Episode 71 Hostage Negotiator Career, The Crew as our Birthday Rolls on!

Aug 17, 2020

Intro Banter - This is the (mostly) unscripted intro to the show! We catch up, play games, talk about games that perhaps did not make the main show, and just gab, Welcome! 

 

It’s Our Birthday and we will Game if we want to! - Happy FIFTH Birthday Spoken Token! We will celebrate how we want to, with games and fun and laughter, possibly Cake! Way back when, we only had ONE episode per month, so the ENTIRE MONTH is our birthday so we celebrate here too! MORE CAKE!!

Game Life - We talk about the reality of hobby boardgaming integrating into our everyday lives.

This time we talk about experiences with maturing a game through repeated plays, offering tips to get more out of what you have in your collection.

 

Summer of Games:

Summer Blockbusters - We cover games that show us to a great time in the Summer Blockbuster tradition; on the table in game form. Television or Movies these games are all larger than life and ready to entertain!

 

Larry (A deeper look) : Hostage Negotiator: Career By A. J. Porfirio Published by Van Ryder Games Released in 2020

 

Alex: The King’s Dilemma (Summer of Games Confessions)

 

Not just Good, but SUPER Good - Top 3 lists themed by genre.

This time your Top three games of 2020 (So Far!) Rules: Published titles this year that you have either played at least once OR own!

 

Larry:

1. On Mars By Vital Lacerda Published By Eagle-Gryphon Games Released in 2020
2. Search For Planet X Board game By Matthew O'Malley and Ben Rosset Published by Renegade Games Released in 2020
3. King of Tokyo Dark Edition By Richard Garfield Published By IELLO Released in 2020

 

Alex: 

1. The Crew The Quest For Planet X By Thomas Sing Published by KOSMOS Released in 2019
2. The Isle of Cats By Frank West Published by The City of Games Released in 2020
3. Monumental By Matthew Dunstan Published by  Funforge Released in 2020

Summer Of Games Game choice: Our Hosts share their end of show games to go get right now!

 

Larry: Cinque Terre By Chris Handy Published by Rio Grande Games Released in 2013

 

Alex: Silver and Gold By Phil Walker-Harding Published by Pandasaurus Games Released in 2019

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Music:  As always from the amazing community of gifted musicians, arrangers, and composers over at ocremix.org go visit and support them for the full project and so much more amazing music!

Intro/Interlude/Outro : 

Going Down the Line / by djpretzel

Original Song - Walking Forward with Determination

From The Album - Golden Sun: A World Reignited

Project Page - https://reignited.ocremix.org Golden Sun: A World Reignited 

Original Composer - Motoi Sakuraba