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Chris takes a look at some interesting new Kickstarter campaigns and checks back on some of the ones recently covered to see if they funded or not, and if not, what went wrong. Musée: Alf Seegert’s New Bookshelf Game of Classic Art! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/167427101/musee-alf-seegerts-new-bookshelf-game-of-classic-a?ref=users Armymals Board Game https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1084608523/armymals-board-game?ref=discovery STREET DICE, Racing For Pinks https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/45166364/street-dice-racing-for-pinks?ref=users Trekking the National Parks – The Board Game 8/2/2014 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/charliebink/trekking-the-national-parks-the-board-game?ref=users Don’t forget to check in with Kicking the Habit on Facebook and Twitter (@BGAPodcast).

As the summer wears on, the BGA crew is completely scattered on vacations, but no worries, we have technology! Drew and Daniel dial in remotely and the four of us get together to discuss a boat load of awesome games, including our feature for this week: the near mythical Marvel Dice Masters: Avengers vs. X-Men. We’ll also take a look at Airlines Europe, Bruxelles 1893, and Zombies!!! (yes, THREE exclamation points). Acquisition Disorder Corner So there’s a convention going on – if you haven’t heard. A little thing called Gencon is loading up our lists with dozens of new games we’d like…

Chris takes a look at some interesting new Kickstarter campaigns and checks back on some of the ones recently covered to see if they funded or not, and if not, what went wrong. Watch It Played – Season 4 https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/watch-it-played-season-4 Unpub – The Unpublished Games Network https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1145484738/unpub-the-unpublished-games-network?ref=users Casual Game Insider Magazine – Coming to Newsstands! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stratusgames/casual-game-insider-magazine-year-3?ref=users Don’t forget to connect with the BGA crew on Facebook and Twitter (@BGAPodcast).

The guys are all together again this week, including some remote dial in, to discuss a number of games we were able to get to the table recently. The list keeps growing so we’re going to jam as many as we can into this week’s episode for discussion, including our feature review of the extremely satisfying new worker placement game (and point bonanza), Russian Railroads, along with recent play throughs of Steam Park, Flashpoint, Guild Hall, and Concept. At the Table We have a full table this week with four games we were able to pull out and play together…

(Geek Peeks is published every Monday.) A Look at the best daily threads from the Board Game Geek general gaming forum. MONDAY, JULY 14 Which Movie Would Make a Horrible Theme for a Game submitted by 80sgamer Not surprisingly, this made for a lively discussion. There are a lot of cheesy movies out there (see: Mystery Science Theater 3000), but I picture most of them as early Ameritrash tabletops or 8-bit video games. The original poster brought up a great movie, Midnight Cowboy, and a good example of a potentially horrible theme. The suggestions ranged from cult films to cheese…

This week Chris takes a look at the following games funding on Kickstarter: Flash Point – Honor & Duty Expansion https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2012515236/flash-point-call-of-duty-expansion?ref=users Core Worlds Digital https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1468883172/core-worlds-digital?ref=users Everything Alhambra! – Big Box + Special Edition & More https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1016374822/everything-alhambra-big-box-special-edition-and-mo?ref=users Zombicide: Season 3 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/zombicide-season-3?ref=users Don’t forget to check out BoardGameGeek and discuss with us more about these games and get up to date insights on Kickstarter’s hottest projects.

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.