Four Times In One Night

12/17/13 • 43 min

In episode 11 of The Board Game Show, Author Chris-Rachael Oseland talks about her book Wood for Sheep, The Unauthorized Settlers Cookbook. Scott Bogen reviews the latest Resistance installment, Coup, as well as a nearly 50-year-old, mold-ridden game of Probe by Parker Brothers. In our Warfare segment, Kevin and Scott talk about gaming in Italy, as well as the solitaire game, Space Infantry. And in Cocktails With Ash Green it's all about Pappy Van Winkle and Holiday Slush. All this and more. Let's begin now, shall we?

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We're Talking 26,880 Board Configurations

Episode 10 of The Board Game Show features an interview with Grid-Hammer designer, Leeron Webb. Scott Bogen reviews Kingdom Builder and explains how it can occasionally save face in nerdy conversations. Scott also shares his experience as a weapons officer in Space Cadets and gives us a brief first-impressions report of 1775: Rebellion. In our Warfare segment, Soviet tanks stream into West Germany in1980's-worst-nightmare style. That's right, Kevin Sharp shares his experience with Eisenbach Gap Deluxe, World at War. Our very own Rob Huber identifies key game elements and board games that should appeal to a table surrounded by non-gamers. (People hang out with non-gamers?) And we travel to Japan of all places for the best-kept secrets of the Rob Roy cocktail. Shhh. All this and more in episode 10 of The Board Game Show! Let's begin now, shall we?

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Mudslides and Pyroclastic Flow

In episode 12 of The Board Game Show, Mudslides and Pyroclastic Flow, Scott Bogen reviews Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island and somehow manages to weave in a sound bite of Wil Wheaton. Scott also reviews the board game, The Downfall of Pompeii, with references to the upcoming movie. Bradley L'Herrou joins us from Sovereign Games to talk about Masterless, The Samurai Game of Bluff and Intuition and the quick-playing miniatures game, Army Dudes. In our Warfare segment, Scott and Kevin discuss Aspern-Essling 1890 and the classic Avalon Hill game, Battle of the Bulge, as well as iOS games, Battle of the Bulge and Drive on Moscow from Shenandoah Studio. In Cocktails with(out) Ash Green, it's a mudslide in more ways than one. And we wrap things up with a Kickstarter preview by Chris Solis, the designer of Terrene Odyssey: Battle Card Game. Let's begin now, shall we?