Sheffield Board Games Club Podcast Episode 19

This month, Rick is joined by special guest Matt from the Board Game Bollocks Youtube channel.  We talk about the hard work which goes into making videos, and we talk about games we have played recently which are Cyclades, Rococo, Builders Duel and Isle of Cats.  We also chat about our favourite dexterity games.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJpdYc5lit139dzwIqyf3Mg

www.patreon.com/boardgamebollocks

Twitter = @bgbollocks

Email = boardgambollocks@gmail.com

Sheffield Board Games Club Podcast Episode 18

We have a special guest this month, we speak to Nicky Thomas-Davies who is the Board Game Sales and Marketing Manager at Thames and Kosmos UK.  Tom and Rick discuss games we have played, including Pandemic: Hot Zone, Tinners Trail, Star Wars Unlock and Unmatched- Battle of Legends.  We also discuss games where you don't need to share any components.

Kosmos social media is @kosmosgamesuk

We are on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and occasionally tiktok and Twitch! 

email games@thamesandkosmos.co.uk

https://www.thamesandkosmos.co.uk/

Sheffield Board Games Club Podcast Episode 17

Rick, Tom Lovewell and Tom Coldron discuss board games.  We talk about My City, Glasgow, Mysterium Park, Takenoko and Dice Forge.

We then have a chat about our favourite board game apps.

www.redwellgames.com

Sheffield Board Games Club Podcast Episode 16

This month Rick is joined by Scott and we discuss board games we have been playing recently.  We talk about Chronicles of Crime, Dinogenics, Tiny Epic Dinosaurs, Majesty and Crown of Emara.

We then discuss our favourite 6 player games.

Sheffield Board Games Club Podcast Episode 15

This month we speak to Ellie Dix who runs The Dark Imp.  We talk about how she works to design family friendly games that will also appeal to hobby gamers.  Rick and Tom discuss games we have played recently which are Memoir 44, Magic the Gathering, Chess and Kennerspiel winner The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine.

We also have a quick chat about conventions and how they have moved online.

https://www.thedarkimp.com/

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10630/memoir-44

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284083/crew-quest-planet-nine

Sheffield Board Games Club Podcast Episode 14

This month, Rick is joined by Tom Coldron and Tom Lovewell.  We talk about games we have played recently and Tom L chats to Thibaut Devigne and Zoromeya about their recently released game Houses of Knowledge.  We also discuss the new Spiel Des Jahres nominees and our favourite games from the awards past.

BGG Houses of Knowledge

http://redwellgames.com/

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262712/res-arcana

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/143519/quantum

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/188758/gladiatores-blood-roses

Sheffield Board Games Club Podcast Episode 13

Rick and Samuel discuss games we have been playing, including Twilight Struggle, Kingdomino, Sobek and Dragonheart.  We also talk about choose your own adventure books.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12333/twilight-struggle

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/204583/kingdomino

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/67185/sobek

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/66171/dragonheart

www.sheffieldboardgamers.com

Sheffield Board Games Club Podcast Episode 12

In this episode, Tom Lovewell, Tom Coldron and Rick discuss boardgaming while under lockdown.  Tom L interviews Dave Wetherall while at Airecon and we discuss his games which include High Low Zero, Rockpool and KaleidoCards.  Also, Rick tells us about his plays of Valletta and Tom L talks about Warren Wars.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/218920/valletta

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/97682/dave-wetherall

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/298116/rockpool

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/218262/kaleidocards

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/268883/warren-wars-living-burrowed-time

Sheffield Board Games Club Podcast Episode 11

A very special episode today, Rick is joined by Tom Coldron who has a game called Categorickell on Kickstarter and Mark Dainty who runs Not Bored Gaming Youtube channel.

We discuss games we have played recently including Taj Mahal, Isle of Cats, Horrified and Nemesis.  Tom then tells us about the Kickstarter game he has designed using the ELL deck (by Behrooz 'Bez' Shahriari).

Then Mark tells us about the challenges and rewards of running his own Youtube channel.

Tom's Kickstarter

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bybez/categorickell-a-trivial-tug-of-war-and-many-other-games/?ref=kicktraq

Mark's Gaming Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzUnnog4exRqAm2EK98D69g

"Join our Guild on Board Game Geek at: https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/3610 A haven for board gamers and, more specifically, those of us who like Solo Boardgaming. With reviews, unboxing, discussions, news, playthroughs - you know, the whole banana!! You can also follow us on Facebook at @not bored gaming Remember - If you can't find anyone else to play with, there's nothing wrong with playing with yourself. Email: Notboredgaming@icloud.com"

Links to games

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/475/taj-mahal

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/281259/isle-cats

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/167355/nemesis

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/282524/horrified

Description of Categorickell from Kickstarter -

"The rebirth of the ELL deck. The first featured game is: CATEGORICKELL!

A fast, frantic, tug-of-war for 2-6 players (2 teams), 5-10 minutes, ages 8+

Think of a country, starting with S or G! You are racing to do this before the other team! Each time you win, the 'active card' moves closer to you. Keep beating the other team to get it to your side and then score a point!

There are 19 suggested categories. Easy ones (e.g. food and drink), harder ones (e.g. musical groups/composers), and meta-categories (e.g. words exactly 5 letters long). Of course, you can also create your own topics if you have specific knowledge. Once, I watched 2 people play a full game, with the category of 'cosmetic products sold by our company'!"

Sheffield Board Games Club Podcast Episode 10

In this episode Samuel, Rick and Tom Lovewell from Redwell Games discuss board games Ethnos, Underwater Cities and Zombie Kids.  Tom and Samuel tell us about playtesting new games and Rick and Samuel tell us about board gaming books The Board Game Book Volume 1 and It's All A Game - A Short History of Board Games.

Our question of the week is 'Does everyone love a game but you dislike it?'

Board Game Books - 

http://tiny.cc/9t9nkz

http://tiny.cc/vw9nkz

Bgg Links - 

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/206718/ethnos

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/247763/underwater-cities

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256952/zombie-kidz-evolution

Redwell Games -

http://redwellgames.com/