Have Games, Will Travel

Thu, 16 November 2006

BoardGameGeek.CON session reports, part 1, with Yspahan, Notre Dame, Tara: Seat of Kings, Space Dealer, and Die Saulen Der Erde

0:41 - I'm back from BGG.CON and I'm just about to head off to GenCon SoCal, so I thought I'd start in on my session reports for the Essen releases I played.
1:37 - This is show is part of the Gaming Broadcast Network.
1:44 - Yspahan is, as Mike Siggins puts it, a "super filler" that offers a nice amount of strategy in a short period of time. I got to play this twice, once with Cynthia and Eric from Meeple People.
10:49 - Thanks to Valerie Putnam for bringing and teaching Notre Dame, a prototype of the next Alea game, which will be released at Nuremburg in the spring.
14:41 - Tara: Seat of Kings is an abstract game that I just didn't wrap my head around.
16:59 - The most exciting thing I played at BGG.CON was an eight player game of Space Dealer.
21:45 - My favorite game of the convention was Die Saulen Der Erde. Thanks so much to Rick Thornquist of BoardGameNews for give me the chance to try it out.
30:27 - This show is member of the Gaming Podcast Network.
30:36 - I want to thank lots of people who made it a great weekend, including Doug Garrett (of Garrett's Games and Geekiness) and everyone who tracked me down and said hello.
31:28 - Thanks to Jimmy Anderson for the new music for the show.
31:50 - With the beginning of Season Four, I'd like to put together a new promo for the show, and I'd love it if you would help me with it.
34:07 - And now, I'm off to GenCon SoCal. If you're there, be sure to stop by the podcasting seminar on Saturday at 2 PM.

Direct download: hgwt80.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:54pm PDT

Thu, 9 November 2006

RPG Review Pile Spectacular

Show notes:

0:36 - I finally make good on my promise talk about all of the RPGs in my review pile.
1:42 - This show is part of the Gaming Broadcast Network.
1:50 - I talk about games I'm going to be stealing from, including:
11:59 - My friends over at Pulp Gamer also do game reviews.
12:05 - I go over the list of games my group is planning on playing in the coming months.
- Single Session
- Two to Six Sessions
- Seven or More Sessions
28:52 - This show is also part of the Gaming Podcast Network.
29:02 - I talk a bit about upcoming episodes. Going to be at BGG.con or GenCon SoCal? Come by the forums and post to the meetup thread. Also, check out my other podcast, The Voice of the Revolution.

Direct download: hgwt79.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:33pm PDT

Fri, 3 November 2006

After-action report for A Land Fertile In Tyrants

0:39 - My group and I sit down to discuss our recently concluded Post-Roman Britain game, played using The Riddle of Steel and Burning Wheel, Revised.
1:31 - Folks introduce themselves:
- Roy, who played Julianus, the Armorican centurion
- Sarah, who played Cata, Julianus' sister and wife of the Celtic chief of Weith
- Keith, who played Aeron, a soldier and the eldest surviving bastard son on the chief
- Ted, who played Taryn, a desparate warrior with nothing left to lose
- Christina, who played Paulinus, a Christian priest and brother to the chief
5:38 - We discuss our favorite moments from the game.
20:05 - We talk about system issues raised by our experiences.
34:13 - I ask what could have been better.
44:43 - Ryan, who played Cuhlinn the bard, shows up and tosses in a few more ideas.
47:17 - We wrap up with our final thoughts on an amazing game.

Direct download: hgwt78.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:31am PDT