Play Saves the World

Alice is the author of several books. http://aliceconnor.com/#about-the-author. She also writes for Daily Worker Placement, including a series titled “Playing at Religion”, and co-hosts the podcast "…

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Define Ameritrash and Euro, what is the experience like, how do they work?

The promise and problem of player elimination (Monopoly, Chess, Checkers, Risk)

Direct versus indirect competition

Excite…

Mandi Hutchinson of Salt and Sass Games is a teacher and educator, and she explores ways that board games have shaped her life and work. Games help the art of teaching whether it's a middle school cl…

Derek White is The Geek Preacher – a United Methodist pastor, D&D gamer, social media leader, and a major part of Satanic Panic documentary (streaming on TubiTV in the USA).

Is Star Wars a work of s…

Reports and Statistics!

Average downloads per episode
Downloads by country and US state

Progress

How we've grown and changed – yeah we miss the opening skit and clap but …

Priorities

The book!
C…

Spiritual Lessons of Negotiation Games

1. Healthy Rules and Freedom Existing Side-by-Side Helps Us to Be Creative and Joyful. The best part of negotiation games for me (Daniel) is the free for all, th…

Listener Spotlight

• "Kary" is a teacher from North Carolina
• She found out about Board Game Faith through Facebook!
• Game she's digging:  Played "Sequence" for the first time and really enjoyed it.
• Wh…

Board Games and Buddhism, with Takuya Ono

00:00 Introduction
01:23 How I became a Buddhist priest and jushoku
03:52 Duties of a Buddhist temple master in Japan
06:06 Board Gaming in Japan, and the O…

Ideas behind the class

What are board games, what is their history, how do they work, and why do they matter?

Structuring the class

I revisited some of our previous episodes – defining a game, Ber…

LISTENER HIGHLIGHT!

• Jim from Pennsylvania

MAIL BAG!

• Episode 21 feedback - So grateful to @CampingMeeple's response to episode 21 - how to start a board game group:  "We are trying to keep a Boa…

Daniel Thurot of the Space-Biff! newsletter and podcast discusses board games as devotion and religious exploration, Mormonism, and religious identity. What does it mean for board games to explore re…

We examine the medieval Book of Games, King Alfonso of Spain's 1283 book about chess, dice games, and board games like Backgammon. There are rich insights here into medieval and modern board games – …

A regular board game group is a powerful way to build inter-generational relationships and community at your house of worship. But how and where to start? Daniel and Kevin share their experiences: wh…

This thoughtful conversation moves from traveling, gaming with parents, representation in board games, the stereotypes of Muslims as either extremists or as hijab enforcers, the common sense decency …

Here is the original Dice Tower's "Top 10 Enemies of Gaming" Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytUUQhKdzL0

Mechthild of Magdeburg (13 century German mystic poet and writer), “Clothe yourself wit…

Adrian Adamescu is a chemist (with a PhD in Chemistry) and board game designer (Sagrada, Dice Theme Park, 7 Summits, Speakeasy Blues, Creatures & Cupcakes). We interview him about growing up in Roman…

OPENING GAME - Rock-Paper-Scissors/Roshambo

CELEBRATION - Had first newsletter this week!

INTRO TO MAIN TOPIC - what is an action selection game?
GrenadierBG on Discord recommends Adam in Wales v…

INTRO IMPROV GAME: Characters in a classic Spaghetti Western film play the game Lord of the Rings: Journey in Middle Earth (currently #97 on Board Game Geek). Apologies for our ridicuous accents!

J…