Board Games With Panda

This week, Amanda and Brad interview Travis Chance from Kolossal Games and discuss Western Legends which launched on Kickstarter on 1/9/18. They also talk about the intense release schedule that Kolossal Games is planning for 2018. WESTERN LEGENDS KICKSTARTER CONTACT US Twitter: BoardGamePanda Instagram: boardgameswithpanda Facebook: Board Games with Panda BGG Guild: 2917 BGG Blog: Board Games with Panda E-Mail: boardgameswithpanda@gmail.com Website: boardgameswithpanda.com      

Amanda and Brad each give their list of Top 10 board games released in 2017 What made your list?  Twitter: BoardGamePanda Instagram: boardgameswithpanda Facebook: Board Games with Panda BGG Guild: 2917 BGG Blog: Board Games with Panda E-Mail: boardgameswithpanda@gmail.com Website: boardgameswithpanda.com

This week, Amanda and Brad are offering up their suggestions on what games would make wonderful presents nestled under the Christmas tree. What games are you hoping to get or planning to get for friends and family? Contact Us Twitter: BoardGamePanda Instagram: boardgameswithpanda Facebook: Board Games with Panda BGG Guild: 2917 BGG Blog: Board Games with Panda E-Mail: boardgameswithpanda@gmail.com Website: boardgameswithpanda.com

This week, Amanda and Brad are taking a look at what makes a game considered to be a legacy game and how that makes it different than a campaign game. They talk, spoiler free, about Pandemic Season 1, Season 2, Seafall, Gloomhaven, Near & Far, and a slew of other amazing games.    Want to reach out to us? Here's our contact info! Twitter: BoardGamePanda Instagram: boardgameswithpanda Facebook: Board Games with Panda BGG Guild: 2917 BGG Blog: Board Games with Panda E-Mail: boardgameswithpanda@gmail.com Website: boardgameswithpanda.com

Topic starts at 16:15 This week, Amanda and Brad are going over games to help bring terror and horror to your Halloween themed game night! They offer ideas from Lovecraft, vampires, supernatural, and a few others that should offer a pretty wide coverage. What games do you like to play for those special spooky occasions? Reminder, the Klondike Rush giveaway ends on 11/1/17 so make sure you get your entries in!   We'd love to hear from you! If you have ideas for new topics you want us to discuss or tips to help the show improve, reach out to us on any of the sites below!   Twitter: BoardGamePanda Instagram: boardgameswithpanda Facebook: Board Games with Panda BGG Guild: 2917 BGG Blog: Board Games with Panda E-Mail: boardgameswithpanda@gmail.com Website: boardgameswithpanda.com

This week, Amanda and Brad put two games that they really like against each other to see which game is the better buy. It's camels vs race cars in this week's episode!    Let us know which you think is the better game! Twitter: BoardGamePanda Instagram: boardgameswithpanda Facebook: Board Games with Panda BGG Guild: 2917 BGG Blog: Board Games with Panda E-Mail: boardgameswithpanda@gmail.com Website: boardgameswithpanda.com Don't forget, you can rate our episodes on iTunes to help more people find our show!

This week, Amanda and Brad discuss how they go about picking out games for game night with a little help from the /r/boardgames subreddit.   0:46 Deckscape: Test Time – dV Giochi 3:24 Fox in the Forest – Renegade Games 5:51 Triplock – Chip Theory Games 8:10 Caverna: The Cave Farmers - Lookout Games 10:30 By Order of the Queen – Junk Spirit Games 13:26 Rhino Hero - HABA 14:17 Klondike Rush – Red Raven Games  18:66 Great Wester Trail – Stronghold Games   24:05 Topic of the Week What’s your process for choosing games for game night?    

This week, Amanda and Brad review A Dog's Life where you play as a dog trying to go about their business collecting bones, delivering newspapers, running away from the dog catcher, fighting other dogs, and piddling on some lamp posts. If that sounds interesting to you, checkout our review!   A Dog's Life Players: 2-6 Time: 30-60 minutes Age: 6+ Weight 1.5/5   We did receive this copy from the publisher as a review copy, but we were not paid for this review. BGP has not accepted any payment for our reviews. We have a giveaway going on from the time this posts until 11/1/17. Listen to the episode (particularly the end) to learn how to win a copy of Red Raven's Klondike Rush!   We'd Love to Hear From You! Twitter: BoardGamePanda Instagram: boardgameswithpanda Facebook: Board Games with Panda BGG Guild: 2917 BGG Blog: Board Games with Panda E-Mail: boardgameswithpanda@gmail.com Website: boardgameswithpanda.com

This week, Amanda and Brad go over the stacks of games that have been sitting on their Shelf of Shame and why they haven't been played yet. They'd love to hear from you! Also, don't forget to enter for a chance to win Klondike Rush by Red Raven Games! Listen to the episode for info. One lucky person will be drawn on November 1, 2017!   CONTACT US Twitter: BoardGamePanda Instagram: boardgameswithpanda Facebook: Board Games with Panda BGG Guild: 2917 BGG Blog: Board Games with Panda E-Mail: boardgameswithpanda@gmail.com Website: boardgameswithpanda.com   Show Notes Games We Played The Godfather – A New Done - :53 Dingo’s Dreams –  3:24 Stop Thief – 5:42 Codenames Duet - 8:23 Whistle Stop – 10:42 Ex Libris – 12:35 Spirit Island – 17:10 Professor Evil and the Citadel of Time –  21:53 Hotshots – 23:05 Unearth – 24:48 5-Minute Dungeon – 25:51 Unlock: The Island of Doctor Groose - 28:10 Truck Off – 29:34 Downforce –  31:17 Between Two Cities: Capitals –  34:41 Lorenzo ill Magnifico –  36:16 Blurble – 39:06 Walk the

This week, Amanda and Brad review AFFLICTION: Salem 1692 designed by Dan Hundycz, art by Lissanne Lake, and published by DPH Games Inc. Player Count: 2-4 Playtime: 30-60 minutes Special thanks to DPH games for providing this review copy.   Twitter: BoardGamePanda Instagram: boardgameswithpanda Facebook: Board Games with Panda BGG Guild: 2917 BGG Blog: Board Games with Panda E-Mail: boardgameswithpanda@gmail.com Website: boardgameswithpanda.com

This week, Amanda and Brad go over their experiences at Gen Con 50 in Indianapolis! They had such a wonderful time meeting so many wonderful people and playing many great games. Find out what games ended up coming home with them as well as their favorite game of the convention!   Gen Con continued it's impressive size with turnstile attendance of 207,979.     1:00 Pre-Gen Con events 5:45 Gen Con Day 1 Thursday Morning 8:15 Grabbing the games off of our list Greyfox: Champions of Midguard expansions/mat Renegade: Chaos at the booth Restoration Games Bundle: Downforce, Stop Thief, Indulgence Bezier Games: Whistle Stop 13:00 Cheapass Games Butten Men, Tak, Pairs, Kill Doctor Lucky Expansion 14:38 Nerd Night 15:50 Flamme Rouge Photosynthesis, Go Nuts for Donuts 17:20 Fantasy Realms 18:03 Charity Auction 20:20 Red Scare Friday 21:45 Second attempt at picking up Ex Libris 24:41 First impressions of Ex Libris 27:14 Meeting with Lance at TMG Orleans Expansion, Lumeria, Ars Technica 28:23 Hot Shots by Fir

This week, Amanda and Brad go over one of their favorite party games, Word Slam by Inka and Markus Brand and published by KOSMOS.  Player Count: 4-99 Play Time: 45 Minutes Ages 12+ Category: Part Game   Contact Us Twitter: BoardGamePanda Instagram: boardgameswithpanda Facebook: Board Games with Panda BGG Guild: 2917 BGG Blog: Board Games with Panda E-Mail: boardgameswithpanda@gmail.com Website: boardgameswithpanda.com

This week Amanda and Brad are reviewing the expansion for Wits & Wagers called Vegas Wits & Wagers. It is designed by Dominic Crapuchettes, with art from Ali Douglass and Ben Goldman, and published by North Star Games.   They start the episode going over how the game plays and the changes this expansion brings. They finish with their review starting at 8:22 in the episode.   The Kickstarter for Vegas Wits & Wagers will be going live on Saturday, August 19, 2017.   We'd love to hear from you! You can reach us at any of the links below. Twitter: BoardGamePanda Instagram: boardgameswithpanda Facebook: Board Games with Panda BGG Guild: 2917 BGG Blog: Board Games with Panda E-Mail: boardgameswithpanda@gmail.com Website: boardgameswithpanda.com

 It's almost Gen Con!!! It's going to be crazy this year with record crowds and insanity surrounding the 50th anniversary. Let Amanda and Brad help provide some guidance! Also, they'll be at a Pre-Gen Con event at their friendly local game store: Game Preserve. They'll post the info on our facebook page! Here's the event! Intro - 0:00 What is GenCon? - 3:48 Things to Know: Generic Tickets - 7:39 Balloon Sculpture - 9:25   Cardhalla - 10:31   Registration/Ticket Pick Up -  11:54   Exhibit Hall - 15:01 Gaming Hall - 19:34     Costume Contest - 21:32    Food Options -  23:17 Coupon Book 31:55 Events - 33:19       Nerd Night - 33:48   Dice Tower Live - 35:08 Secret Cabal Meet-Up at Tow Yard -  36:54 Brad's Con Tips  -  38:03   Games we already own  - 42:03 Games we are excited to Demo - 45:53     Honorable Mentions: Legends of Sleepy Hollow Divinity Derby Top 5 5 Palace Mad King Ludwig 4 Wits & Wagers Vegas Wits and Wagers: Superheroes vs. Supervillain 3 Spy Club 2 1001 Odyssey 1 Founders of Gloom

This week, Amanda and Brad go over their Top 10 High Player Count Games (6+) and include a few Honorable Mentions.    Top 10 starts at 25:43   CONTACT US Twitter: BoardGamePanda Instagram: boardgameswithpanda Facebook: Board Games with Panda BGG Guild: 2917 BGG Blog: Board Games with Panda E-Mail: boardgameswithpanda@gmail.com Website: boardgameswithpanda.com

This week, Amanda and Brad review Flip Ships by Kane Klenko and published by Renegade Games. Have they finally found a dexterity game that Amanda loves?   CONTACT US Twitter: BoardGamePanda Instagram: boardgameswithpanda Facebook: Board Games with Panda BGG Guild: 2917 BGG Blog: Board Games with Panda E-Mail: boardgameswithpanda@gmail.com Website: boardgameswithpanda.com  

In this episode, Amanda and Brad go over what they've been playing for the past two weeks as well as give their thoughts on the top two wooden insert companies for board games. This week they are highlighting The Broken Token and Meeple Realty. Dead of Winter – 0:50 Hey That’s My Fish – 3:18 Pandemic Iberia – 3:56 Castles of Mad King – 5:50 Sagrada – 8:40 Okey Dokey – 9:20 Carcassonne – 11:02 Dixit –  12:48 Purrrlock Holmes – 14:50 Wits and Wagers Vegas –  15:15 Word Slam – 16:43 Bang the Dice Game – 18:27 Insider – 20:18 One Night Ultimate Alien –  21:19 Firefly – 25:15 Flipships – 26:33 Century Spice Road – 27:30 Flatline – 28:00 Flip City –  29:00 Affliction – Salem 1692 – 30:10 Colonists – 31:04 Werewords – 32:42 Squeek & Sausage – 34:52 Ravenwood Castle – 37:12  Game Box Insert Conversation –  46:00 Game Hobby News Watch it Played Indiegogo 1:36:00 LINK Sarah and Marti Engagement   CONTACT US Twitter: BoardGamePanda Instagram: boardgameswithpanda Facebook: Board Games with Panda BGG Guild: 2917 BGG

In this episode, Brad and Amanda go over the recent release by IDW Games called Purrrlock Holmes: Furriarty's Trail . This semi co-operative deduction game designed by Stephen Sauer is all about trying to figure out what your card is that's facing away from you. Can you follow the trail and catch Furrriarty?   CONTACT INFO Twitter: BoardGamePanda Instagram: boardgameswithpanda Facebook: Board Games with Panda BGG Guild: 2917 BGG Blog: Board Games with Panda E-Mail: boardgameswithpanda@gmail.com Website: boardgameswithpanda.com   Support the Show by donating towards editing costs here: LINK

In this episode, Amanda and Brad talk about the games they’ve been playing since Origins 2017 and present their Top 5 Favorite Tile Placement Games. 00:34 Purrlock Holmes Furryaties Trail by IDW games 01:04 Sentient by Renegade Games Studios 01:24 Nefarious by USAopoly 02:30 World Slam by Kosmos 04:30 Flip Ships by Renegade Games Studios 05:32 Island Hopper by Eagle Gryphon Games 07:41 Escape from 100 Million BC by IDW Games 10:19 Lignum by Capstone Games 12:11 Tokaido by Funforge 14:13 Hive, Quarto, Welcome to the Dungeon at Kingmakers 15:45 Dixit by Asmodee 17:06 Okey Dokey by Tasty Minstrel Games 18:46 Time Stories: Lumen Fidei by Space Cowboys 20:00 Dead Men Tell no Tales 21:56 Sagrada by Floodgate Games 25:43 Our Top Five Tile Placement Games   Contact Info e-mail: boardgameswithpanda@gmail.com         Twitter: @BoardGamePanda Instagram: @boardgameswithpanda Facebook: Board Games with Panda BGG: Guild 2917 Website: boardgameswithpanda.com

This review examines Sentient by J. Alex Kevern and published by Renegade Games. Player Count: 2-4 Play Time: 45-60 min Theme: Building Sentient Robots is easy but programming them to work properly in the network takes a lot of skill.  Game Play: Roll dice and place them on the assigned spaces. Pickup robots from a selection row and place them onto your player board and manipulate the flanking dice according to the card. If the objective to the card is met at the end of the round, you score the victory points listed on the card. Area control comes into play as you have to send agents and possible assistants to secure the robots. Having the most control above certain card slots grants the player investor markers that score at the end of the game.   CONTACT US Twitter: BoardGamePanda Instagram: boardgameswithpanda Facebook: Board Games with Panda BGG Guild: 2917 BGG Blog: Board Games with Panda E-Mail: boardgameswithpanda@gmail.com Website: boardgameswithpanda.com