Faggles To Faggles

There are a lot of new game ideas on Kickstarter. This week we talk about two of them. First, we chat with our pal Michael Fox from The Little Metal Dog Show about a game he’s developing called Ace Of Spies. Learn more about this fantastic looking card game and how you can support it on Kickstarter. You can also follow the campaign on Facebook and Twitter.

Then we play a game from a successfully funded Kickstarter campaign. It’s called Faggles To Faggles. We learn about it from the guys who created it Bryan & Dan. Then we play this outrageous party game with them.

Brian has another rant about his office’s snack days. We also talk about the fanboydom of My Little Pony, known as Bronies.

And we manage to insult deaf people. Yet again. Our apologizes in advance.

To contact Bryan & Dan about possible reprints of Faggles To Faggles, you can email them at heygirlhey@fagglestofaggles. You can also follow the Faggles on Facebook and Twitter.

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Would You Rather…?

Would You Rather...?The gang from Secretly Timid joins us this week for a rousing round of mind-boggling, thought-provoking dilemmas: Would You Rather…?

Things we discuss include: Stephenie Meyer, who on Captain Planet had the lamest power, the fear of cement trucks, adult diapers filled with cake and what would you do with six inches?

And Brian opens an old wound of Jon’s regarding our theme song contest.

Phenomenally huge thanks to Jon, Paul and Danielle for joining us this week. We are crazy about their podcast and you should be too. Check them out at secretlytimid.com.

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Memory Madness

Memory MadnessMike’s here this week and we see how many things we can rattle off before forgetting when we play Memory Madness. Things we discuss include Justin Bieber, the one naughty limerick we can remember, the end of Curtis’s mandatory overtime (huzzah!), volunteering with the Charity Chicks, Pride 48 in Vegas, and pub trivia.

And of course, we end up talking about the Golden Girls. Natch.

If you aren’t listening to Mike’s podcast, y’all need to get on that. What are you waiting for? Find him at whatsomewouldcalllies.com.

We also recommend the fantastic audio fiction podcast, The Truth. It’s so good! They are at thetruthapm.com.

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Trivial Pursuit TV Edition

This week’s thrift store game tests our television knowledge from over 20 years ago. Tonight, we play Trivial Pursuit TV Edition and reminisce of television shows of yore. Find out why Brian keeps talking about flavors of pie and what Curtis’s family thought he was doing in the bathroom when he was in high school.

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Zip-It

After hearing our show on Bananagrams, the good folks at Bananagrams sent us a fun new game to play. Zip-It is a quick crossword game. Each round can be played in as few as 20 seconds.

Other stuff we talk about include: Brian’s back from Denver, Curtis has a bad back, Facebook gout studies, @wetfurpigs and untimely death of our interest in Draw Something.

Thanks to Christina from Greetings from Nowhere and David for the recent iTunes reviews. We really appreciate them.

Also, huge hat tip to Judee from Bananagrams for sending us this game to play.

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Othello

The box says “A minute to learn… a lifetime to master.” It’s called Othello but it has nothing to do with the Shakespeare tragedy. Or does it?

Other things we discuss include Dyson vacuums, diverticulitus, desecrating currency, Downton Abbey, and other delightful things.

You can play Othello courtesy of Amy in New Zealand’s husband at hewgill.com/othello.

Thanks to TVD for the recent iTunes review.

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Pig Mania (Pass The Pigs)

Pig Mania (Pass The Pigs)Tonight, we play Pig Mania, also known as Pass The Pigs. This means we also talk about bacon. Natch.

Other topics during table talk include: Our moms, movies, the Roku, Community and Secretly Timid‘s birthday boy Jon.

We give a few shout outs for people who have gotten in touch with us recently and written iTunes reviews. Check out Jonathan’s recommendation of Game Night Guys on the gaming website, Troll in the Corner.

Also, We are now on Stitcher!

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Cribbage

Cribbage is one of the oldest and most enduring card games. Tonight we learn not only how to play the game, but also some of its rich history with the help of Jordan Wiklund, author of the blog Cribbageland. He’s writing a book titled Cribbageland: The People, Craft & Culture of a Curious Game. To learn more about Cribbage, go to Cribbageland.com. You can follow Jordan on Twitter (@JordanWiklund) and like Cribbageland on Facebook.

Also, blue_hitchiker leaves us a voicemail to clarify some confusion we had last week. Sorta.

Other things we discuss include a follow-up on Curtis’s broken Fitbit, the reason Brian is bad at math, Draw Something overload, Brian’s accidental stache, and we end up singing a lot of Winger. Our apologies.

Big thanks to NDLando for the new iTunes review. If you leave us an iTunes review, we’ll send you a puppy, or mention you on the show.

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Bananagrams

This week’s show is bananas! We play a listener and How Much Do We Love… favorite, Bananagrams. Our table talk includes: daylight savings time, Drunk Hulk, the Fitbit, roller derby and the drama around Curtis’s game night.

Thanks to Michael & Jonathan for reaching out to us this week and to blue_hitchhiker & Buhlou Bear for the iTunes reviews.

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Battlestar Galactica The Board Game

We immerse ourselves into the highly-praised science fiction television show when we play Battlestar Galactica The Board Game. Will the Cylons defeat us? Eh… most likely. We also talk about our new favorite app, Draw Something; available on both iOS and Android.

Thanks to Jeffrey Ricker for sending us the game to try out. Check out his book Detours and his blog. He’s awesome. So say we all.

And finally, we play the entries from our theme song lyrics contest. Big thanks to Scott, Jon, Rod and Mike for submitting entries. They were all terrific and it was very difficult picking winners.

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