Push Your Luck Podcast

My friend, Brian, joins me as I interview Chris Cantrell from Riot Games about their first foray into the boardgame industry, Mechs vs Minions! We chat about their design process and how they came about designing and releasing this game! Push Your Luck Podcast is a PPAP member of the Dicetower network. Visit our website www.pushurluckpodcast.com, follow @duckizz on twitter and subscribe to our youtube channel youtube.com/duckizz for other random blabbering and video reviews. Please leave us iTune ratings and feedback! Much appreciated and thanks!

My friend, Brian, joins me as I interview Chris Cantrell from Riot Games about their first foray into the boardgame industry, Mechs vs Minions! We chat about their design process and how they came about designing and releasing this game! Push Your Luck Podcast is a PPAP member of the Dicetower network. Visit our website www.pushurluckpodcast.com, follow @duckizz on twitter and subscribe to our youtube channel youtube.com/duckizz for other random blabbering and video reviews. Please leave us iTune ratings and feedback! Much appreciated and thanks!

I chat with my friend Brian Kang about Captain Sonar, providing a brief overview and what our thoughts are about the game. Push Your Luck Podcast is a DEEP DIVE member of the Dicetower network. Visit our website www.pushurluckpodcast.com, follow @duckizz on twitter and subscribe to our youtube channel youtube.com/duckizz for other random blabbering and video reviews. Please leave us iTune ratings and feedback! Much appreciated and thanks! "District Four" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

I chat with my friend Brian Kang about Captain Sonar, providing a brief overview and what our thoughts are about the game. Push Your Luck Podcast is a DEEP DIVE member of the Dicetower network. Visit our website www.pushurluckpodcast.com, follow @duckizz on twitter and subscribe to our youtube channel youtube.com/duckizz for other random blabbering and video reviews. Please leave us iTune ratings and feedback! Much appreciated and thanks! "District Four" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

I chat with my friend Brian Kang who just had his virgin experience at GENCON 2016! He was a volunteer demo staff and I asked him if he will recommend it to anyone, what he assumed and what he actually experienced at GENCON 2016. Push Your Luck Podcast is a REVIVED member of the Dicetower network. Visit our website www.pushurluckpodcast.com, follow @duckizz on twitter and subscribe to our youtube channel youtube.com/duckizz for other random blabbering and video reviews. Please leave us iTune ratings and feedback! Much appreciated and thanks! "There It Is" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

I chat with my friend Brian Kang who just had his virgin experience at GENCON 2016! He was a volunteer demo staff and I asked him if he will recommend it to anyone, what he assumed and what he actually experienced at GENCON 2016. Push Your Luck Podcast is a REVIVED member of the Dicetower network. Visit our website www.pushurluckpodcast.com, follow @duckizz on twitter and subscribe to our youtube channel youtube.com/duckizz for other random blabbering and video reviews. Please leave us iTune ratings and feedback! Much appreciated and thanks! "There It Is" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

I chat with my classmate Alexander Bevier who is currently working on his thesis on Sid Sackson. This is part 2 of our special feature on Sid Sackson! This time we talk about golden ages, what happened to them in the past and how Sid was part of a golden age that was largely missed. Push Your Luck Podcast is a BAMBAMBAM member of the Dicetower network. Visit our website www.pushurluckpodcast.com, follow @duckizz on twitter and subscribe to our youtube channel youtube.com/duckizz for other random blabbering and video reviews. Please leave us iTune ratings and feedback! Much appreciated and thanks!

I chat with my classmate Alexander Bevier who is currently working on his thesis on Sid Sackson. This is part 2 of our special feature on Sid Sackson! This time we talk about golden ages, what happened to them in the past and how Sid was part of a golden age that was largely missed. Push Your Luck Podcast is a BAMBAMBAM member of the Dicetower network. Visit our website www.pushurluckpodcast.com, follow @duckizz on twitter and subscribe to our youtube channel youtube.com/duckizz for other random blabbering and video reviews. Please leave us iTune ratings and feedback! Much appreciated and thanks!

Geoff Engelstein from Ludology and Brian Kang, MFA student at NYU Game Center, joins Eric for a discussion about themes in games. Specifically, we talk about how are themes picked and the subect of stereotypes, tropes and sensitivity. We do not claim to be experts in this topic but wanted to start a discussion as designers and gamers and hopefully achieve some sense of awareness and spark conversation with you. Brian's Mombasa article can be found here http://www.pushurluckpodcast.com/2016/01/the-politics-of-mombasa.html Push Your Luck Podcast is a WHATISTHISSSSSS member of the Dicetower network. Visit our website www.pushurluckpodcast.com, follow @duckizz on twitter and subscribe to our youtube channel youtube.com/duckizz for other random blabbering and video reviews. Please leave us iTune ratings and feedback! Much appreciated and thanks!

Geoff Engelstein from Ludology and Brian Kang, MFA student at NYU Game Center, joins Eric for a discussion about themes in games. Specifically, we talk about how are themes picked and the subect of stereotypes, tropes and sensitivity. We do not claim to be experts in this topic but wanted to start a discussion as designers and gamers and hopefully achieve some sense of awareness and spark conversation with you. Brian's Mombasa article can be found here http://www.pushurluckpodcast.com/2016/01/the-politics-of-mombasa.html Push Your Luck Podcast is a WHATISTHISSSSSS member of the Dicetower network. Visit our website www.pushurluckpodcast.com, follow @duckizz on twitter and subscribe to our youtube channel youtube.com/duckizz for other random blabbering and video reviews. Please leave us iTune ratings and feedback! Much appreciated and thanks!

Joel Eddy from Drive Thru Reviews join Eric as they chat about the Top 7 games in they feel are underrated. That is, they are really fun games that deserve more love than they currently are receiving in the boardgame community. Games covered: Zombie State: Diplomacy of the dead, Helvetia, Vineta, Khmer, Milestones, Divinare, Vanuatu, Dark Darker Darkest, Liberte, Fleet, Galaxy Defenders, Homeland the game, Sentinel Tactics, Space Cadets and Space Cadets Dice Duel. Link to What's Your Game NIPPON giveaway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usYBdvVNJnI Push Your Luck Podcast is a WHOOOP WHHOOOOP member of the Dicetower network. Visit our website www.pushurluckpodcast.com, follow @duckizz on twitter and subscribe to our youtube channel youtube.com/duckizz for other random blabbering and video reviews - VISIT NOW!

Joel Eddy from Drive Thru Reviews join Eric as they chat about the Top 7 games in they feel are underrated. That is, they are really fun games that deserve more love than they currently are receiving in the boardgame community. Games covered: Zombie State: Diplomacy of the dead, Helvetia, Vineta, Khmer, Milestones, Divinare, Vanuatu, Dark Darker Darkest, Liberte, Fleet, Galaxy Defenders, Homeland the game, Sentinel Tactics, Space Cadets and Space Cadets Dice Duel. Link to What's Your Game NIPPON giveaway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usYBdvVNJnI Push Your Luck Podcast is a WHOOOP WHHOOOOP member of the Dicetower network. Visit our website www.pushurluckpodcast.com, follow @duckizz on twitter and subscribe to our youtube channel youtube.com/duckizz for other random blabbering and video reviews - VISIT NOW!

It is 2016! Again it has been some time since Jon and I got together to chat about games! This time we talk about his list and chat about many many games! Also Push Your Luck Video will be having a contest for its 100th Episode! Subscribe to youtube.com/duckizz to be notified when the video is released and for contest details! Link to Jon's Geeklist http://bgg.cc/geeklist/202925/great-year-games-hard-list-make-my-best-2015 Push Your Luck Podcast is a BWAH CHICKA BWAH BWOWAH member of the Dicetower network. Visit our website www.pushurluckpodcast.com, follow @duckizz on twitter and subscribe to our youtube channel youtube.com/duckizz for other random blabbering and video reviews - VISIT NOW!

It is 2016! Again it has been some time since Jon and I got together to chat about games! This time we talk about his list and chat about many many games! Also Push Your Luck Video will be having a contest for its 100th Episode! Subscribe to youtube.com/duckizz to be notified when the video is released and for contest details! Link to Jon's Geeklist http://bgg.cc/geeklist/202925/great-year-games-hard-list-make-my-best-2015 Push Your Luck Podcast is a BWAH CHICKA BWAH BWOWAH member of the Dicetower network. Visit our website www.pushurluckpodcast.com, follow @duckizz on twitter and subscribe to our youtube channel youtube.com/duckizz for other random blabbering and video reviews - VISIT NOW!

Its been some time since Jon and I got together to chat again and this time we talk about some games we played recently! Games covered are: Pandemic Legacy, Inhabit the earth, Advanced Civilization, Pursuit of Happiness, Grand Austria Hotel and Dark Moon. Exciting news! My 2nd article at Kotaku has been published and its all about Pandemic Legacy! You can read about it here http://kotaku.com/the-great-board-game-pandemic-is-even-better-with-the-r-1740546203 Also, I have released a game! Its called Gutsy and it was designed together with Susan Perkins and Barry Joseph from the American Museum of Natural History. Its my first card game and more details will be released once the boardgamegeek site is up. You can order the game here http://shop.amnh.org/a701/amnh-gutsy-card-game.html Push Your Luck Podcast is a BIPPITY BOPPITY BOOP member of the Dicetower network. Visit our website www.pushurluckpodcast.com, follow @duckizz on twitter and subscribe to our youtube channel youtube.com/duckizz for other random blabbering and video reviews - VISIT NOW!