We have put together a new board game podcast called On Board Games, and are looking for people willing to listen to the first episode (OBG1) and provide feedback. That will allow us to improve the next few episodes before we do a big announcement about this new resource.

If you are interested, visit http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/ in the next few days and check out Episode 1. Comments can be posted here or e-mailed privately to onboardgames.net@gmail.com .

home site http://onboardgames.net/

Episode 0 is not review worthy, I've learned a lot since then, but you can give a listen if you like.

Thanks!

-Donald Dennis

Just started listening...the host sounds like Lou Dobbs.

The roundtable discussions that included Scott Nicholson were great. The interview with Mike Cardwell wasn’t that interesting and the review of Santy Anno was on the long side. The sound quality was good for the most part. During the Tide of Iron session report, Scott sounded fine but you sounded far away from the mic. Overall, I enjoyed it and will listen to it if the topics are compelling. Good job.

Lou Dobbs... I don't really know how I feel about that. Is it a good thing or a bad thing?

Yes, sound quality is an issue, and I image it is something we will continue to deal with.

We had talked about cutting the rules segment on Santy Anno, but in the end thought it was kind of needed for talking about the modifications for playing with kids or whatnot. So do you think it was uninteresting because I was nervous, the delivery was wooden, the topic uninteresting, or was it just not needed?

Thanks for the feedback!

Lou’s voice is good enough for TV, so I’d say it’s a good thing.

I lose patience with the rules explanation of games pretty quickly, and enjoy the analysis more than anything. I always thought Doug Garrett did a great job of balancing rules and opinion. Anyway, it’s a totally subjective thing, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

The first episode was great btw. Who wouldn’t want to listen to Scott N. talking about his gaming history and interests?

Yes, but a piratey version - both Lou and pirates are good things Don.

Listened to both episodes and thought they were well done. In most cases the sound quality was excellent. I liked that the three of you have differing tastes in games. It's nice to hear differing opinions instead of all the hosts just agreeing with each others thoughts. I like the traffic light rating system. Look forward to your next episode.

The show was nice. I agree about the Sante Anno rules; the advantage Scott has when he explains game rules is he has video. Unless you can do video, I would drop long rule explanations. You will just be talking fast trying to get through the explanations, a brief review would be fine. I would not be able to play this game after listening to those rules. The interview with the parent is a very nice touch though.

If you disagree with me about the sound quality (I'm the guy with the "ear infection" geeklist, hence an ear infection :cry The sound quality with Scott's interview sounded "echoey" and sound seemed to fade in and out from time to time...

I was going to complain that you guys were talking over each other waaaay too much, then I realized I had two podcasts running at the same time at different points in the podcast. hehehe

Thanks to Todd, Dave and Eric for the feedback. (And Ron. Avast Ye! )It's better than I expected - I thought we'd be criticized more on sound quality. Don't fear though, our Sound quality will improve, we are just learning the ropes.

In the future we'll avoid lengthy rules explanations and stick with reviews or criticism.

(edit to fix the pirate smiley.)

Great podcast! I think podcasts are at their best when 3 or more people are on. Your discussions were very good and got to the hear of the issue. The only thing I would suggest is to have some specific element of the show that sets your podcast apart from all the others. Maybe a unique segment (like The Speil) or a list (Dice Tower's top 10) or something new.

Keep up the good work!

P.S. Maybe I missed it on the first episode, but is Erik local or does he fly in from Oklahoma for each podcast?

I started a new blog a couple days ago (www.boardgamer.blog.com) although I haven't really gone public with it yet. I'm going to be doing a weekly podcast review as part of the blog. Do you want me to review your first podcast on my site (I'd be happy to do it first) or do you want me to wait until a later edition?

Jason

Good idea. We have a couple ideas, but at this point nothing has stood out as a great signature section. We hope to have 1-3 signature sections by the end of the first season.



Nope, we do it all over the computer. None of us are in the same room when we record, except for the Tides of Iron preview and sometimes on interviews.

We'd love to have you review us, but let us get a couple more episodes under our belt. Right now we don't even know how things will evolve so it would probably not be fair to your readers to try and explain what it is all about.

Would you like us to mention your blog on the podcast?