Episode Archive: Beyond the Board

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Outlaws, duels, and lawmen! Mike and Spencer find the perfect recipe for a good ol' fashioned shootout! With the help of Pretzel Game's Flick 'Em Up, they discuss the some of the Wests most famous standoffs! (Russel up some history...)

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Spencer and Mike trek through the fields of Bohnanza, the bean farming card game, and stop in a patch of coffee beans! They dig through coffee bean farming, coffee bean processing, and coffee bean roasting in this caffeinated episode! (There are a lot of beans in Bohnanaza but, we picked our favorite bean!)

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It’s a list episode! Mike and Spencer get sympathetic with some classic video game villains, as the check off their top 10 of those bad guys you love AND hate! (Put yourself in their monster shoes!)

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Spencer and Mike pick apart how the brain can be not firing on all cylinders. Also, how it can screw you up playing the tense-friend revealing card game, Anomia! (It’s ah… what’s the word?... EDUCATIONAL!)

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Spencer and Mike tinker with the gears and mechanics of Machine of Death, the card game! Then they talk about some real life wacky assassinations! (Because killing people for money is SO wacky!)

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Flip back in your history books and discover the story of Santorini, as Spencer and Mike use their god-like powers and explore Roxley Games' hit strategy board game, Santorini! (Is there a board game god?)

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Plug yourself in with Mike and Spencer as they discuss real life hacking and the history of electronic security, all inspired by the cyberpunk card game, Netrunner! (not LIFE hacking, but with computers!)