#68: A Mailbag of Biblical Proportions
Board Game Barrage16 Touko 2019

#68: A Mailbag of Biblical Proportions

Letters! You love writing them, and we love reading them! This week, we look at portable and licensed games, why reviewers love social games, and give advice for your first board game convention. Before we break out the letter opener, we also talk about Fool!, Aerion, and Fireball Island: The Curse of Vul-Kar.

01:03 - Fool!
05:38 - Aerion
13:06 - Fireball Island: The Curse of Vul-Kar
22:24 - Listener Questions
22:48 - Best portable games?
23:29 - Oink Games
23:54 - Sprawlopolis
24:07 - SHH
25:01 - No Thanks!
25:10 - Skull
25:51 - Illusion
26:22 - Are reviewers biased towards more social games?
28:48 - Blood on the Clocktower
32:15 - Cosmic Encounter
33:08 - Convention tips?
34:52 - Nyctophobia
37:47 - Best licensed game?
38:02 - Dune
38:22 - XCOM: The Board Game
38:34 - The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31
39:01 - Play new games or replay old ones?
39:37 - Why does Neilan have the best voice?
41:05 - ?!?!

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#281: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 901-1000

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#280: Equal and Opposite Interactions

#280: Equal and Opposite Interactions

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#279: Let the Golden Age Begin

#279: Let the Golden Age Begin

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#278: Check Check Check

#278: Check Check Check

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#277: Definitely Not a Mailbag Episode

#277: Definitely Not a Mailbag Episode

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#276: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 801-900

#276: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 801-900

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#275: Building and Breaking Conventions

#275: Building and Breaking Conventions

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#274: Guessing Golden Geeks

#274: Guessing Golden Geeks

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