Gamer's Haven Podcast

In this episode, we respond to the small mountain of feedback we hae managed to generate over the last few weeks … Total Running Time for this Episode is 95 minutes. This episode is sponsored by RPGNow.com. Please visit our sponsor and let them know that the Gamer’s Haven sent you!

In this Snippet, we give you reviews of Last Night on Earth and A Touch of Evil, both from Flying Frog Productions. This episode is sponsored by RPGNow.com, The Gamer’s Attic, and RPGShop.com. Please visit our sponsors and let them know that the Gamer’s Haven sent you!

In this episode, we break open the Mountain Dew and celebrate episode 50 with a little storytelling from the vault of games past … In the Three Parter, Ethan reviews the Battlestar Galactica board game, Nathan raves on LucasArts’ decision to re-release old games, and Jeremy talks about the Origins Awards Total Running Time for this Episode is 104 minutes. This episode is sponsored by RPGNow.com, The Gamer’s Attic, and RPGShop.com. Please visit our sponsors and let them know that the Gamer’s Haven sent you!

In this Snippet, we give you reviews of Stone Age (Rio Grande Games). This episode is sponsored by RPGNow.com, The Gamer’s Attic, and RPGShop.com. Please visit our sponsors and let them know that the Gamer’s Haven sent you!

In this Snippet episode, Ethan talks about beans in Bohnanza and Cylons in Battlestar Galactica. About Bohnanza This great card game is about planting trading and selling beans – 11 kinds of beans (the English version includes all the cards from the original game and the first expansion). Players try to collect large sets of beans to sell for gold. There is limited growing space and always new beans to plant. To avoid planting unwanted beans players trade them to other players who want them for their bean fields. Buy Bohnanza from the Gamer’s Haven Amazon Store About Battlestar Galactica Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game is an exciting game of mistrust, intrigue, and the struggle for survival which places each player in the role of one of ten of their favorite characters from the show. Each playable character has their own abilities and weaknesses, and all must work together in order for humanity to have any hope of survival. However, one or more players in every game is secretly a Cylon, and wants the humans to perish. For 3-6 players ages 10 and up, playable in 2-3 hours. Buy Battlestar Galactica from Noble Knight Games Bohnanza (Rio Grande Games), Battlestar Galactica (Fantasy Flight Games) This episode is sponsored by RPGNow.com, The Gamer’s Attic, and RPGShop.com. Please visit our sponsors and let them know that the Gamer’s Haven sent you!]]>

In this episode, we have a general discussion on board games. In the Three Parter, Ethan introduces a new segment, The Shameless Plug, Nathan Rants on Terminator Salvation, and Jeremy gives us his follow-up review to his beloved Blot Throwers from Black Tree Design. Total Running Time for this Episode is 72 minutes. This episode is sponsored by RPGNow.com, The Gamer’s Attic, and RPGShop.com. Please visit our sponsors and let them know that the Gamer’s Haven sent you!

In this first snippet rewview episode, Ethan takes a look at Steam, Bang, and Animalia. About Steam: Rails to Riches Steam, from Mayfair Games, places you in control of a railway company, with goods to deliver and track to be built! Opportunities abound, but your opponents can also take advantage of goods, demands, and the terrain to challenge you. Spend your money carefully, create a network of tracks to connect cities, and deliver goods to become the greatest railroad of them all! Buy Steam from the Gamer’s Haven Amazon Store About Bang! When a man with a pistol meets a man with a Winchester, you might say that the one with the pistol is a dead man… unless his pistol is a Volcanic! In the wild west, the Outlaws hunt the Sheriff, the Sheriff hunts the Outlaws, and the Renegade plots in secret, ready to join one side or the other. Before long, bullets start to fly! Which gunmen are Deputies, ready to sacrifice themselves for the Sheriff? And which are the merciless Outlaws, looking to gun him down? The world’s best-selling wild west card game is back in a new, richer format. Easier to learn and play than ever before! Buy Bang! from Noble Knight Games About Animalia You’re determined to be awarded the title of Best Breeder and you have three season to win as many medals as you can with your show animals. But beware, your opponents are all trying to do the same thing and they certainly won’t hesitate to use their animals’ special powers to spoil your plans. Stay alert, keep an eye on your opponents’ animals as well as your own – and see who gets to the top of the medal table! Buy Animalia from the Gamer’s Haven Amazon Store

In this episode, we talk about gaming in small groups vs. large groups works, and how we handle them. In the Three Parter, Jeremy rants on his insults on the British Isles, Nathan reviews Arkham Horror from Fantasy Flight Games, and Ethan gives us character with Curly, the one-legged obese Mexican Steamwagon driver. Total Running Time for this Episode is 76 minutes. This episode is sponsored by RPGNow.com, The Gamer’s Attic, and RPGShop.com. Please visit our sponsors and let them know that the Gamer’s Haven sent you!

In this episode, we talk about how accurate you can be, and how accurate you really have to be in a fantasy game. How does history influcence your fantasy games, and how does it influence a player’s perception of a fantasy game? In the Three Parter, Nathan brings us up to date on some recent news, Jeremy reviews Level Up, from Goodman Games, and Ethan raves on Fat Dragon Games. Total Running Time for this Episode is 88 minutes. This episode is sponsored by RPGNow.com, The Gamer’s Attic, and RPGShop.com. Please visit our sponsors and let them know that the Gamer’s Haven sent you!

In this episode, we talk about gaming PDFs, Wizards of the Coast’s decision to cease PDF publication, and more about electronic gaming. In the Three Parter, we dish out three reviews, one of Age of Conan, one of Black Tree Designs, and one of the new D&D Power Cards. This episode is sponsored by RPGNow.com, The Gamer’s Attic, and RPGShop.com. Please visit our sponsors and let them know that the Gamer’s Haven sent you! Total Running Time for this Episode is 87 minutes.

In this episode, we talk about gaming stores – what we like and dislike about ‘em, what you should look for, and the best and worst. In the Three Parter, Ethan tells us a Gamer Story, Nathan raves on Doctor Who, and Jeremy gets cut off … Total Running Time for this Episode is 97 minutes. This episode is sponsored by RPGNow.com.

In this episode, we talk about getting the game going, and all that it entails. In the Three Parter, Nathan rants on model building, Ethan tries to review the GSL the best he can, and Jeremy tells us about his game room! Total Running Time for this Episode is 115 minutes. This episode is sponsored by RPGNow.com.

In this episode, recorded recently, we talk about using miniatures in your game, and playing miniatures games in general. In the Three Parter, Ethan rants about WotC’s recent decision about their Character Buidler for 4th Edition, Nathan reviews Death at Luxor from Goodman Games, and Jeremy raves on the Savage Worlds! Total Running Time for this Episode is 115 minutes. This episode is sponsored by RPGNow.com.

In this episode, recorded way back in April of 2008, we talk about roleplaying when you’re young, the gamer stigma, and getting into the game from an early age. We also talk about our early experiences in gaming. In the Three Parter, Ethan rants about the reaction to the WotC GSL, Nathan gives us a gamer story about ordering some Warhammer Bitz, and Jeremy reviews Alpha Omega from Mindstorm Labs. Total Running Time for this Episode is 86 minutes. This episode is sponsored by RPGNow.com.

In this episode, we take a look back at what was done, what we did, and what we played in 2008. Total Running Time for this Episode is 67 minutes. This episode is sponsored by RPGNow.com.