Podcasts about Victory Games

This is episode 69. We're discussing sex games. We're sorry. (Except Joe...Joe isn't sorry at all.) Sandi has joined us to try to provide a little bit of maturity to the topic; we'll let you decide if she succeeded. This is an adults-only episode (and we mean it this time), but we won't be offended if you decide to give this one a miss. Just come back next month, please? I promise we won't do it again. We find a series of weird connections between sex games and big wargaming companies - Columbia Games, Avalon Hill, and Victory Games - not to mention well-known designers like Sid Sackson and Wolfgang Kramer, and even Nolan Bushnell from Atari. Mike asks, "Is there anything more sexy than puns?" Young Mike learns about the irrepressible dynamo that was Dr. Ruth. A Brief Debate Upon the Merits of Identifying Breasts by Means of Nipple Shape An article about Lacerunner, which is not a game about sex and is not likely to ever be released, but sounds really interesting regardless. Come visit our newly-revived Discord server to chat with us and some other like-minded game nerds! As always, thank you for listening. Please consider writing us an iTunes review if you like what you hear! We'd also love to have you visit our website and let us know what kinds of games we should discuss next. You're also more than welcome to comment on the episode page, or our Discord, or our Facebook page, or tag @ascentofboardgames on Bluesky. Whatever way you prefer to share your opinions with us, we'd love to hear them.  As always, we appreciate your listening - stay safe out there, and happy gaming! Website: https://www.ascentofboardgames.com Email: ascentofboardgames@gmail.com Discord: https://discord.gg/tdH3QAn  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ascentboardgames/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ascentofboardgames.bsky.social Discord: http://discord.ascentofboardgames.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ascentofboardgames/ And, occasionally, Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ascentofboardgames Intro and outro music is "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under a Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. Additional music this episode by HYPERTUNES. The Ascent of Board Games is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Some rights reserved. Thank you for listening!

Hey, look what's in the mailbag!  We got some letters, and we open the show with that. After a look at some cool technological advances in playing aids, Wai Wong and Jonathan Kay from Canada give us a look at ASLOK and their thoughts on all things Advanced Squad Leader. SHOW TIMES0:32 Banter3:40 Letters16:10 Latest ASL Gaming Aids42:00 Interview with Jonathan Kay and Wai Wong49:44 Total Running TimeLINKSVictory Games on Youtube Download this episode (right click and save)

James Bond 007: Roleplaying In Her Majesty's Secret Service was designed by Gerard Christopher Klug (known as Chris Klug these days) with development by Greg Gordon and Neil Randall, and was released by Victory Games between 1983 and 1987, selling over 100,000 copies. It is long out of print but available on the second-hand market at reasonable prices (as I write Noble Knight lists it at under $15 for the core rules) though the supplements are usually 200-500% more. This episode was made possible by our patron and friend Christian Bickle, who chose the game for us to cover. Huge thanks go out to him for letting us create a really fun episode. Full show notes are available here ⁠Discuss this episode on the LND Discord!⁠ ⁠Intro music by Arcane Anthems

Today we talk about Classified The Role Playing Game of Covert Operations by Expeditious Retreat Press. This is a retro clone of Victory Games' James Bond 007 RPG from the 1980's. Cerebrevore Episode on James Bond 007 RPG https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/X7vXtHLPmzb Or on YouTube https://youtu.be/B9rzoOTNchw Classified https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/69/Expeditious-Retreat-Press/subcategory/225_20577/Classified Expeditious Retreat Press https://www.xrpshop.citymax.com/page/page/2561954.htm Ways to contact me: Google Voice Number for US callers: (540) 445-1145 Speakpipe for international callers: https://www.speakpipe.com/NerdsRPGVarietyCast  The podcast's email at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com Find me on a variety of discords including the Audio Dungeon Discord. Home page for this show https://nerdsrpgvarietycast.carrd.co/ Home page for Cerebrevore, the TTRPG panel discussion podcast https://cerebrevore.carrd.co/ Come to: GrogCon in Orlando, FL on 29 Sep to 1 Oct, 2023 ⁠https://www.grogcon.com/grogcon4/⁠ Proud member of the Grog-talk Empire having been bestowed the title of The Governor Most Radiant Grandeur Baron The Belligerent Hero of The Valley. ⁠https://www.grogcon.com/podcast/⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376/message

Mark Herman stops by to talk about his new grand strategic WWII game, Churchill, plus oh so many other games he has designed over the years. During our whirlwind tour of Mark’s career as a wargame designer, we make brief stops at SPI and Victory Games, and even get a peek into professional Pentagon wargaming. […]

James Bond 007: Role Playing In Her Majesty's Secret Service Join Josh and Brandon as they enter a world of espionage, intrigue, and dice-rolling, with Victory Games' TTRPG “Role Playing in Her Majesty's Secret Service”. A brief news item about Wizards of the Coast rebooting and retconning in their latest Errata to eliminate more insensitive portrayals and stereotyping from Dungeons and Dragons. Not surprising and another step in their reaction to 2020. It's a good move.  (01:19) A second item about Ernie (son of Gary) Gygax's new TSR and its nonsensical lawsuit against Wizards of the Coast for trademarks of old TSR content. They also were demanding removal of WotC's legacy disclaimer. Come on, now. Main discussion: 1983's “James Bond 007” roleplaying game from Victory Games. It places you in a world of espionage taken straight from the world of Ian Fleming's master spy: Bond, James Bond. You can play as known quantities from the movies such as Bond, Felix Lighter, Anya Amasova and others or create your own Double-O agent (or rookie). We also talk about our favorite Bond movies! (10:41) Click here for full show notes, including links to what we talk about and images ----more----   Additional Resources Bell of Lost Souls story about Wizards of the Coast's Errata changes to the Drow and alignments: https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2021/12/dd-wotc-removes-racial-alignments-retcons-drow-in-new-batch-of-errata.html Bell of Lost Souls story about the new TSR and their now withdrawn lawsuit against Wizards of the Coast: https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2021/12/dd-tsr-voluntarily-dismisses-their-wotc-lawsuit-vows-to-refile.html Dicebreaker retrospective on the Bond RPG and how it changed roleplaying games: https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/james-bond-007-rpg/feature/james-bond-rpg-changed-roleplaying James Bond 007 on Tabletop Simulator: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1528664949 “Classified,” a retro clone of “James Bond 007” from Expedition Press: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/128259/Classified James Bond, Jr. Intro (for anyone too young to remember it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoWexi-DWFQ Listen, rate, and subscribe! If you like the show, please tell a friend about it. And if you want to tell more people, then please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. You can find and/or support us at all the places below: https://twitter.com/WayOfBrandolore  https://twitter.com/BlackCloakDM https://patreon.com/goblinsgrowlers https://facebook.com/GoblinsAndGrowlers https://goblinsandgrowlers.podbean.com (and basically any other podcatcher) https://quidproroll.podbean.com (our sister podcast, an actual play) JOIN OUR DISCORD: bit.ly/goblindiscord The Goblins and Growlers Podcast is produced by Goblins and Growlers, a Richmond, Virginia-based tabletop-roleplaying-game content and events company dedicated to inclusivity through TTRPGs.

Querida nietada, Más de cuatro años después de nuestro programa número 1 volvemos al juego preferido del abuelo Edu, Vietnam 1965-1975 de Victory Games. ¿La razón? GMT lo ha incluido en su P500 para reeditarlo y eso nos ha hecho resucitar la ilusión de jugarlo. Contamos para volver a la jungla con uno de los mejores especialista en el juego que es Alberto Romero @SuerteCanalla Tenéis más información en nuestro blog http://jugandoconlosabuelos.blogspot.com/2021/03/regreso-vietnam-1965-1975.html

Nietada, hoy acudimos al Consejo de los Sabios del Rol compuesto por Juan Milano @JuanMilanoEscar y su conocimiento arcano de los RPG y las vivencias de nuestro Eterno Master Juan Luis Martinez @JuliusLFairfax para hablar de varios juegos de rol viejunos de los 80 y 90. Empezamos por James Bond 007 de Victory Games y terminamos con Powers&Perils de Avalon Hill, un infierno hecho RPG. También trataremos unos cuandos juegos de rol más de esa época que son muy interesantes. Programa con muchas aventuras, anécdotas, música y risas. DIgno de los mejores abuelos cebolleta

Nietada, hoy acudimos al Consejo de los Sabios del Rol compuesto por Juan Milano @JuanMilanoEscar y su conocimiento arcano de los RPG y las vivencias de nuestro Eterno Master Juan Luis Martinez @JuliusLFairfax para hablar de varios juegos de rol viejunos de los 80 y 90. Empezamos por James Bond 007 de Victory Games y terminamos con Powers&Perils de Avalon Hill, un infierno hecho RPG. También trataremos unos cuandos juegos de rol más de esa época que son muy interesantes. Programa con muchas aventuras, anécdotas, música y risas. DIgno de los mejores abuelos cebolleta

Hoy hemos reunido a un grupo de invitados de primera categoría para hablar de un juego que nos encanta; The Korean War de Victory Games. Contamos con Ivan Cáceres @seado3, ilustrador y creador del estupendo juego Santa Cruz, Antonio Lopez @centineluwdl autor del podcast de wargames decano en España, Un Wargame Demasiado Lejano y que os aconsejamos vivamente que escuchéis y Alberto Romero @SuerteCanalla consumado especialista en juegos de Balkoski como el sistema de Grandes Campañas de la Guerra Civil Americana y el juego que nos ocupa hoy. Una gran ocasión de conocer un poco más el conflicto de Corea a través de este juego de 1986. Información de soporte en nuestro blog https://jugandoconlosabuelos.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-korean-war.html

Hoy hemos reunido a un grupo de invitados de primera categoría para hablar de un juego que nos encanta; The Korean War de Victory Games. Contamos con Ivan Cáceres @seado3, ilustrador y creador del estupendo juego Santa Cruz, Antonio Lopez @centineluwdl autor del podcast de wargames decano en España, Un Wargame Demasiado Lejano y que os aconsejamos vivamente que escuchéis y Alberto Romero @SuerteCanalla consumado especialista en juegos de Balkoski como el sistema de Grandes Campañas de la Guerra Civil Americana y el juego que nos ocupa hoy. Una gran ocasión de conocer un poco más el conflicto de Corea a través de este juego de 1986. Información de soporte en nuestro blog https://jugandoconlosabuelos.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-korean-war.html

It’s Half. Save for Half, and this time the Fab Four are discussing that espionage title of RPGs from the 1980s, the James Bond: 007 RPG from Victory Games. We are joined by a fifth guest host, DM Gary, who is not only well-versed in the game but is the 007 RPG Gamemaster for DMs […]

It’s Half. Save for Half, and this time the Fab Four are discussing that espionage title of RPGs from the 1980s, the James Bond: 007 RPG from Victory Games. We are joined by a fifth guest host, DM Gary, who is not only well-versed in the game but is the 007 RPG Gamemaster for DMs […]

Queridos nietos, Hoy hablaremos de la Guerra de Secesión Americana (1861-1865) de la mano de José Luis Bonilla (Ethelberto, monje y guerrero) y de Jesús García (@Hoplomaco1) que nos traen su propia guerra civil entre qué juego es mejor, si The Civil War de Victory Games (1983) o The US Civil War de GMT (2015) No os perdáis este impresionante programa lleno de enfrentamientos entre Etehelberto y Jesús, Sur y Norte, esclavismo vs abolicionismo, Dixieland contra el Himno de Batalla de la Republica, lo viejo contra lo nuevo... y si después de escucharlo no tenéis ganas de profundizar un poco más en esta guerra y echar una partida a alguno de los juegos que lo tratan, nosotros nos exiliaremos a Canadá a meditar. Para más información relacionada no os olvidéis de consultar nuestro blog http://jugandoconlosabuelos.blogspot.com/

Queridos nietos, Hoy hablaremos de la Guerra de Secesión Americana (1861-1865) de la mano de José Luis Bonilla (Ethelberto, monje y guerrero) y de Jesús García (@Hoplomaco1) que nos traen su propia guerra civil entre qué juego es mejor, si The Civil War de Victory Games (1983) o The US Civil War de GMT (2015) No os perdáis este impresionante programa lleno de enfrentamientos entre Etehelberto y Jesús, Sur y Norte, esclavismo vs abolicionismo, Dixieland contra el Himno de Batalla de la Republica, lo viejo contra lo nuevo... y si después de escucharlo no tenéis ganas de profundizar un poco más en esta guerra y echar una partida a alguno de los juegos que lo tratan, nosotros nos exiliaremos a Canadá a meditar. Para más información relacionada no os olvidéis de consultar nuestro blog http://jugandoconlosabuelos.blogspot.com/

Having a five-year plan isn’t always essential to your career. So says Amy Small, Global Head of VR at Framestore. Small has thrived in her career by being open to new opportunities as they have arisen, and those opportunities haven’t always been about advancement or promotions. Sometimes it has been the lateral moves that have proven most rewarding. Small is all about the journey, about having a satisfying and successful career. The Penn State graduate started as an intern at Disney before moving on to be a manager and director with companies such as THQ and Brash Entertainment. Small got into the interactive category with Victory Games, part of EA Games, then Skyrocket Toys before going into consulting and ultimately to her current position with Framestore, where she looks to expand past traditional gaming into the VR realm. Small has a love of new business models, and she sees VR as the wild west of technology, where she can help build from the ground up. Unlike some in the tech world, this only child is an extrovert who loves people and loves to travel. Travel sometimes puts her in uncomfortable situations, which lets her rely on her judgment and can be rewarding. Relying on people is another point she brings up as important – weighing dependents and independents and creating successful teams. Mentoring can be a strength if you find the right mentor. And even though she works all the time, she sees the need to unplug a bit to get refreshed. As a woman in a mostly male-dominated industry, Small sees the importance in loving what you do, in thinking sometimes way outside the box, and in taking that professional journey to get to a satisfying place, both personally and professionally.

In this episode, Bruce Geryk interviews veteran wargame designer Mark Herman, former CEO of Victory Games and best known for pioneering card-driven wargames with We The People. They discuss designing games for less than $100 per week, why he couldn't release a game because Saddam Hussein might play it, and how Magic the Gathering helped him create a new genre.

Mark Herman stops by to talk about his new grand strategic WWII game, Churchill, plus oh so many other games he has designed over the years. During our whirlwind tour of Mark's career as a wargame designer, we make brief stops at SPI and Victory Games, and even get a peek into professional Pentagon wargaming. And if you're wondering what comes next after Churchill...Well, it's more than just

Welcome to Episode XXIII of Guns, Dice, Butter: Feb 17 2015, Fat Tuesday Special! 0:00 Intro: It’s Mardi Gras! Spring is near! 0:05 Curtis Baer: WBC stories:  Point of Origin, Matt & Joe’s Devil Cauldron, Pitch Car, THE BIG GAME, François’  wild NAP WARs game, Red Neck Life, WBC food, Being the coach of the RANGERS!, the Honorary Fez 0:41 John Butterfield: Point of Origin, Early days at SPI, the playtest room for Campaign in North Africa, John’s great designs: Freedom of the Galaxy, Ambush, Hell’s Highway, RAF, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Enemy Action Ardennes, SPI Strato-matic League, The Beloved 1987 Minnesota Twins 1:40 Bryan Collars: Point of Origin, Greenville Mafia, WBC: The Boardgame (preorder on GMT Games) 2:23 Mark Herman, Wendell Albright, Herr Dr: Logistics & Supply in Wargames: “The Spectrum”, Victory Games’ elegant & unique The Korean War, Dunnigan’s Breakout & Pursuit, 1776, Empire of the Sun, importance of logistics in ancients campaign & the GREAT book on Macedonian logistics, Napoleon in Russia, Victory Games’ The Civil War, For the People, GMT/Simonitch’s upcoming new civil war game, Dunnigan’s ACW game, the famous NAP’s retreat from Russia infographic, Herman’s upcoming Churchill game chatter 3:23 Maymi Hayakawa & Gesine Stanienda: Red Winter, Tonkin, Gameon.con in Seatle, the ASL room (eegads!), entering the hobby from non traditional avenues, Ancients games, Poniske designs (King Phillips War, Maori Wars) 3:59: Wrap up: Overflowing gaming plate; our wargame hobby is pumping. =========== A few of the items mentioned on the show: Videos: Tonkin "how to play" video: Tonkin - Cao Bang 001 Last Days in Vietnam Breaker Morant Books: Gettysburg: The Last Invasion – Guelzo Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army - Engels The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop. - Coover A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam - Sheehan Stats: Charles Joseph Minard’s : Carte figurative des pertes successives en hommes de l'Armée Française dans la campagne de Russie 1812-1813 Games: Breakout & Pursuit SPI Dunnigan Ambush, Freedom in the Galaxy, Hell's Highway, RAF, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Enemy Action: Ardennes - Butterfield  The Civll War - Smith, For the People - Herman, The Korean War - Balkoski Tonkin - Kanger Red Winter - Mokszycki Dien Bien Phu - The Final Gamble - Kanger In Country: Vietnam 1965-75 - Miranda =========== Guns, Dice, Butter, now with over 50k downloads, is available on iTunes, Boardgamegeek and many other places where gamers hang on the web. GDB website: http://gunsdicebutter.libsyn.com/

Welcome to Episode XXII of Guns, Dice, Butter; a series of conversations (238+ minutes in this case, given, our 238th Fourth of July) with members of the wargaming tribe. O:05 Joe Balkoski: intro to gaming, SPI stories, Minuteman, War in the Ice, City Fight & Wacht Am Rhein, Operation Typhoon 0:33 Joe: Cover art to Patton’s Third Army, Redmon Simonsen, SPI Peak, Transition to Avalon Hill Classic, end day at SPI, 0:54 Joe: AH days, Victory Games, The Korean War 1:09 Joe: Great Campaigns of the American Civil War, Computer Gaming, post gaming, 29th Division, returning to the tribe   1:40 Nick Karp, Discussion of Desert Fox, games in the pipeline for Shenandoah Studio   2: 00 Mark Herman, Enrico Viglino, Marty Sample: “Perspective” overview, the game the Bermuda Triangle (and a discussion about the ability to control weather in the true spirit of what Richard Berg calls “playing a game from the god perspective”), Sim City, Integrated Poly/Mil Leadership, WiF/DoD, Kevin Zucker’s Napoleonic series of games, Berg’s Carthage & Rise of Roman Republic, Karp’s Vietnam  2: 20 Mark, Enrico, Marty: Enrico’s Scale & Scope rant, D&D, La Grand Guerre, Mark’s great story about John Glenn (yes, THAT John Glenn), Churchill’s bunker and mind, Unconditional Surrender, Supreme Commander, Days of Dis 2:42 Mark’s Churchill design goes to the Peloponnesian War, Lace Wars/Red Sash, games that give you orders: Musket & Pike, Hastings 1066, Men of Iron, Flowers or the Forest, playing Angicourt at SPI 3:03: Items that distract from “perspective”, tactical WWII games, disturbing swimsuit attire, Mark’s Rommel story (yes, THAT Rommel), Patton, reprint of Pacific War, new WBC location discussion   3:25 Salvatore Vasta: Discussion of his new design Unconditional Surrender   4:00 Guns, Dice, Butter wrap: gaming plate, shout outs   4:07 Remembering some of our dear gaming mates that have passed   4:13 Applenista   Guns, Dice, Butter, now with approximately 50,000 downloads, is available on iTunes, Boardgame Geek, Consimworld, elsewhere and the GDB website: http://gunsdicebutter.libsyn.com/   Items mentioned on the podcast: La Grande Guerre session report: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/16190004 The Korean War session report: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/1191569  Liberty Roads session report: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/1187618 Empires in Arms session report: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/1170211 1st MN Historical Wargaming Society: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/guild/875 Wargamers paying it forward: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/174505 Lace Wars http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28559

Welcome to the 1st episode of 2013. This show I look at the game Mosby's Raiders published by Victory Games. The game is about John Mosby and his Partisan Raiders. They waged guerrilla warfare against the North during the American Civil War. This episode I also look at my "ideal solitaire game" by picking the various attributes I think I like in a game. The episode is a bit short. It might have been longer if it wasn't for the power going out while recording. I finished in the dark. Mosby's Raiders on BGG. Where There is Discord on BGG. Tunnels and Trolls on Kickstarter. Battle for Souls on Kicstarter.

Episode IV 0:0 Introduction with Herr Dr: Feedback, review of listener survey on Boardgamegeek.com, announcement of Kickstarter project for Guns, Dice, Butter Season ONE and a preview of this episode 0:17: Intro & conversation with Nick Karp, designer of Victory Games' Vietnam and CFO of Shenandoah Studio, the new gameco that is bringing wargames (among others) to new devices like the iPad. Nick discusses early days at SPI and Victory Games, his design Vietnam, Shenandoah Studio, and their upcoming iPad title Battle of the Bulge. 1:30 Intro & conversation with Nels Thompson, Breakout Normandy shark, who is now off on a lark to conquer the game Vietnam. Nels discusses why this 30 year title has great game play. 2:46  Wrap up by Herr Dr; hobby news, shout-outs and preview of Episode V (late may) which will cover Empire in Arms and World in Flames. Please support our Kickstarter project: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/523543153/guns-dice-butter-season-1