x
search
menu

Episode #5 of The BoardGameGeek Show — Coverage from Cannes, Funagain Closes, and More

Episode #5 of The BoardGameGeek Show — Coverage from Cannes, Funagain Closes, and More
From gallery of W Eric Martin
The latest episode of The BoardGameGeek Show is now live, which is a few hours earlier than normal as we wanted early viewers to still have time to vote for their favorite nominees for the 2017 Golden Geek Awards before the end of Thursday, March 8. Now you know about this deadline as well.

In the episode, we chat about games we've played recently, the closing of online sales and Kickstarter fulfillment by Funagain Games, observations on the industry from Phil Reed of Steve Jackson Games, and what we saw and played in Cannes, France during the Festival International des Jeux, which took place February 23-25, 2018. Was that already two weeks ago? Sheesh.

Even if you don't care to hear Scott, Lincoln and I chatter about this and that, I'd suggest you start watching at 35:00 for an understanding of the Off, a.k.a. Nuits de Off, the after-hours program at FIJ where dozens of designers and publishers show off prototypes of upcoming games and games under development to hundreds of players. I've never seen something this large at any other convention (although I haven't been to Unpub yet), and if you want to understand why French designers and publishers have a reputation for being open about everything they're working on, this video will serve as evidence for that behavior.

Show notes below the vid:




00:49 The Mind - Wolfgang Warsch - Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag
01:02 Verflucht! - Steffen Benndorf - AMIGO
01:30 The Bark Side - Kotaro Kanda - Korea Boardgames
03:10 Dragons - Bruno Faidutti - Matagot
05:01 CIV: Carta Impera Victoria - Rémi Amy - Ludonaute
06:07 Welcome to... - Benoit Turpin - Blue Cocker Games
07:36 Strike - Dieter Nüßle - Ravensburger
08:41 Castell - Aaron Vanderbeek - Renegade Game Studios
09:21 Sid Meier's Civilization: A New Dawn - Fantasy Flight Games
11:23 Funagain shuttering online sales and fulfillment service
15:15 Steve Jackson Games annual stakeholder's report
18:33 Batman: Gotham City Chronicles on Kickstarter
22:43 Chronicles of Crime on Kickstarter
25:15 Cannes Festival International des Jeux follow up
26:21 Edgar & Lucien - Tanguy Camus, Stéphane Gantiez & Basile Mayeur - Guru Fabric
26:50 Monumental - Matthew Dunstan - Funforge
27:46 Off Cannes follow-up
33:12 BoardGameGeek Golden Geek Awards voting
33:33 BGG.CON 2018 tickets on sale
33:48 GAMA Trade Show live-streaming
35:39 Off Cannes event
45:06 Cannes FIJ wrap-up w/ Lincoln & Eric in Cannes

Related

New Game Round-up: Save the Universe in Thanos Rising; Get Struck by Curses in Another Lost Expedition

New Game Round-up: Save the Universe in Thanos Rising; Get Struck by Curses in Another Lost Expedition

Mar 08, 2018

• Should you not be able to wait for the theatrical release of Avengers: Infinity War in late April 2018, USAopoly is offering you the chance to take on Thanos yourself in the cooperative dice...
New Game Round-up: Carson City Large and Small, Zombicide in Space, and Estonian History Replayed

New Game Round-up: Carson City Large and Small, Zombicide in Space, and Estonian History Replayed

Mar 07, 2018

• Dutch publisher Quined Games has announced a couple of new releases and reprints due out in Q2 2018, starting with a new edition of Xavier Georges' Carson City: Big Box, which was first...
New Game Round-up: Java and Attika Return in New Garb from Super Meeple, and Northern Pacific Rides Again

New Game Round-up: Java and Attika Return in New Garb from Super Meeple, and Northern Pacific Rides Again

Mar 06, 2018

• I traveled to Cannes, France in late February 2018 to broadcast game demonstrations from the Festival International des Jeux, but I spent most of the time in the BGG booth, which gave me...
New Game Round-up: Build Ships, Learn Skills, and Beat People Up with Mechs — Twice

New Game Round-up: Build Ships, Learn Skills, and Beat People Up with Mechs — Twice

Mar 05, 2018

Thanks to all the recent convention travels, I'll be in catch-up mode on all the February 2018 game announcements well into March, at which point I might start to fall behind on that month's...
Crowdfunding Round-up: Donning the Big Chibi Batman, Then Settling on the Throne of Fire Island

Crowdfunding Round-up: Donning the Big Chibi Batman, Then Settling on the Throne of Fire Island

Mar 04, 2018

• Dice Throne: Season Two from Nate Chatellier, Manny Trembley, and Roxley is one of those items that confounds the BGG database as Dice Throne: Season Two is actually three separate "battle...
ads