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Plays Well With Others
What goes into making media about board games? And, after all that work, is there really an audience for it?
March 1, 2016
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Plays Well With Others
Pair Of Dice Paradise's premiere week on The Dice Tower continues with an installment of "Plays Well With Others" where I discuss the topic of board games in music with friend of the show and local radio DJ, Mick.Are there songs about board games that we missed? Who is your favorite geek culture musical artist? Let us know in the video's comments!
February 4, 2016
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Plays Well With Others
How does YOUR knowledge of Pair Of Dice Paradise compare to these contestants? Test your skill in this Wits & Wagers trivia challenge! At BGGcon this year, I hosted a "Wits & Wagers Invitational", which was open to all supporters of PoDP and friends of the show who were at the convention. The result was a very special board gaming experience that was one of the highlights of the entire convention for me. Enjoy!
December 23, 2015
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Not everything goes as planned while filming on location at America's largest board gaming convention. Here's some of what went in to making Team V.E.S.T. episode 3 at GenCon.
August 12, 2015
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How does GenCon compare to GenCant? Team V.E.S.T., your Video Entertainment Surveillance Team, brings you exclusive reports on this summer’s biggest unconventional board gaming convention: GenCant.
August 11, 2015
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Team V.E.S.T., your Video Entertainment Surveillance Team, brings you exclusive reports on this summer’s biggest unconventional board gaming convention: GenCant.GenCant Website:www.GenCant.com GenCant Twitter:@GenCant
July 29, 2015
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Team V.E.S.T., your Video Entertainment Surveillance Team, brings you exclusive reports on this summer’s biggest unconventional board gaming convention: GenCant.GenCant Website: www.GenCant.com GenCant Twitter: @GenCant
July 26, 2015
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Unnecessary Board Game Rap Battles, featuring Pair Of Dice Paradise vs. Flip The Table.BetweenPair Of Dice ParadiseandFlip The Table, we reviewa lotof cheesy and bizarre board games. But which one of us has itworse? It's a question that can only be answered by the most sophisticated form of debate:the epic rap battle! Download the MP3 of this song.
July 13, 2015
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Theme. There's many common themes in board games. But what happens when a game designer wanders outside the realm of familiar themes and tries something different?Today, Joel Eddy of Drive Thru Review and I discuss our opinions on what board game themes work, which ones don't, and why.
May 29, 2015
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I join Spooning Meeples as they play a live game (or two) of Spyfall with fellow reviewers:Rhiannon Ochs (Spooning Meeples) Marty Connell (Rolling Dice & Taking Names) Hunter Shelburne (Weaponsgrade Tabletop) Lance Myxter (Undead Viking) Scott "Tox" Morris (Crits Happen) Suzanne Sheldon (Wears A Khaki Vest) Anthony Racano (The Cardboard Jungle) Robin Lees (Whose Turn Is It Anyway) and more!
April 28, 2015
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I join Rolling Dice & Taking Names on episode #64 of their podcast this week to discuss the recent Board Game Decathlon Mockumentary, and then I pull the ol' switcheroo on Marty & Tony by challenging them to a version of their own game, Rank 'Em!Listen to Rolling Dice & Taking Names episode #64 here!
April 14, 2015
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Witness the meteoric rise of board gaming legend, Murr Rockstroh! This is the story of a board gamer who defied the odds to become champion of the 2015 Board Game Decathlon. It's a story that would surely be true, if only it wasn't fiction.The "2015 Board Game Decathlon" mockumentary was produced to raise funds and awareness for the Jack Vasel Memorial Fund. Nearly twenty board game media creators contributed their time and talent to the project!
March 30, 2015
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I recently sat down with Scott King of the Creators Cast podcast to record a couple of episodes talking about the production of Pair Of Dice Paradise, and the creative process. Both episodes are now available online!
March 3, 2015
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On this episode of Plays Well With Others, Suzanne Sheldon, host of the Board Game Apps segment on The Dice Tower's Board Game Breakfast show, joins me to talk about the various digital versions of popular board games that are available, and whether they'll soon replace traditional physical board games.
February 19, 2015
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Any time I talk with Marty Connell, there's a lot of laughs. Between the barbed retorts and connection problems we encountered, we compiled a few outtakes during our interview. Here's a collection of a few of them, in case you'd like to see that sort of thing today.
February 13, 2015
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On this episode of Plays Well With Others, Marty Connell, sports fan and co-host of the Rolling Dice & Taking Names podcast, joins me to talk about the influence of professional sports over the board game industry, and why there's so few hit board games about sports.
February 12, 2015
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Hey look, here's an article that has something to do with our friends over at Board Game Corner. Weird. I wonder what this could be about. It's a mystery, that's for sure. Yup.
December 30, 2014
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Tox from Crits Happen assembled a cast of board game media personalities for a board game-themed "12 Days Of Critsmas" song. (We see what you did there, Tox.) Grab some cheese and enjoy the show!
December 9, 2014
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I join Rolling Dice & Taking Names on episode #52 of their podcast this week to discuss the theory of a Board Game Bubble, comparing what we're seeing in the board game industry to previous trends in the comics and sports cards industries.Listen to Rolling Dice & Taking Names episode #52 here!
November 18, 2014
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Tox from CritsHappen invited me to play some Star Realms and Hearthstone online with him. And then we recorded it, just because we both just happened to have recording equipment available. See what happens when two gamers game while talking games.
October 17, 2014
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Fellow board game reviewer and friend of the show, Tiffany from TheOneTAR, is recovering from some surgery this week, and she asked me to guest host an episode for her channel.Now, if you exist on this planet, I’m going to assume that you’ve heard of, perhaps even played, the often-ridiculed game: Monopoly. But that’s the great thing about the current state of Monopoly. If you despise the original version, you can almost certainly find a variation of it that’s “comparatively less not good”. And, for me, that game is Monopoly Millionaire Deal.
October 8, 2014
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Finding his regular co-hosts to be unavailable, Anthony from The Cardboard Jungle podcast invites Lance Myxter (Undead Viking) and Chaz Marler (Pair Of Dice Paradise) on to guest host episode #42. I think this episode sets a world record for how quickly it completely derails into discussions on comics, cultural boundaries, a potential pending implosion of the board game industry, and way, way more.Check out Cardboard Jungle episide #42 here!
September 18, 2014
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I join Rolling Dice & Taking Names on episode #47 of their podcast this week to discuss board games, being an introverted gamer, fundraising and even Moon Pies.Listen to Rolling Dice & Taking Names episode #47 here!
September 16, 2014
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This is an unsolicited, uninvited, awful and completely unnecessary public service rap to Rodney Smith of Watch It Played in response to a dreadfully awesome rap he posted, which was, itself, a response to an awesome rap by other fellow board game media creators The Happy Mitten Podcast.The Happy Mitten Podcast: http://www.happymittengames.com/ Happy Mitten's awesome Dead Of Winter rap: http://www.happymittengames.com/audio/Kyle-and-lee-DoW-rap-battle.mp3 Rodney's nifty dandy rap in response to Happy Mitten: https://youtu.be/xpgCEB2ttU8
September 13, 2014
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On August 25th, I spoke with Barry Reynolds, host of the "A Gateway Gamer Runs Through" YouTube channel.This was a live, web-streaming event on Google+, where we discussed board games, podcasting, and whatever else came to mind.
August 25, 2014
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Plays Well With Others
I recently did a couple segments on upgrading the train cubes in Trains. Anyway, since then, I’ve received requests for suggestions on upgrading the stations and maps in Trains as well.
July 10, 2014
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Carl wrote and asked, “when playing, how do you handle food and beverages, and the ever looming threat of spills?” Excellent question. Here's my take on the subject...
July 10, 2014
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I have some background in publishing, so there’s a thrill I get from the bouquet of freshly printed publications. In the mid-90’s, when I was introduced to Magic: The Gathering, every pack offered the opportunity of odoriferous inebriation. There’s nothing else that quite smells like a fresh pack of Magic cards. Can the scent of a freshly cracked pack become habit forming?
July 10, 2014
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Plays Well With Others
This is an extended version of the segment I contributed to episode #28 of The Dice Tower's Board Game Breakfast program. It's part 2 of 3 in the series of tips for upgrading the components in AEG's Trains game.The segments on Board Game Breakfast are limited to two minutes, and sometimes the footage I shoot runs longer, and parts need to be cut out. This, the original version, contains about 20 seconds of footage that had been removed.
June 9, 2014
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I was planning on starting a series on upgrading the components in the AEG game, Trains, but while preparing my piece, I discovered that the board gaming community has developed fervent opinions on this subject!
June 2, 2014
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Today I’m going to offer a sneaky tip for owners of the awesome little game Hey! That’s My Fish. This is one of my favorite games. In fact, I’m sure it’d be right up in my top twenty if I were to rank my favorite games of all time.
June 1, 2014
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Every game is somebody’s first game, so picking ones that best fit your audience is paramount to kindling their interest in the hobby. Let's discuss how to pick the games you introduce to your board game group.
April 25, 2014
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Welcome to part six in my no longer numbered series on running a gaming group. Today’s topic: How Many Gamers Are There? (Spoiler: I dunno.)
April 25, 2014
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In this segment, I want to share the first question that I’ve received in response to these segments, which is pretty darn cool. Jarb2104 wrote and asked: “Do you have any ideas for including non English speakers in a gaming group? Making games easier for them, how to interest them, etc.??”
April 21, 2014
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If I may be so bold, I’d like to offer my take on a question that was featured on episode #348 of the Dice Tower audio podcast. The question comes from listener Rob. Rob runs a gaming group, but when members fail to show up or are late, it can prevent his entire group from playing. So he asks: should you require people to RSVP, and how can you prevent late members from delaying the event?
April 7, 2014
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The third part of this inaccurately numbered two-part series about building a gaming group. Parts one and two focused on finding PEOPLE for your gaming group. Since then, I’ve been asked for some suggestions on WHERE to meet up, so this time I’ll provide some tips for finding LOCATIONS for your group.
April 1, 2014
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This is the segment I contributed to episode #18 of The Dice Tower's Board Game Breakfast program. The topic of this segment is: tips for starting a gaming group in your town.
April 1, 2014
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This is the segment I contributed to episode #17 of The Dice Tower's Board Game Breakfast program. The topic of this segment is: tips for starting a gaming group in your town.
March 25, 2014
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