GeekCroft Board Gamers
11 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -GeekCroft Board Gamers is a Sydney-based board gaming group who typically meet fortnightly until they get it right.
Join Mr Yellow, Mr Green, Mr Red and Mr Blue as they typically discuss the recent entrails of a board game freshly devoured. It's a board gaming conversation at a depth normally associated with the shallow end of the pool, so jump in and join us, as no floaties are required.
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Episodes
eekCroft Board Gamers Episode #11 18 April 2022 - Solo chat about games I got rid of at CanCon22
April 18, 2022 10:50 - 47 minutes - 54.3 MBRecorded 18 April 2022. As the opportunities to actual get people in a room to talk board games continues to be difficult, I decide to talk to myself about the games I got rid of and sold at CanCon22. As its just me rambling, its probably not something you want to listen to, but at least it means the equipment still works.
GeekCroft Board Gamers Episode #10 4 September 2021 - 6 nimmt! played live on BGA
September 04, 2021 04:29 - 13 minutes - 15.6 MBRecorded 4 September 2021. Every Friday night during COVID lockdown we have been getting together on Skype and playing Board Games online using the wonderful site BGA (https://boardgamearena.com). So, here is a quick chat whilst we play our favourite BGA starter filler 6 nimmt! We talk briefly on gaming during lockdown including online Diplomacy whilst clearly being distracted by what is happening in 6 nimmt!
GeekCroft Board Gamers Episode #09 12 July 2021 - Quest for El Dorado
July 13, 2021 09:24 - 17 minutes - 19.5 MBIn a desperate attempt to see if the equipment still works, I give the board game vibe on the Quest for El Dorado.
GeekCroft Board Gamers Episode #08 12 February 2021
February 13, 2021 05:38 - 32 minutes - 44.6 MBNever bring a knife to a gun fight, nor a condenser microphone to a multi-microphone podcast! The literal echo chamber that is GeekCroft Board Gamers returns after a year with still not much to add. We discuss mainly how Board Game Arena saved our gaming 2020, our alternate events for Essen and CanCon, and make a fairly weak commitment to do this again within the current year.
GeekCroft Board Gamers Episode #07 - CanCon2020 Interviews (Behind the Curtain)
February 04, 2020 08:35 - 52 minutes - 40.5 MBIn Episode 7, we find ourselves at CanCon, the biggest and best board game convention in Australia, held in the nation's capital of Canberra. This episode contains the interviews from CanCon. We were most fortunate to get to speak to some very interesting people, with the focus being their process for board game design, board game videos, board game libraries or board game podcasts. If you wish to go straight to the interviews and miss the waffle, the time stamps are: 04:26 Martin Wal...
GeekCroft Board Gamers Episode #06 - the lost Nov 2019 Episode
February 02, 2020 05:12 - 16 minutes - 11.8 MBWe had recorded this episode on 15th November 2019, but I initially thought the quality of the recording wasn't good enough, but actually, its ok, so here it is. On Episode #6 we talked Megagames, the Sydney 18XX convention, the follow up to Wingspan, traditional card games, On the Underground, RA the Dice Game, Hive Pocket edition, grail games and our plans leading up to CanCon 2020.
GeekCroft Board Gamers Episode #05 10 Aug EttinCon 2019 Special
August 11, 2019 01:32 - 23 minutes - 30.8 MBOn Episode #5, we hit the icy road and travel to the Blue Mountains to record ourselves and others at one of our favourite board gaming conventions - Ettincon (more at ettincon.org). In addition to a discussion over breakfast and post game analysis of 'Raiders of the North Seas' and 'Brass: Lancashire', we have interviews with Matt and Don from Team Ettincon 2019 about how the day went and the expanding future plans.
GeekCroft Board Gamers Episode #04 5 July 2019
July 05, 2019 14:55 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBOn episode #4 we discuss Great Western Trail (with expansion), Endeavor (both sides of the board), Mykerinos, and also the upcoming EttinCon.
GeekCroft Board Gamers Episode #03 31 May 2019
May 31, 2019 14:49 - 31 minutes - 30.1 MBOn the third episode we talk Terraforming Mars and its expansions, Code 777, plus a few filler card games (Arboretum and Guildhall). No polish applied to this one (i.e no edits but probably required a few).
GeekCroft Board Gamers Episode #02 25 April 2019
April 26, 2019 09:16 - 19 minutes - 19.1 MBOn the second episode of the GeekCroft Board Gamers podcast we discuss 6 player Colonia (its tight), the Century games (Spice Road and Eastern Wonders) and the prelude chapter of Betrayal Legacy. You may also notice the one edit.
GeekCroft Board Gamers Episode #01 19 April 2019
April 19, 2019 13:26 - 16 minutes - 15.9 MBWelcome to the first episode of the GeekCroft Board Gamers podcast! This is just an introductory episode where we briefly cover our individual entries into the world of board games before being diverted into some general thoughts on board game expansions and our plans for future episodes. So hello and thanks for listening!