As discussed in Episode 5, here is the link to the set of painted War of the Ring strongholds that I am even more impressed with than the original set offered up for sale in mass quanity on BGG…
And here is the BGG thread where you can order a set for yourself!:
Middle Earth Strongholds now available to order.
In this episode Jeff starts out with a recommendation for an even better set of painted War of the Ring Strongholds. Rob continues his on the road report on game stores in the Atlanta area and Jeff talks about a couple iOS/PC conversions that excite him. Rob talks to the ever increasing number of Ascension expansions and finally Jeff introduces a new recurring segment, A Board Gamer’s Dozen (TM), wherein 13 new and old games are compared to one another and rated on a scale of 1 to 10. Not quite a review and yet not quite not a review, what he dislikes and likes about each title is sure to stir some controversy. Games discussed include 20th Century, Alba Longa, Cave Evil, City Tycoon, Heroes of Graxia, Hive, Last Will, LCR, Power Grid: First Sparks, Sun Sea & Sand, Tigris & Euphrates, Ventura, and A Victory Lost.
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In this episode Jeff begins by detailing 10 things he doesn’t like and 10 things he does about Star Trek: Fleet Captains. Rob and Jeff continue with a discussion on Rio Grande’s Hawaii followed by Jeff’s comments on Castelli from Queen Games. Rob and Jeff then get into a detailed discussion on the strategies in Kosmos’s Dragonheart followed by Rob’s thoughts on Z-Man’s Onirim. Finishing up the episode, the hosts discuss the pros and cons of all things relating to boardgame promos.
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In this episode, Jeff starts out with some comments on recent games he has been playing including Kingdom Builder, Quarriors, Qwirkle and Walnut Grove. Rob and Jeff go on to discuss Principato and Santiago De Cuba at length. Rounding out Jeff’s recently played games is a discussion on Dungeon Run which leads into a larger discussion on Descent and Dungeon Crawlers in general. Rob covers some games he has been playing including Santiago De Cuba, Sobek, and Ascension Storm of Souls. The hosts then round out the episode with a discussion on Zev’s appearance on TV, that whole Ascension Marriage thing, and Friedemann Friese’s admission to “theft”.
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As mentioned in Episode 2, the Full Theatrical Trailer of the movie for the upcoming german made board game “Iron Sky”:
Iron Sky The Board Game – Full Theatrical Trailer
Fans donated over 1 Million Dollars to help with production costs.
And yes that is Yuri of RED ALERT fame!
UPDATE: Found an answer to the debate about YURI right on the ironsky.net website:
“Udo Kier is a German actor, known for his work in horror movies such as Blade and Shadow of the Vampire. Many may also remember him as Yuri in the Red Alert games and from the Grindhouse segment “Werewolf Women of the SS“.”
