Mile High Game Guys: Boardgaming Podcast

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Episode 36 - The Gallerist Mar 08, 2017

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The Gallerist

Our hosts start the episode already off-topic, talking about Logan, before diving into some recently played games. Zach and Jeff tried out Jump Drive, the new game from the creator of Race for the Galaxy, and Adrian introduced his girlfriend, Megan, to Feast for Odin at Heavy Cardboard’s weekly meetup. To finish up, they give some initial impressions on Gloomhaven. Moving on to Kickstarters, Food Truck Champion and Dubai: Rebuild the Ruins are mentioned before bringing up the Eric Lang-inspired elephant in the room, Rising Sun. In News, Cottage Garden is coming to the US, Battlestar Galactica might be leaving, and Le Havre is returning. With the News done, our hosts move onto the Review of the Week, Vital Lacerda’s The Gallerist. Does this game combine euro game design with a well-developed theme into a work of art? Or does its meaning get lost in pretty colors and lines? Find out inside! Results for the intro music poll closes out the show.

00:00:40 Banter! Featuring: The movie Logan, Jump Drive, 3-Dragon Ante, The Grizzled, Dragon & Flagon, Feast for Odin vs The Colonists, and Gloomhaven.

00:31:54 News and Kickstarters:

00:32:09 Munchkin Shakespeare
00:33:15 Food Truck Champion
00:34:19 Dubai: Rebuild the Ruins
00:36:18 Rising Sun by Eric Lang
00:39:58 Stronghold Games bring Cottage Garden to North America
00:41:24 Battlestar Galactica going away?
00:43:08 Le Havre reprint has a street date

00:45:50 MHGG Review: The Gallerist

*Note: During the cost and availability discussion, I said that Gallerist and Vinhos together we're $175 in the Kickstarter, that was wrong. The entire KS for Vinhos, Gallerist, and Lisboa was $195, including shipping.

01:21:33 Episode Wrap Up: Intro/outro music poll, contact info, and sign-off

Episode 35 - Arkham Horror: The Card Game Mar 01, 2017

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Arkham Horror: The Card Game

The episode begins with some newly played games, including Zach’s attempt to enjoy Dimension, and Adrian getting stomped in Food Chain Magnate. After a word from the KIL, Jeff gives us a rundown of his latest match in The Bloody Minute. In the Kickstarter section, Weta Workshop’s Giant Killer Robots and Pandasaurus Games’ Dinosaur Island are discussed. In the News section, a duo of new Rick and Morty games are announced, a Batman game from Monolith is teased, and some pictures were leaked of a Campaign for the great Coop, The Grizzled. In the review of the week, our hosts attempt to survive Arkham Horror: The Card Game. Does this game take a campaign structure and bless its player with an interesting and compelling story? Or does this combination of LCGs and Cthulhu curse it’s participants and drive them insane? Find out inside!

A couple emails and some more discussion of some giveaway feedback close out the show.

00:00:45 Banter! Featuring - Weather, Hot Springs, Jeff's trip to Chicago, Dimensions, Kings Cribbage, Euchre, Dragon & Flagon, Colt Express, Glass Road, and Food Chain Magnate

00:21:40 Bloody Minute presented by Hairy Stink-Breath, Head Ref of The K.I.L.

00:28:31 News and Kickstarters!

00:28:40 GKR: Heavy Hitters
00:30:23 Roller Coaster Challenge
00:31:34 Dinosaur Island
00:36:12 Rick and Morty Anatomy Park & Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind
00:38:10 Batman: The Board Game and Batman: The Animated Series Almost Got ’Im Card Game
00:40:10 Grizzled Stand-Alone Campaign
00:40:57 We got GLOOMHAVEN!!!! 00:43:02 MHGG Review: Arkham Horror: The Card Game 01: Emails, BGG Comments, Contact info and Episode Wrap-Up

Episode 34 - 7 Wonders Duel and Giveaway Results Feb 22, 2017

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7 Wonders Duel

With the end of our 2nd giveaway, this episode starts out with a recap of newly played games. Jeff gives us his first impressions on Diamonds and Aye, Dark Overlord before Zach and Adrian give a rundown of the experience at GenghisCon over the weekend. Zach finally got a chance to try out RoboRally, and Adrian played The Dragon and Flagon and had another try at The Colonists. In the News Section, The Incident at Outpost 31, a boardgame based on “The Thing”, a New Eldritch Horror Expansion, and more details of Pandemic Legacy Season 2 come out in the form of the back of the box. In a short Kickstarter Section, a set of expansions for the Champions of Midgard and Tramway’s New York and Paris Maps are mentioned. Our hosts then move on the Game Review of the Week, 7 Wonders Duel. Does this game use the correct resources to extract the best parts of 7 Wonders into a 2 Player specific game? Or does building these Wonders leave you wanting more? Does the Expansion add enough to the game to be worth it? Find out inside! The winner of the 2nd Giveaway is announced and an answer to a twitter question finishes out the show.

00:00:57 Banter! Featuring: Diamonds, Aye Dark Overlord, GhengisCon, Podracing: Gambler's Gauntlet, Kings Cribbage, Vinhos, RoboRally, Dragon & Flagon, Colonists, At the Gates of Loyang, and a fan experience!

00:40:56 News & Kickstarters!

00:41:02 New T.I.M.E. Stories expansions announced
00:41:41 The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31
00:43:35 New Eldritch Horror Expansion
00:44:18 Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 info!!
00:48:17 Black Orchestra
00:49:40 Champions of Midgard: The Expansions
00:53:35 Tramways: Paris and New York

00:55:55 MHGG Review: 7 Wonders: Duel

01:26:46 MHGG's Imperial Settlers Giveaway Results!!

01:29:45 Contest Feedback, Contact Info and Closeouts

Fancy Interview Ep1 - w David Reed of Time Well Spent Games Feb 17, 2017

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MHGG’s Fancy Interviews #1

This special episode has our hosts joined once again by David from Time Well Spent Games. This time, however, the questions are gonna be directed towards him as Zach and Adrian TRY and let someone else talk for once. Jeff, The Inquisitor, gets David to open up about how he got his board game online shop, the pros and cons of it already being established, and the ins and outs of this industry from a new retailer perspective.

00:00:30 Introducing the new Fancy Interview series: with David Reed of Time Well Spent Games

00:02:00 Pre-Interview Banter

00:04:26 David' s gaming background

00:09:15 Question 1: What made you decide to buy a boardgame retail website?

00:14:31 Struggles of physical location vs online store

00:17:29 Question 2: What were the challenges/benefits of buying and existing business?

00:24:40 Question 3: What is it like running a boardgame retail website?

00:29:34 Question 4: Competition in the boardgame industry is tough, how do you deal with that?

00:37:22 Question 5: How do you decide what to stock?

00:42:26 Question 6: How do you deal with all the various publishers/distributors?

00:45:14 How much trouble do you have keeping hotness in stock?

00:49:58 Question 7: Have you looked into any specific niches?

00:52:19 Do you carry accessories?

00:53:37 Question 8: Where do you want to take Time Well Spent?

00:57:53 Final Question: What are your plans for the 2017 convention season?

Episode 33 - Manhattan Project: Energy Empire Feb 15, 2017

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Manhattan Project: Energy Empire

This episode has our hosts joined by Special Guest David, owner of Time Well Spent Games. After a brief intro of his gaming history, the weekly game recap begins. David mentions his most recent plays of Adrenaline, Jeff and Zach both bring up Food Chain Magnate and Mint Works!, and Adrian brings up the rear with his plays of Vinhos Deluxe and Lisboa. Jeff gives us a colorful rundown of his latest Blood Bowl game in the Blood Minute, and then they dive into News and Kickstarter. A bunch of games were announced, including Terra Mystica: Gaia Project, aka Terra Mystica IN SPACE, a two player version of Caverna, and the fiascos of Gloomhaven and First Martian Preorders are brought to light. In the Kickstarter section, Heroes of Land, Air, and Sea is taken down to prepare for a future relaunch, and some new tracks for Tramway are up. In the Review of the week, our hosts and David talk about Manhattan Project: Energy Empire. Has this standalone game built enough of an infrastructure to distinguish itself from the Original Manhattan Project, or does it get blasted away? Find out inside! A reminder of our Contest for Imperial Settlers closes out the show.

00:00:32 Introduction Special: David Reed from Time Well Spent Games

00:03:39 Banter! Featuring - Moar Weather, Adrenaline, Terraforming Mars (of course), Battlestar Gallactica, Shadows Over Camelot, Food Chain Magnate, Mint Works, Aye Dark Overlord, Vinhos, Lisboa, Blood Bowl!

00:24:10 Bloody Minute

00:28:37 News and Kickstarter!

00:28:45 Gaia Project (Terra Mystica... IN SPACE!!!)
00:29:57 Bloodborne Expansion
00:30:47 Caverna: Hohle Gegen Hohle
00:34:25 Gloomhaven only shipping 8% of preorders
00:36:16 Paypal is awful (froze Portal games funds for First Martians)
00:38:18 Charterstone details!!!! (and by details we mean tid-bits of info)
00:41:23 Heroes of Land, Sea, and Air re-launch in May
00:44:25 Tramways: Paris and New York

00:49:09 MHGG Review - Manhattan Project: Energy Empire

01:29:52 Episode Wrap-up

01:30:26 BGG Golden Geek Awards
01:31:57 Imperial Settlers Giveaway

Episode 32 - Robinson Crusoe Feb 08, 2017

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Robinson Crusoe

In this episode, our hosts are once again joined by Special Guest Megan. They start off catching up on recently played games, including Snake Oil and The Pantheon expansion for 7 Wonders Duel. In the Kickstarter section, they talk about Quodd Heroes’ Relaunch, the SuperHot card game, and the Wyrmwood D&D GM Screen. Adrian also reminds us that Fuedem is opening for late Pledging. Some new expansions are announced, specifically for Quadropolis and Mystic Vale and the Golden Geek Awards nominations are open. The game discussion of the week is Robinson Crusoe. Does this punishing Co-op find salvation in its thematic mechanisms? Or does this game leave you starving for something more? Find out inside! A few emails and an announcement of a new giveaway ends the show!

00:01:00 Banter! Featuring: Weather, Super Bowl Game Day, Snake Oil, Santorini, Forbidden Desert, 7 Wonders Duel, Biblios, Manhattan Project: Energy Empire, Lanterns

00:22:08 Kickstarter and Boardgame News

00:22:55 Quodd Heroes
00:26:51 SuperHot card game
00:29:41 Tortuga 1667
00:34:20 2 Rooms and a Boom: Necroboomicon
00:38:12 Wyrmwood D&D screen
00:42:36 Feudum Late Pledges
00:44:16 Mythic Battles Pantheon
00:44:56 Quodropolis Expansion
00:45:49 Mystic Vale 2nd Expansion
00:48:18 Boardgame Blitz and Our Turn! podcast picked up by Dice Tower Network
00:49:27 Golden Geek Awards are taking nominations.....

00:53:45 MHGG Review: Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island

01:36:44 Episode Wrap-Up

01:38:26 Imperial Settlers Giveaway!!!

Blood Bowl league play and Karak-Ankor Open tournament! Feb 02, 2017

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Have you been wistfully listing to Jeff's Bloody Minute week after week and wishing you could also smash and get smashed in some Blood Bowl awesomeness? Well you're in luck! As you should have heard in our latest episode, the Karak-Ankor Invitational League is hosting the Karak-Ankor Open this March so you can get involved in the local Denver Blood Bowl scene. Join the Facebook group here and get more info on the KIL open tournament here!

Episode 31 - Tiny Epic Western Feb 01, 2017

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Tiny Epic Western

After another Top 10, our hosts get back into the routine with a bunch of newly played games over the past two weeks, including Game Night's 4th anniversary, and first impressions of The Colonists. Jeff then regales us with a breakdown on what was effectively the Blood Bowl Championship. In current news, Gencon tickets go on sale and PETA has a bone to pick with Warhammer 40k. In the Kickstarter section, we catch up on a lot of new games, including Delve from Indie Boards and Cards as well as Gamelyn Games’ Heroes of Land, Air, and Sea. We then move on to the review is the week, Tiny Epic Western from Gamelyn Games. Is this truly an epic game in a small box? Does its worker placement and poker elements stand up or does randomness keep it from becoming something great? Find out here! A couple of emails end our show.

00:00:28 Banter!! Featuring Warm Weather, Cribbage, Star Trek, Language/Pronunciation Issues, a bunch of games from 2 gamenights and an anniversary party, and the Bloody Minute

00:25:53 - The Bloody Minute: League Championship (unofficial)

00:37:43 News and Kickstarter

00:37:53 GenCon Badges on sale
00:38:28 Dice Forge previews are out
00:39:50 PETA wants GW to lose fur on mini's
00:41:19 Tao Long Kickstarter Wrapping Up
00:42:09 Import/Export
00:43:17 World of SMOG: Rise of Moloch
00:45:12 Yukon Salon: A Beary Hairy Game
00:47:29 Delve
00:52:01 Heroes of Land, Sea, and Air

01:01:50 MHGG Review: Tiny Epic Western

01:35:51 MHGG Discuss: Our 4yr Anniversary Gamenight

01:40:34 Episode Wrap-up: Listener Emails and Contact info

Episode 30 - Top 10 Anticipated Games of 2017 Jan 25, 2017

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Top 10 Anticipated for 2017

This Top 10 episode has our hosts detailing some of their most anticipated games in the upcoming year.

00:01:40 Criteria for our lists

The List:

00:03:55 Number 10s
00:06:01 Number 9s
00:08:31 Number 8s
00:11:57 Number 7s
00:13:54 Number 6s
00:17:33 Number 5s
00:20:57 Number 4s
00:25:01 Number 3s
00:28:57 Number 2s
00:33:07 Number 1s

00:36:05 List Notes and Honorable Mentions

00:45:51 Collective Mile High Game Guys Top 3 Anticipated Games

00:46:43 Other 2017 Anticipations and Episode Wrap Up

Episode 29 - Race vs Roll for the Galaxy Jan 18, 2017

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Race vs Roll for the Galaxy

This episode begins with a slew of newly played games, including The Gallerist, Love Letter Premium, and Manhattan Project: Energy Empire. Jeff fills us in on new last game in The Bloody Minute, and finally Adrian chats about his latest trip to the Heavy Cardboard Gaming Meetup. In the news, a Terraforming Mars expansion is announcing, Ignacy Trzewcizek’s newest game First Martians is taking preorders, and a ton of games are getting reprinted. In Kickstarters, the only thing of note was Reiner Knizia’s newest game, Khan of Khans, finally appeared on the site. Moving on to the review section, our hosts do a double header, Race for the Galaxy and it’s newer, “hotter” cousin Roll for the galaxy. They do a brief rundown on both and then try and figure out if there is a place for both on your shelf.

00:00:25 Banter! - Featuring: Talk about the lack of football, movies, Gallerist, Terraforming Mars, Santorini, Love Letter Premium, Werewolf, Tramways