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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=odacPPj4Jrc

Links 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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1. Board Game: Box of Golf: a Classic Golf Board Game [Average Rating:6.47 Overall Rank:2231]
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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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You're welcome!

The club has certainly enjoyed the copies that we have...

I almost won one at the raffle at Origins -- Missed it by one number!

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2. Board Game: Monopoly [Average Rating:4.49 Overall Rank:5928]
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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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I say 'bring it'. :)


only 6 letters and I am pretty sure you can only do one word at a time.
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What a joker that host was!
"Yahtzee, its a family favourite, we play it on the beach..."
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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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7. Board Game: Discovering Wargames [Average Rating:0.00 Unranked]
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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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 I didn't think that Nate would ever let this game leave his house, but anything goes for TV apparently
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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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 Used in the teaser for the kids section.
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mmmmm...Taser Tag....:laugh:
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Just getting them ready for campus life at OSU
11. Board Game: Cleopatra and the Society of Architects [Average Rating:6.89 Overall Rank:298]
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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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12. Board Game: Arkham Horror [Average Rating:7.60 Overall Rank:50]
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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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"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..."

Amen brother, amen....
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Replete with Dunwich Horror board. I think I spotted the 'Act' cards from King In Yellow at the bottom of the board too.
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I wasn't there that day, but I would assume that the game would have been set up by Paul. That guy is an Arkham Horror FIEND. He sets it up in the conference room, using all expansions, plus whatever extra stuff he can throw in the mix. Usually the game is up and running when I arrive and still in progress when I leave (around 1 AM). He also plays using the philosophy "the more the merrier," which explains the long play time.
It is truly an awesome site to behold.
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I wasn't there that day, but I would assume that the game would have been set up by Paul. That guy is an Arkham Horror FIEND. He sets it up in the conference room, using all expansions, plus whatever extra stuff he can throw in the mix. Usually the game is up and running when I arrive and still in progress when I leave (around 1 AM). He also plays using the philosophy "the more the merrier," which explains the long play time.
It is truly an awesome site to behold.


You are, of course, correct. Paul was in charge of the game and was leading a spirited game most of the morning. The folks playing were certainly having a good time, and I will admit that it really does help the overall enjoyment when there is at least one player who is familiar enough with the game that he can give meaningful advice about possible options for the group to choose from. Additionally, though Paul knows a lot about the game, he never seems to railroad the group into any decisions - which is also a great thing to see... The game, this time, was in the main room probably to make it easier for the TV camera to catch it for filming.

That being said, I'd still prefer not to play it myself. It's just not my kinda thing.

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13. Board Game: Battleship [Average Rating:5.13 Overall Rank:5425]
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 Descibed as a protypical "strategy" game by the TV host...
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Don't you mean the more popular 1931 debuting Battleship? (which despite the claim by someone in the video is older than all the other wargames talked about)
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Salvo was published in 1931 and is not Battleship. Battleship was first published in 1967.
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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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Nechevo wrote:

How's this a wargame?


It's not a wargame.
But for the TV guy, it was a wargame, and in this case, that's really all that mattered

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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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A couple of the old 'AH classics' came out in slightly bigger boxes in '62 - Bismark and Stalingrd for sure - I thought Midway did as well, but I could very well be wrong :blush:
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The three "big box AH classics" were Waterloo (1962), Bismarck (1962), and Stalingrad (1963).

Midway was released in 1964, the same year that Afrika Korps was published.

The way I keep the AH classics straight:

1958: First AH wargames(other than Tactics): Tactics II and Gettysburg (square)
1961: First 3 hex wargames: D-Day, Gettysburg (hex) and Chancellorsville
1962: First two big box games: Bismarck and Waterloo
1963: Third big box: Stalingrad
1964: Midway (more elaborate version of Bismarck search system) and Afrika Korps (automatic elimination and overrun rule that is not in D-Day or Stalingrad)
1965: Bulge '65, Blitzkrieg '65, D-Day '65 (all of these games referred to as '65 edition)
1966: Guadalcanal
1967: Jutland (first Dunnigan game)
1968: 1914 (2nd Dunnigan game)
1969: Anzio (Dave williams also designs S&T game Anzio Beachhead same year)
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1964: Gettysburg '64 (Square)
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Bruce was likely referring to his play-test copy. Look it up, he was a playtester in the credits.:)
16. Board Game: Battle of the Bulge [Average Rating:5.73 Overall Rank:3745]
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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.
17. Board Game: Ardennes '44 [Average Rating:7.83 Overall Rank:544]
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 Reprint of the Battle of the Bulge which gets fleeting TV time
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Reprint? This is a different game.
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Shhhhhh ....

It's not a reprint ... but a redo !!! that's it !!! :)
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Tiger, my apologies...

As I play mainly Eurogames now, I actually am unfamiliar with both of the games in question. I am only relying upon what was said on TV by the more wargame-oriented members of our club (and as we all know, if it's on TV, it must be true!)

Mea culpa.

As always, I can only be as good as the people under me ;)
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For the average "Good morning Columbus" viewer they are essentialy the same thing. :laugh:
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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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can pick up important historical tips from! (according to the host's conjecture at least)


Yes kids, next time you are in the pool, remember history and don't go near the Bismark.
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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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She was setting up an OCS game. If that ain't wargming, I don't know what is?
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 The studio hosts continue to challenge themselves with a nice game of checkers.
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Instead of regular checkers, their set had miniature Ohio State Buckeye and Michigan Wolverine football helmets.
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I know... I just couldn't find any good pics of it, and I was trying to leave the whole OSU-UM thing out of the otherwise polite list :)

go bucks

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 This is the other host's favorite family game - for bringing to the beach
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What, you roll the dice in the sand and score as many as you don't lose?
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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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Congrats getting of television!

There's a question I always wanted to ask:

The reporter who's there doing their thing... are they actually really interested or do they play for the camera too much?

Every time I see something like this I wonder how much is actual "wow, neat" and how much is "what the hell did I get myself into?"

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mcpranno wrote:

Yeah, I want to move to Ohio, too.



... oh, wait.



Heh... Isn't Chardon kinda like greater Cleveland? You could move further south out of Canada and come to Ohio...

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I've been wondering - if this was a Friday, how are there so many (53?!) people, including kids and families there?

After viewing all the TV spots - I thought the segments started rocky, but pretty quickly a sense of acceptance seeped thru, and all but the studio hosts were into it.

I was struck by how odd they approached it in the beginning, but after seeing some normal, well-spoken people talk about having fun, they seemed to "get it" more.

It didn't stop them from continually referring to moldy-old games, though.

Funny, I don't see reporters asking videogamers about Pong and Pac-Man when doing TV articles on videogames nowadays.... :shake:
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I've been wondering - if this was a Friday, how are there so many (53?!) people, including kids and families there?



57 actually...

1) Our gamedays, especially on Saturday, often go all day -- start early afternoon and go until 2 or 3 AM. So - some of us are used to gaming throughout the day. Our game sessions have regularly been getting attendance in the 90s as of late.

2) Many people were there before work. The attendance preciptiously dropped (including myself leaving) around 9AM - though my guess is at least 25-30 people were still there at a minimum.

3) The Columbus Public Schools had an inservice day that day, so many kids were home... and a few parents, I think, had to take off work to be home with their kids

4) At least 1 family there home-schools their kids, so this was part of their education for the day

5) The club did pay for White Castle breakfast sandwiches as well as coffee -- certainly an enticing offer

6) I guess CABS is just good like that. Heck, I live in Cincinnati and managed to make it up there.

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My favorite part was when the little girl mentions that she likes to play Bohnanza, and the host starts humming the tv show theme music. I really wanted to see someone tell him "no, it's about bean farming," just to see the look on his face.
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