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The genre of roll-and-something or something-and-write or whatever else there is these days has really grown in the last few years. To start with, there was a deluge of Yahtzee-style games, but soon the genre added themes and settings to try and draw people in and make them feel like they were exploring a map or fighting monsters. In this article, I want to talk about my experiences with roll-and-write games, as I will call them from here on in for the purpose of simplicity. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/06/14/roll-and-wrong-topic-discussion/ Useful Links Aquamarine: https://www.postmarkgames.com/aquamarine Postmark Games: https://www.postmarkgames.com/ Rory Muldoon interview: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/10/14/rory-muldoon-let-me-illustrate/ UK Games Expo 2022 review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/06/11/uk-games-expo-2022-saturday-review/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

The UK Games Expo is the largest hobby games convention in the United Kingdom. It covers all types of hobby games, including board games, card games, RPGs, war games and many, many more. After a break of a couple of years, I was finally ready to make my way up to the NEC, Birmingham again in 2022. However, this time, a friend from my games group joined me. I was really looking forward to finally meeting many of the people I only knew via social media. I also wanted to introduce myself to some of the publishers exhibiting there. My schedule was really full. It was going to be exhausting, but also a huge amount of fun. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/06/11/uk-games-expo-2022-saturday-review/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

I know this is a First World problem, but I currently have a number of games sitting on my shelves that I haven't played yet. I also know that I'm not the only one with a "shelf of opportunity" that seems to be growing, rather than shrinking. I basically have too many board games. It seems to be something that's quite common in the board game hobby. In this article, I want to look at a number of reasons why my game pile has increased, rather than gotten smaller. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/06/07/boardgame-backlog-topic-discussion/ Useful Links Games I own, but haven't played yet: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/mygames/#not-played Brainwaves board game news podcast: https://giantbrain.co.uk/podcast/ Oath review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/11/27/oath-chronicles-of-empire-and-exile-saturday-review/ Root review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/02/12/root-a-game-of-woodland-might-and-right-saturday-review/ Dwellings of Eldervale review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/02/19/dwellings-of-eldervale-saturday-review/ Brass: Birmingham review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/10/03/brass-birmingham-saturday-review/ We Can Play review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/05/28/we-can-play-saturday-review/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) Background Music: Just Say by Beatcore & Ashley Apollodor (https://ncs.io/JustStay) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

The game, it's a test of sorts, for determining whether something is a machine or a human being. There's a judge and a subject. The judge asks questions and based on the subject's answers they determine who they are speaking with - what they are speaking with. All you have to do is ask a question. So, now it's your turn to ask Turing by Glenn Ford from Man O' Kent Games. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/06/04/turing-saturday-review/ Useful Links Turing: https://www.manokentgames.com/turing Man O' Kent Games: https://www.manokentgames.com/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/341901/turing Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) Background Music: The Imitation Game by Alexandre Desplat and London Symphony Orchestra If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

I have now spoken quite a bit about how to teach board games to people. Those articles were about teaching games that you have already played yourself and therefore know relatively well. However, when you buy a game, you will be faced with the difficult task of teaching the rules for the first time, before having played it yourself even once. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/05/31/first-time-teach-topic-discussion/ Useful Links How to teach board games: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/category/teaching/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) Background Music: Way by AShamaluevMusic (https://www.ashamaluevmusic.com/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Photo by Bit Potato on Unsplash)

From ancient times to the present day, women have never been recognised for their contributions to the world. Yet, throughout history, there have always been women who were strong leaders, who fought for better conditions and equal rights, and not just for themselves, who made significant scientific breakthroughs, were trendsetting artists and did everything their male contemporaries did. So it is time for all women around the world to say: We Can Play by Julia Johansson and Albert Pinilla by Julibert. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/05/28/we-can-play-saturday-review/ Useful Links We Can Play: https://www.julibert.com/product-page/WeCanPlay Julibert: https://www.julibert.com/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/338690/we-can-play-women-who-changed-world 101 women who changed the world: https://www.julibert.com/the-101-women Albert Pinilla interview: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/02/02/albert-pinilla-let-me-illustrate/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

The last UK Games Expo I attended was 2019. It was an amazing event and I came back from it buzzing, full of ideas and the energy you get after you've been able to catch up with good friends again. We all know what happened soon after the 2019 event. So when UKGE came back as an in-person event in 2021, I decided to give it a miss. However, now it's 2022 I'm ready to dive into the crowds again and meet lovely board game people at UK Games Expo 2022. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/05/24/looking-ahead-at-uk-games-expo-2022-topic-discussion/ Useful Links UK Games Expo: https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/ Naylor Games: https://naylorgames.com/ Ruined Sky Games: https://www.ruinedsky.com/ Minerva Tabletop Games: https://www.minervatabletop.co.uk/ Dissent Games: https://dissentgames.com/ SDR Games Studio: https://sdrgames.studio/ Stuff by Bez: http://www.stuffbybez.com/ Atikin Games: https://atikingames.com/ Wayfinder Games: https://www.wayfinder-games.com/ James Family Games Night: https://linktr.ee/jonesfamilygamesnight Cards or Die: https://www.cardsordie.com/ Gaming Rules: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvIWBOfYGXYQQQORhjAJKCQ Postmark Games: https://www.postmarkgames.com/ Osprey Games: https://ospreypublishing.com/store/osprey-games/ Steeped Games: https://steepedgames.com/ Ravensburger: https://www.ravensburger.org/uk/products/games/index.html Hachette: https://www.hachetteboardgames.co.uk/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

The Caliphate is in turmoil. The Murshid spreads its influence and whispers into the Sultan's ear, trying to affect where they build their magnificent towns and cities. The Warlord ravages the lands, plundering and destroying everything in their way. Nothing is safe and everyone has their own goals. So as the sun sets on the deserts, mountains and fertile lands and as day turns to night, the warring factions prepare for another day and get ready to put their plans into action. For now, though, it's the time of the Crescent Moon by Steven Mathers from Osprey Games. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/05/21/crescent-moon-saturday-review/ Useful Links Skora: https://www.insidethebox.games/product/skora Inside the Box Board Games: https://www.insidethebox.games/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/271645/skora Other games in the Lunchbox Collection series: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/category/lunchbox-collection/ Rory Muldoon interview: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/10/14/rory-muldoon-let-me-illustrate/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) Incidental Music: Fortress by AShamaluevMusic (https://www.ashamaluevmusic.com/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

I feel that the board game hobby is great and that our community is wonderful. Board games bring like-minded people together. I know, nothing is ever perfect and we can't ignore the bad actors, but on the whole, board game people, if I may address you all this way, are great folk. Playing board games is my happy place and I feel very much at home whenever I see board games. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/05/17/home-is-where-the-board-games-are-topic-discussion/ Useful Links Thirsty Meeples: https://thirstymeeples.co.uk/ Airecon 2022 review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/03/26/airecon-2022-saturday-review/ Ravensburger: https://www.ravensburger.org/uk/start/index.html Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Photo by edgeeffectmedia.com on Unsplash)

The boats were making their way out to sea, heading for the three main fishing grounds off the coast of the Isle of Norsica. You were hoping that your fleet would bring back the best catch. It would require brain and brawn to beat the rival clans and land the biggest fish. If your clan could grab the most lucrative haul, you would be crowned Skora by Rory Muldoon from Inside the Box Board Games. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/05/14/skora-saturday-review/ Useful Links Skora: https://www.insidethebox.games/product/skora Inside the Box Board Games: https://www.insidethebox.games/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/271645/skora Other games in the Lunchbox Collection series: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/category/lunchbox-collection/ Rory Muldoon interview: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/10/14/rory-muldoon-let-me-illustrate/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) Incidental Music: Horizon by AShamaluevMusic (https://www.ashamaluevmusic.com/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Teaching a game isn't easy and the same is true for learning. The teacher will do their best to explain everything and get everything right, but the first play of a game should always be chalked down to experience. Players should do what they can to help and expect mistakes to creep in. However, there are also things the game itself can do to make learning a new game easier, some of which will also help with playing the game again later. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/05/10/player-aids-topic-discussion/ Useful Links Root review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/02/12/root-a-game-of-woodland-might-and-right-saturday-review/ Fluxx: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/258/fluxx The Fox in the Forest Duet review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/04/30/the-fox-in-the-forest-duet-saturday-review/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Photo by Lidia Estaban on Unsplash)

The squad had been practising many hours a week for months to get to this point. They were up against a tough team, but they had the belief, conviction and the appetite to win. The determination was written on every single swimmer's face. As the routine started, it was clear that these women were headed for glory. The tension grew as the music played and eventually reached its climax. When the last figure was executed, there was no holding back. The crowd got up from their seats and started cheering. It was clear that the routine was absolutely perfect. Throughout the routine, all of the swimmers had been perfectly Synchronized by AnnaMaria Jackson-Phelps and Amelie Le-Roche from Zerua Games. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/05/07/synchronized-saturday-review/ Useful Links Synchronized: https://www.zeruagames.com/synchronized Zerua Games: https://www.zeruagames.com/ Amelie Le-Roche interview: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/03/02/amelie-le-roche-let-me-illustrate/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/295756/synchronized Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Hobbies are known to be a way to reduce stress and can improve feelings of anxiety and depression. Board games are, of course, no different. In this article, I want to look at how playing board games can help your mental health. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/05/03/board-game-relief-topic-discussion/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Photo by Big Potato on Unsplash)

The woodcutter and I were travelling the lands when we reached a kingdom far to the south. Its people were most distraught, because the fairies of the woods had kidnapped the most famous musician whose music made everything better. Of course, we agreed to help the people without hesitation. We ventured into the forest and peeked under every leaf and fern and beneath the shelf of every mushroom until we finally found the musician, surrounded by angry fairies. Overjoyed, they played an enchanting lullaby that made the fairies go to sleep and allowed us to escape. After reuniting the musician with the people, we were celebrated as heroes and from that moment on were both known as The Fox in the Forest Duet by Foxtrot Games from Renegade Game Studios. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/04/30/the-fox-in-the-forest-duet-saturday-review/ Useful Links The Fox in the Forest Duet: https://uk.renegadegamestudios.com/fox-in-the-forest-duet/ Renegade Game Studios: https://uk.renegadegamestudios.com/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/288169/fox-forest-duet The Crew review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/12/05/the-crew-the-quest-for-planet-nine-saturday-review/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

It's so very easy to dismiss the old adage that we learn through play. Many of us take our shared hobby very seriously. We're highly competitive and want to win. We need to play by the rules. It's an unwritten law - but it's a law nevertheless. It's "the law". Yet, when we see how young children interact with games, it's often very different to what we do as adults. In this article, I want to explore what we can learn from children and how it might help us rediscover the joy of board games. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/04/26/childs-play-topic-discussion/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Photo by Michal Vrba on Unsplash)

Get your friends together, grab some bits from the local junkyard and assemble everything into the best stronghold you can, to be crowned champion of the Junk Forts by Matthew Dunstan and Brett J. Gilbert from Inside the Box Board Games. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/04/23/junk-forts-saturday-review/ Useful Links Junk Forts: https://www.insidethebox.games/product/junk-forts Inside the Box Board Games: https://www.insidethebox.games/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/265805/junk-forts Fort review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/04/03/fort-saturday-review/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

The following article was written by Laurie Trueblood of Adventures of Authenticity. As a kid, family game night was a staple and we had that one closet that always seemed to overflow with board games. As I got older, I added tabletop RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons and video games. And while gaming has always been a part of my lifestyle, I never really saw it as beneficial beyond just something to do for fun. But according to scientific research, tabletop gaming is actually quite good for you. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/04/19/the-scientific-benefits-of-tabletop-gaming-topic-discussion/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Photo by Big Potato on Unsplash)

It is the 11th century AD and the Vikings regularly invade our lands, while my domestic rivals try to forcefully take territory from me, without much luck. My military prowess is well known and I prove myself again and again, while also forging political alliances by strategically arranging marriages between my family members and other important houses. I even have time to rebuild the many monasteries in my realm, bringing the Church and its wealth onto my side. My name is Brian Boru: High King of Ireland by Peer Sylvester from Osprey Games. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/04/16/brian-boru-high-king-of-ireland-saturday-review/ Useful Links Brian Boru: High King of Ireland: https://ospreypublishing.com/brian-boru Osprey Games: https://ospreypublishing.com/store/osprey-games/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/337765/brian-boru-high-king-ireland The King is Dead (2nd Edition) review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/03/13/the-king-is-dead-2nd-edition-digital-eyes/ The Crew review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/12/05/the-crew-the-quest-for-planet-nine-saturday-review/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

When you have a long-standing, regular games group, you will probably have already established certain "house rules" that define what's considered good behaviour at the table. Chances are many of them are actually unwritten rules that have just come out over time and are based on the types of people you play with. In this article, I want to try and talk about a few of these rules that are probably generally useful to have at games night, whether this is with a long-established group or people you've just met. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/04/12/etiquette-topic-discussion/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Photo by Naim Benjelloun on Unsplash)

After graduating from Oxford, specializing in criminal law, it was time for me to travel and see the world. Little did I know that every journey I took would present me with a mystery I had to solve using my formidable spirit of deduction and unfailing determination. Tiny clues would lead me along a trail of discovering more and more proof which would lead me to the perpetrator. However, until then, all the people I met were Suspects by Sebastien Duverger Nedellec, Paul Halter and Guillaume Montiage from Studio H. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/04/09/suspects-saturday-review/ Useful Links Suspects: https://www.hachetteboardgames.co.uk/shop/stu027su-suspects-115 Studio H: https://twitter.com/Studio_H_Games BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/322785/suspects Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) Other Music: Epic Cinematic Orchestra Instrumental by EdiKey20 Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7594-epic-cinematic-orchestra-instrumental License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Staunch competitive players may feel that co-operative games are a bit pointless. After all, it makes more sense if there is only one winner, rather than several, or so their reasoning might go. However, even if you love co-operative games and even if you prefer them to competitive games, there are some games where you don't feel like you're achieving anything - and that might feel pointless to you. In this article, I want to look at this in a little more detail. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/04/05/pointless-co-operation-topic-discussion/ Useful Links The Crew review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/12/05/the-crew-the-quest-for-planet-nine-saturday-review/ Skat: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6819/skat Doppelkopf: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9364/doppelkopf Pandemic: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/01/18/pandemic-saturday-review/ Sleeping Gods: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/03/27/sleeping-gods-saturday-review/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

There is something hiding in the city. I'm sure of it. I keep finding clues and my detectors are picking up very strange signals - but I need proof! Hard facts that I can present to the science community to make them believe that I have found a Cryptid: Urban Legends by Hal Duncan and Ruth Veevers from Osprey Games. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/04/02/cryptid-urban-legends-saturday-review/ Useful Links Cryptid: Urban Legends: https://ospreypublishing.com/cryptid-urban-legends Osprey Games: https://ospreypublishing.com/store/osprey-games/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/343274/cryptid-urban-legends Onitama BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/image/2999035/onitama Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Rob Ingle works for Stop, Drop and Roll Games Studio and has been an artist for a long time. As he says himself, he is straightforward, honest and punctual. He is skilled in illustration, design and all manner of creative work. Read the audio transcript here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/03/30/rob-ingle-let-me-illustrate/ If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog PayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKD Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

We all know how some games can take a while to set up. Sometimes it's because there are just a lot of components and different pieces to take out of the box and place on the table. Other times, it's because you have to sort components a certain way, after they were all mixed together in a previous play of the game. The opposite can also be true, where you have to shuffle tiles or cards, after they ended up all in order when you finished playing the game last time. In this article, I want to look at both: games that sort or shuffle themselves during play and are virtually immediately ready to play again, as well as games that expect you to shuffle or sort components before you can play them again. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/03/29/self-sorting-games-topic-discussion/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Photo by Maksym Kaharlytskyi on Unsplash)

My last board game convention was Airecon 2020 and it was the last event of its kind in the UK - and as it turned out, there wasn't going to be another in-person UK board game convention until 2021. It was a wonderful event, even though everything felt weird. Nobody was sure whether to shake hands or not. The special guests who had flown in from the USA weren't even sure if they would be able to get back home. Luckily, they did make it back safely and it wasn't long until the UK went into full lockdown. So, I was keenly looking forward to Airecon 2022, the first board game convention I was happy to attend after a two-year break. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/03/26/airecon-2022-saturday-review/ Useful Links Airecon: https://www.airecon.co.uk/ Airecon 2020 review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/04/04/airecon-2020-saturday-review/ Imagination Gaming: https://imaginationgaming.co.uk/ Watch It Played: https://watchitplayed.tv/ Paula Deming: https://www.paulademing.com/ Tabletop Games Blog Radio: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/radio/ The Wren Bakery: https://www.thewrenbakery.com/ UNHCR - The Refugee Charity: https://www.unhcr.org/uk/united-kingdom-for-unhcr.html DEC - Humanitarian Appeal for Ukraine: https://www.dec.org.uk/?gclid=CjwKCAjw_tWRBhAwEiwALxFPocXnlBZJxfRGuhELYY4CWtQYT3tEzJ7rUpqXRtPSDPbT95ompHTBABoCeLUQAvD_BwE Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Co-operative games come in all shapes in sizes, just like any game. So there should be something there for anyone, irrespective of what you're looking for, as long as you want an experience where everyone works together to win the game as a team. In this article, I look at a handful of different types of co-operative games, giving examples of games that fit into the category, so that, hopefully, you can find something that suits you. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/03/22/how-to-play-together-topic-discussion/ Useful Links Sub Terra II review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/11/16/sub-terra-ii-infernos-edge-saturday-review/ Pandemic review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/01/18/pandemic-saturday-review/ Library Labyrinth review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/02/26/library-labyrinth-saturday-review/ CoraQuest review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/01/15/coraquest-saturday-review/ Assembly review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2018/11/17/assembly/ The Crew review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/12/05/the-crew-the-quest-for-planet-nine-saturday-review/ The Mind review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/01/05/the-mind/ Jaws review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/10/10/jaws-saturday-review/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Photo by Adi Goldstein on Unsplash)

Shuffle your deck of creature and vegetable cards, put the pile facedown on the table and spread the cards out, so everyone can reach them and after explaining a handful of rules, you're ready to play A game about quickly grabbing creatures that are totally different & counting your beetroots by Andrew Beardsley and Behrooz Shahriari from Stuff By Bez. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/03/19/a-game-about-quickly-grabbing-creatures-that-are-totally-different-counting-your-beetroots-saturday-review/ Useful Links A game about quickly grabbing creatures that are totally different & counting your beetroots: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bybez/bezzy-bargain-bag-2-creatures-frantic-gameplay-root-veg Stuff By Bez: http://www.stuffbybez.com/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/349947/game-about-quickly-grabbing-creatures-are-totally Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

I don't know if you've ever come across it, but the final round, or sometimes the final few rounds, of a game often feel different to the rest of the game. There is the common term "end game" and the concept of an "end game trigger" in modern board games, so there is a relatively clear distinction between how a game finishes and the rest of the game. In this article, I want to discuss how games feel different as they come to their conclusion and what different types of "end game" formats there are. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/03/15/the-final-round-topic-discussion/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Photo by Josh Millgate on Unsplash)

The city-states of Venice, Florence and Genoa and their economy were doing extremely well. However, their military strength was extremely lacking not only in size, but also in experience and conviction. It was clear that strong soldiers with real battle experience were needed. So when the English soldiers returned from the Crusades, they were welcomed with open arms. Finally, the city-states would be able to extend their reach and influence, thanks to the wonderful Condottiere by Dominique Ehrhard, Duccio Vitale and Justin Kemppainen from Z-Man Games. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/03/12/condottiere-saturday-review/ Useful Links Condottiere: https://www.zmangames.com/en/products/condottiere/ Z-Man Games: https://www.zmangames.com/en/index/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/112/condottiere The King is Dead (2nd Edition): https://ospreypublishing.com/the-king-is-dead-45352 Osprey Games: https://ospreypublishing.com/ The King is Dead (2nd Edition) review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/03/13/the-king-is-dead-2nd-edition-digital-eyes/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Image courtesy of Z-Man Games)

Hey there. It's Joe Slack from the Board Game Design Course. Oliver was kind enough to let me write a guest post on his blog about victory conditions other than victory points to spark some new ideas and get you thinking about other new games to play. I hope you enjoy this article! Victory points (VP) are so common in modern board games, along with the condition that the player at the end of the game with the most VP is declared the winner. Sometimes it is called influence, sometimes just points or it may be money or some other resource or currency. But it is all essentially the same thing. So, we’re going to dive into some other fun and interesting ways that players can win a game, along with examples of each. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/03/08/victory-conditions-other-than-victory-points-topic-discussion/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Photo by GR Stocks on Unsplash)

Sending someone a letter seems to have become a thing of the past and sending people postcards is mostly restricted to when you've gone away on holiday - but it's been ages since many of us have done that. However, many of us love sharing games with others, so it would be amazing if you could send someone a card that's also a game and even add a little message. Well, that's exactly what Six Greetings Card Games by Ellie Dix from The Dark Imp does. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/03/05/six-greetings-card-games-saturday-review/ Useful Links Six Greetings Card Games: https://www.thedarkimp.com/kickstarter/ Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thedarkimp/six-greetings-card-games The Dark Imp: https://www.thedarkimp.com/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357824/six-greetings-card-games Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Illustration courtesy of The Dark Imp)

Amelie Le-Roche is a veteran video game animator, creating games in her free time. She loves to explore different art styles and unique themes while creating family-friendly board games. She started Zerua Games in 2018 (which means "sky" in Basque) as a creative outlet. Read the audio transcript here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/03/02/amelie-le-roche-let-me-illustrate/ If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog PayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKD Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

A large number of board games are about winning and losing. Sure, for many of us, it doesn't really matter whether we win or lose, as long as we have a good time, either with friends, family or alone. In co-operative games, you play against the game itself and either you win or the game does. The same goes for solo games, of course, which are basically co-operative games, but with a single player. In this article, I want to look at the different win and loss conditions you can find in co-operative or solo games. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/03/01/co-operative-loss-topic-discussion/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash)

It is the evening and everyone has gone home, but you. The library is dark and everything is quiet, when suddenly, out of the corner of your eyes, you think you can see a book opening all by itself in the horror aisle. As you turn to get a better look, you see Dracula standing there, with Bram Stoker's book by his feet. You know exactly what to do, because this isn't the first time this has happened. You rush to the fiction section and pull out three particular books, whose heroines will surely be able to catch the vampire and put him back in his book. The problem is, the library's aisles are starting to shift and change and your way is being blocked but shelves. You have to be quick and find a way through this Library Labyrinth by Jessica Metheringham and Mill Goble from Dissent Games. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/02/26/library-labyrinth-saturday-review/ Useful Links Library Labyrinth: https://librarylabyrinth.com/ Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dissentgames/library-labyrinth Dissent Games: https://dissentgames.com/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/356885/library-labyrinth Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Hi! My name is Lewis Shaw and I run Braincrack Games, a UK-based tabletop games publisher that's been bouncing around the scene since 2016. After my recent interview with Heavy Cardboard and a post on our own blog where I listed some of the reasons I don't think people should rush to start their own board game publishers, Oliver was kind enough to invite me to guest post on Tabletop Games Blog and talk more about the challenges the industry has thrown us in recent years - a brave choice, considering I could easily clear a room this way! Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/02/22/what-could-go-wrong-an-abridged-almanac-of-production-pitfalls-topic-discussion/ Useful Links Braincrack Games: https://www.braincrackgames.com/ Heavy Cardboard: https://www.heavycardboard.com/ Florence: https://www.braincrackgames.com/florence Florence BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/317411/florence 4 reasons to NOT start a publishing company article by Lewis Shaw: https://www.braincrackgames.com/braincrack-blog/2022/1/28/4-reasons-to-not-start-a-publishing-company- Last Resort: https://www.braincrackgames.com/last-resort Last Resort Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/braincrack-games/last-resort Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Photo courtesy of Lewis Shaw, Braincrack Games)

We were still trying to understand the special powers of the 8 elemental realms and how our dragon, wizard and warriors could take advantage of each and how we could impose our dominance over the other factions in this growing world. Each realm also had a giant monster that would wreak death and cause havoc amongst us, if we couldn't work out how to defeat it first or control it and steer it in our favour. We didn't have much time to build our Dwellings of Eldervale by Luke Laurie from Breaking Games. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/02/19/dwellings-of-eldervale-saturday-review/ Useful Links Dwellings of Eldervale: https://dwellingsofeldervale.com/ Breaking Games: https://breakinggames.com/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/271055/dwellings-eldervale Rise of Tribes review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2018/12/15/rise-of-tribes/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

The idea that variability and replayability in board games have the same meaning is understandable, but of course, even though the two terms are related, they are independent of each other. Just because there is a lot of variability in a game doesn't mean that you'll want to play it over and over again and that it will feel different every time. Similarly, a game that is highly replayable, offering a different and interesting experience every time you play it, doesn't require it to be highly variable as well - but let me explain... Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/02/15/variable-replayability-topic-discussion/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash)

It was quiet in the deep, dark wood. Everything was still and nothing stirred - but everyone was ready. The cats had taken up their position in every clearing, six birds were waiting patiently by their roost in one corner of the forest, the racoon had taken cover deep in the woods and the crows were biding their time in a handful of clearings of their choice. The moment was near. It was time to decide who was the best animal in the woodland, who was the Root by Cole Wehrle from Leder Games. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/02/12/root-a-game-of-woodland-might-and-right-saturday-review/ Useful Links Root: https://ledergames.com/products/root-a-game-of-woodland-might-and-right Root review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/02/20/root-a-game-of-woodland-might-and-right-digital-eyes/ Leder Games: https://ledergames.com/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

The longer you have been part of the board game hobby, the more you are used to various terminology and conventions. You will also have become more accustomed to the way rulebooks describe games and how to read them to get the most out of them. However, if you're still new to the hobby then some things may not be obvious. In this article, I want to look at some of these terms and conventions that won't be familiar to people new to our hobby and also touch on whether rulebooks should be expected to describe them in more detail. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/02/08/implicit-conventions-topic-discussion/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Photo by Inês Ferreira on Unsplash)

You were proud of your large library and your hard-working group of scribes was continually adding new tomes, with wonderfully decorative lettering and illustrations. However, you only had so much gold and the best scribes weren't cheap, but you had to somehow continue growing your collection of books to keep the bishop happy and outdo other abbots who were vying for influence. So you persevered and did what you could to have the most Biblios by Steve Finn from iello. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/02/05/biblios-digital-eyes/ Useful Links Biblios: https://www.gameslore.com/acatalog/PR-Biblios-Card-Game.html iello: https://www.iello.fr/co.uk BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34219/biblios Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Photo by Mark Besada)

Albert Pinilla is an illustrator born in Barcelona. He is the co-creator and illustrator of the card game We Can Play: Women Who Changed The World and co-creator of the game publisher Julibert. He has also illustrated books such as The Interactive Constitution and Climate Change, the Choice Is Ours and has illustrated children's board games for companies such as Jumbo Disset, Goula, Nathan and Headu. Read the audio transcript here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/02/09/albert-pinilla-let-me-illustrate/ If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog PayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKD Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

After setting up a board game and explaining the rules, if necessary, the next step usually is to decide who starts. Different games decide this differently, so in this article, I want to discuss the various ways in which board games choose the first player and I will also touch on games where the first player changes from round to round. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/02/01/i-go-first-topic-discussion/ Useful Links Turn order article: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/01/07/turn-order/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Photo by Braden Collum on Unsplash)

Around sixty million years ago on Earth, dinosaurs reigned supreme on land, but at sea, a giant struggle was still unfolding. Creatures were slowly adapting to the changes in their watery habitat and hoping to be victors in this fight for survival. The threat of a giant meteor striking the Earth was increasing all the time, so it was a race to become the Dominant Species: Marine by Chad Jensen from GMT Games. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/01/29/dominant-species-marine-saturday-review/ Useful Links Dominant Species: Marine: https://www.gmtgames.com/p-943-dominant-species-marine-2nd-printing.aspx Dominant Species: https://www.gmtgames.com/p-909-dominant-species-6th-printing.aspx GMT Games: https://www.gmtgames.com/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262941/dominant-species-marine Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) Additional Music: Predator by Purple Planet Music (https://www.purple-planet.com/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Sometimes I get asked to recommend games for someone to play. As you can imagine, that's never easy and my first question tends to be what other games they have already played. If they're completely new to the hobby, I usually ask how many people they intend to play with, whether they're a competitive group, how long they're happy to play for. It's also sometimes good to find out what sort of films, TV shows or activities they like, because many board games have a setting that might fit. So, in this article, I want to give you a list of different types of games that I tend to suggest to people. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/01/25/board-games-for-everyone-topic-discussion/ Useful Links Fluxx: https://www.looneylabs.com/games/fluxx Mint Tin Mini Skulduggery review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/03/09/mint-tin-mini-skulduggery/ The Mind review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/01/05/the-mind/ Quacks of Quedlinburg review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/06/06/the-quacks-of-quedlinburg-saturday-review/ Colt Express review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/01/01/colt-express-saturday-review/ Forbidden Island review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/05/02/forbidden-island-saturday-review/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Spice, the final frontier. These are the adventures of the Houses Atreides and Harkonnen and the Imperium their five-round mission to explore Arrakis, to seek out new territories and new Spice Blows, to boldly go where no Fremen has gone before. This is Dune: A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy by Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge, Peter Olotka, Greg Olotka and Jack Reda from Gale Force Nine. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/01/22/dune-a-game-of-conquest-and-diplomacy-digital-eyes/ Useful Links Dune: A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy: https://www.gf9games.com/dune/743/dune-a-game-of-conquest-diplomacy/ Gale Force Nine: https://www.gf9games.com/ Dune (2019) review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/02/08/dune-saturday-review/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/341165/dune-game-conquest-and-diplomacy Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) Second Intro Music: Theme from Star Trek by Alexander Courage If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

I have mentioned it on this blog before, but my favourite way of being taught a new game is by diving right in. Teach me only the absolute minimum, just so I roughly know what sort of game we're playing and get an outline of what I'm trying to achieve and then let me start taking my turn. It's the sort of style of teaching that Paul Grogan of Gaming Rules advocates and it's probably the best option for demoing a game at a convention as well. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/01/18/teaching-games-teach-as-you-go-topic-discussion/ Useful Links Gaming Rules: https://www.youtube.com/GamingRulesVideos Teaching games - learn yourself: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/01/11/teaching-games-learn-yourself-topic-discussion/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Oh no! Wizard Pebbledash’s assistants, Kevin and Annabelle, are missing! Of course, it is our task to find them and return them home safely. We are a motley crew of four daring adventurers of all shapes and sizes. Some of us have brave hearts, others have strong minds and there are some here who have a keen eye, but all of us are in high spirits and ready to face the dangers ahead of us. So off we go into the shadows of Hoodez Dungeon on our first CoraQuest by Cora and Dan Hughes. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/01/15/coraquest-saturday-review/ Useful Links CoraQuest: https://www.coraquest.com/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/318546/coraquest CoraQuest on the BBC news website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-56013280 Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) Music: The Charming Prince by Arnav Srivastav (https://soundcloud.com/909-music/arnav-srivastav-the-charming-price-get-it-on-www909-musiccom) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

I want to continue my series on how to teach board games to others by talking about how you can learn the game yourself or ask others to learn it for themselves. After all, you can't teach others until you know how to play it yourself and you're a better teacher if you've actually played the game yourself. Also, sometimes it's actually fun to learn a game and not always a big onus to expect others to learn a new game for themselves before you all meet up to play it. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/01/11/teaching-games-learn-yourself-topic-discussion/ Useful Links Magnate: The First City: https://magnategame.com/ Magnate review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/11/30/takebacks-magnate-the-first-city/ Naylor Games: https://naylorgames.com/ Magnate BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/258242/magnate-first-city Root: https://ledergames.com/products/root-a-game-of-woodland-might-and-right Root review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/02/20/root-a-game-of-woodland-might-and-right-digital-eyes/ Leder Games: https://ledergames.com/ Root BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root Watch It Played: https://www.youtube.com/c/WatchItPlayed Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Photo by Seven Shooter on Unsplash)

We had pulled off the heist of the century and everyone was still buzzing, pumped with adrenaline. We had made it safely back to our hideout and now it was time to divvy up the loot. We were about to count out cash, gold, gems, paintings and microfilms when the boss came up with a crazy idea. "Let's play Blackjack," they said, "and sort out who gets what that way." They even gave it a name. They called it The Split by Michael Fox from Wayfinder Games. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/01/08/the-split-saturday-review/ Useful Links The Split: https://www.wayfinder-games.com/store/p/the-split Wayfinder Games: https://www.wayfinder-games.com/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/344682/split "Cheat" card "Turn the Tables" dedicated to Oliver Kinne (Tabletop Games Blog): https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/idlemichael/the-split-from-wayfinder-games/posts/3296840 Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) Music: Motorbreaks by Arnav Srivastav on 909 Music (https://www.909-music.com/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Let me start by wishing you a Happy New Year. We all somehow made it into 2022, probably a little worse for wear, but we made it nonetheless. The world has changed a lot, but there are still many moments of positivity and hope. I don't want to make predictions about what might happen to us all in the future, but instead, I want to focus on the Tabletop Games Blog and maybe talk about a couple of things that I hope for in our hobby. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/01/04/looking-ahead-at-2022-topic-discussion/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Photo by Marek Okon on Unsplash)