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This past weekend I had the privilege of traveling to Colorado Springs for Pikes Peak Gamer (PPG) Con! This local convention with a library of over 1,300 great games was an absolute blast. In this episode I talk all about the convention and speed run through the some of the games we played. Of course we also give an important update on Tabletop Alliance, our 501c3 nonprofit that spreads games to students across the US! Games Discussed: * All Creatures Big & Small * Carooka (both snooker & pool) * Darwin’s Journey * Terraforming Mars: Aeres Expedition * Strike & Tournament * Azul * Japanese Card Games * Volltreffer (Underground labyrinth and Five Tribes) * Nana * Potato Man Special shoutouts to Jon, Lainie, Jose, Angela, Sean, Peter, Mitchel, Denis, Dwayne, and others for making the weekend so great! To learn more about and support Tabletop Alliance, visit TabletopAlliance.Org To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: * Join the Patreon: Board Game Impact * Like the Facebook Page: Board Game Impact * Instagram: @boardgameimpact * Email: [email protected]

This episode is all about the little dice game that captivated me from GAMA Expo and was just released by Keymaster games...Chicken! In addition, Bruce shares some incredible news about Tabletop Alliance and how the article linked in these notes went out to 90,000 teachers in the National Education Association (NEA) magazine! TO support and donate to Tabletop Alliance go to - https://tabletopalliance.org/ NEA Article - https://www.nea.org/professional-excellence/student-engagement/tools-tips/want-your-teaching-game-let-students-play Pikes Peak Gaming Con - https://pikespeakgamers.com/ To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: * Join the Patreon: Board Game Impact * Like the Facebook Page: Board Game Impact * Instagram: @boardgameimpact * Email: [email protected]

Today's episode is all about the 2023 Spiel des Jahres winner, Dorfromantik! This tile laying gaming campaign experience took my family by storm while we attended BGG.Spring. You definitely want to hear about all the interesting things this game facilitated for us! To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: * Join the Patreon: Board Game Impact * Like the Facebook Page: Board Game Impact * Instagram: @boardgameimpact * Email: [email protected]

In this gamine experience deep dive we talk all about the Hunt A Killer Mystery Box: Body on the Boardwalk case. This case experience was sent to us by Hunt A Killer and we are glad they did because it was a really great mystery to solve and the components were beyond anything we had seen in this kind of experience to date. If you would like to try a Hunt A Killer case, feel free to use anyone of the codes that they sent us for use on their website: * For $10 off any Item "HUNTGA1010" * For 10% off an order "HUNTGA10" * For 20% off either a 6 month or 12 month subscription "HUNTGA20" To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: * Join the Patreon: Board Game Impact * Like the Facebook Page: Board Game Impact * Instagram: @boardgameimpact * Email: [email protected]

In this episode of Board Game Impact released on 6/9 we welcome Dean as a guest so we can chat about team games, particularly the Crew and the lessons we learn while playing games together. This includes the game strategy, group meta, and more all related back to Blooms Revised Taxonomy for learning outcome development! Dean's BGA Username = OccamsRazor To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: * Join the Patreon: Board Game Impact * Like the Facebook Page: Board Game Impact * Instagram: @boardgameimpact * Email: [email protected]

This episode is all about getting to be one of the first to play Disney Lorcana while at the GAMA Expo 2023 and my first impressions of the trading card game. Disney Lorcana is set to release to retail late summer 2023 with their "first chapter" set that will have 204 uniquely new Disney art! The game is designed by Ryan Miller and Steve Warner, who were the two people who also taught me how to play! Make sure to listen to the whole episode to know all of my impressions on the game, conversations with the designers, and the owner of Ravensburger. To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: * Join the Patreon: Board Game Impact * Like the Facebook Page: Board Game Impact * Instagram: @boardgameimpact * Email: [email protected]

It has been an incrediblely life changing couple months and you have been extremely kind in your patience for another episode. I am happy to share that I am officially Dr. Bruce Brown (aka "Doc Brown") as I have successfully defended and completed a PhD! This episode is a MEGA update in advance of many more episodes to come. Topics discussed include: * PhD Completion & Life Updates * Incredible Tabletop Alliance Updates * Children's Miracle Network Hospitals - Extra Life United * GAMA Expo * LOTS OF GAMES (with brief overviews) * BGG.Spring (Memorial Day Weekend, upcomming)

It has been an incredible month and a half since the last recording! We have been able to further the Tabletop Alliance impact to 18,000+ students, attended BGG.Con, made significant progress on my PhD, and more! Special thanks to all those who came and said high to me at BGG.Con, AMIGO Games, Many Worlds Tavern, and The Brothers Murph. The Brothers Murph: (please go follow them) Top 100 Games of all Time – https://youtu.be/MVBTXFKfrCc 152 Games Leaving Charity Cull - https://youtu.be/Vc5rS_xAakc Many Worlds Tavern - https://manyworldstavern.com/ To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: * Join the Patreon: Board Game Impact * Like the Facebook Page: Board Game Impact * Instagram: @boardgameimpact * Email: [email protected]

Join us as we interview Max Jamelli, an educator who uses games and now has a game of his own design (along with his father) coming to Kickstarter at the end of the month called Lords of Baseball! Why take me out to the ballpark when we can manage the ballpark from home! We are doing this live recording to raise awareness for Tabletop Alliance, a charity we believe in that sends games to schools, libraries, and community programs across the US for FREEE!!! Join us as we help them get the support needed to impact 10,000 students! Fundraiser campaign link - https://go.rallyup.com/tabletopallian... Lords of baseball Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lordsofbaseball/lords-of-baseball?fbclid=IwAR2UWxV54xf4SKV-YwYOZIafYvLPnCq4eBCHRBbrCNqLbMuu-BaKdLFXd2Q Support Board Game Impact on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/boardgameimpact

In this episode Josh is back sharing all about his experience from the first ever World Series of Board Gaming and even his experience playing Terraforming Mars The Dice Game!!! Definately a lot of fun was had at the competition, but so were too a lot of first convention growing pains. Tune in to hear all about it and Josh's plans for next year's event. We streamed this recording LIVE to Facebook, Twitch, and Youtube to raise awareness about Tabletop Alliance, a gaming charity that we care about! You can tune in for our recordings live so that you can participate in our discussion. Make sure to follow on each platform to be alerted when we go live! To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: * Join the Patreon: Board Game Impact* Like the Facebook Page: Board Game Impact* Instagram: @boardgameimpact* Email: [email protected]

Josh is back to talk all about his upcoming trip to the World Series of Board Gaming happening in Vegas! Josh is going to talk to us all about his prep and how this whole world series works. Join the Tabletop Alliance Fundraiser by visiting - https://go.rallyup.com/tabletopalliance2022 Have you volunteered for Extra Life? Sign up to potentially participate as part of Bruce's Study - https://tamu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d71TwF8c9ZXKGYC You can check out WSBG at https://wsbgvegas.com/ To learn more about Board Game Impact you can: * Join the Patreon: Board Game Impact* Like the Facebook Page: Board Game Impact* Instagram: @boardgameimpact* Email: [email protected]

In this episode Bruce revs up his engines as he shares about Downforce, a game by Restoration Games designed by Wolfgang Kramer. Also, Bruce shares how the podcast has surpassed 9,000 downloads thanks to you and wants you to know that there is currently a great way to win games while making a positive impact on a nonprofit they love, Tabletop Alliance. To support Tabletop Alliance by joining the game-a-thon, getting raffles, and/or donating visit - https://go.rallyup.com/tabletopalliance2022 To learn more about Board Game Impact: * Join the Patreon: Board Game Impact* Like the Facebook Page: Board Game Impact* Instagram: @boardgameimpact* Email: [email protected]