Episode 36 Show Notes: Legacy The Testament of Duke de Crecy and Wisdom Check 1

Blue Peg Catch Up

1:41- Robb tells us about The 36 Views of Mt. Fuji.

3:00- The guys discuss viewing the film Big Hero 6 with their little ones.

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4:18- Robb talks about taunting his BGG Secret Santa “victim”.

6:03- The guys review Game Salute’s dice collection game, King’s Forge. (To read our written review of King’s Forge click here.)

9:48- The guys talk about how impressed they are with Z-Man Games three player trick taking game, Chimera.

12:27- Patrick raves and Robb less than raves about Minion Game’s, The Manhattan Project.

15:37- Robb rants about the scoreboard in Seasons and Patrick discloses that he does not enjoy playing this game with Robb and Christina (because they are so good at it).

17:38- Robb give you a warning about touching his Invader rulebook for Stronghold.

19:53- Patrick discusses his son’s growing obsession with Magic: The Gathering.

21:55- The guys discuss the inaugural class of the PegHead Nation Hall of Fame.

23:48- Robb takes exception to Patrick’s commendation of Game Salute for giving up on kickstarter exclusives.

27:00- The guys discuss AEG’s upcoming expansion to Smash-Up, Pretty, Pretty Smash-Up. (And Jeremy’s Minority Report.)

28:44- Patrick previews the Matagot family route selection game Korrigans.

30:32- Patrick points the listeners to the kickstarter web series, The Great Indoors.

32:09- Patrick talks about friend of the show Kevin’s upcoming web series, Board Game Theatre and his presence at BGG Con as the Sheriff of Nottingham.

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Blue Peg, Pink Peg Review

34:17- Patrick provides a walk through for Portal Game’s, Legacy: The Testament of Duke de Crecy.

39:20- All of the Pegs (minus Keri and plus Jeremy) review Legacy: The Testament of Duke de Crecy.

Blue Peg, Pink Peg Re-Roll

1:12:55-All of the Pegs revisit Cosmic Encounter. (increase)

Blue Peg, Pink Peg Wisdom Check

1:15:57- The Pegs roll out their new board game trivia segment, Wisdom Check.

Patrick talks about the historical of factual background of several classic games, including Caylus, Takenoko, Scotland Yard and Carcassonne.

Patrick shares the history of the word Meeple.

Patrick talks through the history of the Spiel de Jahres.

Jeremy tells us about the nightmare of Lovecraft. (including his virulent racism and the response to it within the modern fantasy writing community, NOTE: The poem in the link is highly offensive.)

Jeremy shares some interesting facts about kaiju, as featured in King of Tokyo.

Robb shares detail about The Backbone, Morron Terror, The Amusing Game of Kilkenny Cats, The Mansion of Happiness, and Capital Punishment.

Christina fills us all in on trivia about wizards, including discussion of the taxonomy of wizards, the Wizard of Menlo Park, the game Wiz-War, and Wrock.