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The Geek Allstars Episode 64 – Interview w/ Ben Rosset, creator of Brew Crafters and Gamers For Cures Charity Raffle Info

As I like to do every now and then I forgot to post this! I tend to try and wait till it’s officially up on iTunes to post then next thing you know BAM I forgot :( Sorry all…

 

Enjoy!

 

Tonight Chris and I have the pleasure of interviewing Ben Rosset, the designer of Brew Crafters.

We cover a ton of stuff, from early gaming with his Grandma to what makes Brew Crafters’ tick.

We also wanted to let you know how you can get in on the raffle fun of the Gamers For Cures 24 hour board game marathon to benefit Turner Syndrome Society of the US.

You can STILL get your raffle tickets and win one of the 90+ great prizes! Check out www.gamersarmory.com for more info or http://www.gamersarmory.com/catalog/ to buy raffle tickets for one of the 90 lots of games you can win!

Any Q’s please let me know.

For Downloads please check out www.gamersforcures.com

Thanks for Listening

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Episode 63 TONS of Games Played, a Female Voice, A Firewall Review and something called Essen!

Tonight we ramble on for 3 hours on a TON of topics.

First we introduce Mrs. GeekJock’s beautiful voice to the airways, then head to Kickstarter.

We then touch on the HUGE amount of games we have been playing including a ton of smaller Essen releases we got to play, many of them smaller Japanese card games.

We finally get to our long awaited Firewall review (NOW ON KICKSTARTER please check it out). (About the 2 hour mark)

And someone said there is thing called Essen next week and Adam will tell us what games he will buy. Thanks for listening!!

Ok some games we touch on

–Sushi Go
–Cinque Terre (rio Grande) Designer Chris Handy (Long Shot)
–Lords Of Waterdeep with the MRS and my 6 year old!
–Wits and Wagers
–Pandemic iOS
–Double Impact
–Brew Crafters
–Pikomino
–Eminent Domain
–Trains
— Tier af Tier
–Las Vegas
–Game night full of short gamesWith Eric Martin: Japanese games:Eggs of Ostrich, Sushi Draft, Patronize, Machi Koro
Non Japanese: Quantum, Relic Runners, Buccaneer Bones

SOOO sorry this one went so long and hope it’s as entertaining to listen to as it was to record.

NOTE: I had some problems with some editing and lost a few mins of audio and all the bumpers I had added in there. SO there might be some appearances of “Future Dan” to deal with.

Thanks for listening!

Please also do us a favor and check out www.gamersforcures.com for info on our 3rd annual 24 hour board game marathon to benefit Turner Syndrome Society of the US (Nov 9, 2013)

 
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Episode 62 Pitch me a Game!

Episode 62 is currently available for download.

Therein we discuss the Fall TV lineup thus far, graphic novels, more behind the scenes of publishing, and we pitch prototype games to each other.

Adam and I are trying our hands at making a game together and we pitched it to Chris. Please let us know on the guild what you think of our idea!

 

We also address some All-stars listener questions and of course, have some Dangents. Check it out!

Please also do us a favor and check out www.gamersforcures.com for info on our 3rd annual 24 hour board game marathon to benefit Turner Syndrome Society of the US (Nov 9, 2013)

 

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Episode 61 Joe Schmoe Con Wrap up!

Today we check in on the last day of our con within a con Joe Schmoe Con 2013.

We touch on a ton of games including Pillars o the Earth Downfall of Pompei, Gravewell, Viva Java (and MORE) and give our feed back on all of them.

The audio is a little low since it was in the lobby of the hotel but hey there’s no random Thunderbolt this time!

Hope you enjoy and thanks for listening.

Next episode  we plan on doing a Questions from the listeners show!

Please check out our Guild and also our site www.thegeekallstars.com for links to the DL’s

Please also do us a favor and check out www.gamersforcures.com for info on our 3rd annual 24 hour board game marathon to benefit Turner Syndrome Society of the US (Nov 9, 2013)

–GeekJock

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Episode 60 Gen Con Recap

Tonight, despite crazy thunder storms we recorded our Gen Con 2013 recap show.

We go day by day and give insight into what we did , what we played (and how we liked) many games from Gen Con.

It’s a good look into the craziness that is 4 of the best days in gaming every year.

Watch out for the LOUD clap of thunder which scared the bejesus out of us at about the 1 hour mark.

We also announce the winner of our Cool Stuff Inc contest. Thanks for listening!

Please also do us a favor and check out www.gamersforcures.com for info on our 3rd annual 24 hour board game marathon to benefit Turner Syndrome Society of the US (Nov 9, 2013)

–GeekJock

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Episode 59 Gen Con 2013 What to try and what to BUY!

Tonight we went a bit informal of a list type chat. We try and get a list of top 11 games we want to try/demo and top 11 games we want to buy (b/c you know everything goes better to 11!).

There are some overlap here and there and we do our own way of dealing with that (I’m not always a huge fan of it shows up later so I’m not gonna comment so we do it our own way…. we just TALK)which I hope you guys all enjoy.

We are joined by Darrell Louder (who had to leave early) who gave us some of his demo’s and try before he buys. And also TC Petty III (who had to show up late) who gives us his own unique take on what he wants to play.

We had a fun time doing these and truly want to play a ton of games and want to get tons of games bought and into our collections! I hope our stress free round table is as enjoyable to listen to as it was to record. But of course I hope this helps your trip go faster then it really is!

Thanks for listening, and hope to see you at Gen Con!
–GeekJock

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Episode 58 — Interviews with Stephen Buonocore of Stronghold Games and Dan Yarrington of Game Salute/Myriad Games

Sorry this didn’t get up last week when the show went up, I went out of town right after I got the episode uploaded so I completely dropped the ball on updating this site. Sorry all. Please enjoy the show!

 

We have a GREAT show lined up today!

We had the amazing pleasure of interviewing two of the true greats in the industry today in Dan Yarrington of Game Salute and Myriad Games fame, and Stephen Buonocore of Stronghold games.

We talk to Dan about his history of gaming and becoming a store owner as well as his transition into fulfillment and what they are doing of late to help the newer and smaller game publishers out there.

Check out all the events/talks Dan will be doing as well as all the games they will have for sale and/or Demo at Gen con
here-> www.GameSalute.com/GenCon

If you would like to volunteer to help them out there are still a couple of those needed. So click on the volunteer link on their site to sign up today! It’s a great time and there are some perks/rewards with this as well.

As for Mr. Buonocore, not only do we hear about his gaming roots but we hear what is in store from Stronghold Games at Gen Con and get a scoop or two from him about some previously unmentioned future projects.

And we also announce our part in Dice Tower Network’s Cool Stuff Inc gift certificate giveaway contest! Thanks for listening! (you can also find out the details of this contest on the thread on our guild!)

I know it’s kinda soon since we last put up an episode but I will be out of town for work for the whole next week and I really wanted to get our chat with these guys up well before the Con so people can see what they have coming up.

Thanks as always for listening and see everyone at Gen Con
–GeekJock

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Episode 57– What we have been playing, Comic Con 2013 movie talk, and tentacles are for who?

Tonight is a great episode, we have 5 of us on a nice round table discussing a TON of stuff.

We have as our Round Table
Dice Hate Me Chris K
Shawn “Angry Dice” P
Dan GeekJock
Daniel “Design a game a min” Solis
Tom Go Forth and Game(dot com) G.

We talk about Kickstarters current including Viva Java Dice, Fallen, and one you should go out and back right now FROG FLIP! (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/108292040/frogflip-from-…)

And then we hit on some KS controversy. Including The Agents and a quite interesting discussion on Kickstarter kicking Schoolgirls Love Tentacles off of the site.

We also touch what we have been playing of late, including Hanabi, Marvel Legendary Dark City, and 2 upcoming Kickstarters from Game Salute in Kings Forge and Top Promoter.

THEN, we finish off with some great Movie talk both from what has been announced at Comic Con and also what has been out this summer.

Thanks for listening!

–GeekJock

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The Geek Allstars Episode 56 — Princes of the Dragon Throne Special And interview with CMG’s MacKenzie Brothers

It’s another Cross over special with Dice Hate Me Chris’s State of Games Podcast!

Today we talk to David and Fred of Clever Mojo games about Princes of the Dragon Throne coming to the finish line. And we get a SCOOP about the Game and the future.

We also talk about other upcomming titles from CMG including MORE Scoops on Alien Frontiers, Swinging Jivecat Vodoo Lounge,and many others!

It’s scoop city today so give it a listen and thanks as always for listening!

–GeekJock

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Episode 55 AVE Allstars! Origins roundup and Viva Java Dice talk!

Tonight we talk about a TON of games from Origins including Augustus, Times UP!, Xanadu, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Valuspa, Guild Hall, Brew Crafters and of course Viva Java Dice (currently on Kickstarter).

We are joined on this show by the VJ designer himself TC Petty III, Dice Hate Me Chris, GeekJock and our newest Allstar Shawn Purtell.

It was a great time and we go on a bit long but hopefully it’s fun as always!

I also give my take on a new game coming out from Game Salute called Epic Death.

Thanks for listening and sorry for the small delay between shows!

–GeekJock

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