The One About Richard Launius

09/12/11 • 51 min

In this episode of The State of Games, Dice and Monkey sit down for a chat with the duke of dice, the baron of boardgames, the legendary Richard Launius, creator of Arkham Horror! The trio talk about how Richard first came about creating one of the greatest boardgames of all time, Monkey's propensity for bad dice karma in Defenders of the Realm, and how the upcoming Elder Sign is going to rock Dice's gaming world. All this, plus an H.P. Lovecraft lookalike, some Carnival news, and getting ready to unleash Pulsar on the unsuspecting gaming public.

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