By Tyler on April 29, 2013
In episode 42 of Carnagecast, after a teaching session at the Green Mountain Gamers’ spring game day, Rod and Sarah discuss Tzolk’in: The Mayan Calendar, a worker placement game which draws inspiration for its mechanics from none other than the titular Mayan calendar, particularly interlocking wheels that move pieces around the board. In addition to […]
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By Tyler on March 4, 2013
In episode thirty-eight of Carnagecast, Sarah brings tidings from Unity Games, a one day board game extravaganza held annually in Massachusetts. Highlights of the day include teaching Power Grid: The First Sparks, learning Hansa Teutonica and Stone Age, plus the chance to meet up with Carnage friends outside the Carnage convention itself. We also talk […]
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By Tyler on April 11, 2012
In extrasode 4 of Carnagecast, Sarah and Tyler talk about their PAX East 2012 experiences while heading north to Vermont. They talk about what they did and didn’t get to do, the games they played, the scale of PAX East and the thrill of that much energy and buzz filling a convention center. It turns […]
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By Tyler on April 9, 2012
In extrasode three of Carnagecast, Sarah and Tyler are on the road to PAX East 2012. Driving down Interstate 89 from Vermont to Boston the night before the convention, they talk about what they’re looking forward to check out this weekend. Aside from wanting to scope out the tabletop gaming area and pick-up play opportunities, […]
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By Tyler on February 13, 2012
In episode 12 of Carnagecast, the director of Going Cardboard tells us about creating the documentary that delves into designer board games. Then Autopsy of a Game gets into the economics of wharfside entrepreneurship as Chuck, Rod and Sarah talk Le Havre. http://media.blubrry.com/carnagecast/carnagecon.com/media/Carnagecast_012_Going_Cardboard_and_Le_Havre.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 43:00 — 39.4MB)Subscribe: RSS
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By Tyler on January 30, 2012
In episode 10 of Carnagecast, Interview with a Gamer talks TotalCon with Angelia Heroux, the event’s media director. The Massachusetts convention includes movies, discussion panels and tournaments in addition to the traditional role-playing and board game fare. Then, in Autopsy of a Game, Rod, Chuck and Sarah talk about The Resistance, a social game in […]
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By Tyler on January 2, 2012
In episode 6 of Carnagecast, Interview with the Gamer catches up with James Carpio. When not running role-playing games, James also designs and publishes them, with such diverse titles as Death Race Z and Spookybeans. Sekigahara comes under the knife in Autopsy of a Game. This episode’s subject is a war game covering the campaign […]
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Posted in Carnagecast | Tagged Board Games, Carnagecast, chapter 13 press, chuck, death race z, fantasy, gmt games, goodman games, goth comics, hammer of the scots, historical, james carpio, japan, lamentations of the flame princess, podcasts, rod, Role-Playing Games, sarah, science fiction, sekigahara, spookybeans, war games, zombies