by Jamie
Episode 29: Fury of Dracula, Horror Board Games and Dungeon Master Cheating
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 11:37 pm in Announcements, Podcast Episodes by Jamie
In episode 29, the Halloween special the founders review the Fantasy Flight published board game, Fury of Dracula. Tony T brings you all the gaming news while the rest of the gang gives their thoughts. For the discussion segments, the founders tackle Horror themed Board Games and then ask the question, is it Dungeon Master Cheating or making the game better?
Episode Timeline
Fury of Dracula Walkthrough: 00:34
Fury of Dracula Review: 00:43
A Look Back at 7 Wonders: 01:03
Gaming News with Tony Topper: 01:08
Horror Themed Board Games: 01:21
Dungeon Master Cheating: 01:49
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Opening Banter Topics:
- We have a new Sponsor, Myriad Games and Game Salute!
- Our first guest host in ep 28, how did it go?
- Uwe Rosenburg’s Bohnanza
- Puzzle Strike!
- Spartacus: A Game of Blood and Treachery
- Chris and Brian got Danny Perello’s D&Deeples
- Chris tries out the Game Share from Myriad Games
- Brian is moving to Florida, but will remain with the show
- A new X-Com video game
- Chris’ Eaten by Zombies Giveaway on Facebook! For the basic rules of the giveaway, check out our BGG guild forum post
Fury of Dracula Walkthrough And Review:
In this game of Gothic adventure, one player takes the role of Dracula while up to four others attempt to stop him by controlling Vampire hunters from the famous Bram Stoker novel.
Dracula has returned, and is determined to control all of Europe by creating an undead empire of Vampires. Dracula uses a deck of location cards to secretly travel through Europe, leaving a trail of encounters and events for the hunters that chase him.
Meanwhile, the hunters attempt to track and destroy Dracula using the limited information available to them – a task easier said than done when their prey has the power to change forms into a wolf or bat, and can even melt away into the mist when confronted.
To save Europe and rid the world of Dracula’s foul plague, the hunters must destroy Dracula before he earns enough victory points to win the game… will they have enough wit and bravery to defeat the dark count?
A Look Back at 7 Wonders:
7 Wonders lasts three ages. In each age, players receive seven cards from a particular deck, choose one of those cards, then pass the remainder to an adjacent player, as in Fairy Tale or a Magic: the Gathering booster draft. Players reveal their cards simultaneously, paying resources if needed or collecting resources or interacting with other players in various ways. (Players have individual boards with special powers on which to organize their cards, and the boards are double-sided as in Bauza’s Ghost Stories.) Each player then chooses another card from the deck they were passed, and the process repeats until players have six cards in play from that age. After three ages, the game ends.
Gaming News with Tony Topper:
More To Come…
hey guys I am currently listening at your podcast…and gosh guys had you read the rules book of Puzzle strike…it’s inspired from videogame like multiplayer tetris…so the anthem phase represent the block that appear on the top of your screen…so when you full you reach the top of the screen and like in tetris you lose…in fact it’s directly inspired by the game “Super Puzzle Striker”, “Doc Mario” and “Pokemon puzzle” style game.
But thanks for your podcast it’s great!
Great episode guys (as always)!
I noted that you discussed in the beginning of the episode why the game ‘Bohnanza’ is named ‘Bohnanza’ and why blue beans and green beans are there. Being a Dutch native and Dutch being close to German, I happen to know why.
But off course – as so often happens – the Wikipedia page does a better job at explaining:
- “The name is a pun on the words “bonanza” and “Bohne” (German for “bean”). The official English release preserved the name Bohnanza”.
– “In German, “Blaue Bohnen” is slang for bullets, explaining the illustration of the blue bean dressed as a cowboy.” There’s even a saying in Dutch, “Eating blue beans” which means “getting shot”.
– “In German, green beans are called “Brechbohnen” referring to the verb “brechen” meaning “to break” (“breaking” the beans from the bush in order to harvest them), but “brechen” in German can also mean “to vomit”, explaining the illustration of the vomiting green bean”
Hope this clarifies!
Pieter.
P.s.: Play the boardgame Mob Ties whenever you have the occasion to. I guarantee you won’t regret it (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42112/mob-ties-the-board-game)
Not sure how much you guys read the comments, but have you looked at Level 7? It might fill that horror game gap you were looking for, albeit not a perfect fit. The rule book, while well-written, is horribly structured so you’ll have to go through a couple times to remember everything, but I quite like it.
The theme of Level 7 looks great but I’m in that camp of people that are irritated that PP included cardboard standies instead minis. I’m learning now, that I’m broaden my gaming horizons, to look past my first impressions and give things a deeper look. This is one that I really want to play, so I may have to snag a copy to try. I’m always looking for that tension that this one is said to provide.
In regards to “Bohnanza”, it is a mix of Bonanza and bohne, which is German for bean.
Can you list all of the “trick taking” card games that Jamie played with his Dad? I didn’t note the time mark and can’t find the list now.
They weren’t all Trick Taking games, but they were all similar style of simple card game types.
Little Devils, Crazy Creatures of Dr. Gloom, Tichu, Dutch Blitz, Famiglia, Guillotine and Five Crowns.