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#21 – Playin’ and Slayin’ – Gen Con Champions

Posted by Troy

Another Gen Con has come and gone. The guys recall their adventures at the greatest four days of gaming and review a few of the games they played there: Reef, Tiny Epic Zombies, Shogunate and many others. In “Play it or Slay It” this time they review the new Age of Sigmar themed TCG released at Gen Con, Warhammer: Champions.

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Things we’ve been playin’ and slayin’ (show notes)

Wrath & Glory
Reef
Tiny Epic Zombies
Kids on Bikes
Outbreak Undead 2E
Shogunate
Race for the Galaxy
Tags
Expanse RPG
Trogdor the Boardgame
Witchborn
Frostgrave
Resident Evil Boardgame
Ashes of Creation
- The Ashen Herald
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Champions

Upcoming Events

Chaos GT Oct 6-7 Huntsville AL
FlatCon October 12-14 Interstate Center, Bloomington, IL
RockCon Oct 19-21
Dragonfall – Oct 19-21 Elmhurst, Ill
Essen Oct 25-28
Holy Havoc – Nov 2-4th
GameholeCon Nov 8-11

Posted in Conventions, GenCon, PaS, Podcasts, Tournaments

#20 – Playin’ and Slayin’ – Gen Con 51 Prepisode

Jul 26

Posted by Troy

It’s time for the annual Gen Con Prepisode! The guys preview some of the new games they will be looking to check out at this year’s Gen Con and provide some tips and tricks to navigating the best four days of gaming with 60,000 other people. But that’s not all. This episode Ty also recaps his adventures playing AoS at Midwest Meltdown.

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Things we’ve been playin’ and slayin’ (show notes)

Galaxy Trucker
Flamme Rouge – Peloton
Adeptus Titanicus
ABCs of D&D, 123s of D&D
#DrakeGate18 Twitter Thread

Gen Con 2018 Things to Check out

Transformers CCG
Warhammer 40,000: Heroes of Black Reach
Robotech: Attack on the SDF-1
Kick-Ass: The Board Game
Forbidden Sky
My Little Scythe
Wrath & Glory
The Witcher RPG
Warhammer 4e RPG
Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game 30th Anniversary Edition
Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition Core Book
Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game
Reef
Kingdomino: Age of Giants
Scythe: Rise of Fenris
Tiny Epic Zombies
Kitchen Rush
The Big Score
Neon Gods
Kids on Bikes
Outbreak Undead 2E
Terraforming Mars: Prelude
Chronicles of Crime –
Clank!: The Mummy’s Curse –
Blue Lagoon
Choose Your Own Adventure: House of Danger
Pantone: The Game
Pandemic: 10th Anniversary
Oxna Bears All/Aetherium Rhommox

Gen Con Featured Artist – Alayna Danner

Sun King Brewery – Everlasting Gamer

Upcoming Events

GenCon Aug 2-5
FlatCon October 12-14, 2018, Interstate Center, Bloomington, IL
RockCon Oct 19-21
Dragonfall – Oct 19-21 Elmhurst, Ill
Essen Oct 25-28
Holy Havoc – Nov 2-4th
GameholeCon Nov 8-11

Posted in Conventions, GenCon, PaS, Podcasts, Tournaments

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Tags: Age Of Sigmar, Boardgames, boardgaming, D&D, Flamme Rouge, Gaming, Gen Con, GenCon, Kickstarter, Magic, Magic the Gathering, miniature games, Podcast, Scythe

#19 – Playin’ and Slayin’ – Sigmar Bears All

Jul 12

Posted by Troy

The guys give their take on the new Age of Sigmar 2.0 with two truths and a lie and review “Oxna Bears All” the new expansion for Frontline: No Komrades from Anvil Eight Games in the Play It or Slay It segment.

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Things we’ve been playin’ and slayin’ (show notes)

T.I.M.E. Stories
Frontline No Komrades
Flamme Rouge
Warhammer Underworlds Shadespire
Queen Domino
Mage
Soggy Doggy
Guess Who
Ultimate Boardgame Backpack
The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls – by Edmund McMillen
Resinarium Bridges
Outbreak Undead
Mantic TerrainCrate
“Chaos Seeds” – Aleron Kong
Warhammer AoS Champions

Upcoming Events

Midwest Meltdown – July 21-22
GenCon Aug 2-5
RockCon Oct 19-21
Dragonfall – Oct 19-21 Elmhurst, Ill
Essen Oct 25-28
Holy Havoc – Nov 2-4th
GameholeCon Nov 8-11

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#18 – Playin’ and Slayin’ – Origins and Lords of Waterdeep

Jun 28

Posted by Troy

Ty returns from the Origins Game Fair and tells us all about it. This episode also premiers the “Resurrection Review” where the guys pull an old game off the shelf and see how it holds up. The game they review this time is Lords of Waterdeep.

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Things we’ve been playin’ and slayin’ (show notes)

The Ashen Herald
Alayna Danner webstore
Interview with Alayna in Episode 13
Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game
Dicey Peaks
Frontline No Komrades
Origins
Warhammer 40k Wrath & Glory RPG
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Champions TCG
The Little Gamemaster
Getaway Driver

Upcoming Events

Midwest Meltdown – July 21-22
GenCon Aug 2-5
RockCon Oct 19-21
Dragonfall – Oct 19-21 Elmhurst, Ill
Essen Oct 25-28
Holy Havoc – Nov 2-4th
GameholeCon Nov 8-11

Posted in Conventions, Origins, PaS, Podcasts

#17 – Playin’ and Slayin’ – Rising Sun Vampire Brew

Jun 13

Posted by Troy

This episode the trio review Rising Sun, Ty recalls his adventures at NashCon, and the guys assess progress on their gaming/hobby goals for the year. They also take a look at the miniatures boardgame Vampire Hunters and in the Play It or Slay It segment review the Brew Crafters Card Game.

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Our theme music is by FADEBACK

Things we’ve been playin’ and slayin’ (show notes)

Rising Sun
Order of the Vampire Hunters
Gloomhaven
Exit: The Secret Lab
King Domino
T.I.M.E. Stories – Lumen Fidei
Cthulhu: Death May Die
Kids on Bikes
Ultimate Gaming Table
Brew Crafters Card Game

AoS Shorts – Tournament Calendar

Upcoming Events

Origins – June 13-17 Columbus Ohio
Coalescence – June 23
Midwest Meltdown – July 21-22
GenCon Aug 2-5
RockCon Oct 19-21
GameholeCon Nov 8-11

Posted in PaS, Podcasts, Tournaments

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Tags: Age Of Sigmar, Boardgames, D&D, Gaming, Kickstarter, miniature games, Order of the Vampire Hunters, Podcast, Rising Sun

#16 – Playin’ and Slayin’ – Brew City Brawl

May 13

Posted by Troy

The guys discuss their experiences at the inaugural Brew City Brawl Age of Sigmar GT and sportsmanship in competitive wargaming. Besides covering what they’ve been playing, building and buying, Ty and Troy talk about what they’ve been reading in the BoD Library segment and Josh shares what he’s been watching. Finally in ‘Play It or Slay It’ they review Unlock.