Tattoo Stories, Nevada City, Lots of Western Legends Talk - Boards & Swords #157

Silver, Menace Among Us, Meeple Party - Boards & Swords #144: We've got the news, the reviews (Silver from Bezier Games, Menace Among Us from Smirk & Dagger, and more!), and the.....cool personalities? News Secret Hilter being played in State Senate https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/gop-senator-wants-legislative-pages-to-stop-playing-secret-hitler/article_d5b4ed05-c503-5e86-8534-8de650fd3e1d.html New J. Alex Kevern game I'm required to talk about http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/Renegade-Game-Studios-Taking-Pre-Orders-For-Succulent-Board Game Games announced I really don't care about https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/100003/spielwarenmesse-2020-ravensburger-teases-castles-t Expansion for Journey into Middle Earth https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2020/1/28/shadowed-paths/ New Keyforge cards! https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2020/1/30/mass-mutation/ by Boards & Swords

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Chris Apologizes for Being Obsessed with World of Warcraft - Boards & Swords #167: Sorry for the absence recently - Philip hurt his back and Chris decided that was a good time to start playing World of Warcraft again. But, they’ve also got some listener questions such as: What famous people would you want to play board games with? by Boards & Swords

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Indie Games, A Perspective with Matthew Hocker - Boards & Swords #148: We love board games, but we've never tried to make one. With all the serious situations going on in the world, we bring on Matthew Hocker, designer of Composition, to talk about his perspective on games. by Boards & Swords

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Charterstone, No Cons This Year, Play-Testing My Patience - Boards & Swords #151: Can we skip to next year yet? Isn’t there an “start next turn” button or something? Well in the meantime, we’ve got a game that 75% of us have played: Charterstone from Stonemaier Games. Plus, new 40K stuff, Spiel nominations, and really old games in the news!News Pour one out for 2020 https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/104554/gen-con-2020-cancelledThe committee "Spiel"s the beans https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/104487/spiel-des-jahres-nominations-2020-my-city-nova-lunThis kickstarter took awhile to deliver https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/05/1700-year-old-board-game-found-in.htmlGames Workshop needs more money http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/Games-Workshop-Announces-New-Edition-of-Warhammer-40kEmail us your comments and questions at feedback@boardsandswords.com.  You can find the show on twitter @Boardsandswords, or on facebook at facebook.com/boardsandswordspod.  Personall by Boards & Swords

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Adventure Games, Cat Cafe, 2020 Look Ahead - Boards & Swords #143: First episode recorded in 2020! We talk about what we are expecting this year, then we go into lots of board game reviews such as the Adventure Games from Kosmos, Cat Cafe from Alley Cat Games, and the Pickle Rick game from Cryptozoic. by Boards & Swords

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This is totally Linkin Park's Meteora with Eric Yurko - Boards & Swords #164: This is definitely not a podcast where Chris & Philip have Eric Yurko from What’s Eric Playing on to hang out with them and talk about DuckTales, Mario Lopez as the KFC Colonel….oh and some board games as well. by Boards & Swords

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Cthulhu Death May Die, FunkoVerse expansions, Age of Empires Cheat Codes - Boards & Swords #161: Its spooky time, so we've got a game we are "dying" to tell you about...aka Cthulhu Death May Die from CMON. Plus some FunkoVerse expansion, news stories and more! by Boards & Swords

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Wingspan, Miyabi, Kickstarters Are Still Steaming Onwards - Boards & Swords #149: It’s been over a year, but Chris finally got around to trying out the board game Wingspan from Stonemaier Games. Meanwhile, Collin and Cindy have been carefully making gardens in Miyabi from HABA. Plus, more news bits, some insight into some RPGs that have happened, and more! by Boards & Swords

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Chris Talks to Bebo from Be Bold Games - Boards & Swords #153: Chris talks with Bebo from Be Bold Games (https://www.beboldgames.com/) about board gaming, pokemon, kickstarters, and weird crane games from Japan! by Boards & Swords

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The Purge: For 12 Hours All Board Game Crime Is Legal - Boards & Swords #145: Rut roh! All the shelves have gotten full! Now what do you do? We talk about whether or not we purge board games from our collection and what we do with them if we do. News MTG Arena getting smaller in 2020 https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2020/02/mtg-arena-will-come-to-mobile-in-2020/ FFG's RPGs crit fail their saving throw http://www.d20radio.com/main/fantasy-flight-games-long-term-plan-will-discontinue-rpg-development/ Asmodee updates their customer service by deleting it https://www.asmodeena.com/en/customer-service-faq/ Hold the liiiiiiineeeee, Kickstarter isn't always on tiiiiime.... https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/18/kickstarter-workers-vote-to-unionize/ Lets Get Villainous....Villainous.... https://io9.gizmodo.com/marvels-baddies-are-getting-their-own-disney-villainous-1841702456 by Boards & Swords

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CMON NFTs, Warhammer Escalation League, How are we doing? - Boards & Swords #181: Chris is up to his eyeballs in painting miniatures - is that someone on the inside of his ear?? How did that get there?? Board Games did well on Kickstarter again, and NFTs coming to board games?? Plus Chris & Philip talk about the past year of the show and where they see it going over the next year. by Boards & Swords

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DC Deck Building Game: Rebirth w/ Shaun from All The Bits! - Boards & Swords #170: Shaun from All the Bits, a podcast talking about board game components joins Chris & Philip to goof around and talk about board games! by Boards & Swords

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Gloomhaven, Cities: Skylines, Ark(ham) of the Covenant Hotel - Boards & Swords #150: On the list of “Chris finally played….” we can now add Gloomhaven from Cephalofair Games! See what he thinks, see what Collin and Cindy got off their shelf of shame. Plus, Cities: Skylines from Kosmos, and Philip played something!News Clank! More! Stuff! https://www.renegadegamestudios.com/news/announcing-clank-adventuring-partyPower Rangers: Moar Power Moar Rangers https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/renegadegamestudios/power-rangers-heroes-of-the-grid-rise-of-the-psycho-rangersA Horrible Roll & Whiteboard https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/horribleguild/railroad-ink-challengeShe's got another Ticket to Ride apparently http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/Days-of-Wonder-Announces-Ticket-to-Ride--AmsterdamThis game is rated Rrrrrrr https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/guildhallstudios/sea-of-legendsEmail us your comments and questions at feedback@boardsandswords.com.  You can find the show on by Boards & Swords

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Snowman Dice, My Little Scythe, Ion - Boards & Swords #146: Philip isn't here, but the rest of us have our Ion some board games! Featuring Ion from Genius Games, My Little Scythe from Stonemaier Games, and Snowman Dice is from Brain Games. News Retrayal Rat Rouse Ron Rhe Rill Raggy! https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/101005/grab-your-scooby-snacks-and-prepare-betrayal-myste Plaid Hat Gives Asmodee the pink slip https://www.plaidhatgames.com/news/1047 Wizards announces an Odyssey https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/mythic-odysseys-theros New Bill would cost Amazon some bills https://www.pcmag.com/news/new-bill-would-make-amazon-ebay-liable-for-counterfeits Millennium long Kickstarter for Chronicles of Crime https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/destinies/chronicles-of-crime-the-millennium-series?ref=section-homepage-projectcollection-3-staff-picks-newest# by Boards & Swords

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"These are the voyages of....a ship.....and some cats...." - Tangled in the Slipstring #1: Chris, Collin, Cindy, & Philip, along with Calvin Wong, present the first of their actual play RPG series “Tangled in the Slipstring”, where they play as cats in a custom futuristic setting. by Boards & Swords

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World 1-1 of Geek Craft with Ken Grazier - Boards & Swords #160: Philip and Chris were already getting lonely talking to themselves, so in this episode, Ken Grazier from Geek Craft joins us to talk about the usual board games, but also things like Super Mario 35 and how bad Chris’ jokes are. by Boards & Swords

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Bermuda Pirates & Tribes: Dawn of Humanity - Boards & Swords #158: Collin and Cindy are heading out west to live our their western fantasies, so in addition to letting them get in one more review (Tribes: Dawn of Humanity from Kosmos), Philip and Chris talk about their plans moving forward and Chris talks about Bermuda Pirates from Foxmind Games. by Boards & Swords

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Team3, Star Wars Legion Clone Wars, Who Are These People Again? - Boards & Swords #154: Getting back to recording a “normal” episode, Cindy & Collin talk about Team3 from Brain Games, while Chris talks about the Star Wars Legion Clone Wars set from Fantasy Flight Games & the Viticulture app from DigiDiced and Stonemaier Games. by Boards & Swords

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Cartographers Revisited, Among Us, Can we do this by ourselves? - Boards & Swords #159: The Team Swords takeover of the podcast is complete: now can we actually still be entertaining? We revisit Cartographers from Thunderworks Games, so there definitely is some board game talk. Also, Chris revisited his youth. And there might be an imposter…. by Boards & Swords

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The Deadlies, Exit, Pathfinder: Lost Omens Gods & Magic - Boards & Swords #155: We have some news again, although Chris didn't feel like writing jokes for the Spiel des Jahres winners. What did he joke about? You'll have to listen and find out. by Boards & Swords

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Costa Ruana, Ragusa, Gaming In a 2 Person Household - Boards & Swords #152: Collin and Cindy test out a “couples cast” style of episode where they talk about Costa Ruana, Ragusa, and what gaming is like in their household. by Boards & Swords

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Our Top 10 Board Games (2020 Version) - Boards & Swords #147: We are trying this remote thing, so sorry for any issues. But its our favorite board games of all time! by Boards & Swords

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Eldritch Foundry (& Giveaway!), Best Boards Games with User-created Content - Boards & Swords #172: When a company doesn't put out enough for a popular game, what's a community to do? Make their own content! Chris & Philip take a look at what's poppin in the board game world for user-created content. Plus, all the news and banter that you usually come to expect. by Boards & Swords

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Gen Con Online, Valley of the Vikings, Root Expansions - Boards & Swords #156: Gen Con happened....sorta. Online! The group shares a bit about what they did or didn't do during the event and talk about their thoughts on the convention. Also, reviews of Valley of the Vikings by HABA and some of the new Root expansion from Leder Games! by Boards & Swords

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Dungeon Mayhem, The Crew, People be Crazy for Pokemon Cards - Boards & Swords #173: People are going crazy for Pokemon cards, everyone’s bailing out of Gen Con, and Chris played a bunch of board games! Surely the end times are upon us! (and don’t call me Shirley) by Boards & Swords

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This One is Dedicated to Ann Hester - Boards & Swords #169: Chris’ Grandmother passed a couple of weeks ago, and she was a big reason why he ended up being the big nerd he am, so this episode is dedicated to her. And what an episode - Chris and Philip have end game content in their respective games (WoW & Destiny 2), Chris has bought a lot of board games, and Asmodee acquired more stuff! by Boards & Swords

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Bittersweet, Frameworks Miniatures, This Game Does Not Exist? - Boards & Swords #197: Lots of announcements in the board game space: awards! Expansions! Conventions! Chris bought more Warhammer! (That last one was probably the most obvious one). Also, we use Board Game names to come up with weird new AIs in a new gameshow! by Boards & Swords

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Tattoo Stories, Nevada City, Lots of Western Legends Talk - Boards & Swords #157: Not only is Western Legends on Kickstarter again, but its on Collin & Cindy's table again. So much Western goodness that Chris might pass out from boredom! Also, we've got reviews of Tattoo Stories from Games by Bicycle and Nevada City from Rio Grande Games. And of course, plenty of bad news jokes to go around. by Boards & Swords

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Mobile App reviews, Banishing to the Shadow Realm - Boards & Swords #165: It’s time to dddddd…..do a podcast! The year is winding down, but Chris & Philip have some actual reviews to finish up the year with. They take a look at the Root app from Leder Games and Roll for the Galaxy from Rio Grande Games. Plus, some news and questions from the community! by Boards & Swords

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The Episode That Almost Didn't Happen - Boards & Swords #163: This one was a chore to get out, as Chris & Philip were having constant internet issues while they were recording. No reviews this week, just some recaps on the little bits of gaming that they’ve done, plus the usual news bits. Plus, they’ve added a new Listener Feedback section, so send in your questions! by Boards & Swords

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