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The podcast that brings board games to life! Aaron (he/him) and a guest host talk board games, role playing games, & video games. He also hosts Cult Classic Callback https://linktr.ee/boardsalive

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Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 2d

Episode 262 is here and Quinten is back!
We give first impressions of Kinfire Council by @kevinwilson42.bsky.social & @incredibledream.bsky.social and our review of Up or Down? by @capstone-games.com
Plus Hollow Knight: Silksong and the new Indiana Jones DLC
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Episode 262 with Quinten – Kinfire Council, Up or Down?, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and The Order of Giants Indiana Jones and the Great Circle expansion

Episode 262 with Quinten – Kinfire Council, Up or Down?, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and The Order of Giants Indiana Jones and the Great Circle expansion Direct Download or Media Player…

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Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 20h

I'm running a game design jam at my school today
We're into the prototyping phase of the day
So many reused components

Piles of prototyping materials on a table

Piles of prototyping materials on a table while hands grab at items

Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 1d

I'd love to, but life is so busy right now. I'm barely finding time to do my own show lately

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Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 2d

Episode 262 with Quinten – Kinfire Council, Up or Down?, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and The Order of Giants Indiana Jones and the Great Circle expansion

Episode 262 with Quinten – Kinfire Council, Up or Down?, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and The Order of Giants Indiana Jones and the Great Circle expansion Direct Download or Media Player…

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Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 3d

You'd think he'd do some research before calling a game
I mean, Yesavage has played in every level on his skyrocket trip here
He's a top 100 prospect...

Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 9d

That was supposed to say cold America...

Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 9d

Oh, cool.
Enjoy come America, haha

Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 9d

Haha, nice! I'm a little bit far from Vancouver.
Are you coming for work?

Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 10d

We went to Cannery (carrot beer was weird in an almost good way), HWY 97 (banana beer was solid), Abandoned Rails (raspberry black IPA was not good), and Barley Mill, but they were sold out of their beer.
Hoping Yellow Dog will be better on Tuesday

Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 10d

Yeah, the theme of the fest was "weird beers" but nothing was that good.
I love weird beers, but none were good enough
We're going back on Tuesday with friends to the other 3 breweries in hopes they will be better.

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Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 10d

Lins and I are out on a date night for Beer Fest in Penticton
No beer has been good so far, but crib is fun

Flowers in a crib board because there were no pegs at this brewery

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Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 10d

Game of his life!
Hopefully only for about a week or so when he has an even better one in the playoffs, haha

Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 10d

I mean, this lineup looks like the b squad for them
Looks good as a Jays fan

Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 11d

We were supposed to play Kids on Bikes tonight, but we forgot our character sheets at home
So we're playing Just One

Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 13d

Wow, isn't this the first time he has been on the IL in his career?
Or at least since 2019?

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Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 14d

Woo! Congrats on this big change, dude.
Good luck

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Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 14d

We finished our 4p game of Fishing at lunch today
It's such a wild trick taking game
It's a weird balance of losing tricks to get better cards, but timing it out so you have a great last couple hands
If you like trick taking games, it's definitely worth trying

a man in a red hat is fishing in a pond

Alt: a man in a red hat is fishing in a pond

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Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 14d

Benji and I continued our Tuesday night Slay the Spire run
Act 2 was a tight one, but we pulled it off
I only had 1 HP left when I spent all my potions to finish off the boss
@megacrit.com

The Silent and the Ironclad running through Act 2 of Slay the Spire the Board Game

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Tory Brown (she/her) @downtowntbrown.bsky.social · 14d

There's a certain kind of ideologue who wants you to believe the public education system is "in the grip" of school teachers. That educators control nearly every aspect of not just schools but the government.

They are liars and weirdos. They are lying to you and are very weird about democracy.

Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 14d

The teacher pay penalty continues to grow.

Public school teachers are paid only 73 cents for every dollar paid to similar college graduates

New data from Sylvia Allegretto @epi.org and @ceprdc.bsky.social

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Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 15d

Woo! Congrats, gents!

Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 18d

Yeah I'm so surprised about the sadness
The Yankees aren't going to win all 8 games
The Jays aren't going to lose all 8
5 either way clinches it
It boggles the mind

Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 19d

We tried out Fishing at lunch today at 3p
Such a weird truck taking game where you're trying to decide if it's with winning a truck because you'll be stuck with those cards next round
Need to play it a bunch more to get a feel for it all

Some cards from Fishing setup on the table

Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 21d

Oh my goodness! Really?!
At the end?
Welp...
The guys are going to roast me on this now

Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 21d

I'm erecting the longest elevator shaft I can in Up or Down by @capstone-games.com
It's been a great lunchtime game but for some reason we almost always forget to draw a card at the start of our turns

A long column of cards on the table with Up or Down

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Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 21d

Also, gross, please don't talk to me in the bathroom
That's a quiet place for no human contact, haha

Boards Alive @boardsalive.bsky.social · 22d

Act 1 of Slay the Spire with Benji tonight
Did just fine, but love the co-op feel of talking things through and working together to keep each other alive

Ironclad and The Silent take on The Blob in Slay the Spire