In this episode we talk about all manner of gaming goodness, from our recent gaming to some interesting news bits. We also introduce a brand new Strategy segment (which desperately needs your help finding a new name!). Our main segment focuses on the randomness, luck and chaos in games - and just what we mean by those terms, which get tossed around the hobby quite a bit. Just watch out for the cat in that ding n' dent copy of Settlers of Catan.

Enter the Contest!

Hosts
Mark Haberman (habermanm)
Jason Little (ynnen)
Jim Cote (ekted) -- (note to self: sounds like "Cody")

Index
00:00 Intro
00:58 Recent Gaming
15:10 Contest Winner!
17:01 News & Notes
27:12 5-Minute Strategies
37:31 Main Segment: Luck & Chaos
67:55 Outro & The End....?

Games Mentioned
Recent Gaming: Notre Dame, Blood Bowl, Mare Nostrum w/Mythology Expansion, Dungeons & Dragons, Mexica, Goa, Beowulf , Taj Mahal, Go, Liberte, Notre Dame, Santiago, Bull in a China Shop (Der Elefant in Porzellanladen), Medici vs. Strozzi, Medici, Wayfinder, Mancala, Samurai

News: Cleopatra's Caboose (Yeah Zambo!),Notre Dame, Puerto Rico, Venedig, Tichu, Ra, Race for the Galaxy, Phoenicia, San Juan, Zepter von Zavandor

Slightly-More-Than-5-Minute-Strategy-Segment: Samurai!, Puerto Rico, Samurai, Samurai, Samurai, Samurai, Samurai

Main Segment: Caylus, Crokinole, PitchCar, X-Bugs, Settlers of Catan, Louis XIV, Beowulf, Risk, The Napoleonic Wars, Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage, Crusader Rex, Ra, Caylus, Chess, Princes of Florence, Notre Dame, Fairy Tale, Lost Cities, Citadels, Maharaja, Mission: Red Planet

 

Links
MaBi Web (Samurai online)

Citadels image by lehjoz