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Fala Povo! Neste Nordicast vamos falar sobre melhores jogos lançados pela Grok! Live com a presença da Rafael (Grok) e Carol (Lost Token)! Todos os jogos lançados pela Grok: https://ludopedia.com.br/editora/4541/Grok%20Games Jogos que Viram Mesa Rafael - Pikomino, Finspan e S.E.T.I Carol - Ark Nova, trio, Spetacular, No Thanks, Blokus, Paulo - Exodo, Clãs da Caledônia, Chicago Express, Oh My Pigeons Notícias: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gonab/darwinoceania https://www.playeasy.com.br/premiere-galapagos-superstore-3000-primeiro-horario.html https://ludopedia.com.br/topico/85489/novidades-ludofun https://ludopedia.com.br/topico/85527/grupo-devir-internacional-compra-a-editora-maldito-games https://covildosjogos.com.br/2025/01/21/darwinsjourneyreview/ Sorteio para apoiadores em Fevereiro https://www.instagram.com/p/DEmfOg3ONry/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Canecas do Covil https://minhacanecastyle.com.br/ Ingressos Covil Con https://www.sympla.com.br/evento/covil-con-2025/2617044 - Gema Escondida (aquele jogaço da Grok que quase não se fala dele) Rafael - Red Rising Carol - Verdant Paulo - Palácios de Carrara - Jogo que deveria ser lançado pela Grok (que tem a cara da editora mas não foi anunciado) Rafael - Dixit, Dobble, Taco, Gato Carol - Black Forest, Intarsia , Galileo Galillei Paulo - Flip 7, Black Forest - Melhor para Dois jogadores Rafael - Campos de Arle Carol - Campos de Arle Paulo - Wingspan Ásia, Viticulture - Decepção (jogo que não atendeu as expectativas ou que não curtiu) Rafael - Red Rising Carol - Red Rising Paulo - Savage - Jogo que nunca teve reprint e merecia? Rafael - Cryptid Carol - Cryptid e Calico Paulo - Cascadia, Rebel Princess, Imperial Settlers -Top 5 Melhores Jogos da Grok Rafael - 1- Coup 2 - Linha Terra Mystica 3 - Linha Span (Wingspan, Wyrmspan, Finspan) 4- É Top 5- Voidfall Carol - 1-Campos de Arle 2-Banquete a Odin 3-Wingspan 4-Ark Nova 5-É Top Paulo - 1-Projeto Gaia (Terra Mystica) 2-Ark Nova 3-Banquete a Odin 4-Voidfall 5-Rebel Princess Apoie o Covil pelo Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2X22MnKPeLn2fxl-eVnrTA/join Apoie o Covil pelo Apoia.se: https://apoia.se/covildosjogos Jogos de tabuleiro é na Playeasy: https://playeasy.com.br/ Acessórios Realísticos é na Gorilla 3D: https://www.gorilla3d.com.br/ Para mais vídeos, resenhas em texto e para ouvir nosso podcast, acesse: https://covildosjogos.com.br

Fala Povo! Neste Nordicast vamos falar sobre melhores jogos lançados pela Grok! Live com a presença da Rafael (Grok) e Carol (Lost Token)! Todos os jogos lançados pela Grok: https://ludopedia.com.br/editora/4541/Grok%20Games Jogos que Viram Mesa Rafael - Pikomino, Finspan e S.E.T.I Carol - Ark Nova, trio, Spetacular, No Thanks, Blokus, Paulo - Exodo, Clãs da Caledônia, Chicago Express, Oh My Pigeons Notícias: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gonab/darwinoceania https://www.playeasy.com.br/premiere-galapagos-superstore-3000-primeiro-horario.html https://ludopedia.com.br/topico/85489/novidades-ludofun https://ludopedia.com.br/topico/85527/grupo-devir-internacional-compra-a-editora-maldito-games https://covildosjogos.com.br/2025/01/21/darwinsjourneyreview/ Sorteio para apoiadores em Fevereiro https://www.instagram.com/p/DEmfOg3ONry/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Canecas do Covil https://minhacanecastyle.com.br/ Ingressos Covil Con https://www.sympla.com.br/evento/covil-con-2025/2617044 - Gema Escondida (aquele jogaço da Grok que quase não se fala dele) Rafael - Red Rising Carol - Verdant Paulo - Palácios de Carrara - Jogo que deveria ser lançado pela Grok (que tem a cara da editora mas não foi anunciado) Rafael - Dixit, Dobble, Taco, Gato Carol - Black Forest, Intarsia , Galileo Galillei Paulo - Flip 7, Black Forest - Melhor para Dois jogadores Rafael - Campos de Arle Carol - Campos de Arle Paulo - Wingspan Ásia, Viticulture - Decepção (jogo que não atendeu as expectativas ou que não curtiu) Rafael - Red Rising Carol - Red Rising Paulo - Savage - Jogo que nunca teve reprint e merecia? Rafael - Cryptid Carol - Cryptid e Calico Paulo - Cascadia, Rebel Princess, Imperial Settlers -Top 5 Melhores Jogos da Grok Rafael - 1- Coup 2 - Linha Terra Mystica 3 - Linha Span (Wingspan, Wyrmspan, Finspan) 4- É Top 5- Voidfall Carol - 1-Campos de Arle 2-Banquete a Odin 3-Wingspan 4-Ark Nova 5-É Top Paulo - 1-Projeto Gaia (Terra Mystica) 2-Ark Nova 3-Banquete a Odin 4-Voidfall 5-Rebel Princess Apoie o Covil pelo Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2X22MnKPeLn2fxl-eVnrTA/join Apoie o Covil pelo Apoia.se: https://apoia.se/covildosjogos Jogos de tabuleiro é na Playeasy: https://playeasy.com.br/ Acessórios Realísticos é na Gorilla 3D: https://www.gorilla3d.com.br/ Para mais vídeos, resenhas em texto e para ouvir nosso podcast, acesse: https://covildosjogos.com.br

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including My Puzzle Adventure: Dragon and Box Two. Then, we realize that the year 2000 was 25 years ago and we look back on games that were released back in the year 2000! 0:00-Intro 0:41-Recent Games - My Puzzle Adventure: Dragon 5:05-Box Two 25:14-Outro 26:18-Bloopers Join our discord Support us directly at https://ko-fi.com/boardgameblitz Or get some of our merch on TeePublic or shop on our Amazon Storefront This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BGBLITZ24" to get 20% off non-exclusive items. Consolidated Links For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/401

Brendan talks about three games he played recently for the first time, and one he dusted off. Join us, won't you?Blokus Trigon (2006)Blokus (2000)Casino Yahtzee (1986)Switch & Signal (2020)Favor of the Pharaoh (2015) (revisited)What games have you played recently? Share your plays over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan talks about three games he played recently for the first time, and one he dusted off. Join us, won't you?Blokus Trigon (2006)Blokus (2000)Casino Yahtzee (1986)Switch & Signal (2020)Favor of the Pharaoh (2015) (revisited)What games have you played recently? Share your plays over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

It's been a long hiatus since our last episode but we are back and excited to bring you our latest boardgame reviews!  This week we talk about a game that is already a strong contender for my game of the year, Tokyo Highway Rainbow City! This game is based on Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway known for its distinctive metropolitan structure. Tokyo Highway has a unique design with no board and no game board spaces. Players compete to build roads across each other's highway and to place their cars. A unique architectural 3-dimensional space will be created on the table following the simple building guidelines. This fun and clever design is something we've come to expect from Japanese Game maker Itten games. Some of there previous titles include Crash Octopus and the fun brick series. These are all games that are worth checking out, and if you get the chance to grab one you should take it. They are not always easy to get, outside of Japan. We also have a good talk about two other games we played this week. Blokus and hand to hand wombat. Listen until the end if you would like to know how we felt about these games as well.  

Menu du jour: Voorgerecht: Blokus Hoofdgerecht: Captain Sonar Toetje: Take 5 Hosts: Sebastiaan Frowijn en Job Römer Gast van vandaag: Lilou Dekker 00:00 - Introductie 01:14 - Blokus 09:00 - Captain Sonar 19:00 - Take 5 23:45 - Sommelier Abonneer je op Spelen Wat de Pot Schaft via jouw favoriete podcast app en volg ons op Instagram op @spelenwatdepotschaft. Een vraag voor de sommelier kun je sturen naar spelenwatdepotschaft@gmail.com Pion Appetit! Spelen Wat de Pot Schaft wordt gemaakt door Job Römer en Sebastiaan Frowijn en wordt geproduceerd door Mart Jeninga van Spraakmaker Media

AP Table Talk: Grid Coverage In the first episode of AP Table Talk, a podcast that explores board games, Brian and Dave Eng discuss the Grid Coverage mechanic. They define the mechanic as players covering a grid or filling a space using various shapes such as polyominoes. Some of the games that they discuss which use this mechanic include Patchwork, Blokus, Copenhagen, Cultivate, Silver and Gold, and Tiny Towns. Brian and Dave also discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the mechanic, such as the strong core loop and the potential for it to be luck-dependent. They mention twists on the mechanic, such as enforced fill order and the extension of Grid Coverage upwards.If you liked this episode please consider commenting, sharing, and subscribing.Subscribing is absolutely free and ensures that you'll get the next episode delivered directly to you. We'd also love it if you took some time to rate the show! We live to lift others with learning.  So, if you found this episode useful, consider sharing it with someone who could benefit. Also make sure to visit University XP online at www.universityxp.com University XP is also on Twitter @University_XP and on Facebook and LinkedIn as University XP.Get the full transcript and references for this episode here: https://www.universityxp.com/podcast/87Support the show

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast, and this release falls almost three years after episode one. Thank you for joining us on this journey.This week, regulars David and Chris are joined by Steve Watson and our first American, Tara Walton.In Peers tradition, we kick off with some banter, and Tara gets the ball rolling by asking the group about our most recent board gaming experiences.A couple of standouts there are Hue and Blokus.Steve then leads the discussion, asking what testers do, and how we frame it for different audiences.As ever, the Peers are at the cutting edge of technological advances, and David engages ChatGPTSoftware testers are responsible for ensuring that software applications or products are functioning as intended and meeting the needs of the end-users. Some of the key responsibilities of software testers include:    Designing and developing test cases: Testers create and execute test cases to ensure that the software product is working as expected and meets the requirements of the user.  Identifying defects: Testers detect and report defects or issues in the software to developers or stakeholders, helping to improve the quality of the software.    Collaborating with developers: Testers work closely with developers to identify and resolve issues and to ensure that the software product is delivered on time.    Analyzing test results: Testers analyze test results and provide feedback to the development team, including recommendations for improving the software product.    Providing feedback to stakeholders: Testers communicate the status of testing and the quality of the software product to stakeholders, including project managers and business analysts.    Ensuring compliance: Testers ensure that the software product complies with all relevant standards and regulations, such as accessibility and security requirements.Overall, software testers play a critical role in ensuring the quality of software products and helping to deliver a better user experienceOur thanks to Tara and Steve for joining us this week.We hope you found the discussion useful and would love to hear your feedback.ContactUs@TestingPeers.comTwitter (https://twitter.com/testingpeers)LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/testing-peers)Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/testingpeers/)Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TestingPeers)We're also now on GoodPods, check it out via the mobile app storesIf you like what we do and are able to, please visit our Patreon to explore how you could support us going forwards: https://www.patreon.com/testingpeersSaffron QA is a provider of recruitment and consultancy services, exclusively for the software testing industry.You can find out more at https://saffronqa.co.uk/  or on LinkedInSupport the show

Bycie sobą jest jednym z najważniejszych elementów, które przyczyniają się do poczucia szczęścia i spełnienia w życiu. Kiedy jesteśmy sobą, pozwalamy sobie na wyrażanie swoich prawdziwych emocji i potrzeb, a to z kolei prowadzi do większej autentyczności i szczerości w naszych relacjach z innymi ludźmi.Anna Blokus – Szkodzińska, pedagożka, oligofrenopedażka, wykładowczyni akademicka Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego i Ateneum Szkoły Wyższej, założycielka i dyrektorka placówki edukacyjno – wychowawczej, trener TUS, edukator FASD. Twórczyni i organizatorka szkoleń i warsztatów o charakterze edukacyjnym i profilaktycznym. Autorka szkoleń i konferencji w obszarze komunikacji interpersonalnej dla dzieci, nauczycieli i rodziców. Dzieli się pasją życia i pozytywnym nastawieniem do człowieka.Jeśli chcielibyście nas wesprzeć jako twórców, zapraszamy na stronę: https://buycoffee.to/ondu, gdzie można postawić nam wirtualną kawę :-) Dziękujemy

Do you have an Instagram ad that haunts you? Sally and I talk about the ones that haunt us. Plus, my fav pen and Sally's fav pencil! It's bougie! Also, I messed up my mic sound SO badly, but it will NEVER happen again or my name isn't Frank Bissell!Products Mentioned:The Best Pens: https://amzn.to/3XP1HBG Sally's Best Pencil: https://amzn.to/3iYijrR BoxBollen: https://boxbollen.com/products/boxbollen-black Blokus: https://amzn.to/3kBkJx6Cover Your Assets: https://amzn.to/3Ja8v8Q Sensate: https://buy.getsensate.com/pdp-6262022v2/?currency=USD Hobby Drama: https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/ GO SHOPPING WITH US!Subscribe to the newsletter for exclusive discounts just for you: www.geethanks.substack.com Want to support Gee Thanks! by using our links? Do that here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s4YGOdQT-W7eqLAiYi4DowXExXaECbEW1rRAHVHOu4Y/edit#gid=1638968433 Shop our Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/geethanksjustboughtit Gee Thanks! appreciates its supporters, especially Alley Peplinski, Becca Sheaffer, Allie Nagy, Angi James, Lindsay Creech and Erin Gibson! Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/geethanks Follow along with recs (and share your own via DM) on the “Gee Thanks, Just Bought It!” Instagram: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod and shop all of our recs here: www.geethanksjustboughtit.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode: Zak and Jamilah are joined by Fiona Kong, creator of Home Sweet Homes: A Journal & Planner for Co-parents & Child. They answer a question from a parent who doesn't know what to do. Their child's entire friend group was invited to a party… save one kid. Apparently everyone finds the left-out kid annoying. But both the letter writer and the letter writer's child are feeling uneasy with the situation.  Recommendations:  Jamilah recommends Bros.   Fiona recommends Blokus. Zak recommends forest bathing.  If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Mom and Dad are Fighting. Sign up now at slate.com/momanddadplus to help support our work. Join us on Facebook and email us at momanddad@slate.com to ask us new questions, tell us what you thought of today's show, and give us ideas about what we should talk about in future episodes.  Podcast produced by Kristie Taiwo-Makanjuola and Rosemary Belson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode: Zak and Jamilah are joined by Fiona Kong, creator of Home Sweet Homes: A Journal & Planner for Co-parents & Child. They answer a question from a parent who doesn't know what to do. Their child's entire friend group was invited to a party… save one kid. Apparently everyone finds the left-out kid annoying. But both the letter writer and the letter writer's child are feeling uneasy with the situation.  Recommendations:  Jamilah recommends Bros.   Fiona recommends Blokus. Zak recommends forest bathing.  If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Mom and Dad are Fighting. Sign up now at slate.com/momanddadplus to help support our work. Join us on Facebook and email us at momanddad@slate.com to ask us new questions, tell us what you thought of today's show, and give us ideas about what we should talk about in future episodes.  Podcast produced by Kristie Taiwo-Makanjuola and Rosemary Belson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pick Up & Deliver 476: Blokus, Deckchairs on the Titanic, Villagers - Brendan shares his impressions of three games he tried for the first time recently. Join us, won't you?

Pick Up & Deliver 476: Blokus, Deckchairs on the Titanic, Villagers - Brendan shares his impressions of three games he tried for the first time recently. Join us, won't you?

Pick Up & Deliver 476: Blokus, Deckchairs on the Titanic, Villagers - Brendan shares his impressions of three games he tried for the first time recently. Join us, won't you?

Carla and Melanie list their favorite Roll & Write games.[00:02:14] Anomia X[00:02:35] Yinsh & Lyngk[00:03:07] Brass Birmingham[00:04:05] Petrichor Collectors Edition[00:06:00] Marvel Dice Throne[00:06:21] Ingenious[00:07:49] Mamma Mia[00:09:15] Hollywood Blockbuster[00:10:48] Tyrants of the Underdark[00:12:05] Super Mega Lucky box[00:13:30] Three Sisters[00:14:19] Castles of Burgandy the dcie game[00:14:50] Ganz Schon Clever Series[00:17:33] Rawr and write[00:20:08] Welcome to[00:21:29] On Tour[00:24:39] Dice and Dragon[00:27:11] Trails of Tucana[00:29:35] Blokus the dice game[00:32:52] Trek 12[00:35:39] Silver & Gold[00:38:41] Explorers[00:41:39] Super Mega Lucky Box[00:42:48] Rajas of the Ganges: The Dice Charmers[00:44:58] Superskill Pinball: Ramp it Up[00:50:02] Isle of Cats: Explore & Draw[00:51:54] Castles of Burgandy the dice game[00:54:20] Welcome to the Moon[00:56:18] Longshot the dice game[01:00:10] Cartographers

Carla and Melanie talk about their favorite games to play on the patio.[00:0 1:40] Merchants of the Dark Road[00:05:39] Kohaku[00:07:52] Awkward  Guests[00:14:45] Furnace[00:16:44] Tsuro[00:17:45] Cascadia[00:19:15]Parks[00:20:15]Hack Jack[00:21:50] Beyond Baker Street[00:23:27] Jabuka[00:25:20] A Gentle Rain[00:27:53] Niya[00:29:52]Zombie Dice[00:2957] Qwirkle{00:30:23] Blokus{00:30:40] Klask[00:32:30]Sharazad[00:36:05] Drop It[00:37:57] Codinca[00:41:51] Boggle[00:43:39] Nine Tiles Panic[00:46:12] Santorini[00:47:51] Honeycombs[00:50:15 Clic Clack Lumberjack[00:52:58] GIPF/Zertz[00:56:12] Draftosaurus[00:58:20] Seikatsu[01:02:15] Azul[01:04:00] Botanik[01:09:05] Hive[01:11:49] Azul[01:13:32] Skull

This week Carla and Melanie list their 9 favorite small game with a big play feel.[00:01:46] Longshot the dice game[00:03:05] Bristol 1350[00:05:45] Isle of Cats Kitten and Beasts expansion[00:06:17] Libertalia Winds of Galecrest[00:07:29] Cascadia[00:08:14] Pandemic Rapid Response[00:10:36] Holi Festival of Colors[00:12:01] Blokus the dice game[00:13:16] 13 Minutes the cuban missle crisis[00:15:08] Fort[00:18:20] Tiny Epic Dinosaurs[00:19:58] Tiny Epic Galaxies[00:21:41] Tiny Epic Pirates[00:23:46] Caper Europe[00:26:17] Tiny Epic Zombies[00:28:57] The Red Cathedral[00:31:40] Tiny Epic Dungeons[00:35:14] 7 Wonders Duel[00:37:57] Oh My Goods[00:39:51] Parks[00:42:42] One Deck Dungeon[00:47:29] The Bloody Inn[00:52:04] The Manhatten Project Chain Reaction[00:55:26] Agricola All Creatures Big and Small/ Caverna Cave vs Cave[00:58:21] Watergate[01:05:20] Targi[01:09:05] Le Havre Inland Port

Time for another game review! This week we talk about Blokus, a strategy game where you try to place all your uniquely shaped pieces on the game board, while simultaneously keeping your opponents from doing the same. It's easy to learn, and a lot of fun.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of the Dish on Health IT podcast, guest Troy Trygstad, Executive Director of Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Networks (CPESN) speaks with Ken Kleinberg and Pooja Babbrah about how pharmacy is evolving as a key part of the health value chain. Troy started with a brief overview of his background, which includes a degree in health economics and pharmacy policy with over 15 years in primary care. While in primary care, his focus was on accountable care, value-based care, clinical integration, grants, innovation, the state and commercial payers. All his learnings on the medical side were a great trajectory to transferring this knowledge to the pharmacy field where he set up the same version from a regulatory structure, operations, and data integration that you would see on the clinical side. Ken posed the question of: How do you see the role of pharmacy evolving to meet the needs of value-based care? Troy commented that, “This is nothing new, leaders in pharmacy have been saying this for 30 years. What it really took was market dynamics, payment reform, alternative payment models coming from a purchaser marketplace saying that they have had enough. This finally stimulated action. You just can't be fee-for-service anymore, and it was prompted by market change and that is happening in pharmacy now.”Pooja responded to Troy's answers and agreed in full. She also mentioned the point that manufacturers of medication are working on providing the best value for medications, but there is no way to track this effort. In pharmacy, this is where we can really see a difference. For example, a pharmacist sees their patients and can directly prove outcomes. She used smoking cessation tactics as one example. Troy's response was, “What is past for medical is becoming prologue for pharmacy.”Ken moved the discussion to focus on what CPESN does, for example, eCare plans specifically, helping the industry improve communications, closing the gaps, improving communications, and focusing on quality and asked Troy to talk more about that. Troy responded by giving a brief overview of a project he worked on with the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), which was to answer the question of how to integrate care processes in order to pay pharmacies differently and explore what a value-based contract even looks like. A year into the project, participants started to say that requiring providers to log into another system wasn't working with workflow. The project did a 180-degree turn and moved to working within systems that providers already work in. This led to a call with CMS and Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) about a high-impact pilot project to find a standard to share clinical information in and out of a native community pharmacy system of record. This led to 18 vendors that serve at least 20,000 pharmacies. Troy said, “So here we sit now with millions of care plans that now transact under the Health Level Seven (HL7) pharmacist electronic care plan standard. Which is not great for claims adjudication.” The main goal is to get all the information in one transaction. Pooja responded by saying that there is a lack of awareness and that we need to start talking about this more. From a payer and reimbursement side specifically. ONC is looking at adopting this as well, and we need to get this out in the industry and get more support because the systems are in place. Troy added that back when he was doing practice transformation and going through ePrescribing adoption and then HITECH/ARRA era and we always said it's much easier to go from paper to EMR than going from EMR to EMR. Sometimes there is an advantage to getting into the game a little later. Of the 18 health IT vendors that offer care plans, 17 of them use FHIR and not CCD-A so, it is already baked in. He went on to say, for example, that if you already have your labs, vitals, and drug therapy problems, then the next step is that you must have a user interface so that you can enter labs, etc. We need the pharmacies to meet the standards so that they can enter these contracts. Ken's next question was, “The N in CPESN in for network-- how do you see the role of a national look-up for example and ability to do patient matching here- and how does this integrate with the workflow of pharmacists and other stakeholders?”Troy responded that we need to flip the priorities and the sequencing, but you have to start with the easy things first. The first reason data started to be collected was the regulatory obligation to collect clinical information based on improving quality and reducing variation. Once we got the information, we had to decide who we shared it with-- a university, care managers, care coordinators, etc. Then, when you get to the hard stuff it takes a community. It takes, NCPDP, ONC and a much larger community-- when you start talking about switchboards, you're just in a whole other level. You must determine who it is you're working with, how do I load the directory, what am I able to send to help support care coordination. Starting with the easy and then working towards the hard is something that's really good to see the industry doing. Pooja then responded that we are making strides on the medical side, wrapping the value-based contract between the providers and pharmacies. It is particularly important to get a better handle on FHIR endpoint directories which hasn't even been solved on the clinical side of the house.Troy went on to say that there is going to have to be some sort of incentive and marketplace innovation financially absent from a federal mandate for this to happen. Federal mandates in pharmacy aren't expected since pharmacy has been left out of regulations to date.Ken countered that pharmacies are considered an actor in 21st century cures and information blocking, so how do you see the focus in Washington as it relates to pharmacy and your goals? Troy quipped, “How many podcasts do you have?” Right now, pharmacy is a 100 million dollar industry, that is peanuts in healthcare! The denominator in healthcare is in the trillions. We need to focus on the industry to go from 100 million dollars to the billions to get government funding. We are not even in the right arena right now.The market currently sees pharmacy as a vendor. The value-based contract comes after the billing. We currently provide a service and should get paid for it. For example, smoking cessation programs offered by pharmacies should be reimbursed now before we can answer the question, how many quit? We have to get to the point where we can bill for a service first. The pharmacy has to be recognized as a service provider instead of a vendor in order for a baseline to be established so pharmacies can truly enter into value-based agreements and get paid based on outcomes. Pooja picked up on the pharmacy as provider status thread. “Just with the changes we've seen and the impact of COVID, in some states pharmacists are recognized as providers, but until we get this recognition at the federal level, and allow pharmacists to charge for their services that it's a huge barrier and an especially important thread. Right now, there is just talk about 'pharmacists are trying to get provider status,' but if you unpack the reasons why and if you take anything from this podcast, that is a crucial point to watch out for and that is a path down the road to success.” Troy responded that pharmacies have been providing services this whole time but getting paid at the prescription fill level doesn't make any sense, especially when that fill fee has gotten smaller and smaller over time. “So, don't pay pharmacies for each prescription fill, but pay them in a different way, if you want to call it 'provider status‘ then call it what you will.” Ken posed the question, with the caveat that the discussion may have covered it to some extent already, but how is the market evolving in the financial space for pharmacy?Troy compared the market to the game Blokus. The basis of the parable is: So, what most people think is the best strategy is to protect your spaces on the board (block), but the trick is that there are not enough spaces in your corner of the world to play all your blocks. This is what is happening in pharmacy right now, there is not enough money in dispensing. 50% of the drug cost is 2% of the fills. Three to five years from now, it could be 80% of the drug costs is 3% of the fills. The key to winning Blokus is to penetrate other's defenses and that's what pharmacy has to do. It is all about whose territory you are going to invade.  Pooja added that in the pharmacy industry we must be thinking outside of the box. We are set up in a position to change things in the pharmacy. “I see CMS and ONC starting to focus more on pharmacy. The real question is, how do you make sure that you can stay as a viable business in pharmacy and get paid? How do you make sure you're able to collect the data you need? We should be working more directly with the payers and thinking in a broader spectrum.”Troy followed up by saying, “Do the math. Most pharmacies are only operating at 1.5%  average profit margins. So, if you are a 10 million a year pharmacy (which is successful)-- what is 1.5 % of 10 million? $150,000, that is nothing. In comparison, services industries average 40% margin. So, pharmacy must understand this shift. It's about what you bring in that you can keep. COVID has provided a 'craft beer' moment for pharmacy. Meaning what matters is consumers and purchasers and COVID has changed people's mindset that pharmacy is a provider of care. Pharmacy Quality Solutions (PQS) Trend Report has great data. One data point is a question to payers about whether they would pay to get A1C results, blood pressure, and other biometrics from pharmacies if it was available in a structured way. Three quarters of the payers responded that they would. Payers have come a long way in adopting new technologies when they used to be the laggards. So, now it is pharmacy IT that is really behind.” Ken closed out the discussion by asking whether there is anything you would like to ask the industry and our listeners to do today. Troy responded with two key points. The first being that he is on a mission to communicate to the world that we need some sort of consensus-based or the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) to step up services billing and value based contracting process. “What is our compass, how are we getting together as an industry? What does that look like? Second, pharmacies should be paid differently. Our associations need to make that happen. We need advocates going to the consumers and saying, you are in harm's way if you do not pay us.”Pooja closed the podcast by saying that consensus building is key. “We talk all the time about needing a Da Vinci-type Accelerator program for pharmacy to help do this work and build the consensus and I am all for that. I am excited to hear Troy's take and consider what the future in pharmacy holds.” 

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This week, Dan and Dudley talk about math for some reason. Dan played Trial By Trolley, a terrible round of Codenames, and got ganged up on in Fire Tower. They were both introduced to Blokus and Dan is slowly starting to make sense of Nongunz: Doppelganger Edition.

Was habe ich gespielt?– Furnace– Kingdomino Mit den Kindern– Mechanical Beast– Kawaii– Impact/ Strike/ Der Grosse Wurf– Blokus– Jump Drive– Similo Print and Play Bastelecke– SOS Titanic (https://www.data.ludonaute.fr/?SOS_Titanic)– Grove (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/329873/grove-9-card-solitaire-game/files)– Doom Machine (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nmeunier/doom-machine-a-pocket-sized-card-dice-solo-game/description) Apps und Onlinespiele– Yucata.de: Navegador mit fjelfras und Ingo– Yucata.de: Underwater Cities mit Sandra, DanSchuh und gaar– Yucata.de: Grand Austria Hotel mit … Folge 97 – „a“ weiterlesen

Baconsale is ready to pop a lot of trouble because, once again, we’re going to rank popular tabletop games. From ancient Mesopotamia to the 2000s, we’re including such favorites as Uno, Chutes & Ladders, Boggle, Taboo, Chess, Checkers, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Ticket to Ride, Cranium, and Blokus. As we move along the board, we’ll talk about the history of these games, discuss unusual versions (Body Boggle, anyone?), and we’re surprised by a musical number that makes the tough guys tumble. Kent and Joel agree way too much, Zack isn’t sorry about going his own way, and we just hope you roll the dice and tier each party game along with us. Press play to turn the crank, and snap the plank, and boot the marble right down the chute!

We follow-up on last week's Fantasy Grounds episode with some info on costs, and what you need to know if you're gifting it to the aspiring GM in your life. We also give some recommendations for last-minute gift ideas for your table-top nerds (including miniatures and terrain). Plus, hear what we think about Blokus, Carcasonne, Kingdomino, 7 Wonders, Werewolf, Mysterium, and more, as we diverge a little to celebrate gift-giving for the holidays! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/game-mastery/message

Was habe ich gespielt?– La Strada Mit den Kindern– Das verrückte Labyrinth– Nanu?– Der verzauberte Turm– Würfelkönig– Soviet Kitchen Unleashed– Monster Match– Kakerlaken Salat– Wizard Junior Print and Play Bastelecke– Bomber Boyshttps://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2468811/wip-bomber-boys-wwii-bomber-solo-dice-game Apps und Onlinespiele ———————————————————————————————– Yucata.de: Die Burgen von Burgund mit Pöppelschieber und brettagoge– Yucata.de: Die Burgen von Burgund mit brettagoge – Yucata.de: Die … Folge 89 – Blokus weiterlesen

This week is a special episode where we give our 2020 Board Game Gift Guide. This is part 2 of our guide, below are the categories and games we discuss in this part: Introduction (0:00) Family Games for Younger Children (8 or younger) (3:01) Ice Cool (3:30) Blokus (6:06) Tales & Games: The Hare & The Tortoise (8:39) Headbanz (11:05) Roller Coaster Challenge (13:58) Labyrinth (16:17) Cinco Linko (20:17) Family Games for Older Children (9-12) (22:20) Fireball Island (22:46) Flash Point: Fire Rescue (25:32) Camel Up (26:52) Reef (30:43) Can't Stop (32:53) 5er Finden (36:42) Family Games for Teenagers and Adults (39:12) Parks (40:16) Clank! (42:41) Isle of Cats (45:44) Colt Express (48:18) Potion Explosion (51:45) Pandemic Rapid Response (54:09) Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North (57:57) Space Base (1:00:13) The Crew (1:04:39) Outro (1:07:25) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gamesweplaypod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/gamesweplaypod Facebook: https://facebook.com/gamesweplaypod Gmail: GamesWePlayPod@gmail.com Website: https://thegamesweplay.podbean.com/

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Surprisingly Complex Games - Games that were much more than we expected. This episode we talk about games that surprised us in a good way. In the game room were comparing a couple of games with older versions of them. First will be how Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion differs from Gloomhaven and then Mermaid Adventures Revised, a setting book for The Pip system Corebook we reviewed last week. In The Bellhops Tabletop we talk about Camp Capstone another online game convention and Runaway Hirelings an improv heavy fantasy RPG. Episode 103 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded August 19th 2020. Join us Wednesdays at Nine PM Eastern at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop. If you enjoy the show consider tipping the Bellhop at: patreon.com/tabletopbellhop More detailed show notes: https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/ep103/ Disclosure: Links may be affiliate links. As an Amazon associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Some games mentioned may be review copies provided by publishers. SUGGESTION BOX Send feedback to moe@tabletopbellhop.com or sean@tabletopbellhop.com Pip System Corebook Written Review, YouTube The Gameroom Segment, Other great Kids RPGs Hero Kids, Amazing Tales, No Thank You, Evil! Tiny Dungeon Hatchling Edition, Popular Unboxing Vids: Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion Unboxing, Talisman Batman Unboxing, ANNOUNCEMENTS Sign up for our newsletter: https://newsletter.tabletopbellhop.com 2 Year Anniversary Giveaway: You are running out of time to enter our Gorinto Giveaway. Note we have added new ways to enter and we have fixed a problem with the widget not working on mobile. Gorinto Giveaway, Reviewapalooza: We are going to try something new, the last Wednesday of this month will be a special review filled episode replacing our regular AMA. LOBBY CHECK IN Join us live at 9pm Eastern every Wednesday at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop and take part in The Lobby our chatroom. ASK THE BELLHOP This week we have a question from long time fan of our show Prayerborne who wrote to say: “I've actually thought before that an interesting discussion topic would be "Surprisingly advanced games" older games with mechanics we think of as recent inventions, or even newer games that are 'gamier' than we'd expect (mass-marketed Hunger Games: District 12 is a EURO!?!)” Links: Medium, Funko Pop Funkoverse Games, Hamsterolle, Go Cuckoo, Horrified, King Me!, Camel Up, Minecraft Builders and Biomes, Jaws, Qwirkle, Zenteeko, Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle, Kingomino, Risk Star Wars Edition, Blokus, Ticket to Ride New York, Homeland The Game, Sons of Anarchy, Hey That’s My Fish, The Climbers, Dungeon Lords, Chocolatiers, Battle Sheep, Photosynthesis, From the Chatroom: Dungeon Lords Pets, Kenny G Keepin’ It Saxy, Shobu, Okey Dokey, For The Queen, Unmatched, Quoridor, Quarto, Tiny Towns, Paris: La Cité de la Lumière, Send questions to questions@tabletopbellhop.com THE GAME ROOM: Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion How is Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion Different from the Original article: Jaws of the Lion Unboxing: Buy Jaws of the Lion: THE GAME ROOM: Mermaid Adventures Mermaid Adventures Revised Full Review: Buy Mermaid Adventures: The Pip System Corebook review: The original edition of Mermaid Adventures review: THE BELLHOPS TABLETOP Cool gaming stuff we've been involved in over the last week: Camp Capstone, The Brawling Brothers Podcast, Curious Cargo, Ian O’Toole, Wheel Tapping, Watergate, Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion, Our Twitch Channel, Runaway Hirelings, FIND US: Webpage: https://tabletopbellhop.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/tabletopbellhop/ Twitter: twitter.com/tabletopbellhop Instagram: www.instagram.com/tabletopbellhop/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/tabletopbellhop?sub_confirmation=1 Twitch: twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop

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Emma and Gil welcome Dr. Mary Flanagan, designer of Monarch, Visitor in Blackwood Grove, Buffalo, Awkward Moment, and plethora of other games in a myriad of styles and platforms, from party to strategy on digital in tabletop. Dr. Flanagan is also an artist, having exhibited works (many game-related) all around the world, and teaches game design at Dartmouth, who also hosts her game design and research lab, Tiltfactor. We discuss designing games from the perspectives of fun and meaningful change. How does one make a transformative game that players actually enjoy, but that is still effective at building empathy and fighting prejudice? CONTENT WARNING: There is a brief mention of racial prejudice, and sexual assault in literary works towards the end of the episode. SHOW NOTES 0m21s: "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is a grammatically correct sentence. This video explains it, and other lexically ambiguous sentences. 1m21s: Tiltfactor, Dr. Flanagan's game design and research lab at Dartmouth  1m57s: If you're reading this, congratulations, you're reading the show notes! 3m58s: Professor Scott Rogers covered The Game of The Goose in Biography of a Board Game 221.5. 4m27s: For more information on these French Revolution-themed versions of Game of the Goose (Jeu de la Revolution Francaise), check out page 17 of this PDF. It's also interesting to note that Robespierre attempted to install a new state religion for France during the Revolution, the Cult of the Supreme Being (Culte de l'Être suprême); it's entirely possible that its dogma was reinforced through things like board games. Perhaps it also helped with the bizarre decimal-time-based calendar that Robespierre couldn't get to stick, but that still frustrates historians to this day. 5m30s: More information about Dr. Flanagan's book, Critical Play. 6m39s: The Landlord's Game by Lizzie Magie is the game that Monopoly was based on. 7m51s: September 12: A Toy World is a game where a player is trying to kill terrorists by firing missiles at a village. But every terrorist you kill creates more terrorists, as the locals get angrier at your actions. Soon, the village is gone and you are surrounded by terrorists. There is no way to win the game through shooting. 7m56s: Paolo Pedercini also makes commentary games. (Note that this link contains adult content.) Jump to the McDonald's Videogame here.  8m13s: More info on Profit Seed. 8m33s: More info on Layoff. 9m40s: More info on Pox: Save the Puppies. 10m32s: "Designing Games to Foster Empathy," the paper Dr. Flanagan wrote with Jonathan Belman. 15m04s: More info about psychological distance. 16m16s: Gil is referring to Ludology 213.5 - The Incan Gold Experiment, run by Dr. Stephen Blessing and research assistant Elena Sakosky. (Gil refers to the game from the original European release's name, Diamant, but it was released in English as Incan Gold.) 19m51s: For a longer discussion on what "fun" means in a game, and on a deeper level, how games create meaning, check out Ludology 201 - Are We Having Fun Yet? 21m20s: More info on the party game Buffalo. 24m14s: More info on social identity complexity 26m13s: More info on the party game Awkward Moment. 31m10s: For more discussion on board games and colonialism, check out Ludology Episode 197 - Empires Up in Arms. For more information about the effects of "terra nullius" in board games, check out this article from Nancy Foasberg. 32m26s: "Failed Games: Lessons Learned from Promising but Problematic Game Prototypes in Designing for Diversity," by Dr. Flanagan, Max Seidman, and Geoff Kaufman. 34m15s: Dr. Lawrence Summers, president of Harvard University, has suggested that biological differences could explain why there were fewer women in science.  36m18s: More info about Blokus. 39m39s: More info on the strategy game Monarch. 40m04s: Dr. Flanagan's book (with co-author Helen Nissenbaum) Values at Play. 40m18s: Here are some articles on Will Wright and Chris Trottier. 45m12s: More info on This War of Mine: The Board Game and Freedom: The Underground Railroad. 49m05s: More info on Dr. Flanagan's art, including giantJoystick. 50m40s: Gabriel Orozco's Horses Running Endlessly. 51m48s: Dr. Flanagan's paper, with Sukdith Punjasthitkul and Geoff Kaufman, on "Social Loafing." 54m53s: The article in question is "The Mechanical Muse," published in The New Yorker on January 7, 2020. 56m28s: Here's an article in Wired on the paper in question, in which large collections of photos used to train image-recognition software - including one used by Google and Microsoft - were found to amplify exisiting biases.  57m15s: In 2015, Google apologized for their facial recognition software mislabeling Black people as "gorillas."  57m42s: More info about Reload: Rethinking Women and Cyberculture. 58m49s: The story here is "No Woman Born," by C.L. Moore. 1h03m31s: The show will be called "Gameplay: Video Game Culture," at the CCCB in Barcelona, Spain.  1h04m07s: "Max" is Max Seidman, game designer at Resonym and frequent collaborator with Dr. Flanagan. 1h05m41s: We've covered the lightweight interactive fiction platform Twine before on the show, most notably on Ludology 217 - What IF? 

2 Fast 2 Furious - Fast and Easy Two Player Games. Also a review of Gorus Maximus a 1 to 8 player gory gladiatorial trick taking game and a look at Clans of Caledonia and a classic Alea game: Artus in our week in review. At Tabletop Bellhop we answer your game and game night questions, go "Ask The Bellhop" at https://tabletopbellhop.com/. Please subscribe to our YouTube ChannelThis is the 81st episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on March 4th 2020. Join us as we stream live every week Wednesday’s at Nine P.M. Eastern: https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop. Disclosure: Some links below are affiliate links. Using these links costs you nothing extra and we earn a small commission, which helps us offset the cost of producing this show. As an Amazon associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Some games mentioned in this podcast were provided by publishers in the form of review copies. This episode includes:---Suggestion Box--- We read off and respond to listener feedback. Send feedback to moe@tabletopbellhop.com or sean@tabletopbellhop.comGreat older games from our fans: Space Opera, Chivalry & Sorcery, Civilization, Car Wars, Cathedral, HARP’s Cyradon, Titan, Star Frontiers, Adeptus Titanicus, In Nomine, ---Ask The Bellhop--- Today we’ve got a question from Max Rockatansky who asks:“What’s an easy but quick two player game?”Links:Maki Stack, The Mind, Ticket to Ride New York, Bananagrams, Boggle, Onitama, Kingdomino, The Game, Hey! That’s My Fish! Santorini, Blokus, Resistor, Hive, Lost Cities, Patchwork, Azul, Splendor, Star Realms, Star Wars Destiny, Azul Summer Pavilion, War Chest, The Duke, Qwirkle, Sagrada, Ingenious, Carcassonne, 7 Wonders Duel, Honorable mentions from fans: Farkle, Mr. Jack, Mystery Rummy: Jack the Ripper, Archaeology: The Card Game, Ramen Fury, Battle Line, ---Announcements--- Newsletter: Sign up for our newsletter. Get weekly updates about everything going on at The Bellhop in your mail. https://newsletter.tabletopbellhop.comPatreon Update: The new and improved: Tabletop Bellhop Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopbellhopMedium Giveaway Our Medium giveaway ends on March 11th: Check out our review and enter to win one of two copies: Breakout Con The entire Tabletop Bellhop team will be at Breakout Con in Toronto Ontario March 20-22---The Game Room - Gorus Maximus--- A review of the the trick taking card game Gorus Maximus. A gory gladiatorial combat card game that plays 1 to 8 players.Gorus Maximus Review on the Blog, Gorus Maximus Unboxing Video, Pick up your own copy of Gorus Maximus, ---The Bellhop's Tabletop---A look at what games hit our tabletops over the last week.Clans of Caledonia, Artus, ---VIP Guest Shout Out--- Head over to the Tabletop Bellhop Blog where you can read more about today’s topics and more. The Tabletop Bellhop Blog: https://tabletopbellhop.com If you enjoyed the show be sure to tip The Bellhop at: patreon.com/tabletopbellhopFind us all over the web:Facebook www.facebook.com/tabletopbellhop/ Twitter Twitter.com/tabletopbellhop Instagram www.instagram.com/tabletopbellhop/ BoardGameGeek boardgamegeek.com/guild/3347 YouTube www.youtube.com/tabletopbellhop?sub_confirmation=1 Twitch twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop MeWe

So many of you have requested ideas for family activities that appeal to ALL ages! Our children's ages ranges from infant to adult so we've got some experience finding things to do together that everyone enjoys. Whether it's a wholesome game night, a trip to a national park or creating and serving a fancy family dinner, we've got TONS of ideas to keep you and your kids occupied and bonding together as a family! Recommendations:Games: Clue, Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, Monopoly, Chess, Blokus, Sorry, Quiddler, Rook, Checkers, Candyland, Chutes & Ladders, Connect 4, Otrio, Game of Life, Skyjo, War (and other kid-friendly card games), Uno, Set Movies: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, The Sound of Music, Avatar the Last Airbender Audiobooks: Harry Potter, Oliver Twist, Louis L'amour (author), 5 children and It (or anything by Edith Nesbitt), Tom Sawyer, The Moffats, Robinson Crusoe Days for Girls (Non-profit organization creating reusable menstrual supplies for girls in underprivileged countries)

Afterschool Dice Club The Con Artists: Rolling Review #16 Fall 2019   Join the Con Artists as they use a sound-only format to discuss a visual-only medium try to get across the fun of a tactile pastime!  We even succeed (probably)!  Dan discusses game design, Brendan has some insights into the theme songs, Scott just wants Blokus to get some love, and everyone agrees with Su that the Ladies and Gentlemen board game would be hilarious to take way too seriously.  Now if only Emmy got the screen time she obviously deserved...   Want to know what Afterschool Dice Club is really about? Read our Rolling Reviews on Afterschool Dice Club  here: https://theconartistsblog.com/rolling-review/   The intro music is: "Present Moment" by Miyu Tomita The outro music is: "On the Board" by Saki Miyashita, Marika Kōno, & Miyu Tomita Disclaimer: The Con Artists own nothing but our opinions and this podcast.

In this episode, Jake and Luc talk about their tips for new gamers or people interested in starting a gaming collection. Games mentioned: Cockroach Poker, Taluva, Scarabya, Wingspan, Blokus, Karuba, Patchwork.

Jake et Luc donnent leurs conseils à ceux et celles qui aimeraient commencer à jouer de façon "plus sérieuse". Jeux mentionnés: Cockroack Poker, Taluva, Wingspan, Scarabya, Patchwork, Karuba, Blokus

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This week, in recently played games, we finally got ourselves a streamed game on Twitch, a logic-based scenario in Mansions of Madness. Jeff and Ant have themselves another match up in the Bloody Minute. In news, THe Mind gets extreme and Blokus gets in on the roll and write genre. In Kickstarters, Reigns gets a BG version, and Epic gets another set/Star realms pledge manager. Some emails close out the episode.   00:00:30 - Intro Banter! audio stuff, Sick, Control, humble bundle, Hellblade, Heat, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,  00:14:11 - What have we been playing? - Cryptid, Hanabi Deluxe, El Dorado, Cribbage, Walking to Burano, Mansions of Madness 00:32:33 - The Bloody Minute! 00:43:04 - News: The Mind Extreme 00:46:56 - News: Blokus the dice game 00:52:21 - News: Cooper Island 00:55:36 - KS: Reigns The Council 01:02:19 - KS: Windward 01:07:35 - KS: Epic Jungle 01:13:29 - KS: That's a wrap 01:18:03 - Emails! 01:32:15 - Paulo's Youtube Corner 01:38:27 - Grey Fox Games' After the Empire KS has relaunched   MHGG Twitch Slack Channel  Patreon Guild

At Tabletop Bellhop we answer your game and game night questions, go "Ask The Bellhop" at https://tabletopbellhop.com/. Fly Casual - casual board game recommendations for 4-6 players. Also a new gaming event in Windsor, the road to extra life, and a ton of quick game reviews including: 8Bit Box, Go Cuckoo, Blokus, Cinque Terre, and a classic from the Bellhop’s childhood, Cat’s. Please subscribe to our YouTube ChannelThis is the 48th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on July 3rd, 2019. Join us as we stream live every week Wednesday’s at Nine Thirty Eastern: https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop. Disclosure: Some links below are affiliate links. As an associate, it costs you nothing, but we earn a small amount from qualifying purchases. This episode includes:---Viewer/Listener Feedback--- We read off and respond to listener feedback. Send feedback to moe@tabletopbellhop.com or sean@tabletopbellhop.comGloomhaven FAQ Discussion. Shadowrun Beginner Box Review, Geeking Out About The Geek Podcast Episode---Ask The Bellhop--- Tonight we have a question from long time bellhop fan Emmet O’Brian. Emmet asks:“What are some good games for a casual group (4-6 players)? Everyone knows Catan, Ticket to Ride etc. For a beer and pretzel kind of night. I’m extra interested in cooperative games or building games cause that’s what my wife likes.”Our Casual Game Suggestions: Sagrada, King of Tokyo, PitchCar, Azul, Go Cuckoo, Telestrations, Concept, Codenames, But Wait There’s More, Pandemic, Shadows Over Camelot, Flash Point: Fire Rescue, Cable Car, Cinque Terre, Legendary Forests, Tiny Towns, Star Trek Five Year Mission, Rumble in the Dungeon, 8Bit Box, Ghostbusters: Protect the Barrier, BANG! The Dice Game, The Resistance, SkullSuggestions from our chatroom: IceCool, Monikers, Timeline Challenge, Fluxx, Dice Forge, Groves, Sword & Skull, Gobblestones, Machi Koro, Milles Bornes, Inn Fighting, Ruin, Castle Panic, Star Trek Panic, Pandemic The Cure, Hanabi, 5 Minute Marvel, Planet, Zombie Dice, Welcome to The Dungeon, Wereworlds, KnitWit, Related Blog Post: Board Game Suggestions for a Casual Game Night---Announcements-- Newsletter: Sign up for our newsletter. Get weekly updates about everything going on at The Bellhop in your mail. https://newsletter.tabletopbellhop.comQueen City Conquest: Come see Deanna and Moe at QCC. While it’s too late to sign up for events, be sure to hit either of them up to play a game! Queen City ConquestQuodd Heroes Launch Night: July 27th Ryan Iler is coming to The CG Realm in Windsor to show off and launch his new game Quodd Heroes. Facebook Event Page: Quodd Heroes, ---The Road to Extra Life--- We are already starting to plan events for Extra Life 2019. It would be awesome if you considered supporting our efforts by coming out to events, making a donation to our team or donating games for us to auction or play.More Information:---Tabletop Gaming Weekly--- A look at what games hit our tabletops over the last week.Games mentioned and other links: EZY Mode eSports Lounge, Go Cuckoo, Gentes, 8Bit Box, Blokus, Cinque Terre, Related blog post: 8Bit Box, Go Cuckoo, and more at a new venue: EZY Mode: *---Blog Plug and Patreon Shout Out--- * Head over to the Tabletop Bellhop Blog where you can read more about today’s topics and more. The Tabletop Bellhop Blog: https://tabletopbellhop.com If you enjoyed the show be sure to tip The Bellhop at: patreon.com/tabletopbellhopFind us all over the web:Facebook www.facebook.com/tabletopbellhop/Twitter Twitter.com/tabletopbellhopInstagram www.instagram.com/tabletopbellhop/BoardGameGeek boardgamegeek.com/guild/3347YouTube www.youtube.com/tabletopbellhop?sub_confirmation=1Twitch twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop MeWe

Join the Marriage After God Movement! Thousands have already said yes and we want to invite you to join them. Learn More Here http://marriageaftergod.com Is love something that we can fall in and out of? Can I still be in love if I don't feel like it? What if I'm not happy in my marriage anymore? If I fell into love once can I fall into love again with someone else? READ TRANSCRIPT [Aaron] Hey, we're Aaron and Jennifer Smith with Marriage After God. [Jennifer] Helping you cultivate an extraordinary marriage. [Aaron] And today, we're gonna be tackling the question, can you fall out of love in marriage? Welcome to the Marriage After God podcast, where we believe that marriage was meant for more than just happily ever after. [Jennifer] I'm Jennifer, also known as Unveiled Wife. [Aaron] And I'm Aaron, also known as Husband Revolution. [Jennifer] We have been married for over a decade. [Aaron] And so far, we have four young children. [Jennifer] We have been doing marriage ministry online for over seven years through blogging and social media. [Aaron] With the desire to inspire couples to keep God at the center of their marriage, encouraging them to walk in faith every day. [Jennifer] We believe the Christian marriage should be an extraordinary one, full of life. [Aaron] Love. [Jennifer] And power. [Aaron] That can only be found by chasing after God. [Jennifer] Together. [Aaron] Thank you for joining us in this journey as we chase boldly after God's will for our life together. [Jennifer] This is Marriage After God. [Aaron] Hey, thanks for joining us on another episode of the Marriage After God podcast. We just wanna invite you at the end of the podcast or anytime, really, to leave us a star rating and a review. That helps other people find our podcast, and we also love reading those reviews. So if you wanna take a minute, and again, the easiest way to do that is just to hit one of the stars at the bottom of the app, and that will just give us a rating right there, or you can leave us a text review. We love reading those, so we just wanna invite you to do that. [Jennifer] Another way you can support the podcast is by shopping on our online store, shop.marriageaftergod.com. We have a ton of resources that we've wrote for you guys, including some prayer books, but also, I wanna take a minute to highlight our newest book that we wrote for you, Marriage After God. In fact, today's episode, we're gonna be sharing from Gary Thomas's book, but he read Marriage After God, and this is what he had to say about it: "Marriage After God is not your typical marriage book. "Rather than focus on the common symptoms "of marriage dysfunction and lack of intimacy, "Marriage After God dives into and focuses "on the root causes: the need for faith, biblical truth, "fellowship, ministry, and God-ordained vision. "The Smiths take the wise path of urging us "to grow a better marriage by focusing first "on growing closer to God." [Aaron] Yeah, so we just wanna invite you to pick up a copy of that. We wrote it to encourage your marriage, to find out what God's purpose for your marriage is, and we believe God has a purpose for every one of us in the body, especially your marriage. So please pick up a copy of that book today, and we'd love to get it in your hands. [Jennifer] All right, as always, we're gonna jump into our icebreaker question. Aaron, why don't you start by answering this? What is your favorite game or activity to do with the kids right now? [Aaron] I think I really like wrestling on the ground with the kids. They all climb on top of me. Partly, it lets me lay down for a little bit. Or building forts with our huge, big couch pillows. I think that's awesome. With Elliott specifically, I like practicing drawing. We put on a YouTube show and learn how to draw a dragon or a dinosaur or something like that, and that's a lot of fun. [Jennifer] Yeah, some other games that I would say we've been really into lately is Blokus or Blokus, I don't really know how to say that. [Aaron] Oh yeah, I just played with that them. [Jennifer] So that's super fun, super easy to catch onto, and we've been playing Battleship a lot. [Aaron] Oh, that's a good one. [Jennifer] Yeah. [Aaron] But he gets frustrated when I win. [Jennifer] Everybody gets frustrated when they don't win. So we're working through some of those things, but yeah, those are some games. [Aaron] That was a good question. [Jennifer] That we love with the kids right now. [Aaron] So before we get into our topic, discussing whether or not we can fall out of love in our marriage, I wanna read a quote from Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas, on page 157. "The opposite of biblical love isn't hate; it's apathy. "To stop moving toward our spouse "is to stop loving him or her. "It's holding back from the very purpose of marriage." [Jennifer] Well, I feel like that answers the question right there. [Aaron] Yeah, and well, it's a great start to the conversation, because I feel like people might think, of course, yeah, you can't fall in and out of love, but that's kind of where our world's gone, in the secular world and in the Christian world, and we see it often in emails we get, in messages we get on our social media. We just thought it's a very pertinent topic to bring up with our communities. It's something that we've had to deal with in our own marriage, just feeling that like, well, maybe this isn't gonna work, maybe this isn't right, and just maybe dispel some of the lies about it, think biblically and clearly about it, so that those that might be feeling this way can think better and pursue God in the decision. [Jennifer] Yeah. So, when I thought about this topic to discuss today, the first thing that came to my mind is we need to be aware of the things we're saying, the phrases that we use to describe the life that we're living, the things that we're choosing. And so I just kind of went back to the beginning of like, okay, so where did this phrase come from? What does it mean? [Aaron] Yeah, 'cause we grew up, this is like. [Jennifer] This is what we know. [Aaron] I wanna fall in love. Everyone wants to fall in love. [Jennifer] Yep, or people ask you, oh, when did you fall in love with each other? [Aaron] Right, like it was a day. [Jennifer] Yeah. So, I Googled where this phrase came from, and Wikipedia says this: "falling in love is the development of strong feelings "of attachment and love, usually toward another person. "The term is metaphorical, emphasizing that the process, "like the physical act of falling, is sudden, "uncontrollable, and leaves the lover in a vulnerable state, "similar to fall ill or fall into a trap." [Aaron] I love how it uses those negative phrases. [Jennifer] I know, I was gonna say, as I kept looking into this, I found other phrases like fall asleep or fall behind. Someone else likened it to a surprise, like falling down the stairs. [Aaron] Yeah, there are all these negative connotations with falling, which is really unfortunate, that one of the most, supposed to be the most euphoric and most powerful and magical things that we get to experience is love with another person, and we've turned it into, with our common language and how we describe things, it's so weak, in my opinion. [Jennifer] Yeah, that's exactly what I was gonna say. It kind of strips the beauty of one, knowing what true love is, and then choosing it, because here it's making you sound like it's just happening to you, that there's no control in any of it. [Aaron] Yeah, and I think that one of the traps of the enemy, you know, falling into the trap, like you said, that's he's taken something so beautiful that God invented and created and something that he's given as a gift to his children, and boiled it down. You know, if he can change the terms and the words and the definitions, then he can change the meanings of thing. And so, I think that's the first thing that our listeners can start to think about, is if they fell in love, right, and I know people are really thinking, like, I think you're just going overboard. What's the big deal? It's just a phrase. But it's not just a phrase, because like you said, if we're not aware of the things that we're saying, we don't realize that we define things by the things we say. Words do have meaning, and if we say them over and over and over again, they have meaning, and if we believe them, like, if I believe we fell in love, then it's not hard to believe that we can fall out of love. [Jennifer] Right. [Aaron] Because the definition, it's something that happened to me, I had no control over it. We were just in this whirlwind, and oh my gosh, the passions, and you're beautiful, and I love you, and oh, we have similar things that we like, and oh, and the way you think, and you're so funny, and all these things, which are totally good things, and they totally add to my attraction to you or attraction to another person and draw us, and actually do invoke emotions in us and feelings. And those are all given to us by God. But if we boil down love to just those things, those feelings, then the moment those things change, the moment those things disappear, the moment those things that we used to be enamored by now bug us, because that happens. Like, oh, it was so cute the way you would say that one thing, and now that way you say that all the time really bugs me, and I don't like it. [Jennifer] Yeah. So, here's the other just sad, sad part about all of this, is that in marriage, we come up against this very thing that you're talking about, is if things change. So let's say there's hard circumstances, or you really get to know each other after years and years of marriage, and there's just things like, as you said, bug you. If we say that we fell into love with one another and that goes back to this sudden thing that there's no control over, who's to say that we can't fall in love even after we're married? [Aaron] Right. [Jennifer] And someone else comes along, and no, I've done it again. I've fallen in love again, but not with you. That's dangerous. [Aaron] Yeah, and you know what, I had no control over it. We've actually heard this. I'm sorry, I love you still, but this other person came along, and they're feeding my love tank. [Jennifer] It becomes a justification for sin, and nobody's taking responsibility. That's shat I'm trying to get at. [Aaron] Right, and I think that's what we wanna talk about in this, and where we're gonna try and go with this, is to take away the decision and the control and the thoughtfulness in love is to take away the power of the love in the first place, of what God's doing. The Bible says that God is love. So he invented it, he designed it. It's his creation. It's something that, something that he is love. It existed with him. And so for us to boil it, like, oh, I fell in love, oh, I fell out of love, it's something I go in and out of, and it's not a choice. It's just whatever I feel at the moment. And what's so dangerous about that is the Bible tells us to not operate in our feelings. That's what's called carnal. Our carnal flesh is our feelings, the chemical reactions in our brain, which is exactly what feelings are. You get a burst of oxytocin, and you get a burst of all these different hormones that are good hormones that God created us with, and we define something very spiritual with a very fleshly reaction. And I think that spiritual things definitely bring those emotional reactions, which is why they're good: God made it that way. But love's not defined by those things. And a perfect example is if we're thinking about falling in and out of love, or when things are hard, I must not be in love anymore, or they must not love me anymore, or maybe they've fallen out of love with me or we're falling out of love with each other, I just think of Christ on the cross, you know? He goes into the Garden of Gethsemane, and he prays, Lord, let this cup pass from me. And he's praying that the suffering he was about to partake, that he was about to be obedient to endure, was for his bride. And he's saying, I don't know if I can do this, but I'm not gonna choose. Lord, you chose. And his will was that he went to the cross, because salvation was at hand, for the body of Christ, for the world. And so, if we look at Christ, would he fall out of love when he's on the cross? He's like, oh, this is too hard. I just don't love them anymore. No, he loved us beyond what his flesh wanted, and that's exactly what I wanna talk about. The power of love goes way beyond how we feel, because there was times that you didn't feel in love with me. [Jennifer] No, definitely. In those early years, when our circumstances were really hard, yeah, I didn't feel very much in love with you, and it even brought us to a point of seriously contemplating divorce and separation, but there were other factors involved. Walking in sin, just choosing to isolate from each other time and time again led to that in our marriage. [Aaron] Yeah, we tried. We stayed together. We were friends, to an extent, and there was areas of our marriage, intimacy, sexual intimacy, that wasn't exactly how we wanted it to be. It was actually the opposite of what we wanted. And it led to thoughts in us, sinful thoughts, and I remember me thinking, man, I should have experimented before I got married. I should have had more partners before I got married. [Jennifer] And I remember having thoughts of, well, maybe we're just not compatible, physically, emotionally, mentally. I just thought like, we're not for each other. [Aaron] And wasn't there even a season where you looked outside of our marriage? You didn't go actually do anything, but you desired? [Jennifer] Oh, for sure. [Aaron] Another man, and your heart wasn't with me? [Jennifer] Yeah. [Aaron] And that is what happens when how we feel is defining what we do. [Jennifer] Yeah, and I wanna get to some of those things that come up, reasons why people would feel as though they fell out of love with one another, because I think it's good for us to acknowledge them and address them, because we're all experiencing this thing called marriage, and if we're not willing to confront the hard things, then maybe our hearts would be prone to wanna avoid them or not confront them, and that's not good. [Aaron] Well, and before you get into that, I think the reason, again, going back of the beginning of this, of like, love being something that you fall into, it's accidental, it's I had no control over it, it leaves room, because that's what we believe about it, it leaves room for us to use that lack of control, like, it has nothing to do with me; therefore, when the things we're about to talk about come up, well, I'm just not in love anymore, and that, you know, that's what it is. You can't force me to love someone I don't love anymore. Unfortunate, but that's how it is. Thanks, God. [Jennifer] And that it's his fault for making us wrong or something. [Aaron] Yeah, or taking away the love or whatever it is, and now we have an excuse that's outside of us. Well, see, I mean, too bad I don't love him anymore. I would love to still love him, but it's just not working out. It's not where my heart's at anymore, and I'm moving on. And so it leaves a back door that you don't have to be responsible to go through. You just get brought through it, without any of your own control, when in reality, that's not true. [Jennifer] Yeah, we want everyone to hear this right now. We have an obligation to each other. [Aaron] It's called oneness. It's called a covenant. It's not just an earthly contract. It's not just like a, well, if you fulfill your end of the bargain, I'll fulfill mine. That's actually not what biblical marriage looks like, sounds like, smells like at all. It's a choice that we make to walk in, 'cause Christ chose to walk in his relationship, going to the cross regardless of how we responded to him. And that's our example. It's exactly the picture we get in Ephesians five. Like, hey, bride, you're the church. Hey, husband, you're Christ. You're the picture of Christ in this marriage, and this is how you act. And so, as long as it's something that happens to us, we have no control over it, we have no responsibility to it. [Jennifer] So, I've gotta bring this up real quick. This isn't in our notes, and it's not the direction we were gonna take it, but I think it's important to ask, and so I'm just gonna put it out there, and then maybe you guys can have a conversation about this with your spouses. We can even talk about it later. You talked about love being a choice. You talked about it being a powerful experience and not something that we don't have control over or based on feelings. My question is, do we fall in and out of love with God? Because I would look at Christian culture and say there's a lot of people that base their relationship with God off of how they feel. [Aaron] And what they get. [Jennifer] Or what they get out of it. [Aaron] Yeah, what they believe they deserve. [Jennifer] And so you see this tendency of flowing in and out of God during seasons of, I'm for him, I'm not, I'm for him, I'm not. And so I think that it's important to consider this question in light of our relationship with him. [Aaron] Well, before we move on to some of the reasons why people might feel like they fell out of love, let's talk about how we fell in and out of love with God, because of our marriage, because of the things that we were feeling and going through and experiencing, the hardships within our sexual relationship, the hardships with the sins that we were choosing to walk in and being unrepentant of, and walking in total immaturity and bitterness and anger that man, you had your own relationship dealings with God where you were just angry at him 'cause you were like, God, I deserve a good marriage. [Jennifer] Yeah, I felt like I did all the right things to equal a good marriage, like it was some sort of formula, so when I didn't get it, I was mad at him, because I believed that he was powerful enough to just make everything perfect, give me everything I want, and it be beautiful, and I believed this. I truly believed that. It wasn't just for my benefit that I had a perfect marriage, that it would be so that we can do ministry together for God. [Aaron] It was good reasons, yeah. [Jennifer] Yeah, there's always good reasons. [Aaron] Well, and we wanna be happy. We wanna have joy in our marriage. But this relationship with God was built on what he owed you. And like you said, you fell in and out of love with God the same way you fell in and out of love with me. I couldn't give you what you thought you deserved in a husband. I wasn't giving it to you. It's not that I couldn't give it to you. I was treating you the way you thought you deserved to be treated. I wasn't acting the way you thought I should act. I wasn't speaking the way you thought I should speak. And so your love with me was conditional. It was based on those things. Your love with God was conditional. And I was the same way. I thought that, all I wanted was a wife that I could love and be with and have sex with and enjoy and that would go and do amazing things for God together, and none of that felt like it was real. I was like, okay, God. I wait for marriage, I save myself, I try and be pure, which, in reality, I wasn't. My addiction to pornography, my other things that I was dealing with. I had a picture of who I was. I thought I was better than I was. And then I'm like, God, you owe me this thing, and you're not giving it to me. And so my relationship with God was transactional. Like, hey, I did this thing; now you do this thing. What are you doing? So I think that's a great thing you brought up, that we think our relationship with God is something outside of what we choose and something that happens to us, or our feelings. Like, I feel close to God, which is so dangerous, because I would imagine there's times when Paul, naked and beat in prison, did not feel close to God. I would imagine when Joseph was in the pit after being thrown in there by his brothers and then sold into slavery and then lied about by the wife and then put in prison and forgotten about by the baker, or the cupbearer, I believe there was times he did not feel close to God, but the truth would be is God was close and was doing something very specific in all of those situations. [Jennifer] Greater than what they could even have imagined. [Aaron] And so, we don't get pictures in those stories of them saying where's God, where are you. God was close, whether they felt him close or not. And that is the reality, that God is so close to us. He's not far off, even when we feel like he's far off. [Jennifer] Was he close to us when we were enduring those four hard years of our marriage? [Aaron] He was probably closer then. When I look back, I'm like, oh, God was there every moment. [Jennifer] But did it feel like it? [Aaron] No, it didn't feel like it. It felt like I was praying and he was just ignoring me. It felt like I was being picked on, or that he was being vindictive, like laughing at me. That's how I felt sometimes. But that's not true at all. So just like we're talking about this falling in and out of love, what I felt about God was false. My feelings were lying to me. [Jennifer] What changed? How did you go from that to being able to choose to love God and remain faithful to him, no matter what? [Aaron] Him confronting me with the truth that what he says is true and what I feel is false. I brought up Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. He brought that story to my attention, and said, look what Jesus did for you. And then he was like, are you not willing then to do the very little thing of just loving your wife, even if you can't get what you want from her? Like, what it cost Christ on the cross is infinitely heavier than what it's gonna cost you to say yes to your bride and keep going. And he just revealed the fallacy in me that my feelings are true and that that's how I'm gonna dictate where I'm gonna go and the direction I go and what I believe, and they're wrong. The Bible tells us, and we'll get to that scripture in a minute, just to not walk in the flesh, but to walk in the Spirit. [Jennifer] Let's talk more about that. So, we're gonna first go through a brief list of why people feel as though they "fall," air quotes here, "out of love." [Aaron] So going back to things that don't feel good, and especially when it's in conjunction with your relationship with your spouse. So tough times. [Jennifer] Yeah, hard circumstances. [Aaron] Like, financial situations and pain and suffering and confusion and those sorts of things, crazy things like loss of children. The hard things can immediately make us not feel good. And you know what? When we don't feel good, Christ wants us to lean on him. He wants us to have his strength and his peace, you know, that surpasses all understanding, and when we don't go to God for those things and when we look to our spouse to fulfill them, which we did that. [Jennifer] Yeah, it's so dangerous. I remember feeling so disappointed in you and in our relationship, because you couldn't do the things that I wanted you to be able to do, which only Christ could do. [Aaron] To fulfill those desires in your heart or to take away the fears that you had, the insecurities, and only God gets to play that role in our life, because you know what, I'm a human. [Jennifer] Yeah, you will fail me. [Aaron] And I remember I tell you this, I even told you this when I asked you to be my wife. I said I'm going to fail you. [Jennifer] Yeah, I should have listened. [Aaron] I warned you. I gave you a little, what do you call it. [Jennifer] Framework, I don't know. [Aaron] Yeah, I gave you a pre-warning. This is what you're getting into. [Jennifer] Okay, so yeah, tough times definitely. Needs not being met. So I'm over here thinking, no, I need this from you and being convinced that I can't continue on in my part until I get what I need. [Aaron] Right, so in our situation specifically, we couldn't have sex. [Jennifer] Yeah, it was painful. [Aaron] And that was very painful. [Jennifer] For me. [Aaron] And I'm thinking, in my mind and in my heart, in my spirit, okay, the one thing that my spouse is supposed to be able to give me directly to me physically is sex, and she can't give it to me. Well then, I'm validated in my sin over here, or I'm allowed to be angry like this, or God, how dare you? And so my love for you was dictated by what you can do for me or what you're not doing for me, and vice versa. You put me on that pedestal of holding you up emotionally and being strong for you when you weren't strong, which husbands should do, but I'm not the main source of that. [Jennifer] Right. [Aaron] I can never fulfill that. That's called idolatry. We can actually put our spouses in a position of God, and what happens is because they're not God, you immediately translate that, we translate that to, oh, they must not love me. [Jennifer] But God is love. [Aaron] God is love, yeah. [Jennifer] Your spouse isn't love, although your spouse is called to love you. God is love. He's the only one that can truly fulfill that. [Aaron] So needs not being met spiritually, emotionally, physically, and I just wanna mention that there are some relationships. I think of veterans that have been hurt physically, or mentally, and they might not be able to fulfill a certain marital role, physically and emotionally and mentally. Does that mean they don't love you? Does that mean you've fallen out of love? No, that's a situation that God's allowed to happen, and that has to be navigated through the Word of God, through the Holy Spirit and patience and perseverance and recognize that those things don't define whether or not you're in love with your spouse or not. And that's a reality for some people. There's some people that will permanently never be able to have sex. [Jennifer] And that's just one thing. [Aaron] That's one thing, yeah. [Jennifer] There's other people who can't walk or can't talk. There's a lot of things. [Aaron] There's people that deal with postpartum depression, wives, moms that go through postpartum depression and might not be able to give emotionally, and that's gonna take a husband to step up more, be like, well, I'm gonna love more right now. I'm not gonna make them feel like I'm abandoning them and skipping out. [Jennifer] Yeah. Okay, so another one would be desiring a different kind of life because of unmet expectations, and you kind of touched on this before, but I struggled with this. I felt like I had these expectations of what marriage should be like. [Aaron] Yeah, what our life should be like, where we should be. [Jennifer] And after years of not receiving that or them being unmet, I started desiring a different kind of life. And that can easily feed a wandering soul. [Aaron] Right, so we fell in love, and we individually had unique pictures of what our relationship would look like, what our life would look like, what our marriage would look like. And so what we do is, well, so I have this picture, picture A, and my marriage is picture Z. Oh, we must not be in love. This must not be right. Something's wrong here. Let's throw this out, start over. And so we look over the fence, or we look other places. So, and this leads to happiness. [Jennifer] Desiring happiness. [Aaron] Desiring happiness. The Bible doesn't promise happiness, but being a Christian should guarantee, if we choose it, joy. [Jennifer] Right, which is more powerful. [Aaron] Which is more powerful, because Paul, when he was naked and beat and in prison, had joy. All the disciples, all of the missionaries and martyrs had joy amidst terrible things. But happiness is not something necessarily promised. Now, happiness can be a fruit of joy, but does lack of happiness equate to lack of love? Like, we're no longer in love, I'm not happy anymore. I wanna speak about this happiness for a second, Jennifer. [Jennifer] I was just gonna say, I hear it all the time. People say, doesn't God want be to be happy? [Aaron] Yeah, well not just doesn't God. They actually, and I don't know who has taught them this, but they literally, they start their message off to us about why they're leaving their husband with saying, God wants me to be happy, and I'm not happy. Therefore, I'm leaving. And so, what they've done is they've literally turned their disobedience and their sin into approval by God, because they've equated happiness to God's will. And that's not true. [Jennifer] Is there a scripture in the Bible that says God wants us to be happy? [Aaron] No. Not to my knowledge. But there's plenty about joy in all circumstances. The joy of the Lord is our strength, and that's something that can come amidst, so if happiness is God's will for us, take that truth, take that gospel, to all of the people suffering through terminal cancer. [Jennifer] Or famine. [Aaron] Or yeah, hunger, or loss of children or worse. I can't even come up with all the situations that a Christian might go through, or even a person, and go to them and saying, hey, God wants you to be happy, and then the moment they're not happy, God doesn't love me, or I'm outside God's will. It's a false gospel. The happiness is good, and it comes. But I think joy, the Bible talks of joy, which is a fruit of the spirit. Happiness is not a fruit of the spirit. So if we equate, again, if we take words and we equal them to other things, like happiness equals love, happiness equals God's will, the moment we're not happy, boom, we're no longer in love, we're not in God's will. We can make all sorts of crazy decisions based off of that equation. And it's just wrong. [Jennifer] So, moving down the list, we have two more. One is just experiencing overall discontentment in life. [Aaron] Right, I'm not happy with what I have. This isn't what I want, that I want more. [Jennifer] Just constantly, like you're playing that mental reel over and over and over again about all the things that make you not content, and then desiring a pain-free or comfortable life, which I think everybody, at the root of their heart, wants a pain-free life. But is that a reality? [Aaron] It's not that we need to pursue that. I don't think that's what our goal is in life. But if our goal is in our marriage, if that's our definition of a good, healthy, loving marriage, 100% of marriages are gonna be let down. But that's why we see such a high divorce rate in the church and in the world, because we've defined love with all of these terms. Comfort, happiness, fulfillment, contentment. And if I don't feel those things, boom, I must not be in love anymore. [Jennifer] Okay, so what's the bottom line? [Aaron] The bottom line is love was never intended to be just a feeling. God gave us these feelings as a gift to accompany our love, but when those feelings disappeared, love doesn't disappear. It's called the honeymoon phase. Like, you're enamored with your spouse. Everything's new and fresh. But what happens when it's not new wand fresh? What happens when life's boring? [Jennifer] Or hard. [Aaron] What happens when life's hard? Love in this situations should grow. [Jennifer] And endure. [Aaron] Yeah, because they endure. The relationship turns into one of stamina, endurance, perseverance. [Jennifer] I Corinthians 13:7 says love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Not some things, not the few things that I can handle. It's all things. So if we say that we love one another, we have to be able to bear all things and endure all things and have that kind of perseverance. [Aaron] And it comes down to, that's what Christ did. He endured the cross, because he loved us. And that's amazing. Even now in the church age, in the age that we live in now where God's grace and mercy is just poured out on the world and he's being patient, it says that his patience and kindness is to lead us to repentance, talking of love. Why doesn't he just strike us all down, because we are sinners, you know? He's righteous; we're not. But he's patient with us, and his love for us is in such a way that he shows us by example of how we should love, in forgiveness and patience and endurance, because that's what Christ did on the cross. He took the sins of the world, that anyone who believes in him will not perish but have everlasting life. That is love, and if Christ can love that way, and this is what God showed me, is if Christ can love you like this, Aaron, what has your wife ever done that's worse than what you or the world has done to me? Nothing. Literally it doesn't matter what you do to me. It's not unforgivable. So I guess I would just say, if love is based on something that we have no control over, something that happens to us, if love is a feeling, then we're literally basing the most beautiful thing that God has ever given us, love, which he is love, it's who he is, and we boiled it down to a fleshly thing. Like, that is a fleeting, like, oh, some might get it, some might not. And I think we should rather look at love as a muscle that needs to be strengthened. [Jennifer] I like that, exercised. [Aaron] Or, actually, here's a better analogy. Love is a seed. You plant a seed, and then you nurture it and you grow it. Our love started, I should say. We didn't fall in love. Our love started back when we were dating, when we were learning each other. [Jennifer] We were attracted to one another. [Aaron] We were attracted. [Jennifer] We chose to spend time with one another. [Aaron] Yeah, back then, our love was so, if you think about it, our love was so immature, because it was based on very vain things, how we looked, how we talked, how we spent time with each other, things that made us laugh. And now, our love is based on. [Jennifer] So much more. [Aaron] Oh my, so much more. Surviving hard things, flourishing in hard things, renewing in the way we think about each other, communication, knowledge. [Jennifer] Ministering to our kids. Ministering to others. [Aaron] Yeah, having children and learning how to become one in our parenting. So our love now is built, it's growing. I wouldn't say it's a big sycamore tree or something. But I would say it's a tree now, where it once was just this seed that could easily be stamped out if we didn't take care of it. So I think that is a more accurate way to take a picture, is that love was something we planted, we chose to plant. Hey, we're gonna take a risk on this seed. We're gonna love this, and let's grow it. So then, if that's the case, then "falling out of love," air quotes again, is really choosing to let the tree die. [Jennifer] Right, which, I mean, going back to that quote by Gary Thomas from Sacred Marriage, biblical love isn't hate; it's apathy. [Aaron] Letting it die. [Jennifer] Letting it die. [Aaron] Stop watering it, stop feeding it, stop giving it sunlight, smother it, and it can even be worse than that, intentionally harming the love because you want out, because you're not happy, and now doing very hateful, wicked things within the marriage. [Jennifer] Being disrespectful, letting your anger lash out. [Aaron] Cheating. [Jennifer] Cheating. [Aaron] Yeah, unfaithfulness with your heart, eyes, physically. [Jennifer] All things that are lack of self-control, because you're not exercising that muscle of self-control. [Aaron] So here's another quote from Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas, and it says this: "Christian love is an aggressive movement, "an active commitment. "In reality, we choose where to place our affections," which goes back to, are we gonna choose to nurture our love seed? Feels so weird. But this tree that we're growing together, as we're being weaved together and we're growing this love. And I just love that picture of that. It's an aggressive movement, an active commitment, that we are not going to just whimsically and apathetically see if love continues on without us doing anything, that we're gonna recognize that it's no, no, I'm going to choose again to love you today, and then when something happens, actually, I'm gonna choose right now to love you anyway. [Jennifer] Yeah, and I like that. This quote, you know, when it says in reality, we choose where to place our affections, I think sometimes we can choose to place our affections on what we see outside the marriage. [Aaron] So, let's just give 'em some practical ways, 'cause now we've dispelled it. You don't fall in and out of love. It's a lie the enemy uses to break up marriages all the time, and as mature Christians, we're gonna pursue loving our spouses the biblical way and saying, yes, Lord, I'm gonna choose to love, because you are love, and I wanna love like this. So what are some practical things that the couples listening can start thinking about, start pursuing and saying, oh, we're gonna invest in this seed that we've planted, at whatever point that seed was planted. [Jennifer] Okay, so first thing I would say is intimacy. I think I had this idea in our marriage that intimacy just happened, and it was something that was natural. [Aaron] It was always gonna be magical. [Jennifer] Yeah, I came to find out, it's actually something that needs to be planned for and prepared for. [Aaron] Sought after. [Jennifer] And requires intentionality. And so, I would say, be intentional in pursuing one another in those ways. And intimacy is a lot of different things. It's not just physical. It's also in the way that you communicate and just being thoughtful of one another. [Aaron] Yeah, but intimacy, the physical intimacy cannot be neglected. [Jennifer] Sure, so important. [Aaron] But the emotional intimacy can't be neglected either. [Jennifer] Either, yeah. [Aaron] The Bible, I just wanted to bring this up, it uses the word knew or knowledge when it comes to physical intimacy in the Bible. It says so-and-so knew so-and-so, and it's talking about sex. This intimacy we're talking about, it's radical transparency, radical openness, that you're not afraid to be naked emotionally, naked physically, naked spiritually before your spouse, and that you know each other, and that's a lifelong pursuit. So, and that combats falling out of love, or feeling like you're falling out of love, or in the truth, choosing to not love anymore. [Jennifer] Yeah, and if you do feel like, you know, not that you're apathetic towards one another, but that you just have some isolating tendencies going on in your marriage, be the first one to initiate intimacy. [Aaron] Yeah, go open those doors, go open those windows. Let light in. [Jennifer] Okay, another one is have an eternal perspective and a hope that fuels your heart so that you can persevere. Having a hope for why we're doing this thing called marriage and what we have to look forward to changed the way that we were able to persevere in our relationship. [Aaron] Yeah, and so recognizing that my wife is also my sister in the Lord. Like, the Bible tells us how to interact with our brothers and sisters in Christ. Then I get to see her and say, well, I'm gonna treat her well. She's my closest neighbor, so I'm gonna love her as myself. I'm gonna use the gifts that God's given me to bless her and to serve her. And so if we recognize that, that we are both part of the body, then we're not gonna mistreat and take advantage of and do things that we wouldn't do to another believer. So, another one is discipline yourself in walking faithfully and humbly. [Jennifer] So real quick, I just wanna read one another quote. I know this is a heavy Gary Thomas episode. [Aaron] Well, this book was hugely influential on our marriage. [Jennifer] Yeah, if you guys haven't read Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas, you should definitely go grab a copy. But on page 156, it says this: "One of the great spiritual challenges for any Christian "is to become less self-absorbed. "We are born intensely self-focused. "The discipline of Christian marriage "calls us into the Christian reality of sharing "and enjoying fellowship in a uniquely intimate way. "Maintaining an interest in and empathy for someone else "is by no means an easy discipline to maintain, "but it is a vital one. "It is a skill that must be learned." I love this quote, because I think it's so important to recognize that there is discipline required of us, and there's an obligation, like I said earlier, to one another, to love one another, but to also enjoy fellowship with each other, which is what Gary's saying right here, and to maintain an interest for, an empathy for each other, and again, he says this isn't easy, but it is vital, and it's something that we need to learn. Like you said, it's a muscle that we should be exercising. [Aaron] Yeah, a lot of times, the Bible uses the term walk in love. So it's something that you walk out on a daily basis. In I John, it says practice righteousness. So these are things that we get to practice toward each other, with each other, for each other, on a daily basis, on a moment by moment. And even if you're in a super, super hard situation and season of your marriage, you can right now choose to walk in love with your spouse. [Jennifer] And truly, this is walking in maturity. This is what makes us mature, is by choosing to walk this way. [Aaron] Yeah, so again, walking in maturity. I would say be okay with hardship, and ask God how it can be used to mature you, to mature us? So God, this season's hard. God, I don't feel in love. I don't feel close to my spouse. Help me, show me how I should see correctly. Show me where I can change. Show me how I can love my wife still, love my husband still. How can I serve them? Help me do it in your Spirit. And then another one is the last one, actually, is recognize there's something greater at risk. It's what we talk about in the Marriage After God book, is that our marriages are meant for more than just happily ever after. Having a good, strong, healthy, mature, growing, thriving, loving, intimate marriage isn't for that alone. That's not the end. It's the means to the end. The end is that we are witnesses for Christ, that we are preaching the gospel with our words and our lives, that our marriages are pictures of the gospel to the world, that the husband represents Christ, that the wife represents the church, that their relationship represents an unconditional love that Christ had for his church, and how we interact with each other and how we raise our children and how we treat each other. And so, and not just that, but in I Timothy chapter three, it talks about the ministry of an overseer in a church and how it's a noble task, it's a noble thing for any believer to pursue, any man in the church, and it talks about having one wife and managing their home well, and it says, how can you manage the household of God if you can't manage your own home, right? If there's no self-control within me, if there's no love between me and my wife, if my children don't honor me and cherish me, those are things that the Bible says are results of how we choose to walk with our spouse. And our authority, our power, our message gets diluted or destroyed when we don't love that way. When love is something that we can just fall out of, what it essentially is saying is God can just fall out of love. Like, oh, today I don't love you anymore. And that's just false. He is love. He cannot not love us. And so, we need to show that. And so the greater thing that's at risk is the gospel. And when we don't have a correct understanding and definition of love in our marriage and what that looks like, we show an incorrect gospel to the world. And we need to recognize that. [Jennifer] So, the beginning of this episode started with can you fall out of love in marriage. That wouldn't be the right way to say it. It would be, are you choosing to not love your spouse anymore? And so I think that this is a really important topic, and it's something that we should address, even if maybe you're not feeling this way. If you feel like you love your spouse and you're walking the way you should be biblically, I think it's still important to address some of these things and these practical things that we've brought up and just see, you know, evaluate your marriage and see, are you walking the way that God wants you to be walking, and are you choosing love, regardless of your circumstances and regardless of anything else that's going on? [Aaron] Yeah, and maybe you're not, like Jennifer said, not at that place of not in love anymore, but are you choosing apathy? Are you just not caring? [Jennifer] Are you being lazy? [Aaron] Yeah, are you being lazy? And I think that's something that we should be aware of and repent of if we are. If we're being lazy in our marriage, then we're not loving. We're kind of being self-focused and hoping that our husband or our wife is gonna love us the way we wanna be loved, but we're not gonna give the love the way we wanna be loved. I just don't think that's the way a Christian should walk, and I think we need to, I mean, I'm guilty of this sometimes and need to change. Like, I'm being lazy, I'm gonna step up, I love you. Let's work on this, let's grow, let's water this tree. [Jennifer] I love it. Okay, we wanna invite you guys to join us in prayer. Dear Lord, may we always choose love. May we always have hearts that are motivated by love to be unified, pursuing intimacy and peace in marriage. Thank you for equipping us and empowering us by your Holy Spirit to choose to love unconditionally and sacrificially. We pray against our flesh from getting in the way, and we pray against our selfish ways. Please continue to sanctify us and transform us so that we would be more like you. Protect our marriage from the threats of the enemy and his evil desire to tear us down. Lord, please help us to be unified as one and help us to love each other in the way we interact with each other every day. May our commitment to remain steadfast in our love for each other glorify you in our marriage. In Jesus's name, amen. [Aaron] Amen. Hey, we just wanna thank everyone for listening this week, and we pray that this episode blessed you. We pray that it's gonna cause some good conversations, and we look forward to having you next week. Did you enjoy today's show? If you did, it would mean the world to us if you could leave us a review on iTunes. Also, if you're interested, you can find many more encouraging stories and resources at marriageaftergod.com and let us help you cultivate an extraordinary marriage.

Petit épisode relaxe dans lequel on parle principalement de jeux de stratégie abstrait, mais aussi de plein d'autres affaires comme le voyage de JF en Europe et de plusieurs jeux mobiles! S04-E08 : Jeux Abstraits BaladoLudique, un podcast entièrement consacré aux jeux, plus particulièrement aux jeux de table et jeux de société. Abonnez-vous à Baladoludique sur l'application Stitcher (android, apple ou ordinateur) Merci à notre diffuseur jeux.ca La musique est une gracieuseté de bensound.com Jeux qui ont été mentionnés dans ce podcast (en ordre plus ou moins) : Churchill Hive (2001) Torres (1999) GIPF Project : GIPF (1997) TAMSK (1998) ZÈRTZ (1999) DVONN (2001) YINSH (2003) PÜNCT (2005) TZAAR (2007) LYNGK (2017) Blokus (2000) Zendo (2001) Khet: The Laser Game (2005) Quarto (1991) Quoridor (1997) Kamisado (2008) TOP 5 de JF : Azul (2017) Santorini (2016) Ricochet Robots (1999) Samurai (1998) Patchwork (2014) TOP 5 de Simon : Stratego (1946) Onitama (2014) Ricochet Robots (1999) Chess (1475) Go (-2200)

Petit épisode relaxe dans lequel on parle principalement de jeux de stratégie abstrait, mais aussi de plein d'autres affaires comme le voyage de JF en Europe et de plusieurs jeux mobiles! S04-E08 : Jeux Abstraits BaladoLudique, un podcast entièrement consacré aux jeux, plus particulièrement aux jeux de table et jeux de société. Abonnez-vous à Baladoludique sur l'application Stitcher (android, apple ou ordinateur) Merci à notre diffuseur jeux.ca La musique est une gracieuseté de bensound.com **Jeux qui ont été mentionnés dans ce podcast (en ordre plus ou moins) :** - Churchill - Hive (2001) - Torres (1999) - GIPF Project : GIPF (1997) TAMSK (1998) ZÈRTZ (1999) DVONN (2001) YINSH (2003) PÜNCT (2005) TZAAR (2007) LYNGK (2017) - Blokus (2000) - Zendo (2001) - Khet: The Laser Game (2005) - Quarto (1991) - Quoridor (1997) - Kamisado (2008) **TOP 5 de JF :** - Azul (2017) - Santorini (2016) - Ricochet Robots (1999) - Samurai (1998) - Patchwork (2014) **TOP 5 de Simon :** - Stratego (1946) - Onitama (2014) - Ricochet Robots (1999) - Chess (1475) - Go (-2200)

At Tabletop Bellhop we answer your game and game night questions, go "Ask The Bellhop" at https://tabletopbellhop.com/. Wedding Bells. Tabletop gaming at a wedding, why not? Also, Race for the Galaxy, digital Carcassonne, a couple of prototypes and more DC Deck-Building. Please subscribe to our YouTube ChannelThis is the 36th episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on April 3rd, 2019. Join us as we stream live every week Wednesday’s at Nine Thirty Eastern: https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop. Disclosure: Some links below are affiliate links. As an associate, it costs you nothing, but we earn a small amount from qualifying purchases. This episode includes:---Viewer/Listener Feedback--- We read off and respond to listener feedback. Send feedback to moe@tabletopbellhop.com or sean@tabletopbellhop.comCheck out our Gloomhaven Actual Plays on YouTube.---Ask The Bellhop--- This week we’re answering a question from Zach Armstrong who wrote: We’re getting married soon, and for the reception, while the wedding party gets photos taken, we want to put out some board games for the guests to play to pass the hour or so. What kinds of games and setup would work well to make this a success?Games mentioned and other links: How Do You Approach Teaching Board Games?, Uno, Connect 4, Boggle, Blokus, Qwirkle, Apples to Apples, Wits & Wagers, Telestrations, Love Letter, The Mind, Fluxx, Jenga, Hamsterrolle, Pitchar, Loopin Louie, Rhino Hero, Rhino Hero Super Battle, Animal Upon Animal, Related Blog Post: https://tabletopbellhop.com/gaming-advice/wedding-games/---Announcements--- Newsletter: Sign up for our newsletter. Get weekly updates about everything going on at The Bellhop in your mail. https://newsletter.tabletopbellhop.comOn Board Games: The Bellhop was a guest on On Board Games. The episode should go live on April the 15th. ---Review Race for the Galaxy--- The Bellhop looks back at a review of Race for the Galaxy he wrote 10 years ago.Race for the Galaxy, The Review: ---Weekly Gloomhaven Update--- This week we checked out the enhancement rules and took on scenario 7: Vibrant GrottoCheck out the video on YouTube---Tabletop Gaming Weekly--- A look at what games hit our tabletops over the last week. Games mentioned and other links: Builders of Blankenburg, Cypress Legacy, DC Deck-Building Game Crossover Pack 6: Birds of Prey, DC Deck-Building Game: Teen Titans Board Game Arena, Carcassonne, Related Blog post: https://tabletopbellhop.com/playing-tabletop-games/cypress-blankenburg-carcassonne/---Blog Plug and Patreon Shout Out--- Head over to the Tabletop Bellhop Blog where you can read more about today’s topics and more. The Tabletop Bellhop Blog: https://tabletopbellhop.com If you enjoyed the show be sure to tip The Bellhop at: patreon.com/tabletopbellhopFind us all over the web:Facebook www.facebook.com/tabletopbellhop/Twitter Twitter.com/tabletopbellhopInstagram www.instagram.com/tabletopbellhop/BoardGameGeek boardgamegeek.com/guild/3347YouTube www.youtube.com/tabletopbellhop?sub_confirmation=1Twitch twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop MeWe

Berating the Children   This week in recently played games, Zach saw weird stuff during Herbalism, Jeff clearly saw the path to victory in Illusion, and Adrian saw the goodness in not giving up in Pandemic Fall of Rome. In News, Days of Wonder Announces Cornith and Fog of Love gets a Midlife Crisis. In Kickstarters, dice get stacked in Coral islands and Rival Restaurants lets you play out your Gordon Ramsey fantasy. Some Listener feedback closes out the show.   00:00:32 - Intro Banter! Featuring: Snow, Marvel TV shows, The Expanse, Horizon Zero Dawn, Red Dead Redemption 2, Ballad of Buster Scruggs 00:18:19 - What have we been playing?: Hexacon, Spirit Island Branch and Claw, Herbalism, Blokus, Illusion, Pandemic Fall of Rome 00:39:28 - Bloody Minute! 00:44:07 - News: Direwolf Digital BG Apps 00:47:40 - News: Corinth 00:49:51 - News: Fog of Love Midlife Crisis 00:51:55 - News: Planet 00:54:43 - KS: Dark Rituals 00:59:59 - KS: Coral Islands 01:03:38 - KS: Newspeak 01:06:57 - KS: Rival Restaurants 01:11:48 - KS: Tokyo Series 01:17:50 - Emails! 01:23:39 - Paulo's Youtube Corner 01:29:52 - BGG Feedback 01:32:46 - Check out War of the Worlds: The New Wave KS from Grey Fox Games   Slack Channel Patreon Guild

At Tabletop Bellhop we answer your game and game night questions, go "Ask The Bellhop" at https://tabletopbellhop.com/. Please subscribe to our YouTube ChannelThis is the 20th episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on December 12th, 2018. Join us as we stream live every week Wednesday’s at Nine Thirty Eastern: https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhopDisclosure: Some links below are affiliate links. As an associate, it costs you nothing, but we earn a small amount from qualifying purchases. This episode includes:---Viewer/Listener Feedback--- We read off and respond to listener feedback. Send feedback to moe@tabletopbellhop.com or sean@tabletopbellhop.comDate night suggestions from our fans: Guillotine, Fluxx, Chrononauts, Balloon Cup, Tokaido, Lords of Waterdeep, ScrabbleDeck Building suggestions from our fans: Ascension, Marvel Legendary, Clank!, Star Realms, Core Worlds, Arctic Scavengers---Tabletop Gaming Weekly--- A look at what games hit The Bellhop's table over the last week. Games mentioned and other links:Azul, Terra Mystica, Gaia Project, Terraforming Mars, Terraforming Mars Venus NextRelated Blog Post: https://tabletopbellhop.com/playing-tabletop-games/ramen-and-games/---Announcements---Please take a minute to subscribe to our content on your favorite platform. Like, comment and share. We can be found everywhere as Tabletopbellhop (one word)Sign up for our newsletter. Get updates about everything going on at The Bellhop in your mail. Sign up now for a cool Terraforming Mars printable. We promise we won’t spam you. https://newsletter.tabletopbellhop.comGamer Gift Guides. The holidays are coming. Check out these guides for gift ideas for gamers that aren’t just more games. https://tabletopbellhop.com/?s=%23GamerGiftGuide---Ask The Bellhop--- This week, Patron Duran Barnett asks, “What about doing an episode on introducing kids to gaming? Or maybe a direct sequel tackling non-co-op games for kids?”Ghost Fightin’ Treasure Hunters, Bendomino Junior, Bingory, Gobblet Junior, Monza, Animal Upon Animal, Flower Garden, Gobblet, Froggy Boogie, Rhino Hero, Gary Gouda, Can’t Stop, Viva Tppo, Kids of Carcassonne, Loopin Louie, Twister, Blindfolded Twister, Ladybugs Costume Party, Laundry Jumble, Blokus, Ingenious, Qwirkle, Tsuro, Catan Junior, Hey That’s My Fish!, Magic Labyrinth, Magician’s Kitchen, Vampires Of The Night, Spinderella, King of Tokyo, Forbidden Island, Robot Turtles, Code & Go Robot Mouse, Doodle Quest, Boggle, Bananagrams, Upwords, Mermaid Adventures, Tales of Equestria, Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle, Stuffed Fables, Mice & Mystics, Ticket to Ride, Harry Potter ClueRelated Blog Post: https://tabletopbellhop.com/gaming-advice/kids-boardgames/--- Blog Plug and Patreon Shout Out--- Head over to the Tabletop Bellhop Blog where you can read more about today’s topics and more. The Tabletop Bellhop Blog: https://tabletopbellhop.com If you enjoyed the show be sure to tip The Bellhop at: patreon.com/tabletopbellhopFind us all over the web:Facebook www.facebook.com/tabletopbellhop/Twitter Twitter.com/tabletopbellhopInstagram www.instagram.com/tabletopbellhop/Google Plus plus.google.com/u/1/communities/105133123664243159789BoardGameGeek boardgamegeek.com/guild/3347YouTube www.youtube.com/channel/UCez3cu7peTRAcb1ZJF4j5A?subconfirmation=1Twitch twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop MeWe

At Tabletop Bellhop we answer your game and game night questions, go "Ask The Bellhop" at https://tabletopbellhop.com/. Ep #18 - Rock me, Daniel Zayas. We talk Black Friday, Blokus and Cities & Knights of Catan and then talk Kickstarter with Daniel Zayas. Please subscribe to our YouTube ChannelThis is the 18th episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on November 28st, 2018. Join us as we stream live every week Wednesday’s at Nine Thirty Eastern: https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhopDisclosure: Some links below are affiliate links. As an associate, it costs you nothing, but we earn a small amount from qualifying purchases. This episode includes:---Viewer/Listener Feedback--- We read off and respond to listener feedback. Send feedback to moe@tabletopbellhop.com or sean@tabletopbellhop.comSome more Must Have accessories according to our fans: Golf Pencils, Dice Tray, Really Useful Boxes, ---Tabletop Gaming Weekly--- A look at what games hit The Bellhop's table over the last week. Games mentioned and other links: Blokus, Warchest, Drop it!, Arraial, FITS, Railroad Rivals, Related Blog Post: https://tabletopbellhop.com/playing-tabletop-games/blokus-blackfriday/---Announcements---Please take a minute to subscribe to our content on your favorite platform. Like, comment and share. We can be found everywhere as Tabletopbellhop (one word)Sign up for our newsletter. Get updates about everything going on at The Bellhop in your mail. Sign up now for a cool Terraforming Mars printable. We promise we won’t spam you. https://newsletter.tabletopbellhop.comThe Quiver giveaway is going strong. Check out our review and enter to win your own: https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/quiver/Gamer Gift Guides. The holidays are coming. Check out these guides for gift ideas for gamers that aren’t just more games. https://tabletopbellhop.com/#GamerGiftGuide---Re-Review--- Cities & Knights of Catan 12 years later. Catan, Catan Expansion Cities & Knights, Catan Expansion Seafarers, Catan Geographies Maps, Puerto Rico, On the blog: https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/catan-cities-and-knights/---Ask The Bellhop--- Today we are interviewing Daniel Zayas designer of When Cutie Met Patootie, co-designer on Christmas Might and currently working on a game called Mechanisms. When Cutie Met Patootie, Christmas Lights, Mechanisms, Board Game Reviewers & Media Group, The Daniel Zayus Company, The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, Solo Board Gamers Group, Longpack Games, Planet, --- Blog Plug and Patreon Shout Out--- Head over to the Tabletop Bellhop Blog where you can read more about today’s topics and more. The Tabletop Bellhop Blog: https://tabletopbellhop.com If you enjoyed the show be sure to tip The Bellhop at: patreon.com/tabletopbellhopFind us all over the web:Facebook www.facebook.com/tabletopbellhop/Twitter Twitter.com/tabletopbellhopInstagram www.instagram.com/tabletopbellhop/Google Plus plus.google.com/u/1/communities/105133123664243159789BoardGameGeek boardgamegeek.com/guild/3347YouTube www.youtube.com/channel/UCez3cu7peTRAcb1ZJF4j5A?subconfirmation=1Twitch twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop MeWe

In this week’s episode... First up this week, we put Tetris on attack as we stake our territory in Blokus! Next up, even more Tetris fun, but this time with bears! -- in Bären Park And lastly --- do you have a working TV set on top of a non-working TV set, then you might be playin’ Redneck Life.

It's your time to shine! We field questions from you, our adoring fans, in our first ever Q&A episode. You sent us the important topical issues you've been yearning for our take on, and takes ye shall receive. Before we line up in front of the mic, we also talk about Blokus, Brass: Lancashire, and Teotihucan: City of Gods. 01:42 - Blokus 06:16 - Brass: Lancashire 12:40 - Teotihuacan: City of Gods 19:20 - World Chess Championship 21:51 - Listener Questions 22:10 - Does Kalen hate co-ops? 22:50 - Pandemic 23:24 - Spirit Island 24:23 - Has Kalen played more Spirit Island? 28:16 - Best "bang for your buck" board games? 32:10 - Castles of Burgundy 32:47 - Azul 33:15 - Splendor 33:46 - Taj Mahal 34:40 - Cthulhu Wars 37:27 - Archipelago 39:11 - How are you still friends? 41:23 - Rising Sun 44:36 - Giveaway! (Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra)

In this episode, Bryce brings Krosmaster Arena out of the dust, contributors bring Blokus out of the dust, Bryce reacts to the sexual harassment incidents at Origins, Bryce plays Codenames Duet a lot, reviews the obscure game Sixes, and discusses the gateway games that brought him into the hobby.0:23 - Introduction1:53 - Out of the Dust: Krosmaster Arena4:21 - Out of the Dust: Blokus5:57 - Reaction: Sexual Harassment at Origins10:03 - What Have I Been Playing: Codenames Duet11:37 - Obscure Bryce Game: Sixes13:50 - How I Got Into Board Games: Dinosaurs of the Lost World15:26 - How I Got Into Board Games: West End Star Trek Games16:20 - How I Got Into Board Games: Settlers of Catan17:42 - Contact Info

We’re back! The holidays got the best of us, but we’re jumping right back in with one of our favorite board game mechanics - Area Enclosure! Join us as we dig into the spatial implications and dynamics found in both classic and new game systems.We talk about: Tic-tac-toe, Hey, That’s my Fish!, A Feast for Odin, Yinsh, Go, Patchwork, Blokus, Agricola, KnitWit, Hue, flooding, forest fires, and volcanoes, oh my!, String Railway, Boo, grids and lines, La Isla, Jezzball(?), and 100% more natural disasters than all other episodes combined!

Intro Hi everyone and welcome to Books Between - a podcast for teachers, parents, librarians, and anyone who wants to help connect kids between 8-12 to books they’ll love. I am Corrina Allen - a 5th grade teacher, a mom of two, and spending some rainy summer days with my gals playing Blokus and Canasta and Mario Kart and dreaming of the beach…. This is Episode #30 and today I am sharing with you a conversation with Jillian Heise about Classroom Book A Day. We chat about all the wonderful things that can happen when you read one picture book a day to your class. And yes - even upper elementary AND middle school kids!  I had considered holding on to this episode a little longer, but realized that lots of you start school in August and would want to start planning things. If you’re like me, you need some time to mull things over and see how everything’s going to fit together. So before we get started, I want to let you know a couple things up front. First, at the end of the conversation we mention some resources where you can find out lots more information about #ClassroomBookADay - especially Jillian’s main post about it from her website where she so generously shares her slideshows. And the #ClassroomBookADay Facebook Group. I joined that last month and the community there has been extraordinarily helpful. So - if you are interested, I’ll see you there. And I’ll post links to those right in our show notes and on the All the Wonders site.   Second - Jillian talks about A LOT of incredible books today and I know that, like me, you’re going to get excited about them and want to jot down all the titles! But - I’ve got your back. Every single title mentioned is posted and linked right in the show notes. Okay - let’s dive in!   Main Topic - Interview with Jillian Heise   Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got inspired to start the #ClassroomBookaDay. #ClassroomBookaDay is about making time each day in your classroom to read a picture book. What do you see as the benefit of focusing more on picture books? I’ve seen these incredible displays of teachers’ #ClassroomBookaDay reading where they post a cover of each book on grid on a bulletin board. How do you display the #ClassroomBookADay in your school?   How do you see the display of the books as an important of aspect of #ClassroomBookADay?   How do you make time to read one picture book every day?   What is your routine like for reading the books with your students?   What about folks who don’t have their own classroom - librarians, literacy coaches, administrators?   180+ days is a lot to fill!  How do you choose titles?   What are some of your favorite books for the first week or so of school? Where can people go to get more information?   Aside from picture books, what have you been reading lately that you’ve liked? Closing   Alright - that wraps up our show this week. If you have a question or an idea about a topic we should cover, I would love to hear from you. You can email me at booksbetween@gmail.com or connect on Twitter/Instagram at the handle @Books_Between.   Thank you so much for joining me this week. You can find an outline of interviews and a full transcript of all the other parts of our show along with all of our previous episodes at AlltheWonders.com.     And, if you like what you hear and value the podcast, please leave a quick review or rating on iTunes or Stitcher.   Thanks again and see you soon!  Bye!   Episode Links:   Heise Reads & Recommends: www.heisereads.com BALB Literacy Consulting: www.balblit.com   Facebook #classroombookaday group: www.facebook.com/groups/classroombookaday   Slideshare with Previous Presentations: www.slideshare.net/mrsheise   Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/heisereads   #classroombookaday Origin Story & Updates: http://heisewrites.blogspot.com/2014/09/180-bookaday-read-alouds.html   Nerdy Book Club Post - https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2017/07/03/classroombookaday-the-power-of-shared-picture-book-stories-by-jillian-heise/ PIcture Books Discussed on the Show:   To the Sea (Cale Atkinson) I Want My Hat Back (Jon Klassen) Mr Tiger Goes Wild (Peter Brown) Explorers of the Wild (Cale Atkinson) Pardon Me (Daniel Miyares) That Neighbor Kid  (Daniel Miyares) Float (Daniel Miyares) That Is My Dream (Daniel Miyares) Barnacle is Bored (Jonathan Fenske) Poor Little Guy (Elanna Allen) A Hungry Lion, or a Dwindling Assortment of Animals (Lucy Ruth Cummins) Sam and Dave Dig A Hole (Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen) Creepy Carrots (Aaron Reynolds & Peter Brown) The Monster’s Monster (Patrick McDonnell) Blizzard (John Rocco) Each Kindness (Jacqueline Woodson & E.B. Lewis) The Invisible Boy (Trudy Ludwig & Patrice Barton) 14 Cows for America (Carmen Agra Deedy: Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah & Thomas Gonzaalez) Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey (Maira Kalman) The Little Chapel That Stood (A.B. Curtiss & Mirto Golino) My Teacher is a Monster (No, I am Not.) (Peter Brown) Wild About Us (Karen Beaumont & Janet Stevens) My Friend Maggie (Hannah E. Harrison) Happy Dreamer (Peter H. Reynolds) A Tiger Tail (Mike Boldt) Strictly No Elephants (Lisa Mantchev & Taeeun Yoo) Be a Friend (Salina Yoon) Let Me Finish (Minh Lè) School’s First Day of School (Adam Rex & Christian Robinson) How To Read a Story (Kate Messner) Dear Dragon: A Pen Pal Tale (Josh Funk & Rodolfo Montalvo) Beautiful (Stacy McAnulty & Joanne Lew-Vriethoff) Where Oliver Fits (Cale Atkinson) Blue Sky, White Stars (Kadir Nelson & Sarvinder Naberhaus)   They All Saw a Cat (Brendan Wenzel) The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors (Drew Daywalt & Adam Rex) Penguin Problems (Jory John & Lane Smith) Not Quite Narwhal (Jessie Sima) Jabari Jumps (Gaia Cornwall) Dad and the Dinosaur  (Gennifer Choldenko & Dan Santat) I Like, I Don’t Like (Ale Ale & Anne Baccelliere)   MIddle Grade Books Discussed: Patina (Jason Reynolds) Miles Morales: Spider Man (Jason Reynolds) Wishtree (Katherine Applegate) The Gauntlet (Karuna Riazi) Fergus & Zeke (Kate Messner & Heather Ross) Beatrice Zinker Upside Down Thinker (Shelley Johannes) The Bad Guys (Aaron Blabey)   YA Books Discussed: War Cross (Marie Lu) Legend (Marie Lu) In a Perfect World - Trish Doller The Names They Gave Us (Emery Lord) Long Way Down (Jason Reynolds) All American Boys (Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely) The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas) Dear Martin (Nic Stone)

This week we take a look at the life of Magnus, from the start to world champion as we watch his documentary. It is also E3 week with tons of technology and video game blunders that Motz and Danny investigate. We also answer listener feedback on what is our coffee setup at home and what are our other favorite board games. Follow Us Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr

This week we take a look at the life of Magnus, from the start to world champion as we watch his documentary. It is also E3 week with tons of technology and video game blunders that Motz and Danny investigate. We also answer listener feedback on what is our coffee setup at home and what are our other favorite board games. Follow Us Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr

Motz attempts to master the Ruy Lopez while sipping some pod based glorious espresso all while Danny experiences Amazon Prime Now for the first time ever! Follow Us Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr

Motz attempts to master the Ruy Lopez while sipping some pod based glorious espresso all while Danny experiences Amazon Prime Now for the first time ever! Follow Us Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr

This week Danny breaks down Chess Country and the Speed Chess Qualifiers, while Motz attempts to rationalize his addiction to watching April the Giraffe. We take an odd turn and break down our favorite Star Wars movies and attempt to figure out if Motz will make it home from Cuba. Follow Us Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr

This week Danny breaks down Chess Country and the Speed Chess Qualifiers, while Motz attempts to rationalize his addiction to watching April the Giraffe. We take an odd turn and break down our favorite Star Wars movies and attempt to figure out if Motz will make it home from Cuba. Follow Us Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr

Spattered with various subtopics and sidetracks Dan and Dave talk about Blokus, Zombicide, Dan the Man, and Mr. Robot this week. Of course it wouldn't be a Fireside without beer (although, evidently, it can be a Fireside without fire) so they are accompanied by the delicious Sapporo Premium Beer. Take your shoes off, sit back, relax and enjoy*.*Advice not intended for those listening while nude skydiving, horseback riding, or providing eulogies at a funeral. 0:00 - Intro4:06 - Quest for Sponsorship - Sapporo6:32 - Blokus Revisited8:40 - Zombicide Black Plague20:58 - Dan the Man29:14 - Ease of discussing video games vs tabletop games34:07 - Mr. Robot40:52 - Sapporo Premium Beer ratingBuy games at Here Be GamesFollow us on FacebookWatch us play games on YouTubeor Read our articles on the website.

Beers, Dan, beers, beers, and Dan. As you've probably gathered Dave invited Dan over for beers and board games this week. Much fun was had and some new games were played. In this episode we discuss the competitive dice game Age of War, a surprisingly awesome wallet card game called Avignon: A Clash of Popes, and two new favourites - Blokus and Robots and Rockets.Follow us on FacebookWatch us play games on YouTube or read our articles on the website.

Denna vecka med Max, Danny, Fredrik, Lotta & Robb (som är Live från Stockholm) och gäst: Christoffer "Edvin" Löfström. I vårt sjuttonde avsnitt så avhandlar vi vad vi spelat spel som t.ex Tera, Planetary Annihilation, Machinarium, Blokus på mobil, Dragon Ball Xenoverse & Heroes of the Storm. Vi tar också och snackar om DirectX12s ev. möjliggörande av att använda grafikkort oavsätt tillverkare i en rigg och även snack kring Batman: Arkham Knights nyss utannonserade Mature rating. "Veckans spel" snack som under veckan var spelet "Mirror's Edge". "Veckans diskussion" var under veckan: "Vilka spel/spelfranchises skulle du vilja se gjorda i händerna på andra spelutvecklare samt vilka filmer, tv-serier och comics skulle göra sig bra som spel" Denna vecka kom det även upp övriga nördämnen; såsom Spider-man i MCU, snack kring tv-serien Agent Carter, samt filmen Kingsmen: The secret service. Vi adresserar även Leonard Nimoys bortgång. info@nordlivpodcast.se★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Tot i que encara ens queda molt material per treure del passat festival DAU Barcelona (i ho traurem), també tenim àudios interessants d'algunes activitats pre-nadalenques i descentralitzades al voltant del joc que volem compartir. Ens referim a la conferència que Josep Maria Allué, autor de jocs "FFF" (Fun, Filler and Family games), va fer a Manresa a finals de novembre. Convidat pels amics de El CAE, el Josep Maria va explicar diferents tipologies de jocs i va fer una sèrie de recomanacions. També donem veu a autors que comencen, i així ho demostra l'entrevista inicial a Miquel Bruque (conegut ja en aquest podcast perquè vam estar parlant amb ell d'un prototip anomenat Evil Rising). Doncs resulta que Evil Rising ha mutat... i de quina manera! Ara es diu Wake Up, Cthulhu!, va estar premiat al darrer concurs de prototips del festival DAU Barcelona i sortirà en cofinançament per Verkami. Si no el compreu perdreu punts de seny! Esteu avisats! I entre Bruque i Allué torna l'home a Szeged, i ens regala un separador molt interessant on parla de les seves sensacions amb Mice and Mystics, Colt Express, Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, Blokus... i el més important, en sintonia amb la intenció de donar servei des d'aquest podcast, en Jordi Nadal respon a un dels nostres oients que demanava informació sobre jocs recomanables d'autors hongaresos... preneu nota perquè surten coses tan rares com: Krysis, Sárkánytojás, Kendo Kártyajáték, Imperia, Captain Cool, GYÜMI, Csodapalota i Granna Szörnyszekrény. Tot un món per descobrir! Gràcies Jordi. Crèdits musicals: - Chanwi con chile picante de Custom Radio (BY-NC-SA 3.0) - Ready for rapture de Plug & Play (BY-NC 3.0) - Are I Here de Helado Negro (BY-NC-ND 3.0)

The one and only Joshua Gomez joins the Nerd Machine gang in the studio to talk about why he believes his son thinks his name is Xbox, Resident Evil HD, Blokus, Splash Mountain, The Magnum XL-200, cruising the California coast, the Grand Canyon, and much more as they pick their favorite current video game, roller-coaster/amusement park ride, and road trip.

We start with a discussion of hygiene and then move into more game talk. The Armstrong kids (and Jon) enjoy a nice game of Tripoley or Apples to Apples. The Friedmans like Blokus and Jishaku and the Moltzes like Risk and Sushi Go. We also reminisce about Green Stamps. Jon and Moltz do, anyway. Jon likes The Last of Us which is decidedly not for the kids. Pee-Wee's Playhouse on the other hand, is great for all ages. As is The Tick animated series. For some reason we also discuss Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. Our thanks this week to Loot Crate, a monthly subscription box service for epic geek items. For less than $20 a month you get 6-8 items that include licensed gear, apparel and collectible items. And they are awesome. Go to LootCrate.com/TTCA and enter code "TTCA" to save 10 percent on any subscription. Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

This week, Anthony, Chris, Daniel, and Drew take a closer look at some of the games that have come close to ruining friendships as they bring out the deepest darkest parts of a gamer's soul (even when they're good!) We also review Blokus, Hansa Teutonica, and Roll for It! 01:30 - Shout it from the Tabletop 20:26 - Acqisition Disorder Corner 26:39 - At the Table: Blokus 29:48 - At the Table: Hansa Teutonica 31:15 - At the Table: Roll for It! 34:18 - Top Ten Games that Bring Out the Worst (and Ruin Friendships) 1:01:27 - Final Round: Thanksgiving! And don't forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter (@BGAPodcast), connect with us on Board Game Geek, and read our recent posts on BoardGamersAnonymous.com.

I has been a while since anyone here on the Swingset could consider themselves "new to this" but it behooves us to every once in a while put ourselves back into that new and nervous state, where everything was the first time, and we were discovering as we go. We don't have a lot of great models of healthy non-monogamy these days. Learning to advocate for our partners and ourselves, figuring out what we want and how to ask for it, learning the difference between a request, an offer, and an invitation, and all in all... having fun, is what we talk about today. Marcia Maczynski joins us today, you can check her out at all her delicious urls, successfulnonmonogamy.com, askingforwhatyouwant.com, and goodgirlrecovery.com! Also, Blokus is a wonderful game and you should absolutely buy it from Amazon here!   Visit the Burlesque Toyshop and get a 20% discount when you use the promo code swingburlesque at checkout! Check out The Ethical Slut and Opening Up! Give us a call and leave a voicemail at 573-55-SWING, (573-557-9464), we want your stories, your orgasms, your everything! Interested in signing up for our favorite Lifestyle site Kasidie.com? Click here to try it out! Come with us for The Swingset Takes Desire '14! Comments? Complaints? Comment on this post or join us on Facebook.com/theswingset and let us know what you think.

Put on your Deerstalker and massage those grey cells, we dive into three mystery games: Inkognito, Mystery on the Nile, and 221 B Baker St.

Put on your Deerstalker and massage those grey cells, we dive into three mystery games: Inkognito, Mystery on the Nile, and 221 B Baker St.

Put on your Deerstalker and massage those grey cells, we dive into three mystery games: Inkognito, Mystery on the Nile, and 221 B Baker St.

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