Shelf Stable: A Board Gaming Podcast: #89 ft. Kellie Nalbandian, It’s Just a Game Nothing personal Tom. I'm not here to make friends, and you're not here to help my numbers, apparently. Maybe you'll think twice next time about using all the rice as pieces for your Brass DEAL protoy...

Tom stares out at the ocean while Kellie glares at him from camp. Ep 89 is out featuring Survivor star @kellienalb.bsky.social

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Chaos in the Old World joins Arkham Horror, Tannhauser and Space Hulk: Death Angel in my growing Fantasy Flight golden age retrospective, including supplemental interviews with @mattthr.bsky.social and @shelfstablecast.bsky.social's Kenny Katayama

Nothing sang like the brawl in that box 👇

TIL that the Pope can appoint secret cardinals, and even the selected individual may not know he has cardinal status. The name can be made public at any time, but if the pope dies before revealing the name of a secret cardinal, the individual will no longer be a cardinal.

The Vatican is a hidden-role social deduction game:

Japanese fire official suspended for forcing colleagues to play board games while working | BGG From Mainichi News: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260414/p2a/00m/0na/021000c Japanese fire official suspended for forcing colleagues to play board games while workingINAZAWA, Aichi -- The Ina...

"I thought we fought fires"
"Yes, this is your fire. Now on a scale of 1 to 10, how enjoyable was the bag building mechanism?"

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...and in retrospect "good at talking" makes me sound like a toddler. That's genuinely the vibe though, so I'm owning it.

Thoroughly enjoyed this episode with Jon Moffat. Both Dan and Jon are very good at talking.

Gloomhaven | Part 1 | Tutorial and First Quest YouTube video by CyberDack

Gloomhaven stream!
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A reminder that nominations for Golden Geek close this Sunday. And while we are at it, check out these other excellent podcasts:

But Why Vikings @giantbrain.co.uk
Game Brain @benmandelker.bsky.social
Salt & Sass @425suzanne.bsky.social
Space Biff! @danthurot.bsky.social

cyberdack - Twitch The official twitch account for Shelf Stable other-host Tom Bowers

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Join Tom and Kenny on Twitch this weekend
-- Saturday, April 18th --
for a livestream of GLOOMHAVEN!

📆 Streams every 1st and 3rd Saturday from 8 AM to 11 AM MST (GMT -7)
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Even people who aren’t on social media, like my friend Darryl, are getting in on this:

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In a few weeks, we're gonna do a special Family Feud ep w/ @tombrewster.bsky.social! We need survey respondents!

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The episode should end up airing on May 5th, follow us to stay posted.

#boardgames #familyfeud #survey

If you have a podcast, you may be getting an email from Spotify asking for feedback. This is a great opportunity to let them know you are not down with all the AI stuff they are doing. There is an entire section dedicated to AI so it's something they are scrutinizing.

Mentioned:

12:37 Lisboa @eaglegryphon.bsky.social
20:47 Fast Forward Fortress @2f-spiele.bsky.social

Shelf Stable: A Board Gaming Podcast: #88 When the Game Makes You a Joke Gunk? Bee. Bee bee bee. Bee gunk? Rez the gunk. Only rez furries! Furries gunk. Mega gunk.   The annual Golden Geek nominations are open. If you love the cast, consider nominating us! Nominations...

Why did the board game cross the road? Sorry I wasn't listening, can you hand me two wood and move me on the chicken track? Ep 88 is up!

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Wasabi seaweed with shrek's face on the packaging

What's wrong babe you haven't touched your shrek wasabi seaweed

never make fun of someone who hasn't heard of something cool. you get to introduce them to a movie or an album that will change their aesthetic perspective. don't get so excited to act cool that you forget to actually be cool for once

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Happy bday!

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Amazing video. Required viewing for the "board game literacy" curriculum.

Jasper Beatrix – the design collective at DVC Games – discuss creativity, collaboration and Corvids | Mojo Nation "Each game we produce, sign and work on is something we have always wanted to see": In conversation with the team at DVC Games.

Did a fun little interview, but really also an excuse to pass around a Google Doc between a dozen people to crowdsource the answers.

Also did not realize I had the wrong company shirt in this photo.

Golden Geek nominations are open! If you love what we do, consider nominating us for the podcast category!

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They told me there wasn't a third marshmallow and I could go now. That was 12 years ago. Jokes on them, I don't mind waiting.

Mentioned:

9:34 Time Barons @perryjon.bsky.social

14:36 Age of Rail South Africa @capstone-games.com

Shelf Stable: A Board Gaming Podcast: #87 Games That Were Ruined for Us If you're having second thoughts about that one comfort game your best friend always brings to game night, might I recommend a warm glass of milk? Tip... SPLASH. Oh my goodness no! What have you done?...

We're ruined! Ep 87 is up.

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Geoff’s Law: Your game is more complicated than you think, even when you take into account Geoff’s Law.

The side of a box that reads: “Fun Puzzle Arbitrary absorption Breaking the traditional splicing mode” “FunPaste” “Toys”

A box in one of my kid’s Easter baskets from a distant relative. I don’t know what’s inside and this description floors me. What toy could possibly live up to this introduction?

It's considerably harder to do in Remastered but there are still two ways to get it as early as once you get power bombs.

There's a running gag in the Prime community that no matter what Nintendo does to try and stop it, the speedrunners will find a way to get Space Jump first before any other unlockable.