Summary: <br> <br> Episode 161 – Boston FIG 2019<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> We’re here with interviews from this year’s Boston FIG Fest! We’ll tell you about a few of our favorites, have a SNAP review, then get right into the interviews.<br> <br> <br> <br> What surprised us about Boston FIG this year?<br> <br> <br> <br> How much less crowded it felt at the new location. Harvard Athletic Center had a lot more room than MIT.<br> <br> <br> <br> Andrew was surprised by Starport, a tabletop RPG designed for kids. Beautiful art, but gameplay boils down to rolling a D20 and spending tokens (smart, sneaky, strong, and help). We warched Kevin run a short session for our kids, and it was amazing.<br> <br> <br> <br> A game called Zaam used sound waves to move pieces around a board. More of an art installation than a viable game, but really neat.<br> <br> <br> <br> As always, we love talking to people who designed games together with their family, and seeing families support their resident game designer.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> SNAP Review: Most Wanted<br> <br> <br> <br> Andrew and Anitra review Most Wanted, a poker-inspired game with a Wild West theme. Can you become the most notorious outlaw – or will you get stuck paying bail?<br> <br> <br> <br> Read the transcript and see all the pictures on our <a href="/snap-review-most-wanted/">SNAP review post</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Auction Comics (and Board Game Workshop) with Chris Anderson<br> <br> <br> <br> Auction off comics and sell them to collectors in this game for 2-5 players. But collecting sets of comics is not your goal – show me the money! Sound interesting? <a href="https://theboardgameworkshop.com/venntikgames/">Sign up for the Auction Comics email list</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> Chris is also the brains behind the <a href="https://theboardgameworkshop.com/">Board Game Workshop</a> podcast. They’re currently running a game competition, but they’re also running a <a href="https://theboardgameworkshop.com/design-day/">Design Day</a>. Come to Taunton Massachusetts on October 19, either to get help designing your game, or to come playtest lots of games!<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://i2.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/ShiftingStones.jpg"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> Shifting Stones with Evan Raitt<br> <br> <br> <br> Shifting Stones works like a sliding 9-piece puzzle, but you can flip stones over as well as shifting them. Try to shift and flip stones to match at least one of the cards in your hand. Claim patterns from your hand to score points.<br> <br> <br> <br> Shifting Stones should be published with Gamewright sometime next year.<br> <br> <br> <br> Curse of the Pyramid with John and Emerus Herman<br> <br> <br> <br> A cooperative adventure game that promotes literacy, inspired by the pyramid at Giza.<br> <br> <br> <br> Lay out cards to build your Egyptian pyramid. Explore the pyramid by gradually flipping over cards. Collect amulets by spelling/acquiring hieroglyphs. Don’t get thwarted by curses! Unlock the pyramid and stop the Pharaoh’s curse!<br> <br> <br> <br> Emerus liked drawing the cards and researching the spellings for the amulets. But his favorite part to play is collecting the hieroglyphs!<br> <br> <br> <br> We just like games, and we like having fun, and it blows my mind to look at the table and see people playing our little game.John Herman<br> <br> <br> <br> Find out more about the game and get in touch with the designers at <a href="http://johnherman.org/">JohnHerman.org</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <a></a><br> <br> <br> <br> Gemstones with Garrett Sendlewski<br> <br> <br>
