Guns, Dice, Butter XXIV: Nov 5, 2015

Welcome to episode XXIV of Guns, Dice, Butter

0:00 Intro: Guns Returns!

0:04: Richard Berg and Mark Herman

 

1st segment: Point of SPI orgin, Tiny Tim, Herman’s career as a roadie for Lover, Berg’s singing career

2nd segment: Design and game components

3rd segment: What makes a good multiplayer wargame? Herman & Berg works in progress.

4th segment: Depth of historical knowledge drives designs: Ancients: battles, operational dynamics, logistics

 

1:07: GaGa Panel: Marty Sample, Wendell Albright, John Alsen

 

1st segment: Background on GaGa list (game lust & fanboys): Games discussed: Enemy Action Ardennes, Liberty/Victory Roads, Napoleon’s Triumph, Fire in the Lake, COIN (Falling Sky and Liberty or Death) 

2nd segment: Roll playing wargames: Here I Stand/Virgin Queen, Sekigahara, Amateurs to Arms, Kingdom of Heaven, Genesis

3rd segment: Card Driven Wargames and others: No Retreat series, Command & Colors, Empire of the Sun, Pursuit of Glory, Unhappy King Charles, Triumph of Chaos, Carthage: 1st Punic War

4th segment: It’s been a FABULOUS ten year run for wargames

 

2:38: Wrap up

 

References:

 

Gaga List: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/198680/welcome-gaga-zone-wargames-high-fanboy-bases-and-l

 

My Session Reports: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/175938/1st-mnsawatdeeherr-dr-session-reports

 

Guns, Dice, Butter, now with over 70k downloads, is available on iTunes, Boardgamegeek, Consimworld and many other places where gamers hang on the web.

 

GDB website: http://gunsdicebutter.libsyn.com/