Antsy to Gancy - A Board Game Podcast

Jaina and Sharon
Antsy to Gancy - A Board Game Podcast

Feeling anxious about your board game collection? Not quite sure why you bought yet another new game (okay, five new games...) when you already have an unplayed stack taller than you are? We're here to help! Not help in the sense of encouraging you to thin your collection (where's the fun in that???), we're here to help you feel good about your board game collection, no matter its size! We'll be discussing gaming topics that have caught our interest, share ideas about creating epic game nights, and chat with truly wonderful people in our hobby, along with a special focus on two-player gaming experiences. Happy gaming! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 09/09/2023

    A History of Roll and Write Games

    For this inaugural episode, your host Jaina brings you back in time to learn about the history of dice, and how we got from flipping sticks as dice to the first modern roll and write games. Listen in for a short and sweet tour through time from around 2500 BCE through to the 1970s, and make sure to tune in on September 22 to continue the journey through to some of today's most popular games! Credits Intro and Outro Music: Comedy Detective by Onoychenko Music via Pixabay Time machine sound effect: Sci Fi Disappearance by Pixabay Sources (in order of appearance/use in episode) Board Game Geek (Roll and Write: Mechanisms, accessed on July 30, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamefamily/41222/mechanism-roll-and-write/linkeditems/boardgamefamily?pageid=35&sort=yearpublished Parlett's History of Board Games (The Updated Edition of The Oxford History of Board Games) by David Parlett (history of dice, pgs. 21-28) The Complete Book of Games by Clement Wood and Gloria Goddard via Wikipedia (Yacht description and rules, accessed September 2, 2023): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacht_(dice_game) Luck (1943 box of games via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/40249/luck Guffy (1952 game via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/283757/guffy Thread on Guffy copyright and trademark infringement and personal correspondence (via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/608254/game-called-guffy-yahtzee-copyrighted-1952 The Yahtzee Manifesto (history and development of Yahtzee, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://www.yahtzeemanifesto.com/History/yahtzee-history.php#ancient Spare Time Bowling (1940 game via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4165/spare-time-bowling 6 Steps (1965 game via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35564/6-steps The Great Races (1974 game via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43144/great-races Can't Stop (1980 game via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/41/cant-stop Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Feeling anxious about your board game collection? Not quite sure why you bought yet another new game (okay, five new games...) when you already have an unplayed stack taller than you are? We're here to help! Not help in the sense of encouraging you to thin your collection (where's the fun in that???), we're here to help you feel good about your board game collection, no matter its size! We'll be discussing gaming topics that have caught our interest, share ideas about creating epic game nights, and chat with truly wonderful people in our hobby, along with a special focus on two-player gaming experiences. Happy gaming! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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