Hi Norm here ... Cardboard Conjecture is a podcast where I talk about board games and I have opinions and conclusions formed on the basis of incomplete information!
Episodes
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
WBPW #57 - “Whatcha Been Playing Wednesday”
“Whatcha Been Playing Wednesday” is a special weekly episode ... it's a compilation of the games we've played over the week. The cast of WBPW are ... Board on the Air, Dice and Dragons, Friday Knight Games, The Cardboard Kid, Of Dice and Men, Andrew Bucholtz of BoardandGamedotcom, The Meeple Dungeon, Matthew Legault (Scorpion Masqué/Masked Scorpion), Definitely A Board Game Podcast, Kovray Studios, The Tabletop Bellhop, All You Can Board, Jay Cormier of “Off the Page Games”, MR Board Games, Foster the Meeple, Omni Gamers Club Podcast and Cardboard Conjecture
1:25 - Jayson and Julie - Dice and Dragons
7:00 - Rob and Anna-Marie - The Meeple Dungeon
16:16 - BCB Community Bridge City Boardgamers
26:50 - Norm - Bridge City Boardgamers / Cardboard Conjecture
The WBPW cast :
- Mathew Legault - Scorpion Masqué
- Jay Cormier Off the Page Games
- Dylann and Carlo - All You Can Board
- Foster the Meeple
- Kovray
- Daniel and Mark from Omni Gamers Club Podcast
- Ryan - Bridge City Boardgamers
- Andrew Bucholtz - Board and Game with Andrew B
- MR Boardgames' Lonely Table
- The Cardboard Kid
- Matt and Jon - Friday Knight Games
- Chad Of Dice and Men
- Moe T - The Tabletop Bellhop
- Jayson and Julie - Dice and Dragons
- Aaron and Royce - Definitely a Board Game Podcast
- Chris Morris of Mo’Z Art Games
- Rob and Anna-Marie - The Meeple Dungeon
- Shea and David - Board on the Air
- Norm - Bridge City Boardgamers / Cardboard Conjecture
- The Rat Hole
Saturday Jan 29, 2022
Saturday Jan 29, 2022
Cardboard Conjecture #117 - The Hype Train with Marty and Tony of Rolling Dice & Taking Names
On this episode, I have the great pleasure of having Marty and Tony of Rolling Dice & Taking Names on as guests to add some games to the Hype Train … but before that, we eventually talk about games while having some wonderful “tangent” trips as we explore anything and everything related to and unrelated to board games. I had a great time on this journey … ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN - Neuroshima Hex / Pillars of the Earth / The Expanse : the board games
1:02 - Games of late …Tony - Final Girl
9:02 - Games of late … Marty - Historical Games and publishers
23:00 - Games of late … Norm - Alien Frontiers
31:29 - The Hype Train introduction
38:40 - The Hype Train : Marty - Neuroshima Hex
48:30 - The Hype Train : Tony - Pillars of the Earth
1:01:00 - audible - The Hype Train : Norm - The Expanse : the board game
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Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
WBPW #56 - “Whatcha Been Playing Wednesday”
“Whatcha Been Playing Wednesday” is a special weekly episode ... it's a compilation of the games we've played over the week. The cast of WBPW are ... Board on the Air, Dice and Dragons, Friday Knight Games, The Cardboard Kid, Of Dice and Men, Andrew Bucholtz of BoardandGamedotcom, The Meeple Dungeon, Matthew Legault (Scorpion Masqué/Masked Scorpion), Definitely A Board Game Podcast, Kovray Studios, The Tabletop Bellhop, All You Can Board, Jay Cormier of “Off the Page Games”, MR Board Games, Foster the Meeple, Omni Gamers Club Podcast and Cardboard Conjecture
1:25 - Chris Morris of Mo’Z Art Games
9:54 - Moe T - The Tabletop Bellhop
17:17 - Jayson and Julie - Dice and Dragons
24:24 - Rob and Anna-Marie - The Meeple Dungeon
31:51 - Bridge City Boardgamers Community
44:24 - Norm - Bridge City Boardgamers / Cardboard Conjecture
The WBPW cast :
- Mathew Legault - Scorpion Masqué
- Jay Cormier Off the Page Games
- Dylann and Carlo - All You Can Board
- Foster the Meeple
- Kovray
- Daniel and Mark from Omni Gamers Club Podcast
- Ryan - Bridge City Boardgamers
- Andrew Bucholtz - Board and Game with Andrew B
- MR Boardgames' Lonely Table
- The Cardboard Kid
- Matt and Jon - Friday Knight Games
- Chad Of Dice and Men
- Moe T - The Tabletop Bellhop
- Jayson and Julie - Dice and Dragons
- Aaron and Royce - Definitely a Board Game Podcast
- Chris Morris of Mo’Z Art Games
- Rob and Anna-Marie - The Meeple Dungeon
- Shea and David - Board on the Air
- Norm - Bridge City Boardgamers / Cardboard Conjecture
- The Rat Hole
Saturday Jan 22, 2022
Saturday Jan 22, 2022
Cardboard Conjecture #116 - The Reviews of Under Falling Skies and Obsession
In this episode I’ll chat about The Lost Ruins of Arnak and Architects of the West Kingdom in “Games of Late” … The Trending and New segment has me looking at Legacy of Yu and Final Girl Core Box, and take a quick look at Viscounts of the West Kingdoms expansions in our Look at Crowdfunding.
This is a Review episode and I have the pleasure of reviewing Under Falling Skies and Obsession
1:02 - Games of late …The Lost Ruins of Arnak
7:00 - Games of late … Architects of the West Kingdom
13:30 - Trending games : Legacy of Yu
17:25 - New releases : Final Girl Core Box
21:17 - Crowdfunding - Viscounts of the West Kingdom : expansions
23:15 - Review of Under Falling Skies
40:54 - Review of Obsession
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Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
WBPW #55 - “Whatcha Been Playing Wednesday”
“Whatcha Been Playing Wednesday” is a special weekly episode ... it's a compilation of the games we've played over the week. The cast of WBPW are ... Board on the Air, Dice and Dragons, Friday Knight Games, The Cardboard Kid, Of Dice and Men, Andrew Bucholtz of BoardandGamedotcom, The Meeple Dungeon, Matthew Legault (Scorpion Masqué/Masked Scorpion), Definitely A Board Game Podcast, Kovray Studios, The Tabletop Bellhop, All You Can Board, Jay Cormier of “Off the Page Games”, MR Board Games, Foster the Meeple, Omni Gamers Club Podcast and Cardboard Conjecture
1:25 - The Cardboard Kid
4:18 - Jayson and Julie - Dice and Dragons
11:10 - Rob and Anna-Marie - The Meeple Dungeon
19:00 - The Rat Hole
25:54 - Moe T - The Tabletop Bellhop
34:00 - Bridge City Boardgamers Community
44:51 - Norm - Bridge City Boardgamers / Cardboard Conjecture
The WBPW cast :
- Mathew Legault - Scorpion Masqué
- Jay Cormier Off the Page Games
- Dylann and Carlo - All You Can Board
- Foster the Meeple
- Kovray
- Daniel and Mark from Omni Gamers Club Podcast
- Ryan - Bridge City Boardgamers
- Andrew Bucholtz - Board and Game with Andrew B
- MR Boardgames' Lonely Table
- The Cardboard Kid
- Matt and Jon - Friday Knight Games
- Chad Of Dice and Men
- Moe T - The Tabletop Bellhop
- Jayson and Julie - Dice and Dragons
- Aaron and Royce - Definitely a Board Game Podcast
- Chris Morris of Mo’Z Art Games
- Rob and Anna-Marie - The Meeple Dungeon
- Shea and David - Board on the Air
- Norm - Bridge City Boardgamers / Cardboard Conjecture
- The Rat Hole
Saturday Jan 15, 2022
Saturday Jan 15, 2022
Cardboard Conjecture #115 - The Rise of the RPG
In this episode I’ll chat about Obsession and Faiyum in my ‘Games of late …’ , Merchants of the Dark Road in the Trending segment, Maeshowe : an Orkney Saga in the ‘New Releases’, and Rise of the Necromancers in the ‘Crowdfunding’ segment.
I am overjoyed to have as guests my D&D group who I’ve played RPGs with since the 90’s. We will talk about a pill of things RPG … and how important and relevant this game is not only as an activity, but as a creative outlet of collaboration, contribution and creativity.
1:02 - Games of late …Obsession
8:16 - Games of late … Faiyum
17:36 - Trending games : Merchants of the Dark Road
22:40 - New releases : Maeshowe : an Orkney Saga
28:08 - Crowdfunding - Rise of the Necromancers
31:!3 - Topic - The Rise of the RPG
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Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
WBPW #54 - “Whatcha Been Playing Wednesday”
“Whatcha Been Playing Wednesday” is a special weekly episode ... it's a compilation of the games we've played over the week. The cast of WBPW are ... Board on the Air, Dice and Dragons, Friday Knight Games, The Cardboard Kid, Of Dice and Men, Andrew Bucholtz of BoardandGamedotcom, The Meeple Dungeon, Matthew Legault (Scorpion Masqué/Masked Scorpion), Definitely A Board Game Podcast, Kovray Studios, The Tabletop Bellhop, All You Can Board, Jay Cormier of “Off the Page Games”, MR Board Games, Foster the Meeple, Omni Gamers Club Podcast and Cardboard Conjecture
1:25 - Kovray
7:51 - Rob and Anna-Marie - The Meeple Dungeon
15:05 - Aaron and Royce - Definitely a Board Game Podcast
23:14 - Moe T - The Tabletop Bellhop
30:25 - Jayson and Julie - Dice and Dragons
37:06 - Bridge City Boardgamers Community
43:28 - Norm - Bridge City Boardgamers / Cardboard Conjecture
The WBPW cast :
- Mathew Legault - Scorpion Masqué
- Jay Cormier Off the Page Games
- Dylann and Carlo - All You Can Board
- Foster the Meeple
- Kovray
- Daniel and Mark from Omni Gamers Club Podcast
- Ryan - Bridge City Boardgamers
- Andrew Bucholtz - Board and Game with Andrew B
- MR Boardgames' Lonely Table
- The Cardboard Kid
- Matt and Jon - Friday Knight Games
- Chad Of Dice and Men
- Moe T - The Tabletop Bellhop
- Jayson and Julie - Dice and Dragons
- Aaron and Royce - Definitely a Board Game Podcast
- Chris Morris of Mo’Z Art Games
- Rob and Anna-Marie - The Meeple Dungeon
- Shea and David - Board on the Air
- Norm - Bridge City Boardgamers / Cardboard Conjecture
- The Rat Hole
Saturday Jan 08, 2022
Saturday Jan 08, 2022
Cardboard Conjecture #114 - The Mechanics Series : Push Your Luck
In this episode I’ll talk about Five Tribes and Quadropolis in the ‘Games of late …’ segment, and in the Trending games and New games segment I’ll talk about Ark Nova, The Great Wall, Destinies : Sea of Sand, and Factory 42 … we can’t move on without looking at Dom Pierre in our crowdfunding exploration. In this episode I continue with the Mechanics Series and discuss the Push Your Luck mechanism and how it works with the game, the player and the emotions.
1:02 - Games of late … Five Tribes
5:30 - Games of late … Quadropolis
10:00 - Trending games : Ark Nova
13:26 - Trending games : The Great Wall
17:06 - New releases : Destinies - Sea of Sand
19:24 - New releases : Factory 42
21:21 - Crowdfunding - Dom Pierre
24:24 - Topic - The Mechanics Series : Push Your Luck
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Hey there, I'm your host Norm!
This is a podcast about board games where I have opinions and conclusions formed on the basis of incomplete information!
On this podcast you may find :
- reviews of board games
- The Designers Series
- The Mechanics Series
- games new to the collection
- The Top 5 Show
- The Hype Train
- and WBPW - Whatcha Been Playing Wednesday
... thanks for listening .. eh!