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Tonight Dan and Chris have a half news and half gaming show.

This also includes spirited discussion about Super Hero movies and the formulaic nature of them,  (including the recent Thor Release).

Then we touch on a bunch of other Trailers which arrived this week, and upcoming news on TV and other Movies.

Then the second half is all about Games Played!

These include Flamme Rouge, Alien Artifacts, Merlin, Clank, Quartex, and much much more! Thanks for Listening and Happy Holidays!

Some Links!

 

Thor Talk– Terrible “movie” but boy is it fun!

 

Next Point– People don’t really want Comic book super hero movies. They want regular movies with some people dressed as super heroes who occasionally do something maybe once or twice,that’s “super”=== See Winter Soldier or Arguably Ant- man or Civil War.

 

Dan’s 10 things that make up a (non back story) Hero Movie (seen it 10000 times)

 

1. See hero fight minor villain, use some fun powers but pretty easy fight
2. Show Villain quick back story on how they become a villain
3. Super hero back at the real world “fitting in” or love life etc.
4. Villain has his coming out party maybe or maybe not thwarted at 1st by hero
5. Hero Struggles with something other then villain
6. Hero fights villain 1st time or 2nd usually to villain getting upper hand or getting away
7. Villain then devises the ultimate plan (taking advantage of innocents or finding weakness in hero)
8. Hero once again in real world seeing how villain or hero actions affecting world
9. Big fight Starts off with villain plan working, but ultimately Hero figures something out and wins the fight and villain is defeated
10. Epilogue === After effects of fight, all is well set up next villain or hero or just leave that for post credit scene.

 

More Random News–

 

WB DC Shake up—

12/10 Apparently they announced some changes to lineup going forward. 

Another Take

Yet Another

 

Robin Costume shown off for Teen Titans coming 2018– and HAWK AND DOVE!!

Ready Player one Trailer

Alita Battle Angel Trailer (dem eyes tho)

Tarrantino Star Trek???

Jurassic World 2 Trailer

Dark Phoenix first look —

Ryan Reynolds in Pokemon movie— um wut?

 

Harry Potter Go   

Barnes and noble cutting size of toys and games

 

Games played!!

 

Dan

Flamme Rouge

Entroy

SW Destiny

Clank,

Splendor (Apparently now only comes with plastic not clay chips?)

Rick and Morty: Total Rickall

Fields of Green

Quartex,

 

Chris

Alien Artifacts (twice at 2-player, twice at 5-player)

Merlin

Lorenzo il Magnifico

Isle of Skye 

Codenames: Marvel

 

 

 

 

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This episode’s special guest is—> Chris Mintiens From THE CRIT CAMP!!! 

https://www.twitch.tv/critcamp

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Nov 11th is Gamers for Cures Please help us to continue to have a great event and also you can win some games with the raffles! Check out our Geek List of prizes and links to buy raffles HERE

Gamersforcures.com

Please DONATE today! It’s tax free!

 

 

CONTEST!?!?

This month is totally Self Serving… For every 1$ you donate to GFC I will give you one entry into our contest for a choice from the Prize Closet

KS

 

Legends of Sleepy Hollow

Outer gods and Interlopers

 

Some Random Sh—stuff

Stranger Things 2?? (I am through 1 ep)

Sword and Sorcery First Play Second Play complete (should be uploaded this week!)

Discussion about Jack The Ripper– Random Dan Thoughts

Voyages of Marco Polo Expansion

Gareth Evens (The Raid) to direct Deathstroke with Joe Mangiello!

Runaways out in few weeks (Trailer)

 

FFG interactive

Lucidity

 

Some talk about Dungeon Crawls

Define DC–

(From Wiki)– A dungeon crawl is a type of scenario in fantasy role-playing games in which heroes navigate a labyrinthine environment (a “dungeon“), battling various monsters, and looting any treasure they may find. Because of its simplicity, a dungeon crawl can be easier for a gamemaster to run than more complex adventures, and the “hack and slash” style of play is appreciated by players who focus on action and combat

 

What would we change in the definition?

 

Types of DC

 

Campaign Vs Stand Alone

 

Fantasy vs Not

 

EXPLORATION! Is a must

 

Co-op vs 1 vs many

 

Top 11 Dungeon Crawls!

 

Top 11

Mitsy

11 – Ghostbusters

10 – Dungeon Roll

9 – Pathfinder Adventure Card Game

8 – The Others (DC? hm…)

7 – Hero Quest/Descent 2.0

6 – Dark Souls TBG (More Dungeon Crawl-like mode just announced)

5 – Masmorra/Arcadia Quest (Giving away masmorra as our November Big Box)

4 – Gloomhaven/KDM if allowed to even be in the DC cata?

3 – Massive Darkness

2 – One Deck Dungeon (Digital version just went live on KS today 11/1)

1 – Zombicide

 

Dan/Chris

11 Catacombs

10 Thunderstone

9 Warhammer quest

8 Dungeon!

7 Decent (and 2.0)/ Imperial Assault

6 Wrath of Ashardalon/Drzzt/Castle Ravenloft

5 Undercity

4 Sword and Sorcery

3 Hero Quest

2 Mansions of Madness 2nd Ed

1 Gloomhaven

 

 

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Tonight While Chris is putting the finishing touches on the Kickstarter for Legends of Sleepy HollowI was able to be joined by 3 amazingly kick ass people. The Fleeples (Matt and Ben ) and Matt Wolfe stopped by for a plethera of topics and kickstarters and also a Dry Soulless euro draft with a couple of TWISTS. You will have to listen in to hear what the twists are.

BACK LEGENDS OF SLEEPY HOLLOW HERE!

Also once again there is a contest where you can win a room in Vegas free at the end of the month go here for the details!
—> https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1864443/unrivaled-finals-ve…

Also go here to vote on who WON this Dry soulless Euro Draft as well. And remember to keep in mind the twists as well when you vote.
https://boardgamegeek.com/article/27185727#27185727

Please Check out the Charity First Giving site as well if you would like to make a tax free donation. And thanks to ALL who have already!
https://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/gamersforcures/2017

Some Other Random Things we talk about!

Stuffed Fables — Plaid hat Story book game line

Majesty: For the Realm Marc Andre– Splendor, Barony
Looks more Splendor than Barony (chips too)

Star Wars: Destiny— Rivals Coming soon

Tiny Epic Defenders expansion and new base game
(now with itemeeples)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coe/tiny-epic-defenders…

Near and Far Amber Mines
Red Raven Games
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/953146955/near-and-far-…

Detective City of Angels– Van Ryder Games (AJ Porfirio)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vanrydergames/detective…

Stellar Leap! Weird Giraffe GamesCarla Kopp
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/weirdgiraffegames/stell…

Dice Hospital: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alleycatgames/dice-hosp…

Crows: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/99575233/tyler-sigmans-…

Euclid (non gaming project): https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1075898346/euclid-a-mor…

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Dan and Chris are joined this episode by Josh Mills and JVMA winner Jerry Reece for a fun filled episode! We talk about the impact of Board Game Apps on sales and how publishers or designers look at them, and at online implementations.

Couple games mentioned and talked about

Justice League: Dawn of Heroes
Bottom of the 9th: Clubhouse Expansion
Great Western Trail
Dragonfire
Sagrada
Gang Rush Breakout
Ginkgopolis

 

 

 

And we let Jerry pick the topic of the latest board game draft as we bring Josh back to defend his title!

 

Draft Results

 

Chris

1 Twilight Imperium 3

2 Arkham Horror

3 Hero Quest

4 Gloomhaven

 

Jerry

1 Mansions of Madness 2ed

2 Robinson Crusoe

3 Mice and Mystics

4 The Adventurers: The Temple of Chac

 

Dan

1 Star Wars: Rebellion

2 Firefly: The Game

3 Flash Point Fire Rescue

4 Letters From Whitechapel

 

Josh

1 The Grizzled

2 Thunder Alley

3 Adrenaline

4 Colt Express

 

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Kickstarter —  

 

Vegas Wits and Wagers

Red Dragon Inn Battle for Gryport Pirates

The Kings Guild

Alexandria: Library in Cinders

Ancient Artifacts

The Heck does THAT say—

 

 

GEN CON 2017

 

Asmodee Digital Announcements

Ticket to Ride: First Journey (Steam, Mac, iOS & Android), Carcassonne (Android & Steam) & Smash Up (Steam, iOS & Android).

2018 Games (From their Press Release)

• Zombicide: The collaborative game in which players take on the roles of survivors and work together to combat the undead.
• Scythe: Stonemaier’s beautifully designed engine-building game.
• Terraforming Mars: The Spiel des Jahres nominee that has players advance human infrastructure across the solar system.​
• Bananagrams: The family-favorite word game.
• Gloom

 

Legendary DXP Released (now on Apple Store) — Runs great now

Bottom of the 9th digital app launched bot9digital.com

 

Also we Talk about all the things we bought at the con, and what we missed. How the con felt with the record attendance this year, what parties or meetups we went to…

And of course GAMES!!!

Including:

Clank! In! Space!

Hero Realms

Tiny Park

King Frog

We Didn’t Playtest This At All: Legacies

Horizons NOW UP ON KICKSTARTER!!

Mountains of Madness

Candy Chasers

Head of Mousehold

Battle Kittens

Templars Journey

Wasteland Express Delivery Service FLEEPLES!

Ex Libris

NHL DeckBuilder

Valletta

Photosynthesis

Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Card Game

The Climbers

 

We will be back real soon with a Draft show next show and a special guest as well!

Thanks for listening!

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Tonight Matt Wolfe Join Chis and Dan for our special yearly Gen Con Preview.

We do our Top 11 To try (demo only games) and top 11 to buy!

We throw in a couple of solid discussions as well.

Come find us at Gen Con and say HI and thanks for listening!

I will try and Link As many As I can sometime soon.

News:
GAS MEETUP!!
Yard House wed night 9pm

Legendary DXP– releasing 8-17 IIRC — much more stable
Bott of 9th App
Yucata– First Class released
Played Horizons and
Lisboa
Ascension: Alliances
Dized throne of Games https://dized.com/
App to teach games

Discussion about
Century: Spice Road (Gollem Edition)

Renegade Games– Trolling or new release?

To Try

Dan

HM Neon Knights 2086 –Board to Death (no booth)

11Fallout: Wasteland Warfare— Modiphius

10 The Shared Dream— Odam Publishing

9 Ancestree — Calliope Games Tile Laying– eric Lang

8 Before the Earth Explodes Green Couch — Adrian Adamescu, Daryl Andrews

7Founders of Gloomhaven Cephalofair

6Alien Artifacts — Portal

5 Big Trouble in Little china The Game— Everything Epic– more for curiosity than anything else

4 Edge Of Darkness (AEG) Mystic Vale guy

3Pandemic Legacy Season 2 (But I won’t demo it)

2 Merlin— FELD! Queen Games (Legend of sleepy hollow!)

1 Thunderstone Quest AEG

Matt

To try (demo only)

1. Riverboat
2. Museum
3. Alien Artifacts
4. Stacked
5. Ancestree
6. Barker’s Row
7. The Big Score
8. Lucky’s Misadventures
9. Black Souls
10. Monster Slaughter
11. Animal Upon Animal: Memory Stacking

Chris
I have no idea I can’t follow it.
Merlin
Pioneers

To Buy!

Dan

TO BUY ($ 603)

TO BUY ($ 603)

11- Sword and Sorcery— Ares 80$

10 Skyward— Passport (rule and make) 25$ (divvy mechanic)

9- The Expanse Board Game— WizKids– Geoff Englestein– Like Twilight Struggle 50$

8 First Martians:Adventures on the Red Planet –Portal 75$

7 Oath of Brotherhood (Worker Placement AEG) $50  

6 Professor Evil and the Citadel of Time— Passport/Fun Forge $40 — Fully co-op Feels like Skyway Robbery but coop and little simpler

5 Bunny Kingdom— 50$ Iello Richard Garfield– Drafting, area control/placement

4 DC DBG Confrontations 43$– Crypto

3Wasteland Express Delivery Service— 80$ IDW FLEEPLES!

2 Dragonfire (Catalyst–60$) –like the Shadowrun crossfire card game,campaign/legacy aspect

1 Valletta-– Z-Man Stephan Dora 50$ Deck Building Euroish

Matt
To buy (for sale at the show)

1. Downforce
2. Ex Libris
3. Battle Kittens
4. Custom Heroes
5. Get Adler!
6. Gold Raiders
7. Head of Mousehold
8. Rick and Morty: Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind Deck-Building Game
9. Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Card Game
10. Sparkle*Kitty
11. Zoo Ball

Chris

To Buy

1. Mountains of Madness $40
2. Wasteland Express Delivery Service
3. Ex Libris 60$
4. Photosynthesis
5. Unearth
6. 3 Secrets
7. Professor Evil and the Citadel of Time— Passport/Fun Forge $40
8. Deadline
9. 13 Minutes: The Cuban Missile Crisis
10. Lovecraft Letter
11. Nemo’s War 75$

Some Extras— Expansions at the Show!
Expansions

6 Valeria Card Kingdoms Flames and Frost— Expansion –$25

5 Nations the Dice Game-Unrest– 50$ EXPANSION!!

4 Cities of Splendor— 40$ 4 Expansions

3 Terraforming Mars: Hellas & Elysium — SHG Expansion 20$

2 Champions of Midgard Expansions

1 Hogwarts Battle Monster box of Monsters— $30 USAopoly

Found these two late so didn’t add them to a list of expansion
Five Tribes
Quadropolis

 

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Comicon was this past weekend so we have to talk about all the AMAZING trailers that came out, from Justice League to Thor to Stranger Things 2, we talk about them all.

We also talk about some games played, and playing with very much non gamers.

Finally we talk about some Viral Marketing of Games which has gone on, and how do react to those campaigns?

KS Stuff:

 

Phil Reed’s new book project: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/102137316/modern-army-action-figures-gi-joe-newspaper-ad-198

Twin Stars solo gaming from Mike Mullins and ButtonShy: 

Action News

Crusaders

Omenass: Hand of Fate

Founders of Gloomhaven

Rolling Empires

Legendary DXP

 

 

Comic Con Trailers Discussed

Ready Player One

Justice League (Lanterns mentioned!) At end SuperMan or Green Lantern?

Thor Ragnarok

Infinity War

Stranger Things 2 (awesome— Thriller GB Dragons lair)

Bright (Will Smith)

Kingsman 2

Pacific Rim

 

Dan

Camel Up Cards

Vegas

Roll for it

Liars Dice

Code Names and Pictures

CaH (Yes Really) 

Family Guy Stewies Sexy Party Game (Yes Really)

 

Chris Games played

Lisboa

Sol: Last Days of a Star

Dice Forge

Parfum

A Dog’s Life

Yamataï

Five Tribes with Artisans expansion

Raxxon 

First Martians

 

 

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Tonight Dan and Chris are all over the map.. talking about summer movies we have seen, the new hotness Monopoly Gamer(?) and also about a ton of games we have played over the last month and a half.

Did We like Century Spice road?

How about Spider Man?

Or What about Captain Sonar?

Listen and see!

Thanks for listening!

So if you are looking just for the board game stuff once we start talking about movies, I believe the BG stuff is about 1:30 in

KS stuff

Action News
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/contender/action-news-t…

Savage Planet (Ended but fun discussion)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/imphouse/savage-planet-…

TripLock– Adam Carleson Chip Theory Games
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chiptheorygames/triploc…

So Some Movies we talk about…

Magnificent 7
10 Cloverfield Lane
Wonder woman
Transformers
Office Christmas Party
Logan
Kong: Skull Island
Spiderman

Origins and Nerdtacular and just at Casa De GeekJock

Roll Player

Lisboa

HIDE–

Sentient

Master of Orion

Raiders of the North Sea

Kingdomino

Honshu

Captain Sonar

Century:Spice Road

Epic PVP

Pocket Mars

Lost Expedition

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Tonight Dan is joined by Ben Pinchback, Josh Mills and Matt Wolfe for a quick (ish) Origins look back, and we introduce a new type of show.
A BOARD GAME DRAFT!

The four of us will do a four round draft of our best Pick up and Deliver games and YOU will determine who wins the draft!

July’s contest will be making sure you Vote (and thumb the thread for the poll) and also sharing on Twitter and social media. Use #GASPaDDRAFT

At the end of july we will draw a random winner again!

The thread for voting is —-> https://boardgamegeek.com/article/26195576#26195576

Thanks for Listening!

— Geek Jock

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