Mexican Train

This week we accept the challenge from Rob & Sara from How Much Do We Love… to play a domino game known as Mexican Train. For some reason, this causes us to sing quite a bit.

We also talk about our new contest that you should enter. The contest is simple: write and perform lyrics for our theme song. Creative counts! You can perform it karaoke style, a cappella, sing it to our voicemail line… however you want.

Just email the file or link to where it’s posted by February 29, 2012. We’ll pick our favorites and play them on the show.

So far we have two fantastic prizes to give away from our friends at Burt’s Bees.

You can download our theme song or use this YouTube video to sing along with.

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Poker Pals, Bejeweled, Quarrel DX and Ticket To Ride Pocket

Poker Pals, Bejeweled, Quarell DX & Ticket To Ride PocketThis week we showcase four of our favorite iOS games. First we play Poker Pals which is a cross between a poker and a board game. Then we mine for diamonds with the newly updated Bejeweled. Quarrel DX  combines the land domination fun of Risk and the word building of Scrabble. We round out our gameplay with the mobile version of Ticket To Ride.

Also in this episode, Curtis shares his theory that the universe is conspiring against our podcast and Brian continues his quest to find a decent food truck festival in Phoenix.

If you want to play iOS games with us, you can find us on Game Center. Our usernames are cecilgene and cheapblueguitar.

Finally, we thank Jeffrey Ricker and wakertwojerk for their recent iTunes reviews.  If you leave us a review, let us know and we’ll send you a handwritten thank you note. Really!

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Don’t You Forget It

Don't You Forget ItHappy New Year! We ring in the new year with a game that is very similar to Farkle. It’s called Don’t You Forget It and the goal is not to roll the words For, Get and It. Our table talk includes our respective New Year’s Eves, the shocking reveal that Curtis claims to have never heard Berlin’s No More Words and Brian still loves making the 24 countdown beep.

Plus, we answer a question from Terminally Single Tim about what games make a great game night. Some of our favorite game night games include:

If you’d like to help our podcasting friends Dave & Alonso from Linoleum Knife with the costs not covered by insurance from a recent arson attempt at their home, you can donate a few bucks at daveandalonsofirecosts.chipin.com.

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Xboxmas 2011

‘Tis the season for combat, ninjas, zombies and DJs! It’s our second annual holiday special episode, Xboxmas! This year, our special guest is a familiar voice. Mike joins us as Curtis gives us a tour of some favorite video games. First we return the land of combat with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Then Mike & Brian give the Kinect a try by chopping a lot of produce with Fruit Ninja. Next, Curtis tries to protect his house from invasion as he plays Plants Vs. Zombies. We round everything out with some hot jams from DJ Hero 2.

We also hear some holiday greetings from some of our podcasting friends who have been on the show this year. Big thanks to Secretly Timid, Pod is My CoPilot and Linoleum Knife.

Huge hat tip to Mike for joining us again. Be sure to check out his new podcast What Some Would Call Lies at whatsomewouldcalllies.com or iTunes.

We hope everyone has a super fun and safe holiday season. Merry Christmas!

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Last Word

Last WordWho will have the last word when we play Last Word? It’s an easy-to-learn, fast-paced word game similar to Catch Phrase and Scattergories. During the game, we talk about cooking and baking including artisan bread making inspired by our friends at How Much Do We Love…

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A Christmas Story The Board Game

It’s the holiday season, so what better time to play the game based on the popular Christmas comedy: A Christmas Story The Board Game. And who better to play it with than movie critics Alonso Duralde and Dave White of the Linoleum Knife podcast.

We of course talk a lot about movies, but also Brian’s mysterious magazine subscription. Plus we get a surprise visitor.

You can subscribe to Dave & Alonso’s podcast at linoleumknife.libsyn.com or through iTunes. You can also hit them up on Facebook and follow them on Twitter: @linoleumcast.

Also be sure to check out Alonso’s book Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas available on Amazon.com. It makes a great stocking stuffer.

Thanks to Dave & Alonso for joining us. We had a ton of fun and no one shot their eye out.

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Spit

SpitSay it, don’t spray it! Tonight, we attempt to play the classic card game, Spit. It turns out there are a ton of variations to playing this game, so if you have any tips for us, let us know! We also discuss Thanksgiving, Black Friday & Pie Party.

Congratulations to our Codigo Cube contest winners Tim & Jon!

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Doodlebops Get On The Bus Board Game

This week’s game is based on a Canadian children’s television show and cost a whopping penny. It’s called Doodlebops Get on the Bus Board Game.

Things we talk about this episode include: Brian’s special Amazon wish list just for Curtis, the new Kindle Fire, Rerun Reintroductions and the Foul Monkeys upcoming 400th episode.

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Coffee Talk

Coffee Talk is a game that has very little to do with coffee but is much more about talking. While playing the game, our conversation turns to the All Souls Procession in Tucson, meeting the lovely Nessa from the Hello Nessa podcast and the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

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Codigo Cube

It’s trivia night here on Game Night Guys. Tonight we play a game called Codigo Cube. It’s a QR coded die that uses an app on a smartphone to give you trivia questions and keep score. Nifty, right?

Big thanks to Todd at Four Clowns Game and Toy Company in Scottsdale, Arizona for sending us this game to play. Learn more about Codigo Cube at codigocube.com.

Win a Codigo Cube by either leaving a comment on this blog post or retweeting this tweet.

One entry per person. Deadline to enter is November 25, 2011.

We also give shout outs to a few podcasts: Linoleum Knife, Live It Up!, and The Satyrsphere.

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