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156 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsA lively discussion of modern board games. Strategies and reviews included free of charge.
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Episode 118 -- The Ranch of Failed Sessions
October 25, 2017 00:30 - 2 hours - 149 MBThey say time flies when you're having fun, so I can certainly say we had fun while recording this one. Our bad. But for those of you who enjoy long, rambling discussions peppered with brilliant insights, you just might find this one to your liking. Enjoy. THE PATH AHEAD: 00:05:12 -- 2017 T-Shirts 00:12:40 -- Gaming on Ye Olde Ranch 00:21:18 -- The Ruhr (First Take) 00:27:15 -- Card City XL (First Take) 00:30:50 -- Mini Rails (First Take) 00:33:27 -- Clans of Caledonia (First Take) ...
Episode 117 -- The Neverending Rock 'n' Roll Couch Tour
October 10, 2017 22:29 - 1 hour - 103 MBNever say never. Be prepared for anything. The show must go on. Choose your cliche and join us for episode 117 of the unbroken Punching Cardboard podcast. In this episode we bid farewell to Eric, a difficult thing to do as he has been crucial to this show's success. But for us, this is Rock 'n' Roll, or the closest thing we can manage. Band albums, solo albums, a rotating cast of musicians, and someone always wants to keep playin'. So welcome new Punching Cardboard co-host Joe to the stage...
Episode 116 -- The 2017 Essen Session With Heavy Cardboard
September 26, 2017 19:00 - 3 hours - 207 MBWelcome to our annual get-together with the fine folks over at Heavy Cardboard. It takes us a while to get into the meat of the episode as our planned 15 minute intro turned into an easygoing conversation with some unexpected insights into the thoughts and feelings behind these endeavors. So, this is an epic show, a way-too-many-games discussed show, and some might argue a way-too-long show. But when you're having a good time, time flies, and we thoroughly enjoyed this session. We hope you...
Episode 115 -- The Dynamic Range of Human Disaster
September 08, 2017 23:31 - 2 hours - 119 MBOkay kids, I think this is a good one. A little giddiness, a little edginess. Three game session reports that press our buttons and invite some good critical analysis. Add in two albums that we've been waiting to sink our teeth into and it's easy for us to raise this discussion to 11. Enjoy the show. DECIBELS: 00:14:15 -- Sidereal Confluence (First Take - Session Report) 00:54:12 -- The Godfather (First Take) 01:10:30 -- Teeling Single Grain Irish Whiskey 01:13:15 -- Music (Steven Wil...
Episode 114 -- Sidewinder Motives
August 24, 2017 23:20 - 1 hour - 84.4 MBJules Verne published Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea in 1870. Dan Quisenberry lead the American League in Saves five times. Nemo, the main character in Verne's novel, was the captain of the Nautilus, a submarine. The Nautilus exercise equipment company was founded in 1986. Quisenberry, a submarine style relief pitcher, won a World Series in 1985, and may have used a Nautilus machine for strength training later in his career. Somehow, neither Verne or Quisenberry are with us today. C...
Episode 113 -- This Guy, That Guy, and the Other
August 04, 2017 07:45 - 1 hour - 88.1 MBIt's a hot August night, and a cloud of smoke has descending into the Willamette Valley as wildfires rage throughout the region. We may not be able to breath freely for a few more days, and cool air is just a dream at the moment, but we decided to brave the elements to bring you tales from the rebuilding of Lisbon after a devastating earthquake in 1755. We have made a good many attempts at reconstruction, and we hope you enjoy these tales as we discuss the merits of Vital Lacerda's Lisboa. ...
Episode 112 -- Trading Fours
July 17, 2017 00:40 - 2 hours - 135 MBIt's time for Punching Cardboard, The Musical! Well, not really, but we are going to have a long outro discussing a good many recently released albums. But before that extended jam hits we'll chat about some recent boardgame expansions and German Whisky. We'll even toss in a story about mirrors in Detroit to round out a full episode. We hope you enjoy. REFLECTIONS: 00:11:03 -- Another Amazing Travel Story 00:23:58 -- Barony: Sorcery 00:32:28 -- Automobiles: Racing Season 00:43:15 -- H...
Episode 111 -- Lipstick and Burnt Oak
June 17, 2017 23:44 - 2 hours - 158 MBTime passes quickly, leaving in its wake a trail of unanswered questions. What was Heavy Con really like? Are the people of Denver as fragile as the Wicked Witch of the West? Are auteurs better at making games? Has Unfair received fair treatment? Can Whiskey be made in a castle. Why do we continue to enjoy Splotter games? Well, have no fear about the unknown. We're here to try and sort this mess out. Feel free to play along at home. QUANDARIES: 00:04:46 -- Heavy Con 00:19:15 -- A ...
Episode 110 - Keeping the PWM at a Constant Duty Cycle
May 19, 2017 23:18 - 2 hours - 155 MBAfter four years of gaming together we decided to finally offer up our top ten game lists. Due to the weight of the chaos of our worlds, this is a measured affair, with a more carefully considered discussion of the games listed. We promise to return to our fisticuffs next time around. THE TIMES: 07:25 -- Gaming Frustrations and Public Spaces (Viewer Mail Cont.) 37:35 -- Doin' the Work 40:12 -- The Bestest Games Ever 59:39 -- The Not Top Ten ----------- SPOILERS ---------- ---------...
Episode 109 -- One Apocalypse After Another
May 04, 2017 19:51 - 1 hour - 98 MBHow about a short introduction. Episode 109. Anachrony. Viewer mail. 'nuff said. Enjoy. ANOMALIES: 04:30 -- Viewer Mail 30:00 -- Anachrony (in-depth)
Episode 108 -- Stress Reduction Strategies & Space Viruses
April 19, 2017 20:15 - 2 hours - 117 MBEric returns from his travels for a classic PCP episode and we get down to doing what we do best. We have Tramways in-depth. We have rants. We have disagreements. We have things that went bad. Add in some raves, some whisky and a meaty trick-taking card game and I believe all the boxes have been ticked. Much fun was had. No animals were hurt. It's a win-win. Enjoy. SCHEDULE: 02:20 -- Business & Scheduling 13:12 -- Trick of the Rails 32:18 -- New Pornographers, Deep Purple, Chuck Prop...
Episode 107 -- Through a Crack in the Slats
April 05, 2017 01:12 - 1 hour - 89.7 MBIt's finally here. Our first 18XX extravaganza. After 40-plus hours of 18XX gaming, and with the help of guest hosts Joe Sturgis and Tony KR, plus cold medicine, tea and lozenges, the PCP finally goes deep on this train crazy phenomenon. Run those routes and split those stocks! Coming at this from a new player's perspective, we take you on a ride from the casual ease of 1846 to the intense pressure of 1854. And by "casual ease" we mean pretty damn hard, but with a friendlier learning curve...
Episode 106 -- Reggie and Emily's Excellent Adventure
March 15, 2017 06:34 - 1 hour - 106 MBWelcome to an episode filled with old games and some special guests. Edward and Amanda from Heavy Cardboard join in as we discuss how to get old games back to the table. And after a day of gaming here at Punching Cardboard headquarters, we unleash a session report covering the three underrated titles that ended up on our table. To be honest, we weren't even planning to play these games. In this episode we leave the cult of the new outside in the rain and rediscover (or discover) some title...
Episode 105 -- The Jay Andres Project
March 02, 2017 11:19 - 1 hour - 89 MBIt's three in the morning and I'm trying to raise the spirit of a Chicago radio host not nearly forgotten. We'll see if it works as I'm on my own in this one. This show about conversation. This show of lively banter. And here, today, this episode, conjuring past techniques, offering up monologue. Well, monologue and music. A solo diatribe exploring the ins and outs of two recent Kickstarter deliveries, Anachrony and Gloomhaven. And a little indugence in the creative side with a couple of ...
Episode 104 -- I Landed on the Dog
February 03, 2017 23:01 - 2 hours - 119 MBIn this episode we try to honor February, that month in which we unsuccessfully try to play games already played and on our shelves. After opening with an in-depth look at all Arkwright still has to offer, we dust off Bruxelles 1893, a 2013 title that has just been reprinted and can be found once again sitting on store shelves, beckoning all newcomers. In-between we also discuss 1846, Fields of Despair and Jump Drive, all of which have been getting some serious play here in the land of pun...
Episode 103 -- Whisky, Pips and Pancakes
January 20, 2017 23:24 - 2 hours - 137 MBYour mission should you choose . . . wait. Umm, in a Galaxy far, far . . . no, not that (please, not that). Space, the final . . . uh-uh. Can anyone hear you scream in space? Who is Zarathustra, and why did he Also sprach? I think I'm running out of references here. Anyway, here be episode 103 replete with an in-depth conversation about Spielworxx's latest, Solarius Mission. We also get into what the future holds for our gaming lives, answer viewer mail, discuss what hit our tables during ...
Episode 102 -- Massive Mythic Epic Tales
December 28, 2016 21:33 - 2 hours - 160 MBWelcome to our annual ranking of the good stuff. Within you will find us telling you about all the drams, tunes and games we really connected with this past year, all organized, categorized, ranked and presented with tidy little bows. This is the whole big cake of goodness, and you might want to cut and ingest a few slices at a time. Then again . . . we know you guys. Just forget the forks and plates and dive right in. It’ll all be okay in the morning. Right? LISTS 05:40 — Games 15 dow...
Episode 101 -- Gettin' Roast Beef to San Francisco
December 15, 2016 23:11 - 2 hours - 131 MBJust like John Ford filming a classic western, we brave the elements to bring you episode 101 in all it's Technicolor, widescreen glory. Winter may be wicked outside, but we're moseying down the trail, single malt in hand, and we're delivering the low down on a chuck wagon full of games, followed by a full dissection of what life's like on The Great Western Trail. Get 'em up. CATTLE CALL: 01:37 -- Shirts & Other Business 06:06 -- The Lightning Trail Begins 06:44 -- Forged in Steel (Qui...
Episode 100 -- Just Doin' What We Do
November 25, 2016 23:13 - 2 hours - 142 MBWell, we made it. Episode 100. An epic journey culminating in an epic show. Yea us! Yep, this one's a long one, filled to the brim with hearty conversation. And while we do what we normally do, including covering two massive releases, Princes of the Renaissance and A Feast for Odin, we do take a few moments toward the end to acknowledge the milestone and heap some praise on ourselves (I mean, someone's gotta do it). Thanks to everyone who listens because you're the people who really got ...
Episode 99 -- Between a Box and a Nearby Wall
October 28, 2016 19:21 - 1 hour - 80.4 MBWelcome to episode 99 of the podcast; a shorter, more concise episode this time out. Why? because your time is valuable and we care and it was definitely not because we were a little wiped out by time we recorded this week, because there's no reason to be wiped out trying to make a living and raise a family and live life. Nope. Anyway, we have a Terraforming Mars session report along with an in-depth discussion on Haspelknecht. And some first impressions of A Feast for Odin to boot. All in...
Episode 98 -- The Long, Dark Music of Your Soul
October 16, 2016 23:42 - 2 hours - 130 MBIf you've ever been to the races, you may have seen a race where one of the horses goes off slowly. He doesn't stumble out of the gate; rather, he lollygags, taking in the sights, smelling the fresh cut of the infield, letting the pack get a dozen or so lengths ahead for the first part of the race. After a bit of this our boy decides to kick it into gear so he can see what all the fuss is about at the front of the pack. With luck he gets there before the race is done. Well, this is kinda w...
Episode 97 -- Throwing Heavy Punches
September 22, 2016 17:00 - 2 hours - 128 MBWell kids, Essen 2016 is right around the corner and it's that time of year when we tell you which games have us drooling. And we are crossing the streams with this one. It's dangerous, I know, but it has to be done. In order to give you the bestest, biggest, baddest selection possible we are joining forces with Edward and Amanda from the Heavy Cardboard podcast. These lists are so good that we are broadcasting on both channels. Choose your poison and hide your wallets. Oh, and enjoy. Plea...
Episode 96 -- James K. Polk was a Very Fine Barista
September 08, 2016 06:09 - 1 hour - 92.6 MBEric's back, and we're taking old games, new albums, dead presidents and adjective-less baristas. We also discuss how the world could have ended in 1962 if we were in charge. But hey, we weren't. So you're welcome. More fun than you can fit in your crawl space. Especially when you have at least 14 baristas down there. COFFEE: 03:25 -- Three Kingdoms Redux (session report) 34:58 -- New Tunes (fea. Ryley Walker, Angel Olsen, Lisa Hannigan, Metallica, The Tragically Hip & more) 49:52 --...
Episode 95 -- There Were Guys Before Napoleon
August 26, 2016 22:04 - 2 hours - 113 MBWelcome to episode 95 of the 'cast, another no-nonsense dissection of all things boardgaming. Right? Correct? Well, it is episode 95. I mean, you have to agree to that much. Really, you do. Okay fine. Still, it is an episode. It is. Anyway, with Eric dividing his time between Patriots training camp and his historic run on the PGA tour, we welcome Marty back to the program for his second pinch-hit appearance. And we're throwing some off-the-beaten-path games at him (and you). C'mon somebody...
Episode 94 -- Giving My Trigger a Warning
August 05, 2016 22:27 - 1 hour - 108 MBDo you like moving pictures? Do you like images streamed to your television? Do you like people talking about people talking about fascinating things? Do you like music, whisky, games? Fun. Do you like fun? Well, take a listen, then maybe sample some of what we discuss here, and you might just have more fun than you can stand. Or not. But hopefully. Welcome to episode 94, chock full of many things considered. ENTRIES: 05:45 -- A Little Thing About Social Justice Warriors 11:45 -- The ...
Episode 93 -- Ongoing, In Perpetuity
July 21, 2016 21:22 - 2 hours - 124 MBJoin us as we take a ride on that old Kickstarter highway, down to the alt-Euro land of Scythe in the years after the Great War. And this is the big one, Elizabeth! Filled to the brim with deluxe goodness and leaving a vapor trail of buzz and hype. Fair play, too, as Stonemaier Games offer up the safest bets in the crowdfunding arena. You're gonna get your game on time and it's gonna be pretty. Really pretty. But does the game play safe or does it's soul rise to the level of it's blinge...
Episode 92 -- This Endless Whack-a-Mole
June 30, 2016 22:41 - 2 hours - 136 MBHow many games is too many? 200? 100? 50? 11? Which games would you eliminate if your significant other decided that the shelves in your house could be put to better use. We look at this question by deciding which ten games we would keep if we had to reduce our collections. Feel free to play along. ITEMS: 05:32 -- Old Pulteney Navigator 11:55 -- Viewer Mail, Scheduling, and Other Bits-o-Buisiness 15:41 -- Kickstarter Hype, Bookshelf Games and Life Expectancy (Guildhall, Yokohama & othe...
Episode 91 -- Box Head's Spectacular Endgame Devastation
June 12, 2016 21:24 - 2 hours - 121 MBHello and welcome to another packed episode designed to keep you company on your long commutes. Eric returns to the mic and we discuss Radiohead, John Doe, Princes of the Renaissance & Arkwright giveaways, and HeavyCon 2016 before launching into our dissection of Level 99's Millennium Blades. Packed, I said. This one was interesting to edit. As I listened to our in-depth discussion about Millennium Blades I kept thinking of more things to say about the game itself. And though we gave it ab...
Episode 90 -- The Secret Life and Death of a Bowhead Whale
May 25, 2016 06:27 - 1 hour - 90 MBYou are about to embark on a journey back in time. Back to harsh landscapes and unforgiving environments. And dice rolls. Lots of dice flying everywhere. Come with us to find out how to coerce your lowly ape-like ancestors on the path to being human. And then learn how to keep them alive as they hunt and forage in harsh Arctic climes. We're going all in on Phil Eklund's Neanderthal and Greenland in this one. Welcome to the wayback machine. ERAS: 07:52 -- Princes of the Renaissance cont...
Episode 89 -- Who Would Have Thought, Clarity
May 07, 2016 20:31 - 1 hour - 103 MBHave you been looking for a living card game that you can dive right in on without worrying about constant updates? Don't want to buy two (or three) core sets? Are you a reformed Magic player who wants to scratch that itch without going back down the rabbit hole? Can Plaid Hat games help you with their entry into the genre, Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn? We'll suss it out for you right here. Right now. Definitively. Or something like that? Also, gaming with kids. Should you even bother. I...
Episode 88 -- Break Rules to Create Synergy
April 18, 2016 20:26 - 1 hour - 90 MBWelcome to the PCP Magiporium, performances every Thursday through Sunday. We have mechanics and mystics, apprentices and assistants. Escape artists are chained in tanks of sea water. Illusionists will conjure impossible creatures. Rabbits will pop from hats. Monkeys will fly. Minds will clash. Look! What's behind that cloud of smoke? You'll want to see a show every week, so arrive early for the best seats. This week, Trickerion! All secrets will be revealed. TRICKS: 06:30 -- Port Charlo...
Episode 87 -- Why Are You Honking In Front Of My House At 3 AM?
March 25, 2016 22:26 - 2 hours - 127 MBScotland or Japan? It's the question on everyone's minds. Who's minds, you ask? Where ya been? No one's talking about Kardashians or Trumps or hunky Canadian dudes who somehow get to run countries where people eat poutine and slide rocks across frozen, swept water. Nope, it's all about a place full of craggy rocks and craggy people vs. the land of Hello Kitty and Karaoke. And like Chris Hardwick after The Walking Dead we're here to talk you through it, to lend support as you try to sort out...
Episode 86 -- Power Chords and Carburetor Dreams
March 08, 2016 07:59 - 2 hours - 123 MBWe’re spinning a few yarns in this week’s episode. Tales of broken people and redemption. Opportunities both taken and abandoned. A few laps around the track. Buttons pushed and games mashed. A little of everything this week, and just a dram to take the edge off. NOTATION: 03:50 — BGGcon 09:57 — Panamax (Throwdown #1) 15:25 — New Games 27:05 — Automobiles (in-depth) 55:05 — Powers, Jophn’s Lane Release, aged 12 years 64:27 — Shearwater: Jet Plane and Oxbow 73:27 — All of My Favorite Peop...
Episode 85 -- Radical Ratings and Optimal Heaviness
February 15, 2016 02:42 - 2 hours - 111 MBI'm sick, and it's difficult to come up with a clever paragraph or two to introduce our 85th episode, so I'll just lay it out in a simple fashion. On this podcast you will hear our interview with Mercury Games' Richard Diosi, who will be giving you the lowdown on the reprint of Princes of the Renaissance. You will hear a lot of game talk, including an in-depth examination of Pax Pamir. And of course, we have a dram and a little fun along the way. Please excuse the coughing and enjoy. TIMET...
Episode 84 -- Balancing Sandboxes in the Rain
January 18, 2016 03:28 - 2 hours - 130 MBWelcome to our first episode in 2016. We seem to have settled into a pattern of releasing a show just about once a month. We can sustain this, I think. And maybe add a few more into the mix when time allows. So consider this the first of about 15 for 2016 In this episode we take on a couple of your questions and answer them with a fairly lengthy discussion, trying to turn over every stone in the sandbox. We also take an in-depth look at The Gallerist, including an amazing two-minute drill f...
Episode 83 -- All Ramshackle and Worry Free
December 18, 2015 09:06 - 2 hours - 115 MBJust because it's a thing you do, we offer up our 2nd annual discussion and ranking of the games we encountered for the first time this year, along with the best whisky and music enjoyed whilst playing. You'll hear thrilling descriptions of game from two lists, each 17 games long. Why 17? We don't ask "why" here at the PCP, we merely forge ahead and trounce the Goblins. We also add in top fives (or more) in whisky and music. We suggest you sample the wares and create your own pairings. Al...
Episode 82 -- The Synesthete's Guide to Tasting Purple
November 24, 2015 06:49 - 1 hour - 81.3 MBIt's Splotter time on the old podcast. We've been spending quite a bit of time organizing and reorganizing our fledgling food empires and we're taking a little coffee break so we can tell you how it's all going. Join us and find out if schlepping drinks and flipping burgers is more fun than you remember. MENU: 07:47 -- 2015 World Whiskey of the Year: Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye 17:43 -- Neanderthal, et al. 21:10 -- Food Chain Magnate (in-depth review) 77:03 -- Music (Samantha Crain, C...
Episode 81 -- Eating Cake in Bellevue (Part B, the Second)
November 03, 2015 23:34 - 1 hour - 92.7 MBAnd as promised, part two of our Essen games extravaganza; AKA, the good stuff. Nothing more to say than listen in and hold on to your wallets. INGREDIENTS 01:03 -- The Bloody Inn 08:05 -- Grand Austria Hotel 16:53 -- 504 21:28 -- Shakespeare 31:33 -- Food Chain Magnate 45:42 -- Bretagne 60:55 -- Lignum 80:18 -- Nippon
Episode 80 -- Looking for Strudel in Seattle (Part A, the First)
November 03, 2015 23:09 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBDespite the prospect of ever orbiting schedules we have somehow collided for a long moment to record another installment of As the Podcast Turns, Essen edition. Yea us! In fact, what we recorded was so long that this will be the first of two concurrent releases today. And yeah, we know you know how to use the pause button, but it actually makes the editing job easier. Last week we attended a small con in Bellevue that focuses on getting the most recent Essen releases to the table. A couple ...
Episode 79 -- The Vocal Aspirations of a Lady of Considerable Heft
October 23, 2015 06:36 - 1 hour - 77.3 MBWe have come to the crossroads here at the 'cast. The external forces of life, real and imagined, have conspired against us. We are against the ropes and down on one knee, a significant cut upon the brow, bloodied, the referee close to the end of his count. We're not sure there's anywhere to go from here and you can listen in as we consider our options. We also get to a good selection of games, getting in depth on a few, but quick and concise overall, back in the land of reasonable show le...
Episode 78 -- Playing Guitar on a Dateless Night
September 24, 2015 22:13 - 2 hours - 138 MBThree Kingdoms Redux is currently the 2156th ranked game on Board Game Geek. It's a game we've been playing this month, one that's been on our radar for quite a while, and in this episode we're going to do our longest single game review telling you why that ranking is approximately 2150 places off. Also, we've discovered another fine game about to hit Kickstarter, World's Fair 1893. This one has demanded to be on our table more than we expected, and we could see it garnering some silverware...
Episode 77 -- The Nuance of Taste and Things Forgotten
September 12, 2015 07:19 - 2 hours - 128 MBSomeone recently commented that our podcasts are almost as long as Wagner's operas. Well, seeing as we take that as a challenge, this one's epic! Sweeping! Cinematic! In 70 mm Technicolor! After some short reviews and music talk, and spin-offs of Eric's "When Things Went Bad" segments, we launch into our annual Essen preview. These are the games we're hoping will take some money out of our pockets. Do we play it safe? Can we find something unique, something off the radar? And how many of t...
Episode 76 -- A Kiss, A Caress, a Punch in the Face
August 26, 2015 08:15 - 1 hour - 104 MBGuess what kids? We've been playing games. Lots of games. New games, old games, good games, bad games, even unpublished games (like Gil Hova's upcoming charmer, The Networks). Yea games! And now, through the miracle of the Interent, you can follow along and listen to what we think of all these games we've played. It's kinda like a sing-a-long, with that bouncy ball hopping around above the words, except we don't have video, so it's really not like that at all. FOLLOW THE BALL: 01:50 -- Si...
Episode 75 - The Baron of Abstraction, The King of Contraband
August 14, 2015 06:45 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBHere at Punching Cardboard headquarters there is always the difference between what plans are made and what plans are realized. Here it is, our 75th show. The plan was to record something a little out of the ordinary for episode 75; the realization is our typical fare with some humor, conversation and opinions on games, whisky and music. Still, we think that’s pretty good. After all, we wouldn’t have made it to episode 75 if we didn’t feel we were doing good things, and we wouldn’t have kep...
Episode 74 -- Tapping Away on an Old Typewriter
July 21, 2015 21:32 - 2 hours - 110 MBWelcome to episode 74. Inside you will find a lengthy discussion about games that we have played more than any others, a tasting report on a new single malt, and a few new music recommendations. But to top it off Jim spends about a half hour talking to Richard "Doc" Diosi of Mercury games about their upcoming reprint of Princes of the Renaissance. So sit back and pour a wee dram and enjoy. HEADLINES 03:45 -- Madeira Revisited 16:32 -- Interview with Richard "Doc" Diosi (Mercury Games) 27...
Episode 73 -- The Chicago Manual of Voting
June 30, 2015 21:25 - 1 hour - 100 MBDespite this week's title our episode is so Germanic that we might have been better off sipping some hefe-weizen rather than our drams of 18 year old Aberlour. We open with an examination of a fan created copy of the German-only Kashgar and close with a look at making German autos with Kraftwagen. Many hard consonants and guttural utterings can be found in between, including talk about something called Kickstarter. Wir Sind Das Podcast!!! 01:50 -- Kashgar: Händler der Seidenstraße 28:22 -...
An Entourage of Swift Canoes
June 16, 2015 07:54 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBYou want a discussion about a lot of board games? You've come to the right place. We make good on our promise to catch up on what we've been playing, which results in some "near" reviews of several games. Plenty of cardboard related talk in this one. And a Green Spot toast to some deserving new champions who have a very large cup to carry around all Summer. BOXSCORE: 00:30 -- Captain Serious and the Showtime Kid (Duncan Keith too.) 04:19 -- Business 09:55 -- Bring on the Cavalcade of Game...
Episode 71 -- We Are Heatstroke!
June 09, 2015 21:54 - 1 hour - 104 MBWe are undeterred. We are punk and grunge and garage. We are sweating and drinking and fumbling about in the studio for show notes. We are tired but persistent. We are Rune Age and Noir. We are Heatstroke, coming to a venue near you and turning it up to 11. All that and a long discussion of a new classic, Keyflower. ON THE DIALS: 04:14 -- I'm Playing Baseball. 07:00 -- Noir: Black Box Edition (review, sorta) 20:45 -- Laphroaig, 18 years old. 28:09 -- Use a Nice Glass, Please 29:35 -- To S...
Episode 70 -- Time to Get the Blower Out
June 02, 2015 22:20 - 2 hours - 110 MBWell, this one certainly got away from us, didn't it? Our docket looked thin with a new idea, a few apologies, a clarification of mission, and a few game summaries, but somehow we reached the two hour mark. I guess we didn't expect our summaries to become full blown reviews, and we also forgot to factor in the fun we were having. I imagine not recording in three weeks played a role as well. Just more of us to love, I guess. THE DOCKET: 02:05 -- Sylvion (review) 33:30 -- All Apologies 40:0...
Episode 69 -- They Don't Matter, They Do Matter
May 13, 2015 06:52 - 1 hour - 99.8 MBThe interesting thing about our show is that the vast majority of the time we are in agreeance about most everything we cover. Yet, we are sometimes defined by the very few feisty arguments that have graced this program (and you can't see the smiles on our faces when we record these). Will this be a defining episode? Quite possibly, as we do come down on very opposite sides of one of our 3x3 entrants. Rest assured, no podcasters we're injured in the making of this episode (We quite enjoyed ...