Blades in the Dark Pt. 5 "The Heat is On" - The Dirtbags of Holding #124
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The gang feels the pressure as they reel from their last caper. Also who’s this new guy?
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Backwards Mathing with Jac from Girl's Game Shelf - Boards & Swords #121
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Jac, who started as a fellow board game friend on instagram and twitter, but is now a player on Girl’s Game Shelf joins us for some good times. We also pitch some games by playing But Wait There’s More!
Read MoreWe're Making The Dirtbags of Holding Even Better!
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I gotta be honest with all of y’all. The past year or so I’ve put a lot of focus on making the Boards & Swords podcast the best that it can be. That has had the unfortunate side-effect of not putting enough time and energy on The Dirtbags of Holding podcast. Plus, we’ve had a lot of us moving/traveling/working/etc, so it made it hard to get the multi-session games scheduled. Well, that’s all changing. Now its time to put that same energy into making The Dirtbags of Holding an awesome podcast, and I think we’ve got the plan to do so.
Read MoreIt's a Boards & Swords Takeover!
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I originally started this website with the name Obsessive Comics Disorder because 1) I was really into comic books at the time and 2) I’ve dealt with mild OCD all my life and it felt like a positive way to channel that stigma.
Read MoreRoot, Ingenious, Roll for Your Life Candyman! - Boards & Swords #120
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Hear that bell? It must mean it’s time to go at it - after talking about a few games, we finish off the show playing a couple of rounds of SUPERFIGHT!
Read MorePyramid of Pengqueen, Looking ahead to 2019 - Boards & Swords #119
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Enough with this 2018 garbage! We gotta look ahead to 2019! That’s what everyone else is doing right? Plus a review of Brain Games’ new Pyramid of Pengqueen game (set in the Ice Cool universe)!
Read MoreHow Good (or Bad) Were Board Games in 2018?
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If you know where to listen, you might hear some weird murmurs in the board game media space. "2018 wasn't a good year for board games," one might say. "Too many half baked ideas, not enough development," says another. Not everyone feels this way, but I hear enough whispers about it that it got me wondering if this was actually the case.
Read MoreBlades in the Dark Pt. 4 "Bolt from the Cult" - The Dirtbags of Holding #123
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Now what? It’s business time for the crew as they look to get out alive with some loot in our Blades in the Dark game.
Read MoreMagic in D&D! (Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica) - Roll Playing
/You got your Magic in my D&D! You got your D&D in my Magic! This week I talk about the Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica, one of the most recent releases from Wizards of the Coast. It shows you how to run your 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons game in the Magic realm of Ravnica.
Blades in the Dark Pt. 3 "Straight to Punch Time" - The Dirtbags of Holding #122
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The gang gets into some trouble (its about time!), as we continue playing our Blades in the Dark game.
Read MoreMost Wanted, Kontour, DC Deckbuilder Expansions - Boards & Swords #118
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Recorded during the OCD Dice Drop for Charity, we talk about a BUNCH of games we’ve played recently, plus our (short) experience at Pax Unplugged!
Read MoreShort Review of Waterdeep: Dragon Heist - Roll Playing
/Waterdeep: Dragon Heist is a new adventure AND supplement for Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition, talking all about the city of Waterdeep, one of D&D's most famous cities.
Blades in the Dark Pt. 2 "Hard Times for The Final Dawn" - The Dirtbags of Holding #121
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Now that character creation is done, its time to misbehave! Our “heroes” find themselves neighbors to a doomsday cult, and are not too happy about that, as we continue our Blades in the Dark game.
Read MoreYou Don't Have To Like A Game Because It's Popular!
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Once again, I'm expanding on a twitter rant I had a couple of weeks ago. This time, it was spawned because of various facebook posts I've seen over the past couple of weeks in regards to Keyforge. If I were to summarize these posts, it would sound something like: OMG WHY IS KEYFORGE SO POPULAR? IT'S A DUMB CARD GAME AND A WAY FOR FFG TO MAKE MONEY CALLING IT A UNIQUE GAME WHEN ITS ACTUALLY JUST A CCG WITH A NEW COAT OF PAINT!
Read MoreThe Arrival, Montana, Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica, Our Holiday Wishlists - Boards & Swords #117
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Not much worth talking about news wise, so we take a look at what was popular in Summer 2018. Plus our usual reviews and then we finish up by talking about what games we want for Christmas!
Read MoreBlades in the Dark Pt. 1 "Let's Be Bad Guys!" - The Dirtbags of Holding #120
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So Cthulhu chewed us up and spit us out, so we had to switch gears to a new game: Blades in the Dark from John Harper and Evil Hat Publishing! In this game, we will be making scoundrels that will be running amok in a steampunk victorian horror town.
Read MoreWhen You Don't Have Enough Spoons For Board Games
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Are you familiar with the Spoon Theory? I've linked to wikipedia for some quick info, but there's a lot more in depth stuff available to read on. Also, I'm not an expert, so take everything I say with a grain of salt. Basically, the idea behind the Spoon Theory is that people only have a certain number of "Spoons" in a day, representing the amount of energy you have to conduct activities. For those with disabilities or mental illnesses, some tasks require more "spoons" than they would for another person, especially activities that require interacting with other people.
Read MoreStop Using CMON's Loss As A Market Indicator!
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Recently, CMON issued its Third Quarter Earnings report, in which they described a revenue loss of about $4.1 million. This has caused the "BGG elite", as I've come to know them, to go crazy and saying that the end times are coming for the board gaming industry. Is anyone else sick and tired of hearing about this? One company does not represent the whole of the board gaming industry. In fact, my position is that the CMON loss has less to do with industry trends and more to do with the fact that they just didn't have that many interesting kickstarters this year. I went on a twitter rant about it a few days ago, but I thought I'd dig into the numbers a bit more to explain myself.
Read MoreArkham Horror 3E, Dragon Castle, Essen Talk with Calvin Wong - Boards & Swords #116
/Calvin Wong joins us again in this episode to talk about all the cool stuff that he saw at the Essen Game Fair! Plus the normal reviews, news, and game shows!
Read MoreLove Arkham Horror? Try Call of Cthulhu! - Roll Playing
/Arkham Horror is a popular board game from Fantasy Flight Games, but it is based on a RPG called "Call of Cthulhu" from Chaosium.