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0:00:36 Introductions

Dan Patriss (@geekjockblog & geekjock on BGG)

Chris Kirkman (@dicehateme & ckirkman on BGG) drinking a Guinness

Mateo Lobo (@mattwolfe & mattwolfe on BGG) drinking a Carolina Brewery Sky Blue

Adam Skelding (@spur_serif & fiveaces on BGG) drinking a Saranac Porter

Chris Mosley (@bittercommish & cmosley on BGG) drinking a Unibroue La Fin du Monde

Linus (@mygodafreshman & loaf3295 on BGG) drinking a Leinenkugel Watermelon Shandy

0:04:23 Introduction to Tournament Brackets and Voting Criteria

Brackets

0:05:29 2000

1 Carcassonne
8/9 Cartagena / Monza

4 Star Wars: The Queen’s Gambit
5 Lord of the Rings

3 Battle Line
6 The Princes of Florence

2 Blokus
7 Citadels

Sent Home Early: Cosmic Encounter

0:43:16 2005

1 Caylus
8/9 Descent / Animal Upon Animal

4 Glory to Rome
5 Wits and Wagers

3 Arkham Horror
6 Shadows Over Camelot

2 Twilight Struggle
7 Twilight Imperium 3

1:27:18 2010

1 Dominant Species
8/9 7 Wonders / Ascension

4 Defenders of the Realm
5 Troyes

3 Lords of Vegas
6 Fresco

2 Forbidden Island
7 The Speicherstadt

Sent Home Early: Snake Oil / Alien Frontiers / Glen More / Innovation / Merchants and Marauders

2:09:50 2015

1 Pandemic Legacy
8/9 Cacao / The Bloody Inn

4 Discoveries
5 Isle of Skye

3 Mysterium
6 Grand Austria Hotel

2 Forbidden Stars
7 The Voyages of Marco Polo

Sent Home Early: Brew Crafters / Codenames / Isle of Trains / TIME Stories / Blood Rage / 7 Wonders Duel / Food Chain Magnate / Baseball Highlights 2045 / The Gallerist / Bottom of the 9th / Tiny Epic Galaxies / Between Two Cities / Champions of Midgard / Gold West / Flick ‘em Up! / Mombasa

3:08:00 Final Four

3:16:18 Wrap Up

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Tonight Dan, Chris and special guest Darrell Louder discuss and break down the good the bad and the ugly of Dawn of Justice.

We Dangent as always a few time but it’s a great discussion as always. Thanks for listening!

Please feel free to comment here on facebook or on the BGG guild on your thoughts to the show and the movie!!

Thanks for listenig

–GeekJock

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0:00:33 Introductions

Dan Patriss (@geekjockblog & geekjock on BGG)

Chris Kirkman (@dicehateme & ckirkman on BGG)

Darrell Louder (@getlouder & @TheUnpub & getlouder on BGG)

0:03:06 Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice Movie Review

Max Landis Rant

Injustice Gods Among Us All Cutscenes from Video Game

2:29:04 Final Grades

2:35:14 Wrap Up

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Tonight Dan And Chris talk about some games including Dice City and Grand Austria Hotel, which leads us into a nice discussion of Down time in games.

Is it good, how bad is it?

We also get a visit from the Don Buonocore and we give a nice preview of this year’s Unpub 6!

Thanks for listening!

Thanks to Buonocore for visiting with us and also big thanks to Darrell Louder for giving us the deets on Unpub!

Give us your opinions on down time in games. Which ones are bad. Do you care if you are playing with friends?

And what is your opinions on Grand Austria Hotel

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Obligatory Yspahan Link

0:00:31 Introductions

Dan Patriss (@geekjockblog & geekjock on BGG)

Chris Kirkman (@dicehateme & ckirkman on BGG)

Kickstarter
0:05:34 Wok on Fire!

0:05:57 Pack O Game Set 2

Other Geekery
0:09:50 Knights of Badassdom

0:12:10 Ghostbusters Trailer

What Have We Been Playing?
0:21:26 Ascension: Dreamscape
0:27:04 Legendary: Dark City
0:30:38 DC Comics Deck-Building Game: Rivals-Batman vs. The Joker
0:33:24 Dice City
0:45:55 Grand Austria Hotel

1:04:29 Down Time in Games
1:15:23 Games that have a lot of down time Twitter responses
Scoville, World of Warcraft: The Boardgame, Dungeon Roll, Concordia, Twilight Imperium III

Interviews
1:23:06 Interview with Stephen Buonocore
1:40:36 Stellar Conflict
1:44:03 Piratoons
1:47:10 City of Spies
1:52:34 Pursuit of Happiness
1:57:00 Great Western Trail
1:59:45 La Granja

2:07:37 Interview with Darrell Louder about UnPub
2:26:01 Darrell’s H.P. Lovecraft themed co-design with Richard Launius

2:38:10 Wrap Up

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Tonight Dan and Chris are joined by Matt and Ben (AKA the Fleeples) as they discuss their upcoming card games based on Back to the Future and The Goonies.

They also get into some interesting Kickstarter banter and some other discussions of games in development.

And of course YOUR questions.

Please shoot us some mail with any Q’s for us at thegeekallstars@gmail.com . We could use some more Q’s for the show.

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Thanks for Listening!

–GeekJock

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Obligatory Yspahan Link

0:00:32 Introductions
Dan Patriss (@geekjockblog & geekjock on BGG)

Chris Kirkman (@dicehateme & ckirkman on BGG)

Matt Riddle (@mdriddlen & riddlen on BGG)

Ben Pinchback (@pinchback21 & bno70_1 on BGG)

News
0:06:31 Stronghold Games and eggertspiele partnership
The Speicherstadt / JORVIC
0:09:22 Episode 87-Top 11 Feld Games
Bora Bora / Trajan

Kickstarter
0:17:13 Wok on Fire!

0:17:48 Battlestations

0:19:51 Villages of Valeria

0:20:16 Sentinels of the Multiverse: OblivAeon

0:25:55 Don’t Get Eated / Club Zen & Monster Truck Mayhem

0:39:02 Kickstarter Post Mortem to be posted on dicehateme.com

What Have We Been Playing
1:09:44 The Voyages of Marco Polo
1:12:03 Don’t Get Eated / Club Zen
1:14:00 Istanbul
1:17:30 Champions of Midgard / Raiders of the North Sea
1:20:58 Heroes of the Storm / Overwatch
1:23:55 D&D Dice Masters / Swinging Jivecat Voodoo Lounge
1:25:20 Fleet Wharfside

Back to the Future and The Goonies
1:26:20 Back to the Future: An Adventure Through Time
1:33:44 The Goonies Adventure Card Game

2:02:45 Games in Development by Matt and Ben
2:21:02 Guild Questions

Wrap Up
2:38:11 Dan loves us very much

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This is it, the Games of the year for 2015!

We have a nice large cast of all stars for what is always among our favorite shows of the year.

We cover the top 20 games we played last year.

What will win the Geek Allstars Game of the year for 2015???

Cast includes Dan, Chris, Mosley, Adam S, And Wolfe.

We also go over what the Schmoe’s choice was for 2015 and the lists will surprise you how close they were.

Thanks for listening!!

–GeekJock

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Show Notes

0:00:34 Introductions

Dan Patriss (@geekjockblog & geekjock on BGG) drinking a Hi-Wire Doppelbock and a Mother Earth Brewing Sisters of the Moon

Chris Kirkman (@dicehateme & ckirkman on BGG) drinking a lemon grass ginger green tea

Chris Mosley (@bittercommish & cmosley on BGG) drinking a Unibroue La Fin Du Monde

Adam Skelding (@spur_serif & fiveaces on BGG) drinking a North Coast Brewing Blue Star Wheat

Matt Wolfe (@mattwolfe & mattwolfe on BGG) drinking a North Coast Brewing Blue Star Wheat

0:03:29 Don’t Get Eated / Club Zen Kickstarter

0:08:25 Overview of eligibility and voting for the Best of 2015

0:13:16 Dice Hate Me Game of the Year

Geek Allstars Top 20
0:14:43 #20 Hostage Negotiator
0:18:05 #19 Kanban
0:23:27 #18 Eggs and Empires
0:29:07 #17 Champions of Midgard
0:32:44 #16 Aquasphere
0:39:44 #15 The Voyages of Marco Polo
0:45:39 #14 Discoveries
0:54:21 #13 Zhanguo
0:59:37 #12 Viceroy
1:09:08 #11 Pandemic: The Cure
1:17:29 #10 New York 1901 under strong protest by Wolfe
1:30:33 #09 Baseball Highlights 2045
1:42:03 #08 Gold West
1:45:33 #07 Forbidden Stars
1:57:41 #06 Pandemic Legacy and tangents on legacy games/alpha players/etc.
2:21:08 #05 Brew Crafters
2:28:44 #04 Roll for the Galaxy
2:36:40 #03 Orleans
2:41:35 #02 La Granja under protest from Kirkman

2:50:23 Honorable Mentions: The Staufer Dynasty, Akrotiri, Cacao, La Isla, DC Dice Masters, Black Fleet, The Grizzled, Elysium, Deus, Warehouse 51, Isle of Skye, Patchwork, Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn, Abluxxen, Isle of Trains, Brew Crafters Travel Card Game, Coup: Guatemala 1954, Colt Express, Floating Market, Spyfall, Argent: The Consortium, Loopin’ Chewie, Artifacts, Inc., Scoville, Lanterns, Wharfside

3:00:44 #01 Codenames

3:06:04 Schmoes Top 20
#20 Wharfside
#19 Above and Below
#18 Blood Rage
#17 Forbidden Stars (also #7 on Geek Allstars List)
#16 Gold West (also #8 on Geek Allstars List)
#15 Isle of Skye
#14 The Golden Ages
#13 Roll for the Galaxy (also #4 on Geek Allstars List)
#12 Kanban (also #19 on Geek Allstars List)
#11 Fields of Arle
#10 Zhanguo (also #13 on Geek Allstars List)
#09 Patchwork
#08 The Voyages of Marco Polo (also #15 on Geek Allstars List)
#07 La Granja (also #2 on Geek Allstars List)
#06 Arboretum
#05 Castles of Mad King Ludwig
#04 Brew Crafters (also #5 on Geek Allstars List)
#03 Pandemic Legacy (also #6 on Geek Allstars List)
#02 Orleans (also #3 on Geek Allstars List)
#01 Codenames (also #1 on Geek Allstars List)

Wrap Up
3:08:28 Dan thanks everyone and tells us how much he loves us
March Madness tournament bracket coming soon
Special secret interview coming soon. Get ready to drink.

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Tonight we hit on a trio of Stronghold games overviews and impressions.

We also hit on some news and also a few kickstarters to check out.

Let us know your thoughts on Porta Nigra, The Golden Ages and/or New Dawn on the guild or on Twitter!

Thanks for listening!

–GeekJock

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Show Notes

0:00:33 Introductions
Dan Patriss (@geekjockblog & geekjock on BGG)

Chris Kirkman (@dicehateme & ckirkman on BGG)

0:02:49 The State of Games 2015 Game of the Year Podcast
0:03:12 Best of 2015 Show Coming (Episode 117)
0:03:56 Rodrigo Lopez Book
0:05:05 New York 1901 Rebuttal of TC Petty’s Rant
0:19:07 London
0:23:41 Bear Valley
0:27:00 Mega MooseCon in Richburg, SC July 23-24

Kickstarter
0:28:45 2015 Tabletop projects
0:34:42 Don’t Get Eated / Club Zen

0:47:11 Tiny Epic Western

0:48:40 Dice Tower Season 12

0:49:07 Villages of Valeria
Coming Soon to Kickstarter

0:50:55 Guards of Atlantis

0:52:40 Manhattan Project: Chain Reaction

0:53:54 Don’t Get Eated / Club Zen special funding level

News
0:56:05 Current Geek appearance by Dan

Stronghold Games Overview and Impressions
0:56:50 Introduction
0:58:20 The Golden Ages and Cults & Cultures

1:34:00 Porta Nigra

2:03:29 New Dawn

2:32:34 Ranking of the 3

Wrap Up
2:38:18 Connect with the Geek Allstars

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Dan, Chris, Todd, and Riddle, talk about, spoil, theorize and just plain have a great time bantering about Star Wars Episode 7.

Go DL it and let us know your thoughts and how you liked the show.

And please remember SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS all in this thread and on the show.

You’ve been warned.

Thanks for listening!

Show Notes

0:00:32 Introductions
Dan Patriss (@geekjockblog & geekjock on BGG)

Chris Kirkman (@dicehateme & ckirkman on BGG)

Matt Riddle (@mdriddlen & riddlen on BGG)

Todd Russell

0:01:27 How many times and where have you seen the movie?

Characters

0:08:20 Poe Damaron
0:16:34 Dan drops a Serenity bomb
0:20:29 Finn (FN-2187)
0:31:13 Rey
0:58:16 Kylo Ren
1:12:50 Maz Kanata
1:39:02 BB-8

1:16:34 What did you love about the movie?
1:27:07 Riddle’s ranking of the movies
1:30:19 What did you dislike about the movie?
1:47:25 Director discussion

Questions
2:00:05 How stupid is Starkiller Base?
2:02:56 How could Rey suddenly be such a good lightsaber duelist?
2:07:19 Who is Snoke?
2:10:41 Who is Lor San Tekka?
2:13:55 Why don’t masters ever feel the need to finish the training until after the apprentice faces adversity?
2:18:07 Why do all facilities have bridges over large pits?

2:19:18 Novelization of Episode I
2:21:04 Yoda
2:22:37 Theories and Predictions
2:28:38 Ranking of Star Wars movies

Wrap Up
2:40:27 Connect with the Geek Allstars

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Tonight Dan and Chris share their initial impressions of Tiny Epic Western and Champions of Midgard.

Thanks for listening!

-GeekJock

Show Notes

0:00:35 Introductions
Dan Patriss (@geekjockblog & geekjock on BGG) drinking a Stella Artois and a Harpoon Big Squeeze Shandy

Chris Kirkman (@dicehateme & ckirkman on BGG) drinking a Laphroaig 10yr Scotch

0:01:28 Kirkman’s last day of class (teaching Intro to Graphic Design at UNC-CH)
0:02:34 Sports Talk

News
0:08:21 Dominion app released
0:10:41 Stronghold Games preorder closing on The Golden Ages / Porta Nigra / Stronghold 2nd Edition on 12/13/15
0:11:06 Stronghold Games to publish New Dawn
0:13:47 Thread for discussing Top 10 games since Essen 2014 to be posted in guild soon
0:14:45 Greater Than Games holiday sale
0:15:46 Dan played Sentinels of the Multiverse app some more
0:17:27 Dice Hate Me 2015 Holiday Gift Guide

Games We Have Been Playing
0:19:38 The Bloody Inn / Bottom of the 9th
0:21:56 Roll For It / Batman: Love Letter
0:22:51 Pandemic: Legacy
0:24:50 Roll for the Galaxy
0:27:37 Lords of Waterdeep with Scoundrels of Skullport

Tiny Epic Western
Gamelyn Games Link
0:33:16 Introduction
0:38:21 Rules Overview
0:57:13 Setup/Rules Accessibility/Poker Mechanism
1:06:32 Game Length
1:08:20 Shootout
1:12:50 Final Impressions

1:15:49 Speculation on next mechanism for Tiny Epic series
1:17:35 Joraku

Champions of Midgard

1:18:32 Introduction
1:20:42 Overview
1:27:13 Components
1:30:51 Final Impressions
1:34:45 Replayability
1:39:10 Randomness
1:43:07 Comparison to Lords of Waterdeep
1:51:40 Variable Player Powers

1:57:58 Comparison of 2-Player Experience of Champions of Midgard and Tiny Epic Western
1:58:58 Cost of Champions of Midgard. Consider purchasing at Miniature Market.
2:00:31 Tiny Epic Western evolution of the Tiny Epic series
2:03:31 Dan and Chris encourage getting others into the hobby

Games to Consider Using
Forbidden Island
Gloom
Coloretto
Roll For It
Belle of the Ball
Machi Koro
Ticket to Ride
Stone Age
Star Realms

Wrap Up
2:10:44 Connect with the Geek Allstars
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Tonight Dan and Chris are joined by our good buddy Jason Kotarski for a recap of the annual Gamers For Cures Charity gaming marathon.

We also get into a TON of games we got to play which include some brand new games straight from this year’s essen.

We also give an overview of some upcoming Green Couch games and also of ManaSurge.

Here’s a couple of links for the KS I would love for you guys to check out.

I wanted to get these links in here quick in case Mosley didn’t have a chance to get notes up before these projects completed

Monster Truck Mayhem (Go back this now time is running out!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dicehateme/monster-truc…

ManaSurge
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dailymagicgames/manasur…

Islebound (Red Raven Games– Ryan Laukat
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/953146955/islebound

Once again thanks to everyone who supported us this year in our Gamers for Cures 5th annual 24 hour board game marathon to benefit Turner Syndrome Society of the US!

Thanks for Listening!

–GeekJock

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Show Notes

0:00:34 Introductions
Dan Patriss (@geekjockblog & geekjock on BGG) drinking a White Russian
Chris Kirkman (@dicehateme & ckirkman on BGG) drinking a Beefeater Gin & Tonic
Jason Kotarski (@jasonkotarski & jguitarstring on BGG)

Green Couch Games News
0:07:59 Best Treehouse Ever
0:08:43 Wok on Fire! coming to Kickstarter in 2016
0:10:05 Rocky Road A La Mode coming to Kickstarter in 2016
0:11:15 JurassAttack / Avalance at Yeti Mountain

News
0:11:53 Bottom of the 9th
0:16:04 Stronghold Games acquired rights to publish Village line of games

Kickstarter
0:24:20 Monster Truck Mayhem

0:28:23 Islebound

0:30:50 Tavarua

0:32:08 ManaSurge

Gamers for Cures
0:38:02 Pandemic Legacy / Space Hulk / Car Wars Card Game / Battlestations / Dungeon Fighter / Rally Up

What Have We Been Playing
0:51:57 Antarctica
0:59:56 Gold West
1:04:02 Feld tangent
1:06:12 TIME Stories
1:10:34 Too Many Cinderellas
1:13:16 Yspahan
1:22:10 Dr. Eureka
1:26:12 Vye: The Card Game of Capture and Control
1:31:02 DC Dice Masters: War of Light
1:38:50 Mysterium
1:42:29 Codenames
1:44:02 The Bloody Inn
1:54:32 Shadows Over Camelot

App News
1:56:17 Galaxy Trucker new expansions
1:57:09 Sentinels of the Multiverse mini pack

What are we thankful for?
1:58:19 Dan
1:59:27 Chris
2:01:21 Kotarski

Question
2:04:28 What is the worst thing that happened to a game you own?
Dig Dug Cocktail Machine

Wrap Up
2:14:56 Connect with the Geek Allstars
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Tonight Dan and Chris do a two man show.

And they venture off into very familiar territory of seemingly every topic in the world.

Kickstarter? Check.

Blizzcon, Check.

Star Wars game announcement, Check.

Charity Event, Check.

DC Dice Masters, Check.

and much much more! Thanks for listening!

–GeekJock

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Show Notes

0:00:33 Introductions
Dan Patriss (@geekjockblog & geekjock on BGG) drinking a Kona Brewing Company Big Wave Golden Ale
Chris Kirkman (@dicehateme & ckirkman on BGG) drinking a Rusty Nail

0:04:00 Kirkman’s Travels
0:05:40 Dan’s Travels

Kickstarter
0:10:40 Monster Truck Mayhem

0:15:57 Link to State of Games Episode 95 with MTM designers The Fleeples

0:17:00 Kill Doctor Lucky Deluxe 19.5th Anniversary Edition

0:19:14 ManaSurge

0:21:30 Stretch Rewards based on Facebook likes, Retweets, Thumbs on BGG, etc.

Blizzard Update
0:24:26 Warcraft Movie Trailer

0:25:33 BlizzCon
0:27:22 Kirkman Tangent: Console Games
0:30:07 World of Warcraft expansion

Starcraft 2 expansion

Hearthstone

Overwatch

0:31:19 Screen Issues is now available wherever you download podcasts and at screenissues.com

Board Game Apps
0:33:15 Sentinels of the Multiverse: Learn to Play Edition (free)
0:35:59 Dead of Winter Crossroads Companion

What Have We Been Playing Lately
0:42:24 CVlizations
0:52:07 DC Dice Masters: War of Light
0:59:08 Among the Stars: Revival
1:09:46 Eldritch Horror
1:13:02 Time Stories

The Greatest American Hero Remake Announced

1:20:56 Exoplanets

News
1:21:50 Star Wars: Rebellion
1:27:28 Dan states his opinion on The Empire Strikes Back. If anyone needed any evidence to take his opinions with a grain of salt, please reference this segment of the podcast.

Announcements
1:29:34 Gamers for Cures 5th Annual 24 Hour Board Game Marathon to Benefit Turner Syndrome Society at the Gamer’s Armory in Cary, NC on November 7, 2015

Donate at First Giving

Wrap Up
1:37:52 Connect with the Geek Allstars
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