host...
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This was the opener to the "wargame" section... The big question here was who would win between The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man. Answer? Chuck Norris, of course!
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The first real wargame to be shown. Bruce says it was done in '62, the Geek says '64... Who's right? Could Bruce possibly be wrong? (i doubt it)
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The Battle of the Bulge - everyone in the room was busting a gut as Bruce was holding this in front of his own bulging belly.
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Reprint of the Battle of the Bulge which gets fleeting TV time
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Described as a nice easy wargame. The players were playing the Omaha Beach scenario. Later in the morning as they finished, it was noted that surprisingly some of the infantry managed to make it all the way up the beach into the green colored hexes -- apparently a rare occurence for this scenario
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A slightly more complex wargame... One that kids can pick up important historical tips from! (according to the host's conjecture at least)
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More wargame goodness - Battle of the Bulge scenario being played. Please note that no women were harmed during this segment. Additionally, no women were seen gaming during this segment, and ironically, just as the host is mentioning this fact and chuckling, one of our female member who is an avid grognard appears front and center in the TV screen in front of a huge table with a wargame on it!
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The studio hosts continue to challenge themselves with a nice game of checkers.
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This is one hosts' favorite family game
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This is the other host's favorite family game - for bringing to the beach
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Board Game: Zooloretto
[Average Rating:7.08 Overall Rank:188]
[Average Rating:7.08 Overall Rank:188]
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A game which helps with Critical Thinking Skillz, Problem Solving Skillz, and Math Skillz
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Though not mentioned by name, seen while talking about family games. The kids here are showing Mad Skillz finding cheese
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Posted Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:39 pm
Mary Cruickshank
President
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