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Dec 27, 2019

It’s the end of the year, so that can only mean one thing; our best of 2019 round up!


We look at the best games of the year that we’ve played, the most disappointing games of the year and announce the all-important Andy’s Insert of choice.

00:04:29 3 for 4 award and 4 for 4 award
Villagers
4 for 4 award
Dice Hospital
Villagers

00:13:22 Jon's best new game to you 2019
Space Base
Great Western Trail
Root and Too Many Bones

00:28:53 Andy's Insert of Choice Awards 2019
Ragusa / Neta Tanka / Trikeron

00:33:03 Most Disappointing Games
Star Wars: The Outer Rim
Jonathon Strange & Mr Norrell
Tapestry

00:47:10 Games of 2019
00:59:45 Ragusa
00:50:04 Tiny Towns
00:52:24 Paladins of the Western Kingdom
00:57:23 Lifeform and Nemesis
01:01:15 Bosk
01:05:30 Villagers
01:11:10 Pipeline and Barrage
01:17:55 Marvel Champions the Card Game & Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth

01:23:10 Listener's choices
01:29:55 Game of the Year?

This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss

Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Dec 15, 2019

Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content

It’s a particularly mischievous episode, complete with awful Scottish accents, Steve and Jon recount their experiences from Gridcon, including Cooper Island, Ravage and playing Tapestry with David Turczi, while Rory and Andy tell us all about On the Underground.

There’s also the latest news from the ferrets as the One Ring contract dispute, a D&D movie and the wee Tagies and we also announce a mew member of the PHC crew.

Gaming News

00:07:04 Lord of the Rings The One Ring RPG contract dispute
00:10:08 D&D Movie to focus on Forgotten Realms and the Eye of Vecna
00:15:41 Study shows that playing boardgames keeps you mentally fit in old age
00:17:37 Libellud Creates Foundation to Help Youth and Education
00:19:18 TAGIES

Games Mentioned

00:24:27 Cooper Island
00:34:23 Tapestry
00:40:04 Ravage: Swamps of Delgor
00:52:44 The amazing world of David Turczi (but don't call him big Davey T)
00:57:34 On the Underground

This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss

Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Nov 24, 2019

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In the latest episode of Polyhedron Collider we ask all the important questions; is Andy’s car waterproof, is Inuit any good, how do you stop quarterbacking in cooperative games and should Jon back Infinity Defiance?

Games Mentioned

00:07:22 Jon visit's Thirsty Meeples and plays Noctiluca
00:10:25 Steve finally has the Dark Souls stretch goals
00:15:11 Infinity Defiance
00:23:34 Critical Role sign to Amazon Prime
00:24:21 Dungeons and Dragons Sapphire dice
00:26:51 Play Ticket to Ride with Alexa
00:28:34 Burning Games close their doors
00:31:27 Nanty Narking
00:39:56 Inuit The Snow Folk

This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss

Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Nov 10, 2019

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 Steve has been sent a mystery package by Board & Dice, so sit back with your favourite tipple as we describe all. We’ll also have our usual round up of the latest tabletop gaming news and in depth chat about the board games we’ve been playing.


This week all four members of the PHC crew have been sunning it in Tungaru, the latest kickstarter from Alley Cat Games and Steve and Andy get alchemy confused with worshipping in Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula.


Is Rory's mic still working?

 

Gaming News

00:11:17 Essen thefts
00:18:35 World of Warcraft Smallworld
00:21:24 Catan World Explorers 


Games Mentioned

00:26:50 Tungaru
00:49:29 Chakra
00:55:26 Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula

This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss

Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Oct 30, 2019

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 What’s this? A full house? Back to the normal format? Something must be amiss. Yes, the full complement of Polyhedron Collider are back with some more board game chat.


We start as ever with a breakdown of the latest news, have a bloody good chat about Stonemaier Games’ latest Tapestry and Jon tells us about his Tesla…again.

Gaming News

00:15:50 Ian Livingstone set up a gaming fund
00:19:28 Kingstarter Scams
00:24:07 Monopoly Theme Park
00:27:02 Asmodee publishing division Aconyte Books https://aconytebooks.com/


Games Mentioned

00:32:10 Tapestry
01:00:12 Slyeville
01:06:51 Conspiracy: The Solomon Gamble

This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss

Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Oct 13, 2019

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It’s almost time for Europe’s largest tabletop gaming convention, and arguably the world’s largest gaming convention. We are of course talking about Spiel in Essen where hundreds of games will be launched demo’d and sold.


With such a huge array of games available, join Steve and Rory as they take you through their top picks of the show.

 

Gaming News
00:08:06 Games Workshop team up with Marvel
00:10:30 Games Wokshop Bandai action figures
00:11:56 Something big is coming for Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition
00:16:24 Wendy RPG

Essen Preview Games - that we've played
00:21:01 Tungaru
00:28:37 Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula
00:35:20 Escape Tales: Low Memory
00:38:15 Bar Pig: After Hours
00:41:00 Chakra

Our top picks
00:47:32 So You've been Eaten
00:50:45 Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles
00:54:58 Ecos: First Continent
00:58:43 The Defence of Procyon III
01:01:40 Prêt-à-Porter
01:07:04 Cooper Island and Maracaibo
01:12:12 Space Gate Odyssey
01:15:36 Paranormal Detectives
01:20:07 Gates of Delirium
01:23:36 TIME Stories Revolution: Hadal Project

 

This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss

Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Sep 29, 2019

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Grab your pen and pencils, your favourite dice and your silly voices, because it’s time for the Polyhedron Collider boys to talk about tabletop RPGs.

We’ll be covering Andy’s recent Tyranny of Dragons campaign for Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition, looking at some tasty Kickstarter roleplaying games and answering your questions about pen and paper RPGs.

Games Mentioned

00:03:05 Airecon 13 - 15 March 2020, Harrogate -https://www.airecon.co.uk/
00:07:12 Jon's Tesla and his naughty number plate
00:09:06 Everdell
00:14:28 Godspeed
00:16:10 Ruins of Mars
00:16:59 Time of Legends: Destinies
00:19:14 Root: The Tabletop Roleplaying Game 
00:22:22 Heart: The City Beneath RPG 
00:25:37 Forbidden Lands - The Bitter Reach Campaign 
00:31:59 Roll 20
00:40:10 Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, Tyranny of Dragons: Horde of the Dragon Queen and Rise of Tiamat

This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss

Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Sep 15, 2019

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Welcome along to another analysis paralysis inducing chat with the boys from Polyhedron Collider, who are cruder than normal in celebration of episode 69 (dude). We analyse the latest tabletop gaming news, talking about the latest events in board games and pen and paper RPGS and then get into some deep and meaningful game chat.


In this week’s episode we talk about Matchify, get in a very quick game of Ragusa and have a rather deep analysis of heavy euros Pipeline and Barrage. We then pop over to Ireland to save the world in Mournequest.

 

Gaming News

00:03:24 Terra Mystica expansion
00:05:58 Dungeons & Dragons Funko Pops
00:09:14 Azul Summer Pavilions
00:13:23 Dice Camera Action could be coming back
00:18:27 Oathsworn coming to Kickstarter in October
00:20:15 No more City of Games Convention

Games Mentioned

00:27:20 Matchify
00:29:56 Ragusa
00:37:14 Pipeline
00:51:30 Barrage
01:15:58 Mournequest

This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss

Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Aug 31, 2019

Prepare yourselves for another generous helping of tabletop gaming chat, as the boys from Polyhedron Collider talk all things board games, card games and RPGS (as well as some rambling diversions regarding Jon’s taste in TV programs and Andy going to a festival).

In this episode Jon tells us about his first Dungeon Mastering experience in An Ogre and his Cake, Andy cooks up explosive potions in the Quacks of Quedlinburg, Jon talks us through the stained glass dice builder Sagrada and Steve gets dangerously close to the sun in coop kickstarter game Solar Storm.

Gaming News

00:19:21 The Board Game Book: Volume 1 and Volume 2 - back it here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/owenduffy/the-board-game-book-volume-2
00:22:56 The Ludii Project - try it out here: http://ludeme.eu/project/index.html
00:27:15 Hasbro buy Entertainment 1 and reduce plastic packaging
00:31:25 Tabletop Gaming Live 2 

Games Mentioned

00:06:52 An Ogre and his Cake
00:35:14 Sagrada
00:49:19 The Quacks of Quedlinburg
01:04:54 Solar Storm - back it here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/drandagames/solar-storm-work-together-or-die-alone 

This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss

Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Aug 11, 2019

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The full gang are back and have a bucket load of Gen Con news to go through. We cast our expert* eyes over the latest tabletop gaming and board game news, such as the new Marvel games from Fantasy Flight Games and the announcement of Ankh from CMON.

We then take an in-depth look at single play mystery game Undo from Pegasus Spiele and Bunny Kingdom from Iello and Richard Garfield.
*The Polyhedron Collider team are not classified as experts in any field.

Gaming News

00:06:28 Boardgamegeek rebrands
00:09:35 Arkham Horror Final Hour
00:15:40 Marvel Champions: The Card Game
00:18:24 Marvel Crisis Protococl
00:21:26 Ankh & Trudvang Legends
00:28:56 Etherfields
00:31:00 Back to the Future
00:32:33 Era: Medievil Age
00:40:10 Tapestry

Games Mentioned

00:47:18 Undo
01:09:06 Bunny Kingdom and Bunny Kingdom's in the Sky
01:21:27 Space Base
01:28:41 Trudvang Legends (again)

 

This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss

Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Jul 28, 2019

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A weekend of celebrating Andy’s 40th has led to a couple of casualties, as the skeleton crew of Andy and Steve man the show. We talk about the latest crazy technology from CMON, the Warhammer TV show in the works, as well as Molkky and Gaia Project.

We then take care of the burgeoning mail bag, answering questions on the value of a board game, the evolution of the hadron collider and games to play outside.

Gaming News

00:10:12 CMON announce Teberu
00:17:52 Spiel de Jahres Winners

00:20:35 A Warhammer 40,000 TV show

Games Mentioned

00:26:20 Molkky
0023:33 Gaia Project

 

This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss

Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Jul 13, 2019

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The boys from Polyhedron Collider are back with another generous helping of table top gaming chat, so slip into your elasticated conversation trousers and get your fill of board games and roleplaying games.

Today Andy, Rory and Steve talk about English Magic in Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, go to the maternity wing in Dice Hospital Community Care and brave the North Sea in Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North. We also have a quick quiz courtesy of Blockbuster from Pig Potato Games.

Gaming News

00:03:47 ASL reading of the D&D 5e Players Handbook
00:06:27 New Kickstarter guidelineE
00:14:30 Stone Dick and crazy Japanese music videos https://youtu.be/sR9t_3WmNp8

Games Mentioned

00:18:21 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
00:44:10 Dice Hospital Comunuity Care expansion
01:00:47 Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North
01:17:17 Blockbuster

This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss

Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Jun 29, 2019

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It appears, due to an administrative oversight, that only Andy and Steve were available this week. So set yourselves for a more genteel podcast, as the two most distinguished members of the Polyhedron Collider crew talk about the table top games they have been playing this week. 

Top of the list of board games are Stonemaier’s Wingspan, Chip Theory’s Too Many Bones and Villagers from Sinister Fish. We also discuss how Steve will be the first to be eaten, when we all get trapped on a desert island.

 

Games Mentioned

00:05:39 Acquisitions Incorporated and Heroes of Baldur's Gate
00:08:57 The Isle of Cats
00:13:40 Wingspan
00:31:17 A Feast for Odin & Great Western Trail
00:42:33 Two Many Bones
00:53:15 Villagers
01:03:44 Questions

 

This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss

Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Jun 9, 2019

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We are back from three (and a bit) days of awesome gaming and meeting awesome people at the UK’s largest tabletop gaming convention. Join us as we discuss coping with the Mondays, being utterly knackered and sampling as many board games as we possibly could at the UK Games Expo 2019.

Yet again we would like to thank the awesome people behind the UK Games Expo for making the best convention yet!

Games Discussed
00:24:18 Imperial Settlers Roll & Write
00:30:05 Super Fantasy Brawl
00:37:02 Hel
00:38:03 Jonathan STrange and Mr Norrel
00:46:43 Oathsworn
00:55:20 Quantified
01:01:55 Bosk
01:08:11 Letter Jam & Sanctum
01:20:33 Venice
01:29:46 Rome & Roll
01:33:00 Doning the Purple
01:39:40 Syrinscape
01:04:02 Versa
01:46:50 Lifeform
01:48:41 Magnate the First City
01:54:11 Silk, Marqueses, Titan & La Vina

 

This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss

Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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May 19, 2019

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The UK Games Expo is just around the corner, the biggest event in the UK tabletop and board gaming calendar. Andy, Jon and Steve are joined by Rory to go through our top picks for the games we want to see at the show.

The UK Games Expo is the 31st May to 2nd June 2019 at the NEC in Birmingham. Tickets and information is available from https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/

Top Picks
00:22:00 Sierra West from Board&Dice
00:32:30 Cloudspire by Chip Theory Games
00:44:38 Venice by Brain Crack Games
00:48:47 God of War, Bloodborne and Trudvang Legends from CMON
01:00:05 Century: A New World by Plan B Games
01:03:41 Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood by Shadowborne Games
01:11:25 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: A Board Game of English Magic
01:06:14 Sanctum from CGE
01:09:14 Galactic Era
01:27:58 Rising Blades from City of Games
01:33:41 Marquesas by Alley Cat Games
01:36:50 Coreball from Burning Games

01:42:49 Honourable Mentions
New paints from Games Workshop
Loke Battle Mats
Honey Badger Games
Imhotep the Dual
Teotihuacan: Late Preclassic Period
Dice Hospital Expansion
Donning the Purple: Votes and Virtue
Silk
Judge Dredd Helter Skelter
The Artemis
Rome and Roll

 

This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss

Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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May 6, 2019

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Get yourselves comfortable, because it’s a long one today. The boys get the chat well and truly flowing as they discuss the latest news and then get into some in depth talk about the games they have been playing. Steve Journeys in Middle Earth as he plays the latest Lord of the Rings game from Fantasy Flight Games, Steve and Andy tackle demons and cultists in Perdition's Mouth and we rustle up some bad puns in Great Western Trail.

We then check out the best way to get into D&D, with some tips for the budding Dungeons and Dragons adventurer and dungeon Master.

If you fancy sponsoring Jon on his Three Peak Challenge – go here https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Team/WalkinFOCharity

 

Jon's News Ferret

00:18:49 Heroes of Baldur's Gate https://www.dmsguild.com/product/269398/Heroes-of-Baldurs-Gate-5e
00:23:33 Bloodborne: The Board Game
00:26:17 Steamforged get a £5million investment
00:28:45 Kollosal Games get their Kickstarters' suspended
00:31:30 Guardians Retribution gets cancelled

Games Mentioned

00:34:38 Space Base
00:43:14 Great Western Trail
00:55:14 Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth
01:09:17 Perditions Mouth: Abyssal Rift
01:35:26 Getting into Dungeons and Dragons

 

This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss

Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Apr 21, 2019

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After spending his time in the garden, Andy joins Steve to discuss his hooky copy of Terraforming Mars, the latest news and the current crop of games at their table.


They stab the emperor in Donning the Purple, search for lost gold in Treasure Island and provide a spoiler free review of Charterstone, the legacy game from Stonemaier Games. They then cast off the spoiler shackles and have an in depth discussion of the Charterstone game.

 

00:05:03 Steve bought a fake copy of Terraforming Mars

 Jon's Steve's News Ferret

00:18:58 Anachrony: Fractures of Time Expansion on Kickstarter
00:24:29 Sanctum from CGE
00:27:45 Odyssey of the Dragonlords: 5th Edition Adventure Book

Games Mentioned

00:30:04 Donning the Purple
00:42:34 Treasure Island
00:49:10 Charterstone (spoiler free)
01:17:32 Charterstone (with spoilers)

 

This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss

Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Apr 7, 2019

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The boys from Polyhedron Collider are back but are suffering from a lack of sleep due to daylight saving and midnight wildlife encounters. Don't worry though, they have managed to play some board games.

The boys discuss the latest news and Kickstarters and talk about High Society and Dinosaur Island. We also read from the mail bag and present an MS Paint challenge to the budding artist in our audience.

Jon's News Ferret

00:12:09 Infinity Defiance
00:14:19 Machi Koro Legacy
00:16:27 Exodus Chronicles 
00:21:03 Dune the Board Game

Games Mentioned

00:27:22 Hanamikoji
00:33:12 High Society
00:39:09 Dinosaur Island

 

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Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Mar 17, 2019

Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content

Jon and Steve are back from a weekend of gaming at Airecon. Andy, however, couldn’t make it and tells us his tale of woe along with a novel method of reducing the size of his board game collection. We talk about our live show, Family Fortunes and the games we played at Airecon; including Villainous, Space Base, and the digital version of Scythe.

Jon's News Ferret

00:18:03 Critical Role
00:22:12 Talisman Batman
00:24:55 Lockup: A Roleplayer Tale and Cartographers: A Roll Player Tale

Games Mentioned

00:30:25 Kingdom Rush: Rift in Time
00:37:06 Scythe digital version
00:34:24 Villainous
00:51:56 Space Base
00:57:17 Azuil: Stained Glass of Sintra
01:06:17 Perdition's Mouth
01:09:04 Dwarf
01:15:55 At Home on Legrange

 

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Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Feb 24, 2019

Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content

Fresh from a full weekend of gaming at City of Games, the boys from PHC download all the information they can about the games they played.

Jon’s news ferrets find us some juicy Spielberg influenced titbits of tabletop gaming news. We then proceed to have a good old chin wag about Pulsar 2849, Zoocracy, Tiny Towns and Blood Rage, as well as have another chat about Root.

Jon's News Ferret

00:05:35 Airecon
00:06:30 Stanger Things D&D starter set
00:08:37 Kids on Bikes
00:10:07 Jaws
00:11:52 District 9
00:15:33 Chocolate Factory 

Games Mentioned

00:16:30 Pulsar 2849
00:25:03 Zoocracy
00:38:57 Tiny Towns
00:46:25 Twatty Hadouken
00:47:25 Vadoran Gardens
00:48:43 Root
01:03:55 Endeavor
01:07:20 New Angeles
01:14:55 Space Base
01:25:08 Blood Rage

 

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Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Feb 10, 2019

Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content

Pour yourself a large glass of your tipple of choice, get yourself comfy, and get ready for another session of top quality board gaming chat from the boys at Polyhedron Collider.

Jon’s news ferrets have been hard at work, gathering the latest news and the hottest Kickstarter. When it comes to games, Steve is getting sticky with Folded Space and Vektorace, Andy goes down to the woods with Root and Jon conquers the solar system in Onward to Venus.

We then dive into the mailbag, and have a surprisingly mature discussion when we are asked if the board game bubble is about to burst.

Jon's News Ferret

00:03:07 Upcoming Conventions: City of Games, Airecon and Tabletop Scotland
00:05:44 Dobble is the UK's most popular game
00:07:45 Century: New World
00:10:59 Captain Sonar expansion
00:13:25 Tuki
00:14:53 The Secret Cabal
00:16:45 Munchkin Dungeon - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cmon/munchkin-dungeon
00:20:35 Chocalatiers - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dailymagicgames/chocolatiers
00:22:20 Hyperspace - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/hyperspace
00:25:46 Dead Man's Cabal - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pandasaurus/dead-mans-cabal
00:29:29 Tenfold Dungeon - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/room17games/tenfold-dungeon-modular-dungeon-crawling-terrain

Games Mentioned

00:30:55 Folded Space
00:37:48 Vector Race: Formula 8
00:41:41 Root
00:53:35 Onward to Venus

Questions from the Mailbag
01:01:30 Advertising of player counts
01:06:30 Will the board game bubble burst?
01:12:20 What games from before 2010 do we still play?
01:17:50 What app version of games have replaced the physical version?

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Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Jan 27, 2019

Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content

Call for the ambulance, because the boys from Polyhedron Collider have got a fever for cardboard, as well as a severe case of acquisition disorder. We go through some of the games we have been playing over recent months, including Dice Hospital, Detective, and Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig.

Games Mentioned

00:07:05 Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game
00:21:52 Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig
00:32:02 Krowdfunder – the card game
00:36:29 Doodle Rush
00:41:07 Doomsday Bots
00:45:12 Thunderstone Quest
00:53:56 Dice Hospital

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Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Jan 13, 2019

Its 2019 and we have a whole year of exciting new board games to look forward to, so Andy and Steve take us through the tabletop games we are looking forward to playing—and backing on Kickstarter—over the next 12 months


We also discuss getting old, blowing all your board game budget on soft furnishings and announce the highly prestigious “Andy's Insert of Choice Award 2018”.

Games coming to Kickstarter in 2019
00:28:55 The fourth game in the Dark Cities series
00:30:40 Bloodborne: The Board Game
00:33:29 Munchkin Dungeon
00:35:28 Chocolate Factory
00:37:39 The Gig
00:39:34 Magnate
00:40:37 Krudvang Legends

Our top picks of the games coming out in 2019
00:45:55 Comanauts
00:49:55 Metal Gear Solid
00:53:58 Tang Garden
00:56:57 Aliens: Another Glorious Day in The Corps!
01:01:43 Lifeform
01:04:00 Century: New World
01:06:35 Wingspan
01:09:55 Sierra West
01:12:40 Pipeline

 

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Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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