Marty’s dad is back to talk about another WWII themed game. Plus Tony talks about his adventures in Spain. Plus three 5 Minute Initiatives from some good filler games.
Welcome back to the normal show. We hope you had a chance to listen to our favorites from 2023. When reviewing games or giving our opinion, we try and consider the game’s target audience and how well it achieves its goals, whether it’s strategy, family-friendliness, or replayability. Our perspective on the game’s complexity, duration, and enjoyment level hopefully provides insights for potential players. And by including comparisons to similar games can help readers gauge their interest based on previous experiences. If anything, we hope to help you make an informed decision about adding the game to your collection.
Thanks for listening and we are always happy to hear any feedback you have.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the most anticipated event of the year, the Squirrelly Awards! Tonight, we gather to celebrate the very best in board games from 2023. This evening is all about recognizing the hard work, dedication, and exceptional talent of those who have made incredible contributions to our favorite hobby. The Squirrelly Awards have become a symbol of excellence and recognition for those who have raised the bar and set new standards in their respective areas of expertise. Or that is what we tell ourselves.
We are honored to have some of the most talented and influential figures in the industry joining us tonight to celebrate our 9th year of presenting the Squirrelly Awards. So, sit back, relax, and prepare to be amazed by some of the most unforgettable performances. We hope you enjoy the show!
Marty recently attended the Star Wars Unlimitedevent in Minnesota, and he graciously shared his experience with me and all you listeners. Over the years, we’ve delved into numerous Trading Card Games (TCGs), always hoping to find one that captures our excitement like Android Netrunner did. Remember, Netrunner was the TCG that kickstarted this show because we couldn’t contain our enthusiasm for its brilliance. Now, the question looms: Can Star Wars fill the void that Netrunner left behind? Will it rekindle our weekly lunchtime gaming sessions? One thing’s certain—you’ll be hearing plenty about it from us in the coming months, as our orders are already in.
And speaking of surprises, let me confess: Roll Player didn’t immediately grab me when I first played it years ago. But over time, it’s grown on me. My interest in Thunderworks Games led me to eagerly anticipate Stonespine Architects. Did it live up to expectations? You’ll have to listen to find out.
But wait, there’s more! Our unexpected delight came from Tanuki. It’s a classic case of “don’t judge a book by its cover.” This little gem might just become our go-to filler game for a while.
Lastly, Total Domination gets a turn on our gaming table. We’re eager to explore its depths, although we’ll also share any minor quibbles during our play discussion.
Lots of games to discuss, but what do you expect after another convention. Yes, we might be biased because it is in our backyard, but if you are looking for a convention to go to next year, consider Tantrum Con. It is incredibly well run by some of the nicest people you will ever meet. There was something always going on with plenty of space for open gaming.
The annual award show is just a month away, so be sure to get in your votes for the All Y’all Award. We will shut down the form on 2/17 so we have time to tabulate the votes and get the nominees over to the presenter. Thanks for taking the time to do it.
If winter blues have you down this year, then go ahead and block your calendar for Dice & Diversions in Atlanta next year when the dates get announced. A new board game convention that is definitely something to consider. We had a fabulous time.
We got to play some of the hottest games out on the market: Plum Island Horror, Forest Shuffle, and Apiary. We are killing horrors, we are growing trees, and we are making our subjects explore and get resources. Respectively, we have a cooperative game, a set collection game, and a worker placement game. I can understand why these games are getting some attention because while all the core mechanics aren’t new, how they use them are.
I will say that in Apiary, you are not using the bee’s tongues to suck up the nectar and store it in a special stomach called the honey stomach. Nor are you having the nectar mixed with enzymes that break down the complex sugars into simpler ones. Nor are you having your bees regurgitate the nectar into honeycomb cells, where they fan it with their wings to evaporate the excess water. Instead, they are exploring planets, collecting resources and then exchanging them for honey. But wouldn’t it be cool to have them do the above!!
Lunar is a trick-taking game that will challenge your group of four. We do not recommend playing it with two even though it is possible. The next Unmatched has some really interesting characters, some that if you had sworn off of getting any more expansions, might want to take a look.
Finally, Pyramidice is a comfortable dice game that with the God cards makes it an interesting engine builder with a push your luck mechanic.
Thanks for listening and in the next show, we might get back to our silliness of long banter and short board game discussions.
Welcome to 2024 and the 12th year of RDTN. Thanks for the continued support. We do appreciate and hopefully we can still provide you relevant information and informative reviews. Or we can just by white noise in your life for an hour or two every other week.
Don’t be surprised by hearing from the Connell clan in this episode. Marty had a captured audience over the holidays, so it was a good chance for him to get in some plays in with the family and hear their thoughts. And to be honest, when it comes to the miniature games, the Connell boys know their stuff.
The United Kingdom has had 53 Prime Ministers so far. The first Prime Minister of Great Britain was Robert Walpole, who led the government for over 20 years from 1721. Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister during World War II. Margaret Thatcher was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Rishi Sunak is the current Prime Minister and the first non-white Prime Minister
It’s fascinating to see how the role of Prime Minister has evolved over time and how each Prime Minister has left their mark on the country. But none can compare to our reigns, if given the chance, as we once again talk about our play of the game. We are only beginning to get into the strategy. In 2024, I hope we continue to bring more on that game like we did Netrunner when the podcast first started out in 2012.
Thanks for coming back and listening to us once again.
We have a new year ahead of us and we are looking forward to what is to come in Season 12 of RDTN. Thanks to all that have been with us over the years. But before we got out of 2023, we played some amazing games and one, Prime Minister from GMT, has us talking about it whenever we are together.
Got a gem to the table in a small card game that came out in 2019 and that is Ghosts of Christmas. Enjoyed the twist on how the high card below trump can change as the hand is played out. And any card game with you must make your bid is always one that I can appreciate.
Sankore from Osprey games was another big game that we got on the table. Now the biggest drawback for us was setup, but the game was probably one of those that needs many, many plays to appreciate the complexity of how to get the best score. The mechanics are straight forward, so the teach wasn’t’ bad, but how to score at the end caught us off guard. Looking forward to getting it to the table again.
Intro – 11 Year Anniversary Free League Publishing Aconyte Books In other News Ticket To Ride – Crushed Card Scene Sports Ball Talk Sagrada Artisans Anniversary Contest Portal Games Nucleum […]
Intro – Take Two Christmas Tree Count Lawn Care Tips How To Play Videos Glass Sculpture TV Updates Episode 309a Similo Big Bomb Drop Portal Games Hitler’s Reich: WW2 in […]
Popular themes seem to cycles in and out of board games every few years. Right now, nature themed board games seem to be all the rage. We are getting tired […]
Intro Repeat Corner Sky Team with a Pilot Order of Invention One Piece Card Game Bad Things Happen 3 Ring Circus Sagrada Artisians Overboss Duel Battle Card Meeple Coffee Lorcana […]
We are excited to have Dan Patriss and Chris Kirkman back on to recap the summer movies and give the results of our movie draft from the Screening, Streaming or […]
Intro All Blown Up Sir E-Win Game Chair Repeat Corner Portal Games General Orders WWII Miniature Market Five Minute Begins Now Robo Rally (5MI) Dogfight (5MI) Rome in a Day […]
Gen Con Recap Glitch Gear T-Shirts Pirate Tails & Kiss the Goblin Ad Sky Team Imperial Miners Miniature Market CDSK Top 3 Deck Building Games GameToppers Ad Disney Lorcana Portal […]
Intro Day 1 at Gen Con 2023 Good Games Publishing Asmodee Event Lucky Duck Get Together Wiz Kids Booth More Asmodee This didn’t happen Hatchette Event Day 1 Done Miniature […]
Intro Talk about Clover Games Workshop Easy Button MM Affiliate Link – Thank You Ready for Gen Con Box Office Surprises Flying Sucks Taste Buds Portal Games Stranger Things: Upside […]
Intro CEO Gaming Event Pocket Paragons Thunder Road: Vendetta Lawn Care Sucks Sometime The Princes of Florence Oh My Brain & Scout Miniature Market Taste Buds Gametoppers LLC Dawn of […]
Chess is the same thing over and over again. There are no expansions or variable setup. So it must not be very replayable. Au contraire! We look at the reasons […]
Intro Various Cons Clash of Cultures – Again Carson City Movie Update and Special News Miniature Market SiliconVania Wandering Towers Portal Games Top Worker Placement Games MTG: LOTR Commander Deck […]
Intro More Strike Tickets Traveling is Hard Going to the Mall Movies and Taste of Charlotte Vietnam Vet Visit Portal Games Saigon 75 Vaalbara Miniature Market Twilight Struggle: Red Sea […]
The COIN series of games from GMT Games is very popular series of games. However, the look and rules may be intimidating to gamers. I teach 3 players Cuba Libre […]
Intro The Wedding Strike Tournament Update New Contest for Tickets to Strike Drive is Full Correction Time Warhammer 40k – Big Updates Thunder Road Vendetta Gametoppers LLC Undaunted Stalingrad Motor […]
With the upcoming release of Disney Lorcana and Star Wars Unlimited, the discussion of CCGs vs LCGS has popped up again. We have many years experience in both so we […]
Intro Capstone Phantom Sleeves Contest for Watergate The Dogs Strike Tournament Blob Party Miniature Market Oros Kamigami Battles: Rise of the Old Ones Gametoppers LLC Maria Portal Games The New […]
Intro Ezra and Nehemiah We need Prevagen Thank You for the Votes Gamegenic: Dice & Life Counters Free League Publishing – Lord of the Ring 5e Back to Gamegenic Taste […]
Intro Guardians of the Galaxy 3 Fast X The Little Mermaid The Machine Spider-Man: Across the Spider Verse Transformers: Rise of the Beasts The Flash Elemental Indiana Jones and Dial […]
Klaus Teuber Intro Apology Needed Gen Con Strike Event RRR Movie Flesh & Blood Disney Lorecana Fanroll (Code: RDTN10) Gametoppers LLC (Code: RDTN15) Banish the Snakes My Shelfie Portal Games […]
In this special episode, Vanessa joins Marty to talk about their trip to the Gamer’s Ranch in Missouri. They spent the weekend with a whole group of content creators including […]
Intro It’s in the Cards No Grout Required Gimme More! If I can’t play Strike Historical Game “It’s Alive!” Game Toppers LLC (Code:RDTN15) Miniature Market Portal Games This Game has […]
Since we started heavily playing hobby games over 20 years ago, we see our tastes have drastically changed. We discuss how our preferences in games have changed over the years […]
Intro News about Sponsors RDTN Game Contest – Discord Podcast Truth Blank Slate Dice Manor Tantrum Con Reflections Velonimo Taste Buds – Special Edition Happening at Restoration Games Portal Games […]
Intro Portal Con DVRs exist Dealing with Inserts Retrograde Tantrum Con Taste Buds Game Toppers LLC Atiwa Portal Games Lofoten Bamboo Miniature Market Beer & Bread 1815: Scum of the […]
In this episode, we list some games that are good entry points into historical games. The goal was to suggest games that are easy to learn and under one hour. […]
Intro Goblin Vaults Mahjong Galileo Project Motor City Fun K-town Bacon Hotdogs Taste Buds Portal Games Robotech: Reconstruction Game Toppers LLC Marvel: Age of Heroes Miniature Market Chained Echos Video […]
Intro The Break Up The Adult Channel Pets Health Care Taste Buds Portal Games Nidavellir: Idavoll Game Toppers John Company Miniature Market The Great Split D&D Onslaught with Nick Yu […]
Production issues, transportation problems, inflation, and the pandemic have all have a dramatic impact on the business of tabletop gaming. Will it get any better in 2023? Watch/Listen for our […]
Intro Looking back CONTEST Tony’s Sauna Story Portal Games Mille Fiori Our top games from 2012-2021 Miniature Market Rage (Tony & Donna) Game Toppers Wayfarers of the South Tigris Dungeon […]
Oh boy, it’s another Tony generated clickbait title. In this episode we look back at changes we’ve seen over the past 10 years since we started this podcast. These changes […]
We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving (well those in the US). We have lots of fun, Tony did some traveling, Marty had family in. But will still got lots […]
RDTN Episode 274: Fire & Stone – Siege of Vienna 1683, Brazil – Imperial, Monolyth, Star Wars – The Clone Wars, Oh My Brain, Atlantic Robot League
Nov 22, 2022
Intro Arkham Horror Campaign Atlantic Robot League Oh My Brain Ewin Racing Chair Toy Strong Hall of Fame Winners Taste Buds: Fruit Quack Star Wars: The Clone Wars Miniature Market […]
10 years ago we got hooked on the Living Card Game, Android: Netrunner. From our first play, we loved so many things about the game such as the asymmetric gameplay […]
Intro Critical Foundation Chicken Ultra Pro Heat: Pedal to the Metal Village Rails Portal Games Terra Nova Hickory Dickory from PHG Gametoppers Dice Theme Park Miniature Market One More Gate: […]
Intro Taste Buds RDTN Update Bridal Show: Candles Ole Guacamole Black Angel Cult of the Deep Miniature Market Game Toppers Ark Nova The Thing Portal Games Virtu Splendor Duel Ultra […]
Intro Quirks MegaMooseCon Squirrel Moment Comic Hunters Durian LotR LCG Again One Shot RPGs Mistakes Happen Buy Me A Moon Pie Update Miniature Market Flying Squirrels Board Game Night Carcassonne: […]
Intro MegaMooseCon Lawn Care Tips RDTN Business Crescent Moon 5 Player Interruption by Alexa Back to the show Marvel Dice Throne Scout Portal Games Yak Quartermaster General: 1914 Miniature Market […]
Hello Taste Buds Why are we doing this Topics that excite you What games are next Moonpie Sponsorship we wish Just talk about it Not getting it back The Sword […]
RDTN Episode 265: Terracotta Army, The Guild of the Merchant Explorers, Catherine, Too Many Cooks, Power Core, Red Cathedral Contractors, TTR San Francisco
Aug 30, 2022
Intro Saturday Game Red Cathedral: Contractors Too Many Cooks Power Core: Call of Cthulhu Ticket to Ride: San Francisco Cartoon Theme Song Battle Taste Buds Portal Games Flying Squirrels RRR […]
Gen Con Day 1 Portal Booth Setup Chicken ‘n Waffles Hey, how you doing? Getting ready for RDTN Meetup Moving the stuff World Cup Battle Brazil – Marty’s Take Sonic […]
Intro Road Trip Dude, Where’s My Car Gen Con – Here we come RDTN does Videos Southern Fried Gaming Expo MARTA Incident Taste Buds Ultra Pro Caesar! Seize Rome in […]
Intro Road Trip Ignacy In Charlotte Marty’s In My Wallet More Banter Taste Buds Ultra Pro Flying Squirrels Legos behind glass Leviathans is back Ghost Galaxy Puerto Rico 1897 Vikings […]
Intro Upcoming Taste Buds The Origins Adventure Mistakes Happen Durian Lives On Wingspan: Oceania Wormholes Restoration Updates Hitler’s Reich: WW2 in Europe Marrakesh Bot Factory First Rat Ultra Pro Cat […]
Time Segment Intro Gen Con Strike Tournament Ignacy’s Alliance Thank you for the Support Ignacy’s USA Tour Tickets of SFGE Ignacy in Charlotte, NC Batman – Everybody Lies Gutenberg Brazil […]
Intro Flowchart Lawnmower Something Stupid I Did Time Stamps Buy Me a Moon Pie Strike Tournament Taste Buds Live Codenames Live Dog Lover Not for the Faint of Heart Polynesia […]
Time Segment Intro Making stuff is hard Shipping Issues Is it Insanity The Connellson Cascading Impacts Force Majeure It cost what? Game Toppers 3.5 Rank’em The ORIGINAL At The Table […]
Time Segment Intro Rent the Runway but with T-shirts Grape Pop-tarts Magic Commander Deck Resist! Taste Buds: Flammin’ Hot Mountain Dew Ultra Pro in the House! Batman: Everybody Lies Portal […]
Time Segment 00:35 Intro 02:45 BGG Awards – Thank You 03:51 Methodologie: Murder on the Links 14:50 Apps in Games – Correction 18:47 Little Grump Time 22:43 Taste Buds – […]
RDTN Episode 254: Return to Dark Tower, Tenpenny Park, Decorum, First Empires, Founders of Teotihuacan, Voices in My Head, Wise Guys, Dungeon Party
Apr 12, 2022
Time Segment 00:37 Intro 09:27 Voices in My Head 18:31 Dungeon Party 22:00 Wise Guys 31:24 Cartographers Puzzle 33:39 Portal Games 35:15 Return to Dark Tower 1:04:05 Tenpenny Parks 1:10:17 […]
Time Presenter Award 00:00 Introduction 05:24 Tantrum House Why Didn’t Think of That 08:10 Geek All Stars Just the Two of Us 11:55 Man vs Meeple Gimmie More! 15:50 Board […]
Time Segment 00:00 Introduction 03:20 Hole in the Head 11:50 They Didn’t Dissolve 14:43 Only Murders in Building 17:03 More on Giveaways 20:13 Unforgiven: The Lincoln Assassination Trial 24:40 Board […]
Time Segment 00:00 Intro 10:46 Love Letter: Jabba’s Palace 16:34 Teaching Moments 21:40 Lord of the Rings – Revised Core Set 26:49 We Need a Lawyer 29:07 Taste Buds – […]
Time Segment 00:00 Introduction 04:31 RDTN Virtual Con 11:40 Undaunted Reinforcements Rules 18:35 The Hot Challenge 22:33 Snow Days No More 25:01 Not Happy – Vandals 27:18 RDTN Discord Growing […]
Time Segment 00:32 Intro 03:20 Lawnmower Travesty 06:40 Taste Buds 09:54 That’s A Question 11:41 Codenames Online Again 15:43 World Series of Board Gaming Contest 17:40 Nice Buns – Big […]
Time Segment 00:31 Intro 06:18 A New Mt Dew Taste Test 12:27 State Fair Tasty Treats 20:35 Vanessa Weighs In 22:33 Civil War Battlefield Tour 27:48 BooBQ Event 29:30 Marty […]
Time Segment 00:32 Introduction 12:36 Thunder Road Vendetta – What Happened 21:38 How to get eyes on it 28:14 Comments are Important 36:04 What will be different on re-launch 41:15 […]
TIme Segment 00:33 Intro 00:34 Music Stuff 10:05 World Series of Board Games 16:09 Strike Tournament 2022 17:22 Mountain Dew Taste Test 26:00 RDTN Discord Discussion 27:50 Secret Squirrel 29:40 […]
TIme Segment 0:00:33 Intro 0:05:55 Lawn Care Again 0:10:40 Senior Moments – Buying Shoes 0:13:31 20 Years of Board Games 0:16:53 Pink Ticket To Ride Trains 0:19:30 Miniature Market 0:20:30 […]
Time Segment 0:31 Intro 6:05 Mt. Dew Baja Punch 8:40 Discounts on Stuff – 20% of T-shirts Sir Meeple 14:10 Taz the Dog and Amiibo 19:06 Advance Wars is now […]
Time Segment 00:35 Intro 05:59 Taste Test – New Coke Zero 11:41 Kim Joy’s Magic Bakery 18:58 Puckerbutt Hot Sauce 28:06 Arby’s Dice and it’s a Hat 31:13 Miniature Market […]
00:00 Restoration Games 02:26 Logistics with Justin and Scott 07:02 Prior to COVID – How is it done 12:31 To distribute a Game 17:52 And what about Today 26:40 Where […]
Time Segment 00:00 Game Toppers 01:10 Vanessa Intro 01:35 Intro 04:51 Ignacy is Confused 20:50 Games Workshop New Miniatures 23:00 Back to Banter 25:36 COIN Games 31:50 More Banter 32:40 […]
Time Segment 00:00 Game Toppers LLC 01:14 Vanessa Intro 01:34 Intro 03:10 Fast Sloths 08:35 Taste Test Time (Mt. Dew & Lemon Moon Pie) 14:26 Great British Bakeoff 19:54 New […]
Time Segment 00:00 Game Toppers 01:30 Intro 02:05 DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince: Summer Time 07:21 Now the Banter 14:05 T-shirt Contest from Sir Meeple 17:00 The Devourer […]
Time Segment 00:01 Game Toppers 02:14 Intro 04:32 McAllister’s Tea Day 08:43 Drink Subscriptions 09;56 Name That Bit Contest – $25 Gift Card to Miniature Market 12:44 New RDTN T-Shirts […]
Time Segment 00:00 Game Toppers LLC 01:36 Vanessa’s Intro 02:09 Banter Stuff 21:14 A New Contest 23:30 Miniature Market 24:57 Falling like flies at Gen Con 31:00 Spiel Des Jahres […]
Time Segment 00:05 Game Toppers LLC 01:36 Vanessa’s Intro 02:09 Banter Stuff 21:14 A New Contest 23:30 Miniature Market 24:57 Falling like flies at Gen Con 31:00 Spiel Des Jahres […]
Time Segment 00:00 Game Toppers 01:45 Intro with Vanessa 02:23 We are Live 05:00 Peep Pepsi coming our way 09:29 Another $5 Paid Out 10:56 Monster Hunter Rise 13:20 Lawn […]
RDTN Episode 226: The Initiative, Excavation Earth, Holi, War Chest: Siege The Key: Murder at the Oakdale Club, Heroclix Wonder Woman, Southern Rails, Holi
Apr 06, 2021
Time Category Presenter 00:37 Intro Marty & Tony 05:43 Let’s get this party started Dan King 09:40 It’s in the Cards Tantrum House 11:00 Acceptance Speech Matt Riddle 13:35 You […]
00:28 Intro09:20 No Luck at All13:55 It’s your Birthday19:02 Fleet: The Dice Game21:15 Three Sisters Roll & Write22:56 Long Shot – The Dice Game24:20 Lasting Tails27:32 Game Sales of 202030:07 […]
00:00 Renegade Games02:20 Intro04:00 TV Shows07:35 Little Back Story15:10 After College – This is so cool20:16 Process is needed22:52 And how did Board Games enter the equation28:35 The Career in […]
00:00 Intro01:09 Strike – Gladiators continue their Dominance09:16 Home Repair20:30 Holiday Gaming – Ticket To Ride21:30 New Carcassonne23:08 Wingspan Switch App29:05 Qwixx – Mixed Color Board31:55 Fluttering Souls34:20 Disney Color […]
1:29 Intro7:37 Survey Information15:19 Birthday Games18:09 Our Wives put up with this23:40 Miniature Market24:56 Gates of Mara37:50 The King is Dead49:10 Portal Games50:31 Rococo1:01:36 Whistle Mountain1:08:59 Evolution on Switch Code:RDTNEVO1:11:42 […]
We have a special episode releasing today in order to tell you about an unannounced Petersen Games. Many of you are probably aware of their successful kickstarter from 2013 called […]
00:00 Intro02:55 Mountain Dew Merry Mashup Taste Test 06:42 Reprimanded by a Mall Cop12:45 Arkham Horror Live Play on Twitch13:45 Blood Bowl Second Season First Impressions24:30 Tony teaches Lord of […]
00:00 Intro08:32 Blue Skies19:45 Join Marty on Twitch26:18 Marvel Champions Ant Man30:25 Crafting Time32:33 1 or 2 or 3 Tokens36:55 Miniature Market38:35 Dune Imperium1:08:19 Portal Games1:10:25 Lord of the Rings […]
00:00 Introduction03:00 Kim-Joy sits at the table06:30 Applying to Great British Baking Show14:04 Christmas With Kim-Joy cookbook25:15 Kim-Joy and gaming31:15 Kim-Joy designs her first board game35:30 Moon Pies and Wagon […]
00:00 Intro04:25 Listicuffs Appearance10:09 Sean Connery13:34 World of Tanks from Gail Force Nine21:40 Warcry Skaven Army22:50 Secret Squirrel26:08 Deep State33:52 Ice Cream Social no more36:07 Portal Games38:10 Lost Ruins of […]
00:00 Intro01:24 Ewin Racing Chair – RDTN Promo Code07:10 BGG Affiliate Link & Metallic Dice Games (RDTN Code)09:30 The Curse of Strahd: Revamped11:06 The Re-Release of Strike12:33 Renegade Games Pub […]
00:00 Restoration Games – Unmatched: Buffy the Vampire Slayer08:30 Lindsay – Production Super Hero16:30 Graphic artist vs Illustrator24:30 Little Lindsay35:40 Pandemic Legacy: Season 051:00 Daviau Down Time59:10 Rank ‘Em We […]
00:35 Intro03:20 MTV: The Throwback Music Party Game13:14 Betrayal at House on the Hill19:40 Home Repair Sucks23:56 The Few & Cursed32:40 Cartographers Heroes35:54 Portal Games37:00 What is in the Bag50:57 […]
00:00 Intro19:00 Tellstones29:00 Silver Dagger36:00 Yukon Airways41:22 Marvel Champions: Rise of Red Skull44:51 Ohanami50:00 The Broken Token51:44 Empires of the North: Barbarians57:35 Toy Hall of Fame Nominees1:10:45 Portal Games1:12:04 Tammany […]
00:00 Intro06:45 We are accountable14:30 Blinks Electronic Game19:35 Crokinole Discussion25:32 Detective Season One30:52 Rome & Roll40:46 Miniature Market42:22 Small World of Warcraft57:46 The Broken Token59:00 Alma Mater1:15:50 I Fall to […]
RDTN Episode 206: Tekhenu, Pop-Tarts,Marvel Villainous, Yacht Rock,Last Defense, King & Assassins, Top 5 Card Games, Interview with David Thompson
Aug 18, 2020
00:00 Intro02:32 Warhammer 40k 9th Edition31:25 Other 40k Media Content37:00 The Broken Token37:45 WarCry42:05 WarCry Campaigns55:00 Age of Sigmar Soulbound RPG59:30 Character Creation1:06:15 Skill Checks1:15:35 Combat1:34:00 Soulfire1:40:10 Final Thoughts1:46:40 Miniature […]
00:35 Intro02:50 Online Surveys03:48 Imperial Settlers: Roll & Write App05:30 Legacy Game Maybe06:18 Back to D&D and Metallic Dice Games09:45 Update Ascension Tactics12:12 AEG Dead Reckoning17:49 Hamilton – RDTN Review27:25 […]
00:00 Intro02:36 Background of Gaming06:00 Video Games with Isaac08:40 Then the Board Games13:09 What sparked the interest15:28 Back to Video Games18:00 The Gloomhaven spark27:19 Time to get educated28:41 Gloomhaven: Jaws […]
00:34 Intro07:15 Food and Movies10:18 Wingspan15:08 And maybe we will not be gaming16:57 A new Grumpy thing20:17 Auditions for Co-host50:21 Portal Games51:31 […]
Time Segment 1:33 Intro 4:43 The Daughter’s Boyfriend Visit 13:50 Lorenzo Victory Snatched 17:55 CMON Virtual Con – Guilds of Cadwallon 21:43 Time to Organize 25:55 Crossed Words 30:13 More […]
Time Segment 01:07 Intro 05:07 Marty’s Studio continues to Morph 07:27 Flashback – Pokemon 09:58 Everdell Crochet 13:13 TV during 2020 17:15 TV shows we both enjoy 20:43 The King’s […]
00:44 Intro08:11 Playing Games Online11:20 Take Time for yourself13:30 Playing Games Online again21:15 Wonder Woman Challenge of the Amazons 48:40 The Broken Token29:55 Half Truth39:10 Scurry Report – Convention Thoughts54:10 SR: […]
Time Segment00:37 Intro20:04 War of the Ring30:09 Europe Divided34:15 Nintendo Switch Bubble Bobble42:14 Unlocking Insanity45:56 Empires of the North Roman Expansion48:49 Ettin51:50 […]
Time Segment 00:00 Introduction 07:10 Let’s Get This Party Started 09:58 It’s In The Cards 12:42 Need A #2 Pencil 16:55 You Gonna Paint Those? 18:54 No Quarter Required 19:49 […]
Time Segment 00:37 Introduction 01:36 Peter Gabriel vs Phil Collins 06:04 Logical Song 11:00 Talking Toys 15:23 Now we are onto TV Shows 18:23 Time for the Games 19:49 Stampede […]
Time Segment00:29 Intro02:14 Home Updated03:00 Tantrum Con08:01 Sorcerer City again09:27 Superbowl Commercials15:28 Marty likes On Mars20:15 Tantrum Con Again24:20 Phase 1028:08 Gen Con High Hopes29:56 Instapot32:55 Lawyer Up Prototype40:12 […]
Time Segment1:22 Intro3:37 Mountain Dew Zero6:57 Revisit of Azul9:47 Holding Back in a Game10:58 Miniature Market Changes13:23 Top 10 Selling Board Games in December15:08 Marvel LCG – Which Expansion17:37 Miniature […]
ime Segment 01:02 Intro 05:38 Irish Gauge09:18 Little Devils11:25 Letterpress15:32 Town Builder: Coevorden20:47 Moisturize22:43 CBD23:51 The Broken Token24:40 Restoration Games26:23 Cooking with Rob 29:12 We are getting older32:00 Return to […]
Time Segment 01:02 Intro 01:44 House Update 05:34 Finger Update 13:00 Contest Update17:15 Wits & Wagers: Party Edition20:45 The Count Lawnmower Issues21:20 RTDN: The Hallmark Movies of Boardgame Podcasts25:24 5 […]
Time Segment 01:23 Intro 02:00 BGG Con04:47 I broke it 11:45 Back to BGG Con 22:57 Time for the Food 27:48 Return to Dark Tower 30:03 Gloomhaven Playtest 31:02 Sanctum […]
00:37 Intro01:55 World Cup03:55 Volleyball05:55 Essen – Two Days is not enough09:57 Pret-a-Porter14:14 Empires of the North17:46 Magic Turing Machine23:31 The […]
Time Segment00:34 Intro03:28 Klaus and Benny Teuber22:35 Rank’em30:23 Thoughts on Starfarers As part of the Tabletop Showcase Event, we have the honor of talking with Klaus and Benny Teuber. There […]
Time Segment00:41 Intro06:20 Dizzle09:57 Conspiracy – I tell you14:04 McRibs are back17:03 Run to the Border19:50 Gates of Delirium27:15 Last Bastion33:18 The Broken Token35:15 Bloom Town40:45 Clarification41:15 Tapestry1:14:56 […]
Time Segment00:00:32 Intro00:01:56 Episode 181 Cleanup00:05:10 It is that time again00:09:10 Diamonds Second Edition00:10:03 City of the Big Shoulders again00:12:56 Short Term Memory stinks00:14:33 Fall movie drought00:17:40 Portal […]
Time Segment 00:00:41 Intro 00:06:50 Glad They told Us which way was up 00:12:51 Game On Coin Sets 00:16:27 War Chest Nobility 00:24:24 Warhammer Underworlds Expansion 00:31:00 Miniature Market00:32:26 […]
City of the Big Shoulders, Era, Ecos, Blockbuster, Letter Jam, and more 00:50 Intro06:35 Blockbuster11:49 St. Noire19:24 Second Chance22:17 Letter Jam28:57 Squirrel – Just One30:45 WoW Classic36:56 The Broken Token37:45 […]
00:37 Intro 04:36 Pivot 08:57 Shipnaked Game Box 12:27 Funkoverse 14:30 Other Games in the Box 17:51 Bargain Quest 26:00 Portal Games 27:25 Flying Squirrels 27:56 Metal Gear Solid 29:38 […]
[table] Time,Segment 00:40,Wednesday with Joel Eddy (Drive Thru Reviews) 22:04,Miniature Market 22:45,Thursday with Rodney Smith (Watch it Played) and Dave Finkel (Hollywood Producer) 49:28,Interview with Stefan Field (Designer) 1:06:08,The Broken […]
This episode includes a Scurry Report on Empires of the North. The Connell gentlemen talk about the new Warcry miniature game. And Marty tries to channel me in a […]
[table] Time,Segment 00:40,Intro 06:39,Mr. Smith For the Win 18::04,RDTN Empires of the North Promo Card 25:24,Portal Games 29:11,Curios & Point Salad 36:39,HABA Games Dragon’s Breath & Mountains 44:43,Dark Domains 54:16,The […]
While I enjoy Imperial Settlers from Portal, I will admit that 51st State is my favorite of the two. Don’t get me wrong, not saying that one is better than […]
Hope everyone has recovered from the onslaught of Avengers Endgame and Game of Thrones battles and ready to get back to board gaming. We are and this episode puts five […]
The 5th Annual Movie Show with our good buddies Dan Patriss and Chris Kirkman. This is going to be a big summer of movies and we wish we had enough […]
Marty survived Robb Con and comes back with a report on his play of Wingspan and Tsukuyumi. He also escaped the cabin long enough to get in some disc golf, […]
We are jammed full of game discussions in this episode. We revisit Camel Up Second Edition with a surprise guest. We talk about a new favorite game of Marty’s Crisis. […]
I told Marty that we should occasionally change the secret word to the Green Room. By keeping the same code, past people could show up and request to come back […]
It is time for the 4th Annual Squirrelly Awards. These are our picks from 2018 that stood out during the year for us. Just like the previous three years, our […]
Sorry for the back to back long episodes. However, we have a good reason. First, Sara Erickson from Renegade Game Studios dropped by and wanted to tell us about Mike […]
We are back from our break and ready to tackle another year of board gaming podcasting. Or as a listener pointed out to us, making background noise. We love comments […]
BGG Con has come and gone and Marty was there and he relives his adventures, including raiding a mini-bar and squatting in an area that was not meant for them. […]
The annual BooBQ event at Marty’s happened and we got not only our feedbags on, but we also got some gaming on. We were able to play the new edition […]
Over the six years of doing the Rolling Dice & Taking Names podcast, we have been privileged to have some of incredible designers drop by the show and talk. Once […]
Episode 154 has an extended discussion on the new game from AEG called War Chest. We really enjoy abstract games and this one was no exception. The rules are straight […]
While on vacation, Marty was able to find someone who obviously had nothing to do and filled in for me. David Waybright, from Man vs Meeple, was kind enough to […]
Nostalgia gives us that feeling of a melancholy time from our past when we were happy and can be brought on from a smell, a sight, or even the buzz […]
One of the hot games coming out of Gen Con was Villainous by Wonder Forge. Demo table was always full, showed out all copies, which would make you think that […]
Marty returns with the wonders and not so wondrous sightings from Origins 2018. The Vendor and Game Hall were where the wonders occurred and at the hotel, there was the […]
In 1991, Avalon Hill published the game History of the World. Looking back at pictures of this game, you can just imagine what people thought of it. You have this […]
After our report on Council of 4, we decided that the Scurry Reporters needed to come back and help us with our comments on CMON’s newest release Way of the […]
Episode 144 is a heavy game centric episode. We have gotten in plenty of games and with Episode 143 being about movies, we needed to make sure we talk about […]
Just a heads up, this is our indulgent show where we get to spend time with Dan Patriss and Chris Kirkman talking not about board games, but about the 2018 […]
We know that Mr. Jacobson and Mr. Daviau are making their rounds to talk about Fireball Island: Curse of who we can’t say until it is funded. And we didn’t […]
We have an announcement to make. While we are very sad to see Funagain’s online store slowly close and support of the show stop, we are happy to announce that […]
We are actually doing something that was asked for by the listeners of RDTN, we are looking at some older games in our 5 Minute Initiative Segment. The first one […]
Time for the 3rd Annual Squirrelly Awards. For those of you that are joining us for the first time, welcome to a unique type of award show. We want to […]
We spend a good portion of this episode discussing the new game Castell from Renegade Games. While what you do on your turn is simple, the complexity is driven from […]
We can hardly believe it has been 5 years since we started the podcast. There have been many great moments, many not so great moments, but one thing is for […]
Whistle Stop by Bezier Games has given gamers another train game that incorporates tile laying, resource collecting, and set collection, all the things that scratch that itch in a game […]
After playing Gentes, we thought all the goodness had come and gone for the year. But no, we are here to tell you that once again, we get blindsided by […]
We are back and we have tricked another designer to come on to the show. Ted Alspach joins us and talks about the follow-up to Castles of Mad King Ludwig, […]
Tony is on vacation for this episode, but before he left we were able to record our views on Codenames:Duet and Professor Evil and the Citadel of Time. While […]
It’s a been while, but we are excited to have Portal Games founder and game designer, Ignacy Trzewiczek, back on the show to tell us about the upcoming game Alien Artifacts. […]
Surprise, surprise, surprise. That is right Renegade Studios is releasing Clank! in Space at Gen Con. Talk about keeping things under wraps and making a huge a splash, Renegade might […]
Episode of epic proportions is upon us. Isaac Vega returns to the show after being sent away to an island to contemplate what is next for Plaid Hat Games. In […]
Episode 123 is just full of the latest and greatest games to hit your shelves. We spend a lot of time talking about a very deep Euro called Lignum that […]
We are well rested after our recent vacations and back at the mics. Because of the vacations, we have a backlog of games, so we have four for you in […]
As part of the Tabletop Showcase series, Eric Lang returns to RDTN for a discussion on his newest game from CMON, The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire. Eric goes over the design […]
In this jam packed episode we spend time on the new CMON game called Lorenzo il Magnifico. To say it was a unique experience might be putting it somewhat mildly. […]
Conventions are upon us and it is all being kicked off by International Table Top Day. We hope you had a good experience and played a few games on April […]
Coming back for its forth year, our annual summer movie preview show. This is our break from board gaming to explore our second favorite hobby, watching movies. The episode is […]
The three games in this episode created different reactions for us. One of them will be a jewel in our collection. One did not get the love that others have […]
After many attempts to get the segment to rise from the ashes, we were successful in rezzing Chit Chat for this episode. We are honored to have Mandi Hutchinson join […]
It is no secret that we like games that have some type of asymmetrical component to it and VAST: The Crystal Caverns has this. The fact that each individual has […]
We hope you enjoy the brand new segment that is being brought to you from the creative mind of Chaz Marler. In this new segment, we will debate the aspects […]
We have been trying for weeks to get Mare Nostrum Empires by Academy Games by Academy Games to the table and it is a shame that it took so long, but […]
Another year has past and that brings us to the coveted award ceremony of RDTN, The Squirrelys. This is the show where we decide our games from 2016 that need […]
It was over 100 episodes ago when our wives joined us on RDTN. It only took four years for them to forget about that experience and join us again beyond […]
Gamelyn Games has been killing it with all their Tiny Epic series, but they are expanding into the next realm with their newest Kickstarter Heroes of Land, Air and Sea. […]
We enter a new year by starting off pretty strong. We have four 5 Minute Initiatives and we interview the Sadler brothers about a new game they designed for Megacon […]
Hard to believe that this is our 4th Year Anniversary show. It doesn’t seem that we started doing this that long ago. However, if you were to ask our families, […]
We had the opportunity to sit down with Geoff Engelstein to talk about his new game The Fog of War, published by Stronghold Games. We are all aware of Geoff’s […]
We heard about the new Arkham Horror: The Card Game earlier this year when an image was leaked. Well, it is a reality now and we begged, pleaded, gave up […]
To get in the mood for Halloween, we played two Cthulhu based games this month. First up was Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu by Asmodee games. This is a re-theme of […]
This might be unprecedented with four “reviews” in one show and the length is just barely over an hour. So, it is possible to compress goodness into a small package. […]
It has been a Long and Winding Road getting to our 100th Episode. We want to thank everyone for all the support as we made it to this milestone and […]
We are on the road again and at our new local convention MegaMooseCon. We finally got to play two games that everyone has talked about or been talking about, Scythe […]
In this episode, we have two interviews with game designers. Our first is with the brother design team, Adam and Brady Sadler. They were on our show in Episode 79 discussing […]
Before we talk about Episode 97, Play the Game Tonight, we want to bring to everyone’s attention, specifically those of us with R.E.D.S.*, Rodney Smith’s, a dear friend of ours, Indeigogo […]
This episode is all about our adventures at Origins for it has come and gone and it did not disappoint. It was great seeing familiar faces and meet all the […]
Two of the biggest games that have come from Plaid Hat Games had designer Isaac Vega behind them and we had the opportunity to talk with him in this episode. Dead […]
We are going to jump right into this episode with a review 51st State and Crazy Karts two new games from Portal Games. Now, we know Crazy Karts has been getting […]
Having not learned from his last appearance or he has a short memory, Rob Daviau, designer of countless games and co-designer behind the #1 game on Boardgamegeek, has returned to […]
CMON Expo in Atlanta, GA is a great small con and we could not have been happier to have been able to attend this year. Between getting to play all […]
It has been a year since we did the last summer movie preview show with Dan Patriss and Chris Kirkman. Funny how that works. Anyway, while the show has some […]
Two reviews in this episode along with 2 minute discussions mostly on Kickstarter stuff. The first review is on the 9th expansion for the deck building game Ascension, called Dreamscape. […]
Based on the poll over in our BGG Guild for what game to review next, we followed the advice of our members and reviewed the game Commissioned. If you are […]
Time for our yearly visit with Ignacy Trzewiczek and as always, it was a blast. He was upfront with the plans at Portal games this year and talked to us about […]
It always amazes me on how things repeat themselves, time and time again. Fifteen years have passed since Marty and I got into CCGs and now, Marty’s son is getting […]
We have the honor of having Dan King, the Game Boy Geek, back on the show. He stopped by and said he wanted to revisit not only his predictions about […]
We have returned from the awards and we spend our time catching up on all the news. Big announcements from Portal, Z-man, Plaid Hat, and tons of other publishers. They […]
A lot of people will make lists of their favorite games from the previous year and we are no different, sorry. But, we thought how could we differentiate our best […]
The start of the new year is upon us, but before it began, a boatload of games were played over the holidays and probably one of the biggest Epic Fails […]
Well, the end is upon us. We have completed another year of podcasting and we thought, hey, for our Third Anniversary show how about we answer some questions. And as […]
This one is recorded live at BGG Con and we share some of our highlights and low-lights that occurred over those five days. We went last year, had a blast, […]
Like Leif Erikson, we explored undiscovered lands looking for treasures and riches in this release. Okay, maybe we don’t find new lands, but we did review Blood Rage by Eric Lang, the area […]
The Green Room at RDTN studios has been worn out with all the guests we have had recently. Adam and Brady Sadler drop by to discuss the new Fantasy Flight game […]
If you were to go into the RDTN archives, you would hear us talk a bunch about Pandemic. It was probably one of the first games that really started us […]
The ladies are back for another episode of Chit Chat. We continue our relationship discussions about games, but this time, it is all about your worse experience with a blind date. […]
RDTN Episode 74 – Do You Believe in Magic: Review of Ashes -Rise of the Phoenixborn, Vs. System 2PCG, Mage Wars Academy, and Fields of Arle
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As we have said many times, pre-constructed deck games or hand management games* are what pulled us into this hobby and it is what we get all excited about when […]
Gen Con is over and the Connell family made it back alive and full of stories. To keep it from being the Marty Gen Con review, his wife Vanessa, the wonderful […]
One of the most prolific reviewers on the Dice Tower, Dan King the Gameboy Geek, joins us for this episode to discuss what games we are looking forward to at Gen Con. […]
Suzanne and Rhiannon are back and we discuss a topic suggested by a BGG RDTN Guild member on what game we think is our soulmate. That is right, is there […]
In this episode, Love Rollercoaster, guest host Rodney Smith (Watch It Played) and I discuss our trip to Origins. And what better way to cover all the different topics of […]
We spend a good portion of the show talking about Roll for the Galaxy, a game that not only has our attention, but the attention of our wives and we […]
We deviate from our normally scheduled program and bring to you the 2nd Annual Summer Movie Box Office, Redbox, Trash Box episode. The concept is simple, we review a shortened […]
We are very fortunate to have Ignacy Trzewiczek (Tsch vi tcheck) owner of Portal Games on the show this week. As many of you know, he is the designer behind Robinson […]
Look out, Chaz is in the house again so you might want to just get ready for an episode that is nothing but Squirrel moments. Sure we talk about the happenings […]
Back by popular demand or maybe because there was a throat punch involved, Rhiannon and Suzanne. We spend our time discussing the news from GAMA, what caught our eye, and […]
Matt Leacock has been making the rounds to promote his new game Thunderbirds, published by Modiphius Games and we were lucky enough to be including in his tour of podcasts/video channels. Some […]
Has it already been two weeks since our last show? Man, time is moving quickly and spring is upon us, or at least in the Charlotte area. So, time to […]
What is this you say, another episode only a week away from the last one we released. Marty and I had some unfinished business after the Happy Mitten Episode and […]
Wow, that didn’t go as planned. We had this entire episode planned to bring in the guys and gal from Happy Mitten Games, discuss their podcast, their Kickstarter for Aether […]
In this episode, Marty tells us about the new Feld game AquaSphere that he just received from TMG which he backed via Kickstarter. I compare Defenders of the Realm which […]
For our last podcast of the year, Marty and I discuss Imperial Settlers at length. We talk about our likes and dislikes and Marty gives you a quick run-through of […]
Let me start off by apologizing for the mic issue we had with Greg Spence. Marty and I could hear some of the popping while we were recording, but thought […]
For this episode, Suzanne and Rhiannon come back to the table for some Chit Chat and we talk about the happenings at BGG Con. I am sure you are tired […]
At the start of this year, Marty and I wondered if 2014 was going to be an adjustment year for the board gaming hobby. Similar signs appeared in other hobbies […]
Right before we were set to record, Marty called an audible and wanted to talk about the new announcement from Fantasy Flight and how they are going to cycle their […]
Once again, Tony is on a lavish vacation leaving me behind to produce an episode of the show. So I decided to bring in someone who knows me even better […]
In this 5 Minute Initiative we look at the deck builder, Star Realms. This is game hot on the table and on digital devices. Easy to learn, plays fast and […]
This episode is just us this time. We were recovering from our marathon with the Geek All Stars when we recorded this episode. We talk about the upcoming gaming convention […]
Our show is graced by another awesome guest, Chaz Marler from Pair of Dice Paradise. Chaz is known for his YouTube videos on Thrift Store Games, Game Reviews, and most […]
In this episode, we have two special guest stars on our show, Lance Myxter and Lee Shelton. Some of you know Lance from his youTube channel Undead Viking Videos and Lee you have […]
That is right, we got a contest* for you. Scott King has graciously offered our listeners a chance to win a print from one of the images in his 2015 Gaming […]
Marty and I took some time out of our busy Gen Can’t schedule to throw together a report to highlight our early experiences so far this year. We give reports […]
In this episode, Alex and Todd talk about deciding what objectives or goals you want to accomplish over the course of a game that will best maximize your game play […]
I have been trying to trade a game on Boardgamegeek for over a month now and when Marty and I talked about having Mark, gentleman from the gaming club, on […]
Somebody on the show got to go to Atlanta and attend the CMON Expo and we are lucky to hear all about it. Marty got some good info about a new game, […]
Achievement unlocked, we have broken the two hour length podcast. We debated for a bit on if we should split this into Part I and Part II, you know, keep […]
We are big fans of the coop game Eldritch Horror from Fantasy Flight Games. The mechanics are good, the theme is enjoyable and win or lose, it’s always a great gaming […]
One of my supervisors back in the day had an expression he would use when we ran into tough times in the control center. He would tell us that “Somedays it’s chicken, […]
We are keeping with our title naming structure by using Pink Floyd’s Sheep but it also ties in nicely with our main content of the Dice Tower Network Board Game […]
For this episode, we were honored to have Anthony Racano from Cardboard Jungle on our show. We are all over the map with this one so be sure and check […]
It has been a few months in coming, but it is finally here, our episode on two player games. We talk about two new games, one is Diskwars from Fantasy […]
Another episode for your review. One of our main topics is teaching games to others. As more and more people discovery the goodness of board games, those of us that have […]
It has been awhile since our last 5 Minute Initiative so we thought we would throw one out between our next to Episodes. Marty and I discuss Eldritch Horror and […]
Marty and I spend this episode talking with some cast members from the web series Board with Life. That is right, Board with Life. Donald, Casey, Niki, and Jonathan tell […]
This episode is a little light on game discussion, sorry about that. We are in a lull coming off the big holiday rush and well, we did this coast down as […]
We are very excited to get this episode out because we had the opportunity to talk with Robert Burke and Richard Launius about their upcoming collaboration Draco Magi. This is […]
Almost four months after Gen Con, Gravwell is finally out for purchase at various outlets. Marty and I have been talking about the game for some time and […]
As you all know if you have listened to some older episodes, Marty and I really started getting into the gaming world with Decipher’s Lord of the Rings TCG. During […]
So as far as the best comedy TV shows go, Marty and I agree that one of the best was WKRP in Cincinnati and the Thanksgiving episode ranks up there […]
This episode is unlike any other episode we have done. Basically, Marty had an idea that we should play a game and then discuss our strategy while recording. I will […]
They’re here… This is our Halloween episode and we have the ladies returning to the show. I am not saying that their return is scary or the segment will give […]
In this 5 Minute Initiative, Marty and I discuss the new Privateer Press deck building game Warmachine: High Command. The game was designed by David Carl who also did Heap for […]
Ever since Origins 2012, Marty and I have been looking at games that involve some type of dog fighting mechanic. At Origins, we tried Leviathans by Catalyst Game Labs and […]
Marty and I got to play a game that surprised the both of us called Rise of Augustus (Asmodee) or just Augustus (Hurrican) depending on the publisher. The game was […]
Yes, we promised not to use song titles awhile ago, but this one just fit. In this episode, we do one final batch of Gencon 2013 interviews. We still have […]
Episode 21 continues the Gen Con coverage with various interviews that designers and producers were kind enough to give me. And let me again say sorry for calling Mr. Buonocore […]
Chaos & Alchemy is a game designed by Michael Iachini and published by Game Salute. At this time of this writing, the game is live on Kickstarter In the game, […]
One of our first blogs was on a Kickstarter called Dungeon Roll designed by Chris Darden and brought to market by Tasty Minstrel Games. The game arrived and Marty and I […]
In this segment, Marty and I review a prototype copy of the card game The Agents, which is currently on Kickstarter. The game is a card game, plus on my […]
At Origins, my family had the privilege of previewing a new game from Derpy Games called NanoBot Battle Arena. This is a tile laying game where the goal is to take […]
Have you ever been playing a game and wished that they people you were playing with would just get a clue and have better manners? Of course you have, Marty […]
That is right, channeling some Pat Benatar for Episode 16. Over two years ago, Marty and I got involved in Warmachines. We are still only dabbling in the hobby, but it […]
For this 5 Minute Initiative, Marty and I discuss a new game from Catalyst Game Labs, The Duke. This was a Kickstarter from last year that Marty bought into and […]
What?! Two episodes in one week? Yes, with Origins still fresh on everyone’s mind, we wanted to get the last of our interviews released as quickly as possible. This episode […]
In this episode, Marty and I explore our various dives into Role Playing Games (RPGs), what we enjoy, and why have they seem to be gaining popularity again. I […]
So how do you respond to the question “Whatcha’ playing?” Do you take time out to explain the game in simple terms or even invite the people to sit down […]
10 D10 for 10th Episode We have achieved double digits in our number of podcasts!!! I know it doesn’t seem like much being only #10, but hey, when you set […]
Just watched the Dice Tower Video on the 10 games not to play with angry people and it got us thinking, what games get under our skin especially when we […]
In Episode 9, we talk about worker placement games. Next to card games, these have become some of my favorite games to play. They provide the strategy that I enjoy […]
In this short segment, Marty and I discuss our opinions on whether or not social deductions games like Resistance, Resistance: Avalon, Ultimate Werewolf are good games or not. This discussion […]
In Episode 8, Marty and I invited to the show the founder and leader of The Queen City Gaming Club, Alex. We had always planned to bring Alex on the […]
At our local game store, we asked the owner who purchases deck protectors. Expecting to hear that it is mixed from and card players to board game players, we […]
Eminent Domain brings pictures to mind of the Federal Government taking control of your land or property for the good of others, whether you like it or not. In this […]
Marty had this brilliant idea that we should do 5 minute podcasts to discuss stuff that is going on in the gaming world. Stuff like: Game Reviews Game Reports Interesting […]
Episode 6 is out for debate. We were lucky enough to have Todd join us for this episode in which we discuss Eurogames vs Ameritrash. To help people have some […]
Episode 5 is out for consumption and it is all about Coop games, one of our favorite style of games. In the first 5 minutes, we don’t jump into Coop […]
The title says it all, this episode we focus on football games from the past and games that we are playing now that have a football theme . First segment […]
Episode 3 is out for consumption. In this podcast: Marty and I attempt to explain our understanding of the various card games out on the market. We talk about CCGs or […]
Our 2nd episode of Rolling Dice & Taking Names is now available. In this episode we have: Casual Corner – Ticket To Ride End of year picks – Top Game, […]
Our premier episode of Rolling Dice & Taking Names is now available. In this episode we have: Introductions Casual Corner – Settlers of Catan Gift ideas for Christmas – Smash […]