Episode 035 Length: 29:07 Subscribe to Show Link: Welcome back to Vox Republica, the Cardboard Republic Podcast! We’re back at posting new episodes every Thursday, and each episode will be about 20 – 30 minutes long. We’re back from...
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Weekly News 4/3/14 Site News: International TableTop Day is coming up on April 5th! We have an event on their webpage and a Facebook event. If you’re in the Metro North area of Boston and don’t already have plans, consider...
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The ABCs of GMing The ABCs of GMing is an ongoing series about the different skills and ideas needed to run a successful tabletop game. Knowledge It’s been mentioned in several previous articles the importance of understanding your players,...
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For a lot of people, history is a boring school subject. Why bother learning about how George Washington chopped down the Liberty Bell to distract the Soviets, right? What’s the point in learning that stuff…unless it’s about battle. Forget social...
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You, my friend, are an intrepid troll hunter. Bless your shiny leather boots, you’re here to rid the countryside of those foul creatures and save our land from their murderous rampages – not to mention their halitosis. So what’s your...
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Let’s face it: Magic is a complex and complicated game. It has thousands upon thousands of cards, over 200 pages of rules, a seemingly infinite number of deck permutations, and a randomness factor that guarantees few games feel exactly the...
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I often hear people ask game designers if they pick a mechanic or a theme first. With Relic Expedition, I picked both the expanding board mechanic and the jungle exploration theme before doing any prototyping. Development was a constant back...
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Weekly News 3/27/14 Site News: International TableTop Day is coming up on April 5th! We have an event on their webpage and a Facebook event. If you’re in the Metro North area of Boston and don’t already have plans, consider...
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14 May, 1948 Dear Dr. Kasif, Congratulations! You have been selected to be part of the Academy of Discovery’s exploratory group, where you will be venturing deep into dense and remote jungle basin to further learn about the peoples who...
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Why did we just hire another graphic designer when we have three already? Is that the same intern as last week? Where did this gumball machine come from? And, seriously, is there anyone working here not a consultant at this...
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