Victory Points - A Board Game Podcast

Lizzy Funkhauser of Board Game Spotlight talk with Becca and Jake about Roll and Write games, Engine builders, and what it was like to become a gamer on an army base.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Becca, Jake, and Xander dive into what it's like to slip into the skins of many different role-playing characters. They also discuss their feelings about battle co-op games, including Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid. Kickstarter Library Bards album: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/librarybards/the-library-bards-new-album-bombarded Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Becca and Jake talk to Havana about how she got into twitch streaming and built a caring community, the responsibility she feels as someone with a platform to foster an atmosphere of kindness and learning, and what it was like to grow up with parents who owned a video game store. Plus, why everyone should love codenames as much as we do.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Becca and Jake talk to Paula Deming about her sketch comedy youtube series "Things Get Dicey!" about one woman's board game addicted trials and tribulations. They also talk about TALES OF ARABIAN NIGHTS from Z-Man Games.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Becca and her brand spanking new co-host Jake Michels talk to their guest John D. Clair about how he went about crafting new ways to think about game development. John is the designer of games for AEG such as Space Base, Mystic Vale, and Edge of Darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Becca and actress and interactive storytelling writer Kristie Krueger talk about why we love to mess with our friends heads when playing Social Deduction games. They also discuss what it's like for Kristie to work at an esports and board game bar, where her gaming knowledge is often underestimated because of her gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Becca and director of Maple Games Daryl Andrews talk about the game selection process for major publishers and what being a "Euro Game" really means.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Becca and her guest, comedian James Katica, hash it out about competitiveness in friendly gameplay. Sure, you bring your war face if you’re in a tournament setting, but what happens when you take winning a little too seriously in your friendly gaming group? They will explore these boundaries and tell you when you’re being too much.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Becca's guest, Ross Thompson is the Marketing Manager at the OP, formerly USAopoly, founder of Kingdom-Con, a Table-Top Gaming Convention in San Diego, and active member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. Ross and Becca discuss marketing in gaming, social media's role, and of course SCA. Seriously nerdy stuff.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Becca and guest Jimmy Wong (actor, gamer, YouTuber and musical artist) talk about the profound influence of Magic: The Gathering on the gaming industry, other one on one combat games like Roxley games' Dice Throne Season 2, and his love of the storytelling campaign game Gen7 from Plaid Hat Games. Jimmy is known for Video Game High School and the Command Zone podcast.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Becca and guest Ash Minnick gush about their love of epic style games. Give us those big luscious figurines! They also talk about how to subtly combat those mansplainers at your table, and what about gaming with each other they love.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Victory Points, Becca and guest James Hudson sit down to discuss murder-mystery cooperative deduction games. James is the new Senior Director of Tabletop Games at Skybound Entertainment and co-created The Grimm Forest. They dive into what Skybound is up to next, and why gamers get such a thrill out of solving crimes together. Oshi the dog makes an appearance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on Victory Points; Ruel Gaviola, writing contributor to Geek & Sundry, iSlaytheDragon, and Tabletop-Test, and the podcast The Five By spends his birthday discussing "Court of the Dead: Mourner’s Call" with Becca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ivan Van Norman is a renaissance man. He is the creator of the children’s book The ABCs of RPGs, creator of the zombie themed RPG game Outbreak Undead and owner of the media publishing company Hunters Entertainment. This week on Victory Points Ivan sits down with Becca to talk about his new book The ABCs of D&D, balancing parenthood, gaming and his business ventures and the pros and cons or crowdfunding for table top games.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Becca and guest David Aaron Zuckman discuss asymmetrical mechanics in games like Root, by Leder Games. David dives into how he created Overlords of Infamy and it’s current explanation Kickstarter, Misery Loves Company.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the inaugural episode of Victory Points, Becca talks with Jake Michels about why Twilight Imperium might be the perfect game. She also talks with friend Brittanie Boe aka Bebo about what it means to be a female tabletop gamer. WE’RE ALIVE FRONTIER TRAILER SEASON 1 TRAILER:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UZ70IPoLFg BEBO’S BOOK: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Everything-Tabletop-Games-Book/Bebo/Everything/9781507210628 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Becca Scott is obsessed with board games. She's the host of How to Play and Game the Game, and now she's podcasting about board games. She interviews board game developers, artists, publishers, and other board game fanatics, to find out what they're playing, why they love games, and why gaming is important to them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices