Shelf Stable: A Board Gaming Podcast

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#59 Why Kickstarter is Actually Okay
If you give a mouse a cookie, he's going to ask you for a niche board game. When you give him the board game, he'll ask for deluxe components. When you make him the components, he'll ask where the stretch goals are. When you invent some stretch goals, he'll tell you that this platform has gotten out of hand. And then he'll be thirsty from all his yapping so he'll ask for a glass of milk. And chances are if he asks for a glass of milk... Games we played: 4:25 - Durian (2020, Masato Uesugi, Oink) 8:31 - Schotten Totten (1999, Reiner Knizia, Iello) 13:46 - Shikoku 1889 (2004, Yasutaka Ikeda, Grand Trunk) 20:28 - Magic Maze (2017, Kasper Lapp, Sit Down!) 100 games before you die: 25:19 - Pandemic (2008, Matt Leacock, Z-Man) https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/321471/100-tabletop-games-to-play-before-turning-100 Topic: 32:31 - Why Kickstarter is Actually Okay Songs: 100 Games to Play Before You Die by Michael, Tyler, Devon, and Josh of The Boise RainBeaus ROT by Bone Haus https://bonehaus.bandcamp.com/album/in-mourning Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/ShelfStableCast All our socials https://linktr.ee/shelfstablecast
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#58 What Makes Games Funny
New from LocalThunk, comes a game like no other: YukMaker. Navigate through seven intense rounds of piecing together bits to raise your clout-level. Engage in memefarming to max out your riz mult all while avoiding deadly cringe. Games we played: 7:34 - Igloo Pop (2003, Heinz Meister & Klaus Zoch, Rio Grande) 11:12 - Aeon's End (2016, Jenny Iglesias & Nick Little & Kevin Riley, Indie Board and Cards) 16:02 - Seas of Strife (2017, Mark Major, Rio Grande) 20:56 - Project L (2020, Michal Mikes & Jan Soukal & Adam Spanel, Boardcubator) 100 games before you die: 24:44 - Under Falling Skies (2020 og2019, Tomáš Uhlíř, CGE) https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/321471/100-tabletop-games-to-play-before-turning-100 Topic: 29:45 - What Makes Games Funny? SU&SD Agricola is Funny https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ojqjk5k9sA Songs: 100 Games to Play Before You Die by Michael, Tyler, Devon, and Josh of The Boise RainBeaus ROT by Bone Haus https://bonehaus.bandcamp.com/album/in-mourning Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/ShelfStableCast All our socials https://linktr.ee/shelfstablecast
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#57 ft. Paula Deming, Women in Gaming
You heard it here first folks: Paula most definitely eats strawberries whole. Stem and all. It's a way to compensate for her shellfish allergy. Also, Dogman isn't real. 3:29 - Intro: Paula Deming 6:59 - We Have to Know! Games we played: 15:16 - Las Vegas (2012, Rüdiger Dorn, alea) Editorial note - in post, I discovered that the "Royale" joke was not my own but subconsciously stolen from Mark Bigney of SVWAG https://www.spreaker.com/episode/102-imperial-2030--22141196 Apologies, and credit where credit is due. Topic: 28:34 - Women in Gaming Amabel Holland on the Landlord’s Game https://youtu.be/wG4zLcKsCiA?feature=shared Elizabeth Hargrave stats https://bsky.app/profile/elizhargrave.bsky.social/post/3ly25x3cez227 Games by Women & People of Marginalized Genders https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/297088/games-by-women-and-people-of-marginalized-genders Where to find Paula: https://www.youtube.com/paulademing https://thisgameisbroken.libsyn.com Songs: ROT by Bone Haus https://bonehaus.bandcamp.com/album/in-mourning Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/ShelfStableCast All our socials https://linktr.ee/shelfstablecast
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#56 How to Offload Games
Cast your worldly possessions and burn those games. It's eco friendly and nobody would benefit from them anyway. Not even the buffalo that stares you down at the crossroad between life and death. Games we played: 5:07 - 1830 Railways & Robber Barons (1986, Francis Tresham & Bruce Shelley, Mayfair) 9:30 - Koi Koi (1800, Uncredited, Nintendo) 13:27 - World's Fair 1893 (2016, J. Alex Kevern, Renegade) 19:04 - Cranium Hoopla (2007, Whit Alexander & Richard Tait, Cranium Inc) 100 games before you die: 25:17 - Targi (2012, Andreas Steiger, KOSMOS) https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/321471/100-tabletop-games-to-play-before-turning-100 Topic: 29:46 - How to Offload Games Songs: 100 Games to Play Before You Die by Michael, Tyler, Devon, and Josh of The Boise RainBeaus ROT by Bone Haus https://bonehaus.bandcamp.com/album/in-mourning Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/ShelfStableCast All our socials https://linktr.ee/shelfstablecast
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#55 Rulebooks
There's a new sheriff in town that is laying down the law. They have a game overview in their holster and reference sheet plastered on their butt. They're wearing underpants made of an appendix and a hat made out of examples and illustrations. Yee-haw! You've made your last misplay Ironhide. Games we played: 2:12 - Stay Cool (2019, Julien Sentis, Scorpion Masqué) 5:22 - Linko (2014, Wolfgang Kramer, Michael Kiesling, AMIGO) 9:48 - Concept (2013, Gaëtan Beaujannot & Alain Rivollet, Repos) 13:10 - Gemlok (2007, Donald Meyer, Pywacket LLC) 100 games before you die: 17:58 - 7 Wonders (2010, Antoine Bauza, Repos) https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/321471/100-tabletop-games-to-play-before-turning-100 Topic: 22:32 - Rulebooks Songs: 100 Games to Play Before You Die by Michael, Tyler, Devon, and Josh of The Boise RainBeaus ROT by Bone Haus https://bonehaus.bandcamp.com/album/in-mourning Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/ShelfStableCast All our socials https://linktr.ee/shelfstablecast
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