Sun, 30 December 2007 Well, sorry for the delay, but the holidays make it a bit difficult to get together with co-hosts. And, on with the show notes. Two games we mentioned during our conversation about board games when we were kids that you may not have heard of are http://www.farmgame.com/tfg.htm The Farming Game, and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_Yard_%28board_game%29 Scotland yard. Gloom, an excellent witty card game http://www.atlas-games.com/product_tables/AG1250.php Bang! A western game about shooting each other http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang! The Kenneth Hite episodes of Have Games, Will Travel can be found on this page http://havegameswilltravel.libsyn.com/?search_string=kenneth+hite&search=1 Kublacon the Khan of cons, where Jules runs a game design contest http://www.kublacon.com/ BoardGameGeek http://www.boardgamegeek.com/newuser.php Phoenix, a former winner of that KublaCon contest http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/6481 Russian Rails, by former winner Jodi Soares (though not the entry she won with) http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/9617 Time's Up, Jules and I's favorite party game http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/1353 Apples to Apples, another great party game http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/74 Are You a Werewolf, which I'm not so crazy about, but Jules loves http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/925 Paranoia, my favorite pick-up rpg http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/rpg/series.php?qsSeries=19 and the design blog http://www.costik.com/paranoia/ Days of Wonder a great games company who make Ticket To Ride, Colosseum, and other games we mention. http://www.daysofwonder.com/en/ The Vintage Gamer, by Jim Van Verth, an excellent and informative podcast that's made me track down and buy a few things http://www.thevintagegamer.net/ Asmodee Games, who make Mall of Horror, Cash and Guns, and Jungle Speed http://www.asmodee-us.com/ Suicide Bomber Card Game http://www.playccg.com/ A thread with links about luke Crane and Jared Sorensen being hired by Hidden City Games, the makers of Bella Sara http://www.story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=4630 Bella Sara, the greatest pretty horses game ever http://www.hiddencitygames.com/ The Origins Awards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_Award http://www.originsgamefair.com/ Cheapass Games http://www.cheapass.com/ Mechwarrior http://www.wizkidsgames.com/mechwarrior/ Horrorclix http://www.wizkidsgames.com/horrorclix/ Multiman Publishing, http://www.multimanpublishing.com/about.php Lu Ann Youse isn't listed as a designer like I'd thought, sorry. Sounds like she gets stuck playing "adult" in that company a lot. NerdNYC http://www.nerdnyc.com/ NerdSo-Cal http://nerdsocal.com/ NerdNC (not mentioned) http://www.nerdnc.com/ Emerald City Game Feast in Seattle WA http://ecgf.wikidot.com/ Go-Play NW http://goplaynw.wetpaint.com/ The Wayward, a coffee house in the Greenwood area of Seattle. http://www.waywardcoffee.com/ The Dreaming, my favorite comic and game store. http://thedreamingcomics.com/ Whew, that was a l;ong one, and I had to leave some things out. It seems Jules and I are name droppers. Heh. Comments[7] |
