Host: "Director" REBECCA Walker of Bj Geek Nation Designer: Sean Epperson of Thing 12 Games Chief Game Player: Josh Utley from The Omega Gamers Dice tower awards http://www.dicetower.com/dice-tower-awards/2016 Monocle Society announced its partnership with war room and war machine to use "The Rules" for all there gaming goodness. Sign up for the Beta at www.monoclesociety.com/warroom Josh: Alien Frontiers, Anachrony, Terraforming Mars & Burkes Gambit (Fail) Chris: Clank, Sol: Last Days of a Star, Elder Sign Sean: Word Slam, Monopoly Gamer Con report with Sean August 5th - 6th MaricopaCon 2017 (Phoenix, AZ) http://maricopacon.com/ August 17-20th Gencon (Indianapolis, IN) www.gencon.com August 25th - 27th Dragonflight Con (Bellevue, WA) http://dragonflight.org/ September 1st - 4th PAX West (Seattle, WA) http://west.paxsite.com/ September 30th - October 1st Geek Girl Con (Seattle, WA) https://geekgirlcon.com/ October 21st - 22nd Ge2 (Seattle, WA) October 21st - 22nd Central City Comic Con (Yakima, WA) https://centralcitycomiccon.com/ "The Question" "What is your favorite game with a "take that" mechanic?" "Maneuvers that directly attack an opposing player's strength, level, life points or do something else to impede their progress, while usually providing the main engine for player interaction in the game. Usually used in card games, where single unforeseen card plays can cause huge swings in player progress or power." Game of the Now: Century Spice Road by Plan B Games Basic mechanics: Trade up Theme: buying and selling spices Components: Cards, metal coins and cubes Value: 30 Replay-ability: mid-high Kickstart My Art with Sean: Firelight: The Questing Card Game by Hobby Horse Games A 2-4p card-based role-playing game for players of all experience levels, with 5-minute setup & great artwork. Play complete 5-act stories within a 60-100 minute setting. $30 base pledge 7.7k of their 11.2k goal Ends August 10th Epoch: The Awakening by Orange Nebula A highly strategic, fantasy-themed game for 2-5 players, with resource management and area control as the primary mechanics. Play time is 15-30 minutes per player. $54 base pledge 40k of their 29.7k goal Ends August 10th Founders of Gloomhaven by Isaac Childres A stand-alone city building board game of tile placement and action selection, set in the world of Gloomhaven. They are working out stretch goals. $49 pledge (only one) 202k of their 50k goal End August 10th Star Realms Frontiers by White Wizard Games The latest space-themed deckbuilding set. $20 base pledge, $30 for the base + promos and unlocks 349k of their 100k goal End August 10th Who Goes There by Certifiable Studios (makers of Endangered Orphans) A semi-co-operative game for 3-4 players, expandable to 6. 90-120 min game time. This is a survival game, with a license from John Carpenter's The Thing...so there is a hidden role aspect. Players don't start off as an alien, but someone will be infected at some point. Will they reveal or hide out and try and infect others. Yes Josh, this includes minis. :) WHOO-HOO MINIS $59 base pledge 163k of their 54k goal End August 8th Legendary Creatures by Eduardo Baraf A deck and resource management game where you combine your creatures' abilities, magic spells, and powerful amulets in a race through four elemental realms. However watch out: as you maneuver for mastery in one realm your opponents may steal the lead in another and claim the title: Druid of Nature's Grace. $39 base pledge 26k of their 20k goal End August 3rd See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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