A brand new year, episode 10, and other stuff!

Hey all! The new year is feel good so far. The podcast is going well, review writing is getting better all the time, I'm recovering from a cold... What's not to love? 

First off, for episode 10 of the podcast, I got to hang out at Bosco's in Anchorage Alaska. Bosco's is an Anchorage institution, my hometown FLGS, and my old employer. John is an amazing dude who spits out wisdom like some cross between Tom Waits and FDR. Check that out on our podcast tab.

The new Bosco's mid-town location.

Oh yeah! With a new year, Mrs. Cardboard Herald and I took a look at our collection and decided to cull some titles for the trade / sell / twitter giveaway list. Once we did that, we had a little space to play around with organization. Here's the collection as of January 2017:

These are the games that we owned and (probably at some point) loved, but unfortunately, they just couldn't make the cut for the new year. Maybe they were replaced by other games, maybe we just don't feel the itch anymore, whatever it is, these are off to a new home as soon as I can find one:

Boss Monster 1 & 2
Thunderstone Advance
Tokaido
Urban Sprawl
Ninja: The Legend of the Scorpion Clan
World of Warcraft
Bioshock: Infinite

Lastly, in case you missed it, I'm super proud of the 7 Wonders: Duel review I posted yesterday, so be sure to read it and tell me what exclusively 2 player games you love. 

Cindi Lauper - Time After Time

New Review - 7 Wonders: Duel

New review posted, check it out in the latest reviews!

Interview with Ted Alspach of Bezier Games

Are you kidding me!? I get to chat with Ted Alspach, the designer of my beloved Suburbia? Yes please! Check out this week's podcast, where I talk with Ted about his inspirations, designs, family life, and upcoming projects. While you are at it, check out Colony, their 2016 release and tell me how it is; as soon as I can get my hands on it, I'll give you my impressions too. 

Next week we'll have an interview with Anchorage, AK Assemblyman, teenage Jack Eddy's mentor, and Bosco's Cards Comics and Games owner, John Weddleton! 

Welcome to 2017 - Let's talk about old games!

Hey folks, we made it. 2016 is over and done with; though the repercussions will linger I'm sure. There's some really good stuff about 2016 too, especially in gaming. Both video games and tabletop games saw some awesome releases over the past year. But everyone is talking about those, so John and I decided to talk about something else. Check out our articles, John's Favorite non-2016 Gaming Experiences of 2016 and Jack's Favorite Old but New Games of 2016.

Happy New Year! 

The San Francisco Symphony - The Ecstasy of Gold

Interview with Jamey Stegmaier, designer of Scythe and co-owner of Stonemaier games

Hey everyone! I just posted an interview with Jamey Stegmaier, designer of Scythe, Viticulture, and Euphoria; co-owner of Stonemaier games. What are you waiting for, check it out!

Written Interview with Melissa Benson, One of the Original MTG Artists!

Bask in the glory of Shivan Dragon. Bask in it! This artwork from the Original Magic the Gathering release is among the most iconic pieces of art from my childhood. I got a chance to correspond with Melissa and ask her some questions for the Cardboard Herald. Check it out at here  or by clicking the articles tab.

I have lots of great stuff cooking for you lovely people. For now, happy holiday shopping!

Interview with Patrick Leder of Leder Games, Allegiance Review, and More!

Interview with Vast co-designer Patrick Leder

Hey everyone! Busy week here at TCbH HQ! I'm so proud to post my interview with Patrick Leder, co-designer of Vast: The Crystal Caverns and founder of Leder Games. You can still back the 2nd printing of Vast right now, check out the interview on iTunes, Stitcher, or our podcasts tab, then check out their Kickstarter page!

New Review - Allegiance: A Realm Divided

That's right, a brand spanking new review for a new twist on a classic setup. And what's more, this review ain't written by me! John L S Foster is a new contributor to The Cardboard Herald. He applies an awesome narrative flair in his writing, I think he's just what we need to spice up the site. As always we want to provide you with diverse opinions and voices, it keeps us honest and keeps you entertained. 

New Podcast Format (kind of...)

Yeah, so you guys are incredible and the support for the interviews on TCbH has been amazing, and people are lining up to do interviews at the moment. So instead of the original plan, always changing up the topic of each podcast, we are going to focus on interviews and discussions at the moment. We'll still have some review diary episodes and topic discussions in the future, but those may also be combined into smaller segments of the interview podcasts. Ultimately, we are figuring it out as we go along. One thing we want to continue with is answering your questions. Send them in! We're doing this for you, after all. cardboardherald@gmail.com or @cardboardherald on twitter. 

Love you!

Jack

Metallica - Until It Sleeps

Holy Crow! Three expansion reviews!?

Hey there! 

While I was writing up the article "Three Perfect Expansions", I ended up stumbling upon our brand spanking new, never-before-seen, expansion review format. So the article kind of evolved (devolved?) into three separate reviews. So check out the reviews for Five Tribes: Artisans of Naqala, Suburbia: Inc, and Lords of Waterdeep: Scoundrels of Skullport.

Stay tuned for big news about the podcast this week! 

-Jack

Imperialistic Settling and Paper Heroes

Hey there, superfans and true believers! Podcast episode 4 is up, it's my interview with friend, DM, and co-creator of Paper Heroes Rob Conley. Also check out the review for the lovely, colorful Imperial Settlers. 

Oh yeah, you can now get the podcast on Stitcher! Huzzah! If you have questions or comments send them our way! cardboardherald@gmail.com or @cardboardherald on twitter.

Love from me and Hemingway,

-Jack

Little Feat - Two Trains

Moving to the 'burbs & checking the mail!

New review up for Suburbia. Also podcast episode 3, November's mailbag episode is up. Special guest Christina Eddy joins me on the podcast to help ask and answer questions, and keep me reasonably focussed, a feat near impossible for the likes of mere mortals.

Also The Cardboard Herald has exclusive access to the brand new FPS arena game Adrenaline, recently released at BGG Con! First thoughts? The iconography is TERRIBLE, imagine reading hieroglyphics with a heavy fever... But once the gears shift into place, it's silly, fast, and fun. I really doubted that it could successfully mimic the arena FPS days of my youth, but it totally feels like it. If you needed "Quake" the board game, this is it. 

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