Game Classy Episode 286: Not 40k Cast

The boys give their opinions on the new previews

The D6 Generation Pip 162: D&D Live – Sands of Khassan Session 3 – Wererats & Water Elementals

The party continues their raid on the warehouse to find that there are more than just were-creatures lurking about.

And don’t forget, if there’s a podcast that you like to listen to that we should cover, make sure to let us know so we can follow it and share it with others.

Polyhedron Collider Episode 131: UK Games Expo 2023

The dust has settled on UK Games Expo for another year but that won’t stop us talking about all the awesome people, board games, card games, RPGS and miniatures games we got to see at the show.

The D6 Generation Pip 161: BaltiCon 2023 thoughts & Part 2: Author Interviews

Craig shares his thoughts and observations from BaltiCon 2023 and dives into part 2 of his author interviews.

The Secret Cabal Episode 274: The Witcher Old World and The Cabalists Court

Good morning and happy Wednesday Cabalists, it’s that time again for some irreverent nonsense with The Founders! Today the gang talks about the new Discord channel and runs through some of the games they’ve been playing including Hegemony: Lead your Class to Victory, Takenoko, Mindbug: Beyond, Now or Never, Agricola 15 and feature The Witcher Old World. Then Tony T gives us the best damned official tabletop gaming news you’ll ever hear. And finally Judge Topper is back, and court is in session with The Cabalist’s Court.

Game Classy Episode 285: What are the points?

40k new edition talk, privateer press stops production, and Trek

The D6 Generation Pip 157: D&D Live – Sands of Khassan Session 3 – Warehouses & Wererats

In which we learn that were-creatures like to guard warehouses.

Lords of the Dungeon 63: Criminal Muppets, Roleplaying Mental Trauma and PC Conflict

Today Jess and Bender spin the yarn of their recent Star Wars adventures using the Blades in the Dark RPG called Criminal Muppets. Then the Lords take a question from a listener regarding roleplaying mental trauma. And finally, the game talks about healthy and unhealthy player character conflict.

Rolling Dice & Taking Names Episode 295: Saigon 75, Twilight Struggle – Red Sea, Vivarium, Vaalbara

Saigon was the capital of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. In 1975, it was captured by the North Vietnamese army and the Viet Cong, marking the end of the war and the reunification of Vietnam under communist rule. The fall of Saigon was preceded by a massive evacuation of American and South Vietnamese civilians and military personnel, who fled the city by helicopter, boat, or plane. This is the tension you are facing as you play Saigon 75. This game isn’t complex and that is the strength of this game. It honestly made me believe I was trying to hold on to hope. But while playing, all these war movies are running through my head that are about this time in history. This was such an enjoyable game but if having the throw of dice always dictating your outcome is not your thing, then might not be for you.

If you are looking for either a quick game of Twilight Struggle or not sure you would like the complexity and length of Twilight Struggle, then really consider playing Red Sea: Conflict in the Horn of Africa. It gives you that Twilight Struggle feel, but in a fraction of the time. It tastes great, but is less filling, meaning time wise. So this works for me and think that is why enjoyed it so much.

And if you need two quick filler games on set collection, Vaalbara and Vivarium can do that for you. Which one you might want to consider is dependent on which drafting mechanic you prefer. Do you want one where it is based on silent bids or one where simply pulling from a row/column based on the dominoes you have in hand. While the mechanic in Vivarium is simpler, the strategy for scoring is up there with Vaalbara.

Thanks for listening and appreciate all those that have already committed to the Strike Tournament at Gen Con.

The Secret Cabal Episode 274: The Witcher Old World and the Cabalists Court

Good morning and happy Wednesday Cabalists, it’s that time again for some irreverent nonsense with The Founders! Today the gang talks about the new Discord channel and runs through some of the games they’ve been playing including Hegemony: Lead your Class to Victory, Takenoko, Mindbug: Beyond, Now or Never, Agricola 15 and feature The Witcher Old World. Then Tony T gives us the best damned official tabletop gaming news you’ll ever hear. And finally Judge Topper is back, and court is in session with The Cabalist’s Court.

The D6 Generation Pip 159: Author Interviews at BaltiCon 2023

Craig talks to authors from around the Baltimore/DC area about their work, their processes, their challenges and more. 

Rolling Dice & Taking Names Episode 294: Are COIN games difficult to learn?

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 and they are on this episode to give their thoughts on the series. How hard was it to learn? How does it compare to other games? What did they like about the game.

Big thanks to Ben Haimowitz, Ben Nicholson and Evan Miller for coming on the show!

Rolling Dice & Taking Names Episode 293: Undaunted: Stalingrad, Motor City, AH LCG Fortune & Folly, Top 5 games to rebuy

We will often rely on others to help us do reviews on games and due to hectic schedules, we bring in Marty’s dad and a friend of his from work to help make a complete show. We could have just stopped there, but we wanted to share our thoughts that after doing this show for ten years, what games would we start our collection with if we suddenly had to start over.

But due to the fact that the guy who types these up didn’t participate in the games, can’t really say much other than, see if either of the guests are a good replacement for me. Kidding as always. Not going anywhere for ten years now that we got more space on our servers.

There are two contests over on Discord so be sure to join our server if you haven’t already. You can find the invite on the homepage here.

Game Classy 284: The Old World

The races revealed! Kickstarting CCGs? 30k in your 40k?

40K Radio Episode 99: LEVIATHAN

10th edition approaches! In this episode we take a look at the Leviathan box and the 40K 10th edition rules as well as the final faction focus articles on the Warhammer Community website. Stay tuned to our Facebook page and Warhammer Workshop for additional 10th edition content as the release date approaches!

Rolling Dice & Taking Names Episode 292: CCGs vs LCGs

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 give you our pros and cons of each format

The Secret Cabal Express Episode 85: Dice

Today Chris, Tony and Jamie discuss a 2000 year old game component that every gamer has a love hate relationship with… dice!

The D6 Generation Pip 157: D&D Live – Sands of Khassan Session 2 – Dragon Lair Window

In which we learn dragons’ have mothers and you shouldn’t make them angry.

The D6 Generation Pip 158: Hollywood’s thoughts on the Steam Deck

Raef “Hollywood” Granger does a Hollywood style review on Valve’s Steam Deck. And talks about a few of the Steam games he has been playing on it.”

Game Classy Episode 283: Al-Qadim!

D&Deep dive into some RPGs

Polyhedron Collider Episode 130: UK Games Expo 2023 Preview

The UK Games Expo 2023 is only a few days away and we are very excited! So listen along as we discuss the board games, tabletop miniatures games, RPGs, publishers and events that have got us giddy with anticipation.

For more details go to https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/

We will be hosting The Polyhedron Collider Podcast – LIVE! in the NEC Piazza 4 (The Dice Room) on Saturday at 10am. 

Anonymous Tabletop Episode 59: Mayday! We’re Going Down!

Welcome to Anonymous Tabletop Episode 59.

In this very not safe for work episode, Tim takes another sick day and we give him all sorts of crap for it, Jean takes a trip down memory lane and ends up weasing the juice, and we take an impromptu trip to the bowels of Uranus.

Then, Lathan recaps his recent titillating trip to Exxxotica, we find out that Jean is quite the authority on leather and BDSM, and Dave thinks nothing really says romance like needing to throw a tarp down first.

And finally, Shut Up and Take My Money gets kinky and builds an Empire, Geeky Jean revisits Uranus, and Celebrity Deathmatch takes a moustache ride and ends up covered in Jello.

Oh, and don’t forget about Tim’s Sack. This one will likely ruin your childhood.. Sorry..

The Secret Cabal Episode 273: Darwin’s Journey and Games That Fired Other Games

HEY OH! It’s time for some more Secret Cabal in your life. Today the gang goes bananas outta the game and gets into some games they’ve been playing including Thunder Road Vendetta, Nemesis: Lockdown, New York 1901, Dead by Daylight: The Boardgame, Galaxy Trucker and feature Simone Luciani and Nestore Mangone’s newest masterpiece, Darwin’s Journey. Then after Tony T gives us what he does best – the official tabletop gaming news, the gang digs into a discussion about games that fired other games and feature some Cabalist thoughts!

Rolling Dice & Taking Names Episode 291: Oros, Maria, Kamigami Battles, Blob Party

Volcanoes on islands are quite common and can be found in various parts of the world. Islands are often formed by volcanic activity, either as a result of tectonic plate movements or hotspots in the Earth’s mantle. But in the game Oros, you are the creator of volcanoes and land coming together. You are doing all this so your demi-god is praised and you are the extreme knowledgeable one. This game from Lucky Duck is one that will challenge you and your pals because it is deceptive in strategy, cooperation and even some take that as you battle for limited opportunity to gain the end goal of being the most knowledgeable.

We also continue our adventure into the war games with a classic, Maria. Based on recommendation by some very influential people, Marty picked up a copy off of Ebay. At first, was a bit concerned due to the length of the game, but the play was smooth and the rules easy to follow. If you are into these war style of games, you have gotten to play it well before us. If you haven’t, then you might want to seek it out.

A deck builder that requires you to actually pay attention to the cards you are getting from the market. That is what Kamigami requires due to the chaining of cards. This was refreshing to deal with and if you need another deck builder in your life, give it a test run. We did struggle at the end to get to the final end game, but that just might be due to our lack of familiarity with the card combos which you need to understand in these games.

Lords of the Dungeon Episode 62: Jess the Dungeon Master and What We Look For In RPG Game Systems

The Lords are back and today the gang gets right down to business talking about Jess’ first time running a gamer for the group and what she learns, what she did great and some things she plans to work on for next time. Then the Lords dig into a meaty topic submitted by a listener asking what we are looking for in our RPG game systems and rulesets.

The D6 Generation Pip Episode 156: 15mm Indy SciFi, 3D Printing, and Covid, Oh My!

Craig interviews friend of the show Tim Colonna about his Indy game Trilaterum and discovers what gaming entrepreneurship was like through COVID.  Join them as they engage on a far-ranging and interesting chat! 

Polyhedron Collider Episode 129: Six Siege, Wayfarer’s of the South Tigris, & Splendor Duel

If you’ve ever wondered which Harry Potter character is most like Andy then you really should listen to this episode. Also in this episode we discuss the Siege 6 Kickstarter Fees, Rory nearly quits recording after Steve and Andy review Wayfarers of the South Tigris and then Steve is almost press ganged into buying Splendor Duel. The mail bag is opened up and conventions, how to get started with a podcast and insta-buy designers and publishers.

Future Steve even joins us for some details about the upcoming live podcast recording at the UK Games Expo.

Game Classy Episode 282: Warhammer Fest 2023

Pinkertons come to hassle Joe and Steve as they review Warhammer fest 2023

Rolling Dice & Taking Names Episode 290: Earth, Wingspan- Asia, Votes for Women, In the Footsteps of Darwin

Thanks to everyone who voted for us for Best Podcast over at BGG. We really appreciate the nomination but unfortunately, we didn’t win. But that is okay. A big congrats to This Game is Broken for winning this year.

Earth from Inside Up found its way to the table and understand why people are talking about it. We love our engine builder games and this didn’t disappoint. Wingspan is a favorite of mine and Donna’s, so when I purchased up Asia, was hoping that the Duet mode would help us get it to the table more often. Why? Because, already said love the engine builders.

If there is a chance for you to get a play of In the Footsteps of Darwin, do it because you might be pleasantly surprised. This is one of those games that will fly under the radar and as a filler, it doesn’t disappoint.

Finally, Votes for Women will not only educate those that play it but might even help get people to try these types of card driven map games. It is fair to assume that these games look complicated, but this is a very solid introduction to that style. Who knows, after a few plays of this game, you might convince someone to give Twilight Struggle a chance.

The D6 Generation Pip Episode 155: D&D Live – Sands of Khassan Session 1 – White Dragon Lair

In which we learn why a dragon gets so many actions.

The Secret Cabal Episode 272: Masters of the Universe and Civilization Games

Episode 272 starts out with an oldie but a goodie, Chris’ Movie review segment in which he kinda talks about the Tetris movie and trails off into something else. Then the gang gets busy with the games they’ve been playing including Yokohama, 51st State: Ultimate Edition, Core Worlds, Starship Captains, Revive and a feature review of Masters of the Universe Clash for Eternia from CMON. Then after Tony T goes ape with the best damn news segment in the third Galaxy, the Founders discuss what makes a Civilization game.

The Secret Cabal Express 84: Designer Spotlight Jamey Stegmaier

Today Don, Tony and Jamie present a designer spotlight on Jamey Stegmaier. The gang talks about the myriad of games he’s designed including Viticulture, Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia, Scythe, Charterstone, Tapestry, Red Rising and Rolling Realms and his progression as a designer and business man.

40K Radio Episode 96: The Adeptisode

In this episode we discuss our time at Adepticon and all the big reveals!

The D6 Generation Pip Episode 154: Warmachine Mark 4 list building with your collection & campaign mission setup

It’s time for more Warmachine & Whiskey. This time Raef and Russ discuss what it’s like list building in this transitional period between Warmachine Mark 3 and Warmachine Mark 4.

After that, they talk a bit about their progress in the Black Tide campaign and mission setup going into the next battle.

Don’t miss the companion Lost Chapter for Patrons in which we discuss Warmachine Mark 4 model quality and painting techniques we’ve been trying.

Rolling Dice & Taking Names Episode 289: Screening, Streaming, or Steaming – Summer Movies 2023

After a 4 year hiatus, we are excited to bring back our Summer Movie preview show! Chris Kirkman and Dan Patriss join us as we looking at the biggest movies of the summer. And then draft which movies we think will bring in the most money!