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#36 – Playin’ and Slayin’ – A Gen Con Icarus Meltdown
Another Gen Con in the books! The guys share everything that was the “Best Four Days in Gaming”. We are honored to be joined in-studio by “the Intern” Brice. He and Ty recount their adventures at Midwest Meltdown (congrats Wisko Kings!). Finally in Play it or Slay it we review the storytelling game Icarus.
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Segment Timestamps
00:13:00: Midwest Meltdown
01:08:30: Gen Con 2019
02:18:50: Icarus Review
Things we’ve been playin’ and slayin’ (show notes)
- Blitz Bowl
- Judgement
- Airbrush class with CK Studios
- Dungeons and Lasers
- Card Based version of Fiasco – Bully Pulpit Games
- The ConFeFe
- Hero Forge
- Icarus
- Root
- Reef
- Curios
- Orbis
- Ding & Dent podcast
- Millenium’s End
- Marvel Crisis Protocol
- T.I.M.E. Stories Revolution
- Undaunted: Normandy
- Edge of Darkness
- Wingspan
- Color Monster game ( & book)
- Battle Foam magnarack slide out trays
- The Ancient World
- Young Adventurers Guide – Jim Zub
- Detective: LA Crime Story
- Aetherium RPG cards
- Alayna Art
- Resident Evil Boardgame
- Critical Role minis
Upcoming Events
- NashCon Aug 23-25
- DragonFall Oct 25-27
- GameholeCon Oct 31- Nov 3
- Holy Havoc Nov 2-3
#35 – Playin’ and Slayin’ – Aetherium RPG Interview
The Terrible Trio becomes the Fab Five as Aaron Darland and Paul DK from Anvil 8 Games join us to discuss the brand new Aetherium Roleplaying Game. The guys also give a preview of what they will be up to at Gen Con next week. And if that wasn’t enough Ty also attempts the long-awaited growler challenge. Enjoy the ride.
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Segment Timestamps
56:25 Aetherium RPG interview
1:52:17 Gen Con Preview
Things we’ve been playin’ and slayin’ (show notes)
- Aetherium
- WarCry
- T.I.M.E. Stories – Brotherhood of the Coast
- WarLayer 3D Printable Terrain
- Gamechanger Table
- Edge of Darkness
- Trogdor!! The board game
- #DickDice
Gen Con
- Anvil 8 Games – Booth 1520
- Alayna Danner – Artist Alley Table #09
- Brotherwise Games – Booth #237
Upcoming Events
- Gen Con – Aug 1 – 4
- NashCon Aug 23-25
- DragonFall Oct 25-27
- GameholeCon Oct 31- Nov 3
- Holy Havoc Nov 2-3
#34 – Playin’ and Slayin’ – Summer Time and the Livin’ is Easy
It’s the first episode of the summer! We talk about some recent conventions we attended, Nexus and Origins. Reveal more about our lists of 10 games we love which we shared on Twitter and in “Play it or Slay it” we review the D&D GM Accessory Treasure Decks from Nord Games.
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Things we’ve been playin’ and slayin’ (show notes)
- Sea King’s Malice
- Black Oak Workshop
- Nord Games – Treasure Decks
- Our 10 games we love lists can be found on Twitter
Upcoming Events
- Midwest Meltdown -July 27-29th Bloomington, IL
- Gen Con – Aug 1 – 4
- NashCon Aug 23-25th
#33 – Playin’ and Slayin’ – Brew City Brawl
The guys recap their adventures at the Brew City Brawl AoS GT. In “Play It or Slay It” they review a dice tray?
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Things we’ve been playin’ and slayin’ (show notes)
Upcoming Events
- Nexus – May 30 – June 2
- Origins Game Fair – June 12-16
- Midwest Meltdown -July 27-29th Bloomington, IL
- Gen Con – Aug 1 – 4
#32 – Playin’ and Slayin’ – Call to Motivation
Things have been busy as some of us prepare for our first AoS GT event and others a wedding. This episode we share our Quantic Foundry Boardgamer Motivation Profiles and see why we play games (Spoiler: one of us enjoys High Conflict). Also in this episode our Play it or Slay it review of Call to Adventure.
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Things we’ve been playin’ and slayin’ (show notes)
- Terrain Tutor Kickstarter
- Quantic Foundry Board Game Motivation Profile
- Ty – High Conflict and Independent
- Troy – Low Conflict, Relaxed, and Independent
- Josh – Relaxed and Gregorius
- Call to Adventure
- Adepticon Space Hulk Review on Sepulchre of Heroes
- Critical Core
- Blood on the Clocktower
- War in Christmas Village
Upcoming Events
- Brewcity Brawl 2019 – May 17-19
- Nexus – May 30 – June 2
- Midwest Meltdown -July 27-29th Bloomington, IL
- Gen Con – Aug 1 – 4
#31 – Playin’ and Slayin’ – Adepticon 2019
It’s our Adepticon 2019 review show! Sorry for the slight delay as we recovered from some nasty post-con contagions. The intern, Brice, also joins us to share his Adepticon and his D&D adventures with a Deck of Many Things.
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Things we’ve been playin’ and slayin’ (show notes)
- Terrain Tutor Kickstarter
- Claustrophobia 1643
- Interview with Abnett on Voxcast
- Gaiman on Ferriss (Good Omens on Amazon)
Upcoming Events
- Brewcity Brawl 2019 – May 17-19
- Nexus – May 30 – June 2
- Origins – June 12 -16
- Gen Con – Aug 1 – 4
the Basement of Death 