In Episode 57, Craig, Erin, and Ty wrap up their year long journey through the campaign of Pandemic Legacy. That's it, that's the whole episode. Oh, also, you should note that we spoil the whole game, but in quarter year chunks. So finish playing your campaign and hear our epic tale!

Show Times: 

Intro: 0:35

Pandemic Legacy Full Spoilers: 10:32

Wrap-Up: 58:11

Craig is making progress! He's now 1/5th of the way to reaching his goal of 100 new games in 365 days. That's something, right? Anyways, enjoy 30 minutes of first impressions or games which were mostly his games. Look, he's even playing games he owns! Wow! Enjoy, dear listener!

Show Times:

Intro: 0:35

Rolling America (Gamewright): 2:30

Thief's Market (TMG): 9:06

The Networks (Formal Ferret): 14:21

Neuroshima Hex (Portal Games): 20:11

Dicht Dran (Nurnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag): 25:06

Wrap-up: 28:58

In Episode 56, Craig is joined by Erin and Tyler to discuss the games they've played and also they wade through the rest of the listener questions and all in all cause havoc in the studio. Welcome to the tired zone, dear listeners! Also in the episode, Tyler lays down some prerequisites that have to be met before he'll let me have a contest. Note: He's tough.

Show Times: 

Intro: 0:35

Contest Precursor: 7:51

Family Played: 16:23

Listener Questions: 33:25

Wrap-Up: 50:58

In the latest episode of The New 100, Craig continues his journey to learn 100 new games in a calendar year. In this episode he recounts a day of learning while on a visit to Columbus, Ohio to play games with other media creators. All in all it was a day of learning games that Craig wants to spend way to much money on. Thanks for listening!

Show Times:

Intro: 0:35

Vast (Leder Games): 2:14

Clank! (Renegade Games): 7:23

Port Royal (Pegasus Spiele): 12:42

Glory to Rome Black Box (Cambridge Games Factory): 17:57

Terraforming Mars (Stronghold Games): 22:10

Ending Bit: 27:35

In Episode 55, Craig has the special pleasure of reviewing a game that everyone other person with a microphone, camera, or keyboard has already reviewed, Scythe, from Stonemaier Games. We hope you hear something you haven't before, or at least enjoy our special guest reviewer, Matt Halstad from the League/Podcast of Nonsensical Gamers. Craig is also joined by Erin to talk about the games they played whilst in anniversary paradise, and Tyler makes comments about Overwatch but mostly naps in front of the mic.

Show Times:

Intro: 0:35

Erin's Plays: 2:57

(Eight Minute Empire, 7 Wonders Duel, Just Desserts, Oh My Goods)

Scythe Review with Ty and Matt: 21:23

The Ending Bit, Because Outro Isn't A Real Word: 1:14:47

In the second installment of The New 100, Craig hits games 6-10 in his journey to play 100 new games in a calendar year. At this rate, he should probably just give up now. 

Show Times:

Intro: 0:35

Mysterium: 2:11

Dead Last: 8:21

Lords of Xidit: 14:30

Saloon Tycoon: 21:32

Klask: 25:40

Wrap-up: 28:18

In episode 54, Craig steps away briefly from board games to talk about his other love within the hobby, Roleplaying games. During the his breakdown segment, he goes through a list of games to ease hobby board gamers into roleplaying with a group of collaborative storytelling games, aimed at continuing social and amerithrash gamers into cooperative story driven systems. In the main segment, Craig is joined by frequent contributors Chuck and Alex to play an actual play of Millennial Apartment Hunters, written by James D'Amato of the One Shot and Campaign Podcasts. We hope you enjoy this break from board games and that you'll give roleplaying games a try (even with Craig over Skype!). Tune in next episode when we go back to board games in a big way!

Show Times:

Intro: 0:35

Craig's List of Narrative RPG's: 3:08

Everyone is John: 6:43

Goblin Quest: 7:37

Quest/Noirlandia: 10:15

Fiasco: 12:00

Apocalypse World: 14:42

Edge of the Empire: 17:21

Viewscream: 19:05

Actual Play: Millennial Apartment Hunters: 21:31

(http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/187050/Millennial-Apartment-Hunters)

Outtro: 1:18:04

In the 53rd episode of The Botch Games Podcast, Craig, Erin, and Tyler wrap up all the games they played during CraigCon, an all day gaming celebration of Craig's birth, and Erin takes the reigns on picking a topic which focuses on garnering a welcoming and accepting environment around the game table.

Show Times:

Intro: 0:35

Tyler's Played Games: 10:12

ft: Mysterium, Descent, Dead Last, Red Dragon Inn, and More

Erin's Played games and Show Topic: 28:12

ft: Sushi Go Party, 7 Wonders, Orleans, Agricola

Outro: 59:16

In the sixth episode of Botched Viewpoints, Craig is joined by Jamey Stegmaier of Stonemaier Games and designer of Scythe, and Michael Coe of Gamelyn Games to talk about the community within the hobby, and more specifically the relationship publishers have with the community and the role they serve to the community. It's a fascinating conversation and I hope you enjoy!

In the first episode of a new series named The New 100, Craig begins his quest to play 100 new games in 365 calendar days. In this episode he gives five minute first impression review of five games he has never played before. He's got a long way to go to hit 100 new games by the end of next June, so let's see f it can be done!

Show Times: 

Preface: 0:24

Introduction: 1:49

Sushi Go Party (Gamewright): 6:04

Isle of Skye (Lookout Spiele): 11:03

Cyclades (Matagot): 16:28

Descent: 2nd Edition (FFG): 20:52

Scythe (Stonemaier): 25:17

Outtro: 31:03