Fresh Plays: Emberheart + Clinic

On The Sounds of Board Gaming Vol. 1, Jay Bernardo from Cardboard East joins Candice (Kickin' It Creative) to match board games and gaming experiences to hit songs featured on Daft Punk's most popular album, Discovery. 00:00 Intro00:50 Album: Daft Punk - Discovery08:19 Song 1: Harder, Better, Faster. Stronger09:14 Song 1: Jay's Game Selection11:38 Song 1: Candice's Game Selection13:33 Song 2: Something About Us14:16 Song 2: Candice's Game Selection16:52 Song 2: Candice's Bonus Game Selection18:36 Song 2: Jay's Game Selection21:52 Song 3: Voyager22:40 Song 3: Jay's Game Selection25:55 Song 3: Candice's Game Selection30:00 Mystery Bonus Song: Jay's Game Selection36:10 Mystery Bonus Song: Jay's Game Selection40:08 OutroSquawk 'N' Roll newsletter: https://www.kickinitcreative.com/#squawk-n-rollYouTube: https://youtu.be/EgjdENzM1MsKIC Theme Music by:  Matt Fonda, Candice Harris, and Logan StaleyThanks to our sponsor – Living Lunch Novelties!To learn more about Lurid Cove:visit the Lurid Cove Kickstarter pageLurid Cove Game Overview video on Kickin' It Creative YouTubeThanks so much for listening and for your support! For more content crafted by Candice, visit kickinitcreative.comWe've got official merch now! Be one of the first to rock the first run of KIC swag!

Isn't it fascinating how certain games make you think while you're playing, and then after, plunges you into interesting discussions with the other players? In this episode, Alex from Talking Shelf Space joins Candice to highlight board games that inspire post-game discussions. ...and before that, they literally "talk shelf space", and share a few games that hit the table recently.00:00:00 Introduction00:02:55 Literally "talking shelf space"...00:08:20 Alex's Space-Time-Fun Continuum00:11:16 My Moving "Box" Count00:16:30 Fresh Plays00:16:47 Storybook Saga00:21:27 Attika (Taluva, Meuterer, Verräter)00:28:45 The Road (Shadows of Malice)00:33:47 Very FRESH Partial Plays (Infernal Machine, The Witches of WIllowspur)00:37:03 Bronze Age (OMEN)00:45:00 Games That Inspire Post-Game Discussions00:47:50 World Order01:00:18 Things in Rings01:03:28 Cross Bronx Expressway01:13:52 Stationfall01:22:53 Molly House01:25:19 ito/Eye My Favourite Things01:32:07 Antiquity01:37:27 Blood on the Clocktower01:49:10 Dune: Imperium01:52:01 Twilight Imperium/Here I Stand/Imperial Elegy01:54:40 Honorable Mentions (John Company, Indonesia, Leaving Earth, Pax Porfiriana, Greed Incorporated, Tales of the Arthurian Knights)02:01:07 Sign-offThanks to our sponsor – Living Lunch Novelties!To learn more about Lurid Cove:visit the Lurid Cove Kickstarter pageLurid Cove Game Overview video on Kickin' It Creative YouTubeThanks so much for listening and for your support! For more content crafted by Candice, visit kickinitcreative.comWe've got official merch now! Be one of the first to rock the first run of KIC swag!

In this episode, I kick it with my good friend Pénélope from Penelope Gaming for a massive debrief on many of the games we played in Étourvy at Bruno Faidutti's annual gaming gathering. If we had another hour, we could've legally titled this episode "40 Fresh Plays from France", but we were too excited and spoke about some games for a while...and then crammed as many as we could when we discovered how long we were recording. We hope you enjoy!00:00:00 Introduction00:08:09 Fresh Plays from France00:10:11 Rocket Rollout00:11:43 Citadels Duel00:14:52 Cardia: Tide & Storm00:20:59 Things in Rings00:28:27 Giants Moving Tiny Furniture00:37:14 ARCTICA00:47:26 Koro00:50:49 The Happiest Cat in the World00:54:51 Got Five!00:59:42 Amarok01:04:45 Ill-Illan01:10:17 Gaudi01:13:33 Botswana01:18:36 Minikin City01:24:07 Tea & Rum01:33:39 CATsle Builders01:39:57 Back 2 Back01:49:53 Excalibur!!!01:57:16 FaeKin02:02:11 Cheese Thief02:07:21 French Toast02:10:30 The Silver Bayonet: A Wargame of Napoleonic Gothic Horror02:12:37 Ofrenda02:16:11 Seashells02:18:52 Fruit Cocktail02:21:05 Moon Colony Bloodbath02:24:12 Vroom02:26:20 Fetching Feathers/Peacock02:27:03 MON: Emblems of Sengoku02:29:37 Sign-offThanks to our sponsor – Living Lunch Novelties!To learn more about Lurid Cove:visit the Lurid Cove Kickstarter pageLurid Cove Game Overview video on Kickin' It Creative YouTubeThanks so much for listening and for your support! For more content crafted by Candice, visit kickinitcreative.comWe've got official merch now! Be one of the first to rock the first run of KIC swag!

In this episode, I kick it with Uli Blennemann (owner of Spielworxx) for a lovely chat about card-driven games (CDGs) –why they're awesome and which ones we dig most – and we also discuss a few games we've played recently and found memorable. Cheers!00:00:00 Introduction00:01:30 LeiriaCon00:04:55 "moving house", heading to the UK for PunchedCon, GMT Weekend at the Warehouse00:11:48 new KIC podcast theme music?!00:15:49 Fresh Plays00:16:03 The Old King's Crown00:21:14 Age of Galaxy (Second Edition)00:35:32 Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars (Toy Battle, Dogs of War)00:42:41 Space Empires 4X00:59:00 The Beauty of CDGs01:07:50 Imperial Elegy + Big Multiplayer CDGs (Successors, Here I Stand, Virgin Queen)01:30:20 Uli's '5 CDGs for Doomsday' (Empire of the Sun, Pursuit of Glory, Weimar, Imperial Elegy, HiS, VQ)01:33:14 Candice's '5 CDGs for Doomsday' (Imperial Elegy, Land & Freedom, Founding Fathers, Wir sind das Volk!, Twilight Struggle (25th Anniversary Hall of Fame edition), Dual Powers)01:39:00 CDGs we want to try (Common Sense, Europe in Turmoil, Lenin's Legacy, Iron Storm)01:46:07 Hubris: Twilight of the Hellenistic World01:48:11 Sign-offThanks to our sponsor – Living Lunch Novelties!To learn more about Lurid Cove:visit the Lurid Cove Kickstarter pageLurid Cove Game Overview video on Kickin' It Creative YouTubeThanks so much for listening and for your support! For more content crafted by Candice, visit kickinitcreative.comWe've got official merch now! Be one of the first to rock the first run of KIC swag!

00:00:00 Introduction00:00:45 Fresh Plays00:00:57 Emberheart00:15:35 Clinic: Deluxe Edition00:33:30 SignoffThanks to our sponsor – Living Lunch Novelties!To learn more about Lurid Cove:visit the Lurid Cove Kickstarter pageLurid Cove Game Overview video on Kickin' It Creative YouTubeThanks so much for listening and for your support! For more content crafted by Candice, visit kickinitcreative.comWe've got official merch now! Be one of the first to rock the first run of KIC swag!

In this episode, my amazing pal Tim Williamson joins me to talk about our epic learning game of Imperial Elegy, as well as several other lesser-known gems we've been playing. We also discuss the joys of asymmetry in board/card games and our upcoming video series – My Favorite Faction.00:00:00 Introduction00:01:53 Dual Gauge00:07:12 Root in NY00:08:33 Fresh Plays00:09:02 Imperial Elegy00:34:27 Auf Teufel komm raus 00:43:08 Wild Serengeti00:47:30 Embers00:51:33 Slay the Spire: The Board Game + Too Many Bones00:54:50 Stupor Mundi01:01:28 Faust vs Mephisto01:07:49 King and Peasant01:12:41 Exploring Asymmetry + "My Favorite Faction"01:12:50 Root, Spirit Island, Terra Mystica/Gaia Project, Prussian Rails, Dual Gauge01:14:20 COIN games, Oracle of Delphi, Guards of Atlantis II, Dûhr: The Lesser Houses, Cosmic Frog, Argent: Consortium, Too Many Bones01:18:49 The Loop, Fate of the Fellowship01:19:57 Vast01:21:30 The Defence of Procyon III01:26:35 KeyForge01:31:21 Sign-offThanks to our sponsor – Living Lunch Novelties!To learn more about Lurid Cove:visit the Lurid Cove Kickstarter pageLurid Cove Game Overview video on Kickin' It Creative YouTubeThanks so much for listening and for your support! For more content crafted by Candice, visit kickinitcreative.comWe've got official merch now! Be one of the first to rock the first run of KIC swag!

In this episode, I kick it with W. Eric Martin to catch up on life beyond BGG, Board Game Beat, and to discuss our grand plan to get old games to the table more often.00:00:00 Introduction00:00:44 Catching up with WEM [Con Crawl + Board Game Beat]00:27:16 Fresh Plays00:28:09 Symbiosis00:37:16 Ortus Regni00:50:46 DNUP (Revolve!)01:01:35 Mayor of Chicago01:12:47 Cult of the OLD Games of the Month01:14:07 Venedig01:16:24 Seasons01:18:45 Planet Steam01:21:51 Wabanti01:27:54 Ginkgopolis01:30:22 Aztlán01:38:07 Galaxy Trucker01:53:36 Sign-offThanks to our sponsor – Living Lunch Novelties!To learn more about Lurid Cove:visit the Lurid Cove Kickstarter pageLurid Cove Game Overview video on Kickin' It Creative YouTubeThanks so much for listening and for your support! For more content crafted by Candice, visit kickinitcreative.comWe've got official merch now! Be one of the first to rock the first run of KIC swag!

My mom came to visit and she was brave enough to accept my invite to record with me. Thanks so much for listening!00:00:00 Introduction00:03:40 my mom's favs (Skip-Bo, Scout, Pinochle, Dominoes, Farkle, Can't Stop, Super Mega Lucky Box)00:06:17 Extended Fresh Plays00:06:31 Bayou Boss00:15:20 High Noon at Showdown Saloon00:23:15 Bear Market00:28:28 Muffin's Kitchen00:33:48 Wild Wild Avocado00:37:07 Draftosaurus00:39:10 Shady Lady00:42:38 Zuuupa!00:58:08 No Mercy (Fruit Fight)00:47:47 Down-Up (Revolve!)00:53:36 Sign-offThanks to our sponsor – Living Lunch Novelties!To learn more about Lurid Cove:visit the Lurid Cove Kickstarter pageLurid Cove Game Overview video on Kickin' It Creative YouTubeThanks so much for listening and for your support! For more content crafted by Candice, visit kickinitcreative.comWe've got official merch now! Be one of the first to rock the first run of KIC swag!

Taylor Reiner in the house! In this episode, we chat about thematic trick-taking games, games we played at TJ in Cinncinati, and what it takes to become a Greek Gaming Godess. Thank you for listening!00:00:00 Introduction00:04:32 KIC Web Updated00:08:49 Fresh Plays00:09:04 Codenames App (Mines)00:14:34 For the Gods! + Fantasy Realms: Greek Legends00:26:35 Shady Lady00:29:21 Finger Crane Game Championship00:35:50 Fire in the Lake00:45:25 Pacific Typhoon00:48:40 TJ Gaming + Thematic Trick-Taking Games00:49:10 Take Time00:58:08 Ghost Lift + Yonkai no Yokai01:03:09 Peanut's Talent Show01:12:39 No Loose Ends01:16:58 A Midsummer Night's Dream01:24:01 The Slasher01:32:49 My Own Sunny Day01:38:13 Rowdy Partners01:45:55 A Very Civil Whist01:55:14 Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game, Shards of Creation, 30 to Go, ESP: Experiment in Supersensory Perspicacity02:00:33 Tricky Landing02:04:04 (Robo)Tricked Out02:08:52 Mü, Ouroboros Trick, Final Binary, Kusoge Trick02:19:26 Sign-offThanks to our sponsor – Living Lunch Novelties!To learn more about Lurid Cove:visit the Lurid Cove Kickstarter pageLurid Cove Game Overview video on Kickin' It Creative YouTubeThanks so much for listening and for your support! For more content crafted by Candice, visit kickinitcreative.comWe've got official merch now! Be one of the first to rock the first run of KIC swag!

In this episode, I kick it with Cole Wehrle, who's a friend, but also one of my absolute favorite game designers. Cole shares some exciting updates about on his new publishing company (Buried Giant Studios). Then we both had a lot of fun Fresh Plays to share before we discussed what we find awesome about multi-use cards in board games, and eventually share some of our favs. Thanks so much for listening!00:00:00 Introduction00:01:25 Exciting Updates! Buried Giant Studios & Wehrlegig 00:06:47 Squawk 'N' Roll - my newsletter00:08:55 Birthday Arcs Campaign...let's goooo!00:14:07 Fresh Plays00:15:32 Winter Break Family Gaming (Indonesia, Root, Sceptre 1027 A.D.)00:19:07 <popcorn side quest> Yubitsume00:21:58 Bomb500:27:54 Cross Bronx Expressway00:30:52 People Power00:35:38 Wizard00:38:36 Baghdad: City of Peace (Calimala, Sankore, Forest Shuffle, Web of Power)00:51:24 The Magic of Multi-Use Cards00:51:54 multi-use card examples (Desolate, Concordia, Land & Freedom)00:57:50 Virgin Queen01:01:04 Triumph & Tragedy01:02:33 Dune: Imperium01:03:38 Concordia01:06:36 Glory to Rome01:07:29 Race for the Galaxy (San Juan)01:09:42 Gloomhaven01:12:04 Guards of Atlantis II01:19:09 Oath01:24:25 Combat Commander: Europe (Tank Duel, Fields of Fire)01:36:13 Sign-offThanks to our sponsor – Living Lunch Novelties!To learn more about Lurid Cove:visit the Lurid Cove Kickstarter pageLurid Cove Game Overview video on Kickin' It Creative YouTubeThanks so much for listening and for your support! For more content crafted by Candice, visit kickinitcreative.comWe've got official merch now! Be one of the first to rock the first run of KIC swag!