Ep 38 Q&A

This week we do a Q&A from viewers/listeners!

 

Games we have been playing: (Roy) Cash and guns + expansion (Rob) Welcome to the Dungeon (Matt) Codenames with Dixit cards (All) Naruto Shippuden deck building game Print and plays Lots of tips and we talk about the pain of puting them togeather.
Games in 2016 Seafall Dead of Winter Expansion Secret Hitler New Star Wars Rebellion Lost in Space Beginner Games? Codenames Rhino Hero Summoner Wars Love Letter Legendary Flash Point Fire Rescue Aesthetics? Need a good balance of both aesthetics and game play to make a game good Simplistic Games with easy rules? Summoner Wars Flash Point Fire Rescue Codenames Pandemic Most co-op games First "speciality games" you played? (Rob) Mansions of madness, BSG, GOT (Roy) Dune, Settlers of Catan/Canaan (Matt) One Night Ultimate Werewolf

 

Which Risk is the best (aside from the original and the legacy versions)? LOTR Risk Walking Dead Risk 2210 Risk Casual Filler Game Quick Easy to teach Silly (gets some laughs) Examples Love Letter Rhino Hero Welcome to the Dungeon Favorite Style of game? (Roy) EPICALLY GIANT 4X GAMES Twilight Emperium 3 War of the Ring (Rob) Strategy and area control games Game of Thrones Blood Rage (Matt) Social Deduction One Night Ultimate Werewolf Deception: Murder in Hong Kong Making your own games? (Roy) Made a couple of games Enjoy making the concepts Despises the development aspects (Rob) Tried making a few games Enjoys creative side Gets bogged down with time constraints (Matt) Thinks about stuff a lot Other favorite podcasts? (Roy) Board Game University Dice Tower Shut up and Sit Down The Board Dames (Rob) Secret Cabal Plaid Hat Podcasts Freakanomics Nerdist TED Talks (Matt) Welcome to Night Vale Critical Role Harmontown When is a hobby become a problem Skipping work to play Can’t pay your bills WHY NO RHINO HERO EXPANSION?!?!?!?!?!? IT IS PERFECT Haba puts out quality games with no need for expansions Tabletop Game Tables? Amazing, if you are really into the hobby you should have a good table Can be expensive but you can make your own!