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Date
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Episode Name/Link
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Main Topic
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Notes and Other Features
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0
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01 Mar 2007
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Meet the Makers
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Introduction
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Reposted to Libsyn Feed 10 Mar 2007
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1
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15 Mar 2007
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Don't Quit Now
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Quitting games in progress and discussion of game events.
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interview with Niagara Board Gaming Weekend's, Mike Cardwell
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2
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31 Mar 2007
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Expanding Game Play
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The benefits and purposes of expansions. Creating prototypes and pitching games to publishers.
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Review of The War On Terror
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3
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13 Apr 2007
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Critical Reviews and the Modern Board Game
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Reviews and game definitions. Scott and Donald discuss what we call games and why it matters.
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Reviews of Rat-a-Tat Cat, What's it to Ya?, Democrazy
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4
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18 May 2007
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Building a Game Group
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Finding people, finding space, publicity, game choices.
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Reviews of Twilight Struggle, Alibi
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5
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18 June 2007
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Getting Your Game Collection into Play
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Convincing your friends to play the games you purchased.
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Reviews of Winds of Plunder, Pirateology & Wizardology, and Jungle Speed
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6
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05 Jul 2007
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Endgame
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Victory conditions: victory points vs. victory conditions
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Reviews of Ca$h 'n' Gun$, Jolly Roger, and Quest for the Dragon Lords
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7
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21 Jul 2007
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It's Just a Gimmick
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Games with unique gimmicks
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Reviews of Z-man Games' B-Movie card games and Colosseum
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8
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6 Aug 2007
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We Rule!
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Game Rules: Poorly assembled rulebooks and various formats
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Reviews of Return of the Heroes, Dungeoneer, and Incan Gold
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9
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21 Aug 2007
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Gateway Games: The First Hit is Free
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Care and feeding of new gamers. Board Game Podcast Award for Best Gateway Game:-
Summary of nominees, winner declaration and discussion why winner is a great gateway game
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Review of Penguin by Fantasy Flight Games
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10
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7 Sep 2007
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Social by Request
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Games that promote social interaction.
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Reviews of Advanced Squad Leader Starter Sets by Multi Man Publishing: - Starter Set #1
- Starter Set #2
- Starter Set #3
Reviews of Airlines & Airlines 2 from Avalanche Press
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11
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24 Sep 2007
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Not Your Father's Board Games
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Playing games with children.
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Reviews of Print and Play Podcast by FNH1, Star Wars: The Queen's Gambit by Avalon Hill, and Shab-al-Hiri Roach by Bully Pulpit Games
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12
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29 Oct 2007
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Role-Playing Board Games
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Scott gives an impromptu Quelf review One fan of the show asks about Scott's weird games
Donald is mocked due to the episode's likely delay and fading relevance to Essen
Return of Return of the Heroes
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Battlestations reviewed by Erik Galaxy Trucker reviewed by Scott (produced by Czech Games Edition)
Slamwich reviewed by Erik
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13
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2 Dec 2007
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The Price of Board Games
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Mayfair Setting price floor on their games. |
Reviews of Agricola (Z-Man Games / Lookout Games)and reviewed by Scott
Pick & Pack(Z-Man Games) reviewed by Erik |
14
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Removed for matters of national security
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??
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It's all Erik's fault, really
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??
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15
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30 Dec 2007
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Party On
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Party Games.
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Donald interviews Dominic of North Star Games Cineplexity (Out of the Box Publishing) reviewed by Don
Snorta! (Out of the Box Publishing) reviewed by Ben Lott
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16
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17 Jan 2008
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Down Time and Delay of Game
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Games with long down time and players who cause delay of game.
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Rattlesnake (Fantasy Flight Games) reviewed by Scott Cluzzle (North Star Games LLC) reviewed by Donald
Engle Matrix Games reviewed by Erik
Cleopatra and the Society of Architects (Days of Wonder) reviewed by Erik
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17
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1 Feb 2008
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The Big Event
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Another "Donald is going to PrezCon" announcement.
Round Table:
Event Round Table
Erik, Scott, and Donald discuss industry only shows, trade to consumer shows, and fan oriented shows.
- BGG Con
- Chitag
- GAMA
Australian Big Event segment by Caradoc
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Smuggler review by Scott
Hit & Run Zeus on the Loose review by Donald
1960: The Making of the President review by Erik
Rage review by Blott
Good Question review by Donald
Felix, the Cat in the Sack review by Scott
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18
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17 Feb 2008
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The Culture of Game Consumption
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Round Table:
The Culture of Game Consumption by Scott, Erik, & Donald
Wandering Geek OBG Promo
Correspondent Segments:
Games in Education - Giles discusses why games make a good addition to any classroom.
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Fire and Axe: A Viking Saga from Asmodee Editions, reviewed by Erik
Hollywood Shuffle, from All Things Equal, reviewed by Ben
Container, from Valley Games, reviewed by Scott
Blink, from Out of the Box Publishing, reviewed by Giles
Combo King, from Gamewright Games, reviewed by Donald, Connie, & Danny
Gulo Gulo, from Rio Grande Games, reviewed by Erik and Hope
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19
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02 March 2008
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The Dirty Dozen
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Round Table
The Twelve Lowest Ranked Games on Board Game Geek.
Blott's Guide to the Geek
Game Rankings.
Caradoc on Games in Education
Giles discusses the ways he has used games in schools.
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Steve LeShay of Sherco Games interviewed by Donald Kingsburg reviewed by Scott
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20
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17 March 2008
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Player Scale-ability
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Round Table
Player Scale-ability
Corespondent Segments
Games in Education - Giles reveals games used in schools
A Guide to the Geek - Ben covers the advanced search feature
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Reviews
realpolitik from Peccable Productions reveiwed by Scott
Heroscape from Hasbro reviewed by Erik
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