Epic Gumdrop

This episode James and Jeff take a look at No Man's Sky, the criticism it is has met, how it took over James' house, and whether or not they think it's a videogame that's worth your time and money. For show notes, comments or images for this podcast visit the show page for this episode: http://www.breakingdads.com/epic-gumdrop/eg-pod/ep-52-no-mans-sky

This episode we take a look at Timeline Challenge - we give an overview of the game and then play it so you can hear how terrible we are at history. For show notes, comments or images for this podcast visit the show page for this episode: http://www.breakingdads.com/epic-gumdrop/eg-pod/ep-51-timline-challenge

Please note: we make reference to our Patreon in this episode but have since decided to discontinue it. This episode we conclude our look at boardgame sports, discussing everything from roller derby to wrestling. We also pause to consider the role of superfluous versus integral monkeys in gaming. For show notes, comments or images for this podcast visit the show page for this episode: http://www.breakingdads.com/epic-gumdrop/eg-pod/ep-50-boardgame-sports-part-v

Please note: we make reference to our Patreon in this episode but have since decided to discontinue it. This episode James and Jeff look at two videogames attempting to mesmerize us with their conveyor belts - Big Pharma and Factorio. For show notes, comments or more for this podcast visit the show page for this episode: http://www.breakingdads.com/epic-gumdrop/eg-pod/ep-49-big-pharma-and-factorio

This episode James and Jeff make it further along the boardgame sports alphabet, looking at such diverse sports as golf, greyhound racing, horse racing, hunting, hockey, motorcycle racing, mountain climbing and the Olympics! For show notes, comments or images for this podcast visit the show page for this episode: http://www.breakingdads.com/epic-gumdrop/eg-pod/ep-48-boardgame-sports-part-iv

This week James and Jeff take a look at two recent family games, Greedy Greedy Goblins and Knit Wit. For show notes, comments or images for this podcast visit the show page for this episode: http://www.breakingdads.com/epic-gumdrop/eg-pod/ep-47-greedy-greedy-goblins-knit-wit

This week James and Jeff hurry hard to cast a net over a few more boardgame sports in part 3 of their series. Please note that each episode in this series can be enjoyed independently. For show notes, comments or images for this podcast visit the show page for this episode: http://www.breakingdads.com/epic-gumdrop/eg-pod/ep-46-boardgame-sports-part-iii

This episode James and Jeff hop on their penny farthings and make an old fashioned podcast filled with part two of boardgame sports. For show notes, comments or images for this podcast visit the show page for this episode: http://www.breakingdads.com/epic-gumdrop/eg-pod/ep-45-boardgame-sports-part-ii

This episode James and Jeff take a look at a few family-friendly first person games, Slime Rancher and Kona. As well, we talk about that Minecraft Combat Update that has consumed our houses. For show notes, comments or images for this podcast visit the show page for this episode: http://www.breakingdads.com/epic-gumdrop/eg-pod/ep-44-slime-rancher-kona-minecraft-update

This episode James and Jeff look at two wonderful 2-player boardgames, the delightful Patchwork and the destructive Stronghold 2nd ed. For show notes or photos for this podcast visit the show page for this episode: http://www.breakingdads.com/epic-gumdrop/eg-pod/ep-43-patchwork-stronghold

This episode Jeff and James go long and swing high as they race to tell the story of boardgame sports. This is the first of a multi-part series and covers Aerial Racing, American Football - Gridiron, Athletics - Track and Field, Australian Football, Auto Racing and Badminton. For show notes or photos for this podcast visit the page for this episode: http://www.breakingdads.com/epic-gumdrop/eg-pod/ep-42-boardgame-sports-part-i

This episode Jeff and James look at the variety and numbers of cities and countries used as boardgame settings. For show notes or photos for this podcast visit the page for this episode: http://www.breakingdads.com/epic-gumdrop/eg-pod/ep-41-boardgame-cities-countries/ ?

This episode Jeff and James discuss 504, Friedemann Friese's massive, wonderful and slightly intimidating boardgame. For show notes or photos for this episode visit the page for this episode: http://www.breakingdads.com/epic-gumdrop/eg-pod/ep-40-504/

This episode Jeff and James try to stay sane while investigating the history of Cthulhu in boardgames. For show notes or MADNESS, MADNESS EVERYWHERE visit www.breakingdads.com

This episode Jeff and James hunt down and put a few stakes in a specific topic: boardgame vampires. For show notes or strategies on how to deal with the undead visit www.breakingdads.com

This week Jeff and James look ahead at a few anticipated boardgame titles of 2016, as well as discuss some of the themes in the games and industry. For show notes, links, videos or new game smell visit www.breakingdads.com

This week Jeff and James look back at themes and specific titles from the vastness that was 2015 in boardgames. For show notes, links, videos or database fatigue visit www.breakingdads.com

This episode Jeff and James look at the story behind Scrabble, and Jeff tries to impress James with misspelled words containing silent qs. For show notes, links, videos or horrifying autocorrects visit www.breakingdads.com

This episode Jeff and James look back at Caylus, the now classic worker placement game that never fails to tickle your brain. Regardless of your opinions on monarchy. For show notes, links, videos or prestige points visit www.breakingdads.com

This episode we look back at a quick and tense bidding game that still often joins our game nights, Stefan Feld's The Speicherstadt. For show notes, links, videos or used candy wrappers visit www.breakingdads.com

This episode Jeff and James discuss the Let's Play, and James opens up about how emotionally and intellectually crushing it is to be defeated, and mocked, by a child. For show notes, links, videos or bits of lint visit www.breakingdads.com

This episode we take a deep huff of the offgassing vinyl and send our gaze back over at Twister. For show notes, extended info, links to stuff we are talking about or Let's Play videos visit www.breakingdads.com

This episode we look at 12 great boardgames that make wonderful gifts for almost anyone (who already has a predisposition for fun). For show notes, extended info, links to stuff we are talking about or Let's Play videos visit www.breakingdads.com

This episode of the podcast Jeff and James run down a lovingly curated list of possible games for you to buy as gifts (or add to your own Christmas list) this holiday season. We would like to assure you in advance that our list is not erratic or even remotely hodgepodge in its formation. For show notes, extended info, links to stuff we are talking about or Let's Play videos visit www.breakingdads.com

This episode of the podcast Jeff and James take a look at the classic popular game Battleship, pausing to consider its history and gameplay before firing blindly at each other. For show notes, extended info, links to stuff we are talking about or Let's Play videos visit www.breakingdads.com

This episode we look at the birth and life of electrified/electronic boardgames. For show notes, extended info, links to stuff we are talking about or Let's Play videos visit www.breakingdads.com

This episode we look at the history of sports in videogames. And by sports we mostly mean football. And by football we mean Jeff's primary obsession in life. For show notes, extended info, useful links to stuff we are talking about or Let's Play videos visit www.breakingdads.com

This episode we take apart the classic boardgame Clue, looking at its history, development and try to understand our indifference to it. And consider how the movie might better achieve the desired effect. For show notes, extended info, useful links to stuff we are talking about or Let's Play videos visit www.breakingdads.com

This episode we look at the Steam Link, give an overall review and look at how it's a positive for family gaming. For show notes, extended info, useful links to stuff we are talking about or Let's Play videos visit www.breakingdads.com

This episode we look back on GeekGirlCon 2015, discussing what it's all about and how much fun the whole family had. Plus an interview with a 5 year old geek girl. For show notes, extended info, useful links to stuff we are talking about or Let's Play videos visit www.breakingdads.com

This episode we search the Boardgame Geek site and come up with some conclusions about the birth, robust life and probable immortality of boardgame expansions. For show notes, extended info or useful links to stuff we are talking about visit www.breakingdads.com

This episode we conclude LEGO Dimensions week here on our podcasts by looking at the gameplay, marketing, and gender of LEGO Dimensions. For show notes, extended info or useful links to stuff we are talking about visit www.breakingdads.com

This episode Jeff hits the printers and we resurrect the short-lived Rifts CCG so we could give it proper play. What's Rifts, you ask? Absurd fun. For show notes, extended info or useful links to stuff we are talking about visit www.breakingdads.com

Global Domination? Global Liberation? Look, Albert just wanted to make films and got carried away. This episode we look at the history of the popular war game Risk. For show notes, extended info or useful links to stuff we are talking about visit www.breakingdads.com

Buy High! Sell Sideways! Lie! Cheat! Microtrades! Whatever your take on the stock market is, we give our impressions of the old-timey game Stock Ticker and Friedemann Friese's more recent Black Friday. For show notes, extended info or useful links to stuff we are talking about visit www.breakingdads.com

Who doesn't like to program? Well, little kids maybe. But there's a cure for that! Brainwash, I mean upgrade, I mean indoctrinate the young with the joy of programming games! For show notes, extended info or useful links to stuff we are talking about visit www.breakingdads.com

Why do we have that distant gaze and constant shudder? Why is Jeff crying uncontrollably by the junk pile? This episode we look at the re-re-release and expansions of Arctic Scavengers. For show notes, extended info or useful links to stuff we are talking about visit www.breakingdads.com

Ever wonder why there are so many versions of popular boardgames hogging all that shelf space? We wondered when and how this phenomenon happened and the story surprised us in its simplicity. For show notes, extended info or useful links to stuff we are talking about visit www.breakingdads.com

We are getting back into Roleplaying Games, but this time with kids. This episode we talk largely about the Pathfinder Beginner Box as a gateway to family RPG mayhem. For show notes, extended info or useful links to stuff we are talking about visit www.breakingdads.com

Minecraft has set the bar high for what tomorrow's gamers are going to expect from a gaming experience. Will our kids just want to blast stuff or will they want to expand on their existing experiences of creating and exploring? And will No Man's Sky be the next big game in their personal gaming history? For show notes, extended info or useful links to stuff we are talking about visit www.breakingdads.com

What's sweeter than a 0.77 percent chance that the luck based candy game you've been coerced into playing will go over 100 turns? This week we talk about the (surprisingly interesting) history and design of Candy Land. For show notes, extended info or useful links to stuff we are talking about visit www.breakingdads.com

CCG LCG BGG LSD QRS TUV. There's a lot of options, whether you choose to play collectible or so-called living games. We talk about some of the finer points of each and the origins of each system. For show notes, extended info or useful links to stuff we are talking about visit www.breakingdads.com

Didn't you ever wonder how boardgame boxes came to be the way they are? Didn't you want to know why people complain as they do? Didn't you dare to dream of a world filled with better boardgame boxes? For show notes, extended info or useful links to stuff we are talking about visit www.breakingdads.com

So, you want to play an RPG? Which one of the three billion systems should you commit to? Where do you even begin when you are new to this version of the gaming multiverse? For show notes, extended info or useful links to stuff we are talking about visit www.breakingdads.com

What is a gateway game? Do they even exist, like unicorns? Which ones should you play, if any? Are you way too cool for them? Let us be your gateway. Wait, that sounds terrible. Ugh. I wish we could edit these descriptions after we type them instead of just leaving them for people to read. www.breakingdads.com

Everyone likes reading rules, right? This week we talk about how well-written rules can make a great game even better. Or how lousy rules just make us want to permanently close the box. For links to stuff we refer to in this episode please advise your robot helper to activate internet and proceed rapidly to www.breakingdads.com

Not all IOS games are equally polished impelementations of their physical counterpart. We pick our favourites and talk about the idea of taking tabletop to IOS. For more nonsense like this go to www.breakingdads.com

We learn a lot of new games, some of which we learn and play solo. This week we talk about what makes a game a good solo game for us. For more nonsense like this go to www.breakingdads.com

This week we drop just about everything, including baby birds and priceless vases, to scramble to play LEGO Worlds. We give our first impressions. And tell you about our hopes and dreams. Also Arctic Scavengers news! And teaching a newcomer Netrunner! And more Doomtown: Reloaded thoughts! And competitive Dice Masters! And not much else! For more nonsense like this go to www.breakingdads.com

Machi Koro and Colt Express get Spiel des Jahres nominations! And then we talk about the Indie Game Revolution at the EMP, and the educational value of some games.

Princesses, Dungeon Fighters, Ghostbusters. And then we think about Mechanic, Art and Theme.