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It’s been a minute since we talked about short games! (Episode 194 or Episode 369) But life is crazy these days, we’ll get into the monthly report, so we started thinking about games that were fast. What are some great ones that take 10-15 minutes? 0:00:00 Fact for 423 423 is the easiest symmetrical 3 object siteswap besides the basic pattern in juggling. Go to YouTube and look up “423 juggling” and you’ll see a ton of them. Sponsor Message Set up a free call by going to firstmovefinancial.com/familygamers today. 0:05:00 What We’ve Been Playing Animal Rescue TeamGot Five!Unmatched: Stars and Stripes (John Henry vs George Washington, John Henry vs Wyatt Earp)Compile: Main 2Tiny Ninjas (reviewed back in 2019)Mission to Planet Hexx 0:15:00 May Monthly Report? Andrew: 9 games played 9 times. H-index: just 1. Anitra: 12 games played 17 times. H-index: 2 (Unmatched, Compile: Main 2, S’mores Galore Roast & Write, Adventurous) 0:16:45 The Family Gamers Community Welcome to our newest members! #Backtalk Games you won’t let yourself buy? You express mixed feelings on the #backtalk channel of the Discord. 0:23:10 Top 10(ish) Quick Games What do you play if you’ve got 15 minutes or less? A few that our family is likely to pull out when we’ve got limited time: Trio – this list is not in order, but Trio would be our top recommendation.SimiloFloristryGot Five! (review coming soon)Quarto5er FindenDrop ItKiri-ai: The DuelGet the MacGuffin What do these games have in common?Simultaneous turns, or very simple turns (limited decision set).Strategic, but not complex.Need to pay attention to the information you get on other players’ turns.They don’t need to have a timer limiting how fast your turns go. (Exceptions: 5er Finden is a race, and Floristry has a timed auction every round.) Number 10(ish): three party games (that are more of a social activity):Person Do ThingChit ChatSmug Owls Solo games? Anitra is playing fewer short solos these days. But if she wanted a quick one: A Gentle Rain, A Nice Cuppa, Food Chain Island, Grove, or Adventurous all play in under 15 minutes without feeling rushed. Find more at TheFamilyGamers.com/tag/solo 0:49:00 New Backtalk Question Does your family play any super-short games? What are they? Tell us on the #backtalk channel on our Discord, or in our Facebook community. Find Us Online: Facebook: @familygamersaa and thefamilygamers.com/communityTwitter (X): @familygamersaaInstagram: @familygamersaaTikTok: @familygamersaaBluesky: @familygamersaaThreads: @familygamersaaYoutube: TheFamilyGamers or join the Family Tabletop Community on Discord! thefamilygamers.com/discord Or, for the most direct method, email us! andrew@thefamilygamers.com and anitra@thefamilygamers.com. PLEASE don’t forget to subscribe to the show, tell your friends about the show, and leave us a review at Apple Podcast or whatever your podcast subscription source is. We’re also on Amazon Music, TuneIn, and Spotify. You can also now find us on YouTube Music! So pull it up and give us a listen while you’re toiling away at work :) Music for The Family Gamers Podcast is provided with permission from You Bred Raptors? The Family Gamers is sponsored by First Move Financial. Go to FirstMoveFinancial.com/familygamers to learn how the team at First Move Financial can help you pile up the victory points. The post Episode 423 – Top 10 Quick Games appeared first on The Family Gamers.

We’re testing out a new review format, with our thoughts recorded in real-time after 1, 2, and 3 plays. 0:00:00 Fact for 422 Kuwait Airways Flight 422 hijacking – the hijacking lasted 16 days! Sponsor Message If you want to see an estimate of what your fee would be to work with First Move, visit firstmovefinancial.com/familygamers and scroll down, there's a fee calculator there, as well as a way to set up a quick phone call to see if they’re a good fit. 0:04:00 What We’ve Been Playing Fleet: The Dice GameCarnutaS’mores Galore: Roast and Write (our review)AdventurousTag Team – we begin to unpack WHY we struggle with this game, and talk about whether we’d go for the new Arthurian legends box.Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders 0:16:20 The Family Gamers Community Say hello to our three new members! #Backtalk We talked about games that are too tempting in the Facebook community and on the #backtalk channel of the Discord. Andrew found the weird cat game he mentioned: it’s Catlantis. 0:22:20 1,2,3 – Tidal Blades 2! We give our thoughts on Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders. We really enjoyed this game, but it is a LOT. (First play conversation was originally from episode 415.) 0:28:10 after the second play We get a little more comfortable with the largeness of the game. 0:40:30 after the third play Verdict: We think Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders is overall a better game than Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef. Are we going to come back to this game and play it more and more? Maybe. We really enjoy this game. It’s immersive, and when we start playing we don’t really want to stop. But we need to allow 3+ hours for a play session. And that’s really hard for us to do. And we don’t have the space to leave it set up. Maybe we can at least play it a few more times over the kids’ summer vacation? We recommend this to families with a heavy caveat: this is a big game that requires a big commitment. 0:58:40 New Backtalk Question Last week we talked about the game or game type you can’t help but buy. This week, let’s flip the question. Is there a game you want, but you won’t let yourself get? Maybe it’s too expensive, maybe you just know it won’t get played in your house. Does this kind of game even exist for you? Tell us on the #backtalk channel on our Discord, or in our Facebook community. Find Us Online: Facebook: @familygamersaa and thefamilygamers.com/communityTwitter (X): @familygamersaaInstagram: @familygamersaaTikTok: @familygamersaaBluesky: @familygamersaaThreads: @familygamersaaYoutube: TheFamilyGamers or join the Family Tabletop Community on Discord! thefamilygamers.com/discord Or, for the most direct method, email us! andrew@thefamilygamers.com and anitra@thefamilygamers.com. PLEASE don’t forget to subscribe to the show, tell your friends about the show, and leave us a review at Apple Podcast or whatever your podcast subscription source is. We’re also on Amazon Music, TuneIn, and Spotify. You can also now find us on YouTube Music! So pull it up and give us a listen while you’re toiling away at work :) Music for The Family Gamers Podcast is provided with permission from You Bred Raptors? The Family Gamers is sponsored by First Move Financial. Go to FirstMoveFinancial.com/familygamers to learn how the team at First Move Financial can help you pile up the victory points. The post Episode 422 – 1, 2, 3, Tidal Blades 2! appeared first on The Family Gamers.

What should you look for in a board game? Let’s look at five elements of games to help you choose. 0:00:00 Fact for 421 The game that is ID 421 on Board Game Geek happens to be pretty well-known among boardgamers. Sponsor Message Regardless of whether you’re trying to figure out how to start saving for your future, or trying to decide if you can afford to retire, First Move can help you. To set up either a 15 minute phone call or a 90 minute meeting go to firstmovefinancial.com/familygamers today. 0:04:55 What We’ve Been Playing Aspens (w/ Majestic Marvels expansion)A Place for All My BooksMission to Planet Hexx!Got Five!SantoriniTag Team – we think it needs a “cookbook” with suggestions for complementary pairsAdventurous 0:23:00 April Monthly Report Andrew: 9 games played 14 times. No H-index, only played Got Five! more than once. Anitra: 16 games played 25 times. H-index: 3 (Got Five!, A Place for All My Books, Adventurous) 0:23:45 The Family Gamers Community Welcome to our newest community members! We’re glad you’re here. #Backtalk Gamification? You express mixed feelings on the #backtalk channel of the Discord. And we found out Book-It is still around, and you can still get a Pizza Hut personal pan pizza! 0:33:00 What to look for in a game? This is a topic that’s subjective and intensely personal. When you’re looking for your own family, looking for a gift, or simply browsing the shelves at a boardgame store, there are a few aspects you should consider. Keep in mind: who is going to play this game? 1. Duration How long is this game supposed to last? How long is it going to take the first time you play? (Are you prepared to learn the game and teach it before presenting it to your family?) We think that for gamer families, aim for 90 minutes or less. 60 minutes is probably better. (One shot games are an exception.) For non-gamers, shorter is better! Aim for 45 minutes or less. Maybe an hour if no kids in the mix. 2. Theme Heavily thematic games can be a great choice! They’re not the only thing to consider, but it’s still important. 3. Game Type / Mechanics There are certain mechanics that are simpler for non-gamers to understand. Things like worker placement and action selection are generally more challenging, and can get very complicated when they’re done in innovative ways. (This is a big part of why we do the Room to Grow series!) This also includes whether a game is co-operative or competitive. (Some can work both ways.) 4. Chance?! A lot of people don’t like much luck in their games, and others hate games that have no luck. We recommend going for luck-heavy games when you have a wide age range playing together. Having more chance evens out the gap in skills that usually exists between children and adults. 5. Player Count Seems obvious. But it’s related to season of life, too. Our family of five used to play lots of games together with the whole group (see episode 120 and episode 220), but with multiple teenagers doing all kinds of activities, we rarely play with more than two players anymore. Appendix: How Does This Game Fit? Does this game fit in your collection? Does it fill a gap of something you don’t already have? Or maybe you have too many of this type of game already… 0:52:20 New Backtalk Question We lean into the point made about considering the collection. What is the game type you are most tempted to buy? Andrew – 2 player sub 45 minute gameAnitra – small box solo-able game Tell us on the #backtalk channel on our Discord, or in our Facebook community. Find Us Online: Facebook: @familygamersaa and thefamilygamers.com/communityTwitter (X): @familygamersaaInstagram: @familygamersaaTikTok: @familygamersaaBluesky: @familygamersaaThreads: @familygamersaaYoutube: TheFamilyGamers or join the Family Tabletop Community on Discord! thefamilygamers.com/discord Or, for the most direct method, email us! andrew@thefamilygamers.com and anitra@thefamilygamers.com. PLEASE don’t forget to subscribe to the show, tell your friends about the show, and leave us a review at Apple Podcast or whatever your podcast subscription source is. We’re also on Amazon Music, TuneIn, and Spotify. You can also now find us on YouTube Music! So pull it up and give us a listen while you’re toiling away at work :) Music for The Family Gamers Podcast is provided with permission from You Bred Raptors? The Family Gamers is sponsored by First Move Financial. Go to FirstMoveFinancial.com/familygamers to learn how the team at First Move Financial can help you pile up the victory points. The post Episode 421 – What to Look for in a Game? appeared first on The Family Gamers.

What is gamification? Does it have any relationship to board gaming? We examine the concept this week. 0:00:00 Fact for 420 Where did the reference “420” come from to refer to smoking marijuana? Sponsor Message Did you know that you can talk to our sponsor First Move Financial for free? First Move is a fee-only firm, which means that until you sign on as a client you’re not paying to talk to them. If you’re curious what it would cost to get help from First Move you can visit firstmovefinancial.com/familygamers and scroll down, there’s a calculator there where you enter your income and net worth and it will tell you your estimated monthly fee. 0:05:10 What We’ve Been Playing Dragonarium *Iliad (our review)A Place for All My Books *Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the UnfoldersS’mores Galore: Roast and Write (review soon)SpringWombat Poo * * = First time on the podcast 0:30:00 The Family Gamers Community Welcome to our newest members in the Facebook community! #Backtalk You shared your strategies for teaching board game manners on the #backtalk channel of the Discord. 0:35:45 Gamification: The Good and The Not-So-Good According to Merriam-Webster: “the process of adding games or gamelike elements to something (such as a task) so as to encourage participation.” So, this is things that are not games with game-like elements added to them for motivation: like learning math, or working on fitness goals, or meeting work quotas. Types of gamification (from GoCadmium “Gamification in Learning 2026”): Achievement-based (leaderboards, badges, status levels) Social gamification (team-building exercises, collaboration to achieve a goal, peer recognition) Progress-based (things to “unlock” – skill trees, extra content, etc.) Rewards-based (incentives, either virtual or real-world: discounts, prizes, etc.) Gamification examples we thought about: Hotel/airline gold/platinum status Merit badges (but not military honors) Book-It is obviously rewards-based gamification! Store loyalty programs. Everything from simple “collect 10 stamps, get a free coffee” to the more sophisticated programs with big national chains that give incentives or unlock special offers by getting to a different “level”. These can push you to buy just a little bit more or more often than you would otherwise. (Supermarkets, Kohl’s Cash, CVS Extrabucks, etc.) Fitness apps often use multiple kinds of achievement-based gamification, to hook different kinds of people. Leaderboards, badges, and “personal best” tracking. They may include rewards or social collaboration as well. (We discuss Apple Fitness, Peloton. Company fitness challenges often are rewards-based.) Duolingo also uses achievements (streak-tracking!), while having obvious progress-based elements as well. Lose It! rewards you for “streaks” as well – including simply tracking your calories every day, even if you don’t meet your other goals! We think good gamification gives you a framework to work on your goals as well as the incentives to improve. What does this mean for our families & our kids? We think of two meta-examples. The 5×5 challenge (picking 5 games to play at least 5 times). Also the balancing B-mods and “leveling up” from Board Games For All Ages. Can we bring elements we like in board gaming to other behaviors we want to encourage? Gamification can be GOOD when it helps shore up existing motivation. But it’s not good when it is (a) the only motivation or (b) encouraging unintended behavior. Be wary of using gamification to substitute for real motivation! We describe using “chore cards” as a type of gamification. Kids removed the cards when done, kind of like an achievement system in reverse (having an empty line was the goal) – and it “unlocked” their screen time for the day. I feel like learning to read should naturally feel progress-based. As you improve, you get more opportunities to read what you want! Some schools make it too achievement-ish if they focus on “reading levels” rather than the fun of reading. Don’t be tempted to gamify everything and turn it into too much pressure on your kids! We’ve seen this in sports, academic achievement (GPA/grades), and other competitions. It’s okay not to be the best at everything! We share our experience with Marvel Puzzle Quest, which was a little too good at motivating us to play. 1:06:00 New Backtalk Question Have you ever gamified anything at home that would otherwise just normally be a part of life? Maybe it’s to help you be motivated, or maybe it’s for your kids? Chores, fitness, something else entirely? Tell us on the #backtalk channel on our Discord, or in our Facebook community. Find Us Online: Facebook: @familygamersaa and thefamilygamers.com/communityTwitter (X): @familygamersaaInstagram: @familygamersaaTikTok: @familygamersaaBluesky: @familygamersaaThreads: @familygamersaaYoutube: TheFamilyGamers or join the Family Tabletop Community on Discord! thefamilygamers.com/discord Or, for the most direct method, email us! andrew@thefamilygamers.com and anitra@thefamilygamers.com. PLEASE don’t forget to subscribe to the show, tell your friends about the show, and leave us a review at Apple Podcast or whatever your podcast subscription source is. We’re also on Amazon Music, TuneIn, and Spotify. You can also now find us on YouTube Music! So pull it up and give us a listen while you’re toiling away at work :) Music for The Family Gamers Podcast is provided with permission from You Bred Raptors? The Family Gamers is sponsored by First Move Financial. Go to FirstMoveFinancial.com/familygamers to learn how the team at First Move Financial can help you pile up the victory points. The post Episode 420 – Gamification appeared first on The Family Gamers.

How do you teach kids to play games “nicely”? To respect the rules of the game? 0:00:00 Fact for 419 419 scams (AKA Nigerian prince scams) Sponsor Message Did you know there’s a U.S. Law that allows every American to check their credit reports with each of the three major credit bureaus each year, for free? You don’t have to sign up for a service or pay a monthly fee, just go to annualcreditreport.com. First Move has a blog post about how to read your credit reports. If you’re overwhelmed by debt hiring a financial advisor may not be right for you, but First Move is still happy to have a 15 minute phone call to get you going in the right direction and point you toward free resources. Go to firstmovefinancial.com/familygamers to set up a time to chat today. 0:04:10 What We’ve Been Playing Scurry Up! *Verdant Arizona (our review)Lands of Amazement (our review)AspensS’mores Galore Roast and WriteCabanga! (our review)Trio (our review)Flip 7 (our review)Person Do Thing (our review)Adventurous *Unmatched: Stars and Stripes *Jekyll vs. Hyde (our review)Got Five! * * = First time on the podcast 0:26:20 March Monthly Report Andrew: 10 plays of 8 games. H-index: 2 (Flip 7, Aspens) Anitra: 31 plays of 12 games. H-index: 3 (almost every game was played at least 3 times…) Most played: Aspens, Lands of Amazement Did you check out our March Madness extra reviews? 0:29:00 The Family Gamers Community We’re so glad you’re here! 0:29:50 #Backtalk You shared your escape room experiences on Facebook and the #backtalk channel of the Discord. FOR SCIENCE! “Tacos in Pasta Shells” recipe, contributed by Discord member Sms137355. 0:44:30 Board Game Manners How do you teach manners to kids as they’re playing board games? How do you teach them to properly “play games” at all? Young kids HAVE to be taught to take turns (which extends to a lot more than just board games!) All the games in our list for three year olds are great for teaching this skill. Young kids also have to be taught the general idea of “following the rules”. One we forget is a skill: recognizing pieces/cards as markers for information, AKA “proxy permanence”. This is the distinction between “playing pretend” or following rules. You need to leave pieces in place to show your progress or status! You can help by providing a different piece to fidget with. That leads into a concept of shared ownership. Everyone is responsible for the pieces on the board. And that leads to respecting the components of the game. “Respecting components” means teaching a certain amount of gentleness: Keep cards flat (don’t fold them). Don’t jam cards into gaps or bend them. Rolling dice without throwing them off the table. Use a dice tray, dice tower, or a cup for rolling if this is really challenging. Keeping cards (and other information) secret is a skill that is needed, but can be introduced more slowly. This is both a mental and physical skill. If they need help with the physical skill, that’s what card-holders are for! Being a gracious winner and loser is the most important skill when playing with your peers. Unfortunately, this might be the hardest to teach. But it also helps in other areas of life! Encourage empathy. (“How does that make you feel?” “How do you think it makes other people feel?”) Prepare mentally before playing. (“This might happen. If it does, what will we do?”) Model good behavior and talk it out. As the adult, watch out for signs of discontent and/or gloating. Shut it down (or at least redirect) before it gets out of hand! Remember, gaming should be fun. If no one is having fun, you don’t have to keep going. Stop and try again another day! This respects your time (and other people’s time) more than the game itself. You know your kids and friends. How you handle this is different if it’s one-on-one with a parent and kid or if it’s a whole group of kids. (If it’s a group of kids, lower your expectations!) The bigger the group of kids, and the younger the group of kids, the shorter the game needs to be, if anyone is struggling with good board game manners. Under 10 minutes for very young kids. Rules-lawyering is NOT good board game manners. Remember, games are supposed to be fun. Slight changes to the rules are okay, as long as people can agree! Young children tend to be very black-and-white: either sticklers for the rules, or struggling to understand why rules exist at all. If you have multiple kids and they have different attitudes to the rules, you’ll need to break it up and take turns with who gets to determine how the game is played. One last tip: stay away from bluffing games with kids under 6ish. They can be great fun with bigger kids, but are confusing for young kids who are still learning to communicate and what it means to tell the truth. If you start too young, it can also lead to poor sportsmanship. 1:04:15 New Backtalk Question How do you teach (or reinforce) these fundamental board game manners with the people in your life? Any strategies you’d like to share? We instituted a rule to help motivate our kids be gracious winners: the winner was responsible to clean up the game (with help from an adult). Tell us on the #backtalk channel on our Discord, or in our Facebook community. Find Us Online: Facebook: @familygamersaa and thefamilygamers.com/communityTwitter (X): @familygamersaaInstagram: @familygamersaaTikTok: @familygamersaaBluesky: @familygamersaaThreads: @familygamersaaYoutube: TheFamilyGamers or join the Family Tabletop Community on Discord! thefamilygamers.com/discord Or, for the most direct method, email us! andrew@thefamilygamers.com and anitra@thefamilygamers.com. PLEASE don’t forget to subscribe to the show, tell your friends about the show, and leave us a review at Apple Podcast or whatever your podcast subscription source is. We’re also on Amazon Music, TuneIn, and Spotify. You can also now find us on YouTube Music! So pull it up and give us a listen while you’re toiling away at work :) Music for The Family Gamers Podcast is provided with permission from You Bred Raptors? The Family Gamers is sponsored by First Move Financial. Go to FirstMoveFinancial.com/familygamers to learn how the team at First Move Financial can help you pile up the victory points. The post Episode 419 – Teaching Board Game Manners appeared first on The Family Gamers.

Escape rooms let your family cooperate in new and interesting ways. But do you prefer a physical, in-person escape room, a video game, or a board game experience? 0:00:00 Fact for 418 HTTP code 418: “I’m a teapot” Sponsor Message If you want help planning for your kid’s college education, set up a time for a free 15-minute call by going to firstmovefinancial.com/familygamers. 0:05:00 What We’ve Been Playing Embers (our review)Lands of AmazementAspensVerdant Arizona 0:12:50 The Family Gamers Community We’re so happy to welcome new members! You can join the community on Facebook too. 0:13:30 #Backtalk You shared your purging regrets on Facebook and the #backtalk channel of the Discord. 0:19:25 Escape Rooms Physical escape rooms – we’ve done a few. Very cool but can feel high pressure. They’re great to do in a group, letting everybody work on different things. Doing it as a family is expensive! Video games are a much cheaper way to capture this style really well: Portal, The Room, Escape Academy Board Game “Escape Rooms” These range in size and playtime. Some are more puzzley, some are more narrative-driven. But any of them can be a great family experience. And we have reviewed a bunch of them – we’ll talk about six series here: EXIT series – Fairly immersive, with a plot and setting that hangs together. Everything you need is in the box. Wide variety of puzzles to write on, manipulate, cut, etc. But comes with a downside – that wide variety means you almost always run into a puzzle in the game that is not figure-out-able (for us). They come in a huge range of difficulty, including several that are appropriate to do with younger kids who are just barely reading. Unlike the other games in this list, we think they’re best with more than 2 players. There are also EXIT Kids games now! (Check out the EXIT games we’ve reviewed.) Unlock series – These require an app. Other than the app, completely card-based and re-settable to pass on to a friend to try. These also have a juvenile line now – Unlock Kids. Our experience has been really uneven. Some really great (Wizard of Oz, Star Wars). Others are just really weird, with puzzles don’t make sense. We generally recommend these, but use caution. Holiday Hijinks – probably our favorite compact escape-room type game. Packs a ton of puzzles into 18 cards and a web app. Full of puns, trivia, and holiday cultural references. Still best for very small groups, since there’s such a small space to work in. Family friendly, although younger kids will probably be frustrated that they don’t have the trivia knowledge to contribute unless they’re very knowledgeable about the holiday. (Check out our reviews and interviews about Holiday Hijinks.) Deckscape – feels like a “choose your own adventure” narrative. Mostly a deck of cards, but with a few accessories that made it more immersive. Puzzles could not be attempted more than once, which made the choices feel high-stakes. Best with 2-3 players, because you’re only looking at a few cards at a time – unless you’re willing to take your time and pass them around the table. (We reviewed Deckscape: The Mystery of El Dorado.) Backstories – not really an escape room, more of a narrative adventure. Work through decisions one at a time as a group. But not only re-settable, it’s replayable, with branching paths and different endings depending on the decisions made! Not exactly family-friendly. Lots of violence and some death. (Check out our Backstories reviews.) Star Trek: Cryptic – as Trek fans we really loved this one. Work through three different “chapters” in a Starfleet officer’s life, with very thematic puzzles. Pretty much re-settable, but you’ll get great value out of this one even if you only play it once – it takes 3-4 hours to do the whole thing, split into several sessions. Coded Chronicles (we reviewed Scooby Doo & The Goonies games) – also very narrative driven. But spreads out the responsibility to progress the narrative to all the players! There are multiple books to read in different character “voices”, even though the team is making decisions together. Also re-settable. Very family-friendly, even for kids who are unfamiliar with Scooby Doo or The Goonies. 0:42:00 New Backtalk Question Have you ever done an in-person escape room? If so, what did you think of it? If not, why not – cost, family-friendliness, or something else? Tell us on the #backtalk channel on our Discord, or in our Facebook community. Find Us Online: Facebook: @familygamersaa and thefamilygamers.com/communityTwitter (X): @familygamersaaInstagram: @familygamersaaTikTok: @familygamersaaBluesky: @familygamersaaThreads: @familygamersaaYoutube: TheFamilyGamers or join the Family Tabletop Community on Discord! thefamilygamers.com/discord Or, for the most direct method, email us! andrew@thefamilygamers.com and anitra@thefamilygamers.com. PLEASE don’t forget to subscribe to the show, tell your friends about the show, and leave us a review at Apple Podcast or whatever your podcast subscription source is. We’re also on Amazon Music, TuneIn, and Spotify. You can also now find us on YouTube Music! So pull it up and give us a listen while you’re toiling away at work :) Music for The Family Gamers Podcast is provided with permission from You Bred Raptors? The Family Gamers is sponsored by First Move Financial. Go to FirstMoveFinancial.com/familygamers to learn how the team at First Move Financial can help you pile up the victory points. The post Episode 418 – Escape Rooms appeared first on The Family Gamers.

How do you know when you’re done with a game? Your kids have aged out of it – are you sure? 0:00:00 Fact for 417 Solfeggio frequency 417 hz. Sponsor Message If you want to talk about more ways to teach your children to manage their personal finances, set up a time to talk by going to firstmovefinancial.com/familygamers. 0:05:00 What We’ve Been Playing Flip 7 (our review)Cabanga! (our review)Circus Flohcati (our review)Trio (our review)Floristry (our review)Slay the Spire (over 3 separate days)Draftosaurus (our review back in 2019)Embers solo game (review coming soon)Unmatched Adventures: TMNTIliad (review coming soon) 0:21:55 Monthly Report Andrew: 14 (15?) plays of 10 unique games. H-index: 2 (Trio, Iliad) Anitra: 22 plays of 12 unique games. H-index: 3 (Trio, Slay the Spire, Embers) 0:24:00 The Family Gamers Community Hello to all our new members! You can join the community on Facebook too. 0:24:45 #Backtalk You shared your super powers, your special abilities! With a slight digression to Winter Olympics sports. Andrew wonders what the difference is between different ice-skating jumps. You responded on Facebook and the #backtalk channel of the Discord. 0:34:55 How Do You Know When You’re Done? There’s no easy formula here, sorry! It depends what’s going on with your own life, and also your family and friends. It’s easy to “move on” from kids games when you have other kids in your life, younger than your own kids. Harder if your own kids are really nostalgic. You may regret moving on from some games! That’s normal and okay. Board games are a consumer product, and you can probably replace it if you look hard enough (eBay is amazing). Your family situation will change over time: whether that’s “aging out” of a game, or a change in interests & priorities. We grieve a little bit over losing who our children *used to be* while still enjoying the people they are *right now*. Nostalgia ALONE is not a reason to keep a game! You may be able to find it in another place, or just keep your fond memories. But if nostalgia regularly drives you back to *wanting* to play the game, maybe it makes sense to keep. Andrew suggests “dimensionally constraining” nostalgic / kids items (a box, shelf, or other limited space) to help you focus your collection. Examine your reasons to want to keep a game, if it’s not being played. Examine your reasons to want to get rid of a game. Determine if a game can be played at multiple age & skill levels (aka with B-mods, or games like Kingdomino) Pare down regularly – we recommend 1-2 times a year, and it will get easier with time! Know that it’s hard to sell or trade-in kids’ games. Plan to donate them to friends or schools. 0:56:00 New Backtalk Question Have you purged a game that you later regretted? Or one that you knew was the right choice, but you still feel sad about it? Tell us on the #backtalk channel on our Discord, or in our Facebook community. Find Us Online: Facebook: @familygamersaa and thefamilygamers.com/communityTwitter (X): @familygamersaaInstagram: @familygamersaaTikTok: @familygamersaaBluesky: @familygamersaaThreads: @familygamersaaYoutube: TheFamilyGamers or join the Family Tabletop Community on Discord! thefamilygamers.com/discord Or, for the most direct method, email us! andrew@thefamilygamers.com and anitra@thefamilygamers.com. PLEASE don’t forget to subscribe to the show, tell your friends about the show, and leave us a review at Apple Podcast or whatever your podcast subscription source is. We’re also on Amazon Music, TuneIn, and Spotify. You can also now find us on YouTube Music! So pull it up and give us a listen while you’re toiling away at work :) Music for The Family Gamers Podcast is provided with permission from You Bred Raptors? The Family Gamers is sponsored by First Move Financial. Go to FirstMoveFinancial.com/familygamers to learn how the team at First Move Financial can help you pile up the victory points. The post Episode 417 – The Purge: How Do You Know You’re Done? appeared first on The Family Gamers.

We’re going to talk about what it’s like to grow up in a gaming family! 0:00:00 Fact for 416 The largest chocolate bar by area measured 416.34 square meters, achieved on 2 December 2024. Sponsor Message What do you do with your tax refund? Do you get a refund at all? If you want to talk to First Move about habits you can build to take the next step toward your goals, go to firstmovefinancial.com/familygamers to schedule a call. 0:04:05 What We’ve Been Playing Floristry (our review) – looking forward to trying the update!Flip 7 (our review)Trio (our review)IliadFight 5Animal Rescue TeamDice Throne: Marvel X-men – review coming soon 0:25:00 The Family Gamers Community Welcome to our newest members! You can join the community on Facebook. 0:25:30 #Backtalk We asked about more topics… and your silliest #boardgamevalentine (see our TFG valentines). You responded on the #backtalk channel of the Discord. 0:29:00 Growing as a Family with Board Games We started The Family Gamers Podcast when we had three kids, age 7 and under. Back then, we were really just playing with the oldest and trying to find ways to include the preschooler. We started playing very simple games with our oldest when she was probably 3 years old. We did play some CandyLand, but we mostly played simple “family” games rather than kids’ games. We were often trying to rule-shift or play games that were very simple (like Zombie Dice, which we mention back in episode 1!), in part because our oldest started reading at a very young age. So we didn’t need games that avoided reading. She also really enjoyed the adult attention she got from doing “adult” things. And then our middle child got old enough to want to join in the games. Unfortunately, we discovered many “family games” don’t work well with multiple children when at least one can’t read yet. That is when we first realized that when gaming with very young children, games need to be short, with very simple decisions, no reading, and limited symbols & counting. We were barely aware of HABA games and other games geared towards very young children, but we learned! (Episode 36) Teaming Up: Playing with Multiple Children We also would “team up” a parent with a kid. The job of the parent was to present and explain the available decisions, without forcing the kid into any specific option. We recommend using house rules or variants, as long as everyone agrees how to play! It’s OK if small children just want to use the game pieces to play “let’s pretend”. If that bothers other children playing (or you as the parent), you need to clarify this with the kid – it’s not right or wrong, just have a plan for how to handle it. Maybe it means finishing this game and coming back later to play with the kid-generated rules. “You want to say ‘yes’ as much as possible.” – Andrew As the kids got a little older, we noticed that our younger children were trying to emulate their older sibling(s). (This is still an issue with teenagers, by the way.) This made it even more important to emphasize being a gracious winner and avoid being a sore loser. But it also means that you have to find ways to include the younger sibling(s) even as the older children want to graduate away from “kids games”. We looked for ways to handicap games, but also looked for games that would play to our younger children’s strengths, so they would not ALWAYS lose. It’s Different Now In 2026, we would recommend BoardGamesForAllAges.com. Tom has created “B-mods” which are handicapping rules to allow players of different levels to really be able to play TOGETHER. The structure encourages kids to keep leveling up, with fewer and fewer handicaps. We are also now in a phase of life where board gaming as a family looks very different: our kids are all in middle & high school now. And their interactions with games are different. It’s no longer about leveling the playing field, it’s about honoring the ways that each of them want to interact with board gaming. Our oldest loves conventions, but it’s not about playing games; it’s about being with people. Our middle child loves playing and teaching games and will try almost anything, anytime. Our youngest needs a theme that really grabs him. Now that they are older, their gaming is no longer driven by their ability. Now it’s all about their interests and their free time. It’s OK if board gaming is not the best choice for your family activities right now! 1:00:10 New Backtalk Question People train their whole lives and put it all on display in their specific sport once every four years at the Olympics and we all marvel at it. So, what’s your superpower? What is the weird talent that you have? Just know that we’ll talk about it on the show if you share it. Andrew’s is maple syrup making. Anitra’s is singing. Tell us on the #backtalk channel on our Discord, or in our Facebook community. Find Us Online: Facebook: @familygamersaa and thefamilygamers.com/communityTwitter (X): @familygamersaaInstagram: @familygamersaaTikTok: @familygamersaaBluesky: @familygamersaaThreads: @familygamersaaYoutube: TheFamilyGamers or join the Family Tabletop Community on Discord! thefamilygamers.com/discord Or, for the most direct method, email us! andrew@thefamilygamers.com and anitra@thefamilygamers.com. PLEASE don’t forget to subscribe to the show, tell your friends about the show, and leave us a review at Apple Podcast or whatever your podcast subscription source is. We’re also on Amazon Music, TuneIn, and Spotify. You can also now find us on YouTube Music! So pull it up and give us a listen while you’re toiling away at work :) Music for The Family Gamers Podcast is provided with permission from You Bred Raptors? The Family Gamers is sponsored by First Move Financial. Go to FirstMoveFinancial.com/familygamers to learn how the team at First Move Financial can help you pile up the victory points. The post Episode 416 – Growing As a Family with Board Games appeared first on The Family Gamers.

Looking for some card games for your family to grow into? We’ve got you covered. 0:00:00 Fact for 415 The racing tall ship Amerigo Vespucci holds the record for the largest maximum crew complement: 415 sailors. Sponsor Message If you’d like to talk about other ideas to help pass on your financial values to your children, schedule a time to talk to First Move by going to firstmovefinancial.com/familygamers today. 0:04:25 What We’ve Been Playing Compile: Main 2 (very much like Compile: Main 1)Logic & Lore – review coming soon. Check out the Kickstarter!IchorIliadCarnutaDice Throne: Marvel X-menTidal Blades 2: Rise of the UnfoldersVerdant ArizonaDice ClashEmbersTag Team 0:29:00 January Monthly Report Anitra: 42 plays, 23 unique games. H-index: 3. Most played: Trio Andrew: 23 plays of 14 unique games. H-index: 2. Most played: Trio & Verdant Arizona 0:31:00 The Family Gamers Community Welcome to our newest members! You can join the community on Facebook. We also cover some “for science” emails from listener Mallory. Would you be interested in hearing us try recipes “for science”? 0:35:15 #Backtalk We asked about your New Year resolutions: any that have to do with board games? You responded on the Facebook group and on the #backtalk channel of the Discord. 0:41:30 Room to Grow: Card Games Our goal with Room to Grow is to bring your kids – or your family – through a series of games that grow in complexity. Normally, we take a beginner game, an intermediate game, and an advanced game (and some honorable mentions). They offer a plan for growth for players to get comfortable with that mechanic, and all are family-friendly. What is a card game? For the purposes of this podcast, we’re defining it as: A game that uses only cards (plus maybe a few tokens or a scoresheet) Can be played with more than 2 players Rewards paying attention to what is going on around the table (not just your own hand/tableau) Beginner: Flip 7 There are several games we could pick as a really easy starting point. But this one is the most like conventional card games, so we think it feels the most approachable. Young kids can play this and enjoy it as long as they have basic numeracy. They might not get the statistics, but they can understand that there’s only one 1 and a lot of 12s, and they don’t want repeats. See our review of Flip 7. Intermediate: Fantasy Realms or Marvel Remix This is pretty much the same game with two themes: Fantasy Realms is medieval-ish fantasy, and Marvel Remix is obviously Marvel super-heroes and villains. Turns out, there’s a third one called Star Trek: Missions! Build a hand of cards that combo well together to get the most points. Each turn, you will add a card to your hand and discard a card from your hand, trying to get a little better each time. All cards get discarded to a central area, which also becomes the pool to draw cards from (in addition to the deck). The rules do get a little more complicated with two players, but it’s still do-able. Advanced: Res Arcana or Race for the Galaxy or San Juan Another set of three games with very similar mechanics – probably because the same guy (Tom Lehmann) designed two and had a heavy hand in the development of the third. Res Arcana is fantasy themed, Race for the Galaxy is sci-fi, and San Juan is loosely themed around colonizing the Americas. In San Juan, you build buildings from the cards in your hands, paying other cards from your hand as the cost. Each turn, the current player chooses a “role” – everyone gets to do an action based on that role, while the chooser gets a bonus. Race for the Galaxy is somewhat more complicated. Everyone secretly selects an action, then simultaneously reveals. All of the actions that were picked will be performed in a round. You’re still paying out cards to play other cards, which interact in all kinds of ways in the different phases. This one has victory point & power chips to help you track values as the game goes along. Res Arcana is along the same lines: collect “essences” to be able to claim abilities & cards. Work towards ten victory points to win the game. This was a Kennerspiel Recommended game in 2020: A hobby game, but not overly complicated. 0:54:30 New Backtalk Question What should we talk about next? Is there some board game topic you are curious about? Or… what boardgame would you write a valentine to? Tell us on the #backtalk channel on our Discord, or in our Facebook community. Find Us Online: Facebook: @familygamersaa and thefamilygamers.com/communityTwitter (X): @familygamersaaInstagram: @familygamersaaTikTok: @familygamersaaBluesky: @familygamersaaThreads: @familygamersaaYoutube: TheFamilyGamers or join the Family Tabletop Community on Discord! thefamilygamers.com/discord Or, for the most direct method, email us! andrew@thefamilygamers.com and anitra@thefamilygamers.com. PLEASE don’t forget to subscribe to the show, tell your friends about the show, and leave us a review at Apple Podcast or whatever your podcast subscription source is. We’re also on Amazon Music, TuneIn, and Spotify. You can also now find us on YouTube Music! So pull it up and give us a listen while you’re toiling away at work :) Music for The Family Gamers Podcast is provided with permission from You Bred Raptors? The Family Gamers is sponsored by First Move Financial. Go to FirstMoveFinancial.com/familygamers to learn how the team at First Move Financial can help you pile up the victory points. The post Episode 415 – Room to Grow: Card Games appeared first on The Family Gamers.

We conclude our c2b3 experience with the towering album closer, Ignorance Is Bliss. Peat Rains of You Bred Raptors? joins us to explicate the music and lyrics, and to discuss what makes this a grand statement at the end of the record. For those who don't know what a mohel is, we have you covered. Find Peats band, You Bred Raptors? on Instagram and at youbredraptors.comGet involvedInstagramFacebookEmailBurn your money 

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I kick off this episode with new releases that I dig, which includes Covet's catharsis, Jesus Piece's ...So Unknown, As Everything Unfolds's Ultraviolet, The St. Pierre Snake Invasion's Galore, and Doom Genesis & The Alchemist's No Idols. My special guest includes Peat Rains, the founding member and 8-string bassist from NYC's instrumental post-rock trio You Bred Raptors? Peat shares the how “sounding different” has given the band really cool opportunities, like membership of the Music Under New York Program, and dives into the band's new album LYSINE, out this Friday, May 12th. Peat also shares the oldest thing he owns, which happens to be 70 Million Years Old.

Cordie and Alex sit down with Peat Rains of You Bred Raptors? out of New York City to talk about busking subway stations, touring and their upcoming album release later on this year.

This week the Buddies discuss their ideal self-care days, the Fantastic Beasts series, podcast support methods, pitch a Harry Potter sequel trilogy set in the modern day, and not talking to other people at the urinal. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Game of Thrones (show), You Bred Raptors? (band), Memory (movie)

If you're looking for new music, this is the episode for you. Peat Rains of You Bred Raptors? (with the question mark) is the guest. He's the kind of guy who started playing bass because everyone else was playing guitar. His introduction to music was a little different than most. His earliest influence was his deadhead pastor father. Immediately after high school, he was signed to a label in a Pennsylvania diner. It was one of those milkshake type of deals. He started playing 8 string bass because of a typo and a friend willing to front him $700. The band You Bred Raptors? has paid its dues by busking in New York City subways. But that's also how they got the gig opening for Yoko Ono at MOMA, a TED Talk, and several birthday parties. Peat is very candid about being difficult to define, winning the all important wife demographic, and what Rick Springfield has or has not done for him. We also find out about the strangest tip the band has ever received. Follow the band @youbredraptors on social media. Buy music on Bandcamp or at their website youbredraptors.com (which is where you can also book them for YOUR next birthday party). Follow us @PerformanceAnx on social media. Support us at ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety or performanceanx,threadless.com. And without further delay, Peat Rains of You Bred Raptors? on Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network.

If you're looking for new music, this is the episode for you. Peat Rains of You Bred Raptors? (with the question mark) is the guest. He's the kind of guy who started playing bass because everyone else was playing guitar. His introduction to music was a little different than most. His earliest influence was his deadhead pastor father. Immediately after high school, he was signed to a label in a Pennsylvania diner. It was one of those milkshake type of deals. He started playing 8 string bass because of a typo and a friend willing to front him $700. The band You Bred Raptors? has paid its dues by busking in New York City subways. But that's also how they got the gig opening for Yoko Ono at MOMA, a TED Talk, and several birthday parties. Peat is very candid about being difficult to define, winning the all important wife demographic, and what Rick Springfield has or has not done for him. We also find out about the strangest tip the band has ever received. Follow the band @youbredraptors on social media. Buy music on Bandcamp or at their website youbredraptors.com (which is where you can also book them for YOUR next birthday party). Follow us @PerformanceAnx on social media. Support us at ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety or performanceanx,threadless.com. And without further delay, Peat Rains of You Bred Raptors? on Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you're looking for new music, this is the episode for you. Peat Rains of You Bred Raptors? (with the question mark) is the guest. He's the kind of guy who started playing bass because everyone else was playing guitar. His introduction to music was a little different than most. His earliest influence was his deadhead pastor father. Immediately after high school, he was signed to a label in a Pennsylvania diner. It was one of those milkshake type of deals. He started playing 8 string bass because of a typo and a friend willing to front him $700. The band You Bred Raptors? has paid its dues by busking in New York City subways. But that's also how they got the gig opening for Yoko Ono at MOMA, a TED Talk, and several birthday parties. Peat is very candid about being difficult to define, winning the all important wife demographic, and what Rick Springfield has or has not done for him. We also find out about the strangest tip the band has ever received. Follow the band @youbredraptors on social media. Buy music on Bandcamp or at their website youbredraptors.com (which is where you can also book them for YOUR next birthday party). Follow us @PerformanceAnx on social media. Support us at ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety or performanceanx,threadless.com. And without further delay, Peat Rains of You Bred Raptors? on Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network.

If you're looking for new music, this is the episode for you. Peat Rains of You Bred Raptors? (with the question mark) is the guest. He's the kind of guy who started playing bass because everyone else was playing guitar. His introduction to music was a little different than most. His earliest influence was his deadhead pastor father. Immediately after high school, he was signed to a label in a Pennsylvania diner. It was one of those milkshake type of deals. He started playing 8 string bass because of a typo and a friend willing to front him $700. The band You Bred Raptors? has paid its dues by busking in New York City subways. But that's also how they got the gig opening for Yoko Ono at MOMA, a TED Talk, and several birthday parties. Peat is very candid about being difficult to define, winning the all important wife demographic, and what Rick Springfield has or has not done for him. We also find out about the strangest tip the band has ever received. Follow the band @youbredraptors on social media. Buy music on Bandcamp or at their website youbredraptors.com (which is where you can also book them for YOUR next birthday party). Follow us @PerformanceAnx on social media. Support us at ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety or performanceanx,threadless.com. And without further delay, Peat Rains of You Bred Raptors? on Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We celebrated five years at Radio Free Brooklyn with a visit by an artist that we've been fans of for as long as I've been hosting The Rodent Hour - You Bred Raptors? How does one describe the music of YBR? How about this? "If Jackie Kennedy and Andy Warhol threw a masquerade ball, You Bred Raptors? is the band that would play it." Playlist You Bred Raptors? - "Bayonette" Bayonets - "Cheap Cravat" Duel - "Children of the Fire" You Bred Raptors? - "Kowtow" Deaf Scene - "Acid Fight" You Bred Raptors? - "Orchids" Bullet Girl - "The Hunt" You Bred Raptors? - "Lux Aeterna" Juvenile Jury - "Ain't All That" This show was originally broadcast on November 15, 2021. For detailed track listing please visit our show page on Spinitron. Tune in every Monday evening @ 8PM Eastern, only on Radio Free Brooklyn. Support Radio Free Brooklyn Please be sure to subscribe to our monthly newsletter for the latest news about new programming and upcoming RFB events. You can sign up here. If you're an Amazon shopper and would like to donate in a way that costs nothing to you, register RFB as your Amazon Smile charity. Every time you shop, a portion of every purchase benefits Radio Free Brooklyn.

Week 2 of KRS1 serving as guest selector brings together a mixture of old favorites by The Highway, The Normal Living, Spanking Charlene, You Bred Raptors?, Alejandro Meola, The Tye Trybe, BAD LOOK, Bloom and Castle Black plus new music by good people including Finn & His Rustkickers, New Myths, Doe Paoro and Vajra. There's a commonality between the artists on the playlist that won't be too hard to figure out. Besides all of the artists being local, all being good people and all being former guests, we've seen 100% of the artists perform live. I think that's pretty darn cool. PLAYLIST The Highway - "Black and White" Finn & His Rustkickers - "If Not For You/Sweet Jane" The Normal Living - "Blue Sky" Spanking Charlene - "Too Broke to Go Out" New Myths - "Bad Connection" Doe Paoro - "Universe Promises" You Bred Raptors? - "Bayonette" Alejandro Meola & Robinsones - "Gypsy Woman (She Told Me)" Castle Black - "Happy Bday, 2moro" Vajra - "Maya" The Tye Trybe - "Bang Shotgun" Bad Look - "Tribe You Lation" Bloom - "All Points West" Listen live every Monday at 8:00 PM EDT on Radio Free Brooklyn. Follow The Rodent Hour on social media: Facebook Twitter Instagram

What's YOUR favorite song that you want to play any time you walk into a room? Mine would have to be Orchids, by You Bred Raptors? It's such a banger.   #BlessedBeHerName    Our adventurers: Vaan - Half-Elf Sorcerer. Rhys - Lizardfolk Barbarian. Chadwick - Human Cleric. Paelias - High Elf Rogue.   Have a question or want to chat with us? You can find us on social media!   Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruleofcoolcast Discord: https://discord.gg/UggPeSM Email: theruleofcoolpodcast@gmail.com Website: https://theruleofcoolpod.com/ iTunes link: http://www.bit.ly/TheRuleOfCool  

Hey listener! We're sorry if you were looking for the next installment of The Rule of Cool Podcast but we decided we wanted to play a funny one shot just in time for the holidays. Just as a warning, this one is a little bit longer than we usually put out, so apologies in advance. We'll return to our main story line in the next episode, promise.  Our adventurers: Nolan Giroux - Halfling Fighter (Scout).  Kellen Udelhofer - Wood Elf Monk.  Telera Essidril - High Elf Paladin.  Our intro and outro music is the song "Hyperbole" by You Bred Raptors? You can find their music wherever fine music is sold or at their website, http://youbredraptors.com/.  Let us know what you think about the One-Shot Fun Shot! format.  Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruleofcoolcast Discord: https://discord.gg/UggPeSM Email: theruleofcoolpodcast@gmail.com Website: https://theruleofcoolpod.com/ iTunes link: bit.ly/TheRuleOfCool

You Bred Raptors? are a three piece instrumental busking band out of New York City. Their songs are crafted with 8-string bass, cello, drums and two glockenspiels. The compositions have a heavy, post-rock, experimental, film score-like sound. They are also one of the hardest working bands that I know. http://youbredraptors.com/ You Bred Raptors? - "Bayonette"Iced Ink - "Crazy Eyes"You Bred Raptors? - "polka dot"Karen & the Sorrows - "Take Me For A Ride"Murder For Girls - "Murder For Girls"You Bred Raptors? - "stalemate"You Bred Raptors? - "Hyperbole"Zack Keim - "On the Run Blues" The Rodent Hour plays independent rock 'n' roll from Brooklyn & beyond every Monday evening at 8PM only on Radio Free Brooklyn. If you like any of the music played during the show please think about purchasing the music & adding it to your collection. rfb.nyc/trh

Radio Free Brooklyn is very excited to announce that we have officially launched our second live stream – RFB 2: LocalChords. RFB 2 is a 24/7 uninterrupted stream consisting exclusively of LOCAL music – i.e. bands based in New York City. Grace McLean & Them Apples - "Ocean-Vapor"Doe Paoro - "Born Whole"Pep - "Run"You Bred Raptors? - "Bayonette"Sun Voyager - "White Angel"The Space Merchants - "Reavers"God Tiny - "Born to die"You Bred Raptors? - "stalemate"Cinema Cinema - "Bomb Plot"Bbigpigg - "Chow Time"Limbo Dolls - "feed"Dead Heart Bloom - "motion"Tucker Woods - "Lunatic"Alejandro Meola & Robinsones - "Gypsy Woman (She Told Me)"You Bred Raptors? - "Hyperbole"Kabbalah - "Phantasmal Planetoid"Heavy Traffic - "Medicated Bed" The Rodent Hour plays independent rock 'n' roll from Brooklyn & beyond every Monday evening at 8PM only on Radio Free Brooklyn. rfb.nyc/trh

Bryan Wilson is a cellist, composer, educator and author of the book Cello Chords. He wrote, produced, and just released a solo debut "Oso Perezoso" , and has played in and managed the post-rock band You Bred Raptors? since 2011. Scroll down to listen in on his hilarious and fascinating insights in Creative Strings Podcast Episode 22, during which we cover: - Performing in NYC Subways - Booking tours and running an indie rock band as a business - Breakdowns of several songs off his new album, and a look at his approach to education, composition and production. Please take a moment to visit our sponsor Electric Violin Shop, your one-stop shop for electric instruments, amps, gear, accessories, and most of all, expertise. Use code CHOWES at checkout and take 5% off of your order. Call 866-900-8400 to get your questions answered on "all things electric strings". While you are talking to EVS, be sure to ask them about the new Yamaha Electric Violin (you can check out my video review here). I've been a Yamaha performing artist for almost 20 years now and am very proud to be a part of the Yamaha family.

This week we have a set of surprise guests that we announced last week! I guess that's not really a surprise, huh? It's Eric and Drew from TABPxDSME, in other words The Aurora Borealis Project and Drewsif Stalin's Musical Endeavors! We have a good old time trying to talk about their amazing upcoming album The World Is A Colder Place Now. Well, we try anyway. Since Drew and I are both invested in derailing as much as possible, it goes to different places. I had a great time! Then, we talk about the news of the week. What news of the week? Stuff like Misha of Periphery doing a song for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Heri Joensen of Tyr killing whales and defending his actions, Stereogum's monthly metal roundup, You Bred Raptors playing to an empty venue, then new music or teases towards such by Departe, Saor, Destrage, System of a Down, Anaal Nathrakh, Anciients, Alcest, Negura Bunget, Hannes Grossmann, and Allegaeon. Eden gets pretty mad about the last one!

For the last Autographs of the year, Matt sits down with Bassist Peat Rains and Cellist Bryan Wilson of You Bred Raptors?, the inquisitively-titled, enigmatic instrumental band based in Astoria, Queens. Infused with funk, folk, jazz, classical, and alternative rock, the band's discography is available on Bandcamp along with their latest LP, Grant, which was released in November of last year. Avid buskers, Peat & Bryan speak with Matt about what it's like trying to make a living as full-time musicians in New York, and how the city's ever-changing music scene continues to impact performers. They also discuss their differing tastes, their writing process, and their residency at the show Sleep No More. Continue reading

Bashir Harrell joins us again with some more words on love, then Alex Kapelman shares some personal insights into what it takes to "make it" in radio, and last up is Peat Rains of the band You Bred Raptors? talking about how easy it is to get screwed over when you're on your own making music. ---------------------- Episode 76 - Intersection, Privilege, and Concerts Editor/mixer -Michael Belancourt Narrator -Nizar Babul Contributors -Bashir Harrell "Conceited" -Alex Kapelman "Privileged in Radio" -Peat Rains "Negotiations" Music -Narration: Sage Judd - ZSMRTH -Segment 1: saib. - her. -Segment 2: Alternate Cake - Mahje -Segment 3: Dean Murphy - Intro, Dean Murphy - Point Pleasant ---------------------- If you liked Alex's segment, be sure to check out his podcast, Pitch: http://www.pitchpodcast.org/ If you liked Peat's segment, be sure to check out his band, You Bred Raptors?: http://youbredraptors.com/ If you liked the music be sure to check out Michael Belancourt, Mr. Alexander, Sage Judd, Mobius Strip, , Alternate Cake, and Dean Murphy: http://soundcloud.com/enfinity http://soundcloud.com/mr-alexand-er https://www.facebook.com/Mobiusstripwinfield https://soundcloud.com/m-bius-strip https://saibeats.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/saib_eats http://www.alternatecake.com/ http://www.facebook.com/DeanMurphyMusic http://www.deanmurphymusic.com/ If you want to have your music featured on Comatose, send us an email at Submissions@comapod.com or tweet us @ComatosePodcast.

The guys are back to discuss a variety of topics including the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in France and possible freedom of speech hypocrisy in the wake of recent events, liberal blogger Raif Badawi's 1,000 lashes punishment in Saudi Arabia, Nancy Grace's absurd interview with 2 Chainz about weed, and a conversation with guest Bryan Wilson of the band You Bred Raptors? about erotic massages. We had a lot of fun recording this episode. Hope you guys enjoy it! Follow us on Twitter: @ManSamp, @A_Lozzi, @JoeyFromJerzey, @YouBredRaptors and @StandUpNYLabs Please rate and subscribe on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/manda…id932147356?mt=2 Go to www.StandUpNYLabs.com to listen to all of the other great podcasts on the network.

This week, Open Circuit brings you new music from NY experimental jammers You Bred Raptors?, the latest from Stemage and Chunkstyle of Metroid Metal, a variety pack of Atlantic Canadian music featuring Surgeon, Scientists of Sound, Tupper Ware Remix Party, and Heosphoros, and a pair of songs from Chromelodeon alumnus Dan Tarng’s band Store Cats.  ...Continue reading ‘Open Circuit #73’ »