Critical Twits Podcast

This week Joe and Jamie head to to the annual Eurogamer Expo, EGX, where they discover shiny lights and queues as far as the eye can see! We also have an update for our Android Netrunner challenge as we catch up with Brian's progress to become tournament ready by Christmas. Finally, we discuss Malifaux and Jamie's recent introduction to the game. www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/chann...

This is Board Talk for September 2017, where the Critical Twits kick back and shoot the breeze about what's new in the world of tabletop gaming. We talk about our visit to the The Den Games Cafe (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI33Ds8nxa_BQKSiZXJT8XA), the split between Fantasy Flight Games and Games Workshop, and the effect of Asmodee's ongoing quest to own all board game companies, ever. www.c...

We've jacked in, stimmed up, and we're ready to take on Netrunner! This is the first in our ongoing series where we try to go from script kiddies to black hat hackers. Aaron and Brian are total noobs - under the tutelage of Joe and Jamie, can they get themselves tournament-ready by Christmas? Netrunner Database - https://netrunnerdb.com/ Netrunner subreddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/Netrunner/ Pl...

Malifaux is a brilliant tabletop skirmish game - but it can be intimidating to new players. Let us guide you through how to play, what crews and masters are easy to start with, and how to get good! Useful links: Wyrd Forum: http://themostexcellentandawesomeforumever-wyrd.com/ GMort's Crew Box Soulstones: http://gmortschaotica.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/m2e-starter-set-soulstone-values.html A Wyrd Plac...

The first in our series covering the basics of tabletop role playing games - we start with the players, and offer up our tips on how to create compelling player characters. We take you through how to consider rules, background, and personality, and fuse the three together to create a fun and interesting character to keep you and your gaming group entertained around the role playing table! www.crit...

This week sees us take a full, in-depth look at Mutant Year Zero: Genlab Alpha, the post-apocalyptic tabletop role playing game (RPG) from Modiphius and Free League/Fria Ligan. We're proud to have our gaming group's DM, and the group's newest member, join us to give their opinions too. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBUQ1hqKCFruDCWQjTJzhAg Facebook: www.facebook.com/criticaltwits Twitte...

This week we take a look at the modern board game phenomenon that is the deck building game. We look more closely at Rio Grande's Dominion and Arctic Scavengers, TMG's Cthulhu Realms, and AEG's card crafting game Mystic Vale. Please remember to like, share and subscribe if you've drawn enough resource cards for this turn. Check out our website-in-progress: www.criticaltwits.com Twitter: www.twitte...

This week's podcast looks at all the fun you can have with skill-based flicking games, as well as puns on the word "flicking". We check out Brain Games' Ice Cool, Gamewright's Cube Quest, and Repos Production's Terror In Meeple City (formerly known as Rampage). Disclaimer: A review copy of Ice Cool was kindly provided by Brain Games at the UK Games Expo. Check out our website-in-progress: www.crit...

This month we take a proper look at the seven new masters in Malifaux's upcoming Ripples of Fate supplement - the Guild's Nellie Cochrane, the Ten Thunders' Asami Tanaka, the Resurrectionists' Reva, the Outcasts' Parker Barrows, the Gremlins' Zipp, the Arcanists' Sandeep Desai, and the Neverborn's Titania. We also fill you in on the latest developments in our ongoing Shifting Loyalties campaign. W...

This week we discuss the gaming phenomenon that is Pokemon Go, one of the most popular mobile games ever - but is it actually any good? Let us know what you think in the comments! Twitter: twitter.com/Critical_Twits YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBUQ1hqKCFruDCWQjTJzhAg Facebook: facebook.com/criticaltwits

In this episode we ask: WTF is going on with Games Workshop? We were all huge Games Workshop fans (one of us even managed a GW store) but none of us are active any more - we ask whether it's us or GW that has changed, why, and what could bring us back to the fold. Tweet things at us: www.twitter.com/critical_twits Facebook us: www.facebook.com/criticaltwits Tube our You: https://www.youtube.com/ch...

We take a long, hard look at the news in this week's podcast and wonder: what would Brexit be like if it was a board game? Let us know what you think in the comments! Twitter: https://twitter.com/critical_twits Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CriticalTwits/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBUQ1hqKCFruDCWQjTJzhAg

In this week's podcast we take a trip through three of video games' latest haunted houses - Capcom's Resident Evil 7: Beginning Hour, Kitty Horrorshow's Anatomy, and Fullbright Co.'s Gone Home. Spoilers abound, so use the contents to avoid them if needs be! 8:00 – Resident Evil 7: Beginning Hour by Capcom 9-15:45 – Resi Spoilers 21:45 – Anatomy by Kitty Horrorshow 28:25-37:55 – Anatomy Spoilers 39...

Join us for our monthly Malifaux podcast rundown for June 2016! This month we're looking at the upcoming Masters for Ripples of Fate, and continue with explaining our choice of Masters in our ongoing Shifting Loyalties campaign. Twitter: twitter.com/critical_twits YouTube: Facebook: facebook.com/criticaltwits

We went to the UK games Expo, we saw a lot of dice, but did we conquer? Find out here as Friend of Podcast Joe Lewin relives his UK Dice Masters Nationals 2016 experience, and interviews the charming Dice Masters blogger True Mister Six and Dice Masters champion Ben Said Scott. True Mister Six's Dice Master's Blog, Brit Roller Six: https://britrollersix.wordpress.com/ Joe's Guest Blog Post: https:...

00:00 - Expo Discussion 5:39 - Guild Ball Season 2 29:37 - Geeknson 52:03 - Syrinscape 1:10:39 - Sleeper: Orphans of the Cold War 1:28:38 - Escape The Nightmare 1:42: 55 - The Networks Rejoice, the second coming is here! The second coming of our UK Games Expo coverage podcast that is. We have interviews with, and discussion of, Guild Ball's Season 2, Geeknson gaming tables and accessories, Syrinsc...

CONTENTS: Expo Discussion 00:00 Lantern: Lost In the Dark: 13:56 Oligarchy CCG: 37:39 Arcane Blaster Casters: 1:17:22 This week we discuss our experience of the 2016 UK Games Expo and bring forth a mighty collection of interviews and recommendations. We talk about how we found the Expo and highlight some upcoming game releases. These include our game of the show, No Loading Required's, Lantern: Lo...

The Critical Twits caught up with comedian John Robertson, creator of the Dark Room, at the 2016 UK Games Expo for an interview. We talk games, underpants, tattoos, and life in general with this incredibly funny man. Find John Robertson here: http://www.thejohnrobertson.com/ Find us on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/Critical_Twits Find the end of the rainbow and defeat the angry leprechaun to w...

Friend of Podcast, Joe, takes us through some of the tactics and teams needed for hardcore competitive Dice Masters, in preparation for the UK National Championships at the UK Games Expo. You can find our first Dice Masters podcast, an introduction to the game, here: https://soundcloud.com/criticaltwits/ep-23-dice-masters

A preview of the UK Games Expo held at the NEC in Birmingham where we discuss the games and events we are most looking forward to, alongside revelations about our anti-social attitudes. We'll be tweeting live on the day through @Critical_Twits , please message us if you would like to meet up and play games on the day or just talk at us. If you enjoy this podcast, please leave a like, subscribe, or...

We're back with the third round of our Malifaux: Shifting Loyalties campaign log, and this week we're looking at the variant rules, the boards we've built, and linking our campaign to our brand-new Through The Breach tabletop role playing game campaign. Enjoy! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Critical_Twits YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBUQ1hqKCFruDCWQjTJzhAg

Brian and Aaron take a long hard look at two player games Hive, Crokinole, and Aeronauts, as well as some video games for two. If you enjoy this podcast, please like, share, and subscribe. Twitter: https://twitter.com/critical_twits

We loved Dark Souls 1 and Bloodborne, and most of us hated Dark Souls 2. Only Brian played Demon's Souls, and he knows nothing. So, what do we think of the first part of Dark Souls 3?

This week we learn to play Wizkid's Dicemasters with the assistance of our friend Joe. Is the collectable card effort worth the money? We will ever play this again? Importantly, is it fun? If you enjoy this podcast, please leave a like, subscribe, or check out our YouTube gaming channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBUQ1hqKCFruDCWQjTJzhAg You can tweet us at www.twitter.com/Critical_Twits

Find the first part here: https://soundcloud.com/criticaltwits/critical-twits-podcast-18-malifaux-shifting-loyalties-campaign-pt1 Welcome to the second part of our Malifaux Shifting Loyalties campaign, where we discuss our second round, carnivorous plants, and offer up our tips, tactics and advice! Find our gaming channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBUQ1hqKCFruDCWQjTJzhAg