Tue, 21 December 2010
Dystopian Wars spread to the podcast this week as Raef, Craig, and Russ venture back into alternate 1870 and investigate a steam punk world at war on land, sea, and air. A game so big that it sucked up two whole segments of the show! Has Spartan Games found that the third time is indeed the charm with this one? All that and our other not-too-horrible segments including: - The Hollywood Minute - What's in the News - Do You Ever Notice - Total Fan Girl - & More
The following fine organizations help make this show possible: Myriad Games, on behalf of friendly, professional gaming stores everywhere.
==Quick Reference== The News: 1 hr 9 min Forecasting Feats or Failures: 1 hr 1 min Dystopian Wars Pt 1: 1hr 11min Hollywood Minute: 2hr 13min Total Fan Girl: 2 hr 23 min Dystopain Wars pt 2: 2 hr 32 min
Links Discussed in the show: Craig's Bookshelf: Link Raef's Blog: Link Craig's Blog: Link Russ's Blog: http://www.RussRant.com Total Fan Girl Blog: Link Pulp Gamer Network: Link
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Tue, 7 December 2010
Back in January (Ep 47) the D6G team made some bold (crazy?) predictions of what would happen in 2010. Now it's time to see if they were right... at all. Did any of them get anything correct? Later, the team dives in to Fantasy Flight Game's Sid Meier's Civilization board game. Does this version of the classic turn based 4x computer game finally get it right? All that and our other not-too-horrible segments including: - The Hollywood Minute - What's in the News - Do You Ever Notice - Total Fan Girl - & More
The following fine organizations help make this show possible: Myriad Games, on behalf of friendly, professional gaming stores everywhere.
==Quick Reference== The News: 1 hr 9 min Forecasting Feats or Failures: 1 hr 15 min Hollywood Minute: 2hr 15min Total Fan Girl: 2 hr 30 min Civilization Review: 2 hr 39 min
Links Discussed in the show: Craig's Bookshelf: Link Raef's Blog: Link Craig's Blog: Link Russ's Blog: http://www.RussRant.com Total Fan Girl Blog: Link Pulp Gamer Network: Link
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Fri, 19 November 2010
Russ, Raef, and Craig can hardly contain their excitment as they get to chat with one of their favorite miniatures rules designers Alessio Cavatore! Learn how he got started in the industry, what he's worked on and what his latest projects are with Mantic and other companies. After that, Total Fan Girl is very excited to sit down with singer and song writer Marian Call in an extended TFG segment. And finally, Raef and Russ talk tech and update listeners on their tech lair set up. How does the new TV tech fit into their set ups? Do consoles still solve all their needs? And what the heck does the Kinect have to do with anything? All that and our other not-too-horrible segments including: - The Hollywood Minute - What's in the News - Do You Ever Notice - Voicemail - & More
The following fine organizations help make this show possible: Myriad Games, on behalf of friendly, professional gaming stores everywhere.
==Quick Reference== The News: 1 hr 4 min Alessio Cavatore Interview: 1 hr 12 min Hollywood Minute: 2hr 8min Total Fan Girl: 2 hr 22 min Voicemail: 2 hr 57 Tech Talk: 3 hr 0 min
Links Discussed in the show: Marian Call: http://www.MarianCall.com Craig's Bookshelf: Link Raef's Blog: Link Craig's Blog: Link Russ's Blog: http://www.RussRant.com Total Fan Girl Blog: Link Pulp Gamer Network: Link
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Thu, 4 November 2010
So many games, so little time... but what should you get excited about? In the new segment "Hype or Tripe" the D6G team examines some of the things on their radar and tries to decide is it worth the hype? Or is it gonna be tripe? Later, Raef has somehow convinced Russ that it's time to review Agricola. And Russ agrees! They examine Agricola in detail... why does Raef love it? How does it play? Has Russ finally fallen in love with farming? And where was Craig for the second bit? All that and our other not-too-horrible segments including: - The Hollywood Minute - Total Fan Girl - Do You Ever Notice - Nutshell - & More
The following fine organizations help make this show possible: Myriad Games, on behalf of friendly, professional gaming stores everywhere.
==Quick Reference== The News: 1 hr 21 min Hype or Tripe: 1 hr 34 min Hollywood Minute: 2hr 28min Total Fan Girl: 2 hr 38 min Nutshell: 2 hr 56 Agricola: 3 hr 1 min
Links Discussed in the show: Craig's Bookshelf: Link Raef's Blog: Link Craig's Blog: Link Total Fan Girl Blog: Link Pulp Gamer Network: Link
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Fri, 22 October 2010
The D6G team can hardly contain their excitment as they chat with one of the most prolific and well known authors of modern Sci-fi: David Weber. He even joins the guys for Rapid Fire! Later, it's time to visit many of the games that have been discussed on the show and talk strategies. How do the guys approach some of their favorite games?
All that and our other not-too-horrible segments including: - The Hollywood Minute - Total Fan Girl - Do You Ever Notice - & More
The following fine organizations help make this show possible: Myriad Games, on behalf of friendly, professional gaming stores everywhere.
==Quick Reference== The News: 44 min David Weber Interview: 52 min Hollywood Minute: 1hr 59min Total Fan Girl: 2 hr 14 min Game Strategies: 2 hr 33 min
Links Discussed in the show: Craig's Bookshelf: Link Raef's Blog: Link Craig's Blog: Link Total Fan Girl Blog: Link Pulp Gamer Network: Link
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Fri, 8 October 2010
Extra Life is a way gamers can help kids. In this episode the D6G crew discuss what its about and interview Dan from Myriad Games. How did he decide to get involved with Extra Life, and what is all this stuff about GameSalute.com? Later, it's time to go back in time and play Founding Fathers. What do the guys think of this Euro-style game about the writing of the US Constitution? All that and our other not-too-horrible segments including: - The Hollywood Minute - Total Fan Girl - The Nutshell - Do You Ever Notice - & More
The following fine organizations help make this show possible: Myriad Games, on behalf of friendly, professional gaming stores everywhere.
==Quick Reference== The News: 1hr 1 min Dan Interview: 1 hr 6 min Hollywood Minute: 1hr 55min Total Fan Girl: 2 hr 4 min Nutshell: 2 hr 22min Founding Fathers Review: 2 hr 31 min
Links Discussed in the show: Craig's Bookshelf: Link Raef's Blog: Link Craig's Blog: Link Total Fan Girl Blog: Link Pulp Gamer Network: Link
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Tue, 21 September 2010
Kevin Clark of The Warstore joins the D6G crew for Rapid Fire, then we talk about how challenging it was to set up a new convention from scratch. Kevin fills us in on all the details of The Warstore Weekend. Later the D6G crew grabs the hot new game from Wizards of the Coast: Castle Ravenloft. Is it Dungeons and Dragons 4e light? Or is it a board game gateway to the RPG? Or something else? Listen to the rules in detail and decide for yourself. All that and our other not-too-horrible segments including: - The Hollywood Minute - Total Fan Girl - The News - Do You Ever Notice - & More
The following fine organizations help make this show possible: Myriad Games, on behalf of friendly, professional gaming stores everywhere.
==Quick Reference== The News: 1hr 5 min Kevin Interview: 1 hr 13 min Hollywood Minute: 1hr 44min Total Fan Girl: 1 hr 57 min Castle Ravenloft Review: 2 hr 8 min
Links Discussed in the show: Craig's Bookshelf: Link Raef's Blog: Link Craig's Blog: Link Total Fan Girl Blog: Link Pulp Gamer Network: Link
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Sat, 4 September 2010
Smirk and Dagger head honcho Curt Covert joins the D6G crew this time around to discuss what's new with his company including their newest release: Hex Hex XL. After that the boys take a look at two card games that are NOT, believe it or not, based on the Dominion mechanic! Up first is the aforementioned Hex Hex XL, does the new bling improve the game? And how could we resist taking a look at Death Angel: The Space Hulk card game from Fantasy Flight games. And don't miss a new listener segment: Nutshell! All that and our other not-too-horrible segments including: - The Hollywood Minute - Total Fan Girl - The News - Do You Ever Notice - & More
The following fine organizations help make this show possible: Myriad Games, on behalf of friendly, professional gaming stores everywhere.
==Quick Reference== The News: 56 min Curt Covert Interview: 1 hr 4 min Hollywood Minute: 2hr 7min Total Fan Girl: 2 hr 15 min Nutshell: 2 hr 39 min
Links Discussed in the show: Craig's Bookshelf: Link Raef's Blog: Link Craig's Blog: Link Total Fan Girl Blog: Link Pulp Gamer Network: Link
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Fri, 20 August 2010
GenCon 2010 is over and we've got some exciting stuff to talk about from our visit. The boys discuss their entire adventure during an extended Achievements in Gaming. What they played, what was the new hotness, and highlights. If you're still with us after all that, be sure to catch Raef and Russ interviewing Matt Wilson. Matt brings us up to speed with his pet projects, i.e. movies and video games. And gives us the Privateer Press state of the union, er, pirates. That should be enough, but why stop there? Total Fan Girl interviews the cast of The Guild, and we have LIVE FROM GENCON: It's Play by Mob.
All that and our other not-too-horrible segments including: - Rapid Fire - The Hollywood Minute - The News - Do You Ever Notice - & More
The following fine organizations help make this show possible: Myriad Games, on behalf of friendly, professional gaming stores everywhere.
==Quick Reference== The News: 1 hr 55 min Matt Wilson Interview: 2hr 0 min Hollywood Minute: 2hr 41min Total Fan Girl interviews The Guild: 2 hr 59 min Play by Mob: 3 hr 12 min
Links Discussed in the show: GenCon Photo Album: http://hashalbum.com/tgngc?page=1 Raef's Blog: Link Craig's Blog: Link Total Fan Girl Blog: Link Pulp Gamer Network: Link
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Tue, 10 August 2010
One of the best things about GenCon is being able to chat with the folks who bring us the wonderful games and tools we use to enjoy our hobby. In this special bonus episode the D6G team bring you interviews with just a few of the companies at GenCon that caught our eye this year: - Dungeon Crawler: Interesting Card Game - Exillis: We get an update from the makers of the hybrid video/miniatures war game. (5 min mark) - Fantasy Grounds Virtual Tabletop: Play your RPG's over the 'net. (12 min mark) - Mantic Games: Fantastic miniatures that caught HD's eye. (16 min mark) - Outbreak Undead: A brand new Zombie Survival RPG. (27 min mark) - Star Trek Games from Wizkids: Wizkids changes tactics and creates two meatier games based on the Star Trek license: Fleet Captains and Expeditions, which is designed by Reiner Knizia. (32 min mark)
The following fine organizations help make this show possible: Myriad Games, on behalf of friendly, professional gaming stores everywhere.
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