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I really like how this turned out. It's just over a minute long.

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The full half-hour episode should be done before November.

Download: http://gameshelf.jmac.org/shows/Gameshelf5.m4v [Quicktime 7]
29 minutes 8 secs, 358 MB


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YouTube'd, and I'm also sticking it into the RSS feed. Also redesigned the website a little bit, making the archive more obvious and attractive. I don't feel like futzing with the diggy stuff right now.

Finding the time for other necessary Gameshelf stuff this month is gonna be a challenge, though, with the next two weekends already spoken for. ( Read more... )

Download: http://gameshelf.jmac.org/shows/G4TV.m4v [Quicktime 7]
27 minutes 13 secs, 157.6 MB



prog and mrmorse look at three tile-placement games.

• Carcassonne, a game of communal map-building and sneaky claim-jumping. We look at the basic set, which was published in the ( Read more... )

http://gameshelf.jmac.org/shows/Gameshelf3.m4v (Quicktime 7)
http://gameshelf.jmac.org/shows/Gameshelf3.mov (Quicktime 6)

Jmac and guest host Joe Johnston take a look at some fairly recent wargames.

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  Memoir '44, an accessible yet rich modular game of tactical engagements between Allied and German forces in World War II.


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  Gnostica, an ( Read more... )

http://gameshelf.jmac.org/shows/Gameshelf2.mov
http://gameshelf.jmac.org/shows/gameshelf2_tv.mov (shorter TV edit)

Jmac and guest host Joe Johnston take a look at space-themed games.

• Space Station Assault, a simple and fast-paced card game of interstellar violence.
• The Awful Green Things From Outer Space, a B-movie inspired board game ( Read more... )

http://gameshelf.jmac.org/shows/Gameshelf_1.mp4

For our first full-length episode, we look at three medieval-themed games.

• Shadows over Camelot, a (mostly!) cooperative board game that pits the (more or less) valiant knights of the Round Table against the forces of Evil. And quite possibly against each other, as well. Published in 2005 ( Read more... )

http://gameshelf.jmac.org/shows/Florence.mov

• The Princes of Florence, a board game set in Renaissance Italy where players take the roles of wealthy families competing to rack up the best reputation as a patron of the burgeoning arts and sciences. You can find this new at most any specialty game store.

This is a 10-minute long proto-episode that ( Read more... )