On Board Games episodes 
On Board Games Episodes 1-10
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Advanced Squad Leader Starter Sets reviewed by Erik
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On Board Games Episodes 11-20
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Episode Name/Link
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Main Topic
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Notes and Other Features |
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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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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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. |
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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
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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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17
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1 Feb 2008
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The Big Event
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Round Table:
Event Round Table
Erik, Scott, and Donald discuss industry only shows, trade to consumer shows, and fan oriented shows.
- BGG Con, Chitag, GAMAAustralian Big Event segment by Caradoc
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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 PromoCorrespondent Segment:
Games in Education - Giles discusses why games make a good addition to any classroom.
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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
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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-abilityCorespondent 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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- Realpolitik from Peccable Productions reveiwed by Scott
- Heroscape from Hasbro reviewed by Erik
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On Board Games Episodes 21-30
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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 |
21
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31 March 2008
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Interview Episode
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Interviews
Andrew Parks
Pet Fenlon |
- Gamer's Companion to Shakespeare, reviewed by Giles
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22
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23 April 2008
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Print and Play Games
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Round Table
Print and Play GamesCorespondent Segment
Games in Education by Giles - the stigma of games in schools
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- Black Death v1.01 from BTRC reviewed by Erik
- Caveman from MAG Ltd reviewed by Scott, Tammy, and Donald
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23
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15 May 2008
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Train Games
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Round Table
Train GamesCorespondent Segments
Games in Education - Giles interviews Tom Vasel
A Guide to the Geek - Ben covers Geek Lists
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24
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8 June 2008
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International Gamers Awards
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Round Table
International Gamer AwardsCorespondent Segments
Games in Education - Giles discusses talks about the Games for Educators site.
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25
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25 June 2008
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Alex Yaeger Interview
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Main Segment
Interview with Alex Yaeger
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No reviews this episode |
26
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6 July 2008
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Teaching Games
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Round Table
Teaching gamesCorespondent Segments
Giles discusses Boardgames Australia Awards.
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Reviews
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27
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26 July 2008
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Monopoly and More
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Round Table
Donald, Scott, and Erik revisit classic American board games from their youthCorespondent Segments
Music contest results are in.
Discussion of the Scrabble lawsuit
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28
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10 Septemebr 2008
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Small Game Companies
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Round Table
Donald Scott and Erik talk about the place of small game companies in the hobby, and discuss review copies of the games.Corespondent Segments
Interviews with Craig Ichabod O'Brien and David Crockett
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Reviews
Oddly, there aren't any. |
29
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30 September 2008
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Store in a Cool Dry Place
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Round Table
Donald, Scott,and Erik discuss the different ways to store your game collection and the game components. We also learn that Don has issues.Corespondent Segments
Giles talks about his lunchtime gaming program
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30
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26 October 2008
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Start Your Engines
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Round Table
Scott and Erik discuss racing gamesCorespondent Segments
Giles talks about using punchboards
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On Board Games Episodes 31-40
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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 |
31
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19 November 2008
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Take That!
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Round Table
Donald, Scott and Erik discuss Take That GamesCorespondent Segments
Giles talks take that games and direct conflict games in the classroom
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32
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15 December 2008
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Games with Large Groups
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Round Table
Donald, Scott and Erik discuss Dominion, large group games, and breaking large groups into smaller groups. Corespondent Segments
Donald and Giles talk about games with large groups and review the Werewolves games.
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33
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22 January 2009
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Pimp Your Games
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Round Table
Donald, Scott and Erik discuss pimping your gamesCorespondent Segment
Giles throws in his two cents about pimping his games.
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34
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17 February 2009
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Bait Games
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Round Table
Donald, Scott and Erik discuss what makes a game good bait to draw in non gamers.
Corespondent Segments
Giles talks about games he played at the Australian Games Expo 2009.
Bart shares his success with Avid Gamers
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35
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11 March 2009
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The Economy vs. the Board Game Industry
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Round Table
Donald Scott and Erik discuss what impact the economy will really have on the board game industry.Giles gives his tuppence on the economy as well.
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36
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11 March 2009
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Two Years and Counting
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Round Table
In this episode Donald, Scott, and Erik, discuss the first two years of On Board Games, and Giles chimes in as well.
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37
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19 July 2009
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More than the Rules
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Round Table
Donald, Scott, and Erik, talk about games that exceed their rules sets.
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- Erik reviews Animal Upon Animal
- Donald, Tim, & Phelonece review Pack and Stack
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38
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23 August 2009
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Game Production
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Donald, Scott, and Erik, talk about getting a game from the designer to your table.
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- Erik reviews Soft Landing
- Scott Nicholson reviews Ra Dice Game
- Donald Dennis reviews Dwarven Dig with Charles Browy, Daniel Cox,
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39
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8 November 2009
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Burnout
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Donald, Scott, and Erik talk about burnout.
Giles talks about the Australian Board Game Awards.
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- Scott reviews the Beowulf Movie game
- Erik reviews Restaurant
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40
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3 December 2009
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Boardgamegeek.com
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Scott and Erik talk about the glory that is the Board Game Geek convention.
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- Donald, Jamie, Cortney, and Lorenzo review Le Boomb!
- Donald, Alex, and Danny discuss Zombie Mosh
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On Board Games Episodes 41-50
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Episode Name/Link
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Main Topic
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41
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20 January 2010
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Speed Games
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Erik, and Scott, talk about board Speed Games.
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- Donald reviews Atlantis
- Donald reviews Catan Dice.
- Giles reviews American Megafauna.
- Erik reviews The Adventurers
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42
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5 April 2010
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Back in the Game Design
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Donald, Erik, and Scott, talk about board game design.Donald and Scott talk about House Cons.
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- Wits and Wagers Family
- Martian Fluxx
- Tales of the Arabian Nights
- Campaign Managers
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43
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21 April 2010
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Prototypes
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Erik, Scott and Donald talk about creating prototypes.Giles talks about illegal copies of games Reviews PDQ Zombietown Builders Duel
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- Giles reviews Origins: How we Became Human
- Donald reviews PDQ
- Donald reviews Zombietown
- Donald reviews Pillars of the Earth: Builders Duel
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44
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6 May 2010
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Study for Your Playtest
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Round table about creating playtesting your game designs, but Erik, Scott and Donald also talk about creating copies of games and respond to listener feedback about prototyping.Giles and Donald talk about buying games for school and library game programs.
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- Erik reviews numerous expansions in his Expansionpalooza!
- Donald and Nick Review Kachina by Bucephalus Games
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45
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6 June 2010
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Submit and Like It
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Scott, Donald, And Erik discuss submitting games to publishers.
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- Giles reviews Kreigbot
- Erik reviews Phantom Leader
- Giles reviews his school program game purchase
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46
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30 June 2010
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Networking
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Donald, Scott, Erik, and Giles talk about building relationships with game companies.
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- Erik reviews Mercenary Air Squadron
- Jonathan Bishop reviews the iPhone Carcassonne
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47
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18 July 2010
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Preferred Target Status
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Donald, Scott, and Cathy, talk about outside influences impacting the way you play the game.
Donald, Scott, Ryan, and Derek talk about auction games |
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48
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10 August 2010
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Events of All Kinds
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Scott and Donald talk about Dexcon and fandom conventions.
Donald and Ryan Sturm talk about prepping for house cons.
Giles talks about School Games Day.
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- Scott reviews Chaos Dead Hand Poker (in round table)
- Erik reviews Homesteaders
- Donald reviews Witch of Salem
- Donald reviews Ablaze
- Donald reviews World Without End
- Donald reviews Glenn’s Gallery
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49
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13 September 2010
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Social Contracts
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Erik Donald and Scott discuss feedback on previous Preferred Target Status and Auction Games segments then a new discussion about the way game groups interact.
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- Giles previews High Frontier
- Erik reviewsTerra Prime
- Donald reviews Wacky Wacky West
- Giles reviews a bundle of games as they relate to school
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50
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4 October 2010
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It's Epic
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Erik, Donald, and Scott discuss Epic games
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- Jonathan reviews Carcassonne for the iPhone
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On Board Games Episodes 51- Current
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Episode Name/Link
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Main Topic
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Notes and Other Features |
51
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21 October 2010
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Those Wonderful Players
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Erik, Donald, and Scott discuss how the number of players impact the way games play.
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52
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10 November 2010
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Breaking Up is Hard to Do
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Erik, Donald, and Scott discuss beaking up with a game store or group.
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- Giles talks about epic games.
- Dan from Myriad Games talks with Donald about customer/game store relationships.
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53
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29 November 2010
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Free Parking
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Erik, Donald, and Scott discuss variants in games.
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- Erik reviews Ascension: Chronicles of the Godslayer
- Jonathan reviews 8 iPhone apps
- Erik reviews 7 Wonders
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54
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16 December 2010
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Party on Wayne
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Erik, Donald, and Scott, discuss cons they've been to recently and then party games.
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- Scott reviews The Resistance
- Erik reviews Defenders of the Realm
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OBG 55
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3 January 2011
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Don't Be Picky
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Erik, Donald, and Scott discuss getting picky about games
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- Erik Takes 5 on games that look sweet but are viscious
- Erik reviews Bon Appetit
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Recent Episodes
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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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OBG 55
3 January 2011
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Don't Be Picky
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Erik, Donald, and Scott discuss getting picky about games
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- Erik Takes 5 on games that look sweet but are viscious
- Erik reviews Bon Appetit
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OBG 54
16 December 2010
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Party on Wayne
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Erik, Donald, and Scott, discuss cons they've been to recently and then party games.
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- Scott reviews The Resistance
- Erik reviews Defenders of the Realm
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OBG 53
29 November 2010
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Free Parking
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Erik, Donald, and Scott discuss variants in games.
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- Erik reviews Ascension: Chronicles of the Godslayer
- Jonathan reviews 8 iPhone apps
- Erik reviews 7 Wonders
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OBG 52
10 November 2010
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Breaking Up is Hard to Do
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Erik, Donald, and Scott discuss beaking up with a game store or group.
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- Giles talks about epic games.
- Dan from Myriad Games talks with Donald about customer/game store relationships.
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OBG 51
21 October 2010
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Those Wonderful Players
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Erik, Donald, and Scott discuss how the number of players impact the way games play.
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