The Vintage Gamer Special #04: Origins 2008 Interviews
At long last, the annual Origins episode of The Vintage Gamer. As this is the third year, this officially makes it a cherished tradition. Un...
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Musings on older board games, computer games, and RPGs.
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20 of 30 episodesThe Vintage Gamer #33: Illuminati
Oh my stars and garters, it’s another Vintage Gamer! This time I cover the 80s conspiracy game, Illuminati. Lie to your friends, stab...
The Vintage Gamer #32: Chess Variants
And so The Vintage Gamer returns to its regular yet irregular schedule. In this show I spend over an hour talking about one of my secret lov...
The Vintage Gamer Special Episode: Tic-Tac-Toe Champion
The Vintage Gamer begins its triumphant return with a special interview episode with the Tic-Tac-Toe Champion of the World. If that’s...
The Vintage Gamer #31: Nuclear War
Back from the abyss with an actual game review show. This time I talk about the darkly humorous game Nuclear War, designed by Doug Malewicki...
TVG Special #2: Origins 2007 Board Game Podcasters Q&A
It being the second year in a row, I now present the traditional recording of the gaming podcasters panel. The panel this year was organized...
The Vintage Gamer #30: Interview with Eric Goldberg
After an even longer hiatus, I’m back — at least for the moment. This week I have an interview from GDC 2007 with another gaming...
The Vintage Gamer #29: Interview with Greg Costikyan
After a long hiatus, I’m back. This week I have an interview from GDC 2007 with gaming luminary Greg Costikyan of Manifesto Games. We...
The Vintage Gamer #28: Tales of the Arabian Nights
Back to board games with this episode, where I do double-coverage by talking about both another paragraph-based game and another Eric Goldbe...
The Vintage Gamer #27: The Fool’s Errand (VG)
As it’s been a while since I’ve done a pure computer game, I decided to do another blast from the Macintosh past. This time the...
The Vintage Gamer #26: Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective (BG/VG)
Finally I return to games that most would consider “vintage,” this one being both 20 years old and out of print. The game this w...
The Vintage Gamer #25: Tom Clancy’s Politika, Part 2 (BG/VG)
This month is the 10-year anniversary of the founding of Red Storm Entertainment. As a commemoration, I’m doing a two-parter [go here...
The Vintage Gamer #24: Tom Clancy’s Politika, Part 1 (BG/VG)
This month is the 10-year anniversary of the founding of Red Storm Entertainment. As a commemoration, I’m doing a two-parter [go here...
The Vintage Gamer #23: Halloween Show
And right on the heels of the last episode, a Halloween-themed show, where I cover some vintage board and card games with horror themes. Sho...
The Vintage Gamer #22: DragonQuest (RPG)
This week on The Vintage Gamer, I cover one of the few threats to Dungeons and Dragons in the fantasy role-playing game market — and o...
The Vintage Gamer #21: Book Week!
This week on The Vintage Gamer, I do reviews of three books about games — one about history, one about art, and one about business: Th...
The Vintage Gamer #20: The Awful Green Things From Outer Space (BG)
This week, the monster movie game The Awful Green Things from Outer Space. So grab some popcorn and a big orange drink and settle in for a g...
The Vintage Gamer #19: Dragon*Con 2006 and Moonshot (BG)
A few days late, but better late than never. This week I give an overview of my time at Dragon*Con (promoting a lot of other podcasts in the...
The Vintage Gamer #18: Pente (BG)
This week, I cover Pente, the game of capturing and five in a row, as well as a number of other traditional five in a row games. I also talk...
The Vintage Gamer #17: Empire Builder (BG)
This week, I am joined in the studio by my lovely podcasting wife Mur, of Geek Fu Action Grip, I Should Be Writing and Pseudopod. We discuss...