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Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
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Introduction: Meeples For Sheepish Peoples 1
Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
This is the first installment in my new board-game-related series, "Meeples For Sheepish Peoples", where I discuss suggestions on how to improve your gaming experience for those of us with social anxiety.
August 24, 2014
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Terminology: Meeples For Sheepish Peoples 2
Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
In this installment in this series on making the board gaming experience more enjoyable for those of us with social anxiety, I discuss the difference between two topics we'll be covering: introversion and social anxiety.
August 24, 2014
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Small, Comfy Bites: Meeples For Sheepish Peoples 3
Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
In this installment in this series on making the board gaming experience more enjoyable for those of us with social anxiety, I discuss expanding your social circles in small, comfy bites.
August 24, 2014
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A Few Minute Minutes: Meeples For Sheepish Peoples 4
Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
What do board game conventions have in common with 8th-grade dances? Find out In this installment in my "Meeples For Sheepish Peoples" series on board gaming & social anxiety.
August 31, 2014
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Why I Love Traffic Cones: Meeples For Sheepish Peoples 5
Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
Why do I love tiny little pylons? No, it's not because I love tiny little parades. The answer is the latest tip in my Meeples For Sheepish Peoples series, where I discuss the social activity of board games in the lives of people who aren't socially outgoing.
September 13, 2014
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Having a Game Plan (Literally): Meeples For Sheepish Peoples 6
Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
Last time, I mentioned how using tiny little pylons to signal games that are looking for players can make things a lot easier if you're shy. But that still requires good timing. But let me try to make things even easier by sharing an embarrassing story with you.
September 14, 2014
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Strange Change in Strain Onstage: Meeples For Sheepish Peoples 7
Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
In this episode, I discuss how hosting games may be a way to reduce the social anxiety that can accompany attending board game events.
September 23, 2014
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Piercing Words: Meeples For Sheepish Peoples 8
Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
My Meeples For Sheepish Peoples series continues, with a demonstration on how words can pierce even more sharply than pins.
September 29, 2014
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Does Success Suck Less?: Meeples For Sheepish Peoples 9
Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
My Meeples For Sheepish Peoples series continues, with a look at how success isn't necessarily a barometer of self confidence.
October 7, 2014
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Don't Lose Your Tale: Meeples For Sheepish Peoples 10
Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
The best experiences that I’ve had while board gaming, the moments that give me stories to tell, are always caused by the people that I was sharing the experience with. It’s not the game I remember, but the people.
October 13, 2014
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Reintroduction: Meeples For Sheepish Peoples 11
Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
With GenCon less than a month away at the time of this recording, I am planning on being there, nerves or not!
July 10, 2015
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Dice Tower Con Failure: Meeples For Sheepish Peoples 12
Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
As a warm up for the onslaught of human convention interaction that is GenCon, I first went on a side-quest to Dice Tower con, a five-day convention which is roughly 1/60th the size of GenCon. I figured its comparative lower difficulty setting should be a breeze. I mean, sharing games with people is what we’re all there for, right?
July 18, 2015
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Dice Tower Con Triumph: Meeples For Sheepish Peoples 13
Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
After travelling to Dice Tower con to find and play games with several people I’d met through social media, I found myself at a crossroads. Would I face my fears or play it safe?
July 25, 2015
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Do You Hear What I Hear?: Meeples For Sheepish Peoples 14
Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
Sometimes people tell me, “based on your videos, I find it hard to believe that you’re an introvert.” But what this person doesn’t know is that, during our conversation, there’s a little voice in my head which is also having a conversation with me, which goes like this...
July 26, 2015
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The Deciding Factor: Meeples For Sheepish Peoples 15
Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
This series of segments has been leading up to my first trip to GenCon. I had an interest in going last year, but let myself use the anxieties of the travel, crowds and hassle of it all to talk myself out of going, even though I immediately regretted letting it slip by. So, what’s different this year?
July 27, 2015
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Two Years Later: Meeples For Sheepish Peoples 16
Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
This series originally aired two years ago. And,while it's still something I struggle with, I’ve discovered tools that help retain my enjoyment of these situations, or prevent me from participating in the first place.
September 6, 2016
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