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Rich and I have been gaming up a storm, thanks to Jonathan H. Lui of GeekDad.com! We got to try several kickstarter games that aren’t out yet and some new games that are freshly out. As always we also have plenty of tabletop news, kickstarter reviews and listener questions – so let’s jump into it!

Fortnight in Nerddom, Two Sennights in Sorcery

• Trove: The Crystal Caverns
• Codenames
• SpaceTeam Card Game
• Game of Crowns
• Cunning Folk

Tabletop News:

• Guardian Games 10 Year Anniversary Party
• Ticket to Ride: United Kingdom (and Pennsylvania)
• Hex: Shards of Fate / M:tG Settlement
• Norse Foundry Metal Coins – Current Stock / Upcoming Coins 
• Deepwater Coins from Broken Token
• Character Cache

Kickstarters: Pickstarter Picks: [K] & {R}

• Charm City Blues (ends Oct 8)
• Skiptrace (ends Oct 29)
• Greatest of all Mountains (ends Oct 7)
• Pathfinder & Q-Workshop Metal RPG Dice Set (ends Oct 22)
• Throne of Kings (ends October 10)
• Walls (ends October 10)
• Master Thief (ends October 19) {R}
• Spirit Island (ends October 16) [K] & *Listener Pickstarter Winner*
  
• Ragnaroll (ends Oct 20)
• Comrades and Patriots (ends Oct 6)

Questions:

• BoardGamingTables.com: Which is a better game night? Getting to play several 30-60 minute games or paying one 3+ hour game
• Ryan: If you weren’t lucky enough to catch Rich’s rad panel at PAXDev or RCCC, what books does {R} recommend for game/conflict theory?
• Michael Iachini: Do you prefer Codenames with 4 players (1 guesser per team) or big groups (multiple guessers)?
• Jesse Ferguson: What are your favorite two-player dueling games? [K] mentioned one last week as her favorite KS game, but other than that one?
• Alphastream: Best RPG edge-of-your-seat moment… and how did the DM or adventure make it so exciting?