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Episode 38: Dipping Your Toes into Historical Board Games, with David Thompson
· 1 h 43 min · Episode 38
Episode Episode 38: Dipping Your Toes into Historical Board Games, with David Thompson
Game designer David Thompson joins Candice to discuss their favorite board games for dipping your toes into historical board games.
• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:01:51 Game Updates from David (War Chest: Nightfall, Undaunted 2200: Callisto, War Story Occupied France, Night Witches, and Zheng He) • 00:08:10 New GeekUp bits for War Chest & Tash Kalar • 00:08:34 The Hobby premiere at SXSW • 00:13:14 Cardboard Creations available on podcast platforms
• 00:18:03 Fresh Plays
• 00:19:13 Mandala • 00:24:14 Triqueta + Hidden Wolves expansion • 00:30:56 Patterns • 00:34:29 Candice is getting back into Lord of the Rings: The Card Game • 00:35:33 Sea Salt & Paper
• 00:46:12 Dipping Your Toes into Historical Board Games
• 00:46:17 What historical games are all about • 00:49:29 Why we're passionate about historical games • 00:52:19 Our Favorite Introductory Historical Board Games
• 00:53:31 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Dual Powers: Revolution 1917, Twilight Struggle: Red Sea, Votes for Women, The Red Burnoose: Algeria 1857, Undaunted: Normandy, Valiant Defense Series ) • 00:58:03 Versailles 1919 • 01:01:45 Halls of Hegra • 01:06:43 The Battle of Versailles • 01:11:23 Border Reivers • 01:15:46 Stonewall Uprising • 01:20:13 Cuba Libre
• 01:23:37 The British Way • 01:25:23 Liberty or Death
• 01:27:11 Land and Freedom • 01:32:29 1815, Scum of the Earth • 01:36:32 Votes for Women
• 01:40:04 Zenobia Award Games
• 01:41:28 Sign-off
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Links in the notes 20
- https://boardgamegeekstore.com/products/geekup-bit-set-war-chest
- https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2024-03-08/sxsw-film-review-the-hobby/
- https://www.buzzsprout.com/2322183
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/264241/mandala
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/378200/triqueta
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/379583/patterns
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/349067/lord-rings-card-game-revised-core-set
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367220/sea-salt-paper
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamefamily/64803/series-valiant-defense-dvg
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/253506/versailles-1919
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/336131/halls-hegra
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/379959/battle-versailles
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/309913/border-reivers-anglo-scottish-border-raids-1513-16
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/331028/stonewall-uprising
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/111799/cuba-libre
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/375931/land-and-freedom-spanish-revolution-and-civil-war
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/312748/1815-scum-earth-battle-waterloo-card-game
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/311900/votes-women
- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/31418/catan-studio
- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brotherwise/war-for-roshar
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