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We have been RPGing up a storm! D&D! Pathfinder! Phoenix! We never stop! Except for when we get our hands on some fun new board games! Some BIG tabletop news to cover this week. Along with some kickstarters we are in <3 with!
Don’t forget to hit that Pickstarter poll! We want to see what your favorites are!
Fortnight in Nerddom, Two SennNights in Sorcery
- Giant Jenga
- Dungeons & Dragons: Eberron
- Star Trek: Five-Year Mission
- Phoenix: Dawn Command
- Dungeons and Dragons: Foundlings Curse finale
- Pathfinder’s Hell’s Rebels to 5e conversion
Tabletop News:
- Rat Queens RPG
- Levi Mote and Sarah Sharp and Daily Magic Games
- Fantasy Flight purchased Legend of the Five Rings
- Wizkids releases Rage of Demons miniature line
- Looney Labs and Gale Force 9 announce Firefly Fluxx!
- New Boss Monster Products and Retailer Incentive Program
- PHd and Army Painter FLGS Painting Contest
Kickstarters: Pickstarter Picks: [K] Kenna & {R} Richard
- LittleCLUUs Custom Dice – ends Oct 3
- Bombshell Babes 2 – ends Sept 25
- Neoprene Terrain and Zone Kit – ends Oct 4
- Impudent Mortal Terrain System – ends Oct 1
- Miniature Building Authority Town – ends Oct 1 [K]
- The Appalachian Trail Game – ends Sept 27
- Virgin Seas – ends Sept 28
- Less – ends Oct 5
- Gem Packed Cards – ends Sept 22
- Cheers Gov’nor – ends Oct 6
- How to Kill a Spider -ends Sept 30 {R} & *Listener Pickstarter Winner*
Questions:
- NoBeardPirate: Do you support buying games in retail locations as opposed to online markets such as Amazon? Sometimes the savings are too good.
- NoBeardPirate: what is your favorite Kickstarter board game you have backed?
- ftcup: Paizo releases a lot of content, and we all assume {R} is up on all of them. What are you looking forward to most?
- TheDapperDM: What’s your favorite board game to play outside? Assume we’re talking about Portland, so covered, but no protection from “breezes”
- Alphastream: If you could go to one bar from any movie or tv show, which would it be?
A couple thoughts:
(1) Did y’all notice that the neoprene terrain is for Warmahordes? As in the sizes and names are all specifically the things used in that game? I assumed so, but then at the end Kenna made a comment about “then these last things are more wargamey” so I wasn’t sure.
(2) Our department’s go-to drinking game the past few years has been Cheers, Guvna. The rules we use are “Count to 14, but instead of 7 you say 14, instead of 14 you say “Cheers, guvna!” and everyone drinks. The person who says Cheers then makes a new rule about a single number that doesn’t already have a rule. If someone screws up, then they drink, and restart it at 1.”
(3) For outside events, I tend to bring La Boca and Coup. Both have not many blowable things, and those things don’t have to be often referenced. I also bring Timeline, but that’s a bit more blowable. (I should also note outside events are usually board-games-at-picnics, not board game-centric things, so I also skew lighter.)
(1) I definitely did not know the neoprene terrain was for Warmahordes… because I had never heard of Warmahordes! LEARNING 🙂
(2) Sounds like this game is already out there then. The kickstarter is just a formalized version.
(3) I’ve seen La Boca, but never played it. You’re right, it would be windproof!
Well, Warmahordes is the short form of Warmachine/Hordes, so I may have thrown you for a loop there.
You may mix and match the crews of the enterprise as you like. Its listed at the end of the rules. I would suggest that you make sure you always include a captain because they have some of the better abilities and a doctor so you can heal injuries. Otherwise go for it and have fun!
David E. Whitcher
From the horse’s mouth! Thanks for the clarification – we’ll give that a try!
Thank you so much for the kind words about How To Kill A Spider!!! So glad it made you laugh! Look forward to sending your copy out.