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This week Chris takes a look at the following games funding on Kickstarter: A Fist Full of Dinero https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1149948327/a-fistful-of-dinero?ref=users MALPRACTICE! An Original Card Game https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1044140386/malpractice-an-original-card-game?ref=users Mini-Helmet Football Game https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1710509645/mini-helmet-football-game?ref=users Non-Player Cards (NPC): An NPC Inspiration Generator https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/metalweavedesigns/non-player-cards-npc-a-card-based-npc-generator?ref=users Don’t forget to check out BoardGameGeek and our guild to discuss all of these games and up to date insights on Kickstarter’s hottest projects.

This is a game we’ve been eager to review for MONTHS and now it’s finally hit the table often enough to make it to the feature spot. This week, Anthony, Chris, Daniel and Drew get together and play Mice and Mystics – the epic game of cheese hunting, rat fighting, mouse-led heroics from Plaid Hat Games. Along with our epic, narrated adventure, we discuss Colosseum, Rise of Augustus, and Game of Thrones: Westeros Intrigue. Listen to learn what we think of each of these games. At the Table This week’s games all follow a similar theme as the guys fight…

This week Chris takes a look at the following games funding on Kickstarter: Pop Dice: 3D Printed Dice: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/103571640/pop-dice-3d-printed-dice?ref=users Game Over: the 2-6 Player Battle Royale: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1142085862/game-over-the-2-6-player-card-based-battle-royale?ref=users Weekend in Vegas: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/664930414/weekend-in-vegas-0?ref=users Wanted Board Game: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vandcgames/wanted-board-game-0?ref=users

This week Chris discusses the following Kickstarter Projects: Crazier Eights: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/recoculous/crazier-eights-a-fantasy-card-game?ref=discovery Dilemma: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1520166758/dilemma-by-braintree-games?ref=discovery Island Dice: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1491087042/island-dice-survive-the-players-the-island-and-the?ref=discovery Fingol: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2125581777/fingol-soccer-world-cup-board-game Make sure to connect with www.boardgamersanonymous.com/ to read more about Kickstarter projects and BGA recommendations.

This week Chris covers the following Kickstarter projects: AVGhost: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/804652091/avghost-a-board-game-played-in-the-dark?ref=nav_search Clash! Dawn of Steam the Card Game: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/madapegames/clash-dawn-of-steam-the-card-game Antidote: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1839615594/antidote-a-game-of-deduction-deception-and-mortali?ref=users Multi-Vs: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/multi-vs/multi-vs-crossover-anime-card-game?ref=users Make sure to check out www.boardgamersanonymous.com/ for more information about Kickstarter projects.

In honor of the World Cup, Anthony, Chris, and Drew get together and pit 32 of the best fantasy tabletop games in the hobby against each other in 8 groups of four games. We vote for the winners and discuss which games are going to be the most fantasy of fantasy games. Here is a rundown of our discussion and how we chose from each of these groups: The Groups We seeded each of 8 groups below based on a single top seed for each and three additional games, based on rankings from BGG.com. Group A Mage Knight Board Game…

(Humor Us is a weekly series, published every Friday.) Make sure to thank Matt M. Casey of the Clever Move blog for pointing this one out. Or you may end up blaming him… Glamour magazine must still be ticked at Cosmopolitan for stealing its ­­­­­­mojo a few decades back. Ever since then, their writers have been competing with Cosmo in penning the most banal sex columns possible. Along comes one Gena Kaufman – in whose bio you’ll actually find the phrase “when your love life hands you lemons…” – with an article entitled “How to Make Playing Board Games Sexier.”…

Daniel interviews Brandon Rausch about Dubious Alliance and the process of launching a game on Kickstarter, along with how he plans to continue growing the game in the future. Check out Kicking the Habit on www.boardgamersanonymous.com/ and listen to the BGA Podcast on iTunes for more about Kickstarter and other hot games from Chris, Daniel, Anthony, and Drew.

Chris talks about some of the hottest games on Kickstarter this week including Maha Yohda, Rive, God’s Gambit and Ice Age. Learn more about what games to back and for which ones you should kick back and wait.  Check out Kicking the Habit on www.boardgamersanonymous.com/ and listen to the BGA Podcast on iTunes for more about Kickstarter and other hot games from Chris, Daniel, Anthony, and Drew.  

The guys get together this week and look at four admittedly light games and then one big heavy, emotionally powerful co-op game in Freedom: The Underground Railroad. We’ll be discussing a number of important game related goings on, including the upcoming convention season as well as our most recent Kicking the Habit segment. Then we’ll dive into a quick review of Knuckle Sammich, High Tail It, and Turkey My Mayonnaise. At the Table Lots of gaming to discuss this week with a handful of discussions about recent games hitting the table. To start, the team discusses Knuckle Sammich, a game…