Episodes
Great Big Table Podcast - Episode 009 - Growing Your Game Night Community
June 27, 2018 04:29 - 36.7 MBIn this return episode of the Great Big Table Podcast, Adrienne and Jim talk about some of the things that they have learned while running a successful community game night for the past seven years. We discuss what it means to be in community around the gaming table and some things that might help you expand the role of gaming in your wider community. Some of the games we mention in this episode include: Topiary Cardline: Animals Fauna Download the episode: GBT-EP009-Growing-Your-Game-N...
Great Big Table Talk: North Star Games Public Relations Director and Head of Specialty Accounts Luke Warren at Gen Con 2014
April 21, 2015 03:29 - 4.53 MBI've been able to finally resurrect the rest of the audio interviews that Adrienne and I conducted at Gen Con 2014. I really enjoyed some of the insights that the publishers gave into the growth of the industry and how to be good advocates for the hobby. A case in point is this great interview with Luke Warren, the Public Relations Director for North Star Games. Luke gave us an overview of the games that North Star Games currently has out including its first foray into a the full on strateg...
Great Big Table Talk: R&R Games President and CEO Frank DiLorenzo at Gen Con 2014
September 16, 2014 03:31 - 10.5 MBAt Gen Con, we were very fortunate to spend some time with game publishers and designers. In another of those Gen Con conversations, we spoke with R&R Games' President and CEO, Frank DiLorenzo. R&R Games is known for great gateway games, popular party games (like the Times Up series), and heavier strategy games like Coal Baron and New Haven. They are also the publisher of 2013 Spiel des Jahres (German Game of the Year) winner, Hanabi. We spent some time talking about a wide swath of games of...
Great Big Table Talk: Mindtwister USA National Marketing Director Jesse Den Herder at Gen Con 2014
September 13, 2014 23:03 - 6.32 MBAt Gen Con, we were very fortunate to spend some time with game publishers and designers. In the second of those conversations, we spoke with Mindtwister USA's National Marketing Director, Jesse Den Herder. Mindtwister is probably best known for its beautifully crafted, five-in-a-row, abstract game, Pentago. We had a great time talking with Jesse about some of Mindtwister's games and really enjoyed hearing his ideas about the possible demographic roots to the recent surge in the popularity o...
Great Big Table Talk: HABA USA President Lea Culliton at Gen Con 2014
September 08, 2014 05:23 - 6.89 MBAt Gen Con, we were very fortunate to spend some time with game publishers and designers. In the first of those conversations, we meet HABA USA President Lea Culliton. This year's Gen Con is HABA USA's first time as an exhibitor. We were delighted to see this iconic family and children's game publisher joining the Family Pavillion. Join us as we discuss some of the newest games in HABA USA's lineup. The HABA games that we discussed in this episode include: Shiver-stone Castle Animal Upon...
Gen Con 2014: Gaming For Good
May 23, 2014 16:37Come chat with us about charitable gaming during Gen Con 2014 in beautiful Indianapolis! There are only 9(!) tickets left [out of 50, I'm as surprised as you are], so reserve yours today. Gaming for Good: An Insider's Guide to Playing Games for Charity [SEM1459505] Friday, August 15 10 AM Crowne Plaza : Pennsylvania Stn C Turn your gaming hobby into a force for good. Veteran charity gaming event organizers share their secrets for joining, organizing, promoting & hosting successful fu...
Upcoming Show Topic: Gaming on a Budget
July 30, 2013 19:36The next episode of the Great Big Table podcast (http://greatbigtable.com) will be all about gaming on a budget. Once you've been infected by a deep seated love for board games, you've probably also quickly become aware of how expensive a hobby it can be. Let's face it, while board gaming is gaining in popularity, with more gamers coming to the table every day, most games are still printed in boutique level batches. A popular game may only have ten thousand copies printed across it's...
Great Big Table podcast - Episode 005 - Therapy with The Party Game Cast
July 24, 2013 04:36 - 15.5 MBIn this very special episode of Great Big Table, we're joined by one of our favorite gaming podcasts, The Party Gamecast Featuring the Party Game Cast, to spend way too much time discussing the game that started it all for Adrienne and I, Therapy:The Game. The Party Gamecast was kind enough to send us an audio review of a copy of Therapy that they found lying around and we thought it would be fun to record a DVD commentary style track to intersperse throughout their review. We had a blast d...
Great Big Table podcast - Episode 004 - Extra Life Wrapup
June 15, 2013 17:17 - 39.7 MBIt's over six months late, but we finally get around to wrapping up our Extra Life weekend long board gaming event that raised money for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. We played twenty four hours of board games across three days and raised over two thousand dollars for charity (over $2000!). We're very proud of what we accomplished in our first year and are looking forward to more success as we continue this annual event in our community. Mostly, Jim spends this episode grasping for t...
Extra Life: Playing board games for 24 hours across three days to help sick kids
October 18, 2012 16:21The Great Big Table / Saint Peter's Game Night Extra Life weekend is this weekend. We're playing 24 hours of board games across three days to raise money for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. If you're up for some board gaming in service of Children's Miracle Hospitals and you'll be in the Southern Indiana region (Evansville, IN, to be exact) this weekend, then consider stopping by: When: October 19th, 6pm - 9pm CST October 20th, 7am - 9pm CST October 21st, noon - 8pm CST Where:...
Great Big Table podcast - Episode 003 - Finding a Game Group
October 08, 2012 16:35 - 46.3 MBIt's been a long time coming (sorry about that), but we've finally been able to edit the episode that we recorded over two months ago. In this episode we talk about our new voice mail system (401-ItIsBig), about our Extra Life team, about some of our thrift store finds and flops and we run down some of the games we've played. The Great Big Table Extra Life team page can be found at www.extra-life.org/team/greatbigtable . Please spread the word about what we're doing, join the team, support ...
Upcoming Show Topic: Finding Other Gamers
June 29, 2012 17:48A tip of the hat to guild member, Art V. (pirateart on BGG) for this upcoming show topic. So you've just discovered hobby board games and you are now hooked. Maybe you are lucky enough to play with your significant other, spouse or roommate or maybe now you want to expand social circle of hobby game players. How do you go about finding those other players? If you are a veteran gamer that now plays with a regular group, how did you go about finding other players? Any suggestions, tips,...