Episode 66 Game Life, that time of year and more

Jun 1, 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! 

 

Game Life - We talk about the reality of hobby boardgaming integrating into our everyday lives. We give frank talk about how we have integrated board games into our lives as not just a hobby but as a thriving part of everything we do. 

Full questions: 

1. How do you manage content, with kids/beliefs etc.? *
2. How have you managed finances with regards to getting new games? 
3. How much time do you consider is “Good” week to have spent gaming?
4. How often are board games a part of the rest of your life? (i.e. Decorating, Entertainment choices other than playing, influences of any kind based on the subject matter of a given game? etc?)*
5. How often is Gaming a bridge to meet new people, help with public facing interactions?
6. Have you noticed that liking a particular type of game/mechanic  influences how you consume other media?*

Comic Book to Board Game - What comic book would you turn into a board game and what type of game would it be?

 

Larry: New Teen Titans Origins!

 

Alex: V for Vendetta (Asymmetric card battler like Android Netrunner)

That Time of The Year- Games themed for a certain time of the year! 

This time late spring end of school year fun games, so family oriented or the start of a long journey!

 

Larry: 

3. Prophecy by Vlaada Chavatil Released in 2002 Published by Z Man Games
4. Mechs Vs. Minions By Chris Cantrell, Rick Ernst, Stone Librande, Prashant Saraswat, Nathan Tiras Released in 2016 Published by Riot Games
5. Graphic Novel Adventures by Various Released in 2016 Published by Van Ryder Games

Alex:

3. 5211 by Tsuyoshi Hashiguchi (はしぐち つよし) Released in 2019 Published by Next Move Games
4. Caverna by Uwe Rosenberg Released in 2013 Published by Lookout Games
5. Crokinole by Uncredited Originally released in 1876 Public Domain    

A Few of my Favorite Things - Each Host takes a random title from their collection and covers it at length!

Larry: Fortress America (1986) Designed by Michael Gray Published by Milton Bradley 

 

Alex:  Passing through Petra Released 2018 Designed by J. Alex Kevern  Published by Renegade Game Studios 

Links: 

Podstudio1 

BGG 

 

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 : 

Chronometrical  / by The Joker

Original Song: Stream of Time

From The Album - Summoning of Spirits - An Arrangement of Music from Tales of Phantasia and Tales of Symphonia

Project Page - https://tales.ocremix.org/

Original Composers - KMotoi Sakuraba, Shinji Tamura, Ryota Furuya