Mark Santistevan and Dave Lindsay are Getting into Games! Board games that is. Listen along as Mark and Dave casually discuss new games and classics. No ratings system here just a fun chat about board games, tabletop games and pop culture. Whether you’re getting into games for the first time or you have been getting into games for years, you will feel like you are sitting around with friends as you listen to this podcast. So press play and join the conversation!
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Mark Santistevan and Dave Lindsay are Getting into Games! Board games that is. Listen along as Mark and Dave casually discuss new games and classics. No ratings system here just a fun chat about board games, tabletop games and pop culture. Whether you’re getting into games for the first time or you have been getting into games for years, you will feel like you are sitting around with friends as you listen to this podcast. So press play and join the conversation!
This week we spend some time catching up and talking about what’s been getting us through self quarantine. Mark is suffering from the absence of sports and is creating his own season by rewatching old mma fights. David has been entering the world of Tales from the Loop.
Mark is joined by a very special guest this weekend to talk about No Thank You, Evil. A game of make-believe for creative children and their families. We talk about how the game is played and share stories of our first adventure.
Trapped in doors with no way to meet up to play games, Mark and Dave explore the digital realm. Listen as they discuss board games turned app and if it is a comparable way to play.
Mark and Dave are joined by party members Bradley and Abdalla, to discuss Roll20.net and how they are using this online platform to stay safe and stay connected while they continue their Dungeons and Dragons campaign. So grab a seat in your throne of toilet paper sit back and listen to gaming in the time of quarantine.
Mark and Dave step into the cockpit of their Mechs as they battle it out in Arcane Wonders’ Critical Mass. In this high powered episode you can almost smell the ozone of a laser blast and feel the rumble of a minigun as they discuss how to play this 2-4 player card game.
In the podcasts first ever interview Mark and Dave sit down with game designer, app developer, professor and all around renaissance man Thom Hines to talk about his upcoming Kickstarter for the game Super Nova Smash! Listen as they learn about what goes into the development of a game and the planning of a Kickstarter as well as Thom’s personal journey of Getting into Games!
This week Mark and Dave talk about The Shame of Life: a party game of really really weird conversations. A unique game that definitely took them out of their comfort zone - to their benefit and the delight of their friends. Listen to find out some surprising things about your hosts. Play it and maybe find out something about yourself.
Dead Bird, you heard it here third! Mark and Dave discuss their trip to Pax Unplugged 2019. They talk about games they demoed (Kung Fu Zoo, Just One, Silver and Kapow!), things they saw (Return to the Dark Tower, Too Many Bones, Frosthaven) and items they can’t afford (gaming tables).
In our first episode of 2020 we look back at 2019: the people we’ve met and the games we played. We talk about our favorite instagram accounts (@gazzthetricky, @thegolddragonsinn, @beingfriendsofficial) from the board game community and wrap up with our inaugural Game of the Year!
With great enthusiasm Mark and David are getting into Dungeons and Dragons. We talk about our FIRST ever session, how we picked characters, and how we prepared for our adventures. We loved it. Listen in, we hope you are excited “as too” (you’ll get the joke two minutes in).
Our first foray into Getting into Games: Classics where we talk about Carcassonne, its history and what we thought of actually playing the game. We also have strong feelings about meeples.
Mark and Dave try to contain their excitement as they discuss Air, Land & Sea. Dave explains how to repeatedly lose and still have fun (This is a theme emerging when playing strategic games with Mark)
It’s (pretty much) Friday and that means it’s time for another episode of
Getting into Games. This week we look at Dragonwood, a game of dice and
daring, and talk about our own personal histories with fantasy stories. We
also have a special guest at the beginning you won’t want to miss.
Mark and Dave are here to talk all things baseball. And by “all things” we
clearly mean this board game about the last half inning of a major league
baseball game and the best baseball movies we can recall.
Dave is back from vacation and we are ready to get back into our Project
About Board Games. We talk about vacation, beach trips, hardcore shows,
expensive theme parks, and end up ranking some movie trilogies.
Mark and Dave play the unique deck game of Keyforge and the struggle to
contain Zyzzix the Many. This was our first recorded episode from several
months ago. Thanks for taking the time to listen! email us at:
deadbirdrip@gmail.com.
Dave and Mark sat down to play Haunt the House for the first time ever in their lives and recorded it for posterity. This is a bonus gameplay episode of which we may do more if you like! Let us know what you think of the episode and which of us makes the spookier ghost sounds. deadbirdrip@gmail.com.
Mark and Dave check out Haunt the House by Kids Table Board Gaming. Listen as they discuss Mark’s aversion to scary movies and what his tolerance level is for scary stuff.
We figured that while everyone was sick to death of Game of Thrones now would be a great time to release our episode about A Game of Thrones: The Board Game! We also tackle the big issues like when to stop eating tacos. Recorded while the final season was airing, you will hear some outdated conversation about the show and see which predictions of ours were on the money (none) and which were way off. This episode, like this description, is entirely too long. If you’re looking to skip talk about the show and get right to the game skip to 1:12:00 and go from there.
Mark Santistevan and Dave Lindsay are Getting into Games! Board games that is. Listen along as Mark and Dave casually discuss new games and classics. No ratings system here just a fun chat about board games, tabletop games and pop culture. Whether you’re getting into games for the first time or you have been getting into games for years, you will feel like you are sitting around with friends as you listen to this podcast. So press play and join the conversation!
