Episode Seventeen: The Villian Cast
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Tom, Dylan, Lexx, Reek, Autumn

A bit about Tom
A bit about Timo
Games we played this week: Serenity, Call of Cthulhu, Spirit of the Century, Dugeons and Dragons, and modeling.
1d20: JOHNKELLY (12), Tom (2), Lexx(7), Reek(6), Autumn (13), Dylan (3)
Main Topic: Villians
Lexx insults Christianity and all Christians
Our Favorite Villians
Dylan: Vacinni from the Princess Bride
Tom: Grand Moff Tarkin & The General from Pan’s Labrinth
JOHNKELLY: Nicodemus
Autumn: Darth Vader & The Goblin King
Reek: Darkside and Death Star
Lexx: Zod!

On another note: Bowie in Space

Rants
Dylan: Twilight
Autumn: Respect for all authors who are published
JOHNKELLY:
Lexx: meh
Reek: Villian PCs
Tom: The great overlord of Chicago

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Review Episode Three: Battlestar Galactica the Board Game
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Lexx
Battlestar Spoilers through Season 3, Episode 6
Chicago Boardgames Meetup Group. Go Nate!
The @Spot Cafe
Battlestar Galactica
The Pegasus Expansion
Middle Earth Quest

Enjoy the Game & Go Roll some dice!

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Corey Konieczka from Fantasy Flight Games at the @Spot Cafe

Special thanks to Nate and the Chicago Boardgames Meetup Group for setting this whole shindig up!

Massive Apologies for the poor sound quality and the sound of people making delicious drinks and food.

Part One: Fantasy Flight & Corey Konieczka General
The Questions
How did you get the job?
What job were you doing before?
What was the interview like?
What was your first project there?
How many projects do you find yourself working on at once?
Whats the general timeline of a project?
How big was your team for the Battlestar Galactica Board Game?
What were your trouble spots and how did you get around them?
How important is art to designing a game?
When playtesting a game, do you test with an open market or an internal team?
Do you feel there is a value in testing to a general population who is not as interested in gaming?
Walk us through a day in the life of Corey Konieczka.
What does your day in the life look like two days away from deadline?
Whats with the Fantasy Flight Rule Book?
When working with a major franchise how much involvement is there?
Our own J.P. asks: Is there going to be a second expansion for Battlestar?
Lexx asks: When you are doing an expansion, how much do you have mechanics in mind?
When playtesting, how much money goes into components?
(I drop the recorder, sorry)
What city are you guys in and how do you become and intern?
Are the expansion runs smaller than the base game?
Whats your most challenging project to date?
Where do you start with a game based off a franchise?
As a game designer, how do you keep your enthusiasm up?
Do you know what you budget is for a game?
Do you typically create the mechanics of the game and the design?
How has gaming been affected by the general economic state?
Do you see the global market becoming more of a factor and does that affect how you design games?
How often do you get “no”?
How is it working on a team?
If you got the license for something that you weren’t familiar with, would you go home and watch it?
How do shake off bad game reviews?
What causes Fantasy Flight games to be heavy themed?
J.P.: Whats your favorite non-Fantasy Flight game?
Whats your favorite Fantasy Flight game?

Part Two: The Battlestar Galactica Pegasus Expansion & Middle Earth Quest
We start off by having Corey show up plastic figures for both the Pegasus Expansion and Middle Earth Quest.
Questions
J.P.: Is there a burn the hobbits mechanic?
Is there any influence from the fan film the Hunt for Gollum?
Have you heard when the Peter Jackson Movie is coming out?
What do you see following this up?
J.P.: Is there any possibility of there being more than 4 players?
How much is it?
How does the expansion affect the play time of the base game?
Lexx: Can you play all three together for an epic game?
How big is it and how much does it cost?
Is it the same number of players?
Will the final versions of the miniatures be metal or plastic?
Are they plastic due to the cost to manufacture?
Will the expansion improve the three player game?

It wouldn’t be a Jank Cast Episode if J.P.’s phone didn’t ring.

Corey’s Closing Thoughts
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Battlestar Galatica · Chicago Boardgames Meetup Group · Corey Konieczka · Fantasy Flight Games · Interview · Middle Earth Quest

Episode Sixteen: The Felony Cast
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Lexx, J.P., Woody
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Can’t Stop the Serenity: August 28th in Chicago
What we played this week: Conan, Star Wars Saga Edition, Warhammer 40k
Rock Paper Sizors Round 1: Johnkelly (Rock), Lexx (Cthulhu), J.P. (Explosion), Woody (rock)
Round 2: JOHNKELLY (Paper), Woody (Rock)
Wookie Noises
Our Mission Statement
Main Topic: Gamer Traditions & Supersitions
Pirates are gamers
We talk a lot about dice
Don’t blow yourself up with fireworks
JOHNKELLY’s Mom calls
Timo doesn’t pick up
We talk even more about dice
Mandatory GenCon Songs:
Total Recall’in
Mortal Combat Techno Remix
It’s D&D
Fett’s Vett
Star Wars Gangster Rap
Flash Gordon Theme
The Milky Way Buy their chicken!
Happy Birthday JOHNKELLY! (The most disturbing moment even by J.P.)

Rants
J.P.: Doors
Lexx: GOWK
Woody: Hate
JOHNKELLY: Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Chicken · Conan · GenCon · J.P. · Mortal Combat Techno Remix · Star Wars · Stephen Lynch · Total Recall'in · Warhammer 40K · Woody