Once again, Christian Petersen, Chatty Cathy extraordinaire and Fantasy Flight Head Honcho is featured. In this final segment, Aldie finally gets to ask the question he's been aching to ask and we talk about the licensing of video games for themes of boardgames, or more specifically: lotsa good scoop on the forthcoming World of Warcraft game as well as other projects to be released in the coming months. And we also analyze Christian's hook. (hubba, hubba) And roving reporter Ted Cheatham gives us another installment of his Origins report...

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Okie-dokie then. This is the second part of the Christian Petersen (Fantasy Flight big cheese) episode, as promised. We talk about Doom the boardgame quite a bit, as well as a number of other games coming from FF. In addition, we have a whole lotta Teddy love in this episode, starting with a audio review of Doom and finishing with another installment of his Origins trip.

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In this one, we talk with Christian Petersen, who is head honcho of Fantasy Flight and one chatty geek. In this first part, we talk about Fantasy Flight as a company and we specifically address the role that Twilight Imperium played in creating Fantasy Flight. Additionally, we also get a long-over due field report from our roving reporter, Ted Cheatham, as he visits Origins and gives us some scoop on some new games coming out soon. This is a slightly different format for us, as I cut this episode into three pieces and then tried to edit the result a bit...

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It's baaaAAAAaack! I seem to be cursed with bad laptop karma, 'cuz my four-month old laptop bit the dust two weeks ago. Anyway, we were more than just a bit worried, 'cuz I didn't have some of these files in any location other than the laptop. However, the Apple firewire drive mode is suuh-weeeEEEeeet. And AppleCare replaced the bad hard drive in record time! Ok, but enough about that. This is my favorite episode of the Gathering ones. Peter is simply a pleasure to talk to, and I've been playin' conversational Tichu with him for years now. We didn't intend to speak with him about his 'Millionaire' experience for quite as long as we did, but as usual, we got caught up in the moment. On a more topical note, we've decided to bring Peter and his game show skillz to Boardgamegeek.CON. The final format of the quiz show he'll be running is still up in the air, but as anyone from the Gathering of Friends will attest, he's an expert. We're extremely pleased to have him come to our event and doubly pleased he'll be making it such a wonderful experience for everyone. Also, with the new podcasting functionality in iTunes 4.9, we'll be releasing this episode via that method for the first couple days...

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This is the recovered episode from KublaCon 2005 where we interviewed Reiner Knizia and Guido Teuber in front of a live audience. There's a bit of an intro where we talk about our reactions when we found out that the file was corrupted. Thanks to all the users and especially Jim Ginn for recovering the file!

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This one's kind of a repeat, but this version's much better. Essentially, this is GeekSpeak in reverse. Skip Maloney, author for Games Magazine and the new gaming magazine Knucklebones, interviews Aldie and me about the website and the upcoming Boardgamegeek.CON.

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Ok, I'm changing things up a bit. Somewhat 'cuz we delayed this interview two or three times before we actually did it, but mostly 'cuz Beatnikturtle has recorded some brand new intro music for us, and it's freakin' dyn-O-mite! Oh yeah.. the guest. We're talkin' to Jeremy Young on this one and he's got some very interesting things to say about boardgames, lemme tell you...

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This is the first episode of those we recorded at the Gathering of Friends. We're speaking with New York City radio personality and game designer Mike Fitzgerald. Mike's perfectly modulated voice shames us while he describes his career in designing Collectible Card Games and his Mystery Rummy series.

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Ok, here's the soundseeing tour of the Gathering of Friends 2005 that I was threatening to do. I spent a little too much time being aware of the recording, but I think it came out pretty good. Enjoy the tour!

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In this episode Derk and I speak with Guido Teuber of Catan GmbH. We talk about his gaming background, playing games with his Dad (Klaus), playtesting Catan, and the business of games. We take a break and get a review of Fairy Tale from Ted Cheatham. We also get to talk with Guido about the Catan world and future developments. We also talk about mainstream vs. niche markets, and we finish up with the hook. A real fun episode with a lot of joking around.

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In this episode Derk and I speak with Jay Tummelson of Rio Grande Games. We discuss his gaming background, his work at Mayfair and how they almost didn't publish Settlers, the background of Rio Grande Games and the cups o' tea that sealed some big deals. Also, we talk about rule writing, free expansion packs?!, and where the name Rio Grande Games came from. There's also a brand new review of Caribbean from Ted Cheatham and Rick Thornquist reports in with a GameWire/Gone Cardboard update. Monster episode!

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After a few weeks hiatus, the episode that you've been waiting for is now available. Derk and I spoke with Reiner on Saturday night and on into Sunday morning. We covered his early years with his banking career and the transition to becoming a full-time game designer. We also go in-depth into the theme and creation of Euphrat & Tigris, Lord of the Rings, and Durch die Wuste. We get some personal tidbits such as his favorite movies and favorite word and curse word...sorta. Also, we've got a great Ted Cheatham review of Zendo, and we finish up with a modified hook Derk and I had a blast doing the show and thank Reiner Knizia for taking time out of his busy schedule to talk with us geeks.

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In this show Derk and I talk about the upcoming BGG.CON, t-shirts, Waffle House, Mallworld, Das Zepter von Zavandor, and Twilight Imperium. We also introduce a new feature starring Rick Thornquist from GameWire and GoneCardboard! Ted Cheatham fills in the show with a review of Picnic Panic which is not the Milton Bradley game in the database. Enjoy!

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In this episode we speak with Tony Elam about his gaming collection, collection methods, storage, rare games. We get an audio review from Ted Cheatham for Neuland, and then we continue on with Tony about his History of Gaming course at Rice University. Thanks to all who submitted questions for the show! We had a lot of good stuff to choose from.

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In this episode we speak with Rick Thornquist from Gamefest.com's Gamewire. We talk about Rick's gaming background, his role at Gamefest, and we cover a lot of the new upcoming games from Nurenberg plus a whole lot more. There's some Doom talk, and Ted Cheatham's done up a swell War of the Ring audio review. Plus there's always the hook!

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n this episode we speak with Tom Vasel, one of the more vocal game reviewers on the web these days. Tom lives in South Korea and we talk about his gaming background, his review process, answer a few caller questions, and also a surprise call to geek Jason Pass for his "Christmas Present" to be on GeekSpeak. We finish up with a dual hook and Tom's 10 10s. Click on the journal for the split versions.

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In this episode Derk and I speak with Rob Daviau, and Craig van Ness about their game design jobs at Hasbro. We discuss quite a bit of Heroscape, ask a bunch of questions about Cosmic Encounter that they can't really answer, and take a load of listener questions. We also get a review of Samurai from Ted Cheatham and as always the 'Hook.'

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In this episode we speak at great length with Pastor and gamer Mark Jackson (aka Fluff Daddy). We discuss his gaming background, light and fluffy games, his website, War of the Ring, and many other subjects. We also have a review of Rumis from roving reporter Ted Cheatham.

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In this episode we speak at great length with Pastor and gamer Mark Jackson (aka Fluff Daddy). We discuss his gaming background, light and fluffy games, his website, War of the Ring, and many other subjects. We also have a review of Rumis from roving reporter Ted Cheatham.

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Derk and I speak with a bunch of callers and with Adam Smiles, one of our new administrators. Thanks to all those who called in, this is a pretty self indulgent episode with a lot of inside jokes and fun stuff.

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Derk and I speak with a bunch of callers and with Adam Smiles, one of our new administrators. Thanks to all those who called in, this is a pretty self indulgent episode with a lot of inside jokes and fun stuff.

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In this episode Derk and I speak with Frank DiLorenzo about his gaming background, his game designs, R&R Games, and much more. We also get an in-depth audio review of Goldbrau from roving reporter Ted Cheatham and we take a user question.

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In this episode Derk and I speak with Frank DiLorenzo about his gaming background, his game designs, R&R Games, and much more. We also get an in-depth audio review of Goldbrau from roving reporter Ted Cheatham and we take a user question.

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In this episode Derk and I speak with Ben and Marcia Baldanza about their gaming backgrounds, election games, Marcia's use of games in education, and Ben's adult education gaming classes. We also get an in-depth audio review of Betrayal at House on the Hill from roving reporter Ted Cheatham and we take some user questions.

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In this episode Derk and I speak with Ben and Marcia Baldanza about their gaming backgrounds, election games, Marcia's use of games in education, and Ben's adult education gaming classes. We also get an in-depth audio review of Betrayal at House on the Hill from roving reporter Ted Cheatham and we take some user questions.

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In this episode Derk and I speak with Rick Thornquist and Greg Schloesser about their trip to Essen. We discuss their initial impressions on a bunch of games they played while they were there. We also get an in-depth audio review of Boomtown from roving reporter Ted Cheatham as well as some user questions.

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In this episode Derk and I finish up our discussion of new Essen releases with Rick Thornquist and Greg Schloesser as well as fielding a bunch of user questions.

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In this creepy Halloween episode Derk and I speak with Frank Branham about his gaming background, game designs, and tons of horror games. We even diverge into some scary movie talk... a very geeky episode.

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Aldie & Derk speak with Chris Farrell and discuss his wargaming background, wargaming in general, and some of his favorites.

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Aldie and Derk speak with game designer Alan R. Moon. We discuss his background in gaming and the history of his career. Also, we get his favorite 2,3,4,5 and 6 player games as well as what he's playing now.

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Aldie and Derk talk with recent Spiele des Jahres and IGA winners Mark Kaufmann and Eric Hautemont from Days of Wonder.

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Aldie & Derk interview each other about their gaming backgrounds and tell the history of boardgamegeek.com We also review Cluzzle, St. Petersburg, and Magna Grecia.

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Aldie & Derk discuss their personal favorite games.

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Aldie and Derk talk to Greg Schloesser about the size of his collection, Westbank Gamers, board game evangelism, how to start a game group, and the IGA awards. Greg also answers some tough questions about his favorite games.

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