This week on the podcast we talk Set Collection games, Pokemon Go, Forbidden Stars, & Stronghold! and do we have any kind of personal Collections?

What we have been playing?

• Pokemon Go, Forbbiden Stars, Stronghold 2nd Ed

Topic: Set Collection games! And Collections?

• What are a few games that use the set collection mechanic?
• • Hanabi
  • Sheriff of Nottingham
  • CV
  • Lords of Waterdeep
  • Sushi Go
  • Ticket to Ride
  • Splendor
• What is your favorite game with set collection?
• • (Rob) Legendary
  • (Roy) Shadows over Camelot
  • (Matt) ? Sheriff of Nottingham ?
• Do you have any kind of personal collection?
• • (Matt) Nerdy Posters and Shirts?
  • (Roy) Board Games
  • (Rob) Risk

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This week we talk about the cult of the new! are you all about the hot new games? are there some older games you should take a look at? and we played CV.

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This week we take questions from Listeners! And talk about our play of Zombicide Black Plague!

News:

• Gencon games list on BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/198728/gen-con-2016-preview
• How to board games
• YouTube Contest almost there!

What we have been playing?

• (All) Zombicide: Black Plague , Summoner Wars

Questions!

• Jpeevo73: How can I find other gamers in my community??
• • Meetup.com
  • Facebook.com
  • Friendly Local Game Store

• Peterobeirne: What are some good games for my five and a half year old?
• • Rhino Hero
  • Most Haba games
  • Animal upon animal
  • King of Tokyo
  • Flick em’ up
  • Terror in Meeple City (Rampage)
  • Run a D&D campaign
• Peterobeirne: What are your go-to "gateway games" to introduce new players to board gaming?
• • Most any co-op game
  • Codenames
  • One Night Ultimate Werewolf
  • Shadows over Camelot
  • Dark Moon
  • Resistance
• Mr_Rob: What's the difficulty in learning war of the ring or star wars rebellion or the space battle star wars game?
• • Have patience and prepare to lose
  • Take your time learning and watch videos online

• peterobeirn: What are some really fun but also budget friendly games?
• • Codenames
  • Rhino Hero
  • Any Tiny Epic Games
  • One Night Ultimate Werewolf
  • Spyfall
• Dadmostlyloses: When a gamer says "show me a game I have never seen?" What's your go to game?
• • Axis of Villains
• Peterobeirne: Strong thematic games or brilliant mechanic games?
• • Both
• Peterobeirne: What was the first game that you played that brought you into this amazing world of tabletop games?
• • BSG
  • Game of Thrones
  • Betrayal at House on the Hill
• Peterobeirne: Where do you get great game shelves?
• • Ikea
  • Or use Physics to your advantage
• Firestorm5672: What are good RPG solo board games? And also good solo board games in general?
• • Legendary
  • Xia (Solo campaign from Embers from a Forsaken Star)
  • Pathfinder Adventure Card Game
  • Descent
  • Zombicide
  • Lord of the Rings Living Card Game
• Jozex.kyo: What do you think about Pirate's Cove of Days of Wonder and the presence of pirate games in general on boardgames?
• • Pirate games are cool
• Jotajotavargas: Who would win in a fight: Superman or Goku?
• • Superman
• Cliffny: What are your favorite deck building games and which would be your favorite cards in those games?
• • Marvel: Legendary- Thanos
  • Marvel: Legendary- Kuurth: Breaker of Stone
  • Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn: Brennen
• Ajniggles: What theme do you want to see in a game that you haven't seen or haven't seen done well?
• • The Matrix
  • Full Metal Alchemist
  • The Massive
• Ajniggles: What game do you love to play but none of your game group likes it?
• • Couldn’t think of any
• Enginerding: What are some of your favorite games to play with two players that also have higher player counts?
• • Specter Ops
  • Legendary
  • Rhino Hero
  • Eldritch Horror
  • Wiz-War
  • Race for the Galaxy

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We talk to Lea Culliton from Haba USA about all there games & Gaming with Kids!

• What is Haba Games and can you tell us a little bit about how it got started?
• • The game branch of the Habaermaaß company.
• Can you tell us about a few of the games that Haba makes?
• • Dancing Eggs
  • Animal upon Animal
  • Magic Feathers
  • Karuba
  • Rhino Hero
  • Go Away Monster
  • Orchard
  • And many, many more...
• Our listeners have children in a huge variety of ages. Do you think it's important to game with your kids?
• • Yes, it’s so important.
  • They learn so many skills for interacting with anyone and so many other things.
• Do you have any tips for playing games with children?
• • They want to do what you’re doing so find games that are easy to understand that you like and play with them.
• What do you think is the best first game for kids to learn?
• • My very first Orchard
  • My very first games: Hungry as a Bear
  • Bubble Bath Bunny
• Haba also makes games more geared towards gamers. Can you tell us a little more about that line of games?
• • 3 new games being previewed at Gen-Con
  • Just started last year with Karuba launching
• Karuba was nominated for the spiel des jahres! Has that brought lot more buzz & sales for the game?
• • It was already selling very well before the nomination
• Rhino hero is one of our favorite games. (it's kind of a thing with our podcast and listeners) It's basically the perfect filler game. Can you tell us about how well that game has done in the US market?
• • It sold out in the US market currently
  • The number 1 in the market currently
• Is there any chances for giant rhino hero ever hitting the US? Or expansion?
• • A new version is in the works and will probably come out next year.
  • Giant Rhino Hero might not happen. (EGN recommends sending a petition or email to the Consumer Product Safety Commission [lol jk])
• What is your personal favorite tabletop game?
• • Card games
  • • Dirty Clubs
    • Cribbage
    • And many others...
• Is there anything else coming up at Haba you like to talk about or promote?
• • Heroes of Cascaria (Age +6)
  • Rocks (Age +7)
  • Splish Splash Catapult
  • Dragon Rapid Fire
  • Fire, Fire, Firefighters
  • Princess Mina
  • Magic Feathers
  • Go Cuckoo!

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• New facebook page @ https://www.facebook.com/HABAusa/

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This week we talk about Your Favorite Games and what we have been playing!

• News:
• • YouTube subscriber contest!
  • • www.youtube.com/c/epicgamingnight
  • Massive darkness
  • Throat punch lunch
  • Listener remix!
  • • https://youtu.be/YfwU2AshWlk
• What we've been playing!
• • (Roy) Eldritch Horror
  • (Rob) Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn
  • (Matt) Karuba
• We talk about our favorite games all the time but what is it that makes it your favorite game?
• • (Roy) Twilight Imperium 3
  • (Rob) Game of Thrones
  • (Matt) Blood Rage
• Are there specific mechanics that you lean towards or are your favorite?
• • (Roy) Combat, buying units, negotiation
  • (Rob) Social interaction, dice rollin’
  • (Matt) Card Drafting, interpersonal interaction, themed mechanics
• Let's look at ours listeners favorite games for trends.
• • Dead of Winter (2)
  • Betrayal at House on the Hill (2)
  • Viticulture (2)
  • Werewolf
  • Robinson Crusoe
  • Pandemic (5)
  • Blood rage
  • Codenames (2)
  • Lords of Waterdeep (2)
  • Ashes (2)
  • Concordia
  • Scoville
  • Settlers of Catan
  • Terra Mystica
  • Orleans (2)
  • Tzolk'in
  • Stone Age (2)
  • Puerto Rico
  • Axis & Allies
  • Above and Below
  • Five Tribes
  • Legendary: Marvel (3)
  • Chaos in the Old World
  • Pandemic Legacy (2)
  • Carcassonne (2)
  • Sheriff of Nottingham
  • Cosmic Encounter
  • Twilight Imperium (2)
  • Roll For The Galaxy
  • Battlestar Galactica
  • Resistance: Avalon
  • Agricola
  • Xia
  • Bruges
  • Defenders of the Realm
  • Tiny Epic Galaxies (2)
  • Lords of Vegas
  • Formula D
  • Eldritch Horror
  • Dixit
  • Black Fleet
  • Coup
  • Mage Knight
  • Small World
  • Gold West
  • Super Dungeon Explore
  • Evolution
  • Dark Moon
  • Omnirim
  • 7 Wonders
  • Galaxy Trucker
  • Bottom of the 9th
  • Star Realms

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We talk to Cody & Ira all about Xia: Embers of a Forsaken Star.

• Introduction:
• • Introduce Cody and Ira!
• What is Xia?
• • A sandbox style space adventure.
• Tell us about the expansion embers of a forsaken in star!
• • Adds tons of new content including:

Economy Board to balance shorter trade routes

New ships to buy

New Modules and ship parts

Single Player Mode

Campaign Mode

New hazards and tiles

Events that affect the game board as well as the players

• What concepts did you have for this expansion? Lore and story?
• • Xia collides with another system (Nyr) and the remnants of that system are now intertwined with one another.
• What are some of the main things the expansion done to help with gameplay and balance?
• • The Economy Board
  • 1,000 extra starting credits
  • Exploration tokens changed to be more balanced
  • Tried to make the game play faster
  • Balanced a couple of tier 3 ships
  • Tweak some rules surrounding missions
  • Very small general rules tweaks
• Ira can you tell us about the solo game play and how that works?
• • Solo game functions as a regular game of Xia just without anyone else.
  • The campaign mode uses missions that have to be completed. So each game you play you need complete one of the missions. As you win or lose you progress onward in order to win the game.
• Solo gaming seems to be on the rise! (The solo guild on BGG is the 3ed biggest guild?) is that what made you team up to bring it to Xia?
• • Ira wanted a way in to help work on the game!
• What are some of the struggles that come when developing an expansion for an already existing game?
• • Trying to add things without changing the core feel of the game.
  • Trying not to add too many thing so that newer players don’t feel overwhelmed with too many rules.
• How did it feel to fund in a hour and a half!?
• • Awesome and crazy and such a relief.
• Is there anything else you would like to talk about or promote?
• • @Faroffgames on twitter
  • CHECK OUT THE KICKSTARTER!!!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1438045410/xia-embers-of-a-forsaken-star?ref=category_popular

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Ep. 57 Kickstarter Games: We have been playing TI3 & Star Wars Rebellion!

• News:
• • Xia: Embers of a Forsaken Star
  • Arkham horror LCG Leak?
  • • Fantasy flight games says "no comment"
• What we have been playing!?
• • (Roy) Star Wars: Rebellion
  • (Rob) Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn
  • (Matt) Twilight Imperium 3
• What are some games that have been produced by kickstarter?
• • Xia
  • Blood Rage
  • Alien Frontier
  • Space Cadets: Away Missions
  • Most Cool Mini or Not games
  • Secret Hitler
  • Tiny Epic Kingdoms
  • Tiny Epic Galaxies
  • Flashpoint: Fire Rescue
  • Deception: Murder in Hong Kong
• What do you like about publishers making games on kickstarter?
• • Platform for smaller devs to get their game out there
  • Increases board game visibility to those outside the hobby
  • Preview what’s to come
  • Self-Publishing through kickstarter could make more money
  • Get a behind the scenes look at the devs’ process
• What do you think about kickstarter exclusives?
• • Rob loves them
  • Roy is not a fan
  • Matt hates them
• What do you do to cope with the wait for your copy of the game to come in?
• • Rob hates it
  • Roy doesn’t really kickstart things :D
  • Matt doesn’t care
• Are there any kick starters you're sad that you missed?
• • (Roy) Xia
  • (Rob) Scythe, Xia
  • (Matt) Blood Rage, Banner Saga: The Board Game, Scythe
• Is kickstarter addiction a real thing? How to combat it?

This week we talk about Starting your own game night, Spiel Des Jahres Nominees, and how Matt is made of Cheese!

• Game News
• • Spiel des jahres
  • • Codenames   
    • Imhotep
    • Karuba
  • Kiner Spiel
  • • Isle of Skye
    • Pandemic Legacy – Season 1
    • T.I.M.E Stories
• What we have been playing?
• • (Matt) Blood Rage
  • (Roy) Battlestar Galactica, Deception: Murder in Hong Kong
  • (Rob) Battlestar Galactica
• What are some games that require a game day to play?
• • Twilight Imperium 3
  • Mansions of Madness
  • Game of Thrones
  • Xia
  • Eclipse

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This week we talk about Asymmetrical games, the Godfather by Eric Lang, Time Stories: Prophecy of Dragons, & Ashes.

• News & junk!
• • The Godfather by Eric Lang
  • Easy Roller Dice has some banging dice! Check out www.EasyRollerDice.com
    
• What we have been playing!?
• • (Roy) Time Stories: Prophecy of Dragons & Monikers
  • (Rob) Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn
  • (Matt) Time Stories: Prophecy of Dragons
• What are a few games that have asymmetry?
• • War of the Ring
  • Battlestar Galactica
  • Memoir 44
  • Cosmic Encounter
  • Blood Rage
  • Xia
  • Twilight Imperium 3
  • Eclipse
  • Rex
  • Betrayal at House on the Hill
  • Spector Ops
  • Dead of Winter
  • Tail Feathers
  • Chaos of the Old World
• What is your favorite game with asymmetrical sides and/or asymmetrical powers?
• • (Roy) War of the Ring, Twilight Imperium 3
  • (Rob) Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn, Twilight Imperium 3
  • (Matt) Spector Ops, Blood Rage

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This week we talk to Rob Daviau about SeaFall, Legacy games, & Game Design!

• Introduce Rob Daviau!
• What we have been playing!?
• • (Roy) Masmorra
  • (Rob D) Clash of Clans
  • (Rob N) Splendor, Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn
  • (Matt) Stellaris
• What are some of the games you have worked on?
• • Bunches of Hasbro games
  • Betrayal at House on the Hill
  • Risk & Risk legacy
  • Pandemic Legacy
  • Seafall
• Where did the idea of a legacy game come from?
• • Started from trying to add something new to Clue
  • Then retooled the idea into Risk Legacy
• What is Seafall?
• • “Indiana Jones in the age of sail”
• If you had free reign and the proper licensing to make any game a Legacy game but would it be?
• • Seafall
  • Golden age Justice League
• What is your current favorite tabletop game?
• • 1st edition D&D back in 1983
• Is there anything else you would like to talk about or promote!
• • Chronicles news coming in the fall
  • Sea Fall PreOrders at PlaidHatGames.com

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This week we talk Competitive gaming, Tournaments, & what we have been playing! also news Sea Fall & Xia Expansion!

• News & junk!
• • Seafall!!
  • • ROB DAVIAU ON THE NEXT PODCAST!!!!!!!
  • Far off Games announced kickstarter dates for new Xia Expansion!!!!!!!
• Tabletop day recap!
• What we have been playing!?
• • (Roy) Millennium Blades
  • (Rob) Tiny Epic Kingdoms: Heroes Call and Tiny Epic Galaxies
  • (Matt) Also Millennium Blades
• What games have you played competitively or in a tournament style setting?
• • (Matt) TF2
  • (Rob) Call of Duty: WaW, Friday Night Magic, Risk Legacy
  • (Roy)  Heroclix, Magic, Redemption
• How do you prepare for playing in a competitive tournament?
• • (Rob) GET HYPE!!!
  • (Roy) Meticulous thought.
  • (Matt) Just play the game.
• What board game would you play in a competitive tournament?
• • (Rob) Game of Thrones
  • (Roy) Galaxy Trucker
  • (Matt) Rhino Hero

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This wee we talk to Marty from rolling dice & taking names all about Lord of the Rings! and what we have been playing! Check it!

• Introduce Marty from Rolling Dice and Taking Names!
• What we have been playing!?
• • (Roy) Legendary, Hearthstone, and Tiny Epic Galaxies
  • (Rob) Star Wars Queen’s Gambit
  • (Matt) Star Wars Imperial Assault
  • (Marty) 51st State and a mention of Star Wars Rebellion

Topic: Lord of the Rings

• What is lord of the rings?
• • A fantasy IP from J.R.R. Tolkien.
• When did you first hear of Tolkien's world of Middle Earth?
• • Lord of the Rings Cartoon
  • Books
  • Movies
• Do you think Tolkien's work had a big influence on the fantasy genre?
• • YES!
• What are some tabletop games with the lord of the rings theme?
• • War of the Ring
  • Risk: Lord of the Rings
  • Lord of the Rings CCG
  • Lord of the Rings LCG
  • Lord of the Rings: The Miniature Game
• Marty what is your current favorite board game?
• • Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn
• Is there anything else you'd like to talk about or promote?
• • Rolldicetakenames.com summer movie reviews
  • Going to CoolMiniOrNot Expo
  • Going to Origins
• We are going to be hosted by Geek and Sundry on International Tabletop Day (April 30th) thanks to our friends at Gamelyn Games. We will be playing Tiny Epic Galaxies at 8pm EDT on April 30th come by and check us out @ twitch.tv/epicgamingnight

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This week Roy and Matt talk about being a board game Player Vs being a hobbyist, Casual gaming, & Bringing people in to the hobby. we also take some questions from our listeners!

• What we have been playing!?
• (Roy) Atomic Empire, Codenames Pictures
• (Matt) NDA’s, Telestrations After Dark

• What is the difference between a board game player and a hobbyist?
• Player enjoys playing games but doesn’t get into buying all the games.
• Hobbyist’s get super into the theme.
• What would you consider yourself?
• (Matt) Player
• (Roy) Hobbyist
• Should we be trying to convert people to the hobby?
• Yeah
• Is there anything wrong with being a casual gamer?
• Nope
• Do you think there's too much elitism in gaming?
• Ehh
• What can gamers do to be more inclusive to all people groups?
• Be nice.

• Questions from some listeners!

• Isthisgamefun:
• Are there any Kickstarter games that you're really looking forward to?
• Secret Hitler
• Banner Saga
• Scythe
• Are they any games that everyone loves but you don't?
• Killer Bunnies?

• Boardgameshowcase:
• You have to purge your collection, but you’re allowed to keep two games. What two games would you keep, what would you miss the most what would be your first purchase for the new collection (can't be anything you got rid of)?
• Roy keeps Xia and Legendary plus all the expansions

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We Celebrate 50 Episodes with a ton of amazing guests! We talk Games we are excited about and play a game of Werewolf to close out the show!

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Brandon @_Analoggamer

Emerson @nazcagames

Isaac @Isaacsashes

Jerry @Mice_guy

Josh @Jlobkowicz

Mark @Boardgamecorner

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