Episode 73 Summer of Games III concludes, Sidereal Confluence, War Chest, Dungeon Fighter, Star Realms and more

Intro Banter - This is the (mostly) unscripted intro to the show! We catch up, play games, talk about games that perhaps did not make the main show, and just gab, Welcome! 

What did you learn? -  Back to school spectacular! The guys present some thoughts on what curriculum to follow when teaching a mechanic to someone or a group. This is a list of games that take a mechanic from its bare bones implementation (intro to) all the way up to an advanced placement course. This episode the hosts pick a course and submit their titles and discuss!

Alex: Dexterity

Intro to Dexterity  - Animal Upon Animal/ Super Rhino Hero

Intermediate Dex - Dungeon Fighter By Aureliano Buonfino, Lorenzo Silva, Lorenzo Tucci Sorrentino Published By IELLO Released in 2011

Advanced  Dex - Crokinole By Uncredited Published by Public Domain Released in 1876

Larry: Deck Building!

Intro To DB - Star Realms By Robert Dougherty, Darwin Kastle Published by White Wizard Games Released in 2014

Intermediate DB - Marvel Champions: The Card Game By Michael Boggs Nate French & Caleb Grace Published by Fantasy Flight Games Released in 2019

Advanced DB - CCG’s represented here by the current king of the heap, and fellow heavyweights!Magic: The Gathering By Richard Garfield Published by Wizards of the Coast Released in 1993

YuGioh! Trading card game By Big Bocca, Kazuki Takahashi Published by Upper Deck Entertainment Released in 1996

Very Honorable Mention -  This title actually can serve as a master class in all three areas, being a title that is marketed and sold to both children and adults, being at home on the playground and in the highest levels of Competitive play:

Pokemon TCG By Takumi Akabane, Tsunekaz Ishihara Published by The Pokémon Company International Released in 1996

Summer of Games:

Summer Blockbusters - We cover games that show us to a great time in the Summer Blockbuster tradition; on the table in game form. Television or Movies these games are all larger than life and ready to entertain!

Alex: Marvel Legendary By Devin Low Published by Upper Deck Entertainment Released in 2012

Larry: Star Trek: Frontiers By Vlaada Chvátil, Andrew Parks Published by WizKids Released in 2016

How can we help - This is an opportunity for the hosts to encourage the listeners to support their FLGS with practical tips and strategies to help our board game providers during this tough time.

1. Reach out to them and communicate, let them know you are still here.
2. Help around the store physically as much as you can, stock, cleaning  etc.
3. Save your dollars for your local Store.
4. Lend your talents, where you can, i.e. If you are a techie and the store is challenged, help out. If you are an artist, volunteer to do artwork for them, etc. Use your talents to help “At Home”.

Summer Of Games Game choice: Our Hosts share their end of show games to go get right now!

Alex: Sidereal Confluence: Trading and Negotiation in the Elysian Quadrant Designed by TauCeti Deichmann Published by WizKids Released in 2017

Larry: War Chest By Trevor Benjamin, David Thompson (I) Published by Alderac Entertainment Group Released in 2018

Links: 

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Aaron Neville

Music:  As always from the amazing community of gifted musicians, arrangers, and composers over at ocremix.org go visit and support them for the full project and so much more amazing music!

Intro/Interlude/Outro : 

Better Days / by TSori feat. Deedubs

Original Song - Drachma's Theme

From The Album - Arcadia Legends

Project Page - http://arcadia.ocremix.org  Arcadia Legends

Content Group - Skies of Arcadia

Original Copyright Information - Sega 

Original Composer - Tatsuyuki Maeda