Board on the Air: Recent Episodes
David Stevenson
Join the father daughter gaming duo on CFCR where they will discuss their journey into the resurgence of modern board games and the current events surrounding the industry. Most people remember playing the basics like monopoly or battleship, but the modern world of board games has created fictional worlds much more sophisticated and beautiful feeding into the competitiveness, socialization, imagination and artistic beauty that we all can enjoy. From the co-operative team player to the hard core builder or strategist, David and Shea will be discussing the various options that are out there wh
After last weeks show we look at games that attract new gamers but they should stay away from for a while.
We look at games we like to play with new gamers or gamers who haven't played a lot of games and why.
Jordan joins Shea and David to go over their top 20's together. Grab a drink and some snacks as this is a long one.
How have games that have a Narrative story evolved in recent years? We look at the linear and non-linear paths they are following.
We start our discussion on Tooncon, next week we will finish it, and then we will give our rundown in 2 weeks.
We did this in our 30th episode, and we like to think we have matured as gamers since then.
Depending on where you are sitting, can it affect how well you do or how much fun you have? We discuss it.
How much are you annoyed by games that arrive dmaged or games that get damaged while playing
We look at the best experiences from crowdfunding. From pledging right to delivery. Who did it the best for us.
We look at if the theme in a game affect if you are drawn to a game or if you enjoy a game.
How does a frustrating game effect your take on games and help to challenge the industry,
We look at how a game with a lot of pieces/expansions/stuff factor in to how often it gets played
Its our annual fundraiser for the radio station we are on and we do a top 5 of games that catch our eye when they are on the table.
We got all of us in the same room and discuss our top 10 games. Sit back and listen to the chaos.
As we do at the end of every season, we do a two part series of our top games, this year we expanded it to 20.
Race to the end, set number of rounds, elimination,....what are our favorite ways for games to end. Listen and find out.
As you know Dave doesn't see theme, and Shea loves theme. So might as well look at top 10 Games with Theme (in our opinion)
We discuss why Dave broke his resolution to stop buying Deluxe Games, spoiler alert - It's MistaRAU's fault
There was a new top game in the BGG top 100, so we look at the games that have held down that spot.
Join us as we list our top 10 most anticipated games for 2023? Hopefully Shea plays some of her list this year.
We look back at our most anticipated from 2022, and see if we played any of them, and if we liked them.
Our year in gaming review, how many games did we play, how many different games did we play and what did we play the most
Our Annual top 10 new to us games. What are our favourites we played for the first time in 2022
We saw a video about the 5 games you would start with if you lost your entire collection. Sounded fun so here is our list.
We revisit teaching games, after 3+ seasons of the show, what have we learned about teaching games that we weren't doing before.
The second week of FMphassis, our top 5 this week is games that the other host is wrong about
What is a shelf of shame, and how many exceptions can David come up with to justify buying more games.
It's been a while since we did the news, so we are dedicating this entire show to the news.
Are there games you love, but are really bad at? We discuss some games that we are terrible at but would never turn down a game of.
Another topic that came up on the youtubers this week, are Expansions useless and not needed?
We take a break to look at Engine Building, is this a mechanic because BGG doesn't think so.
We are starting a new series where we talk about themes in games, we start it off talking about Colonialism (why....)
Its that time of the year for David's New Years Gaming Resolution (and this time he is going to keep it)
How do you set the mood for board gaming, adding Background to the increase the game atmosphere
When does a game have value? is it number of plays, is it the enjoyment you get out of the games, we look at what it is for us.
We carry on from last week and talk about rulebooks. Once more sharing what we like and hate....
We look at Player Aids that are included with games. What do we like and what annoys us.
How not to keep track of time and miss out on getting to your main topic, but we have some great discussions on all the news from the Dice Tower Summer Spectacular
Special Episode where we discuss games to start your collection with, i.e. you already have some games, what are you going with to make it a collection to be proud of.....
Ok we are ripping the bandage off a sore subject tonight. Horizontal or Vertical Storage, which is the best way to do it?
What is FOMO and should you care? David and Shea both have opinions on this marketing ploy.....
we finish season 2 with David's top ten games currently, see what changed and what stayed the same from the end of Season 1
As we come to the end of Season 2, we are doing our second annual top 10 games games. Shea is up first, what is her #1 this year?
Another Head to Head to Head with Train games, Trans America, Ticket to Ride, and Railways of the World.
We are starting a new thing. Game comparisons, we look at a couple Viking themed games Raiders vs Champions.
Our 100th episode so we did something special with our top 10 games that influenced us.
Part 2 of our games that disappointed us, we had fun last week and felt we didn't get a chance to finish our discussion.
Every get excited to play a game and then have it disappoint you? We look at a few games that have left us with that exact feeling.
When you look at your game collection, how many of each type of games do you need? We aren't sure either but have fun discussing it.
We took our time to get to this one, but we finally look at online board game simulators. Join us as we pick our favourites.
Campaign Games, why are they so hard to start, continue, and finish? Join us while we figure it out.
We discuss Board Game Inserts, ones that come with the game and the fancy ones you can add after the fact
Shea and Dave finally research a topic......OK we played a bunch of 2 player only games and we discuss the genre.
Theme vs Immersion, is there a difference? Who knows? but we discuss it and try to figure it out.
We look at Board Game economics, why do new games cost what they do and why do used games cost what they do. We don't know but have fun discussing it.
It's our year in review, we look back at our stats form the year, come check out how many plays we had this year.
This show we talk about Hobbies inside of the board gaming hobby, and I am not talking about collecting board games.....
Its our Christmas Gift Giving guide. 13 categories that we looked at and offered suggestions for people to look at.
We talk about transporting your games, to game night, to a friends and in our case when you are moving.
The first of 2 weeks of FM-phasis, CFCR's annual fundraising event. We touch on what makes you a real board gamer for some entertainment.
We dive into Reviews of Board Games, Integrity and negative reviews. How one doesn't equate to the other.
Last episode was small box games so this one we are tackling big box games. Are these space eaters worth it?
This episode we talk about Turn Order, how it is used in games and how we like it used in games.
Are you a completionist? Do you need to have everything? We discuss it on this weeks episode.
On this episode we discuss components in board games. What we like and what we don't. NOT deluxifying games, but sort of what makes us.....
We discuss what we feel the enemies of board gaming, i.e what hampers new people from taking up board games as a hobby.
Our first show back after our COVID 19 Shutdown. We discuss our gaming through the shutdown.
Our ToonCon review episode, as we talk about what we played at our local gaming convention.
Dave and Shea kick off Season 2 by welcoming the Tooncon executives to the show to talk about the upcoming gaming convention in Saskatoon.
We discuss Social vs Party games, are they the same thing, are they different, and are they any good?
We discuss definitions for common Board Game terms. We didn't quite make it through our entire list, so we may have to make this a regular segment.
Do you track your stats? Shea and I discuss Board Game Stats in our gaming, what do we track and why.
We dive into Euro's and David tries to convince you that it is the only genre to care about.
We talk about hype in board games, is it good, bad and how to see if it is justified or not.
We discuss Card games (non-deck builders), and give some good options for those that like that tactile feeling of having cards in their hands.
This is our Christmas Buying guide as we go through different Genre's, different types of Gamers, and the hot new games from this year.
On this episode we discuss Abstract Strategy games. What we like about these theme-less beauties and why they have such a broad appeal,
We discuss board games based on video games, what they are and why we haven't played any of them.
We tackle the hot new genre, Roll and Writes. David has bashed these on the show but has now started playing some of them and has enjoyed them. So we are talking about them.
Tonight we discuss ideas for what to play with People who are not board gamers or aren't fans of board gaming.
Shea and Jordan discuss App versions of board games......wait, what, who's Jordan? As Shea's brother and David's son he has been the subject of many rants and the butt of even more jokes, Jordan sits in for David, as our Loyal listeners finally get to hear the infamous Jordan on our podcast.
David discusses his top 10 mechanics in part 2 of our special celebrating reaching 30 episodes.
With our 30th episode we decided to do a 2 part series on our top 10 game mechanics. This episode is Shealynn's list, have a listen and see if you agree with her.
This episode we discuss what attracts us to specific games, and what makes us want to play them.
On this episode we discuss the ending of games, things we like and somethings we don't.
We talk about some of the games we played while out at the lake, it was a lengthy list so only got through a few of them.
On this episode we discuss taking care of your games and concerns about lending them out.
Expansions, The good, bad and the ugly. Join us while we discuss what we think about expansions.
Theme vs Mechanics, which is more important? David and Shea totally disagree on this one....
Do you deluxify your board games? Do you know what that is? Shea and David discuss the upgrades that they know about and thoughts on them. join them as they make their games even prettier.
Shea and Dave Talk the news, what he has been playing and some random game that Shea played some time. For our main topic we discuss Kickstarter.
Shea and Dave discuss High Player count games, at how many players does a game become a high player count game, and suggestions for games that aren't just party games.
For our 10th episode we did a top ten of why we play board games. Shea did 5 and I did 5, sort of...
We discuss Cooperative games, what we like and dislike, and how can you like a game that doesn't have a winner?
We talk about Route Builders on this weeks episode along with our usual what we have been playing (Brass and Legendary: Marvel).
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Dave and Shea delve into Modern Classic Games. What makes a modern classic and if there will be more going forward.
This is a digital copy of our Radio show on CFCR 90.5. We start our show with a discussion of What we have been playing (Lords of Waterdeep, Champions of Midguard), then move on to notable news before tackling why there is such a mixed opinion on Catan. We then finish up with the next game we will be tackling (Gloomhaven).