A Podcast about Board Games, Movies, TV, MMO's and all things GEEK
Episode 239 Top 11 to Try and Buy for Gen Con 2022 with BJ from Board Game Gumbo
Tonight Dan and BJ go right into their Top 11 games to try and Top 11 Games to Buy for this upcoming Gen Con 2022. To try are games you cannot buy yet and to buy are new games available at this year's con. Tons and tons of honorable mentions so there should be a bunch of games for everyone on these lists! Thanks for listening!
7/28/2022 • 2 hours, 8 minutes, 36 seconds
Episode 224- Kickstarters TV and Motor City Gameworks!
Tonight Dan, Chris, Matt and Ben talk about a slew of great KS, a ton of TV shows and even a couple of movies (no spoilers!). We also get into a few games we have been playing both on the table and on BGA/Yucata. So sit back and enjoy this "short" episode and thanks for listening!
9/8/2021 • 1 hour, 58 minutes, 44 seconds
Episode 213-- The Truth about Lasso
Dan, Chris, David and Robb talk about EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING there is to talk about. From Ted Lasso, Cobra Kai, Greyhound, Titans, to Wonder Woman 84 and a nice talk about The Mandalorian S2. And we also get into some GAME discussion about Dune Imperium and The Lost Ruins of Arnak. It's a long one but FULL of All Star Goodness! Thanks for listening!
1/13/2021 • 4 hours, 16 minutes, 30 seconds
Episode 212-- Grant Lyon and the Cereal Draft!
Tonight Dan, Chris and David welcome a new Allstar into the crowd as the Comedy Allstar Grant Lyon joins us for a night of shenanigans. We talk about his career in comedy, and his love of board games and his new game that's out called Curmudgeon. We also have to touch upon the greatness that is the last episode of Mandalorian, some games we have been playing, and of course the BREAKFAST CEREAL DRAFT!
12/3/2020 • 3 hours, 5 minutes, 36 seconds
Episode 211 Spoiler Alert David Waybright is a Mandalorian
Tonight Dan and Chris are joined once again by our buddy David. We talk about a bunch of Kickstarters, some TV and get into a nice SPOILER filled talk about Episodes 1 and 2 of Season 2 of The Mandalorian. Thanks for listening!
11/11/2020 • 2 hours, 34 minutes, 31 seconds
Episode 209 Variability and Replayability
We're Back! Sorry for the delay due to some health issues, but we are back to have a nice discussion on Variability in games and how if at all it leads to replayability in games. Also we get into a TON of Kickstarters, some news in the industry and a ton of what we have been watching as well. Thanks for listening!
10/9/2020 • 1 hour, 51 minutes, 25 seconds
Episode 208 Mariposas Truffle Shuffle and Dominations
Tonight Dan and Chris cover some news, kickstarters, and give impressions of 4 games, Mariposas, Truffle Shuffle , Dominations and Ragusa. Thanks for listening!
9/2/2020 • 2 hours, 20 minutes, 55 seconds
Episode 207 Endangered, Godspeed and the Disney Song Draft
Tonight Dan and Chris are joined by Marc Specter of Grand Gamers Guild and designer Adam Hill (Godspeed) as we discuss some news from the in flight report, some Kickstarters out now including Endangered:New Species, and a whole lot of games we have played in the last two weeks. We finish the show with an epic draft for all ages, drafting the BEST Disney songs! Thanks for listening!
8/11/2020 • 2 hours, 35 minutes, 45 seconds
Episode 206 Draft it AGAIN! With Buonocore and Mills
Tonight we have a real treat for you, we have another episode of the great game show DRAFT IT with 5 drafts and our special guests Stephen Buonocore and Josh Mills! We also touch on a few Kickstarters and talk about impressions of Cosmic Colonies as well. Thanks for Listening!
7/21/2020 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 31 seconds
Episode 205 Dead Reckoning
Tonight Dan and Chris are joined by John D Clair and Keith Ferguson to discuss a TON of new Kickstarters including one in particular DEAD RECKONING! This new Card Crafting game on the high seas is hitting kickstarter TODAY and we examine it top to bottom and give our first hand accounts about playing. With that some news and some what we have been playing, it's a great way to start July! Thanks for Listening!
7/7/2020 • 2 hours, 44 minutes, 14 seconds
Episode 203-- Draft It!!
Tonight The Fleeples join Dan and Chris as we play test the next big (Unsigned) Party Game -- DRAFT IT! We have 4 regular drafts and a lightning round to see who wins this round of being the best drafter! Thanks for Listening!
5/14/2020 • 2 hours, 29 minutes, 51 seconds
Episode 202-- Keeping Busy and the Sports Uniform Draft
Tonight Dan and Chris are Joined by Ben Pinchback and Andrew Bucholtz, for a ton of fun! We talk about what we have been watching what we have been playing and have a draft of the best Sports Uniforms of all time! We hope you enjoy and THANKS for listening. Be Safe!
4/29/2020 • 2 hours, 18 minutes, 36 seconds
Episode 201 Santa Monica and Aftershock
Tonight Dan And Chris catch up on what they've been doing for the past month of isolation. What games have been played, what beer consumed, what shows watched. Also they cover the usual few Kickstarters. And finally they Give overviews and impressions on Nova Luna, Santa Monica and Aftershock. Thanks for Listening!
4/10/2020 • 2 hours, 11 minutes, 32 seconds
Episode 199-- Freshwater Fly and Tales of Glory
Tonight Dan is back from Quebec and Chris is ready for games!! We talk about what is fun to do in Quebec and some news. And we review Freshwater Fly by Bellwether games and Tales of Glory by Ankama. Thanks for listening!
2/26/2020 • 2 hours, 28 minutes, 55 seconds
Game of the Year 2019
It's that time again! Time for us to name the Game of the year 2019. Chris and Dan give their top 11 of the year, the official GAS top 11 and also the schmoe's choice for top 11. Thanks for listening! (We might also throw in our top 3 commercials from the big game too)
2/5/2020 • 2 hours, 2 minutes, 28 seconds
Episode 197 -- Return to Dark Tower and the Space Ship Draft
Tonight Dan and Chris welcome back Justin Jacobson from Restoration games and world renowned game designer Keith Ferguson, to talk about some news some kickstarters... Oh and THE RETURN TO DARK TOWER! We touch on all things of the game and the kickstarter, as well as a bunch of others projects. We also hit on some news and talk about the Mandalorian season 1. We wrap it all up with a Space ship draft! What a great show and--->Thanks for listening!
1/22/2020 • 2 hours, 50 minutes, 32 seconds
Episode 196-- SPOILER ALERT Rise of Skywalker
SPOILERS!! Tonight we continue our movie series where we talk about a major blockbuster and spoil the heck out of it and give our thoughts. We now have done all 3 of the new Star Wars movies and Ben Pinchback and Keith Ferguson join Dan and Chris for Ep 9 Rise Of Skywalker. We talk about the whole movie and also what we thought of the 3 new movies and of course RANK all the Star Wars movies. And an additional Spoiler Alert we never actually get to the Mandalorian as we would like to have. So be ready in a future episode for that!
1/7/2020 • 2 hours, 56 minutes, 26 seconds
Episode 195-- Frosthaven, Outer Rim, Egizia and Top 5 Bottom 5 Christmas songs
Happy Holidays everyone! Chris and Dan are back for a ton of great topics. We talk the big Frosthaven announcement and our thoughts on it. We talk about the Mandalorian mid 3 episodes and our thoughts on the series as a whole. Then it's time for 4 amazing trailers that came out, and of course some board game talk with Foodies, Egizia, Just one and Outer Rim! Oh and what holiday episode would be complete without a top 5! We do the Top 5 and BOTTOM 5 Christmas songs! Thanks for listening!
12/11/2019 • 2 hours, 14 minutes, 21 seconds
Episode 194 The Mandalorian and Gamers for Cures Wrap Up
Were BACK! Tonight Chris and Dan talk about what we have been watching on Disney Plus new AND old. We also go large into our thoughts on the Mandalorian and what we are hoping it brings to the show. That along with a good amount of games played at this years 24 hour Gamers for Cures Board game marathon for charity, and oh so much board game news! All this and YOUR Twitter questions. Thanks so much for listening!
11/20/2019 • 2 hours, 20 minutes, 57 seconds
Episode 193-- David Waybright Robb Rouse and the Horror Movie Draft
Tonight we have a special show! We are joined by two exceptional humans in David Waybright and Robb Rouse. We get into a ton of great discussions including the new Star Wars trailer and our thoughts and hopes. We also talk about new happenings in Gloomhaven news. Oh and an amazing HORROR MOVIE DRAFT! Thanks for listening!
10/24/2019 • 2 hours, 54 minutes, 8 seconds
Episode 192-- Gamer Burn out and Your Questions
Tonight Dan and Chris cover a bunch of KS, a ton of News, some Q and A from Twitter and the guild, some games (Including Hadara and the New Ascension Skulls and Sails), and talk about Gamer burn out. It's a good discussion about all different types of burn out as well. Also what show would be complete without at least one rant??? Thanks for listening!
9/26/2019 • 2 hours, 53 minutes, 1 second
Episode 191 Jacobson, Millsy and the Fictional Team Draft
A Great GAS show wouldn't be complete without us meandering all over the geek sphere, movies, TV, Games and of course a DRAFT! Restoration Games' Justin Jacobson and Exceptional stupendous designer Josh Mills join Dan and Chris as we have WAY more fun than anyone should have. And we have the Fictional Sports Team Draft as well! Who will win? Go vote and help decide! And thanks for listening!
9/4/2019 • 2 hours, 17 minutes, 50 seconds
Episode 190 Gen Con 2019 in Review
Tonight Dan and Chris cover a bunch of game they got to play, buy and got to demo at Gen Con 2019. It was a great show and thanks to everyone we got to see and meet at the show! That and the normal news and a few Kickstarters as well! Thanks for listening!
8/17/2019 • 2 hours, 23 minutes, 18 seconds
Episode 189-- Gen Con 2019 Preview!
It's our annual Top 11 to Try and top 11 to BUY for Gen Con 2019. With Dan, Kirkman and special guest Kevin C.
7/24/2019 • 2 hours, 37 minutes, 59 seconds
Episode 188-- Origins 2019 Recap with The Fleeples
Matt and Ben Join Chris and Dan for our annual look back at all the fun we had at Origins 2019. Tons of fun, tons of games and a lot of good people! Thanks for listening!
7/3/2019 • 2 hours, 20 minutes
Episode 187-- Origins 2019 Preview and Fictional Lawyer Draft
Welcome to Con Season with the 2019 Origins Preview. Dan, Chris, Buckeye Fitzy and Smoley cover a ton of games to TRY and BUY at Origins, as well as cover some interesting geeky law happenings. And then we top off this great episode with a draft of teams of fictional lawyers! Don't forget to come to the guild to vote on who won the draft, as well as links to all the games we mention to check out at Origins! Thanks for Listening!
6/4/2019 • 2 hours, 49 minutes, 17 seconds
Episode 186-- Tariffs and Awards
Tonight Dan and Chris talk about a myriad of subjects including potential Tariffs on games and toys from China, and the SDJ awards. We also get into a bunch of good looking Kickstarters, and some what we have been playing and some Q and A from Twitter! A nice full show, thanks for listening!
5/22/2019 • 2 hours, 29 minutes, 44 seconds
Episode 185-- Spoiler Alert: Avengers End Game
SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS! It's our show to end all shows of the MCU the Spoiler Alert: Avengers End Game. One year after Infinity War, Handler, Smoley, Dan and Chris are back to talk all things End Game. What we predicted what we got wrong, what we loved, what was "hand wavy". But it's a great time as always. Oh did I mention a top 5??? We give our top 5 movies of the MCU as well. Thanks For listening!
5/9/2019 • 2 hours, 22 minutes, 44 seconds
Episode 184-- Rolling Dice and Taking Allstars
Tonight Marty and Tony are here to join Dan and Chris in a geek-tactular episode in which we talk games, kickstarter, movies, TV , some LAW happenings (Oh wow The Geek Law star makes an appearance too!!!) and of course a Draft! We each draft our very own Bands, it's one you have to hear to believe but it's the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Geek Allstars ever! Thanks for Listening!
4/24/2019 • 2 hours, 25 minutes, 2 seconds
Episode 183-- John D Clair, Marc Specter and The 80s Comedy Movie Draft
Tonight we hit on all the great topics we love, Board games, Video Games, Movies TV and EVERYTHING we want to talk about... all that and we Do an 80's Comedy Movie Draft! Check out the Show notes on our website or on the BGG guild for all the Games and shows we talk about. And Don't forget to Vote on who Won the Draft!!
4/2/2019 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 56 seconds
Episode 182-- Social Gaming Friends and Influencing People
Tonight Dan and Chris talk about how playing different types of social games can help or ruin friendships and groups and how we feel about those different types of games. We also ask how far is too far with parody (wow much more on this one to come I am sure). And talk about Pillars of the Earth, Quacks, and SOLO NEWTON!!! Oh and did I mention the most epic display of Q and A ever?? Thanks for Listening!
3/12/2019 • 2 hours, 8 minutes, 52 seconds
Episode 181-- Value of Board Games and The Game Designer Draft
Tonight Dan and Chris are joined once again by Matt and Ben for an amazing Game Designer Draft, which you can as always decide who wins by voting in the poll on BGG. We also have a nice discussion on the Value of board games as perceived by players, designers and publishers. And we also discuss Architects of the West Kingdom, Gugong, Newton and Beta Colony. Thanks for listening!
2/26/2019 • 2 hours, 49 minutes, 28 seconds
Episode 180 Wingspan, The Boldest, and The Game Designer Movie
Tonight Dan And Chris talk to Eric Rayl the Director of The Game Designers Movie about his upcoming Kickstarter for the upcoming film release. They also give game impressions of Wingspan and The Boldest. Those topics along with their usual dangents, Kickstarter coverage and of course Trailers from the Big Game! Thanks for listening!
2/5/2019 • 2 hours, 38 minutes, 29 seconds
Episode 179-- Game of the YEAR 2018
Tonight Dan, Chris and Wolfe go over their top 11 of 2018, as well as the collective official Allstars top 11 of 2018, and finally we give your top 11 as voted on by the listeners! What will be the official GOTY for 2018 for the Geek Allstars? Listen and find out and come let us know what YOU think of our lists! Thanks for LISTening!
1/16/2019 • 2 hours, 55 minutes, 24 seconds
Episode 178-- The Big Score and Terraforming Mars Colonies
The boys are BACK, with a nice fun filled show. We talk about a ton of games including reviews of The Big Score by Van Ryder Games and the expansion Colonies to Terraforming Mars by Stronghold Games. We dip into 2018 in gaming and conventions as well as dip into the twitter Q and A bag. Oh and movies and TV? We got them as well. Spider-Verse, Bumblebee, Troopers, and Deadpool? sure why not! Thanks for listening!
1/4/2019 • 2 hours, 44 minutes, 33 seconds
Episode 177 Pax Unplugged and Christmas Movie Draft
It's the most wonderful time of the year! Tonight Dan and Chris are joined by Riddle and Keith (Kurt) Ferguson... We talk about the amazingly huge and successful Pax Unplugged 2018, as well as yet another AMAZING draft. This time we do a Christmas Movie Draft! Who will do well and who will blow it all on one or two or four bad picks? Or are all the drafts too close to call? You'll have to listen and fine out! Thanks so much for listening! Go to the guild and vote on who had the best draft of all the great Christmas movies!
12/4/2018 • 2 hours, 19 minutes, 51 seconds
Episode 176-- Gamers for Cures Recap and Halloween Candy Draft!
Tonight, Dan and Chris are joined by Wolfe and Delk for a fun filled show of KS, NEWS, Essen and more! We get into theft of money in more ways then one, and how Wolfe's trip to Germany was. We then talk a good bit about this year's Gamers for Cures Charity event (Thanks to all who donated and attended!) and a ton of games we played while there. And of course what post Halloween show would be complete without a Halloween Candy Draft!! Tell us who won on the guild! Thanks for listening!
11/15/2018 • 2 hours, 54 minutes, 19 seconds
Episode 175-- 15 Min Power Hour with Josh Mills
Tonight Dan Chris and Josh, get together to discus a bunch of KS and news, and a game each we are looking forward to at Essen 18. But the crown jewel of fun comes during our fun 15 min power hour where we get into Geek Bay price is right! Thanks for Listening!
10/25/2018 • 2 hours, 48 minutes, 12 seconds
Episode 174 Ask Us Anything About Spirit of the Game
Tonight Dan and Chris cover a wide range of Kickstarters, some more trailers, a nice rabbit hole of youtube and then get into a nice discussion about playing games in the "Spirit of the game". And all this is followed by a very amazing mailbag and "Ask us anything". Thanks for listening!
10/3/2018 • 2 hours, 40 minutes, 2 seconds
Episode 173-- Grand Con and Knizia Draft
Tonight Dan and Chris are joined by the Fleeples (Matt and Ben) to talk about a ton of news, Kickstarters, movies and also get into what we have been playing especially from Gran Con. And we could not do a Knizia draft without having these guys on who are much more experts on the good doctor then we actually are! Thanks for listening!
9/20/2018 • 2 hours, 32 minutes, 48 seconds
Episode 172-- Space Base and DC Universe
Tonight is another one of our occasional off the rails potpourri shows. We go from Comics (The upcoming DC Universe Launch) to TV to Movies to GAMA to Games and back again. We cover a bunch of games and manage to get a nice review of Space Base thrown in there as well. And no episode would be complete without some Gloomhaven love thrown in there for good measure! All that and our first ever "I don't Get it" segment where we each talk about a crazy popular game that we just don't get it's popularity. Thanks for listening!
9/5/2018 • 2 hours, 6 minutes, 58 seconds
Episode 171-- Gen Con 2018 n Review
Tonight Dan, Chris and Ben P., take on a TON TON TON of great games from Gen Con. And manage to make fun of Riddle a time or two. There's a bunch of new games from the con like Scarabya, and Pikoko, and a bunch of games just on the horizon we got to demo, including Artemis Project and Scorpius Freighter. Thanks for listening!
8/20/2018 • 3 hours, 12 minutes, 19 seconds
Episode 170-- Geen Con 2018 Preview
Here it is!! Your 2018 Gen Con top 11 to TRY and top 11 to BUY!! Dan, Chris and Wolfe go over the games you cannot purchase this year but you can play (Try/Demo) and also the top games you want to purchase this year (BUY). It's always a great way to learn about the games we want to pick up and also the games you will be hearing about in the near future as the hotness to be! Thanks for listening!
7/24/2018 • 3 hours, 25 minutes, 30 seconds
Episode 169-- 15 Minute Power Hour with Ryan Laukat
Tonight we are joined (for the first time in a while) by Ryan Laukat from Red Raven games, for an interview and also a 15 min power hour. We have 4 segments (roughly) 15 mins each. We have a segment each from Chris and Ryan and Dan hosts 2 game show segments with the others! I hope everyone enjoys this show as it was a blast to talk to Ryan about his designs and one of my favorite games of the year Empire of the Void II. Thanks for listening!
7/17/2018 • 1 hour, 52 minutes, 53 seconds
Episode 168-- Origins 2018 Review with the Fleeples
Tonight as we do each year, Dan and Chris are joined by Matt and Ben (The Fleeples) to talk about all the tons of games both published and unpublished, we played at Origins this year. Largely this was a con of a ton of great games we played, with very few let downs. This also marks the 7 year anniversary of our show and listen up how to win one of two 25$ gift cards to our sponsor! Thanks for listening for 7 great years!
6/28/2018 • 3 hours, 1 minute, 11 seconds
Episode 167-- Origins 2018 Preview
Dan and Chris are joined this week by Matt for a nice in depth look at the top to try and buy at this year's Origins. Hope you enjoy and hope to see everyone at Origins and say hey to us if you see us there! Also please feel free to post what games you are interested in trying and buying at the show!
6/6/2018 • 3 hours, 11 minutes, 54 seconds
Episode 166-- SDJ, Charterstone and the Law Star Rides Again
Tonight Dan and Chris are Joined once again by the Geek Law Star Dave "Buckeye Fitzy" for some discussion about the recent SDJ nominations, the recent Origins GoH blowup, and much much more. Dan and Chris get into a spirited discussion about if Charterstone is any good and we wrap up with some great geeky Law happenings in the world. Thanks for listening!
5/17/2018 • 3 hours, 45 minutes, 39 seconds
Episode 165-- Spoiler Alert Avengers Infinity War
SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS !!Tonight Dan and Chris are joined by new Allstars Smoley and Handler to talk about all our thoughts on the new Avengers Movie Infinity War. It's a nice spoiler filled discussion on all of what we loved and hated about the movie and what we think is on for the next installment of Avengers coming next year! Thanks for Listening!
5/3/2018 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 44 seconds
Episode 164-- Shards of Infinity and Paper Tales
On Tonight's show Dan Chris and Wolfe have a few nice long discussions and a bunch of games played and finally some Q and A from the net! Our Discussions include CMON Kickstarter snafus, some current KS's that are out, Alleged Stealing of a design by a publisher, and is Toys R Us saved? We also do some quick reviews on Paper Tales and Shards of Infinity, while also mentioning Noria, Feudum and Pioneers. And finally we get to some great Q's from the listeners. Thanks for Listening!
4/19/2018 • 2 hours, 39 minutes, 59 seconds
Episode 163 March Madness of Card Games
As is a yearly tradition on GAS we bring you our yearly March Madness of Board games tourney. And this year is CARD games. We have a full house this year and it was a ton of fun! As always it's a bit long but its in 5 parts so you can easily digest it in parts. Part 2 starts at 43:30, Part 3 at 1:36:30, Part 4 at 2:330:30 and Part 5 starts at 3:40:30. Hope that helps and thanks for listening! Who did you have winning?
4/2/2018 • 4 hours, 18 minutes, 17 seconds
Episode 162-- John D Clair interview and Edge of Darkness Impressions
Dan and Chris are joined by Edge of Darkness designer John D Clair for a great chat about designing games and kickstarters. Thanks to John for joining us! We are also joined after the interview by our buddy Jerry Reece for a discussion about our first impressions of Edge of Darkness and our overall thoughts on the Kickstarter. Thanks for listening!
3/12/2018 • 2 hours, 45 minutes, 39 seconds
Episode 161-- Empires of the Void II and Coal Baron
Dan and Chris discuss the new Empires of the Void II by Red Raven games, Coal Baron and the new Venus next Expansion for Terraforming Mars. We also settle in for a nice long Q and A, talk about everything and anything this week, including Music, tacos and our favorite board game mechanic. And last but not least we give you our thoughts on Black Panther at the very end of the show! Thanks for listening!
2/28/2018 • 2 hours, 25 minutes
Episode 160 To Pander or Not To Pander Campaigns The question
Tonight Dan and Chris are joined by Dan H (Nonsensical Gamers) and Robb R (Blue Peg Pink Ped), for some news some notes, some Trailers some games played and of course A Campaign GAME DRAFT! It's exciting it's wild and it was a ton of fun to record. I hope you like it! Thanks for listening, don't forget o go to go the Guild for the Voting on the winner of this episode's Draft
2/6/2018 • 2 hours, 37 minutes, 47 seconds
Episode 159-- Game of the Year 2017
Tonight Dan, Chris, Mosley and Delk cover our top 20 of 2017 and also we interview the winner of the Game of The Year! Thanks for listening!
1/28/2018 • 2 hours, 10 minutes, 25 seconds
Episode 158-- Round House and The Fast Forward Series
Tonight Dan, Kirkman, and Wolfe usher in a new era of audio (finally) for Dan's rig, and take a crack at some news. Then for the 2nd half of the show talk about what we have been playing and give an overview of the 3 games in the Fast Forward Series of games by Stronghold games, and also a hipster Euro (thank's Wolfe!) in Round House. That and much much more, thanks for listening!
1/17/2018 • 2 hours, 40 minutes, 37 seconds
Episode 157--Spoiler Alert! The Last Jedi
Dan Chris and Riddle Tackle the task of reviewing and spoiling the hell out of The Last Jedi! Who liked it, what did we like, and what did we not like and of course what's our ranking of Star Wars movies? Thanks for listening!