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Join us for a retro adventure all about games of yesteryear, including Hero Quest, Near & Far and Pizza Box Football. Today's 8-bit breakdown goes to Russian Railroads, a game that was once in the boardgamegeek top 100. How does it hold up today? Will pops in for a segment of "Polishing the Turd," then we finish strong with a game of Saw! www.levelupgamepodcast.com Facebook Instagram Twitter BGG Guild
These Apple car rumors are a great treat for the holidays: so light and airy.Turns out you can run Switch games on the M1 Macs, with some glitches.Ted Lasso will probably be just three seasons.Apple Car rumors are rumor-riffic.John Gruber has an anecdote about Apple's car project.Epic and Samsung are soooo funny.The EFF takes Apple's side in the fight with Facebook.Lex's family is a fan of the Ring Fit for the Switch.Lex also likes Pizza Box Football.Dan is re-enjoying Star Wars: Rebels.Lex liked the first episode of The Wilds.Moltz is happy The Expanse is back.Danny Pudhi has some thoughts on luxury for Larry King.If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out!
I’ve been preaching … about finishing. How you finish something is far more important than how you start. Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are great examples.I’ve been reading … two different reactions to the halftime show featuring Shakira and Jennifer Lopez. Which one is yours will depend on whether you value carnal things or spiritual things. I’ve been hearing … about female participation, in sports and in every other walk of life. If women want to assume traditionally male roles, fine. But if I were a woman, I would resent the demotion.I’ve been playing … Pizza Box Football, the best tabletop representation of football I’ve seen. And like in real football, good strategy is no guarantee against bad luck.
In Show 18.5 of Gameopolis, Mark and Jeff do a double-header Session Report. First they talk about a play session of Pizza Box Baseball, ending with a couple comparisons between this game and the On The Line Game Company's other publication Pizza Box Football, which Mark and Jeff discussed in Shows 9 and 9.5. Mark and Jeff then move onto a second Session Report on Cargo Noir with some light analysis of the three different approaches employed by the players in this play session. As always, we'd LOVE to hear from you, so please post a comment to this blog entry (at www.gameopolis.org or gameopolis.libsyn.com), or send us an email at info@gameopolis.org! 00:00:00 Prelude 00:02:30 Session Report, Pizza Box Baseball 00:11:00 Session Report, Cargo Noir 00:21:02 Preview of Show 19.0, and Signoff Stay tuned for Show 19.0, coming to you faster than a flying Nazgul! NOTE: To download, right-click on the "POD" icon above, and choose "Save Target As..." Select a download location on your computer, and save. After saving, play the file from your downloaded copy.
NOTE: To download, right-click on the "POD" icon above, and choose "Save Target As..." Select a download location on your computer, and save. After saving, play the file from your downloaded copy. Mark and Jeff take the Session Report format back to its roots in show 9.5. This Session Report is true to our original vision: an overview of the feel of the game, our general impressions, the main thoughts and choices we had in a typical game turn. We talk about what we liked and didn't like about it. At 18 minutes 10 seconds, this show is just long enough to listen to while enjoying a couple slices of pizza! Check out some pics of Pizza Box Football on our Gameopolis Flickr Page. 00:00:00 Prelude 00:01:53 Session Report: Pizza Box Football 00:17:12 Sign-off Related links: 1 Pizza Box Football on Boardgamegeek 2 Pizza Box Baseball on Boardgamegeek Stay tuned for Show 10.0, coming to all premier theaters in Gameopolis City very soon!
NOTE: To download, right-click on the "POD" icon above, and choose "Save Target As..." Select a download location on your computer, and save. After saving, play the file from your downloaded copy. It's a really big show....really...BIG. It's also our First Anniversary Show. And Mark and Jeff cover a lot of ground here -from introducing a new recurring segment --to closing-out the First Gameopolis Challenge --to addressing errata from previous shows --to 2 really fun games (one old and meaty; one new and light). We start you off by opening up a Dusty Old Box...a Dusty, Deteriorating, Deciduous Box with an awesome game inside. Then, we announce the five winners of our First Gameopolis Challenge. If you are one of the winners, be sure to email us at info@gameopolis.org to give us your physical address so we can send you your fantastic Gameopolis Coffee Mug! In the show's main segment, Mark covers the Avalon Hill game History of the World. Mark covers the nuts and bolts of the game as well as some basic strategic considerations. After Mark's coverage of HOTW, Jeff talks about a relatively new release from the On The Line Game Company: Pizza Box Football. Jeff tries to give you a basic feel for the game, its mechanics and some of the main gameplay options. 00:00:00 Prelude 00:01:20 Dusty Old Box 00:07:32 The Winners of the First Gameopolis Challenge 00:15:36 Erratum: error in Forbidden Island session report 00:23:10 As Far As Possible Game Goes Kaupankaynti 00:31:38 Avalon Hill's History of the World 00:52:16 On The Line's Pizza Box Football 01:05:30 Sign-off Related links: 1 Awful Green Things from Outer Space on Boardgamegeek 2 PVP Online Comic 3 Tyler's Held Action Gaming Blogpage 4 Numbskullz Inc Game Store in Queensbury NY 5 History of the World on Boardgamegeek 6 Pizza Box Football on Boardgamegeek Stay tuned for Show 9.5 -our session Report- coming real soon!
In this episode, originally aired October 15, 2005, we review David and Goliath and Pizza Box Football, and discuss Puerto Rico, Hellas, Pacru, and Barbarossa. Our top ten list this time is our top ten least favorite games. Or in other words, the ten games we hate the most.
In this show, Sam and Tom talk about quite a few upcoming games, including Yetisburg and the new Axis and Allies. They continue their contest for Pizza Box Baseball, Pizza Box Football, and Elfball; and Tom previews Pizza Box Baseball. Moritz talks about the one perfect game, and Giles muses about metagaming. Melody Vasel, David Healey, and Colin and Kileigh Zielinski talk about their favorite games. This one is for the kids!
Paul reviews Pizza Box Football and talks about the role of luck in games. Show notes: Pizza Box Football Interviews By An Optimist #90: Ken Koury OrcCon BoardGameGeek.CON Discuss this episode in the HG,WT forum