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This week, the guys say goodbye. 00:00:30 - Final Beginning Banter! Featuring: What are we drinking? (Goose Island Bourbon County 2018, Old Epic Baptist, One Ping Away, Unfiltered Port), Hop Teas, Work 00:31:46 - What have we been playing: Jeff being sick, Gonz Schon Clever, Warsaw, Jeff watched some people play games 00:58:20 - Final Mid-show Banter! Featuring: MHRR, Remedy, VR, more Remedy 01:25:45 - Zach's Too Many Stats! 02:21:00 - Remembering Punchboard Media 02:22:50 - Final Emails! Discord
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Phantom Ink, Fiction, and My City: Roll & Build. Then, we celebrate our 7 year podcast anniversary by taking you on a behind the scenes tour of how an episode of Board Game Blitz gets made!! Follow us on Twitch for the anniversary stream! 0:00-Intro 0:43-Announcements 2:24-Recent Games - Phantom Ink 8:17-Fiction 11:01-My City: Roll & Build 14:12-Behind the Scenes 19:10-How BGB is Made 37:21-Outro 38:16-Bloopers Join our discord Support us at https://ko-fi.com/boardgameblitz This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BGBLITZ2023" to get 10% off your ENTIRE ORDER, including upgrades not available anywhere else! For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/351
MHGG Review - Tapestry: A Civilization Game This week the Mile High Game Guys take a look at Stonemaier Games latest release: Tapestry! 00:00:27 Intro 00:00:47 Tapestry 00:01:03 Rules Overview 00:01:58 Initial Thoughts 00:05:30 Components 00:20:20 Rules and Rules Explanation 00:33:38 Gameplay 01:13:41 Final Thoughts 01:34:11 Listener Feedback 01:44:59 Cost and Availability 01:46:56 Contact and Close Slack Channel Patreon Guild Twitch
MHGG Review - War of the Worlds: A New Wave For the first review in the new studio, the Mile High Game Guys take an in-depth look at War of the Worlds: The New Wave! 00:00:27 Intro 00:01:07 War of the Worlds 00:02:03 Rules Overview 00:02:45 Initial Thoughts 00:05:08 Components 00:13:12 Rules and Rules Explanation 00:18:42 Gameplay 00:41:46 Final Thoughts 00:53:33 Cost and Availability 00:54:39 Contact and Close Slack Channel Patreon Guild Twitch
Draft Mechanic Episode #103: We’re Doomed, Favorite Taprooms, Origins Recap Today’s episode comes right from the source! Jake went to Origins, we talk up our favorite brewery taprooms, and there’s a selection of fresh new games! We pair beers with Board & Dice’s new butterfly-fluttering abstract Dust in the Wings, and review the fifteen minutes of pure absurdity called We’re Doomed from Breaking Games. Enjoy! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 03:30 Mile High Game Guys interviewed Jake for some reason 04:38 Games News: BGG Gen Con GeekPreview 07:15 Kickstarter Updates 09:20 Kickstarter: The Refuge: Terror from the Deep 12:59 Kickstarter: Darwinauts 17:15 Recent Plays: Carcassonne fur 2 23:18 Recent Plays: Brikks 32:52 Recent Plays: Dust in the Wings 40:53 On Tap: Dust in the Wings 44:50 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 45:36 Six-Pack Review: We’re Doomed! 57:20 Jake’s Origins Recap 70:47 Six Pack: Our Favorite Taprooms 102:34 Final Round: What Makes a Great Taproom? 109:32 Outro We hope you enjoyed today's episode! Send us some feedback at draftmechanic@gmail.com and visit us on the web at draftmechanic.net! Pick up one of three designs for a Draft Mechanic T-Shirt today! Join our Draft Mechanic Slack Channel, or our BGG Guild (#2470)! We’re also on Twitter and Instagram - follow us at @draftmechanic! Also, Like us on Facebook! Draft Mechanic is a proud member of Punchboard Media, where we all bring something to the table. Check out our diverse group of audio, video and written board game content creators! Draft Mechanic is sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Check out their website for information on all their great games, and sign up for the newsletter for updates direct to your inbox! Our theme and bump music is from the album “Superpower of Choice” by the Liberation Jumpsuit - thanks to the band for their help! Come listen to the full album on our website! Thanks for listening! Please game responsibly and we’ll see you back here again soon for another round! http://www.draftmechanic.net/show-notes/2019/103doomed
The Mile High Game Guys are once again joined by Megan to discuss, pick apart, and ruin the 5th Scenario of TIME Stories, Expedition Endurance. Spoilers will be rampant. 00:00:47 MHGG Ruin - Time Stories: Expedition Endurance 00:01:59 How we felt going in 00:05:33 Scenario Setup 00:07:04 First Run 00:12:16 Second Run 00:37:03 Third Run 00:55:55 Final Thoughts 01:06:53 Listener Feedback 01:08:51 Cost and Availability 01:10:04 Contact Info and Episode Wrap Slack Channel Patreon Guild
MHGG Discuss - Cooperation in Gaming This week the Mile High Game Guys get introspective about the things that determine who we play games with. 00:02:39 Who we choose to play with 00:05:09 Good traits we look for 00:19:33 Bad traits we avoid 00:30:45 What are our flaws/faults 00:45:39 Differences between gamenight and private gaming 01:01:19 Listener Feedback 01:19:40 Contact and wrap-up Slack Channel Patreon Guild
MHGG Discuss - Cooperation in Gaming This week the Mile High Game Guys spend some time talking about the different ways that cooperation show's up in boardgames. 00:01:04 Intro 00:02:42 What Counts as Cooperation 00:05:22 Full Co-op 00:23:38 Semi - Co-op 00:45:37 Emergent Co-op 00:57:06 Listener Feedback 01:05:21 Next week's top 10 reveal 01:06:10 Contact and wrap-up Slack Channel Patreon Guild
MHGG Discuss - Managing Your Collection This week the Mile High Game Guys spend some time talking about the different aspects of managing and maintaining your boardgame collection. 00:01:00 Intro 00:02:55 Adding to your collection 00:23:50 Keeping/Removing Games 00:41:28 Listener Feedback 01:08:23 Contact and wrap-up Slack Channel Patreon Guild
MHGG Review - Between Two Castles In this week’s featured review, the Mile High Game Guys take a look at the interesting smash-up of Between Two Cities and The Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig! 00:01:29 Between Two Castles 00:02:02 Rules Overview 00:02:42 Free Copy Disclosure 00:03:42 Initial Thoughts 00:06:25 Components 00:11:02 Rules and Rules Explanation 00:20:22 Gameplay 00:42:59 Final Thoughts 00:52:55 Listener Feedback 00:57:44 Cost and Availability 00:58:29 Contact Info Slack Channel Patreon Guild
Before Edward left for The Big Summer Trip, he sat down with Adrian from Mile High Game Guys to discuss Neue Heimat!Before the review, Edward and Amanda talk about games Edward saw and/or played at Origins, and how Amanda has been without air conditioning for 2 weeks. Fun fun!0:05:58: Root0:08:25: Teotihuacan: City of the Gods0:09:42: City of the Big Shoulders0:11:47: Escape Plan0:27:51: Neue Heimat Look Back iTunes link for Supplemental Feed: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/heavy-cardboard-supplemental/id1398708343?mt=2RSS link for Supplemental Feed: https://podcast.heavycardboard.com/supplemental.xmlOriginal Neue Heimat review: https://www.heavycardboard.com/episodelist/2015/11/18/heavy-cardboard-episode-36-neue-heimatYouTube channel! Support the show! PledgeHC.com The Herd map is here: Click to add your mark! Be sure to join the discussion over at the guild to discuss the episode with us & your fellow Elephants!
The Mile High Game Guys are once again joined by Megan to discuss, pick apart, and ruin the 3rd Scenario of TIME Stories, A Prophecy of Dragons. Spoilers will be rampant. 00:00:35 - Intro / Reintroducing Megan 00:02:23 - TIME Stories - A Prophecy of Dragons discussion Spoilers Beware! 00:06:11 - Initial Thoughts 00:09:28 - Components 00:14:04 - Gameplay 01:01:02 - Final Thoughts Slack Channel Patreon Guild
MHGG Lookback - Terraforming Mars Almost 2 years after they first reviewed it, the Mile High Game Guys take a look back at Terraforming Mars to see if it still lives up to all the hype, then they discuss options for upgrading components, followed by a look at all of the games current expansions. 00:00:52 Our 1st Lookback - Terraforming Mars! 00:02:14 Why Terraforming Mars? 00:02:49 Original Review Info 00:07:22 Upgrading Components 00:17:45 Base Component Longevity 00:20:11 Gameplay 00:36:33 Promo Cards 00:39:12 Does it still live up? 00:45:00 Current Expansions 00:45:17 Hellas and Elysium 00:57:16 TFM: Venus Next 01:06:16 Final Thoughts on Expansions 01:10:12 TFM: Prelude 01:13:37 Listener Feedback 01:20:50 Episode Wrap-up Slack Channel Patreon BGG Guild
This week on our conversation feed we hear some recordings Patrick did at Gen Con 50 with fellow www.punchboardmedia.com members. It starts with a lunch time impromptu recording with Zach, Jeff and Adrian - AKA the Mile High Game Guys. The rest of the recording is at the Punchboard Media meetup that was held at the beer garden. Some of the voices you will hear are Draft Mechanic, Sean from Dukes of Dice and Eric - from What's Eric Playing along with fans or new fans after they won some new games.
The Mile High Game Guys get together to review Fuse and Flatline, two entries in the Fusiverse(trademarked). 00:00:20 - Intro! 00:01:09 - MHGG Review: Fuse! 00:18:45 - MHGG Review: Flatline! 00:40:48 - Episode Wrapup! Slack Channel Patreon Guild
So for Episode 10, not our 10th episode, we decided to do something just a little different. For this episode we are leaving behind our normal format and dedicating an entire episode to our favorite games. Each of us took the time to develop our own criteria for what makes a game fir our top ten, then we applied that criteria to all the games we've played and this episode is the result! Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy this special episode, we'll be back to our normal format next week with Episode 11. Sincerely, - The Mile High Game Guys Criteria for our lists. 02:14 Zach's Criteria 03:06 Jeff's Criteria 03:39 Adrian's Criteria Number 10 05:06 Adrian's #10 07:00 Zach's #10 07:51 Jeff's #10 Number 9 09:49 Zach's #9 11:16 Adrian's #9 13:58 Jeff's #9 Number 8 15:55 Jeff's #8 17:52 Zach's #8 19:21 Adrian's #8 Number 7 21:13 Zach's #7 23:22 Jeff's #7 25:00 Adrian's #7 Number 6 27:05 Adrian's #6 28:54 Jeff's #6 30:48 Zach's #6 Number 5 32:00 Zach's #5 33:33 Jeff's #5 35:11 Adrian's #5 Number 4 38:35 Adrian's #4 41:01 Jeff's #4 44:13 Zach's #4 Number 3 45:10 Zach's #3 48:30 Jeff's #3 51:43 Adrian's #3 Number 2 52:58 Jeff's #2 54:15 Adrian's #2 56:04 Zach's #2 Number 1 57:03 Zach's #1 58:16 Jeff's #1 01:02:04 Adrian's #1 Games that didn't make the list 01:06:10 Jeff 01:07:41 Adrian 01:10:57 Zach Games that are close to the list 01:12:22 Adrian 01:14:22 Jeff