Sep 15, 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!
What did you learn? - Back to school spectacular! The guys present some thoughts on what curriculum to follow when teaching a mechanic to someone or a group. This is a list of games that take a mechanic from its bare bones implementation (intro to) all the way up to an advanced placement course. This episode the hosts pick a course and submit their titles and discuss!
Alex: Dexterity
Intro to Dexterity - Animal Upon Animal/ Super Rhino Hero
Intermediate Dex - Dungeon Fighter By Aureliano Buonfino, Lorenzo Silva, Lorenzo Tucci Sorrentino Published By IELLO Released in 2011
Advanced Dex - Crokinole By Uncredited Published by Public Domain Released in 1876
Larry: Deck Building!
Intro To DB - Star Realms By Robert Dougherty, Darwin Kastle Published by White Wizard Games Released in 2014
Intermediate DB - Marvel Champions: The Card Game By Michael Boggs Nate French & Caleb Grace Published by Fantasy Flight Games Released in 2019
Advanced DB - CCG’s represented here by the current king
of the heap, and fellow
heavyweights!
Magic: The Gathering By
Richard Garfield Published by
Wizards of the Coast Released in 1993
YuGioh! Trading card game By Big Bocca, Kazuki Takahashi Published by Upper Deck Entertainment Released in 1996
Very Honorable Mention - This title actually can serve as a master class in all three areas, being a title that is marketed and sold to both children and adults, being at home on the playground and in the highest levels of Competitive play:
Pokemon TCG By Takumi Akabane, Tsunekaz Ishihara Published by The Pokémon Company International Released in 1996
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!
Alex: Marvel Legendary By Devin Low Published by Upper Deck Entertainment Released in 2012
Larry: Star Trek: Frontiers By Vlaada Chvátil, Andrew Parks Published by WizKids Released in 2016
How can we help - This is an opportunity for the hosts to encourage the listeners to support their FLGS with practical tips and strategies to help our board game providers during this tough time.
Summer Of Games Game choice: Our Hosts share their end of show games to go get right now!
Alex: Sidereal Confluence: Trading and Negotiation in the Elysian Quadrant Designed by TauCeti Deichmann Published by WizKids Released in 2017
Larry: War Chest By Trevor Benjamin, David Thompson (I) Published by Alderac Entertainment Group Released in 2018
Links:
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 :
Better Days / by TSori feat. Deedubs
Original Song - Drachma's Theme
From The Album - Arcadia Legends
Project Page - http://arcadia.ocremix.org Arcadia Legends
Content Group - Skies of Arcadia
Original Copyright Information - Sega
Original Composer - Tatsuyuki Maeda