Critical Twits Podcast

This week Aaron and Brian share their experience of playing zombie survival game/run training app, Zombies, Run! They share their thoughts and feelings on a variety of fitness games, discuss the link between geeky pastimes and fitness, explain how ZR works in detail, and decide whether or not they would recommend the app to anyone who’s looking to get fitter. www.criticaltwits.com www.youtube.com/...

The Red Jokers: A Faux Show were kind enough to host the Critical Twits for a mega-episode of Malifaux discussion, including discussion of our favourite models, our differing approaches to tournament gaming, what would happen if we went Through The Breach, and more, including some awesome Malifaux-based challenges for each 'cast and some awesome board games Malifaux fans should be playing. Enjoy!...

Henchman Hardcore is a system for 20 soulstone, henchman-led micro-games of Malifaux. They look perfect for beginners, newbies, and old hands wishing to spice up their game nights with a fresh challenge, as well as those looking for a way to get a quick Malifaux fix. But are they? Join Joe and Brian to find out. www.criticaltwits.com www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits...

Join Joe and Brian as they run the rule over Netrunner's Jinteki faction. If you favour death-by-a-thousand-cuts, tricks and ruses, or plain old cyber-murder, Jinteki is the ancient, honorable bio-engineering conglomerate for you. Brian's stolen deck idea can be found here: https://netrunnerdb.com/en/decklist/39711/show-of-force-3-more-ronins# It's very good. www.criticaltwits.com www.youtube.com/...

65 - Board Game Geek Top 11 Quiz, Out-takes, And Impromptu Film Criticism by Critical Twits

This week we look at the Pandemic Epidemic – the modern classic board game of disease control now has three expansions and five spin-offs. We take a close look at Pandemic itself, On the Brink, In the Lab, The Cure, Contagion, Pandemic Legacy, and Reign of Cthulhu, and give you the full low-down on this modern gaming masterwork. www.criticaltwits.com www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits www.soundcloud....

This week Joe and Brian examine Nioh, the Playstation 4-exclusive action-rpg from Team Ninja. Is it just another reskinned Dark Souls clone, or is there something special lurking within? Join us to find out. www.criticaltwits.com www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits www.facebook.com/criticaltwits www.twitter.com/critical_twits

Run is successful! We've made it to Brian and Aaron's competitive showdown - but only one can walk away as the new Critical Twits Netrunner champion. Which one of them will be victorious? Many thanks to the Hobbit Hole for being an awesome FLGS and running the tournament - fin 'em here: http://www.the-hobbit-hole.co.uk/ More thanks for Darren, aka Whitespider1066, for his tourny write-up: http://w...

Party building is an important but oft-overlooked part of tabletop role play games - find out how to link your characters to maximise your fun at the RPG table with this week's episode! Find Friends of Podcast The Formal Gamer at https://formalgamer.com/ www.criticaltwits.com www.facebook.com/criticaltwits www.twitter.com/critical_twits www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits www.youtube.com/c/criticaltw...

This month we talk about Malifaux’s Gaining Grounds 2017 update – are the new strategies and schemes fun to play? We also discuss our love of malifaux gaming app Crewfaux. www.criticaltwits.com www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits www.facebook.com/criticaltwits www.twitter.com/critical_twits

***Apologies - we uploaded the wrong version of this track earlier in the week. This is the final edit. Sorry for any confusion caused*** We're back for another Board Talk episode! Netrunner has made us fall in love with the cyberpunk world of Android, so what are the board game tie-ins like? We take a look at New Angeles and Android: Mainframe. www.criticaltwits.com www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwi...

Brian gives us the lowdown on his first tournament, 2016’s Charity Gift. We also give our tournament tips for new players, and discuss Legacy-style expansion Terminal Directive. Quinns’ Netrunner Tournament Story: https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/playmats-netrunner-story/ Peterborough Netrunners: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1379848778942754/ Jamie’s Terminal Directive Article: http://criticalt...

2016 - a cursed year, a blasted year, a year that shall live in infamy for ages to come. But what about the games of 2016? We look at tabletop and video gaming highlights and lowlights from the last year. https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

Wyrd Games have just launched their Kickstarter campaign for their bigger, pre-assembled version of Malifaux, The Other Side. Will we be backing? Find the Kickstarter campaign here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1334239018/the-other-side-9 www.criticaltwits.com www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits www.facebook.com/criticaltwits www.twitter.com/critical_twits

It’s Christmas, and that means games – all the wrong ones. Let us guide you through the best games to play with friends and family this festive season! We discuss our individual top 5 fun, family-friendly games that are suitable to be played with those poor sad people whose gaming experience doesn’t extend beyond Monopoly, Pictionary, and Scrabble. Use this list and you could transform their lives...

Stak Bots is a card game based on battling robots - and the PC version is available now on Steam Greenlight. We review the video game version and talk to Tom, the designer at Dogeared Games responsible for the game, and also get a sneaky peek at his new, as-yet unnamed follow up dice game. If you like this video, let us know, we'll do more! You can also find us at: http://www.criticaltwits.com htt...

On this week's episode we head to London for Modiphius Entertainment's Dragonmeet Gaming Convention, where we learn all about several new and updated RPGs, including SLA Industries, Star Trek Adventures and the Elite Dangerous Roleplaying Game. We interview the minds behind some exciting board games such as the Luchador Mexican Dice Rolling Game, Codinca, Mined Out, Oligarchy, and a neat card game...

This month we bring you the latest in board gaming news – we preview the Dragonmeet Convention, Games Workshop’s return to board gaming with Blood Bowl and Space Hulk, AEG’s Pretense and Light and Dark, the Through the Loop RPG Kickstarter and the return of Kingdom Death, AND we discuss Castles of Burgundy and Fury of Dracula. How do we do it? Rum, apparently. Jamie’s Terminal Directive Article: h...

Shadows of Esteren: Dearg Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1176616619/shadows-of-esteren-a-medieval-horror-rpg-dearg Skyler Nichol can be found at: https://twitter.com/azurethorn http://www.criticaltwits.com http://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits http://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits http://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits http://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

Who has been murdering the townsfolk of Gaern and mutilating their bodies, and why? Welcome to our actual play of Shadows of Esteren, the medieval Gothic horror roleplaying game. Esteren is currently kickstarting their brand new campaign book and we've been lucky enough to be run through a full game by one of their team. Enjoy! Shadows of Esteren: Dearg Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/11...

This week The Twits take on a live one-shot playthrough of the comedy tabletop roleplaying game Goblin Quest by Grant Howitt. It's All Hallows' Eve in the Great Battlecamp and the goblins want to throw the best Halloween party ever! from the spookiest decorations to the sexiest costumes. Now the only thing to figure out is where to get the decorations, the food, the drink, oh, and how to invite th...

We're back with more Malifaux misadventures - this time, we cover the importance of terrain, from what to use, how to set up, how to use it to maximise your gaming fun, to how to build on the cheap. We also recommend some good suppliers of fancy things, you decadent wastrels, you. Things we mentioned: DarkOps Terrain - https://darkops.myshopify.com/ Sarissa Precision - http://www.sarissa-precision...

Games that were once confined only to the tabletop but can now be found on PC, consoles or your mobile device, such as Stakbots, Agricola, Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride, Netrunner and Games Workshop's Blood Bowl and Talisman. Games inspired by the tradition of tabletop gaming such as Hearthstone. And tabletop games that have been enhanced by the inclusion of a digital component such as Arkham Horror...

We're back with the second part of our ongoing Netrunner feature. Find out how our noobs, Aaron and Brian, are doing, learn all about our favourite cards, bask in our recommendations for other Netrunner content creators and discover how our 100 game challenge is going. Thanks to Alison, friend of podcast, for her amazing voice over for our new intro! The video is here: https://youtu.be/hkI99B-Hjtk...

The second in our series covering the basics of tabletop role playing games - this week we cover the Dos and Don'ts of DMing, how to plan an effective campaign and the tools available to help you in running your games! Rob joins us to share his experiences in running a variety of RPG sessions and Brian regales us with amusing tales of campaigns gone awry. And remember, shave the weasel! Punch the...