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I'm not sure why you'd make a hall of fame that's not also a sidewalk, but that's exactly what BoardGameGeek have gone and done - they've curated 25 games into their hall of fame, and we're here to judge them for their choices. It's weird that they didn't come to us first, honestly. Before we deck the halls, we talk about Arborea, Beyond the Horizon, and Taiwan Night Market.  02:49 - Arborea 10:32 - Beyond the Horizon 20:43 - Taiwan Night Market 32:00 - BGG Hall of Fame  38:57 - Diplomacy 40:35 - Acquire 41:55 - Cosmic Encounter 43:25 - Civilization 45:05 - 1830: Railways and Robber Barons 45:46 - Magic The Gathering 48:02 - Catan 49:03 - El Grande 49:58 - Tigris and Euphrates 51:04 - Ra 52:07 - Carcassone 53:29 - Power Grid  53:49 - Ticket to Ride 54:16 - Caylus 55:26 - Twilight Struggle 56:26 - Through the Ages 58:17 - Agricola 59:35 - Brass 01:00:25 - Race for the Galaxy 01:01:53 - Dominion 01:02:38 - Pandemic 01:03:39 - Seven Wonders 01:04:51 - Castles of Burgundy 01:05:14 - Terra Mystica 01:06:54 - Concordia   Get added to the BGB community map at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/map   Send us topic ideas at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/topics   Check out our wiki at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/wiki   Join the discussion at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/discord   Join our Facebook group at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/facebook   Get a Board Game Barrage T-shirt at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/store

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Der Canal du Midi verläuft über 240 Kilometer durch Frankreichs Südwesten, von Toulouse bis zum Étang de Thau, einer Lagune mit Zugang zum Mittelmeer. Schon den Römern schwebte ein künstlicher Wasserweg als Verbindung vom Atlantik bei Bordeaux bis hinunter zur Südküste Galliens vor. Aber wie alle Ingenieure nach ihnen scheiterten sie am Wassermangel des Landstrichs. Bis im 17. Jahrhundert ein wohlhabender Steuereinnehmer namens Pierre Paul Riquet nach jahrelangen Untersuchungen und Berechnungen eine Lösung fand. Die Bauarbeiten begannen im Jahr 1666 und endeten nur vierzehn Jahre später - reine Handarbeit mit Hacke, Schaufel und Körben für den Erdtransport. Kein Projekt des 17. Jahrhunderts verschlang mehr Geld als der Bau dieses Kanals - außer das Prunk- und Prachtschloss Ludwigs XIV. in Versailles. Aber der Canal du Midi wurde bald zum wirtschaftlichen Erfolg, bis vor wenigen Jahrzehnten wurde er noch von Lastkähnen befahren, die umweltschonend bis zu zehn LKW-Ladungen auf einmal transportieren konnten. Heute ist der Kanal vor allem ein Eldorado für Freizeitkapitäne und Mietboote und - als UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe mit all seinen Schleusen, Brücken und sogar einem Schiffstunnel - ein Touristenmagnet. Das mittelalterliche Carcassone mit seiner riesigen Burganlage, ungefähr auf halber Strecke des Kanals, wird jährlich von mehr als zwei Millionen Besuchern aus aller Welt überflutet. Manfred E. Schuchmann hat das Ufer des Canal du Midi in Etappen von Toulouse über Castelnaudary, Carcassone und Béziers bis zu seiner Einmündung in den Étang de Thau bei Marseillan mit dem Rad befahren - bei heftigem Wind und nicht immer nur freundlichem Wetter.

In Episode 208 we discuss some of our biggest annoyances that some publishers do in regards to the production, components, or presentation of their board games. We look at games that have these problems but also games that we think solved those issues. We also discuss a poll on whether a past production issue would turn us off from future games by that publisher. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:36 Poll: Has a production or component issue ever made you hesitate in buying another game from that publisher? 11:50 Top 3 Board Game Production Pet Peeves 13:50 Boring or non-thematic first player tokens (Discussed: Nucleum, Boonlake, Pan Am. Wingspan/Wyrmspan, Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar, Dune: Imperium, Dinosaur Island) 20:03 Bad rulebooks (Discussed: Kemet: Blood and Sand, Bitoku, Batman: Gotham City Chronicles, Trellis, One Deck Galaxy, Arcs, Smartphone, Inc., Inis, Tainted Grail, This War of Mine) 28:34 Game boxes are too small (Discussed: Great Wall, Lords of Hellas, Blood Rage, Ankh: Gods of Egypt, Return to Dark Tower, Lords of Ragnarok) 36:57 Paper thin player boards (Discussed: Terraforming Mars, Underwater Cities, Pan Am, Apiary, Tapestry) 42:44 Lack of diverse representation in art (Discussed: Hansa Teutonica, Grand Austria Hotel, Skyrise, Royal Visit, My Father's Work, Abducktion) 49:15 Repetitive Card Artwork (Discussed: Capital Lux 2: Generations, Nidavellier, Revive, Tapestry, Star Realms, Shamans) 55:48 Molded inserts that make setup or teardown harder (Discussed: Great Western Trail: 2nd Edition, Lords of Waterdeep, Apiary, Expeditions, Dwellings of Eldervale, Cat in the Box, Wonderland's War, Brass: Birmingham) 1:02:24 Production obstructs function (Discussed: Voidfall, Arcs, Smartphone, Inc., Trekking the World, Eclipse: 2nd Dawn, Trouble, Tacocat 1:09:26 Excessive Card Tucking (Discussed: One Deck Galaxy, Terraforming Mars, Revive, Expeditions, La Granja, Lacrimosa, Space Base, Aquatica) 1:17:30 Runner Ups (Discussed: Voidfall, Magic: The Gathering, Scythe, Carcassone, Baseball Highlights 2045, Star Realms) 1:21:56 Listener Shoutout If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/boardgamehottakes Follow us on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/boardgamehottakes.bsky.social Join our Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/boardgamehottakes Join our Board Game Arena Community: https://boardgamearena.com/group?id=11417205

For the Anime Fans of the world, hearing the big three brings three fantastic shows to mind that have shaped modern anime. In the Hobby Board Game world, the big three include: Settlers of Catan, Carcassone, and today's classic Ticket To Ride. TTR is a drafting placement game where players are creating train routes across North America to get the most points. An iconic staple of the BG world, what do our bards think of it?? You'll have to watch to find out!You can find Ticket to Ride for yourself at:https://amzn.to/3UFvBJOJason and Robbie have the goal of introducing non-gamers to the amazing world of tabletop gaming. With over 35 years of modern board gaming experience, we strive to open newer gamers to a variety of games that may be fun and exciting for them.  Whether it's the theme, mechanics, or length of the game, we hope to demystify the negative stigma that often accompanies tabletop gaming and help players realize the tabletop gaming world is for everyone!We hope you accompany us on this journey … and join us at the table!Be sure to follow us on Instagram as well!https://www.instagram.com/bards_of_the_board/Chapters:0:00 Intro4:00 What We've Been Playing26:00 Ticket to Ride54:30 Cookie Scale1:03:30 Final Thoughts

 Volvemos de vacaciones, hablo un poco de lo que me llama la atención en un juego, luego Roi nos hablará de CarcassoneEn los juegos de la semana solo uno, Endeavour y aprovecho para hacer un rápido repaso de lo jugado en veranoEn la sección final ER y The Good WifeDESCARGAR

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Jake est en Nouvelle-Écosse pour rendre visite à Luc! Qui dit visiter Luc dit se lecher la face en mangeant des Doritos! (Mais aussi, jouer aux jeux de société.) Dans cet épisode, Jake et Luc parlent de leurs jeux de placement de tuile préférés.D'autres jeux mentionnés: Ishtar, Indigo

Jake's in Nova Scotia visiting Luc! And what do we do when we visit Luc? We tickle his feet until he tells us we're his best friend. But we also play games! In this episode, Jake and Luc talk about their favourite tile-laying games.Other games mentioned: Ishtar, Indigo

Co si představujeme, když mluvíme o středověku? Na tuto otázku každý z nás najde vlastní odpověď, díky slavnému klášteru Mont Saint Michele však přesněvíme, co si pod pojmem středověk představoval francouzský architekt a restaurátor Viollet-le-Duc. Svými projekty vytvořil skutečný mýtus středověku.Mýtus tak silný a úspěšný, že i většina lidí v dnešní době si, když se řekne francouzský středověk, představí právě jeho slavné projekty, ať se již jedná opřestavbu města Carcassone či katedrálu Notre-Dame v Paříži. Koresponduje však tato romantická pohádka o minulosti s realitou, nebo se jedná o podvod? A jak je koncept středověku v 19. století propojen se současnou pravicovou politikou? Nejen to se dozvíte v novém díle podcastu Středovek (jinak) trvá s Jiřím Macháčkem a Ivanem Folettim! Na konci vás čeká také malý spoiler o dalším dílu podcastu.Vyrobilo Centrum raně středověkých studií při Semináři dějin umění Masarykovy univerzity.S finanční podporou aukčního domu Zezula.Scénář: Ivan Foletti a Jiří MacháčekZvukový záznam: Gajane Achverdjanová a Anna KelblováZvuková postprodukce: Gajane AchverdjanováZnělka: Jakub KrausPoděkování Kláře Doležalové a Janě Černocké za přípravu textů a jejich korekturu.Pokud Vás zajímají aktivity Centra raně středověkých studií, můžete se přihlásit k odběru novinek zde česky http://eepurl.com/dJYjqU nebo anglicky http://eepurl.com/dJYtNM.Staňte se členem a podpořte naše aktivity: https://www.earlymedievalstudies.com/... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Tötet Sie Alle, Gott wird die seinen erkennen!" Mit diesen Worten soll der päpstliche Legat Arnaud Amaury 1209 das Massaker an der Bevölkerung der Stadt Béziers befohlen haben. Obwohl sich viele Katholiken dort befanden, metzelten die Soldaten des Kreuzfahrer-Heeres sie alle wahllos nieder, denn sie waren gekommen, um die Bewegung der Katharer auszurotten - die größte "ketzerische" Strömung des Mittelalters. Nachdem sie sich in Frankreich ausbreitete, geriet sie bald ins Fadenkreuz der katholischen Kirche, die den Beschluss fasste, sie gewaltsam auszurotten...........Das Folgenbild zeigt die Vertreibung der Katharer aus Carcassone 1209.........WERBUNGDu willst dir die Rabatte unserer Werbepartner sichern? Hier geht's zu den Angeboten!........LITERATURRoquebert, Michel: Die Geschichte der Katharer. Häresie, Kreuzzug und Inquisition im Languedoc [orig. Histoire des Cathares. Hérésie, Croisade, Inquisition du XIe au XIVe siècle, 1999], Stuttgart 2012.Borst, Arno: Die Katharer, Wien 2012.Pierre des Vaux-de-Cernay: Historia Albigensis/Der Kreuzzug gegen die Albigenser, übers. u. kommentiert v. Gerhard E. Sollbach, Stuttgar 2021. .........UNTERSTÜTZUNGIhr könnt uns dabei unterstützen, weiterhin jeden 10., 20. und 30. des Monats eine Folge zu veröffentlichen!Folgt und bewertet uns bei Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Podimo, Instagram, Twitter oder über eure Lieblings-Podcastplattformen. Über diesen Spendenlink oder unseren Fanartikel-Shop könnt ihr uns auch finanziell unterstützen!Wir freuen uns über euer Feedback, Input und Vorschläge zum Podcast, die ihr uns über das Kontaktformular auf der Website, Instagram und unsere Feedback E-Mail: kontakt@his2go.de schicken könnt. An dieser Stelle nochmals vielen Dank an jede einzelne Rückmeldung, die uns bisher erreicht hat und uns sehr motiviert..........COPYRIGHTMusic from https://filmmusic.io: “Sneaky Snitch” by Kevin MacLeod and "Plain Loafer" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY !Neu! Jetzt hier His2Go unterstützen, Themen mitbestimmen und Quiz2Go mit Moderatorin Chiara erleben! https://plus.acast.com/s/his2go-geschichte-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Your iPad is an excellent gaming device — not just for high-powered, graphics-driven gaming, but also for single- and multi-player board games! Rosemary Orchard and Mikah Sargent share some of their favorite iPad board games in the App Store.   Wingspan: The Board Game Ticket to Ride Carcassonne – Tiles & Tactics Love Letter - Card Game Catan Universe Exploding Kittens UNO! Phase 10: World Tour Reverse Color Score Anything News The downfall of Brydge: iPad keyboard company folds, leaving staff unpaid and customer orders unfulfilled Apple launches 20 fun new games for its award-winning Apple Arcade service Apple Music Live returns for a brand-new season with Ed Sheeran Apple brings Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro to iPad Apple Watch Pride Edition celebrates the LGBTQ+ community Shortcuts Corner Eric wants to toggle Siri's ability to announce notifications on the device's built-in speaker. Dave thanks Rosemary and Matthew for providing the advice needed to patch an Airtable record. Jeremy inquires about the Sleep Focus Mode on iPad. Feedback & Questions Michael wants to import a Voice Memo recording into their Apple Music library without using a Mac. App Caps Rosemary's App Cap: Wingscore: scoresheets Mikah's App Cap: Peridot Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to iOSToday@TWiT.tv. Sponsors: joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT grammarly.com/GO lectricebikes.com

Your iPad is an excellent gaming device — not just for high-powered, graphics-driven gaming, but also for single- and multi-player board games! Rosemary Orchard and Mikah Sargent share some of their favorite iPad board games in the App Store.   Wingspan: The Board Game Ticket to Ride Carcassonne – Tiles & Tactics Love Letter - Card Game Catan Universe Exploding Kittens UNO! Phase 10: World Tour Reverse Color Score Anything News The downfall of Brydge: iPad keyboard company folds, leaving staff unpaid and customer orders unfulfilled Apple launches 20 fun new games for its award-winning Apple Arcade service Apple Music Live returns for a brand-new season with Ed Sheeran Apple brings Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro to iPad Apple Watch Pride Edition celebrates the LGBTQ+ community Shortcuts Corner Eric wants to toggle Siri's ability to announce notifications on the device's built-in speaker. Dave thanks Rosemary and Matthew for providing the advice needed to patch an Airtable record. Jeremy inquires about the Sleep Focus Mode on iPad. Feedback & Questions Michael wants to import a Voice Memo recording into their Apple Music library without using a Mac. App Caps Rosemary's App Cap: Wingscore: scoresheets Mikah's App Cap: Peridot Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to iOSToday@TWiT.tv. Sponsors: joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT grammarly.com/GO lectricebikes.com

Your iPad is an excellent gaming device — not just for high-powered, graphics-driven gaming, but also for single- and multi-player board games! Rosemary Orchard and Mikah Sargent share some of their favorite iPad board games in the App Store.   Wingspan: The Board Game Ticket to Ride Carcassonne – Tiles & Tactics Love Letter - Card Game Catan Universe Exploding Kittens UNO! Phase 10: World Tour Reverse Color Score Anything News The downfall of Brydge: iPad keyboard company folds, leaving staff unpaid and customer orders unfulfilled Apple launches 20 fun new games for its award-winning Apple Arcade service Apple Music Live returns for a brand-new season with Ed Sheeran Apple brings Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro to iPad Apple Watch Pride Edition celebrates the LGBTQ+ community Shortcuts Corner Eric wants to toggle Siri's ability to announce notifications on the device's built-in speaker. Dave thanks Rosemary and Matthew for providing the advice needed to patch an Airtable record. Jeremy inquires about the Sleep Focus Mode on iPad. Feedback & Questions Michael wants to import a Voice Memo recording into their Apple Music library without using a Mac. App Caps Rosemary's App Cap: Wingscore: scoresheets Mikah's App Cap: Peridot Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to iOSToday@TWiT.tv. Sponsors: joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT grammarly.com/GO lectricebikes.com

In today's episode Chris puts Catan on the table in honor of the late Klaus Teuber. Andy ask if we will Play Shelf Trade a trio of gateway games, Carcassone, Codename, and Splendor. Then, Daniel asks the questions, what makes you replace a game. Finally, John runs down number13 - 9 of the best selling board games of all time according to Fun.com. Who will you be rooting for? Now join us Around the Board. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aroundtheboardshow Top 20 can be found at: https://www.fun.com/best-selling-board-games-all-time.html

Welcome to this weeks episode where we focus on a member of the boardgamer community and this week we chat to Dennis!! Dennis, who is also known as Ordinary_Board_Gamer on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook can be found constantly producing awesome boardgame related content for both his channel and for AlleyCatGames as one of their brand ambassadors. PJ and Gareth chat to Dennis about his boardgame journey, games he loves (and hates!) and content production..oh and the start of a new song... the 3.74 song.... Games mentioned: Catan, Ticket to Ride, Carcassone, Obsession, Tiny Epic Vikings ,Agricola and quite a few more!   You can find Dennis's IG profile here Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame fix via a podcast in only 30 minutes!  IG: @Meeple2Meeple Meeple2Meeple on Podbean Linktree: Meeple2Meeple Gareth personal IG: @BoardGameMeeple PJ personal IG: @The_Cajun_Gamer #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meeple2meeple/message

On this episode of the Lair of Secrets, we take a look at our favorite board games, including Catan, Carcassone, Pandemic, and Space Hulk. We also venture back to the game room to check out the very modern PlayStation 5, the very retro Atari 50 video game museum/collection, and two newer video games: Sexy Brutale … S3E10 Board Games We Love Read More »

On this episode of the Lair of Secrets, we take a look at our favorite board games, including Catan, Carcassone, Pandemic, and Space Hulk. We also venture back to the game room to check out the very modern PlayStation 5, the very retro Atari 50 video game museum/collection, and two newer video games: Sexy Brutale … S3E10 Board Games We Love Read More » The post S3E10 Board Games We Love appeared first on Lair Of Secrets.

Oggi parliamo di castelli europei.. ma non castelli qualsiasi: i castelli delle fiabe, quelli che hanno ispirato le fiabe della nostra infanzia!Quindi vediamo: Il Castello di Carcassone, FranciaIl Castello di Kronborg, DanimarcaIl Castello Conwy, Regno UnitoIl Castello di Neuschwanstein, GermaniaPer offrirmi un caffè virtuale e sostenere il podcast: https://ko-fi.com/europagrandtour Trovi la trascrizione della puntata e oltre alle fonti, foto e eventuali approfondimenti su: https://www.europagrandtour.com Della stessa autrice: il podcast Storia D'Europa, https://www.storiadeuropa.com e il blog di cucina con audio-ricette https://www.cucinaeuropea.com

In our most hungover and rambling episode yet, we discuss cute games with cute animals. How do we feel about the natural world of Cascadia? Is it the perfect chill gateway game - and how does it compare to other tile and meeple placement GREATS like Carcassone and Alhambra? We meander towards the Panda-centric Takenoko and chat about how "cuteness" and theme can make or break a game. Join us on this fairytale trek into boardgame nonsense! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode, cycling journalist and former CyclingTips Editor-in-Chief Caley Fretz joins Randall to discuss cycling's changing media landscape, the economic headwinds facing professional journalists, emerging models for supporting quality reporting and story-telling, and how the meaning of cycling changes as one pedals through life. Also: press-fit bottom brackets, hookless road rims, and too-stiff components and frames. Episode sponsors: Thesis Bike and Logos Components  Support the Podcast Join The Ridership  Links to Caley's work: The Road to Nairo's House: https://cyclingtips.com/2018/01/the-road-to-nairos-house/ The Teaching Toe Strap: https://www.velonews.com/news/road/the-toe-strap/ Tales From The Tour: The Rest Day Pose: https://cyclingtips.com/2018/07/tales-from-the-tour-the-rest-day-pose/ Automated Transcription, please excuse the typos: [00:00:00] Craig Dalton: Hello and welcome to the gravel ride podcast. I'm your host Craig Dalton. This week on the show, I'm handing the microphone off to my co-host Randall Jacobs. Who's got veteran cycling journalists, Kaylee frets on the pod. To discuss some of the challenges and opportunities facing cycling journalism. You may know Kaylee from his work as editor in chief, over at cycling tips. And prior to that over at Velo news, both publications have undergone some downsizing of late. The economic headwinds facing professional journalists. Our strong, particularly in the cycling world. If we want to have quality reporting and storytelling. A new model needs to emerge. I don't know where this is all gonna end up, but I was super excited that Kaylee agreed to join Randall on the podcast. To just get his perspective and to get into some good old fashioned by geekery. Before we jump in we need to thank this week sponsors from thesis and logos components As many of you know, I'm a long time it's thesis. OB one rider for a limited time thesis is offering $500 off a thesis, OB one with access custom wireless shifting, and your choice of high-end carbon wheels. It's a bike that I can personally attest, stands up to every other carbon bike out there on the market at a really great price. One of the things that I've always appreciated about thesis is that they allow. A unique level of customization. So if you want size appropriate cranks down to, I think 160 or 165 millimeters, you can do that. You can get your stem size, you can customize everything. Based on a free one-on-one consult. So go check out thesis.bike, or contact. Hello at thesis stoplight to get started. I also want to give a shout out to logos components. Logos just receive huge recognition from bike packing.com and was awarded the gear of the year award for the wheelset category in 2022. You might recall an episode. We did a while back on how to choose a gravel wheel set, where Randall went through detail by detail on the design considerations When constructing a carbon wheelset I encourage you to listen to that as it provided a lot of riders with reflection on what they were looking for and what all the different things were, all logos wheels are built on proven open standards with non-proprietary components and with a manufacturing precision. That rivals anybody in the industry, the wheels are backed by Logus is five-year warranty, lifetime at-cost incident protection. And a US-based warehouse and support team to keep you rolling for many years to come. So head on over to logos components.com and use the code community free shipping all one word to take advantage of a free shipping offer. With that business behind us I'm going to pass the microphone back over to randall and his conversation with kaylee frets [00:03:06] Randall R. Jacobs: It's been quite a bit. I think I last saw you at Sea Otter. How have you been? What's going on in your world? [00:03:11] Caley Fretz: Well, I'm unemployed as of November 15th. I mean, yeah, let's just, we can get that one right outta the way. Right. I was part of the layoffs at Outside Inc. To be somewhat differentiated from Outside Magazine for anybody out there. I mean, outside Inc. Does own outside magazine, but it also owns lots and lots of other things. Yeah, myself the editor-in-Chief of Venu as well and two of the CT staff, two really core CT staff. Matt, our managing editor, and Dave Rome, one of our tech editors and, and kinda a legend in space. We're all let go on the same day on November 15th. So I am currently super fun employed and I think after we chat today, I'm probably gonna go skiing cuz it's snowing up in the mountains right now. And so I'm, I'm somewhat enjoying myself. But, you know, fun employment brings with it some level of stress as well, . So that's, that's how I'm doing right now. Yeah. [00:03:59] Randall R. Jacobs: Well, and I appreciate you sharing. I think last we rode together. You were still living in Boulder and you've since moved to beautiful Durango. When was that move? [00:04:07] Caley Fretz: That was shortly after we had our, our first child. My wife grew up here and, and we have grandparents here to help with childcare and all the rest. And we just wanted to get off the front range. No offense to the front range. There's too many people and there's fewer people here. And I can go skiing 18 minutes from here, from my door, and I can't really complain about that. [00:04:27] Randall R. Jacobs: Housing costs are probably a little bit less bonkers out that way as well. I was in Denver and particularly Boulderer lately, and it is nuts. [00:04:34] Caley Fretz: it's a little bit better here, although not as, Not as good as it was four or five years ago. It, it, it's a zoom town, right? So in the last couple years it has, it's gone up like 28% or something ridiculous in, in 2021. We love it here. It's amazing. Durango, the bike community here is, is unbelievable. The mountain biking is unbelievable. And there's nobody that, you have not as many people to share all the trails with. So I, we like that bit of it as well. [00:04:59] Randall R. Jacobs: Very, very cool. And so let's just dive into, cuz, cuz I've been curious share a bit about your background. So I, I've only known you as, you know, in your role as, as a journalist and editor at Cycling Tips. But how do you end up on this path? [00:05:13] Caley Fretz: Oh I mean, how far back do you want to go? I, I, I started racing mountain bikes at 12 or 13 years old. My dad was a cyclist. My dad was, I think one of the founding members of the Penn State cycling team, collegiate cycling team back in the day. So I grew up around bikes and I grew up around bike racing and watching the tour and all these things. And yeah, started racing when my family moved to Burlington, Vermont back in the day at Catamount Family Centers. Anybody who, yep. Very, very northeast connection. That's where I, that was all my youth. Yeah. Any, any any new [00:05:45] Randall R. Jacobs: and, and your dad is still in Vermont, if I recall [00:05:48] Caley Fretz: Yeah, yeah. He he actually just retired, but he, he used to run a small like sort of children's museum aquarium thing called Echo on the, on the waterfront in Burlington. And yeah so, so grew up, grew up racing, grew up around bikes, and went to school out here in Colorado. Mostly to ride by bike to, to ma major in bike racing, pre primarily . Much to my parents chagrin, I would say. And let's see what it, what would've been like junior year, summer in between junior and senior year of, of college. Shout out to a friend of mine, Brian Holcomb, who's still in, in the bike world basically came to me and was like, Hey, you should, you should be an intern at Be News. And so I did that and I, and I, I became an intern at Bean News and worked the summer there. And Ben Delaney was the editor-in-chief at the time, and Ben was, Ben was kind enough to bring me on in a, in a kind of part-time capacity that fall. and then it kind of just went from there. So, so yeah, a couple folks who were still floating around the bike world, I, I owe a lot to at this point. Ben and, and Brian and Zach Vest, who was sort of one of my first mentors and has been a, a marketing manager at Niner and a other, a Scott and a couple other places recently. Math yeah, and just kinda worked from there. So I was a tech editor at sort of tech writer at Be News for a couple years, tech editor at Be News for a couple years. And then kinda worked my way into bigger and broader beats basically, and, and kind of stepped into the racing space a little bit more. Became, I think it was like think it was senior editor or whatever the title was at the end of my, my Bella News tenure which was 2017 which is when Wade Wallace got in touch from cycling tips and he was actually just looking for a person to fill a somewhat similar role, kind of like a features writer do a bit of everything kind of writer. And I loved the idea. I loved cycling tips. I loved the brand. I loved everything that stood for, I loved the fact that it was kinda an up and comer and I had been at Villa News long enough that I was just was looking for a change basically. And so I, I jumped ship from one to the other, from Helen News to ct. Remained really good friends with lots of folks at, at vn particularly guys like Andrew Hood who had done a bunch of Tour de France with and things like that. It's like no hard feelings in that, in that jump. Just wanted something new. And within about a year of that for a number of different reasons Wade had promoted me to editor-in-chief at ct. So that was around 20, mid middle of 2018. And it was an interesting time kind of from a business perspective cuz it was near the end of a period when, when CT was owned by bike Exchange in Australia and we were about to be purchased by Pink Bike. And with all of that happening and then in particular with the purchase from Pink Bike we got a bunch more resource and really could expand into what I think most people probably know, cycline tips as now or maybe we'll say six months ago what they knew it as up, up until quite recently. And yeah. I'm trying to think this, there's not my time. My my time as EIC of, of CIP is, is obviously I think what most listeners out there would probably know, if not of me, then you at least know CIP and you know what we were trying to do there. [00:08:52] Randall R. Jacobs: I know how much grief there is out there for, that core team having been broken up. A lot of people, myself included, who value the perspective that you bring to the industry. It's not simply you know, flipping press releases which, you know, there's a place for like, there's, you know, some people that's, they wanna see what the press releases are but doing really interesting journalism. One of your colleagues Ian tralo, he's done some interesting pieces on Central Asian despots in their role in cycling and on the Afghan women's cycling team. And the controversy with how the UCI was prioritizing getting certain members of that team and the organization out of Afghanistan when the US was backing out. Like, this is not your standard bike industry journalism. And that's an angle that I think is going to be very much missed in the vacuum that's created by your departure and the departure of others from that team. [00:09:42] Caley Fretz: Yeah. It's a sad thing. I think the overwhelming emotion for a lot of us is, is just sadness because we spend a lot of time building this thing and a lot of time and energy and effort and, and yeah. No blood, but probably some sweat and tears in there. And yeah, and it feels that's just sad. You know, I. I enjoyed my time there tremendously. I enjoyed working with people like Ian, with James Huang, with Dave, who got laid off alongside me. It was just a really, I can't say it was massively surprising giving a number of things that I can't actually talk about. But I I, oh, I am still very saddened by it. Yeah, I mean, it's not gonna be what it was because a bunch of the people are gone like that, that, that I can say . Yeah. [00:10:28] Randall R. Jacobs: Yeah. Now, remind me, when did James join the team? Because he, he's someone I've admired for years [00:10:33] Caley Fretz: yeah. He, he joined a, I think about 18 months before I did. So when, when bike exchange, when, when Wade first sold a, a large portion of cycling tips to bike exchange that was sort of the first. Let's say capital infusion that, that the company got. And a lot of that was used to pick up kind of high profile folks, particularly in the United States which is what's sort of their next, the next market that, that Wade wanted to go after. So that was, they picked up James and they picked up Neil Rogers in the us as well as some other folks like, like Shane Stokes in the uk or Ireland, I believe he is right now. Yeah, so, so that was all a little bit before I got there. And part of my, sort of what they asked me to do, what Wade asked me to do when, when I became editor in chief was to figure out exactly how to best use people like James, who do phenomenal work. I mean, I, I, I maintain to this day that the three-person team, the three-person tech team that, that we had at Zeman Tips over the last year which would be James and Dave Rome and Ronan McLaughlin in Ireland as well. Was the best anywhere in cycling media? There's no, there's no question in my mind about that. And so basically trying to figure out how to steer that talent was one of the big things that I was tasked with doing over the last three, four years. [00:11:44] Randall R. Jacobs: Well, and you know, when you read a review from any of those team members that you're, you're getting it straight you know, for better or for worse for the brands that are at the mercy of, of that team. But honestly, it keeps the industry honest. And I recall early in my career in the bike particularly James' writing be being something that I referenced constantly. And in fact, when I was at one of the big players, if I needed to make an argument, I would oftentimes grab an article from someone like him to bring to the argument like, no press fit is not acceptable. And we're gonna spend the extra money and add the weight, and we're gonna tell a story about how a two piece thread together is a better solution. And honestly, it's a solution to fix what was broken when you went, you know, but that's, that's a, that's a, a hobby horse that I think we've all been riding for some time. [00:12:29] Caley Fretz: love hearing that though. I, I genuinely love hearing that because I mean, oh, first of all, James would also love hearing that. He'd be very proud of that fact. I think and yeah, like we, we know that that was the case, right? I mean, we, we the three of us have been making a, a podcast called Nerd Alert for, for, for the last year and a half or two years or whatever. And I got a fair number of, of Less than pleased emails off the back of, of that podcast. Cause we were quite honest in our assessment of what we thought was happening in the industry. And in particular, like I haven't been a tech editor for. Eight, nine years. I'm just a cyclist at this point. But Dave and James are so deep inside it and think they spend so much of their lives thinking about that stuff that yeah. You, you can't ignore their opinions, right? You absolutely can't ignore their opinions. And I think that's, that's a testament to one, the fact that they do their research. And two the fact that they've been right a number of times. And like over the years, I would say that CT is, was known as the anti press fit media outlet, right? Which is like, there are worse things to be associated with, I think, than hating on creaky bottom brackets. Like, who, who wouldn't wanna hate 'em? Creaky bottom brackets. That makes perfect sense to me. [00:13:33] Randall R. Jacobs: Well, and it, and it's deeper than just a creaky bottom bracket. It's detracting from this experience that we are all so passionate about. And so, I think that having someone out there who has influence saying no, this is not the way it should be. Hear the arguments and, and, you know, let a case be made. Hey, you know, come on the podcast and talk about why you think press fit is, is the best way to go about it if you really wanna make that case. But yeah, it's an approach that I, you know, I, I'll take you up on it, but I, I'd probably be on the same side with you on more or less every issue with the exception of maybe a few nuances here and there. But yeah, actually let's have some fun with this. Other stuff other than press fit bottom brackets that would be your hill to die on. [00:14:15] Caley Fretz: well. So actually Dave Ro and I so reminder, Dave Ro and I were both just recently laid off. And so our free, we, we are free to do whatever we want. I don't have a non-compete or anything like that. Right. So, we've kicked, we've kicked off a little podcast and. [00:14:28] Randall R. Jacobs: What is it called? [00:14:29] Caley Fretz: It's called, [00:14:29] Randall R. Jacobs: do people find it? [00:14:30] Caley Fretz: well at the moment it's called the redundant placeholders because we have no idea what to call it. So if you search it, I think any of the, any of the podcast platforms, if you search redundant placeholders, able to find it, you can also find it on, on any of my social channels. I'm at K Fretz on everything cause I'm the only person on the planet with my name. So that's very handy. Anyway David and I were talking about like, okay, so if we were actually literally talking about this yesterday, which is why it's funny that you bring up bottom brackets. Like if, if the bottom bracket the anti press fit bandwagon was the one that we were leading before, what's our, what's our new thing that we get to hate on? And we've actually decided that one of the things that we're most interested in pushing, and if you listen to the episode from this week, you would, you would hear this is bikes that are too stiff and just stuff that's too stiff. So specifically Dave, this, this week brought up the topic of of handlebars that are just like, Way too stiff. Right? Just, just ridiculously stiff. We were talking about the, the 35 mill trend on in mountain bikes, which I hate. And like, I've got a, you know, I've got a giant, I've got a giant trail bike with 170 Mill fork, and then I wanna stick like a, just a two by four in my hands. I don't really understand why I want to do that. And I've ended up with like, like more sort of hand cramp and hand pain on this bike than I've ever had previously. And it's got more travel than any bike that I've, I've had previously. So that, those two things don't really line up in, in my head, right? And, and so Dave and I were basically talking about pushing, pushing back on this need for for stiffer and stiffer and stiffer and stiffer all the time. And the fact that a lot of us don't need that, or really don't want it either. Not only do we not need it, we really don't want it because it makes the broad experience worse. I told a little story about how one of the best bikes I've ever ridden was a not particularly expensive mazzi steel frame, steel fork, steel frame. Then I put a pair of zip 3 0 3 carbon wheels on, so nice, nice light stiff wheel set with a somewhat flexi bike, flexi fork, flexi flexi frame. But it rode like an absolute dream, you know, 27 2 post it might have even had, it might have even not had oversized bars. I can't remember. This is, this is like eight, nine years ago now. And I loved it. I absolutely loved this bike. It, it, it got up and went when I asked it to, and I think the wheel set made a huge difference in, in that. But then it, it cornered like an absolute dream and it was comfortable and it was, it was just beautiful. And it was a, a not particularly expensive steel mozzie, right? Like . So that's, that's, that's the that's the high horse upon which we find ourselves now. The fight for less stiff. Bicycles, I think is what we're gonna go after next. [00:17:06] Randall R. Jacobs: Well, and you can kind of take that a step further, talking about steel frames, for example. If you get a steel frame, even a, a pretty decent steel frame at say o e m cost is going to be quite a bit less than a monocot carbon frame. And you don't have all the tooling costs and everything else, and you can change the geometry if you need to without having to retool. And those bikes are gonna be inherently more affordable at the same time. And unless you're an elite racer who's having to sprint off the line or so on, you know, you either spend less money for an equivalent bike that suits your needs well and is comfortable, or you spend the same money and you put it into say, better wheels. You don't get the cheap out wheels with the three Paul hubs that fall apart and in a year and what have you. Yeah, that's one I'll join you on. [00:17:46] Caley Fretz: So that, so [00:17:47] Randall R. Jacobs: right. So I'm joining the battalion. What? [00:17:50] Caley Fretz: That's what we're pushing from [00:17:51] Randall R. Jacobs: I've got another one for you. And, and this, this one I don't think you'll disagree with cuz we talked about sea otter hooks, bead hooks. So bead bead hooks on any real wheels that are marketed for use with road tubeless. [00:18:05] Caley Fretz: I, yeah. I, I don't feel like I am, I, I like having this conversation with James or Dave around because they know the actual technical reasons. You, yourself probably in the same boat. You know, the actual tech technical reasons why this is, this is a, a terrible idea or a good idea, I guess if, if you're talking other direction. I just know that as a, essentially, like I am kind of just a consumer these days, right? Like I said, I, I, I have not been a tech editor. It has not been my job to follow. Bicycle technology for close to a decade now. So I'm basically just a, a, a heavily invested consumer who pays, you know, quite close attention, right? And as a heavily invested consumer, I cannot figure out if my wheels and tires are going to kill me at the moment. And I think that that is not really an acceptable way forward. I don't , I don't think that that should be allowed in the cycling space. And I, and I, every single time I say that, I get a bunch of hook list aficionados coming back at me saying that, oh, it's quite easy. This works with this and this. I'm like, yeah, but I, I, as a person who does not want to go through a bunch of like charts to figure out what tire to run, I don't want that. Just put hooks back on my rims. I don't care about the 40 grams or whatever. It's, I just don't care. [00:19:14] Randall R. Jacobs: Well, would you like some more ammo for those arguments when they come up? [00:19:17] Caley Fretz: give me more. Am. [00:19:18] Randall R. Jacobs: All right. So, so first off the, it used to be the case that it was a substantial, you know, a reasonable weight penalty and higher cost that is substantially mitigated by new forming techniques for the bead hooks and mini hooks that you can create that have the same impact resistance as hook list, add about five, maybe 10 grams per rim at the high end. And cost, yeah, the cost is a little bit higher, but, you know, insurance premiums aren't cheap either. And if you have a single incident, that's gonna be a problem. So, you know, it was an obvious investment when we made that choice for any wheel that we're marketing for use with anything, say smaller than a 34. Plus you get the compatibility with non tules as you well know. But the other part is you think about the fact that there are compatibility charts that exist, right? [00:20:05] Caley Fretz: I don't want [00:20:06] Randall R. Jacobs: that [00:20:06] Caley Fretz: in charts. [00:20:08] Randall R. Jacobs: yeah. It, it's like if that is the case, then maybe the tolerances are too tight and it, it's actually, I'll tell you from the inside, it, it's actually worse than that because any good company is going to check every single rim for its bead seat circumference, right? So those are pretty easy to get within spec. And then the tires, the tires are not all checked. To my knowledge. They're kind of randomly checked. So, okay, now you, now you could have a variation. You only need one. That's not to tolerance, but let's say both of those are in are intolerance. Well, now you have the. and if the tape is too thick or too thin, or someone puts two layers on, they replace the tape or whatever. Maybe it was intolerance initially, but, and then you change it and you know, you do two layers. Now the bead is too tight, it wants to drop into the channel and then pop over the edge of the, of the hook. And so it's just not good. It's just all sorts of not good [00:21:03] Caley Fretz: I hate it so much. It's just, yeah. Yeah. I mean, I, I, I always, I was cognizant when, back in, when we were making the Nerd Alert podcast that, you know, we didn't just want to complain about things. Right? Like, we didn't just want to tell the industry that it was, it was doing things wrong. Cuz most of the time this industry does great things and they build lots of amazing bikes that I love to ride. There's just a couple things like this that are like, what, what are we doing? Like, is, is this, is this the beam counters? Is it the gram counters? What counters are, are causing ? This particular, it must be the bean counters at this point. But I hate it either [00:21:42] Randall R. Jacobs: Bean counter. And then, then also the, the marketing hypers. Right? So there's a new thing. Hopeless is a new thing. Car, car wheels don't have hooks. Why do bicycle school wheels have hooks? Well, you know, because it's 110 p s i that people are sometimes putting in there. That's why [00:21:57] Caley Fretz: car wheels have 33 Psi . Yeah. It's like a mountain bike tire. Yes. Well, I, we agree on that point. And I, I think that that is one that we will continue to complain about. And I will just continue to be annoyed that I, that I can't feel confident in what I'm writing without doing a bunch of, of searching and Google searching, and I don't want to have to do that. [00:22:15] Randall R. Jacobs: Nor should your average rider need to rely on that in order to be safe like that. That's the part that I find kind of, kind of bonkers. [00:22:23] Caley Fretz: Average rider doesn't even know to do that. That's the problem. [00:22:26] Randall R. Jacobs: yeah. True. And the la the last part of that is why do the tire pressure recommendation charts kind of go to 70 proportional with the weight and then they just kind of taper off. You know, that that also kind of tells you something about the confidence in this you know, particular combination of tire and rim and, and pressure and so on. But all right. Should we, well, I guess we hop off this high horse then. That was good fun. I could do this all day. So you mentioned Ben Delaney, and he's an interesting person to bring up because he's a, a mutual acquaintance. Also somebody who's writing, I've been reading since my early days in the industry and also somebody who has been trying to figure out how to navigate the changing landscape in cycling media, which the business model for, for media in general has undergone a dramatic shift. And in his case, he's has his new YouTube channel and is doing freelance work for certain publications and is making a go of it that way. But how would you describe the industry dynamics as having changed during your time in the media side? [00:23:29] Caley Fretz: Oh, I mean, I would say I was relatively insulated from it personally for a long time. And until I kind of reached a, a, a level of management, so to speak, that it became my problem , I didn't spend a whole lot of time thinking about it. Yeah, Ben was unfortunately the, the, the, the victim of a, an outside layoff a, a while ago. So he's been making a solo go of it since I think May or June of, of, of last year. Or this year, 2022. And yeah, like his, his he's experimenting and, and it's, it's good to, I like watching him trying to figure this out, right, because I feel like he's kind of doing it for all of us at the moment and, and trying to figure out exactly, you know, various ways to, to make this thing work and. He is, got his, his YouTube channel's. Great. I mean, I watch it all the time. I'm actually gonna be on it sometime soon. I just, just recorded a thing with him picking our favorite products of the year. I think I went in a slight, I think I went in a slightly different direction than, than probably most of his guests. Cause my favorite product was bar Mitz for my cargo bike. So slightly different place than, than probably a lot of folks he's talking to. But the, the media as a whole, I mean, it's rough out there. It's rough out there, right? Like I have spent an inordinate amount of time thinking about this and trying to figure this out over the last couple years as has like weighed my former boss at C T E before he left over the summer. As is everybody, I mean, frankly, like as is Robin Thurston the CEO of outside, right? Like he is genuinely trying to make this thing work. And at the moment as layoffs kind of. It's hard, right? It's really, really hard to, to get people to pay for something that they haven't had to pay for historically, you're, you're trying to put the genie back in the bottle, right? That's what we are trying to do. And it's really, really, really difficult. And then, frankly, it's one of the things we were most proud of at Cycline Tips is that we did have this core, hyper engaged audience that was willing to pay us for, for what we did. And not only just pay us for like, the content that they had access to, but pay us for the whole community that we had built. Right. I mean there, there's a, there's a Velo Club, which is the, the sort of membership program. Atip, there's a Slack group for Velo Club which I, which I'm concerned about right now. But that group of people, couple thousand people not, it's not the entirety of the membership. It's, it's like sort of the most hardcore of the membership, I would say. And it's a couple thousand people. It's sort of like its own little private forum, right? And, and they support each other and they ask each other questions, and they ask us questions asked, past tense, asked us questions. You know, when, when, when they had a tech question, they, they, they ping James and they had a racing question. They, they would, they would ping me or they would ping Matt e or something like that. And they would also just answer each other's questions. And they've built this, this incredible community there. That for me, underpins any successful, particularly sort of niche media or, or, or, or vertical media business. Because those are the people that not only are they giving you money to, to keep lights on, but they're, they're your, they're your biggest advocates, right? They're your, your most important advocates in the space. They're the people that, that tell their friends. They're the people that get other people signed up. They are, they're more important than any marketing spend you could, you could ever possibly utilize. Right? So that, that was one of the things we were really proud of the last couple years. And I think that that is a model in some ways for, for, for going forward. So, you know, like I said, I'm, I don't have a non-compete. I can start anything I want right now and, and I, and to be, to be very blunt, like I fully plan to I think that, [00:26:54] Randall R. Jacobs: think you absolutely should at this. You clearly have an audience that that misses your voice and that values what you brought to the table. [00:27:00] Caley Fretz: Yeah. And, and I would say it like, honestly, it's, it's even, it's less my voice and it's more like Dave Rome and Matt and like the rest of the crew because I, I, I do like to put, you know, put the folks that that were writing day, day in, day out for ct, like, well ahead of anything that I was doing. But I, I did spend more time than they did thinking about how to, how to build a media business. And so, yeah, I, you know, we wanna, we wanna, we wanna do something here. That there's it's only been a couple weeks since we were, we were. Let go. So we're still figuring out what the details are. But like I said, you know, we've already kicked off a little podcast. We know that there's a lot of people out there that are kind of waiting for this. And we will, we will just try to give them what they want, I guess. I mean, my, in my mind, the, ideal sort of media entity of the future and I, I've used this term a couple times with, with Dave in, in talking about these things is, is essentially an aggregation of niches or niches if, depending on which pronunciation you prefer. So rather than try to go really broad and talk about a little bit of everything, which, which tends to be kind of the model across most of cycling media, I prefer a concept where you, you essentially allow editors to. To dive into their, their interests and their strengths. Right? You know, you take, you take Dave Rome and you say, Dave, you love tools. You're real weirdo about it. But we appreciate your weirdness and we, we, we embrace it and, and do it. Like, tell me everything you can possibly tell me about tools, because I'm pretty sure there's an audience there. And even if it's not that big, even if it's a couple thousand people, if they are hyper engaged with you, a couple thousand people in a recurring membership model, recurring revenue model is enough to pay Dave plus some, right? And then you sort of, you take that concept and you, and you expand it out. And yeah, it's, it's, it becomes the basis by which you can build a, a, a media entity. That I think is, is sustainable. Not none, nothing I'm saying here is wholly original, right? Like this is the broadly the direction that a lot of different media entities are going. Anybody sort of follows that world. There's, there's like, there's a new politics site called S four that is essentially the same rough concept, right? You, you dive headlong into, into particular beats. You provide a ton of depth in those beats. You hit the, the audience, people who, who really care about that particular topic, and you pull that group in and then you do the same thing over here and you pull that group in, you do the same thing over here, and you pull that group in. And there's for sure people that care about more than one obviously. But you really, like, you focus really deep on each one of these things. And that's the, that's the, if I could build something and, and I, you know, like I said, I, I intend to try, that's the concept. I think that that makes the most sense to me from a. from a business perspective, from an editorial perspective, from from every perspective I can, I can think of, basically. [00:29:59] Randall R. Jacobs: Yeah, so I've had folks like Russ Roca from PathLessPedaled. On the pod. He has a YouTube channel you may or may not be familiar with, but that's become his livelihood, right. And he has sustainers through Patreon. He doesn't do endorsements and things like that. I don't think he's doing any sort of sponsored episodes or anything of that sort. And he's been able to make a living. And there are obviously plenty of YouTuber influencer types who may have less scruples about promoting things and things of that sort. But who I'm curious, either within bike or, or outside a bike what projects do you see succeeding in the model that you could imagine emulating or building upon? Because I've seen a bunch of attempts at it and it's, it's a really tough nut to [00:30:43] Caley Fretz: it's a tough not to crack. I, I would say that the biggest and most obvious is the athletic, which was just purchased by the New York Times for something like, I think it was 425 million. Now, so the sort of caveat around that is that that's probably less than they were actually hoping for. This is a, a VC funded media entity that, that primarily covers ball sports. And their whole thing was you take, you, you, you essentially apply the beat reporter model of like a local newspaper. You know, you, you, the, the, the Denver Post for example, will have a Broncos beat reporter. Then all they do is talk about the Broncos, right? And, and they're even allowed to kind of be fans of the Broncos a little bit. They take that and they apply it to every single ball sport. So both types of football, you know, baseball, basketball, all the rest. And they apply a beat reporter to every major team. And sometimes more than one beat reporter to, to really big teams. You know, like if we're talking English, English Premier League you know, Manchester United has a couple different writers on it. Aston Villa has probably won, right? So, but, but, but even so, if you're a massive Aston Villa fan and you just want your Aston Villa News, you can go, you know that the athletics gonna have it cuz they have a person who is dedicated to your team and nothing else but your team. So you can also get like, okay, well I want some broader, I want World Cup news, I want, I want the Manchester United news. I want the Ronaldo news, but I really want my Aston Villa guy, right. That is essentially the same model that I'm talking about where like, I believe that people really want Dave Rome's tool. They probably also care about lots of other things that, that we will write about. But they really want Dave room's tool stuff. And that's probably the thing that's actually gonna get them across the line from a, from a membership perspective, right? Is that deep, deep, deep love of this one thing that a content creator they like is talking about. That's the kind of thing that, that, that moves the needle in. So yeah, the athletic is, is kind of the biggest, most obvious example of this kind of working. They made I think some strategic areas early on in the way that they pulled staff together that made it quite an expensive organization to run. And I think that's part, probably part of the reason why they didn't get quite as much cash for it as they thought. But still building a media a media entity from nothing in the last, I think it started five years ago or so. I remember sitting at a Tor de France press buffet with some of the. The British. So at the time it was, you know, sky Era. A lot of big name British sport writers, sports writers were coming over the tour, and a couple of those guys were talking about job offers from the athletic and actually like how insanely well paid they were going to be So I think [00:33:13] Randall R. Jacobs: And the, these are full, full-time positions. We're not [00:33:15] Caley Fretz: oh, yeah, yeah. [00:33:16] Randall R. Jacobs: Just shifting everything to freelance. Like so [00:33:18] Caley Fretz: No, no, no. These are, yeah, [00:33:20] Randall R. Jacobs: models Do. [00:33:21] Caley Fretz: no, I mean, I don't, I mean, perhaps they're contractors or something, but like, you know, the, the, these individuals are writing a, a story a day most of the time about the particular beat that they're talking about. A story every other day, depending on the, on the, on the writer probably. But anyway, yeah, about about five years ago. So you see, you know, you've got a media entity that's only about five years old and just sold to the New York Times for half a million or whatever it was, or sorry, half a billion. [00:33:43] Randall R. Jacobs: Yeah. [00:33:43] Caley Fretz: a pretty, that's a success story in my mind. And shows that the. The model can work, I think. There's no guarantees and that's a scale that I don't really have any need, want, or desire to come anywhere near. But I do think that the core essentially value proposition of membership that they, that they showed worked, can work elsewhere. It can work in cycling, can work across endurance media, I think. [00:34:12] Randall R. Jacobs: Well, and again, with my kind of very cursory understanding of the space, they were required by the New York Times, which itself went through its own economic model crisis and had to make the switch to a paywall. And the quality of the content was sufficient that they're, they're making such large acquisitions, so they must be doing something right. They're, they're not the failing New York Times. As some folks called them a few years ago. I think there's also something to be said for consolidating quality and having the interaction of the sort that you did at at cycling tips, not just through Velo Club but also just the comments section. It, it was a very unique space and your team was in there. Interacting and the, the nature of the communication that I saw, the way that your readers were engaging there, it didn't seem hierarchical at all. It was a conversation with, with you and your team and that that was very, very cool to see. And that was something quite special that I think is more a consequence of the people involved than of the particular platform as special as cycling tips was. And I was one of the early readers that was, those are my racing days when it was literally just the blog and it was pointers on how to train. It was the cool thing at the time. And. Actual cycling tips. Yeah. That name was, was a direct, directly correlated with the contents. But I don't know if I've shared this with you, but in addition to the podcast, which is founded by Craig Dalton we also started this Slack community called the Ridership, which also is bit over a couple thousand members, and also has these like healthy dynamics. We call it a, a community of Rogers Helping Riders. And that was directly inspired by what you guys do at Velo. like saw what you were doing over there was just something that wanted to emulate, found inspiring saw a place for. And I'd be curious one of the things that Craig and I have talked about, is some form of shared platform that's somehow democratically governed. Where content creators and those who are engaging with their content who wanna support them and so on, can all meet and having that be something centralized in the sense that it's all meeting in the same place, but decentralized in terms of the governance structure, and then maybe even set up as a non-profit. I'm curious if you've had any thoughts around that sort of thing. [00:36:35] Caley Fretz: Yeah, I've actually sort of played around with similar ideas. We, yeah. In this, well, and again, in the sort of couple weeks that I've been thinking about, really thinking about this now we thought through, so, so ironically, one of the things that. There's been a fair number of complaints around with outside was was essentially like web three and, and NFT stuff. However some of that technology would actually make something like what you're talking about potentially work quite a bit better. Again, I haven't spent, we, we didn't go too far down this, this, this rabbit hole cause we feel like getting something off the ground relatively quickly is, is, is a priority. But I agree that, that something platforms work, right? Like that's essentially, that, that's all YouTube is, is just a platform for other people to, to, to put content on. They monetize it over top. They give you a cut, they take most of it. That's a, it's a pretty good business actually. So like could you do that for endurance sports, perhaps? Probably. Are there enough? Are there enough really high quality individual content creators out there to make that work? Probably, maybe like, are, are there enough Ben Delaney's, who would love to probably work with a platform that, that increased their visibility? But, you know, in, in exchange for a cut of whatever he's making, probably. I mean, that's essentially the, the deal that he's made with YouTube, right? Like we were saying. I think there's something there. I don't, I think it'd, I think it'd be incredibly difficult to, to get off the ground and would almost have to be quite organic and you'd have to be kind of willing to, to sit on it and let it grow for quite some time or, or sit on a bunch of investment money and, and do it that way. Which I don't necessarily have the time for at this point in time, but I like the idea. I really, I like, I genuinely, you know, I've, I've had a lot of conversations with other people in, in bike media over the last couple weeks because for obvious reasons, people giving me a ring. They're saying a lot of 'em are saying basically like, Hey, I'm sorry just checking in on you. Stuff like that. And we, and we get to talking about this sort of thing. And one of the things that keeps coming up is this desire to stop competing so directly with each other as bike media, right? Like the space is too small. We all do our own thing. We talk to maybe the same audience in general, but we talk to them in very different ways. And you know, like I I I, I, I've been on the phone with editor in chiefs of, of, of a couple different major bike outlets in the last week and all have said something along those lines. And I think that some sort of collective would, would hit the same. Yeah, it would hit, it would hit the same. there, right? Of a, of a desire to provide a space for everybody to just create really good work that they actually get paid for. Cuz that's the hard thing again, you're still talking about putting the genie back in the bottle. You're still talking about trying to get people to pay for, for something that they historically haven't paid for, or you're running an advertising based model, which is incredibly difficult. And in part, and this particular moment is very, very difficult. I mean, you know, Robin, the CEO of outside mentioned that specifically in the letter that came along with with these layoffs is like the advertising world out there right now, particularly in endemic media, like cycling is bad. It is bad news. You know, they're, they're looking into 2023 and seeing and seeing steep drop-offs in the amount that that is being spent. So you've run up against kind of similar problems, I think with that model. But it is certainly something that is The incentives to me feel like they're lined up for creators in a, in a model like that, right? Because they, if done right, they would directly benefit from their, their work. Whereas, you know, something that's always kind of frustrated me in this space is like, the value of myself and, and, and editorial teams have increased the value of entities tremendously o over my career. And then they get sold and I see none of it And so like that, that the incentive, [00:40:24] Randall R. Jacobs: and [00:40:25] Caley Fretz: structure is not, is not great within most of bike media [00:40:29] Randall R. Jacobs: Yeah. It's bad enough in the tech space where there are stock options, but generally to the founder goes most of the spoils. Even though and I say this as a founder, I don't create most of the value, right? Nothing that, that I could do would get off the ground without all the other people who make it happen. And so, it's only right that there be a distribution of ownership and a sharing of the rewards if there's success, which in turn incentivizes success. In the case of cycling tips, in reading the comments it's very clear that the readership knows it. They're not there for cycling tips. Cycling tips is the bander under which all the people whose perspectives they valued. It's where those people are. And so, your standalone brand and that of your colleagues, has value and has value in particular, if it's brought in a single place where people can interact with you as, as they had in the past it's a terrible thing to lose. And you know, whatever the reasons for it, obviously there are economic headwinds. But it's, it's unfortunate. But there's a saying that I, I live by that seems to apply, which is change happens when the fear of change is less than the pain of staying the same. [00:41:36] Caley Fretz: Hmm. [00:41:37] Randall R. Jacobs: And there's nothing quite like a radically changing economic model or layoffs or things like that that make staying the same, really painful. And so whether the fear has changed or not, time to take the leap and people like yourself and Ben and others have been making that leap. I wonder you mentioned that some sort of platform would have to. Either be funded by a bunch of VC money, which honestly I don't, if you wanna end up with a small fortune, start with a big one. Throwing VC money at things is a really good way to end up with Juicero. I don't know if you recall that [00:42:10] Caley Fretz: Oh, yes. [00:42:11] Randall R. Jacobs: 130 or 160 million of Sandhill Road money lit on fire for a a glorified electric press for If anyone's curious, look this up. It is. It'll, it'll make you feel that yeah, it, it'll make you question the judgment of, of Silicon Valley in a way that I have learned too from the inside over the years. But the organic piece let's, let's unpack that cuz I, I have a couple of ideas that I'd like to bounce off of you. So platforms like YouTube, I suspect it's gonna be very hard for somebody who has an audience on YouTube or who wants to build an audience to leave YouTube. But having a platform that is essentially an a. So if you're a content creator, wherever your content is, this is the one place where you can find all of it along with, categorized content from other players. So you want to learn about tools you have, Dave Romes YouTube videos about tools. You have his podcast about tools. You have other content creators content there. And then it becomes kind of platform agnostic like you can be anywhere, but this is the place where you go to find it. And this is the place where you go to interact. Cuz the YouTube comments, that's not an interaction space that's largely a trolling space or, or it's a largely one directional sorts of conversation happening. Even, even the healthiest version of it is still not a conversation. But if you have a YouTube video embedded in a a community, [00:43:27] Caley Fretz: Mm-hmm. [00:43:28] Randall R. Jacobs: Now all of a sudden people are in digital community together and not just over say Dave and his tool-based content or his tool focused content. Not to say that's all he does, but using that as an example, but also Dave in community, in his local chapter, right. In his local riding community. And in the context of a place where people are also going for, James' bike reviews and you know, your Twitter de France coverage and, and things like this that's one model that I've wondered, like if there was such a platform. [00:43:59] Caley Fretz: how, how, how do you monetize it? Is it, is it pay? Walled, [00:44:03] Randall R. Jacobs: That's a big question, right? [00:44:04] Caley Fretz: Well, so, so, the reason I ask is because I, I, like, I would see a couple different options, right? And, and we're getting into real sort of media theory here, but , [00:44:11] Randall R. Jacobs: This, this was actually part of the conversation I wanted to have with you long before all these changes. And it's something we've discussed on the pod before as well with other content creators. [00:44:19] Caley Fretz: I, I think So I, I'll say that first and foremost that I'm, I'm not anti paywall. I know some of the, some others are in, in the media space, but I fundamentally believe that if done properly you're essentially only targeting. So, so, so I'm, I'm a big advocate of what, what we call meter paywall, which is basically you get a couple free stories in a given amount of time whatever the number is, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, whatever you want. And then at some point you, you pay right? Now, the nice thing about that is that you know, if we, if we take a, let's take a hypothetical cycling media outlet with somewhere in, you know, we, we'll call it, we'll call it 2 million unique users a month, right? You've got 2 million people showing up at a website every month. The number of people who are actually gonna get to the paywall that are gonna go to enough stories to get to that paywall is probably something in the neighborhood of like, Less than 5% of those people. It's a tiny, tiny, tiny number because a huge number of those people are coming in from Google. They're, they're, they're seo, they're coming into SEO stories, they're coming into, you know, how to bet in my disc brakes. And they're, they're in and they find out how to do that and they're out. Right? And that's the only interaction you have with them. And they're useful from a page view perspective if you're monetizing that. But they're not particularly useful from a membership perspective cuz who's gonna pay to get one story, right. That, that's, that doesn't make any sense. So you're really only trying to monetize your super users. So your super users are that 5%, the people that actually end up hitting paywall. And part of the reason why I'm not anti paywall is because those people that, that, that small group of people that is coming back day after day after day after day, they value you. And if they truly value you, they should pay for you. , like, I don't have any problem with, you know, we put a ton of time and energy and effort into this and it is our jobs. And we need to get paid. And if people, if people appreciate what we're doing enough to come back every single day and they're not willing to pay for that, then as far as I'm concerned, they need to look at themselves and, and, and ask why. Right? Like, all I'm asking for is, is, you know, eight bucks a month or whatever to continue doing so that, so that you can do something that you do every single day that you enjoy, that you, that you gain information and entertainment from inspiration from even. I think that that's a pretty reasonable trade off. I don't really have any problem asking the super user to do that. I think that there are other paywall versions of a paywall that, that I, that I don't agree with, sort of philosophically, I don't agree with paywall in a hundred percent of content. I also think that that just ruins your discoverability and it, it, it doesn't allow anybody [00:46:49] Randall R. Jacobs: was, I was gonna say, is [00:46:50] Caley Fretz: Yeah. Then nobody, [00:46:53] Randall R. Jacobs: thing or is it more just practically like, you're, you're gonna cut off all the channels for discovery? [00:46:58] Caley Fretz: Both. Yeah. I, I, it, it realistically, yeah. Like I said, your discoverability goes to zero. People can't tell that you make good content. I have kind of a similar issue with the, the like premium content model. So you, you know, you give away your, your crappy stuff for free and the really good stuff you gotta pay for, like, I don't like that either. Cause why then anybody's strolling around your website, it's gonna be like, well, it's the only thing is I can read are crap. So why would I pay for the, i, I don't know that [00:47:23] Randall R. Jacobs: poor, it's a poor pitch. [00:47:24] Caley Fretz: It's a bad pitch. So, so I have issues with that. I also just like philosophically, you know, the, the sort of fully hard pay wall that you can't read anything without paying beyond the discovery of discoverability problems. I just kinda have issues with that because like if we do write a, how to bet in your disc brake so they don't make noise story. Like, I want people to be able to access that, right? Like, then I don't have to listen up. people's loud disc breaks. You know, like people, I, I have no problem sort of providing that much content to somebody for free. And I think that the fully pay well in that is, is, is isn't great. But again, I I'm not against paywalls in general. Meter paywalls I think work quite well. They yeah, we know that they're effective. They can be incredibly effective, particularly if you have this sort of requisite essentially story volume to make them work and, and sort of audience size to make them work. So given that like the, the sort of concept that you are talking about, paywall seems like a, like a, a, a good way forward because again, you're sort of avoiding the avoiding the need to, to chase advertising dollars constantly. And this is, this is gonna be somewhat a reflection of what I'm thinking for, for. For myself going forward, obviously you're avoiding, you're, you're avoiding chasing advertising dollars incessantly, which, you know, I'm not against advertising either. I think the right advertising partners can be, can be crucial, right? They provide lots of actually value to an audience at some point, right. You know, the fact that you get bikes to test the fact that you have a good relationship there. Those, those are all valuable things. So not, not anti advertising either. I'm just more anti, constantly chasing every single cent you can possibly get out of advertising. And the, and the sort of the, the, the extra resource that, that very concept requires. And so yeah, some sort of like membership driven thing lines up with the sort of ethos of what you're talking about, which is very community driven. We know communities are willing to invest in their own space where they can be a community. And so that would make sense as well. And if you start to do things like add too much advertising to something like that, then you do the incentives start to shift. Cuz you start working for the advertisers instead of working for the community. And that I think goes against the whole ethos that you're talking about of the sort of communal thing. So that would be my, that would be my 2 cents on, on, on how to build something like that. Like I said, it is a concept that, that we played around with and I've played around with in my head for, for some time actually. I personally, again, it's more of a, more of a time issue for me than anything. Not that I don't think it could be cool and don't think it could work. I just think that the, to build that community would take quite a bit of time. And also figuring out the precise method of paying. So the other roadblock that I, that I came across when I was thinking through this was the precise method of paying content creators in that scenario, it's quite complicated. Cause are you paying them? Are you paying them by page view? Are you paying them? Is there a tip jar? Is there some sort of, of, you know, rank voting system when people sign up, like, I like these three creators and I don't like these three, and so the top three get, get my money. And the, and the other three don't. That starts to create some perverse incentives toward bad content as well, right? And, and essentially that's the, that is the YouTube problem. The YouTube problem is that YouTube is incentivized for clickbait. It's incentivized for garbage content, , because that's, that's the stuff that gets picked up. And think about, think about your average, like YouTube headline or YouTube sort of, title card. Versus what you would find on a, a site like cycling tips these days. Right. It's a dramatic difference. Like we, we would have to change headlines depending on whether it was going on YouTube or going on on the site back in the day. Cuz YouTube is incentivized to be like all caps and exclamation points and somebody crashing in the title card and all these things that we kind of hate because that's what you end [00:51:25] Randall R. Jacobs: Kaylee, Fritz destroys X, Y, [00:51:27] Caley Fretz: Exactly. So after the monetization question, how do you actually split up that money with the content creators? It's a, it's a, again, I like, I love the, the idea, I love the concept, but the sort of those particular decisions. Be crucial to success and crucial to it actually working for the people that, that you, that you know, that you want, want, would want it to work for. And it'd be hard. It'd be really hard. I I don't have the solution to those questions, which is why I, again, thought through a lot of this and, and thought through a similar concept, not, not identical but a similar concept and, and basically came to the conclusion that in the near term, a a slightly more traditional model is not the worst thing in the world, right? Like, build really good content, pay people for it make people pay for it. , that's essentially the, that's the, the, the three part business plan of most membership driven media entities these days. Does that all make sense? I feel like I went in a bit of rant there. [00:52:31] Randall R. Jacobs: Not at all. Not at all. And in fact, it's a conversation I'd like to continue cuz I have a few ideas that probably we, we don't want to dedicate a whole episode to just this conversation. But certainly appreciate you pulling back a curtain on the sorts of questions that you as an editor in the space and an editor for one of the most respected publications in the space and for good reason, providing that perspective in the sorts of things that you are thinking about from this new Vantage point is very much appreciative. So thank you for that. I wanna go in a completely different direction. What are the pieces that you've written that you most enjoyed or found most challenging, or that were most meaningful for you as a writer? [00:53:08] Caley Fretz: Hmm. Internally at cycling tips. We called them riddles. It was a, it was a coin, a term that I intro coined for his little, the little essays. Right. There's a couple of those that I, that I really enjoyed writing and, and liked writing. It's just sort of the pure act of, of, of sort of language, basically like playing with language. Which is still fundamentally like why I started doing this to begin with is cause I really enjoyed doing that. And the last couple years have stepped away from writing almost entirely. Not entirely, but almost entirely. And, and so when I did get a chance to write, it was always, it was always meaningful and I, and I liked it. That tended to be at things like the Tor de Frances where, you know, I would essentially send to myself cuz I, I wanted to go cover the to Frances again. I had plenty, plenty, plenty of, plenty of talented, talented writers that, that reporters that could have gone instead of me. But at some point you pull the boss card and I'm like, I'm gonna the tour So, so yeah, there's a couple pieces on that front. Actually one of the first pieces I ever wrote for segment tips it's, it was called The Road to Niro's House. And it was about a trip that my wife and I and two friends took to Columbia. And it, it, like half the photos are broken on it now. It's, it's, it's from like 2017 like 6,500 words of a trip around Columbia and all the sort of things that, that riding in Columbia. Particularly in 2017 meant sort of keeping in mind that that, you know, a relatively large and disastrous war there only kind of wrapped up around the 2010 mark depending on who you ask . So I, I, I really enjoyed that piece. And then, yeah, like these, these little riddles, you know, there's a couple that I've written over my career that I that you tend to write them in 20 minutes, right? Because something just hits you in the head and, and you just, I mean, you just get it out, but it, because of that, it's, they're very pure. I think. I wrote one about the toe strap that my dad would use to attach a sock full of Tube tire, co2, you know, flat fixing implements underneath his saddle. Right? And he would, he would strap this thing underneath his saddle with a, with a strap, like a tube sock underneath his saddle with a, with a, with a tow strap, like a leather tow strap. And, and I, and I wrote this story about how, like, you know, I just remember when I was 12, 13 years old. And you know, my dad is obviously a much stronger cycl cyclist than me at that point. And just like, you know, trying to stay on his wheel with this like, toe strap dangling in front of me as like the, you know, I'm just, I'm just, I just need to stay on the tow strap. Wrote a piece about that at some point that I, that I ended up, I, I really liked. And it was meaningful to me because of my, my relationship with my dad is like very tied into my relationship with cycling because we grew up doing it together and, and still ride together when we can and things like that. There was one about eating Castle and Carcassone during a rest day, Tor de France that I liked. Again, these, you know, [00:55:59] Randall R. Jacobs: Castle in Per, [00:56:01] Caley Fretz: Castle is is like a, [00:56:03] Randall R. Jacobs: I'm, I'm, I'm not so [00:56:04] Caley Fretz: is like, is like a meat, like a meaty stew thing you know, white beans and, and, and some, some meat. And Carcassone is a town in southern France with a big kind of world heritage site castle over top of it. And it's always hot as hell there. They often have restage there at the torque. It's always hot as hell. And I have yet to find a hotel or an Airbnb there that has air conditioning. So you're always just like baking, you know, second rest day of the Tor De France. You know, I, I think I was sitting in a cafe. And I had a couple roses like you do and, and eating a castle, which is also hot. So I'm like, I'm hot eating a hot castle and just watching the world kind of go by like the sort of Tor de France rest day world go going by and, you know, like Greg Van Ama coming up and, and stopping at a red light. I'm this, I've wrote the story a while ago and I'm trying to remember what I even talked about. You kn

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His passion for Swimrun, preserving nature, and epic feats of endurance shine through in the interview and we know that you will get your minds blown as much as we did.  Enjoy!That's it for this week's show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star review. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, and on YouTube. You can also follow our meme page on Instagram. Email us at lowtideboyz@gmail.com with any feedback and/or suggestions. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thanks for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

Some days go according to plan and they are boring. Some go according to nothing and you end up in the title of this episode

Heel even leek het erop alsof we zondag in de rit van Rodez naar Carcassonne een nieuwe leider in de Tour de France 2022 zouden hebben. Jumbo-Visma was echter te gehecht aan het geel, waardoor vroege vluchter Louis Meintjes binnenschot werd gehouden. In de WielerFlits Update alles over Michael Matthews, Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogačar en sprinten in Carcassone!De snelle mannen zien in de rit van zondag een extra kans op glorie, naast de twee quasi-gegarandeerde sprintkansen in het slotweekend. Maar komt het wel zo ver? Taco van der Hoorn heeft namelijk zijn zinnen op deze etappe gezet en dan weet je het vaak wel: het peloton heeft zondag een hels karwei om de vroege vlucht terug te halen.Toch gaan de sprintersploegen daar wel voor. BikeExchange-Jayco won zaterdag weliswaar door een sterk optreden van Michael Matthews, vrijdag waren ze nog de schlemiel van de Tour door hun zinloze late jacht op de sterke kopgroep. Dat gaat niet nog eens gebeuren en ook Caleb Ewan vocht zich niet naar het einde van rit veertien om zondag geen sprintkans af te dwingen. Onze verslaggevers Maxim Horssels en Youri IJnsen praten je volledig over alles bij in de nieuwe WielerFlits Update!

We make a new attempt at an episode opening – an improv skit with pirates playing Carcassone! We discuss Carcassone a bit, lionize the word "eschew" and life points in general, and wrestle with Bernard Suits' definition of a game: "the voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles" (p. 43). Games require buy-in from participants who must agree to its rules, desire to best their competitors, and strive to be efficient within the games required inefficiencies. So how appropriate is it to conceive of God engaging in play and games? Kevin attempts to quote the Quran in thinking through God's delight in obstacles and complexities, and Daniel points to delight and grace. Shout out to @jtaultesq on Instagram for correctly identifying Concept in our Instagram quiz! linktr.ee/boardgamefaith patreon.com/boardgamefaith

Esta semana repasamos los castillos más sorprendentes que podemos visitar dentro y fuera de España. Glòria Ribas @lamaletadeglo y Verónica Paz @viajarcodeveronica nos hablan de castillos escoceses, alguno inglés y de otros castillos del centro de Europa. Además, escuchamos a nuestros oyentes recomendando otras fortalezas, ciudadelas y fortificaciones: Carcassone, Dirleton, Olite, Montsoriu... Hay tantos castillos para recomendar que la semana que viene haremos una segunda entrega de castillos sorprendentes.

We complete the Eric Lang mythological trilogy with Ankh: Gods of Egypt. Will it rise above all other games or merge into nothingness?Then Jake Frydman from the Decision Space podcast joins us to discuss the inaugural World Series of Board Gaming! How is it, what is it, why is it, and what will it be?03:39 One Night Ultimate Werewolf03:56 Subastral04:05 Wild Space04:22 SWEEPSTAKES05:15 No Thanks!, Point Salad05:19 Doody Head06:49 Sleeping Gods08:48 Terramara09:21 Egizia, Lorenzo il Magnifico11:46 FEATURE REVIEW Ankh: Gods of Egypt12:27 Kemet, Root, Blood Rage, Rising Sun50:08 The World Series of Board Gaming with Jake Fryd51:23 7 Wonders, Acquire, Azul, Blood Rage, Brass: Birmingham, Carcassone, Catan, Dominant Species: Marine, Gaia Project, Great Western Trail, Ra, Splendor, Terraforming Mars, Ticket to Ride, Wingspan59:27 Concordia, Agricola, Orleans, the Castles of Burgundy, Race for the Galaxy, Magic the Gathering01:06:11 Magic the Gathering, Keyforge, World of Warcraft MIniatures Games01:09:50 Twilight Struggle, 18xx, Agricola01:16:43 Magic the GatheringCheck out our friends at the Decision Space Podcast: https://www.decisionspacepodcast.com/Ask us a question at TwoWoodForAWheat@gmail.comLeave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/y2eyvquxListen to more episodes of Two Wood for a Wheat on Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/two-wood-for-a-wheatOr on Google Podcasts: tinyurl.com/36gzg2hyRead Tony's blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/maxlongstreet/blogs

Je Bouge, c'est toute l'année au sein de GRDF ! L'entreprise offre en effet à tout moment la possibilité de changer de métier, d'évoluer, quel que soit son parcours professionnel. Le message est clair : soyez le changement que vous voulez vivre. Technicien gaz, conseiller clientèle, chargé d'affaires… les possibilités sont multiples. Aujourd'hui, nous vous proposons de découvrir en quoi consiste le métier de chargé d'affaire avec Gaëtan Houles, chargé d'Affaires senior à la DR Sud-Ouest, et Daria Fernandes, Chargée d'Affaires GRDF Réseaux Nord-Ouest. 

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Esta semana contamos con otro de esos invitados que le dan calidad a nuestro programa. Santi Santisteban, Director de Tranjis Games y coautor del famoso juego de mesa Virus! nos visita para contarnos un buen puñado de anécdotas sobre todo el proceso de creación del juego de mesa español más vendido, y de como un producto de éxito puede llegar a convertirse en toda una empresa cuyo techo está por llegar. Además, nuestras habituales secciones de actualidad y recomendaciones hacen de ese un programa que tienes que escuchar muy atentoSi la semana pasada abríamos el bloque de novedades con un rumor sobre Ghost of Tsushima y su ampliación, esta semana confirmamos parte de esa información y desmentimos otra. La expansión llega, pero como parte de la edición Director's Cut del maravilloso juego de Sucker Punch. Repetimos tema también hablando de PES 2022, el juego de fútbol que nos tiene nerviosos, y más en estas semanas de una Eurocopa que ya termina, y volvemos a hablar de él para hacernos eco de los rumores que nos dicen que podría tratarse de un juego gratuito. Hablaremos también de las intenciones de Dan Houser, cofundador de Rockstar Games y autor de juegos como GTA V o Red Dead Redemption 2, que va a emprender carrera por su cuenta. Os hablaremos de la lista de más vendidos de Steam, con una sorpresa, y es que cuatro de sus juegos se pueden encontrar de forma gratuita en Gamepass, y cerraremos el bloque con el análisis de Godspeed, el juego de mesa de Devir que nos ha sorprendido con su calidad y os explicaremos buena parte de sus bondades. Con una mención a Carcassone y su edición 20 aniversario, daremos el boque por concluido.En el bloque central de esta semana nos acompaña Santi Santisteban, director de Tranjis Games y co-creador de Virus!, el juego de mesa español más vendido, una auténtica joya que todo el mundo debería tener en su ludoteca. Santi nos hablará de los inicios, de como se gestó la idea y de las dificultades que tuvieron que sortear hasta llegar a ver su obra convertida en lo que es. Entre anécdotas sobre Virus y algunos tips sobre la edición de juegos de mesa nos contará como a veces el éxito conlleva dificultades, con algunas disputas comerciales con algunas de las grandes cadenas incluidas. También nos hablará de los nuevos proyectos de Tranjis, incluyendo una primicia que nos ha hecho mucha ilusión y que estamos deseando ver en las estanterías. Una entrevista de lo más jugosa y entretenida, y que por supuesto no te puedes perder.No olvidéis seguirnos y compartir vuestros comentarios en nuestras redes sociales.Recomendaciones en este episodio:Santi: Los que ignoran (Roberto Alhambra), Ms. Marvel (Cómic)Manu: It's a Wonderful World (Tranjis), 28 Días, 28 Semanas (Netflix)Wako: Archero (móviles), Perépolis (Cómic y Película)

Welcome to Episode #22 of The Sideline Story: Rugby League Podcast "the platform for all rugby league identities to voice their journey; their sideline story" . Available on multiple podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/thesidelinestoryrlpodcast . TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - The Sideline Story Ethos + Introduction (Clarkie aka Paul Gallen returns!) 04:28 - Clarkie restocks us with some fresh Rusty Penny's, but we find out he isn't a comedian... 06:37 - Episode overview 07:20 - NSW Blues and QLD Maroons Game II lineups announced (the boys make their bold predictions) . Around the Grounds with The Sideline Story: 23:10 - English Super League round 10 wrap-up / Greg Inglis to retire (again) / Widdop to swap with G.Williams 27:35 - French Rugby League: Catalans (1st ESL), Toulouse (1st Championship), Lezignan def Carcassone in Elite One (the latter to join League 1) 29:53 - England national team rep-round squad announced (v Combined All-Stars) . The Sideline Story's Round 15 NRL Recap (+ "The Sideline Story M's" 321s): 33:02 - The Panel's tips update 34:48 - Rabbitohs def Broncos / AJ becomes top tryscorer in 2021 so far 40:22 - Sharks def Cowboys 44:27 - Panthers def Roosters / Guildy blows up about Taukieaho sin-bin 53:00 - Knights def Warriors / lowest scoring game of 2021 so far 58:50 - Dragons def Raiders / Tyrell Sloan makes heartfelt debut / a Mick Liubinskas-esque illegal sub 1:07:03 - Storm def Tigers / biggest defeat in 2021 so far / will Madge be sacked? / Pearce to Tigers? 1:16:19 - Eels def Bulldogs / Tass blows up about the game of two-halves 1:25:27 - Sea Eagles def Titans / more than a point per minute scored by one team in second half! 1:33:49 - Rep Round schedule (No rapid fire tips) . The Sideline Story's Bunker Review (brought to you by Rusty Penny Brewing Co): 1:36:27 - IG fan poll results (from Ep#21 Bunker Review) / Clarkie blows up about international eligibility 1:48:04 - Bunker Review Topic #1: Is rugby league a better game with the six-again rule? 1:52:54 - Bunker Review Topic #2: Should accidental head highs from slipping be put on report only? 1:55:50 - Bunker Review Topic #3: Should Craig Gower be awarded the 2003 Dally M medal? 1:59:00 - Bunker Review Topic #4 - Kurtley Beale, the NRL, and what could have been? . FOLLOW US ON OUR SOCIALS: Facebook: @thesidelinestoryrlpodcast Instagram: @thesidelinestoryrlpodcast . Proudly sponsored by The Rusty Penny Brewing Co. Podcast mixed by Daniel Tassone using Garageband. Podcast distributed to all major listening apps using Anchor. Music credit for this episode: 'Lockdown' (royalty free) [prod. by Pold and Baribal] via Youtube Audio Library. Introduction credit to the National Rugby League (NRL) . Logo designed by Tahlia Zaccomer © The Sideline Story: Rugby League Podcast, 2021.

Jordi Bastida aka Chico Jorge. M

Jordi Bastida aka Chico Jorge. M

Jordi Bastida aka Chico Jorge. M

Rynard ‘Ligtoring’ Landman talks to us this week from his hotel room, just hours ahead of a crunch league game. He speaks about his pro career, playing in the ultra-competitive French Pro D2 league, and life as an expat professional rugby player. Rynard was having a cracker of a game back in his Cheetah’s Super Rugby days when unknown to him, a scout was watching from the stands. Shortly afterwards he landed in the UK with a contract in his pocket and his new wife by his side. Listen as he tells how he had just two weeks to find his feet and how he ultimately ended up plying his trade in beautiful Carcassone in the South of France. Rynard offers advice to newly pro players keen to play abroad and offers great insight into the French rugby culture. Enjoy this week's show. Brought to you by Sports Law Africa Magazine

Here about a trip on the Canal du Midi in the south of France including the medieval city of Carcassonne. What cruising on a luxury hotel barge is like.

Here about a trip on the Canal du Midi in the south of France including the medieval city of Carcassonne. What cruising on a luxury hotel barge is like.

Here about a trip on the Canal du Midi in the south of France including the medieval city of Carcassonne. What cruising on a luxury hotel barge is like.

Episode 168 - Our Favorite Tile Laying Games Introduction:  News:  My Father’s Work - 6 days, $99 Canvas Reflections expansion and reprint - 4 days, $25/$60 Hidden Leaders - 7 days, $25 Games Played:  Moonrakers Lucky’s Misadventures Genotype Our Favorite Tile Laying Games:  Jason - Amerigo Katie - Castles of Mad King Ludwig Jason - Meeple Land Katie - Sanssouci Jason - A Gentle Rain Katie - The One Hundred Torii Honorable Mentions: Calico, Carcassone, Between Two Castles, Overboss, Minecraft, Unearth, Ecos, Takenoko, Akrotiri, Seikatsu, New York 1901 Closing:

You ready for more "The Last Of Us?" TOO BAD. YOU'RE GETTING IT. On this episode Glenn & Chris join Aaron to discuss their favorite underappreciated games that time forgot + an extended trip down memory lane with Bloody Roar: Primal FuryCREW INFO:Follow Aaron on Twitter at @TurboHoodieFollow Chris on Twitter at @techdudetxFollow Glenn on Twitter at @gcarrereJoin the conversation on the Party Chat Discord! Head to https://bit.ly/PartyChatDiscord to join!Download the Curtain Call RPG Starter Kit at curtaincall.games today for FREE!TIMESTAMPS:0:00 - Curtain Call Promo0:46 - That Banger of a Theme Song1:39 - Opening Monologue5:39 - Fond Gaming Memories12:10 - Last of Us Remake18:51 - Polygon's Best Board Game List23:15 - Carcassonne 20th Edition27:40 - Forgotten Games28:02 - Stratego28:52 - Screwball Scramble31:00 - Trauma Center: Under the Knife33:08 - Elite Beat Agents36:40 - Sonic Spinball/Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine38:32 - Games with Peripherals39:52 - Bloody Roar: Primal Fury44:19 - Primal Rage45:35 - Call for Reviews48:41 - Plugs51:13 - Wrap UpBig thanks to Sam Begich for the use of our theme song, and high-fives to Chapin for editing this one!

J'ai rencontré Gaëlle à Toulouse, même si elle vit à Nantes. Elle a commencé avec un TO7/70 et le Basic. Elle a travaillé dans différents éditeurs de logiciels, dont une startup Nantaise (iAdvize) et plus récemment elle est SRE chez Talend. J'ai pu lui poser des questions sur le métier de SRE, on a parlé du DevOps, on a parlé de l'IUT à Carcassone. Je me suis intéressé au métier de développeur en éditeur de logiciel. Elle m'a parlé de comment elle a vécu ses changements de poste, de son premier job à Roissy en zone de fret. Bref, venez rencontrer Gaëlle !

Sarah finds articles about the Evergiven (everyone's new favorite meme), Summoner Wars, Unmatched, Carcassone, and more for the first news segment of April. Happy Spring, everybody! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ragegamenetwork/support

À la base, c'est une histoire d'amitié entre Aubert et Mathieu qui ont une même passion, le vin. Au départ de Carcassonne, partons sur la route visiter les beaux vignobles de Chardonnay et de Pinots noirs. Les deux jeunes français font des vins remarquables. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Carcassone, Mme A ouvre une boutique de lingerie. Elle accueille tout type de clientèle, notamment les travestis

In this episode HTBYKABG crafts creative and killer strategies for the EUro-Style Board Game Carcassone. Brought into being by Klaus Jürgen Wrede and Hans im Glück, Carcassonne is the second of the “Big Four” Eurogames. Relatively quick to play, Carcassonne offers plenty of catharsis, from the satisfaction of completing a project of your own to the schadenfreude of sabotaging your opponents' plans. Learn how to build effective roads and cities, snake onto your opponents' projects, and utilize the throughput mindset to maximize your Meeple.

Les Archives vous offre des histoires à écouter . Cécile, notre bibliothécaire , a sélectionné un florilège des plus remarquables histoires de nos fonds et les a mises en voix rien que pour vous. Alors installez-vous confortablement et profitez ! Une explication de l'humanité en 30 secondes. La légende des bons et des méchants rappelée par l'écrivain Auguste Fourès dans les Countaralhos d'en Bernat est rapportée par Gaston Jourdanne dans sa contribution au Fok-lore de l'Aude. Contribution au folk-lore de l'Aude : usages, coutumes, littérature populaire, traditions légendaires / Gaston Jourdanne.- GP Maisonneuve et Larose.- X-243 p. ; 24 cm.- (Contributions au Folklore des provinces de France ; 12)
 Titre de couv. Folk-lore de l'Aude. _ Reprod. en fac-sim. de l'éd. de 1899- 1900. _ Extrait du Moniteur de l'Aude, 1899, et des Mémoires de la Société d es arts et sciences de Carcassone, 9. _ L'éd. de 1973 est précédée d'une préfa ce de Raymond Gougaud. _ Notes bibliogr Ouvrage en consultation sur place, cote D°1320

Filme, Serien und Computerspiele - an allen Ecken wird über die Faktentreue historischer Produktionen gesprochen. Weniger Beachtung finden hier analoge Brettspiele, obwohl diese ebenfalls auf eine lange Tradition zurückblicken. Klassiker wie Risiko, Siedler von Catan oder Carcassone finden sich teilweise seit Jahrzehnten in den Kinderzimmern und haben dementsprechend viele Kindheiten geprägt. Zusammen mit dem Kirchenhistoriker und Brettspielforscher Lukas Boch sprechen wir über dieses noch sehr junge Forschungsfeld und ob Brettspiele ein anderes Geschichtsbild als etwa die Filmindustrie vermitteln: Thematisiert wird unter anderem eine anders dargestellte mittelalterliche Kirchengeschichte, der nette biertrinkende Mönch von nebenan und eine deutsche Vorliebe für Aufbau- und Stadtromantik. Anhand des Spiels Orléans (dlp games) illustrieren wir einzelne unserer Überlegungen zur Darstellung von Geschichte in Brettspielen - Wenn ihr davon Lust bekommt, das Spiel selbst zu spielen, habt ihr sogar schon von allen relevanten Regeln und Spielmechaniken gehört und könnt direkt loslegen! Euch hat der Podcast gefallen? Dann folgt uns auf SocialMedia für weiteren historischen Content! Ihr findet uns auf Facebook und Instagram (@epochentrotter). Schaut auch gerne auf unserer Webseite epochentrotter.de vorbei und schreibt uns eine Mail an kontakt@epochentrotter.de, wenn ihr uns Ideen oder Feedback mit auf den Weg geben wollt! Lukas und seine Projekte mittelalter.digital sowie boardgame_historian findet ihr auf Facebook, Instagram und Twitter. Die Webseiten verlinken wir unten. Links: Mittelalter.digital Boardgame Historian – Über Geschichte in und von Brettspielen

Fils d'agriculteurs, Laurent passe son enfance dans l'exploitation familiale, entre les canards et des machines agricoles. Il chausse ses premiers crampons à l'age de 5 ans dans le club de Saint Nicolas de la Grave, dont son père est alors président. Alors qu'il joue en Cadets à Castelsarrasin, il est repéré par l'US Montauban qu'il intègre à tout juste 16 ans, quittant par la même occasion le domicile familial. C'est d'ailleurs au sein du club Tarn et Garonnais, dont il défend les couleurs durant 10 saisons, qu'il passe professionnel. Suite à la double rétrogration administrative de l'US Montauban en 2010, il part à Carcassone, en Pro D2, mais ses performance lui valent de se faire enrôler par l'Union Bordeaux Bègles, alors en construction et tout juste promu en Top 14. Sa carrière le mène ensuite à Oyonnax puis Toulon, avant de revenir 3 ans plus tard au sein d'une UBB métamorphosée et bien installée dans l'élite du rugby Français. Authentique et empreint des valeurs que lui ont inculqué ses proches, il n'oublie pas d'où il vient, et se destine d'ailleurs à reprendre la ferme de ses parents une fois sa carrière achevée. Je suis ravi d'avoir passé ce moment avec Laurent, j'ai adoré sa personnalité singulière et à contrecourant dans un environnement de plus en plus connecté.

Aquesta setmana en Salva continua anant de bòlid, està lligant feines de cara a setembre i des de Monteditorial presenten la travessa de Barcelona a Carcassone. L'Oriol de Geolimits ha tingut una delimitació problemàtica, ha rematat escanejos de la feina del Salva, li han acceptat una altra feina amb làser escàner i també comença a aparaular feines per setembre. Sobre altres coses ens parla d'un dinar familiar amb productes de casa. En Marc ha realitzat un topogràfic a Sant Pol de Mar, ha començat el topogràfic d'una carretera, també comença a aparaular feines per setembre i ja té samarretes de Geolegnia. El tema d'avui es centra amb el tema dels Certificats de Georeferenciació d'edificacions en mans de l'Oriol. I coma tips avui en Salva ens parla de l'Hipermapa de Catalunya.

S’apropa el Nadal. Ja sabeu, toca dir-nos com ens estimem (des de la distància de seguretat) i fer-nos regalets. I de ben segur, que heu pensat en regalar un joc a un familiar o amic. A que si casellers? Hui, vos contarem les claus per a escollir joc per a que li faça molta il·lusió a qui el rep. Si seguiu els consells, segur que encerteu! Contingut - Com ha de ser un regal? (1:01) - Possibles tipus de jocs segons gustos (03:53) - Recomanacions de jocs en concret (07:18) - Sherlock Q, de Martí Lucas i Josep Izquierdo (07:30) - Instacrime, de Pak Gallego (08:03) - Exit, Inka Brand, Markus Brand i altres (08:24) - The Mind, de Wolfgang Warsch (09:20) - Wavelength, de Wolfgang Warsch (10:23) - Dixit, de Jean-Louis Roubira (11:11) - Belratti, de Michael Loth (11:27) - La Tripulación, Thomas Sing (12:27) - Wingspan, d’Elizabeth Hargrave (13:26) - Mariposas, d’Elizabeth Hargrave (15:07) - Superclàssics (17:23) - Carcassone, Klaus-Jürgen Wrede - Carcassonne, caçadors i recol·lectors, de Klaus-Jürgen Wrede i Bernd Brunnhofer (17:50) - Azul, de Michael Kiesling - Aventurers al Tren, d’Alan R. Moon - Acomiadament i sorpresa! (19:43) - Quin és el joc que més il·lusió t’ha fet rebre com a regal? - Ramon Balcells (20:53) - Roman Aixendri (21:57) . Benja Amorin (22:43) - África Leiva (23:49) - David Crespo (24:36) - Oriol Comas (25:23) - Joan Pere Carrión (26:49) - Sergi Sanmartí (28:25) - Eloi Pujadas (30:11) - Joaquim Vilalta (31:27) - Sasha Ekhilevskiy (32:34) - Marc Figueras (33:38) - Ivan Prat (34:48) Enllaços d’interés: Jugar a wavelengh online - https://longwave.web.app Juga a jocs de taula online (carcassonne, la tripuación i molts més) - https://boardgamearena.com Episodis de casella d’Eixida mencionats hui 1x09 Com decidir quin joc de taula comprar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLavuRixsvo 1x04 Explora l’imaginació amb Dixit - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFcvdFOC34Q 2x3 Spiel des Jahres - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twaGei53Dws 2x11 Wingspan i dones dissenyadores - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKHhZUyV3K4&t=25s 2x20 The Mind i jocs en silenci - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3fWhY1fx84 La Tripulación - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNWCoUxLD4A 3x2 Els components dels jocs de taula (Dixit, Azul, Wingspan) Recordem que també ens podeu vore (si vore’ns!) a YouTube (bit.ly/2OUW2rx), on les animacions han estat carrec del gran Nacho Naya (nachonaya.net). Mil gràcies xicon! Amb música de Mamvt, surf instrumental en valencià (https://open.spotify.com/artist/24n4dIehIgk5jSsmsFG6WS) Vos animem a seguir-nos a les xarxes: 🐦 twitter.com/casellaeixida 📸 instagram.com/casellaeixida

S’apropa el Nadal. Ja sabeu, toca dir-nos com ens estimem (des de la distància de seguretat) i fer-nos regalets. I de ben segur, que heu pensat en regalar un joc a un familiar o amic. A que si casellers? Hui, vos contarem les claus per a escollir joc per a que li faça molta il·lusió a qui el rep. Si seguiu els consells, segur que encerteu! Contingut - Com ha de ser un regal? (1:01) - Possibles tipus de jocs segons gustos (03:53) - Recomanacions de jocs en concret (07:18) - Sherlock Q, de Martí Lucas i Josep Izquierdo (07:30) - Instacrime, de Pak Gallego (08:03) - Exit, Inka Brand, Markus Brand i altres (08:24) - The Mind, de Wolfgang Warsch (09:20) - Wavelength, de Wolfgang Warsch (10:23) - Dixit, de Jean-Louis Roubira (11:11) - Belratti, de Michael Loth (11:27) - La Tripulación, Thomas Sing (12:27) - Wingspan, d’Elizabeth Hargrave (13:26) - Mariposas, d’Elizabeth Hargrave (15:07) - Superclàssics (17:23) - Carcassone, Klaus-Jürgen Wrede - Carcassonne, caçadors i recol·lectors, de Klaus-Jürgen Wrede i Bernd Brunnhofer (17:50) - Azul, de Michael Kiesling - Aventurers al Tren, d’Alan R. Moon - Acomiadament i sorpresa! (19:43) - Quin és el joc que més il·lusió t’ha fet rebre com a regal? - Ramon Balcells (20:53) - Roman Aixendri (21:57) . Benja Amorin (22:43) - África Leiva (23:49) - David Crespo (24:36) - Oriol Comas (25:23) - Joan Pere Carrión (26:49) - Sergi Sanmartí (28:25) - Eloi Pujadas (30:11) - Joaquim Vilalta (31:27) - Sasha Ekhilevskiy (32:34) - Marc Figueras (33:38) - Ivan Prat (34:48) Enllaços d’interés: Jugar a wavelengh online - https://longwave.web.app Juga a jocs de taula online (carcassonne, la tripuación i molts més) - https://boardgamearena.com Episodis de casella d’Eixida mencionats hui 1x09 Com decidir quin joc de taula comprar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLavuRixsvo 1x04 Explora l’imaginació amb Dixit - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFcvdFOC34Q 2x3 Spiel des Jahres - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twaGei53Dws 2x11 Wingspan i dones dissenyadores - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKHhZUyV3K4&t=25s 2x20 The Mind i jocs en silenci - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3fWhY1fx84 La Tripulación - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNWCoUxLD4A 3x2 Els components dels jocs de taula (Dixit, Azul, Wingspan) Recordem que també ens podeu vore (si vore’ns!) a YouTube (bit.ly/2OUW2rx), on les animacions han estat carrec del gran Nacho Naya (nachonaya.net). Mil gràcies xicon! Amb música de Mamvt, surf instrumental en valencià (https://open.spotify.com/artist/24n4dIehIgk5jSsmsFG6WS) Vos animem a seguir-nos a les xarxes: 🐦 twitter.com/casellaeixida 📸 instagram.com/casellaeixida

Nos acercamos a las Navidades y muchos ya estamos pensando en ideas para regalar a nuestros hijos. Seguro que entre esas ideas has pensado en regalar juegos de mesa, por eso te traigo esta entrevista para que sepas todo lo que te has preguntado sobre los juegos de mesa infantiles. Qué tipos de juegos hay, qué beneficios nos aportan tanto para jugar en casa como en el aula. Cómo lidiar cuando nuestros hijos se enfadan porque pierden en el juego o qué hacer cuando nuestros hijos tienen diferentes edades o diferentes gustos para escoger los juegos. Además, te explicamos las diferencias que hay entre los juegos de mesa y los juegos de rol. Y para acabar más de 15 recomendaciones de juegos imprescindibles que no te pueden faltar: Primer frutal +2 Bellaflor +3 Unicornio destello +3 Bandido +4 Piou Piou +5 Carrera de tortugas +5 Lince +6 Tiemblanada +6 Voladores intrépidos +6 Tesoro del Orinoko +7 Ikonikus +7 Dixit +8 Carcassone +8 Aventureros al tren Europa +8 The island +8 La isla prohibida +10 Notas sobre Jaime García y Trencat la Closca: Email: trencatlaclosca@trencatlaclosca.org Twitter, Instagram y Facebook: @trencatlaclosca

Former All Black Chris Masoe joins us to talk about his departure as Racing 92 defence coach over lockdown, helping out at Carcassone in PRO D2, his playing career in New Zealand and France, the pair of Champions Cup final wins over Benji's Clermont and this year's final between his old club Racing and Exeter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Con la vendimia recién terminada y el ocre teñiéndo todos los árboles por fin ha llegado la época perfecta para descorchar una botella de Finca Martelo y disfrutar de una tarde de juegos de mesa con tus amigos. Por eso, en este cuarto episodio de Disfrutones, hemos invitado a Iván Losada (Twitter, Facebook) un vitoriano que no sólo se conoce todas las reglas si no que además ha diseñado dos juegos de mesa que se van a publicar en los próximos meses: Alebrijes (antes conocido como Colorinto) y Ordered Witch. Estos son alguno de los juegos de mesa que hemos mencionado: La ruta del tesoro. Runmikub. Cluedo. Carcassone. Dixit. Código Secreto. Karuba. Catán. Aventureros al tren. Kingdom Builder. Mysterium. Iwari.

I den här bubblaren så tipsar pappa Micke och farbror Tomas om "nästa" steg i brädspel. Spel som nämns: Nusfjord, Agricola, Feast For Odin, Food Chain Magnet, Le Havre, Fields Of Arl, Stone Age, Patchwork, Hive, 7 wonders duel, Lost Cities, 7 wonders, Mansions Of Madness, Captian Sonar, Concordia, Power Grid, Carcassone, Ticket To Ride, Catan, Just One, Codenames, Decrypto, Betrayal at house on the hill,  2 spelar spelStar Wars Rebellionhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/187645/star-wars-rebellion7 Wounders Duelhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/173346/7-wonders-duel Co-op/ SamarbeteMansions Of Madness 2nd Editionhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/205059/mansions-madness-second-edition Arbetar placerar spelNusfjordhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/234277/nusfjordUnderwater Citieshttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/247763/underwater-cities 5 spelar plusConcordiahttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/124361/concordiaCaptain Sonarhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171131/captain-sonarPower Gridhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2651/power-grid Party spelJust Onehttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/254640/just-oneDecryptohttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/225694/decryptoBetrayal At House on the hillhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10547/betrayal-house-hill Våra länkarHemsidahttps://mindy.nu/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/Mindypodd.nu/Twitterhttps://twitter.com/MindyPoddYoutubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmOr6MyeugbWX_VnckgGkDQ?view_as=subscriberInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mindypodd/?hl=svVår Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/user?u=2776677Tomas LänkarFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/205615756115993/Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFyJceQ4JsiUhkS04K29CrgInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/conradargo/?hl=svTwitterhttps://twitter.com/ConraDargoMattis LänkInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/bradspelochsant/Hemsidahttps://boardgamesandsuch.com/Mickes MailMicke@mindy.nuTomas Mailconradargo@gmail.com

I den här bubblaren så intervjuar pappa Micke Agnes ifrån Ap poddarna DunDice och Tärningen är Kastad. Tack Agnes :D Spel som nämns: Drakar Och Demoner, Mutant, Dungeons And Dragons, Monster Of The Week, Powerd By The Apocalyps, Apocalyps World, Trivial Persuit, Betrayl at the house on the hill, Carcassone, Mansions Of Madness, Munchkin, Western, The One Ring, Coriolis, Bortom, Leviathan, Svärdets Sång,  DuneDice LänkarHemsidahttps://dundice.simplecast.com/?fbclid=IwAR2HbJi5u38EFtYTV_1kfGmIuaLLHFlaE2I7V9DHH0jgMCBqxfUCxZ-YzloFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/DunDicePodcast/Twitterhttps://twitter.com/DundicepodcastInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/dundice/ Tärningen Är Kastad LänkFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/tarningenarkastad/ Våra länkarHemsidahttps://mindy.nu/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/Mindypodd.nu/Twitterhttps://twitter.com/MindyPoddYoutubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmOr6MyeugbWX_VnckgGkDQ?view_as=subscriberInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mindypodd/?hl=svVår Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/user?u=2776677Tomas LänkarFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/205615756115993/Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFyJceQ4JsiUhkS04K29CrgInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/conradargo/?hl=svTwitterhttps://twitter.com/ConraDargoMattis LänkInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/bradspelochsant/Hemsidahttps://boardgamesandsuch.com/Mickes MailMicke@mindy.nuTomas Mailconradargo@gmail.com

Leo & Mikah geek out (nerd out?) about apps and games on iOS.Geek out: Carcassonne, Dice by PCalc, Ticket to Ride, Reroll, D&D Beyond, D&D Beyond Player Tools, Istanbul, Mille Bornes.News: The iOS 14 public beta is here, Apple has released the iOS 13.6 GM with CarKey and Apple News+ Audio, LinkedIn has been sued over concerns about the app reading users' clipboard content, and Apple explains how it tracks dances with the Apple Watch.Listener feedback: Magnetic cases and the iPhone SE camera and downloading the public beta of iOS 14. Mikah's App Cap: Nudget Leo's App Cap: Creaks Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today. You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to iOSToday@TWiT.tv. Sponsor: manscaped.com/twit

Leo & Mikah geek out (nerd out?) about apps and games on iOS.Geek out: Carcassonne, Dice by PCalc, Ticket to Ride, Reroll, D&D Beyond, D&D Beyond Player Tools, Istanbul, Mille Bornes.News: The iOS 14 public beta is here, Apple has released the iOS 13.6 GM with CarKey and Apple News+ Audio, LinkedIn has been sued over concerns about the app reading users' clipboard content, and Apple explains how it tracks dances with the Apple Watch.Listener feedback: Magnetic cases and the iPhone SE camera and downloading the public beta of iOS 14. Mikah's App Cap: Nudget Leo's App Cap: Creaks Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today. You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to iOSToday@TWiT.tv. Sponsor: manscaped.com/twit

Leo & Mikah geek out (nerd out?) about apps and games on iOS.Geek out: Carcassonne, Dice by PCalc, Ticket to Ride, Reroll, D&D Beyond, D&D Beyond Player Tools, Istanbul, Mille Bornes.News: The iOS 14 public beta is here, Apple has released the iOS 13.6 GM with CarKey and Apple News+ Audio, LinkedIn has been sued over concerns about the app reading users' clipboard content, and Apple explains how it tracks dances with the Apple Watch.Listener feedback: Magnetic cases and the iPhone SE camera and downloading the public beta of iOS 14. Mikah's App Cap: Nudget Leo's App Cap: Creaks Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today. You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to iOSToday@TWiT.tv. Sponsor: manscaped.com/twit

In this month's bumper episode of MindGames, we bring you our Coronavirus lockdown favourites. Join us for a look at how these extraordinary times have changed the way we play, the games we play, and how we look at the world around us. As a special treat, this episode brings you not one but two (!) MindGames Games. You lucky ducks. Today's games (in order of appearance): Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix) Mass Effect 3 (BioWare) FIFA (EA Sports) Rocket League (Psyonix) Spelunky (Derek Yu) Hand of Fate 1 & 2 (Defiant Development) Dishonored (Bethesda Softworks) Disco Elysium (ZA/UM) Skyrim (Bethesda) Pathologic 2 (Ice-Pick Lodge) Tabletop Simulator (Berserk Games) Dominion (Donald X Vaccarino) Twilight Imperium (Christian T Petersen) Camel Cup (Steffen Bogen) Codenames (Vlaada Chvatil) Mansions of Madness (Nikki Valens) Mysterium (Oleksandr Nevskiy and Oleg Sidorenko) Carcassone (Klaus-Jürgen Wrede) Drawful 2 (Jackbox Games) Golf with your friends (Blacklight Interactive) **MindGames Game I: "Who played it more?"** You wake up locked in a dungeon. Your jailor, a weaselish creature whose devilish wit is only matched by his devilish handsomeness, offers you your freedom. You must simply answer 2 questions correctly to escape. However – there is a catch. Either you all escape, or none of you do. Together, you must choose which person answers each question. You must guess who played each game more. Sean: Europa Universalis III Steve: Europa Universalis IV Milos: Lisa, the Painful Steve: Godus Sean: Call of Duty Modern Warfare II Milos: Binding of Isaac: Rebirth Sean: Twilight Struggle Milos: Terraria Sean: Tabletop Simulator Steve: For The King Milos: Team Fortress 2 Steve: Total War: Shogun 2 **MindGames Game II: Milos' 40-hour grand space strategy epic** Check out the Google Doc at https://preview.tinyurl.com/yd82gt2q We hope you're enjoying/tolerating/surviving your lockdown. Have you been particularly enjoying a specific game? Let us know at themindgamespodcast@gmail.com Stay safe everyone, and stay at home if you can.

En este episodio tenemos el honor de contar con Julia Iriarte de bebeamordor.com para hablar sobre juegos que nos hacen viajar. Juegos mencionados: De ciudades o países: Zoom in Barcelona, Carcassone, Walking in Burano, París, Gizeh!, Ganges, Ticket to ride, Pandemic, Santorini, Troyes, Manhattan, Shikoku, Sombras sobre Londres, Tokyo Highway, Puerto Rico, Hanamikoji, Sagrada, Troia, Marrakech, Maki Stak, Sushi Go, Ohanami, Shadows in Kioto. Juegos ambientados en lugares de vacaciones: Catán, The island, Hellapagos, Ganges, Expedición Amazonas, Cacao, Reef, Las montañas de la locura, Deep sea adventure, Diamant, Celestia, Tesoro de San Borondón, Dragon Castle, Sphynx (rol), Isla prohibida, 8 Tesoros (rol), King’s gold, El mapa del pirata, Black sales, Viernes, Cryptid. Juegos para llevar de viaje o a bares: Misión cumplida; Deep sea adventure, Fake artist goes to New York y demás de Oink Games; Bandido, Go Town y demás de Helvetiq, Optimus, Plenus, Rolling Ranch, Caravana al Oeste, Expansiópolis, Isla calavera, Poc!, Shit Happens, Taco Gato Cabra Queso Pizza, Ensalada de bichos. Enlaces mencionados: Pasaportes lúdicos: https://bebeamordor.com/2019/05/08/biblioteca-de-pasaportes-ludicos/ Pasaporte de la Ruta de los dragones Bcn: https://cucaferagames.com/es/pasaporte-ruta-dragones-bcn/ Titular: “Dos mujeres caminaran solas por el espacio” https://www.elmundo.es/yodona/lifestyle/2019/11/10/5dc04722fdddffb19d8b4682.htm Esperamos que os guste el episodio y que nos recomendéis más juegos en comentarios. Ya sabéis, ¡A reventar el botón del play!

      Civility is boardgames.  What is more important your friendship or "WINNING"!  Saul and Jolene talk about boardgame civility, at home, at tournaments or conventions.  What games don't make it to the table because there is too much player interaction.  Backstabbing element in the game? Better make sure all your players can handle it.       Saul and Jolene talk about a question a listener had on if it was okay to block someone from getting to a city in a Ticket to Ride boardgame?     Or in Carcassone, adding a tile to a castle claimed by another player to make it more difficult for that play to finish and score more points?      Saul and Jolene have friends that like to play very contentious games and others who don't.         Ticket to Ride is available anywhere, even Target       Carcassone is a great easy to learn tile laying game available anywhere they sell hobby games.        Leaving Earth is available at https://lumenaris.com/leavingearth.html      Music is by Jahazzar, song Be Nice off the album 1Up.    Available at Tribeofnoise.com

Scott and his fiancé Grant spent 6 wonderful days in the Dordogne and Aveyron, two neighboring areas in Occitanie in the southwest of France. And since that's home for me, it's a pleasure to report that they had a great time! Best Places in the Dordogne and Aveyron They visited Sarlat, La Roque Gageac, Beynac, Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, Belcastel, Najac, Toulouse and Carcassone so those were busy days and well planned-out days. They have great accommodations and restaurant recommendations too! In the episode we don't talk about Toulouse and Carcassonne because we ran out of time, but check out Scott's Guest Notes for information on those. Scott has been in France several times and loves lots of things about it  including food, wine, and French culture. Accommodations Recommendations They like to stay in one place for 2 or 3 nights and will pick either hotel or rental depending on what the area has to offer. These are the gems they found on this trip: Airbnb in Sarlat (Dordogne) Chateau de Belecastel (Aveyron) Airbnb in Najac (Aveyron) Restaurant Recommendations They only made a brief stop in Bordeaux but managed to find a great restaurant: La Tupina. This is a restaurant with a country feel and an open fire in the middle of it and they serve great local specialties. In Belcastel they really enjoyed the Restaurant du Vieux Pont. It's worth making a reservation to eat at this one-star restaurant because the other food option in Belcastel is a little touristy restaurant Annie tried that was nothing to write home about! About Renting a Car in France Don't let the car rental agency upgrade you to a bigger car, it won't fit anywhere! And also, don't follow Google Maps too closely. If it's taking you on a dirt road, don't go there unless you've been warned that the entrance gate is on a dirt road. You've got to hear what happened when they asked Google Maps to drive them to a parking lot in Belcastel! That starts at [34:27] And you also need to listen to that part because Belcastel is truly one of the most memorable scenic villages in France! Email | Annie's Voicemap Paris Tours | Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram | Twitter #joinusinfrance #Sarlat #sarlatfrance #SarlatlaCaneda #belcastel #travel #podcast #occitanie

Episode 4: Busting Shroud Myths, Part 2:  In one statement, John Walsh (His book The Shroud) observed: “The Shroud of Turin is either the most awesome and instructive relic of Jesus Christ in existence ... or it is one of the most ingenious, most unbelievably clever, products of the human mind and hand on record. It is one or the other; there is no middle ground.”  I did a recent - July, 2019 - survey of Baptist Pastors on The Shroud of Turin. Of those that responded to the poll - only 3.5 percent believed that the Shroud was the genuine burial cloth of Jesus. Half of them were agnostic - it was an interesting historical artifact that could not be verified, and just slightly under half 41 percent - believed the Shroud to be a forgery. I did a much larger poll in The Astonishing Legends facebook group - a group of people that are quite open and interested in paranormal things. In that survey, 132 out of 350 - 38 percent - believed the Shroud to be a hoax, which is very similar to the Baptist pastor's percentage. However, there were more true believers in the paranormal group, with 37 out of 350 - 11 percent - believing that the Shroud was the genuine burial cloth of Jesus. Shroud agnostics - believing the Shroud to be interesting, but unverifiable - represented 181 out of 350 respondents, just over half at 52 percent. Therefore, based on my informal surveys of a little over 400 people - roughly half of those respondents are just like me - uncertain about the Shroud. Over the next few episodes of this podcast, we are going to cover the history of the Shroud of Turin, and the most modern research and findings. Maybe by the time we are done, we'll all still be Shroud agnostics, but maybe - just maybe - we will together unearth enough information to change our minds and develop a clearer and more definitive view of one of the most controversial and noteworthy artifacts of church history.   Today, we are continuing to bust some myths about the Shroud. Next episode we will present 10-25 arguments in favor of the authenticity of the Shroud, some arguments against it, and likely conclude this series. Myth: The Shroud has always been owned by the Catholic Church, and they have officially endorsed it. In fact, it appears that the Catholic Church did not have official possession of The Shroud until 1983 when the royal House of Savoy conveyed ownership of The Shroud to The Holy See. If you remember your AP Modern European History, you might remember that the Savoys began as a small ruling family in the Alps northwest of Italy proper, and grew to become the dominant royal family in Italy, reigning over the country from 1861-1946, and also briefly ruled Spain in the 1800s. Although the Catholic church does not have an official position on The Shroud, several Popes and other church officials have commented favorably about it, including: Cardinal Ratzenberger/Pope Benedict, who called The Shroud, “A truly mysterious image, which no human artistry was capable of producing. In some inexplicable way, it appeared imprinted upon cloth and claimed to show the true face of Christ, the crucified and risen Lord".” (This was said when Ratzenberger was a Cardinal, and was not said officially/Ex Cathedra, so it was not considered an official endorsement of the whole church. Pius 11, 1936, “These are not pictures of the Blessed Virgin, it is true, but pictures that remind us of her as no other can. Since they are pictures of her Divine Son, and so, we can truly say, the most moving, loveliest, dearest ones that we can imagine."   What a strange quote - am I wrong that it seems to be suggesting that pictures of Mary, mother of Jesus, would be more remarkable than pictures of Jesus, the son of God? When any theology places more attention, emphasis and weight on Mary than they do on Jesus, this is where I have a massive difference with them. Source of quote “The Shroud, a Guide” by Gino Morreto. (I note here that I can't find this quote by Pius 11 elsewhere) Pope John Paul II  "Since it is not a matter of faith, the church has no specific competence to pronounce on these questions," the late Pope John Paul II said in 1998. ALSO:  “The Holy Shroud is the most splendid relic of the Passion and Resurrection [of Our Lord Jesus Christ]. We become what we contemplate... Why don't we contemplate the Icon of Icons: The Holy Face of Jesus!" Instead of icons made by man, let us venerate the greatest icon of all: The Holy Face of Jesus!” and also, “The Shroud is an image of God's love as well as of human sin ... The imprint left by the tortured body of the Crucified One, which attests to the tremendous human capacity for causing pain and death to one's fellow man, stands as an icon of the suffering of the innocent in every age." Most recently, Pope Francis commented on The Shroud during his first Easter address: Dear Brothers and Sisters, I join all of you gathered before the Holy Shroud, and I thank the Lord for offering us this opportunity, thanks also to new devices. We do not merely “look” if we are looking at it, it is not a simple look, but it is a form of veneration, a look of prayer and also it is a way of letting him look at us. This face has eyes that are closed, it is the face of one who is dead, and yet mysteriously he is watching us, and in silence he speaks to us. How is this possible? How is it that the faithful, like you, pause before this icon of a man scourged and crucified? It is because the Man of the Shroud invites us to contemplate Jesus of Nazareth.  This image, impressed upon the cloth, speaks to our heart and moves us to climb the hill of Calvary, to look upon the wood of the Cross, and to immerse ourselves in the eloquent silence of love. Let us therefore allow ourselves to be reached by this look, which is directed not to our eyes but to our heart. In silence, let us listen to what he has to say to us from beyond death itself. By means of the Holy Shroud, the unique and supreme Word of God comes to us: Love made man, incarnate in our history; the merciful love of God who has taken upon himself all the evil of the world to free us from its power.  This disfigured face resembles all those faces of men and women marred by a life which does not respect their dignity, by war and violence which afflict the weakest… And yet, at the same time, the face in the Shroud conveys a great peace; this tortured body expresses a sovereign majesty. It is as if it let a restrained but powerful energy within it shine through, as if to say: have faith, do not lose hope; the power of the love of God, the power of the Risen One overcomes all things. So, looking upon the Man of the Shroud, I make my own the prayer which Saint Francis of Assisi prayed before the Crucifix: Most High, glorious God, enlighten the shadows of my heart, and grant me a right faith, a certain hope and perfect charity, sense and understanding, Lord, so that I may accomplish your holy and true command. Amen. One Catholic commentator on St. Francis' speech above noted, “"The shroud draws [people] to the tormented face and body of Jesus and, at the same time, directs [people] toward the face of every suffering and unjustly persecuted person." This is condemning/damming the Shroud with faint praise and reinforces that Pope Francis really does think (wrongly) that the Shroud is just another fake icon.” I agree with that commentator - reading between the lines of St. Francis' pronunciation, speech, it is quite clear that he is either a Shroud Agnostic, or possibly even thinks it is a forgery.  So - it would seem that, in the Catholic church, the opinions on the authenticity of The Shroud are quite varied. It appears that more Catholic leaders consider The Shroud authentic than do leaders of other major religious groups, but the fact that The Vatican has stopped short of pronouncing the Turin Shroud should possibly give us pause. Do they have reason to suspect it is inauthentic - unreleased reasons? Possibly.  I'll say this - I don't understand religious veneration of objects. That seems completely contra to the clear teachings of the Old and New Testaments. Some branches of Christianity do this, but I think they are missing it. If The Shroud is authentic, then it is fascinating and wonderful, but not at all worthy of a single drop of religious devotion. If it is inauthentic, then it is less so.  Either way, it is a fascinating artifact.  If genuine, it is one of the great treasures of history and should be in our finest museum. Just don't worship it - it is a linen cloth. It didn't die for you. It has no power to save you. I see no indication that it holds any special significance to God. I own a collectible card with a verified piece of a jacket that Elvis Presley sang in and wore. If I had the whole jacket - what would that avail me? Would it help me dance better? Sing better? Become more famous? Could I bring it to Graceland and get free entry for wearing it? Could I take it to surviving members of Elvis' family, and ask to become an honorary Presley? None of those things. And The Shroud would get you less far in Heaven than The Presley jacket would get you in Graceland.  What should we do if it is inauthentic? Burn it, throw it away? Of course not! I still believe it belongs in our finest museums of art (as opposed to history) If it is art - it is incredible art. Mystifying and awe-inspiring.  Whatever it is - The Vatican isn't saying for sure one way, or another. They appear to be fans, but in a mostly unofficial capacity. Maybe Myth: The Shroud has been fully replicated. One of the major issues that has surrounded The Shroud from the beginning has been that, up until recently - even skeptics agreed that the way The Shroud was produced is unknown and thus postulating a medieval forgery was quite difficult, because nobody knew how a person could forge such an image with medieval equipment. There have been other ancient technologies that have been a mystery to modern man. Damascus steel, for instance, has not been inarguably replicated by modern blacksmiths. Roman Concrete has a kind of durability that modern concrete lacks, and scientists are only recently discovering some of the secrets to its longevity. Archimedes is said to have developed a sort of heat ray that was powerful enough to burn up boats from a significant distance away, but it is difficult for us to replicate such a ray using the technology that Archimedes would have had 200 years before the birth of Jesus. To that list, we should certainly add The Shroud, for if it is a forgery - it is an incredibly sophisticated, impressive and technologically advanced one. N.D. Wilson's amazing 2005 article in Christianity Today, entitled “Father Brown fakes The Shroud” is a must read for Shroud enthusiasts. Unfortunately, the only possible way to read it is to get your hands on that 2005 magazine in a library somewhere, or pay CT $30 for a digital subscription - which is what I did. 15 years ago N.D. Wilson supposedly figured out how one might fake The Shroud of Turin, and since that time, I have heard several people say or intimate that The Shroud had conclusively been proven a fraud with the 1-2 punch of #1 1988 medieval dating and #2 Wilson's reproduction. Wilson's method of duplicating The Shroud is ingenious. Basically, he and an artist friend painted a reverse image on a large pane of glass, and then had the sun shine through that image onto a Linen cloth over a period of several days. The sun bleached the cloth - lighter in areas of heavy paint and darker in areas of light paint. The resulting image does indeed look fairly authentic and Shroud-like to the naked eye. It does prove that it is possible, with the right equipment,  to put a negative-like image like The Shroud onto a linen cloth. Here are some objections that have been raised: 1. The cloth contains pollen from plants only found in Palestine - that would be difficult for a European forger to get. For one, he would have no idea that such a thing could potentially authenticate The Shroud. Wilson notes that the cloth could have been procured from a first century, Jewish grave, which I suppose is technically possible.  2. The figure in the Turin Shroud is pierced through his wrists, not through his hands. In recent years, it has been discovered that crucified people would have to have been pierced through their wrists (and not their hands) in order to actually be suspended from a cross. This does not at all contradict the Passion accounts in all four Gospels in the Bible, because the Greek word used for ‘hands' can also include the wrist area, unlike our English, which more clearly delineates between the two. Almost the totality of medieval art depicts the nails used during the crucifixion of Jesus being located in the hands, rather than the wrists. If the Shroud were a forgery, it is remarkable in the extreme that the forger would have known to include nail holes in the wrists, rather than in the hands. 3. I am not an expert on 1300s era glass technology, but some who are have argued that the kind of large and flat pane windows that would have been needed to sun-bleach the painted image of a man onto a large linen cloth would not have been available in the early medieval period. This is a fairly strong objection that I don't believe Wilson's article - as thorough as it is - addresses fully. 4. The figure on the Shroud has real wounds and real blood. This, of course, means that it was more than merely a sun-bleached image. Wilson contends that somebody had to have been murdered in order for forgers to make The Shroud using his method. Again, such a thing is technically possible. 5. It appears to some that the figure in The Shroud has coins in its eyes - and the type of coins appear to be first century coins that would have been commonly used in Israel during the time of Christ. That a medieval forger would be able to add such a detail is fairly astonishing. Of course, as with everything surrounding The Shroud, others (and Wilson, I presume) argue that there are no coin impressions in the eyes of the Shroud-figure. 6. Finally, if The Shroud is a forgery, those who painted the image on the glass had a remarkable and accurate knowledge of both the full details of Roman crucifixion and how the body would have responded to such crucifixion. Additionally, the anonymous forgers would have had to have a strong knowledge of anatomy and wound-effects, as the wounds on The Shroud figure are consistent with what modern medical technology would expect. Wilson contends that there were many medieval people with deep and accurate knowledge of anatomy, and the only reason we don't expect the forgers to have such knowledge is because we have a sort of bias against people from the past and assume they are unsophisticated and unintelligent. Such bias is certainly real, I will readily admit, though it does seem that medical history of the last 500 years demonstrates that medieval medicine and anatomy was indeed quite primitive. So - did Wilson definitively prove that medieval forgers could have produced The Shroud? Maybe, maybe not. Even Wilson admits, “I have not proved much. Or, I do not think that I have. Men and women who have believed in the Shroud will continue to believe. There is a fireman somewhere in Italy who risked his life to save the Shroud. I have a great deal of respect for that man. Perhaps I've given those who disbelieve more reason for noses lifted in the air, but I have not proved that the Shroud was faked. What I have done is crudely demonstrate that such an image could easily be produced in a matter of weeks by wicked men with no scruples, a little imagination, and a little more skill. The fact that it could have been faked does not mean that it was, though I believe it to have been. ”   I'll say this - Wilson's supposed forgers would have had to be: remarkably intelligent, gifted with art, well supplied with very rare (if existent) glass panes, and have an astonishing - for the time - knowledge of medicine, Roman history and human anatomy. Additionally, they would have had to be in possession of a cloth from Palestine, and possibly even pollen that had come from Palestine as well.  There have been other attempts to recreate the Shroud as well. In 2009 the University of Pavia organic chemistry professor and skeptic society member Luigi Garlaschelli produced a fairly convincing (at first glance) reproduction. He describes his attempt: "What you have now is a very fuzzy, dusty and weak image, Then for the sake of completeness I have added the bloodstains, the burns, the scorching because there was a fire in 1532." Garlaschelli says his work disproves the claims of the shroud's strongest supporters. "Basically the Shroud of Turin has some strange properties and characteristics that they say cannot be reproduced by human hands,"For example, the image is superficial and has no pigment, it looks so lifelike and so on, and therefore they say it cannot have been done by an artist." "The procedure is very simple. The artist took this sheet and put it over one of his assistants," "His good idea was to wrap the sheet over the person underneath because he didn't want to obtain an image that was too obviously a painting or a drawing, so with this procedure you get a strange image, Time did the rest,"  As you might imagine, there are several people who disagree that Garlaschelli has produced a convincing replica. Dr. Thibault Heimburger has written an extensive and scientific rebuttal of Garlaschelli's method, essentially arguing that it does not really duplicate all of the elements of the Shroud, but is only a superficial likeness. His paper, linked in the shownotes, concludes:  L.G. concluded: “We have also shown that pigments containing traces of acidic compounds can be artificially aged after the rubbing step (…) in such a way that, when the pigment is washed away, an image is obtained having the expected characteristics as the Shroud of Turin. In particular the image is pseudo negative, is fuzzy with half-tones, resides on the top-most fibers of the cloth, has some 3D embedded properties and does not fluoresce”. I think to the contrary that the image has none of these characteristics (except negativity and nonfluorescence). L.G. used a sophisticated method and a new interesting hypothesis, and he got the best Shroud-like image today. It is interesting to notice that even so, the properties of his image remain in fact very far from the fundamental properties of the Shroud image. 9 For the moment, the Shroud image remains unfakeable. Source: https://www.shroud.com/pdfs/thibault-lg.pdf Shroud blogger Stephen Jones has also debunked the replication of Garlaschelli: http://theshroudofturin.blogspot.com/2018/08/my-critique-of-borrini-m-garlaschelli-l.html  3. The complex herringbone twill pattern of the Shroud was not possible in the first century.  Some Shroud skeptics have speculated that the particular pattern of sewing used on the Shroud is too complex and advanced have been created in the first century.  In the Summer of 2000, archaeologists James Tabor and Shimon Gibson stumbled upon a freshly robbed first century grave outside of Jerusalem. Amazingly, the grave still had bodies in it, and one of them was encased in a somewhat intact first century shroud - the first shroud of that era that has been recovered in or around Jerusalem. Tabor writes of this discovery in a way that is very dismissive of the Turin Shroud:  Although 1st century cloth has been found at Masada and in caves in the Judean Desert, nothing of this sort had ever been found in Jerusalem. Apparently that niche, sealed with a blocking stone, had a geological fissure that kept water from seeping in and rotting the material. The tomb had any number of interesting features. DNA studies were done on all the individuals represented in the tomb—the first time, so far as we know, that this had even been done in an ancient Jerusalem tomb of this period. Textile analysis was done on the cloth—it turned out to be a mixture of linen and wool, not woven together but layered with a separate head piece. It had a distinctive 1st century weave—in contrast to the Shroud of Turin.  News articles from major sites like BBC and CNN concluded that this was yet more evidence that the Shroud was a fake. From the CNN article:  “And in addition, the weave of the shroud raises fresh doubts about the Shroud of Turin, which many people believe was used to wrap the body of Jesus. According to researchers involved in the excavation and subsequent testing, the recently discovered shroud lends more credible evidence that the Shroud of Turin does not date to Roman times when Jesus died but from a later period.” SOURCE: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/12/16/mideast.ancient.shroud/index.html However, it should be noted that none of the researchers actually engaged in much textile research, nor were they textile experts. They were simply taking the design and weave  of one 1st century burial cloth and concluding that all other 1st century burial cloths from that area would have a similar weave-pattern. That seems plausible at first, but it turns out that it is not true.  Hamburg textile expert Mechthild Flury-Lemberg is a recognized art historian and expert on the restoration of ancient textiles. She was able to examine and work on restoration/repair of the Shroud in 2001/2002 and published a book on it. She concludes on chapter of that book by saying:  “The seam that connects the 8 cm wide strip to the larger segment is not a simple one. The type of seam construction chosen clearly displays the intention to make the seam disappear on the face of the cloth as much as possible. This is another reason to believe that the Shroud was planned and produced by professionals. The sewing has been done from the reverse of the fabric and the stitches have been executed with great care and are barely noticeable on the face of the Shroud. The seam appears flat on the face and raised like a roll on the reverse of the fabric . Examples of this same kind of seam are again to be found among the textile fragments of Masada, already mentioned above. To conclude this chapter it can be said that the linen cloth of the Shroud of Turin does not display any weaving or sewing techniques which speak against its origin as a high quality product of the textile workers of the first century A.D.” SOURCE: Sindon by Mechthild Flury-Lemberg, pages 59-60, December 2001. John Tyerer, a chartered textile technologist, “It would be reasonable to conclude the linen textiles with ‘Z' twist yarns and woven 3/1 reversing twill similar to the Turin Shroud could have been produced in the first century Syria or Palestine.” (Source: The Shroud and The Controversy by Gary Habermas and Kenneth E. Stevenson, pg. 69)  4. The Shroud was myth-busted by John Calvin, among many others, who show us that The Scripture demands TWO burial cloths (one for the head, one for the body) and not ONE.  The Sudarium of Oviedo, long believed to be the "napkin" that was wrapped around Our Lord's head after His crucifixion and death, has been shown to have 120 "points of coincidence" with the Shroud, including the same AB blood type. Researchers assert, "The only possible conclusion is that the Oviedo sudarium covered the same face as the Turin Shroud." John Calvin:  4 Arguments against The Shroud:  THERE ARE MULTIPLE ‘SHROUDS' THAT CLAIM TO BE GENUINE.   It is now time to treat of the “sudary,” about which relic they have displayed their folly even more than in the affair of the holy coat; for besides the sudary of Veronica, which is shown in the Church of St Peter at Rome, it is the boast of several towns that they each possess one, as for instance Carcassone, Nice, Aix-la-Chapelle, Tréves, Besançon, without reckoning the fragments to be seen in various places.Now, I ask whether those persons were not bereft of their senses who could take long pilgrimages, at much expense and fatigue, in order to see sheets, of the reality of which there were no reasons to believe, but many to doubt; for whoever admitted the reality of one of these sudaries shown in so many places, must have considered the rest as wicked impostures set up to deceive the public by the pretence that they were each the real sheet in which Christ's body had been wrapped.  Answer: That counterfeits exist does not at all prove that there is no genuine article. Rather, a counterfeit shroud (or three) can be a fairly convincing proof that - at least at one time - there was a significant genuine shroud. 2. THE BIBLE DOES NOT RECORD A CLOTH WITH AN IMPRESSION ON IT.  St John, in his Gospel, relates even how St Peter, having entered the sepulchre, saw the linen clothes lying on one side, and the napkin that was about his head on the other; but he does not say that there was a miraculous impression of our Lord's figure upon these clothes, and it is not to be imagined that he would have omitted to mention such a work of God if there had been any thing of this kind. Answer: John 21:25 25 And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if they were written one by one, I suppose not even the world itself could contain the books that would be written.  This is a clear argument from silence. That doesn't mean it carries now weight - it does indeed carry some weight...but not enough to actually disprove the veracity of the Shroud. It should be pointed out that the miracle of the Shroud IF it happened and IF it was noticed by the ladies or the disciples would NOT have been all that significant in comparison to the resurrection of Jesus or the appearance of angels at the tomb. One can quite easily answer this argument from silence with another plausible argument from silence, and it is one I've not heard before. Consider how short, relatively speaking, each of the Gospels are - the Longest is Luke, checking in at just under 20000 words. In total, all four Gospels are approximately 65,000 words - not very lengthy. This is about the size of a shortish paper-back novel.  Given the relative brevity of these accounts, I find it remarkable that ALL FOUR Gospels mention the grave clothes of Jesus. Why? It would seem there would be little reason to record any details about the grave clothes unless...possibly...something remarkable happened to them. Now - is that argument enough to convince a skeptic? Of course not - because it is a very, very weak argument! So is Calvin's argument here that the Gospels would have mentioned it if something miraculous happened with the grave-wrapping of Jesus.  3. THE CLOTHES WERE GUARDED AND LEFT IN THE GRAVE.  Another point to be observed is, that the evangelists do not mention that either of the disciples or the faithful women who came to the sepulchre had removed the clothes in question, but, on the contrary, their account seems to imply that they were left there. Now, the sepulchre was guarded by soldiers, and consequently the clothes were in their power. Is it possible that they would have permitted the disciples to take them away as relics, since these very men had been bribed by the Pharisees to perjure themselves by saying that the disciples had stolen the body of our Lord ?  This one is not terribly difficult to answer. None of the gospels record the detail of removing the clothing, which could be because they did indeed remove it, but did not notice an image imprinted on it. It is highly unlikely they would have left cloth behind in the grave for reasons both sentimental and practical. As well, it should be noted that the Gospels do not record the presence of a guard at the tomb AFTER the resurrection of Jesus.  4. THE SHROUD IS ONE CLOTH AND THE BIBLE CLEARLY SHOWS THAT TWO CLOTHS SERVED TO BURY JESUS. I shall conclude with a convincing proof of the audacity of the Papists. Wherever the holy sudary is exhibited, they show a large sheet with the full-length likeness of a human body on it. Now, St John's Gospel, chapter nine teenth, says that Christ was buried according to the manner of the Jews ; and what was their custom ? This may be known by their present custom on such occasions, as well as from their books, which describe the ancient ceremony of interment, which was to wrap the body in a sheet, to the shoulders, and to cover the head with a separate cloth. This is precisely how the evangelist described it, saying, that St Peter saw on one side the clothes with which the body had been wrapped, and on the other the napkin from about his head. In short, either St John is a liar, or all those who boast of possessing the holy sudary are convicted of falsehood and deceit. * * This is probably Calvin's most well known argument contra the Shroud and the one that I hear most well-educated Protestants make when I bring up the Shroud to them That the Bible suggests a plurality of gravecloths, but the Shroud is only one cloth. On the surface, this might seem like a pretty compelling claim against the Shroud, but it is not quite as open and shut as Calvin would have us believe.  The most relevant passage in the Bible to this discussion is John 20:  6 Then, following him, Simon Peter came also. He entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there. 7 The wrapping that had been on His head was not lying with the linen cloths but was folded up in a separate place by itself. Pretty clear, right - according to John's Gospel, there were not ONE but TWO burial cloths that wrapped Jesus. One, mentioned in vs 6 (Greek: ὀθόνια (othonia)/PLURAL)  and the other in verse 7 - a cloth wrapped around Jesus' head. (Greek: σουδάριον Soudarion)  Here's the thing, though - Many Shroud researchers, including Kenneth Stevenson, Gary Habermas, Ian Wilson, Barrie Schwortz and others contend that the Shroud shows evidence that there was a head cloth wrapped around the Shroud figure's neck and head - most likely to hold the jaw in place.  It would appear that the Sudarion was not a very significant part of the grave cloths that wrapped Jesus, as Matthew, Mark and Luke do not mention it in particular. Consider:  Mark 15:46 46 After he bought some fine linen, he took Him down and wrapped Him in the linen. Then he placed Him in a tomb cut out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb. Luke 23:53 and 24:12  52 He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus' body. 53 Taking it down, he wrapped it in fine linen and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever been placed...12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. When he stooped to look in, he saw only the linen cloths. So he went home, amazed at what had happened. And Matthew 27: 59 So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in clean, fine linen, 60 and placed it in his new tomb, which he had cut into the rock. He left after rolling a great stone against the entrance of the tomb. So, the three synoptic gospels - Matthew, Mark and Luke - don't mention the head-wrapping, or the sudarion, but John does. Could this indicate that the sudarion was a smaller garment - one that would not have left much of an imprint on the Shroud? Possibly. But, again, I emphasize - The Shroud seems to allow for the existence of a head-scarf type wrapping, as well as ones around the wrists and feet. Rather than the Biblical account disproving The Shroud, it actually seems to describe it quite well. 5. THE ABUNDANCE OF FAKE RELICS PUT FORWARD BY MEDIEVAL CATHOLICS PROVES THE SHROUD IS ALSO FAKE.  St Honoratus has a body at Arles, and another at the island of Lerins, near Antibes.St Giles has a body at Toulouse, and a second in a town bearing his name in Languedoc.I could quote an infinite number of similar cases. I think that the exhibitors of these relics should at least have made some arrangement amongst themselves the better to conceal their barefaced impostures. Something of this sort was managed between the canons of Trêves and those of Liége about St Lambert's head. They compounded, for a sum of money, not to show publicly the head in their possession, in order to avoid the natural surprise of the public at the same relic being seen in two different towns situated so near to each other. But, as I have already remarked at the commencement of this treatise, the inventors of these frauds never imagined anyone could be found bold enough to speak out and expose their deceptions. This is really more of a subset of argument #1, and it is a fairly strong argument. However, it must be said that not every statement made by a dishonest person is a lie, and it is perfectly possible that not every relic claimed by the medieval Catholic church was fake. Most likely were. Were they ALL fake?  I'm not convinced they were.  So - Hopefully you've enjoyed this little bit of busting myths.  You can probably tell that I want the Shroud to be the real thing. There's several reasons for this, but none of them are apologetics-related. In other words, I don't want the Shroud to be the real burial cloth of Jesus because I think that would help prove the Bible to be reliable, or Jesus to be the resurrected Son of God. No article could prove such a thing. I do, however, want the Shroud to be real and genuine in the same sort of way that I want there to be a real Loch Ness Monster, or an extant Holy Grail somewhere out there. The world is a more interesting place with a legit Nessie swimming around in the cold waters of Scotland, and it is a more interesting place with real, tangible artifacts from the time of Jesus. Does that bias me? Possibly it does, and I don't want to enter this discussion biased. It does make me consider the claims of debunkers with a greater skepticism, however, and that might not be a bad thing.  I love John Calvin and am quite persuaded by his soteriological leanings in the realm of theology. That said, I believe his debunking of The Shroud is somewhat ham-handed, especially his contention that it is easily proved false by John 20 argument that the Bible says there were two different kinds of grave-clothes. I believe that there were indeed two different kinds of graveclothes used on Jesus - the Bible is explicit about this - there was a linen cloth that the body of Jesus was wrapped in, and a head covering (of some sort) that went along with it. That said, the Shroud appears to show evidence of there being a head scarf or head wrapping of some sort, and even if it didn't, one could easily see how the Shroud figure could have been wrapped in more than one cloth. I have little patience for people who believe the extraordinary simply because somebody told them it was so - gullibility is delightful in children, but unbecoming and unsophisticated in adults. I also have little patience for those who claim to debunk complex objects and possibilities with overly-simplistic and reductionist arguments. It is definitely possible - even plausible - that the Shroud of Turin is a medieval forgery, but the fact that John 20:7 mentions a sudarion that was on the head of Jesus does not necessarily debunk the authenticity of The Shroud in any sore of logical, philosophical or archaeological way.  Ok - that was a long episode. ONE more Shroud episode coming up - a summation of sorts. I hope to have 20-25 reasons to believe the Shroud could be authentic as well as a number of reasons to NOT believe in the authenticity of The Shroud. Thanks for being patient, and thanks for listening. Please leave a positive review if you are so inclined. 

Episode 4: Busting Shroud Myths, Part 2:  In one statement, John Walsh (His book The Shroud) observed: “The Shroud of Turin is either the most awesome and instructive relic of Jesus Christ in existence ... or it is one of the most ingenious, most unbelievably clever, products of the human mind and hand on record. It is one or the other; there is no middle ground.”  I did a recent - July, 2019 - survey of Baptist Pastors on The Shroud of Turin. Of those that responded to the poll - only 3.5 percent believed that the Shroud was the genuine burial cloth of Jesus. Half of them were agnostic - it was an interesting historical artifact that could not be verified, and just slightly under half 41 percent - believed the Shroud to be a forgery. I did a much larger poll in The Astonishing Legends facebook group - a group of people that are quite open and interested in paranormal things. In that survey, 132 out of 350 - 38 percent - believed the Shroud to be a hoax, which is very similar to the Baptist pastor's percentage. However, there were more true believers in the paranormal group, with 37 out of 350 - 11 percent - believing that the Shroud was the genuine burial cloth of Jesus. Shroud agnostics - believing the Shroud to be interesting, but unverifiable - represented 181 out of 350 respondents, just over half at 52 percent. Therefore, based on my informal surveys of a little over 400 people - roughly half of those respondents are just like me - uncertain about the Shroud. Over the next few episodes of this podcast, we are going to cover the history of the Shroud of Turin, and the most modern research and findings. Maybe by the time we are done, we'll all still be Shroud agnostics, but maybe - just maybe - we will together unearth enough information to change our minds and develop a clearer and more definitive view of one of the most controversial and noteworthy artifacts of church history.   Today, we are continuing to bust some myths about the Shroud. Next episode we will present 10-25 arguments in favor of the authenticity of the Shroud, some arguments against it, and likely conclude this series. Myth: The Shroud has always been owned by the Catholic Church, and they have officially endorsed it. In fact, it appears that the Catholic Church did not have official possession of The Shroud until 1983 when the royal House of Savoy conveyed ownership of The Shroud to The Holy See. If you remember your AP Modern European History, you might remember that the Savoys began as a small ruling family in the Alps northwest of Italy proper, and grew to become the dominant royal family in Italy, reigning over the country from 1861-1946, and also briefly ruled Spain in the 1800s. Although the Catholic church does not have an official position on The Shroud, several Popes and other church officials have commented favorably about it, including: Cardinal Ratzenberger/Pope Benedict, who called The Shroud, “A truly mysterious image, which no human artistry was capable of producing. In some inexplicable way, it appeared imprinted upon cloth and claimed to show the true face of Christ, the crucified and risen Lord".” (This was said when Ratzenberger was a Cardinal, and was not said officially/Ex Cathedra, so it was not considered an official endorsement of the whole church. Pius 11, 1936, “These are not pictures of the Blessed Virgin, it is true, but pictures that remind us of her as no other can. Since they are pictures of her Divine Son, and so, we can truly say, the most moving, loveliest, dearest ones that we can imagine."   What a strange quote - am I wrong that it seems to be suggesting that pictures of Mary, mother of Jesus, would be more remarkable than pictures of Jesus, the son of God? When any theology places more attention, emphasis and weight on Mary than they do on Jesus, this is where I have a massive difference with them. Source of quote “The Shroud, a Guide” by Gino Morreto. (I note here that I can't find this quote by Pius 11 elsewhere) Pope John Paul II  "Since it is not a matter of faith, the church has no specific competence to pronounce on these questions," the late Pope John Paul II said in 1998. ALSO:  “The Holy Shroud is the most splendid relic of the Passion and Resurrection [of Our Lord Jesus Christ]. We become what we contemplate... Why don't we contemplate the Icon of Icons: The Holy Face of Jesus!" Instead of icons made by man, let us venerate the greatest icon of all: The Holy Face of Jesus!” and also, “The Shroud is an image of God's love as well as of human sin ... The imprint left by the tortured body of the Crucified One, which attests to the tremendous human capacity for causing pain and death to one's fellow man, stands as an icon of the suffering of the innocent in every age." Most recently, Pope Francis commented on The Shroud during his first Easter address: Dear Brothers and Sisters, I join all of you gathered before the Holy Shroud, and I thank the Lord for offering us this opportunity, thanks also to new devices. We do not merely “look” if we are looking at it, it is not a simple look, but it is a form of veneration, a look of prayer and also it is a way of letting him look at us. This face has eyes that are closed, it is the face of one who is dead, and yet mysteriously he is watching us, and in silence he speaks to us. How is this possible? How is it that the faithful, like you, pause before this icon of a man scourged and crucified? It is because the Man of the Shroud invites us to contemplate Jesus of Nazareth.  This image, impressed upon the cloth, speaks to our heart and moves us to climb the hill of Calvary, to look upon the wood of the Cross, and to immerse ourselves in the eloquent silence of love. Let us therefore allow ourselves to be reached by this look, which is directed not to our eyes but to our heart. In silence, let us listen to what he has to say to us from beyond death itself. By means of the Holy Shroud, the unique and supreme Word of God comes to us: Love made man, incarnate in our history; the merciful love of God who has taken upon himself all the evil of the world to free us from its power.  This disfigured face resembles all those faces of men and women marred by a life which does not respect their dignity, by war and violence which afflict the weakest… And yet, at the same time, the face in the Shroud conveys a great peace; this tortured body expresses a sovereign majesty. It is as if it let a restrained but powerful energy within it shine through, as if to say: have faith, do not lose hope; the power of the love of God, the power of the Risen One overcomes all things. So, looking upon the Man of the Shroud, I make my own the prayer which Saint Francis of Assisi prayed before the Crucifix: Most High, glorious God, enlighten the shadows of my heart, and grant me a right faith, a certain hope and perfect charity, sense and understanding, Lord, so that I may accomplish your holy and true command. Amen. One Catholic commentator on St. Francis' speech above noted, “"The shroud draws [people] to the tormented face and body of Jesus and, at the same time, directs [people] toward the face of every suffering and unjustly persecuted person." This is condemning/damming the Shroud with faint praise and reinforces that Pope Francis really does think (wrongly) that the Shroud is just another fake icon.” I agree with that commentator - reading between the lines of St. Francis' pronunciation, speech, it is quite clear that he is either a Shroud Agnostic, or possibly even thinks it is a forgery.  So - it would seem that, in the Catholic church, the opinions on the authenticity of The Shroud are quite varied. It appears that more Catholic leaders consider The Shroud authentic than do leaders of other major religious groups, but the fact that The Vatican has stopped short of pronouncing the Turin Shroud should possibly give us pause. Do they have reason to suspect it is inauthentic - unreleased reasons? Possibly.  I'll say this - I don't understand religious veneration of objects. That seems completely contra to the clear teachings of the Old and New Testaments. Some branches of Christianity do this, but I think they are missing it. If The Shroud is authentic, then it is fascinating and wonderful, but not at all worthy of a single drop of religious devotion. If it is inauthentic, then it is less so.  Either way, it is a fascinating artifact.  If genuine, it is one of the great treasures of history and should be in our finest museum. Just don't worship it - it is a linen cloth. It didn't die for you. It has no power to save you. I see no indication that it holds any special significance to God. I own a collectible card with a verified piece of a jacket that Elvis Presley sang in and wore. If I had the whole jacket - what would that avail me? Would it help me dance better? Sing better? Become more famous? Could I bring it to Graceland and get free entry for wearing it? Could I take it to surviving members of Elvis' family, and ask to become an honorary Presley? None of those things. And The Shroud would get you less far in Heaven than The Presley jacket would get you in Graceland.  What should we do if it is inauthentic? Burn it, throw it away? Of course not! I still believe it belongs in our finest museums of art (as opposed to history) If it is art - it is incredible art. Mystifying and awe-inspiring.  Whatever it is - The Vatican isn't saying for sure one way, or another. They appear to be fans, but in a mostly unofficial capacity. Maybe Myth: The Shroud has been fully replicated. One of the major issues that has surrounded The Shroud from the beginning has been that, up until recently - even skeptics agreed that the way The Shroud was produced is unknown and thus postulating a medieval forgery was quite difficult, because nobody knew how a person could forge such an image with medieval equipment. There have been other ancient technologies that have been a mystery to modern man. Damascus steel, for instance, has not been inarguably replicated by modern blacksmiths. Roman Concrete has a kind of durability that modern concrete lacks, and scientists are only recently discovering some of the secrets to its longevity. Archimedes is said to have developed a sort of heat ray that was powerful enough to burn up boats from a significant distance away, but it is difficult for us to replicate such a ray using the technology that Archimedes would have had 200 years before the birth of Jesus. To that list, we should certainly add The Shroud, for if it is a forgery - it is an incredibly sophisticated, impressive and technologically advanced one. N.D. Wilson's amazing 2005 article in Christianity Today, entitled “Father Brown fakes The Shroud” is a must read for Shroud enthusiasts. Unfortunately, the only possible way to read it is to get your hands on that 2005 magazine in a library somewhere, or pay CT $30 for a digital subscription - which is what I did. 15 years ago N.D. Wilson supposedly figured out how one might fake The Shroud of Turin, and since that time, I have heard several people say or intimate that The Shroud had conclusively been proven a fraud with the 1-2 punch of #1 1988 medieval dating and #2 Wilson's reproduction. Wilson's method of duplicating The Shroud is ingenious. Basically, he and an artist friend painted a reverse image on a large pane of glass, and then had the sun shine through that image onto a Linen cloth over a period of several days. The sun bleached the cloth - lighter in areas of heavy paint and darker in areas of light paint. The resulting image does indeed look fairly authentic and Shroud-like to the naked eye. It does prove that it is possible, with the right equipment,  to put a negative-like image like The Shroud onto a linen cloth. Here are some objections that have been raised: 1. The cloth contains pollen from plants only found in Palestine - that would be difficult for a European forger to get. For one, he would have no idea that such a thing could potentially authenticate The Shroud. Wilson notes that the cloth could have been procured from a first century, Jewish grave, which I suppose is technically possible.  2. The figure in the Turin Shroud is pierced through his wrists, not through his hands. In recent years, it has been discovered that crucified people would have to have been pierced through their wrists (and not their hands) in order to actually be suspended from a cross. This does not at all contradict the Passion accounts in all four Gospels in the Bible, because the Greek word used for ‘hands' can also include the wrist area, unlike our English, which more clearly delineates between the two. Almost the totality of medieval art depicts the nails used during the crucifixion of Jesus being located in the hands, rather than the wrists. If the Shroud were a forgery, it is remarkable in the extreme that the forger would have known to include nail holes in the wrists, rather than in the hands. 3. I am not an expert on 1300s era glass technology, but some who are have argued that the kind of large and flat pane windows that would have been needed to sun-bleach the painted image of a man onto a large linen cloth would not have been available in the early medieval period. This is a fairly strong objection that I don't believe Wilson's article - as thorough as it is - addresses fully. 4. The figure on the Shroud has real wounds and real blood. This, of course, means that it was more than merely a sun-bleached image. Wilson contends that somebody had to have been murdered in order for forgers to make The Shroud using his method. Again, such a thing is technically possible. 5. It appears to some that the figure in The Shroud has coins in its eyes - and the type of coins appear to be first century coins that would have been commonly used in Israel during the time of Christ. That a medieval forger would be able to add such a detail is fairly astonishing. Of course, as with everything surrounding The Shroud, others (and Wilson, I presume) argue that there are no coin impressions in the eyes of the Shroud-figure. 6. Finally, if The Shroud is a forgery, those who painted the image on the glass had a remarkable and accurate knowledge of both the full details of Roman crucifixion and how the body would have responded to such crucifixion. Additionally, the anonymous forgers would have had to have a strong knowledge of anatomy and wound-effects, as the wounds on The Shroud figure are consistent with what modern medical technology would expect. Wilson contends that there were many medieval people with deep and accurate knowledge of anatomy, and the only reason we don't expect the forgers to have such knowledge is because we have a sort of bias against people from the past and assume they are unsophisticated and unintelligent. Such bias is certainly real, I will readily admit, though it does seem that medical history of the last 500 years demonstrates that medieval medicine and anatomy was indeed quite primitive. So - did Wilson definitively prove that medieval forgers could have produced The Shroud? Maybe, maybe not. Even Wilson admits, “I have not proved much. Or, I do not think that I have. Men and women who have believed in the Shroud will continue to believe. There is a fireman somewhere in Italy who risked his life to save the Shroud. I have a great deal of respect for that man. Perhaps I've given those who disbelieve more reason for noses lifted in the air, but I have not proved that the Shroud was faked. What I have done is crudely demonstrate that such an image could easily be produced in a matter of weeks by wicked men with no scruples, a little imagination, and a little more skill. The fact that it could have been faked does not mean that it was, though I believe it to have been. ”   I'll say this - Wilson's supposed forgers would have had to be: remarkably intelligent, gifted with art, well supplied with very rare (if existent) glass panes, and have an astonishing - for the time - knowledge of medicine, Roman history and human anatomy. Additionally, they would have had to be in possession of a cloth from Palestine, and possibly even pollen that had come from Palestine as well.  There have been other attempts to recreate the Shroud as well. In 2009 the University of Pavia organic chemistry professor and skeptic society member Luigi Garlaschelli produced a fairly convincing (at first glance) reproduction. He describes his attempt: "What you have now is a very fuzzy, dusty and weak image, Then for the sake of completeness I have added the bloodstains, the burns, the scorching because there was a fire in 1532." Garlaschelli says his work disproves the claims of the shroud's strongest supporters. "Basically the Shroud of Turin has some strange properties and characteristics that they say cannot be reproduced by human hands,"For example, the image is superficial and has no pigment, it looks so lifelike and so on, and therefore they say it cannot have been done by an artist." "The procedure is very simple. The artist took this sheet and put it over one of his assistants," "His good idea was to wrap the sheet over the person underneath because he didn't want to obtain an image that was too obviously a painting or a drawing, so with this procedure you get a strange image, Time did the rest,"  As you might imagine, there are several people who disagree that Garlaschelli has produced a convincing replica. Dr. Thibault Heimburger has written an extensive and scientific rebuttal of Garlaschelli's method, essentially arguing that it does not really duplicate all of the elements of the Shroud, but is only a superficial likeness. His paper, linked in the shownotes, concludes:  L.G. concluded: “We have also shown that pigments containing traces of acidic compounds can be artificially aged after the rubbing step (…) in such a way that, when the pigment is washed away, an image is obtained having the expected characteristics as the Shroud of Turin. In particular the image is pseudo negative, is fuzzy with half-tones, resides on the top-most fibers of the cloth, has some 3D embedded properties and does not fluoresce”. I think to the contrary that the image has none of these characteristics (except negativity and nonfluorescence). L.G. used a sophisticated method and a new interesting hypothesis, and he got the best Shroud-like image today. It is interesting to notice that even so, the properties of his image remain in fact very far from the fundamental properties of the Shroud image. 9 For the moment, the Shroud image remains unfakeable. Source: https://www.shroud.com/pdfs/thibault-lg.pdf Shroud blogger Stephen Jones has also debunked the replication of Garlaschelli: http://theshroudofturin.blogspot.com/2018/08/my-critique-of-borrini-m-garlaschelli-l.html  3. The complex herringbone twill pattern of the Shroud was not possible in the first century.  Some Shroud skeptics have speculated that the particular pattern of sewing used on the Shroud is too complex and advanced have been created in the first century.  In the Summer of 2000, archaeologists James Tabor and Shimon Gibson stumbled upon a freshly robbed first century grave outside of Jerusalem. Amazingly, the grave still had bodies in it, and one of them was encased in a somewhat intact first century shroud - the first shroud of that era that has been recovered in or around Jerusalem. Tabor writes of this discovery in a way that is very dismissive of the Turin Shroud:  Although 1st century cloth has been found at Masada and in caves in the Judean Desert, nothing of this sort had ever been found in Jerusalem. Apparently that niche, sealed with a blocking stone, had a geological fissure that kept water from seeping in and rotting the material. The tomb had any number of interesting features. DNA studies were done on all the individuals represented in the tomb—the first time, so far as we know, that this had even been done in an ancient Jerusalem tomb of this period. Textile analysis was done on the cloth—it turned out to be a mixture of linen and wool, not woven together but layered with a separate head piece. It had a distinctive 1st century weave—in contrast to the Shroud of Turin.  News articles from major sites like BBC and CNN concluded that this was yet more evidence that the Shroud was a fake. From the CNN article:  “And in addition, the weave of the shroud raises fresh doubts about the Shroud of Turin, which many people believe was used to wrap the body of Jesus. According to researchers involved in the excavation and subsequent testing, the recently discovered shroud lends more credible evidence that the Shroud of Turin does not date to Roman times when Jesus died but from a later period.” SOURCE: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/12/16/mideast.ancient.shroud/index.html However, it should be noted that none of the researchers actually engaged in much textile research, nor were they textile experts. They were simply taking the design and weave  of one 1st century burial cloth and concluding that all other 1st century burial cloths from that area would have a similar weave-pattern. That seems plausible at first, but it turns out that it is not true.  Hamburg textile expert Mechthild Flury-Lemberg is a recognized art historian and expert on the restoration of ancient textiles. She was able to examine and work on restoration/repair of the Shroud in 2001/2002 and published a book on it. She concludes on chapter of that book by saying:  “The seam that connects the 8 cm wide strip to the larger segment is not a simple one. The type of seam construction chosen clearly displays the intention to make the seam disappear on the face of the cloth as much as possible. This is another reason to believe that the Shroud was planned and produced by professionals. The sewing has been done from the reverse of the fabric and the stitches have been executed with great care and are barely noticeable on the face of the Shroud. The seam appears flat on the face and raised like a roll on the reverse of the fabric . Examples of this same kind of seam are again to be found among the textile fragments of Masada, already mentioned above. To conclude this chapter it can be said that the linen cloth of the Shroud of Turin does not display any weaving or sewing techniques which speak against its origin as a high quality product of the textile workers of the first century A.D.” SOURCE: Sindon by Mechthild Flury-Lemberg, pages 59-60, December 2001. John Tyerer, a chartered textile technologist, “It would be reasonable to conclude the linen textiles with ‘Z' twist yarns and woven 3/1 reversing twill similar to the Turin Shroud could have been produced in the first century Syria or Palestine.” (Source: The Shroud and The Controversy by Gary Habermas and Kenneth E. Stevenson, pg. 69)  4. The Shroud was myth-busted by John Calvin, among many others, who show us that The Scripture demands TWO burial cloths (one for the head, one for the body) and not ONE.  The Sudarium of Oviedo, long believed to be the "napkin" that was wrapped around Our Lord's head after His crucifixion and death, has been shown to have 120 "points of coincidence" with the Shroud, including the same AB blood type. Researchers assert, "The only possible conclusion is that the Oviedo sudarium covered the same face as the Turin Shroud." John Calvin:  4 Arguments against The Shroud:  THERE ARE MULTIPLE ‘SHROUDS' THAT CLAIM TO BE GENUINE.   It is now time to treat of the “sudary,” about which relic they have displayed their folly even more than in the affair of the holy coat; for besides the sudary of Veronica, which is shown in the Church of St Peter at Rome, it is the boast of several towns that they each possess one, as for instance Carcassone, Nice, Aix-la-Chapelle, Tréves, Besançon, without reckoning the fragments to be seen in various places.Now, I ask whether those persons were not bereft of their senses who could take long pilgrimages, at much expense and fatigue, in order to see sheets, of the reality of which there were no reasons to believe, but many to doubt; for whoever admitted the reality of one of these sudaries shown in so many places, must have considered the rest as wicked impostures set up to deceive the public by the pretence that they were each the real sheet in which Christ's body had been wrapped.  Answer: That counterfeits exist does not at all prove that there is no genuine article. Rather, a counterfeit shroud (or three) can be a fairly convincing proof that - at least at one time - there was a significant genuine shroud. 2. THE BIBLE DOES NOT RECORD A CLOTH WITH AN IMPRESSION ON IT.  St John, in his Gospel, relates even how St Peter, having entered the sepulchre, saw the linen clothes lying on one side, and the napkin that was about his head on the other; but he does not say that there was a miraculous impression of our Lord's figure upon these clothes, and it is not to be imagined that he would have omitted to mention such a work of God if there had been any thing of this kind. Answer: John 21:25 25 And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if they were written one by one, I suppose not even the world itself could contain the books that would be written.  This is a clear argument from silence. That doesn't mean it carries now weight - it does indeed carry some weight...but not enough to actually disprove the veracity of the Shroud. It should be pointed out that the miracle of the Shroud IF it happened and IF it was noticed by the ladies or the disciples would NOT have been all that significant in comparison to the resurrection of Jesus or the appearance of angels at the tomb. One can quite easily answer this argument from silence with another plausible argument from silence, and it is one I've not heard before. Consider how short, relatively speaking, each of the Gospels are - the Longest is Luke, checking in at just under 20000 words. In total, all four Gospels are approximately 65,000 words - not very lengthy. This is about the size of a shortish paper-back novel.  Given the relative brevity of these accounts, I find it remarkable that ALL FOUR Gospels mention the grave clothes of Jesus. Why? It would seem there would be little reason to record any details about the grave clothes unless...possibly...something remarkable happened to them. Now - is that argument enough to convince a skeptic? Of course not - because it is a very, very weak argument! So is Calvin's argument here that the Gospels would have mentioned it if something miraculous happened with the grave-wrapping of Jesus.  3. THE CLOTHES WERE GUARDED AND LEFT IN THE GRAVE.  Another point to be observed is, that the evangelists do not mention that either of the disciples or the faithful women who came to the sepulchre had removed the clothes in question, but, on the contrary, their account seems to imply that they were left there. Now, the sepulchre was guarded by soldiers, and consequently the clothes were in their power. Is it possible that they would have permitted the disciples to take them away as relics, since these very men had been bribed by the Pharisees to perjure themselves by saying that the disciples had stolen the body of our Lord ?  This one is not terribly difficult to answer. None of the gospels record the detail of removing the clothing, which could be because they did indeed remove it, but did not notice an image imprinted on it. It is highly unlikely they would have left cloth behind in the grave for reasons both sentimental and practical. As well, it should be noted that the Gospels do not record the presence of a guard at the tomb AFTER the resurrection of Jesus.  4. THE SHROUD IS ONE CLOTH AND THE BIBLE CLEARLY SHOWS THAT TWO CLOTHS SERVED TO BURY JESUS. I shall conclude with a convincing proof of the audacity of the Papists. Wherever the holy sudary is exhibited, they show a large sheet with the full-length likeness of a human body on it. Now, St John's Gospel, chapter nine teenth, says that Christ was buried according to the manner of the Jews ; and what was their custom ? This may be known by their present custom on such occasions, as well as from their books, which describe the ancient ceremony of interment, which was to wrap the body in a sheet, to the shoulders, and to cover the head with a separate cloth. This is precisely how the evangelist described it, saying, that St Peter saw on one side the clothes with which the body had been wrapped, and on the other the napkin from about his head. In short, either St John is a liar, or all those who boast of possessing the holy sudary are convicted of falsehood and deceit. * * This is probably Calvin's most well known argument contra the Shroud and the one that I hear most well-educated Protestants make when I bring up the Shroud to them That the Bible suggests a plurality of gravecloths, but the Shroud is only one cloth. On the surface, this might seem like a pretty compelling claim against the Shroud, but it is not quite as open and shut as Calvin would have us believe.  The most relevant passage in the Bible to this discussion is John 20:  6 Then, following him, Simon Peter came also. He entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there. 7 The wrapping that had been on His head was not lying with the linen cloths but was folded up in a separate place by itself. Pretty clear, right - according to John's Gospel, there were not ONE but TWO burial cloths that wrapped Jesus. One, mentioned in vs 6 (Greek: ὀθόνια (othonia)/PLURAL)  and the other in verse 7 - a cloth wrapped around Jesus' head. (Greek: σουδάριον Soudarion)  Here's the thing, though - Many Shroud researchers, including Kenneth Stevenson, Gary Habermas, Ian Wilson, Barrie Schwortz and others contend that the Shroud shows evidence that there was a head cloth wrapped around the Shroud figure's neck and head - most likely to hold the jaw in place.  It would appear that the Sudarion was not a very significant part of the grave cloths that wrapped Jesus, as Matthew, Mark and Luke do not mention it in particular. Consider:  Mark 15:46 46 After he bought some fine linen, he took Him down and wrapped Him in the linen. Then he placed Him in a tomb cut out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb. Luke 23:53 and 24:12  52 He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus' body. 53 Taking it down, he wrapped it in fine linen and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever been placed...12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. When he stooped to look in, he saw only the linen cloths. So he went home, amazed at what had happened. And Matthew 27: 59 So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in clean, fine linen, 60 and placed it in his new tomb, which he had cut into the rock. He left after rolling a great stone against the entrance of the tomb. So, the three synoptic gospels - Matthew, Mark and Luke - don't mention the head-wrapping, or the sudarion, but John does. Could this indicate that the sudarion was a smaller garment - one that would not have left much of an imprint on the Shroud? Possibly. But, again, I emphasize - The Shroud seems to allow for the existence of a head-scarf type wrapping, as well as ones around the wrists and feet. Rather than the Biblical account disproving The Shroud, it actually seems to describe it quite well. 5. THE ABUNDANCE OF FAKE RELICS PUT FORWARD BY MEDIEVAL CATHOLICS PROVES THE SHROUD IS ALSO FAKE.  St Honoratus has a body at Arles, and another at the island of Lerins, near Antibes.St Giles has a body at Toulouse, and a second in a town bearing his name in Languedoc.I could quote an infinite number of similar cases. I think that the exhibitors of these relics should at least have made some arrangement amongst themselves the better to conceal their barefaced impostures. Something of this sort was managed between the canons of Trêves and those of Liége about St Lambert's head. They compounded, for a sum of money, not to show publicly the head in their possession, in order to avoid the natural surprise of the public at the same relic being seen in two different towns situated so near to each other. But, as I have already remarked at the commencement of this treatise, the inventors of these frauds never imagined anyone could be found bold enough to speak out and expose their deceptions. This is really more of a subset of argument #1, and it is a fairly strong argument. However, it must be said that not every statement made by a dishonest person is a lie, and it is perfectly possible that not every relic claimed by the medieval Catholic church was fake. Most likely were. Were they ALL fake?  I'm not convinced they were.  So - Hopefully you've enjoyed this little bit of busting myths.  You can probably tell that I want the Shroud to be the real thing. There's several reasons for this, but none of them are apologetics-related. In other words, I don't want the Shroud to be the real burial cloth of Jesus because I think that would help prove the Bible to be reliable, or Jesus to be the resurrected Son of God. No article could prove such a thing. I do, however, want the Shroud to be real and genuine in the same sort of way that I want there to be a real Loch Ness Monster, or an extant Holy Grail somewhere out there. The world is a more interesting place with a legit Nessie swimming around in the cold waters of Scotland, and it is a more interesting place with real, tangible artifacts from the time of Jesus. Does that bias me? Possibly it does, and I don't want to enter this discussion biased. It does make me consider the claims of debunkers with a greater skepticism, however, and that might not be a bad thing.  I love John Calvin and am quite persuaded by his soteriological leanings in the realm of theology. That said, I believe his debunking of The Shroud is somewhat ham-handed, especially his contention that it is easily proved false by John 20 argument that the Bible says there were two different kinds of grave-clothes. I believe that there were indeed two different kinds of graveclothes used on Jesus - the Bible is explicit about this - there was a linen cloth that the body of Jesus was wrapped in, and a head covering (of some sort) that went along with it. That said, the Shroud appears to show evidence of there being a head scarf or head wrapping of some sort, and even if it didn't, one could easily see how the Shroud figure could have been wrapped in more than one cloth. I have little patience for people who believe the extraordinary simply because somebody told them it was so - gullibility is delightful in children, but unbecoming and unsophisticated in adults. I also have little patience for those who claim to debunk complex objects and possibilities with overly-simplistic and reductionist arguments. It is definitely possible - even plausible - that the Shroud of Turin is a medieval forgery, but the fact that John 20:7 mentions a sudarion that was on the head of Jesus does not necessarily debunk the authenticity of The Shroud in any sore of logical, philosophical or archaeological way.  Ok - that was a long episode. ONE more Shroud episode coming up - a summation of sorts. I hope to have 20-25 reasons to believe the Shroud could be authentic as well as a number of reasons to NOT believe in the authenticity of The Shroud. Thanks for being patient, and thanks for listening. Please leave a positive review if you are so inclined. 

Desde 2012, parisienses e turistas têm um encontro marcado no verão da capital francesa com a já tradicional Noite no Musée des Invalides, também conhecida como o Show Monumental de Paris. Em 2019, o diretor Bruno Seillier escolheu contar nada menos que 3.000 anos da história da França, num espetáculo que mistura tecnologias de vídeo-mapping, projeção de laser e uma verdadeira viagem musical, para revisitar episódios clássicos, desde a tomada da Gália pelos romanos até os dias atuais, passando pelas Guerras Napoleônicas e a Revolução Francesa. Lutécia, 3.000 anos de histórias, faz referência ao antigo nome milenar de Paris e propõe uma viagem audiovisual no túnel do tempo. Segundo o diretor do espetáculo, Bruno Seillier, um veterano de trabalhos de projeção e instalações em monumentos históricos, o foco principal é a essência da história a ser contada. "Primeiro o espetáculo se destinaaos olhos, aos ouvidos e, através da luz das tecnologias, eu resgato a grandiosidade e as formas do monumento histórico do Musée des Invalides. É uma boa maneira de descobrir um país, um povo, de falar ao coração deste povo", afirma. "Os monumentos também trazem consigo uma longa história, e representam símbolos. Nesse momento tento dialogar de maneira espiritual com a plateia, para fazer o publico ficar com vontade de conhecer mais sobre essa história de homens e mulheres que construíram esse monumento e que moraram dentro dele", diz Seillier. À frente de seu quinto grande espetáculo em 2019, o diretor conversou com a RFI direto de Carcassone, onde encena a história do mítico lar dos cátaros, nesta cidade medieval do sudoeste francês, para uma grande multidão nestas férias de verão do Hemisfério Norte. O show se chama La cité des pierres vivantes, ou A cidadela das pedras vivas, em português. Ele também assina espetáculos com projeções como as Crônicas do Monte, no famoso Mont Saint-Michel, na região da Bretanha, e criou um trabalho especial no ano passado para os 130 anos da Torre Eiffel.  "A primeira coisa que é preciso respeitar os monumentos, não apenas na maneira como eles se apresentam, mas também em sua história, identidade e símbolos", diz. "E também a mensagem enviada por quem os construiu. Não se trata de sublinhar a visão de um diretor, mas de valorizar o monumento. Fazer aparecer na superfície da pedra coisas que podem parecer escondidas durante o dia. Para apresentar o monumento à plateia sob uma outra luz. Mas o ponto principal é permanecer fiel ao monumento", reitera Seillier. Hospital Militar O diretor resgata a história e a memória do Musée des Invalides, ou o Museu dos Inválidos, para justificar a sua escolha na encenação dos 3.000 anos de Lutécia. "Les Invalides era um hospital em sua origem, idealizado pelo rei Luís 14, o chamado Rei-Sol, para os soldados pobres e feridos de seu exército", lembra o diretor. "Na sequência, Napoleão construiu uma necrópole no local, um cemitério para grandes soldados e generais, os heróis do Exército francês. E, finalmente, trata-se de um Museu do Exército da República, uma homenagem a todos os soldados mortos pela França. É um monumento que representa verdadeiramente um grande símbolo de unidade, não importam as diferenças políticas de diferentes regimes, os Invalides representam esta unidade francesa", acredita. "Contando a história dos Invalides, posso contar a história da França, da monarquia, do império da revolução e da República. Neste lugar, na planície de Grenelle, no início da história da França, aconteceu uma batalha importante, entre os romanos e os gauleses, e, após nossa derrota, Lutécia caiu nas mãos dos romanos", relembra Bruno Seillier. Grandiose O diretor decidiu encarar o desafio de contar 3.000 anos de história em 50 minutos de espetáculo, que já reúne cerca de 400 mil espectadores. A aparelhagem impressiona, com 10 vídeo-projetores laser em uma superfície de projeção de 5 mil metros quadrados.  O trabalho, no entato, parece hercúleo. "É um longo processo, que exige muita leitura, de contemplação, de busca de imagens, de escuta musical e, pouco a pouco o agenciamento das músicas, das imagens e dos temas vão aparecendo, é um processo que leva um certo tempo", confessa. "Retratamos muitos momentos, como a Resistência durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, a homenagem ao Soldado Estrangeiro morto pela liberação da França, a fundação do Museu do Exército, o começo da Revolução Francesa. É uma homenagem a todos os soldados franceses mortos, e à história da França de modo geral", diz. O espetáculo Lutécia, 3.000 anos de histórias, fica em cartaz até 30 de agosto de 2019 no Musée des Invalides, em Paris.

Hoy hablamos de algunas inquietudes sobre la segunda mano. Como siempre, compartimos muchos juegos para que conozcáis novedades (Smartphone Inc., Overbooked, ...) y clásicos que siempre vuelven a nuestra mesa (Lancaster, Colosseum,...) Síguenos en Tuíter, Féisbug e Instagram. Suscríbete en iVoox y disfruta de todos los programas: http://www.ivoox.com/s_p2_467015_1.html Feed: http://www.ivoox.com/funattic-channel-el-podcast_fg_f1467015_filtro_1.xml Blog de The Black Meeple: https://theblackmeeple.blogspot.com Blog de Funattic Channel: https://funatticchannel.wordpress.com

This week we review, a game that’s been staying hot since it was created in 2000, Carcassone. This seemingly simple tile laying game puts 2-4 players in the position of a planner who must construct the grand French city of Carcassone. Score points by finishing roads, cities, and even the odd cathedral. Prevent your opponents from doing the same so you can win. we also look at the digital edition and talk about the pros and cons of both.

Episode 48 - Games of 2018 Top 10 Part 2 Introduction News Stonehenge and the Sun by Itten publisher of Tokyo Highway. Metal ball suspended from ceiling. 28 days left. Fences: A Tile Laying Game by Adam Collins of Bearded Board Games 24 days left. Tile laying in the style of Carcassone with some area control for the farms to get points for closing on the pen and for owning the farm. Games played Jason - New Bedford Joel - 8-Bit Box 2018 Top 10 Part 2 Jason:  5 - Rise to Nobility Joel:  5 Heroes of Land Air and Sea Jason:  4 - Masque of the Red Death Joel:  4 Empires of the Void 2 Jason:  3 - Symphony #9 Joel: 3 Feudum Jason:  2 - Caper Joel:  2 Coimbra Jason:  1 - Coimbra Joel:  1 AuZtralia   Closing: 50:00 to 55:00

Diese Woche gibt es wieder einen Gast! Der gute Paul unterstützt Olli und die beiden verlieren sich ins Thema Hobbies, Freizeit, Kassettenspieler und Turbo-Knöpfe... Und fragen sich, ob früher alles besser war... Paul findet ihr im Internet auf instagram, twitch & twitter unter Powlster_

Languedoc-Rosellon, es junto con la Provenza y la Costa azul, la fachada mediterránea de Francia. Sus horizontes oscilan entre el azul y el verde de un mar infinito; su gastronomía apuesta por la innovación, sus vinos destacan por ser del centro principal de vinificación francesa y su gente rebosa de una simpatía inagotable que destila amor por su tierra. Recorreremos ciudades como Perpiñán, con sus plazas rodeadas de palmeras impregnadas de cultura y con un centro histórico de armoniosa arquitectura donde predomina el arte gótico; Carcassone declarado patrimonio de la Humanidad por su enclave medieval; Nimes, conocida como la pequeña Roma de Francia; Montpellier, ausente de grandes monumentos pero con un ambiente juvenil que llenan sus preciosos cafés; Narbona, con su esplendida facultad y por último haremos una de las etapas de la ruta de los cátaros visitando los castillos de Aguilar, Queribus, Peyrepertuse y Puilaurens. Por último, señalaremos esas lecturas interesantes que siempre complementan un gran viaje. Si quieres ver algunas de las fotos del recorrido accede a http://viajandoconmicamara.com/francia-languedoc-rosellon/ y si tienes dudas contacta conmigo en www.viajandoconmicamara.com. #languedocrosellon #francia #perpiñan #carcassone #nimes #narbona #montpellier #rutacatara #castilloscataros

Languedoc-Rosellon, es junto con la Provenza y la Costa azul, la fachada mediterránea de Francia. Sus horizontes oscilan entre el azul y el verde de un mar infinito; su gastronomía apuesta por la innovación, sus vinos destacan por ser del centro principal de vinificación francesa y su gente rebosa de una simpatía inagotable que destila amor por su tierra. Recorreremos ciudades como Perpiñán, con sus plazas rodeadas de palmeras impregnadas de cultura y con un centro histórico de armoniosa arquitectura donde predomina el arte gótico; Carcassone declarado patrimonio de la Humanidad por su enclave medieval; Nimes, conocida como la pequeña Roma de Francia; Montpellier, ausente de grandes monumentos pero con un ambiente juvenil que llenan sus preciosos cafés; Narbona, con su esplendida facultad y por último haremos una de las etapas de la ruta de los cátaros visitando los castillos de Aguilar, Queribus, Peyrepertuse y Puilaurens. Por último, señalaremos esas lecturas interesantes que siempre complementan un gran viaje. Si quieres ver algunas de las fotos del recorrido accede a http://viajandoconmicamara.com/francia-languedoc-rosellon/ y si tienes dudas contacta conmigo en www.viajandoconmicamara.com. #languedocrosellon #francia #perpiñan #carcassone #nimes #narbona #montpellier #rutacatara #castilloscataros

Hoy hablamos sobre los juegos de mesa, y el cómo la gente los ha ido dejando lamentablemente, invitándolos en éste episodio, a retomarlos con opciones nuevas que han salido, muy originales y divertidas pero que la gente ha ido ignorando lamentablemente, hablamos un poco de los juegos clásicos de mesa como Monopoly y UNO, y de los nuevos juegos que te recomiendo como Carcassone o Catán.

Tour de France, Carcassone, Geraint Thomas, Magnus Cort Nielsen, Jon Izaguierre, Bauke Mollema, Deutsche MTB CrossCountry Meisterschaften, St. Ingbert, Manuel Fumic, Georg Egger, Ben Zwiehoff, Elisabeth Brandau, Adelheid Morath, Nadine Rieder, Bene Ladies Tour, Zelzate, Marianne Vos, Marta Bastianelli, Elisa Balsamo, Jolien d'Hoore

Recorded from War Room Studios in Albuquerque, NM : 5/29/18 This episode brought to you by Tasty Minstrel Games, BoardGameTables.com, Arcane Wonders & Meeple Realty. In our first ever "make-up" / extra episode We discuss fashion sense (and Joshs' lack thereof), U2, Void VR: Secrets of the Empire, the newest offering from the New Mexico Escape Room - Bombshell. We take the time to finally hand out some of the details of the Mashup Meetup that we are hosting at Origins 2018 with Blue Peg Pink Peg and Man Vs Meeple, and then we discuss our opinions on the BEST board games of all time (#21-50). Coupon Code: Save 10% on your purchases with Meeple Realty by using the coupon code: bb18   Episode Timeline: 00:00:52 - Intro / Banter 00:16:02 - Anniversary Episode Requests 00:19:08 - Brawling Brothers Guild Checkin 00:24:40 - Mashup Meetup Discussion 00:35:30 - An unexpected gift from Game Surplus 00:37:38 - Feature Segment : Best Board Games (#50-41) 01:26:50 - Feature Segment : Best Board Games (#40-31) 02:16:35 - Feature Segment : Best Board Games (#30-20)   Game Timestamps: 1775: Rebellion - 02:44:20 7 Wonders Duel - 02:39:00 7 Wonders Duel - 02:52:30 Archipelago - 01:04:30 Arkham Horror - 01:38:30 Azul - 02:38:10 BattleTech - 01:10:00 Blood Bowl - 01:33:00 Blood Rage - 01:51:40 Bohnanza - 01:12:30 Camel Up - 01:08:30 Camel Up - 01:34:40 Carcassone - 00:54:10 Carcassone - 02:39:30 Carson City - 02:33:31 Castle Panic - 01:48:55 Caverna - 02:31:00 Chameleon - 02:29:00 Clank - 02:46:00 Codenames - 02:23:30 Crude - 02:20:45 Dominion - 00:47:50 Downforce - 02:17:05 Eldritch Horror - 01:59:55 Euphoria - 01:26:50 Fields of Arle - 02:52:45 Firefly - 01:21:10 Five Tribes - 02:08:40 Ginkgopolis - 01:57:50 Glory to Rome - 02:25:15 Hanabi - 01:02:05 Jamaica - 01:03:30 Kanban - 02:17:30 Karuba - 01:14:45 Mare Nostrum - 01:44:30 Memoir 44 - 02:11:00 Mice & Mystics - 01:46:00 Nations The Dice Game - 00:51:50 Orleans - 02:48:30 Pandemic - 01:06:15 Pillars of the Earth - 02:06:20 Puerto Rico - 01:35:50 Resistance - 00:55:20 Scythe - 02:28:10 Secret Hitler - 01:55:20 Star Wars: Edge of the Empire - 02:02:15 Star Wars: Rebellion - 02:41:10 Stockpile - 00:45:15 Targi - 00:57:07 The Civil War - 02:31:00 The Grizzled - 01:53:10 Thunderstone - 02:04:50 Ticket to Ride - 00:58:45 Tobago - 00:49:40 Trickerion - 01:41:30 Twilight Imperium - 01:30:00 Twilight Struggle - 01:17:10 War of the Ring - 01:01:13 Xwing - 01:07:02 Yokohama - 02:50:30

Episode 154 Choosing games!   News: X Wing 2nd Edition Cmon Expo What we have been playing!? (Roy) Marvel Legendary: Infinity Wars (variant), Coup (Rob) Clank! (Matt) DnD Topic: Choosing games! How do you choose what games to play in different situations? What game would you pick to play: At a party? (Roy) Rhino Hero, One Night Ultimate Werewolf, Spyfall, Cash n Guns (Rob) Happy Salmon, Wits & Wagers, Strike, Telestrations (Matt) Junk Art, Flip Ships, Deception, Monikers, Dixit With family? (Roy) Century: Spice Road, Codenames (Rob) Same from previous category (Matt) Sagrada, Dixit At a gaming con? (Roy) Chaos in the Old World, Dune, Battlestar Galactica, Heroes of Land, Air, and Sea (Rob) Champions of Midgard, Dead of Winter, Game of Thrones, Fief (Matt) With kids? (Roy) Haba games, Kids of Carcassone, Stuffed Fables, Outfoxed (Rob) Haba games, Mice and Mystics, Lion Guard Protect the Pridelands (Matt) Blood Rage, Doodle Quest, Pitch Car During a game day? (Roy) TI4, Mansions of Madness (Rob) Social Deduction games (Matt) Eclipse With new gamers? (Roy) Co-op Games, Legendary, Shadows over Camelot (Rob) Dead of Winter (Matt) Century With Teens? (Roy) Social Deduction games, Cash n Guns (Rob) One Night Ultimate Werewolf, King of Tokyo (Matt) With your significant other? (Roy) (Rob) (Matt) During lunch Break? (Roy) (Rob) (Matt) While traveling? (Roy) (Rob) DnD, Werewolf (Matt) At a restaurant? (Roy) (Rob) (Matt) With non gamers? (Roy) (Rob) (Matt) What game do you think fits best in any situation and why is it Rhino Hero? (Roy) Deception (Rob) Wits and Wagers (Matt) Codenames Thanks so much to all of our amazing patrons Follow Epic Gaming Night @EpicGamingNight on Twitter and Instagram EpicGamingNight.com If you want to support epic gaming night check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/EpicGamingNight Thank you so much to our amazing patrons!! We stream the show normally on Tuesday nights at 9 PM Eastern time at www.youtube.com/epicgamingnight Follow, like ,subscribe, iTunes reviews! Facebook Also make sure to check out Favorite game Friday on the dice tower!

This week we talk about about table talk.  The talk outside the game that can effect the game itself.  When is it ok and when does it cross the line into breaking the game?  But first a few announcements, and of course Kickstarters and feedback. Kickstarters... Backed: Unbroken Watching: Terminator Genisys: Rise of the Resistance Dobbers: Quest for the Key Reviewed: Impulse Segments... 0:00 - Intro 3:45 - Kickstarter 19:01 - Feedback 36:40 - On Topic 1:05:10 - Outro Tom's list (top 5 of each category) of recommended games... Easy to play Ticket to Ride (USA map)(there are a lot of expansions for this one) Carcassone (base game)(there are a lot of expansions for this one) Diamonds Game of 49 King of Tokyo Medium level Airlines Europe Alien Frontiers Istanbul Fresco El Grande Brain crunchers Concordia (one of my personal favorites) Photosynthesis Puerto Rico Terra Mystica Viticulture Great games designed for only 2 players The Duke Holmes: Sherlock and Mycroft Jaipur Lost Cities Baseball Highlights 2045 You can follow and/or support us with these links: Email us at podcast@TabletopGameTalk.com - for questions and feedback. giveaway@TabletopGameTalk.com - to enter our current giveaways. Follow us on twitter http://twitter.com/TabletopGameTLK http://twitter.com/GameMasterChris or Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TabletopGameTalkPodcast Chris's facebook (let him know you're a listener in the friend request): https://www.facebook.com/steele22374 Join the conversation on Board Game Geek http://TabletopGameTalk.com/bgg Support us via Patreon http://TabletopGameTalk.com/Patreon  

La « menace endogène », l'expression revient en boucle ces derniers mois.Plus exactement depuis que le groupe Etat islamique s'est effondré au Levant, avec la libération de Mossoul en Irak et la chute de Rakka, un symbole qui marque la fin du règne de l'Etat Islamique en Syrie. Daesh n'est plus en mesure désormais de former des commandos qui viendraient frapper l'Europe, à l'instar des terroristes du 13-Novembre. Aujourd'hui, avec ses chefs tués ou en fuite, ses combattants en déroute, ses centres médiatiques détruits, ses connexions difficiles, surveillées et entravées par les services de renseignement du monde entier, Aqma, l'agence de propagande jihadiste, continue d'encourager ses fidèles à agir où ils se trouvent. Désormais la menace prend naissance en France et l'attaque de Trèbes en est l'illustration. Si l'on regarde le profil du terroriste Radouane Lakdim, un jeune homme de 25 ans, il n'a jamais quitté la région de Carcassone. Et le matin des faits, Radouane Lakdim a conduit sa petite soeur à l'école. Profil difficile à cerner, un danger difficile à évaluer, des individus disséminés sur tout le territoire :  voilà l'état de cette menace endogène.

1-Francia. Attacco terroristico a Trèbes, vicino a Carcassone. Il bilancio è di 3 morti. Ucciso dalla polizia l'assalitore che si era asserragliato dentro un supermercato. Secondo il Ministro dell'interno il terrorista , 26 anni, nato in Marocco, ha agito da solo. Piccolo spacciatore- ha aggiunto- era seguito ma niente faceva pensare che si fosse radicalizzato. ..( Francesco Giorgini) ..2- Crisi catalana. Arrestato il leader indipendentista Jordi Turull. Doveva presentarsi domani in parlamento per essere eletto presidente del governo autonomo. ..3-La marcia per la vita e contro le armi. Attesi domani a Washington almeno 500 mila studenti...4-Quanto i cambiamenti climatici influiscono sulle crisi internazionali? Intervista all'analista diplomatico Grammenos Mastrojeni e focus sull' ultimo rapporto sull'agricoltura americana. ( Sara Milanese - Alfredo Somoza) ..5-“Titanic – il naufragio dell'ordine liberale” la recensione del libro di Vittorio Emanuele Parsi. ( A cura di Andrea Monti) ..6-Festival dei diritti umani di Milano. Presentazione ..dell 'ultima giornata. ( Danilo de Biasio)

1-Francia. Attacco terroristico a Trèbes, vicino a Carcassone. Il bilancio è di 3 morti. Ucciso dalla polizia l’assalitore che si era asserragliato dentro un supermercato. Secondo il Ministro dell’interno il terrorista , 26 anni, nato in Marocco, ha agito da solo. Piccolo spacciatore- ha aggiunto- era seguito ma niente faceva pensare che si fosse radicalizzato. ..( Francesco Giorgini) ..2- Crisi catalana. Arrestato il leader indipendentista Jordi Turull. Doveva presentarsi domani in parlamento per essere eletto presidente del governo autonomo. ..3-La marcia per la vita e contro le armi. Attesi domani a Washington almeno 500 mila studenti...4-Quanto i cambiamenti climatici influiscono sulle crisi internazionali? Intervista all’analista diplomatico Grammenos Mastrojeni e focus sull’ ultimo rapporto sull’agricoltura americana. ( Sara Milanese - Alfredo Somoza) ..5-“Titanic – il naufragio dell’ordine liberale” la recensione del libro di Vittorio Emanuele Parsi. ( A cura di Andrea Monti) ..6-Festival dei diritti umani di Milano. Presentazione ..dell ’ultima giornata. ( Danilo de Biasio)

1-Francia. Attacco terroristico a Trèbes, vicino a Carcassone. Il bilancio è di 3 morti. Ucciso dalla polizia l’assalitore che si era asserragliato dentro un supermercato. Secondo il Ministro dell’interno il terrorista , 26 anni, nato in Marocco, ha agito da solo. Piccolo spacciatore- ha aggiunto- era seguito ma niente faceva pensare che si fosse radicalizzato. ..( Francesco Giorgini) ..2- Crisi catalana. Arrestato il leader indipendentista Jordi Turull. Doveva presentarsi domani in parlamento per essere eletto presidente del governo autonomo. ..3-La marcia per la vita e contro le armi. Attesi domani a Washington almeno 500 mila studenti...4-Quanto i cambiamenti climatici influiscono sulle crisi internazionali? Intervista all’analista diplomatico Grammenos Mastrojeni e focus sull’ ultimo rapporto sull’agricoltura americana. ( Sara Milanese - Alfredo Somoza) ..5-“Titanic – il naufragio dell’ordine liberale” la recensione del libro di Vittorio Emanuele Parsi. ( A cura di Andrea Monti) ..6-Festival dei diritti umani di Milano. Presentazione ..dell ’ultima giornata. ( Danilo de Biasio)

Jack Crandall – Brett Randy Anders – Kurt Erin Shaughnessy – John GM – Neil With nothing but time on their hands Erin does some research on his phone. Initially he doesn’t find anything about Mary’s Harbor, besides the murder, but as he changes tactics to looking into legends he scores. There are some legends in Scotland, England and Ireland about a creature with hooks for hands that goes about the streets moaning and wailing that drags people into the sea. Many miles, many hours and many McRibs later they arrive at Mary’s Harbor. Jack backs the truck up to the large general store and then deals with the manifest. Once everything is sorted he chats up Tom, one of the guys unloading the truck.   Tom tells them that at least 4 people have drown, a teenage girl, the old lady who owed the antique store, an accountant and the mayor’s son. They head over to the diner and begin to make plans. Afterwards they head over to the bed and breakfast, The Harbor Inn run by Mrs. Garrison. The Inn is empty since it’s late in the year so the guys get 3 separate rooms. Jack heads off to take a nap while Randy and Erin play a game of Carcassone. Jack apparently doesn’t sleep very well because when he gets up and finds Randy and Erin he flips the board prematurely ending their game. Erin petulantly picks up and counts all the pieces before they head over to the pub for dinner. While at the pub they talk to old Shamus, the towns resident “kook”. He tells about a creature called the Clootie, which eerily mirrors the information that Erin turned up while researching during the ride. https://www.birdscoffeecompany.com/coffees/legends-of-tabletop-legendary-brew Use Code Legends10 to get 10% off your order Theme music created by Brett Miller http://www.brettmillermusic.net/

Ever wanted to play Carcassone but never knew how to play it? What about Scythe, 7 Wonders, or ICECOOL? All of these games are options that will be available in an app called Dized. What is Dized? Its an app that teaches you how to play a game. Just like if you had a friend who was a master of that game. Honestly, this is a fantastic idea and I can’t believe it’s taken this long for an app like this to roll out. The app is running an IndieGogo campaign, and I sincerely recommend checking it out. In the audio interview below, Sean and Josh talk with one of the lead developers of the game. Pretty quick interview, but we focus on the key elements of the app, talk about some future options, and really get excited together!