mythos tales

Ambie and Crystal talk about the Dice Tower Cruise and answer some patron questions about the cruise Announcements: 0:40 Dice Tower Cruise Recap: 2:06 Patron Questions: 15:38 --Why a board gaming cruise over a convention?: 15:50 --Was it hard to decide between cruise and game?: 19:30 --Any problems with seasickness?: 21:02 --Well I'm already on vacation so I might as well...: 23:20 --Did movement cause issues with dexterity games?: 24:09 --Was the cruise all-inclusive or did it have micro-transactions?: 25:02 Outro: 27:56 No Bloopers: 28:51

Ambie and Crystal discuss Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures and King of Tokyo. We then talk about games we love in genres we hate, and Crystal goes over the origins of the word "anomaly." Announcements: 0:49 Recent Games: 1:38 Games We Love in Genres We Hate: 10:59 Board Game Etymology - 'Anomaly': 28:29 Outro: 29:25 Bloopers: 30:47 Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/204305/sherlock-holmes-consulting-detective-jack-ripper-w King of Tokyo: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70323/king-tokyo

Ambie and Crystal discuss 1889 and Sunset Over Water. We then talk about what can make a game objectively bad, and Crystal goes over the origins of the word "bad." Announcement: 1:00 Recent Games: 3:09 Objectively Bad Games: 12:09 Board Game Etymology - 'Bad': 26:03 Outro: 27:23 Bloopers: 28:27 1889: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/23540/1889 Sunset Over Water: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/224904/sunset-over-water

Ambie, Cassadi, and Crystal go off-format in this special episode and discuss their favorites of 2016, as well as what they're looking forward to for 2017.

In this episode of The State of Games, Dice, TC, Jessica, and special guest Matt Riddle talk all about secrets in board games, from the mentality behind non-disclosure agreements, people hoarding game information during design and development, and even our favorite games that involve secrets like hidden information, hidden roles, traitors, and so on. All this, plus more on the lawsuit between Myriad and Zap'd Games, a little bit of publisher etiquette on eliciting support from the review community, SeaFall, Sherlock Holmes, Mythos Tales, Spires, the tiniest little 4x in the galaxy, the Gamers for Cures 24-hour Board Game Marathon, and so much more!

Ambie, Cassadi, and Crystal discuss Dark Moon, Puerto Rico, and Quantum. We also discuss the Spiel winners as well as past Spiel winners we enjoy, and the origins of the word "win."