Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> This week, we welcome Bruce Voge to the show!<br> <br> <br> <br> You may have seen Bruce before from our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/1620664971526287/videos/461483437891283">cricket-eating videos</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> We have a 209 fact that is baseball-related. As of recording time (8/28), the top 5 hitters in the major leagues have combined for 209 hits.<br> <br> <br> <br> Thanks as always to our sponsor, <a href="https://FirstMoveFinancial.com/familygamers">First Move Financial</a> – they can help you with a budget.<br> <br> <br> <br> What We’ve Been Playing<br> <br> <br> <br> Last Defense! (wait for the <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/last-defense/">SNAP review</a> later.)<br> <br> <br> <br> 5er Finden (HABA) is still amazing.<br> <br> <br> <br> Crokinole boards are heavy.<br> <br> <br> <br> Pan Am (Funko Games) – is amazing at 2 players.<br> <br> <br> <br> … isn’t it great that there are GOOD licensed games now?<br> <br> <br> <br> 4×6 plastic photo cases (from the craft store) are an amazing way to store small box games. (A BGG thread that talks about this: <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/62375/storage-option-iris-46-photo-case">https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/62375/storage-option-iris-46-photo-case)</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Anitra debates whether or not to get the Button Shy Game Haul bag. (Kickstarter: <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/239309591/button-shy-game-haul-bag">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/239309591/button-shy-game-haul-bag</a>)<br> <br> <br> <br> Prisma Arena (HUB Games) – we did not anticipate how much our kids would love this game. “Pretty Pretty Princess <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/unmatched-cobble-and-fog/">Unmatched</a>“? Not quite, but not far off.<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/last-defense/"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> SNAP Review – Last Defense!<br> <br> <br> <br> Can you defend your city from unknown monsters? You have 20 minutes to find the trapped scientists in Last Defense!, but we have 5 minutes to tell you about it with Elliot.<br> <br> <br> <br> Read the transcript and see the pictures on our <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/last-defense/">SNAP review</a> page.<br> <br> <br> <br> What’s Up with Bruce?<br> <br> <br> <br> Bruce is an entertainer by nature. He’s been doing the <a href="https://www.thepartygamecast.com/">Party Gamecast</a> on and off, and recently got back into doing the podcast again.<br> <br> <br> <br> He also created a Youtube channel called “Board Game the Game Show”, with four different “shows” as part of it:<br> <br> <br> <br> * Board Game the Game Show (turning real board games into a game show format)* The Challenge (a clue-giving game)* It’s Quiz Time (ask questions about an image – live responses – a great replacement for bar trivia)* WIN-terview (an interview with a board game personality, and then a set of 50/50 questions that all viewers can answer) – our favorite!<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="http://tableflipsyou.blogspot.com/">Flip the Table</a> taught us that board game media (podcast, etc) could be FUN! That’s been a big inspiration for Bruce. Another piece was needing content that’s unique for <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/episode-204-virtual-gen-con/">virtual conventions</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> One more, but a lot less boardgame-related: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/justbarelysports/">Just Barely Sports</a>, a podcast that explores things that are sports-adjacent: team names, logos, videogames, trading cards. We discuss the Raptors, the Trash Pandas, the Iron Pigs, the Rumble Ponies, and Blaseball.<br> <br>
