Episode 38: Dipping Your Toes into Historical Board Games, with David Thompson

Game designer David Thompson joins Candice to discuss their favorite board games for dipping your toes into historical board games.

00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:01:51 Game Updates from David (War Chest: Nightfall, Undaunted 2200: Callisto, War Story Occupied France, Night Witches, and Zheng He)
- 00:08:10 New GeekUp bits for War Chest & Tash Kalar
- 00:08:34 The Hobby premiere at SXSW
- 00:13:14 Cardboard Creations available on podcast platforms
00:18:03 Fresh Plays
- 00:19:13 Mandala
- 00:24:14 Triqueta + Hidden Wolves expansion
- 00:30:56 Patterns
- 00:34:29 Candice is getting back into Lord of the Rings: The Card Game
- 00:35:33 Sea Salt & Paper
00:46:12 Dipping Your Toes into Historical Board Games
- 00:46:17 What historical games are all about
- 00:49:29 Why we're passionate about historical games
- 00:52:19 Our Favorite Introductory Historical Board Games
  - 00:53:31 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Dual Powers: Revolution 1917, Twilight Struggle: Red Sea, Votes for Women, The Red Burnoose: Algeria 1857, Undaunted: Normandy, Valiant Defense Series)
  - 00:58:03 Versailles 1919
  - 01:01:45 Halls of Hegra
  - 01:06:43 The Battle of Versailles
  - 01:11:23 Border Reivers
  - 01:15:46 Stonewall Uprising
  - 01:20:13 Cuba Libre
    - 01:23:37 The British Way
    - 01:25:23 Liberty or Death
  - 01:27:11 Land and Freedom
  - 01:32:29 1815, Scum of the Earth
  - 01:36:32 Votes for Women
- 01:40:04 Zenobia Award Games
01:41:28 Sign-off

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