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Boards & Swords

Bad jokes. Good folks. Games. Every other week, Chris & Philip talk about their experiences playing different games (both board games and video games). If you enjoy hearing people talk about the fun they have playing various games instead of why X game is better than Y game, this is the show for you. Plus, they"ve got the latest board games news , the worst jokes, and the best guests occasionally.

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Alone Against the Static with Brian Holland from...

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2023/12/28

What D&D books are coming out next year? Another much loved board game is getting a roll and write version, and you can now get your Geralt on in Unmatched. Plus, we have Brian Holland on from Chaosium to talk about Alone Against the Static: a solo adventure using the Call of Cthulhu ruleset!

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What the heck is Newsh? With Jason Craze from...

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2023/12/14

A couple of Kickstarters, Asmodee picks a terrible time to do layoffs, and a Magic/Clue crossover that sounds....good? Plus we've got Jason Craze from Monument Hobbies with us to talk about their Pro Acryl paint line!

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Boldly Rolling with Jim Johnson from Star Trek...

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2023/11/17

Saw and Diablo are getting board games, AI wants to teach you board games, and Murder Mystery magic cards?? Plus, we have Jim Johnson on the show, project manager and line editor of the Star Trek Adventures RPG from Modiphius!

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Toys R Us Returns, Mr. Beast plays Dune Imperium with...

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2023/11/10

Never would have thought I'd hear "MrBeast" and "Dune Imperium" in the same sentence. Or that I'd hear about Toys R Us returning, or that a TCG website would stop carrying Magic: The Gathering? Is it the end times? We find out while also talking to Ian from Floodgate Games about their board games.

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Game Toppers 4.0 Kickstarter Preview (Premium Game...

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2023/10/06

An RPG maker is suing Netflix? Could you handle 24 people playing Twilight Inscription at one time? And what’s this about combining Barbie with Warhammer 40k? Plus, we’ve got Burky from GameToppers LLC to talk about his latest Kickstarter, featuring a TON of cool new playmats!

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Affordable Dice For All Minis Games with Steven from...

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2023/09/21

Rhino Hero to Rhino Zero…money? You’ll never guess, but Terraforming Mars has used AI art before, and Weta Workshop is wetting our appetites for some new 40k action figures. Plus, we’ve got Steven from The Baron of Dice on the show to talk about what else but DICE!

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Nova Open 2023 with Adam and Vince from Snarling...

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2023/09/07

We are live at Nova Open 2023! Will Chris get the chance to insta-kill Philip AGAIN in D&D? Want a eco-friendly card game with more “bark” in it? Plus, we talk with Adam and Vince from Snarling Badger Studios about their various tabletop miniatures games and going from tabletop players to making a tabletop company.

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Cyberpunk RED Combat Zone with Dan from Monster Fight...

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2023/08/27

Castle Assault gets popular for the wrong reasons, get dice everyday for a month, and a new card game based on a show based on a card game? We talk about this and more with Dan Scillieri from Monster Fight Club, makers of great terrain and the Cyberpunk RED Combat Zone minis game.

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Gen Con 2023 Recap: Over 70,000 Nerds Trying To Get...

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2023/08/11

Chris is back from Gen Con, and Shawn and him did a lot and saw a lot of things. Also, $300,000 worth of magic cards stolen, people were crazy for Lorcana, and Transformers are coming to Robo Rally! The best part - you wont have to shove through 70,000 other nerds to find out everything that happened!

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Worms: The Board Game with Ronnie Renton from Mantic...

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2023/07/28

They actually made a way for you to play as the Blob in the Arkham Horror LCG, a popular Call of Cthulhu adventure is getting turned into a board game, and “Allons-y”: we’ve got Doctor Who magic cards to talk about now. Then, we talk with Ronnie from Mantic Games about the upcoming Worms: The Board Game.

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Dice Theme Park, Tiny Epic Gloomhaven, Um Actually...

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2023/07/13

One of these days I will stop putting Lord of the Rings MTG stories in the news…I’m sorry but today is not that day. Also: a tabletop minis game set in a trailer park, Gloomhaven: just smaller, and massacre your friends (but only in Texas with a Chainsaw!). And Cory and Jimmy join us to talk about Dice Theme Park from Alley Cat Games and we play the “Um, Actually” card game.

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Cocaine Bear: The RPG, Warhammer 40k 10th edition,...

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2023/07/07

The one ring is found, Cocaine Bear: the RPG, and defend Waffle House from Zombies! Also, you know we are going to talk about 10th edition Warhammer 40K and we take a look at the Dragonlance D&D5e adventure that released earlier this year.

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Too Many Marvel Games to Count with Brian Ibbott from...

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2023/06/15

A couple of games being brought back from the dead, one that might be dead in the water, and Worms the Board Game? Then we talk to Brian Ibbott from The Morning Stream and find out what kind of games he enjoys playing.

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Metal Gear Solid Returns, Ticket to Ride Legacy,...

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2023/06/09

Are movies based on tabletop games the next trend? (I hope not). Ticket to ride is hoping on the legacy train (hehe), and the Metal Gear Solid game is back! Also, we celebrate Memorial Day by talking about games based on historical wars.

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A New Star Wars TCG, BattleTech in Target with Mike...

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2023/05/24

Nerf gun RPGs, Doctor Who & Magic, and of course: a new Warhammer 40k box set!! Then, we get our Nova on as we talk with Mike from the Nova Open Committee as he tells us about all the new changes coming to the Nova Open this year - including A LIVE BOARDS & SWORDS! Come join us!

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Vegas, Pinkertons, Dungeon Murder with Scott Johnson...

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2023/05/04

Wizards went too far…again…., a lot of nerds got together in a mall and set a world record, and we’re in Vegas baby! See what crazy antics we got into, plus Chris got to talk with Scott Johnson from Frogpants Studios about his new card game “Dungeon Murder” ( https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rockrunners/dungeon-murder-a-new-game-by-scott-johnson )

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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves with Wayne...

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2023/04/23

A titan is gone, Funko got more IPs, and you wont believe our last news story. Then, get ready to hear about your next vacation as Wayne from Adventure Away (http://adventureawaymd.com/) comes on to talk about the D&D movie and their service, where you can potentially play D&D in a CASTLE!

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Adepticon News, Sequels to Descent and Clank Legacy...

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2023/04/14

I mean, there’s April Fool’s jokes and sequels to various board games coming out, but we all know the real news lately: Warhammer 40K tenth edition is coming! I wonder what Chris will have to say about it.

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Spelljammer 5e, Magic Hot Pockets, Catan: Soccer -...

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2023/03/24

Hot Pockets & Magic? Sounds like a bad afternoon in the bathroom. Plus, soccer is coming to Catan? We must have played too much spelljammer and fell into an alternate universe, so we'll talk about the D&D Spelljammer setting and our thoughts on it.

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Twilight Inscription, News-A-Palooza - Boards &...

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2023/03/10

We took an episode off, but the news never sleeps! So there’s a ton of news, from new board game versions of Sea of Thieves and Apex Legends to Lord of the Rings in Magic the Gathering and also a game about butts? Oh yeah, and we talk about Twilight Inscription, the 4 board roll and write game from Fantasy Flight Games.

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