Here in Show 20.0, we discuss a couple games that we are very excited about --one fairly new, and one a true classic! But since this is a whole-number episode, we start things off properly with a Dusty Old Box segment. To be more accurate, though, this is not a Box but rather is a Dusty Old THING...three things, in fact.
After the Dusty Old Box segment, Jeff launches us into the show's first main topic: a solitaire strategy game called Phantom Leader. Jeff covers the basics of the game elements and mechanics, and then describes why he loves this game so much. After Jeff's main segment, Mark takes us for a stroll down Memory Lane in the show's second main segment, talking about his all-time favorite game, Merchant of Venus. You might consider this a primer or a "warm-up" for the pending re-release of MoV! Mark covers all of the main rules and the subtleties of this game --the things that separate it from other "pick-up and drop-off" games, and that make MoV his all-time favorite.
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00:00:00 Prelude
00:01:44 Dusty Old Box
00:11:24 Phantom Leader by DVG
00:37:30 Merchant of Venus by Avalon Hill
01:02:47 Signoff
Related links:
1 Phantom Leader on Boardgamegeek
2 Merchant of Venus on Boardgamegeek
Stay tuned for Show 20.5 --our session report on one of these fine games-- coming very soon.
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Grab your parachute, put on your jump boots, and get ready to follow along as we "Point-5" Axis & Allies: D-Day on Show 26.5!
This was a three-player game that we played with our good friend Bill. Mark talks about the strategic discussions he had with Bill, as the two of them teamed-up as US and UK forces. We also talk about how the unique play elements in the D-Day sequel impact game play and tactics, relative to standard Axis & Allies.
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Stay tuned for Show 27.0, coming at you faster than strafing P-38 Lightning!
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Show 26.0 of Gameopolis sees Mark and Jeff hosting a franchise-specific celebration that can ONLY be termed a "Spectacular". In this Spectacular, Mark and Jeff take a deep dive into the Axis & Allies board game series, with special focus on the boardgames in the series of more limited historical scope. Before launching the Spectacular, however, Mark and Jeff open up a Dusty Old Box that might teach you something if you're not careful!
After the Dusty Old Box segment, Mark and Jeff launch into a walkthrough of five different Axis & Allies board game titles, with emphasis on the new wrinkles introduced into the A&A game system by each game.
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00:00:00 Prelude
00:02:21 Dusty Old Box
00:15:11 Jeff talks about Mark W. Allen's "Midway Submerged" eBook/book
00:16:44 Axis & Allies background and memories
00:19:30 Axis & Allies Europe
00:30:54 Axis & Allies Pacific
00:34:35 Axis & Allies D-Day
00:46:55 Axis & Allies Battle of the Bulge
00:57:55 Axis & Allies Guadalcanal
01:19:31 Signoff
Related links:
Midway Submerged by Mark W. Allen can be found on http://www.ussbatfish.com
Stay tuned for Show 26.5 --our session report on one of these Axis & Allies games-- coming at you faster than a screaming dive-bomber!
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Get ready for the Rootinest, Tootinest, Shootinest Session Report we've ever done on Gameopolis, as we "Point-5" Twilight Creations' Deadlands: Battle for Slaughter Gulch. Yeehaw!!!! This episode is also our 50th regular episode of Gameopolis, so get ready to hear the clinking of a few toasting champagne glasses throughout the episode!
This was a three-player game that we played with our good friend Bill. We cover this play session at a high level, sticking to our overall strategies, and the game elements that we felt impacted the play experience the most. We also discuss some potential house rules that we would consider trying out.
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Stay tuned for Show 26.0, coming at you faster than Mad Scientist flying an autogyro!
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Show 25.0 of Gameopolis is a knock-down, drag-out episode that will have you reaching for your break-away prop furniture. But first, Mark and Jeff keep to Gameopolis tradition and cover a very old Dusty Old Box -a game with a colorful box and a colorful game board. After the Dusty Old Box Mark and Jeff dig into the show's first main segment by covering Merchant of Venus one last time, but they take a slightly different tact this time, by focusing on the differences --the deltas, if you will-- between the Avalon Hill version and the new Fantasy Flight Games' version. Mark finishes this segment by stating he will never mention Merchant of Venus again --for at least a half-hour!
After their discussion of Merchant of Venus deltas, Mark and Jeff move onto the show's second main segment, which gives this episode its knock-down, drag-out flavor: a discussion of Twilight Creations' Deadlands: The Battle for Slaughter Gulch. Jeff discusses the game elements and mechanics of this old west-meets-horror-meets-steampunk boardgame, as well as its production values.
We end the episode by signing-off just before Mark's hungry dogs overrun the studio and take over the microphones.
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00:00:00 Prelude
00:01:25 Dusty Old Box
00:11:24 MoV: Avalon Hill to Fantasy Flight deltas
00:41:45 Deadlands: Battle for Slaughter Gulch
01:05:08 Signoff, and siege of Studio B by hungry hounds
Stay tuned for Show 25.5 --our 50th Episode, and Session Report on Battle for Slaughter Gulch-- coming at you faster than a hipshot from a six-shooter.
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In this Session Report show, we "Point-5" Fantasy Flight Games' Merchant of Venus.
Due to a tear in the space-time continuum, Mark and Jeff end up recording an after-action report BEFORE the action! This show covers our first play-through of FFG's new version of MoV. Our discussion focuses on the strategies each of the three players tried, and some of the revelations we experienced during this first play-through.
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Stay tuned for Show 25.0, coming at you faster than a space freighter with a combo drive!
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