Archive for January, 2007
Kings Court 013: Mission Red Planet
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Jeremiah reviews Misson: Red Planet. This is a board game about 19th century Mars exploration. You are constantly engaged while sending rockets to Mars to collect resources from it’s surface. Jeremiah refuses to send this one back for Don and Derek to try, insisting on having it to play again and again. |
| Mission: Red Planet Publisher: ASMODEE editions Designed By: Bruno Cathala & Bruno faidutti Players: 3-5 Ages: 10+ Play Time: 60 minutes MSRP: $44.99 |
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The entertaining promo on todays show was Sons of Kryos. They put together a great show full of useful information. Be sure to check it out. |
Out of Character 013: Dungeon Masters Wanted
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Subjects for todays show are driven not just by feedback but a bunch of products we have been sent for review. These include both games and books. Jeremiah brings up the five star rating scale again. |
| Wiley Publishing has sent us a few titles that we will be talking about more in future episodes. We introduce them to you in today’s show. They include Dungeons & Dragons for Dummies, Dungeon Master for Dummies, Trading Card Games for Dummies, Vampire the Requiem for Dummies, GURPS for dummies, and Massively Multiplayer Games for Dummies. We’ll be going through these and giving you more very soon. |  |
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You can be expecting to hear more about Catan Histories, Struggle for Rome in a coming episode of Kings Court. It was just received by Mayfair. Thanks! Its getting torn into right after we post the show. |
| Hello to Boyan Radakovich! We met Bo at DarkCon and received from him a copy of High School Drama – a game we hope also to showcase on a future episode of Kings Court. The game had such an entertaining theme to it that it just has to be brought up early. In short, you are building your click and your popularity throughout your high school career. |  |
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Eye-Level Entertainment encourages you to buy Nature of the Beast at your local game store, but if one is not available to you, you can buy a copy at key20.com. Use the coupon code for an extra price break until the end of January 2007, NOB4ME. |
WizKids stirs things up a bit by streamlining their distribution channel. Retailers will now only be able to receive their products through a couple of distributors.
Other feedback contributors include Green Ronin and SlugFest Games.
| The folks at The Signal are an awesome group of people and put together a great podcast for Serenity and Firefly fans. You can’t stop the signal! They have just returned with Season 3. |  |
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Kings Court 012: Figaro
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Jeremiah reviews Figaro; an easy to learn yet deceptively complex card game. Your play represents that of a mischievous jester that is stuck with the king in a lonely castle. Your challenge is to stay out of trouble, at least more so than your opponents. This one is going to get played over and over again. |
| Anasazi Publisher: Mayfair Games, daVinci games Designed By: Reiner Knizia Players: 3-6 Ages: 8+ Play Time: 3-6 MSRP: $20.00 |
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We want to say hello to our friends at Gamer: The Podcasting. They have an excellent show and we are happy to see them back after their break.
Out of Character 012: Back in the Saddle
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After a refreshing vacation we are ready to hit the ground running. Its good to be back. After reviewing the feedback from over the holidays, we talk about a bunch of products that have caught our attention. |
| Dead Gentlemen have come out with a directors cut to Gamers. We are all fans of The Gamers and are now craving the directors cut. We are no doubt getting warmed up for Dorkness Rising. We look forward to seeing it soon! |  |
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Green Ronin has a Deck of Many Things that represents the famous artifact from Dungeons & Dragons. If you are going to use the deck in a game, having a physical copy will add to the experience. |
| Aaron from The Big Show gives a small written review of The Amazing Race, a DVD board game by Pressman Toys based off of CBS TV’s Amazing Race. Thanks for the contribution. Be sure to hear our additions to Aaron and Jenny’s Holiday Spectacular. |  |
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Eye-Level Entertainment has released a free downloadable demo copy of Nature of the Beast, recently reviewed by Pulp Gamer. We had a great time with it. This is a good opportunity to try it out! |
| Fluxx and Stoner Fluxx is the subject for some conversation in today’s show. It has been brought to our attention this may not be the game to use when we organize game days for youth organizations. We also learn these games will also not survive submission in water or treatment by clumsy podcast personalities. |  |
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Runebound is another hot game on our schedules. We didn’t get into the game very much but we do talk about a method to repair the bent plastic miniatures from this game and others with similar pieces. |
| FNH has sent us an entertaining bit of audio entertainment about his experience with Kung Fu Fighting, another game from our recent reviews. He agreed with the our assessment of the laughter factor and seemed to of enjoyed it. It was fun bit of feedback to play around with, thanks! |  |
Margaret Weis Productions has reached an agreement with Universal Studios Consumer Products Group to produce roleplaying game products based on the enormously successful, critically-acclaimed television series, Battlestar Galactica. Find out more at Gaming Report.
Thank you DarkCon for a great time! We enjoyed meeting all of you and look forward to seeing the Dark Ones again! Our next convention appearance will be at Phoenix Cactus Comicon at the end of January.
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We play a promo for our friends at Dragons Landing Inn and again mention James from The Vintage Gamer. We played Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective, a game recently reviewed by Jim.
Kings Court 011: Anasazi
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Derek reviews Anasazi; a board game of exploration. Steer expeditions and loot ancient treasures from the cliff-dwellers of the US southwest. This game beautiful and sets up a little differently each time. |
| Anasazi Publisher: Mayfair Games, Phalanx Games Designed By: Klaus-Jürgen Wrede Players: 2-4 Ages: 10+ Play Time: 30 minutes MSRP: $30.00 |
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