In this rather awesome episode, I bring you Matt Buchholtz, the second more difficult to pronounce surname I’ve ever had in the podcast, and the first member from the Crit Juice actual play podcast to come and talk to me.
Crit Juice is a actual-play podcast with a difference or two, though.
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A bit later than I wanted and mostly because of work commitments not letting me publish this episode on time, here’s our first attempt to the Game Buffet!
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I haven’t really done any videos in my native language before. I realise most of you reading my website are of English-speaking countries and thus not every one will be able to understand me in Spanish.
If you had the privilege of living near Snowdonia, you’d know it is a place that’s beautiful, beguiling, and deeply inspiring. You’d also know it’s a tough environment with mist, cold winters, rain more often than not and its own train line. All the way to the top.
Level 99 is one of those companies we don’t hear enough about. They consistently produce both boardgames, card games and role playing games with a truly excellent level of quality and originality.
BattleCon is one of the best fighting cards games out there, and Mystic Empyrean is a truly fantastic and gorgeous looking role playing game.
This new selection of games is not just one game, but a collection of mini-games. All easy to play and teach, which sounds very good.
But it’s the money you have to pay worth for what you get? Let’s take a look!
I hate it when people try to take the piss. I hate it when they try to hide it under a veneer of “hey, I’m just like you!” bullshit. I have difficulties taking it, and therefore here goes this article/rant.
For the last few years we have seen, and quite a few of people applauded, comedy series that feature geek people. Big-Bang Theory, Community, The IT Crowd, The Guild, A Town Called Eureka…
Suddenly people are claiming that we geeks are “taking our place and being more accepted” because we’re getting more exposure on TV and the internet.
Bullshit. We are being laughed at!
The joy of being able to speak more than language (two in my case) is that you can read books in all those languages, which is what I’ve done this time.
I realise that the attractive might be less for you if you can’t speak Spanish, but I have recently been very gladly surprised by La Puerta de Ishtar, as you might know if you’ve read my review here. Taking advantage that Jenn and Vickey were going to be around for a chat, I thought I’d talk with them about it.
Role Playing Games publishers come and go all the time. To the point that it is very difficult to keep up with the influx of new titles and the companies behind them.
This means that grabbing my attention is certainly not easy, but when you grab my attention… well, you’ve got it!
That is what Len Pimentel did before he created his company Lakeside Games with the idea of bringing new ideas and new games into the RPG scene.
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La Puerta de Ishtar is one of those results. Crowd-funded, this game captured a lot of imagination from a lot of people and raised enough money to guarantee truly excellent production value, including some of the hardest hard-covers I’ve seen in an RPG!
Catching by surprise even the designers and publishers of this game, its success has been pretty amazing and the reception from the fandom pretty unanimous. The only thing everyone complained about in the first edition was the box. Barely big enough to hold the cards and indeed not big enough to hold them if you sleeved them.
After the first edition came Rook City. Better box and better packaging. Then Richard Launius joined the Greater than Games team and helped with Infernal Relics. Things got better and better.
