1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,840 Welcome to Meeple to Meeple uniting players around the 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,640 world. A 30 minute exploration of TJ 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:07,320 and Gareth's four-game experiences. 4 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:08,880 From. Across both sides of the 5 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:11,960 Atlantic, each episode they share their thoughts and 6 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:15,000 opinions on the World of War games, including their favorite 7 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,520 themes, games, hot topics, and much, much more. 8 00:00:19,240 --> 00:00:26,480 Hey guys, and welcome to Episode 85, an Origins Game Fair 9 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:30,080 preview. As always, I'm PJ. 10 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,480 Today, as of this recording, is Father's Day, so Gareth's with 11 00:00:34,480 --> 00:00:38,320 his family and after asking a few folks to join me in this 12 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,160 conversation, it's Father's Day. So you're going to learn. 13 00:00:41,160 --> 00:00:45,480 Something about me, if you weren't already aware, is that I 14 00:00:45,480 --> 00:00:47,800 don't have any children, therefore I'm not a father. 15 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:51,400 My father is no longer with us. He died a few years ago. 16 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:57,720 So I'm on my own today covering double duty for myself and 17 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:03,920 Gareth, but we want to wish all of our fathers in the board 18 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:07,600 gaming community a happy Father's Day as it's both 19 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:09,600 Father's Day here in the United States and the UK. 20 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:14,360 So they lined up calendrically and perfectly. 21 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:18,200 So anyway, this is this is great. 22 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:22,040 This I'm envisioning my audience today as most of you who will be 23 00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:26,600 on the road driving to Columbus, OH for Origins game Fair, which 24 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,520 is what we're going to talk about today, which is our 25 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:33,440 intended topic for this episode none the less. 26 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:39,480 So some of the things that we're looking forward to, I will be 27 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:45,640 there this Friday, should be there about 8:00 AM, get my 28 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:50,600 badge and it'll just be my wife and I, it'll be her first 29 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,840 Origins. And we're just going to explore 30 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:57,000 the vendor hall. And we have an event scheduled, 31 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,280 I think at 2:00 in the afternoon. 32 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,880 The only actual event we've scheduled is that we're going to 33 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:07,480 learn to play Daba Walla by Queen Games. 34 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:10,120 And the exciting thing is it'll be available for sale. 35 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,760 So if we really enjoy the game and we like the way it plays, 36 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:15,440 then we can purchase it. And that's one of the things I 37 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:20,760 really like about board game convention events is they give 38 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,800 you an opportunity to play a game and then if you really 39 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:27,720 enjoy it, you could purchase it. One of the frustrating things is 40 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:33,160 when you are introduced to a game, you really like it it, you 41 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:37,760 know it hits thematically for you or really like the game 42 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:42,840 mechanics, or you can envision your game group back home 43 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,400 wanting to play it and then it's not available. 44 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:47,600 It'll, you know, it's only available for pre-order or 45 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,840 they're sold out or, you know, and these things happen and 46 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,720 that's fine. But yeah, so we're looking 47 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:57,000 forward to that. I am looking forward to seeing 48 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,440 all of those are going to be there. 49 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:02,040 I'll catch up with Danielle Reynolds, the designer of her 50 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,960 story and her newest game, Caution Signs. 51 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:11,640 That'll be released at Origins. It was pre released at the UK 52 00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:14,840 Games Expo. We talked about that briefly. 53 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:19,840 A couple of other folks that I'm looking forward to running into 54 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:26,480 in the board gaming community is Adam, our good friend Adam 55 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:28,600 Tabletop vibes. He'll be there. 56 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,640 So that'll be fun. Jerry, Jerry, Mr. Tabletop 57 00:03:32,640 --> 00:03:37,880 Worldwide himself, he'll be coming for his first Origins 58 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,240 game fair ever. Met him at Gen. 59 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:45,000 Con a few years ago and then we bunked together for Tennessee 60 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,240 Game Days and he and Adam were both featured guests on the 61 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,280 Tennessee Game Days episode. So make sure to go back and 62 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,680 listen to that one before you go to Origins, before you meet them 63 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:56,280 both if you haven't met them before. 64 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:02,120 Also, our friend Kristen Mott from Family Board Gaming, she's 65 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,280 going to be there. She's got a new game that'll be 66 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:08,360 coming out soon in Sectarium. Really looking forward to 67 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,040 getting an opportunity to play that with her. 68 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,880 That'll be fun. Catherine Dowell will be there. 69 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:18,640 Yeah. A lot of friends are going to be 70 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:20,240 there. Looking forward to seeing all of 71 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:25,880 you just found out that. Well, yeah. 72 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,000 So that'll be exciting. There's a lot of folks. 73 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,080 It's going to be good. It'll be great. 74 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:37,200 Gabe will be there from games with Gabe. 75 00:04:37,280 --> 00:04:42,880 He'll be at Origins. He's got a special promotional. 76 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:45,560 He's doing so that'll be fine. And I think Gen. 77 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:47,400 Con will be his first Gen. Con this year. 78 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,840 One of the things I'd like to take this time to talk about is 79 00:04:50,840 --> 00:04:54,960 preparing for a gaming convention and the experience as 80 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:58,440 a whole. Recent conversation with folks, 81 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:04,320 Gareth talking to them at UK Games Expo, folks here in 82 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:11,000 America who were asking about, hey, it's my first time going to 83 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:16,800 games and Expo, Origins, Gen. Con, take your pick, Geek way in 84 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,880 the West, in Saint Louis, it's first time going to a gaming 85 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:22,640 convention. How should I prepare? 86 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:25,200 What should I do? Well, the first thing I always 87 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:30,000 do, honestly, up front, I always refer everybody to episode one 88 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:33,440 of our show. If you remember, we talked about 89 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:37,360 Gareth and I introduced ourselves to the world, our 90 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,560 show, and we talked about preparations for conventions as 91 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,360 a whole. We covered everything, shoes and 92 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:48,600 water and whatnot, how much to walk, make sure you eat, make 93 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,320 sure you take a shower, use deodorant, all the things, all 94 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,760 the, you know, the whole litany of advice for a convention. 95 00:05:54,840 --> 00:05:59,320 But something that I've been personally thinking about 96 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:04,080 recently is the experience as a whole. 97 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:13,000 I realize that no matter how I describe the convention to you, 98 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,600 while I can describe it as accurately as possible, and you 99 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,480 will get there and you'll be like, Oh yes, PJ and Gareth did 100 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,680 say to expect this and this and this. 101 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:30,520 Nothing can prepare you for the emotional shock. 102 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:35,160 Shock is not the right word. The initial overwhelming feeling 103 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,840 that one gets when they get to the when you walk into the 104 00:06:37,840 --> 00:06:40,240 vendor hall for the first time. We all know what a vendor hall 105 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:44,000 looks like. We all know what a convention 106 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,560 hall looks like. We know what to expect, right? 107 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:50,520 But never fails, it's overwhelming. 108 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:54,560 You're for your first time. I think a lot of it, and this 109 00:06:56,520 --> 00:07:03,320 gives me a little bit of a pause, a lot of it is that the 110 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:11,600 majority of the members of our community feel pressured by no 111 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:16,320 one in particular. They always feel pressured to 112 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:21,000 see everything and do everything right. 113 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:27,480 Kind of the nature of the content creation community is 114 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:32,400 mobilizing the, that feeling of FOMO, right? 115 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:37,280 The fear of missing out. And I think it's just in 116 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:41,800 general, I think we, we as a community have unintentionally 117 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:49,000 created an atmosphere that lends itself to feelings of I've got 118 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,800 to do it all. I've got to see it all. 119 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:57,160 And the reality is you don't. I typically tell folks, be 120 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:01,120 prepared to be overwhelmed and just allow it to wash over you. 121 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:06,320 You're going to have fun if you just roll with it, right? 122 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:10,440 So being flexible is very important and is really 123 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:14,560 important to be flexible with your emotions and with your time 124 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:19,440 so that you can enjoy it. I think everyone would agree. 125 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:22,360 We would rather you just enjoy your time and enjoy your 126 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:24,680 experience with whatever it is you're doing and get the most 127 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:28,080 out of that rather than focusing on what it is you're missing out 128 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:29,480 on. Because the reality is, is we 129 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:37,000 just, we can't do it all right. And some have tried, the present 130 00:08:37,039 --> 00:08:42,360 company included on occasion. Make that mistake, you get worn 131 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:44,120 out. And then, of course, if you 132 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:48,760 remember last week's episode, Gareth did a what, a day and 1/2 133 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:52,600 at the UK Games Expo and tried to squeeze it all in. 134 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,360 It's just not good for your mental health and your, you 135 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:59,640 know, your, your fatigue will just set in, right? 136 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,120 It's not a good thing, but there it is anyway. 137 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:06,120 So yeah, you're going to see everybody and it's going to be 138 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:07,200 great. I'm going to see everyone else. 139 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:09,320 I can't wait. One of the things that I really 140 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:12,640 love about Origins Game Fair, one of the things I look forward 141 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:16,560 to the most is that it has everything that Gen. 142 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:18,840 Con has, that even essence to a degree. 143 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:23,120 But it's all condensed, right? So it's one big hall that's kind 144 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:27,960 of subdivided between Open Gaming slash board game library, 145 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:34,160 which is a model that if I had my way, all conventions would 146 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:39,280 follow Open Gaming and the board games library should be 147 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:41,520 together. I love that. 148 00:09:41,560 --> 00:09:44,480 I really love it, right? So you can bring games and play 149 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:46,880 them yourself, or you can check a game out of the library and 150 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:50,520 play it from their collection and then return it when you're 151 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:52,440 done. I love that it's right there. 152 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:55,680 And then adjacent to that is the events area. 153 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:57,920 So you have to walk through the events area to get to the open 154 00:09:57,920 --> 00:09:59,760 gaming. That's great too, because then 155 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:02,960 you can step away, go to an event that you scheduled and 156 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,560 then go back to the open gaming perfection. 157 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:07,880 And then there's the vendor hall. 158 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:10,480 And but it's all together. You don't have to walk from 159 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:12,600 building to building. You don't have to go across a 160 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,400 pedestrian bridge. You don't have to walk outside 161 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:19,680 in the 90° heat. It is the summertime now. 162 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,360 Gen. Con in August, Indianapolis, 163 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:26,440 man, not looking forward to that, but there it is. 164 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:28,960 But you don't have to do that. And that's the beauty of 165 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:30,720 Origins, and that's what I look forward to. 166 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:35,480 So I'll get to see the vendors. I'll get to see my friends. 167 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:39,320 I'll get to play some games. Yeah. 168 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:41,920 So we've got Dabba Walla from Queen Games, which is coming out 169 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:44,880 this summer. We're really looking forward to 170 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:46,600 playing that. And if it's really good, we're 171 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:48,040 going to buy it. There's no doubt. 172 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:52,000 Looking forward to playing in Sectarium with Kristen. 173 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:58,440 That should be a lot of fun. For those of you who who are 174 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,760 content creators, hopefully you've gotten Pat press pass 175 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:06,600 access on Thursday, Jerry from Tabletop Worldwide, we got a 176 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:09,240 chat group on Instagram and he was bringing this up too. 177 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:12,960 So I hope our content creators take full advantage of this. 178 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:15,040 Are you getting a little early on Thursday? 179 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:18,880 An hour earlier and so you get to meet with some of the the 180 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:23,360 vendors and the publishers ahead of time to help create your 181 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:25,320 content, which I think is lovely. 182 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:29,720 I really like that. I think Gareth talked about it 183 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:35,600 last week is that UK Games Expo that Thursday if you have a 184 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:41,520 press pass and it seems like they're really open about who 185 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:45,440 gets a press pass. I noticed that there's a little 186 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:50,760 bit more strict rules in some of the larger conventions here in 187 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:53,280 town, here in the United States. In town, right. 188 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:56,280 And there's so many conventions right here in central Illinois. 189 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:01,040 But yeah, so take advantage. Do it. 190 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:03,000 It's gonna be great. It's gonna be awesome. 191 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:07,720 So you can get that content in, get that out of the way early in 192 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:10,120 the morning. That way you can spend time with 193 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:13,800 your friends and play some games and take a few pictures for more 194 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:17,040 content later. Definitely want to manage that. 195 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:20,360 And all the while you're doing this, vendors, meeting people, 196 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:24,320 gaming, scheduling events, creating content, doing 197 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:28,560 interviews, whatever you're up to, make sure, please make sure 198 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:31,560 that you drink enough water. Got to stay hydrated. 199 00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:35,360 That is so important. And apparently, as we learned 200 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:38,840 from our friend Craig, get into games, make sure you have a good 201 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,560 pair of shoes because he apparently wore through the 202 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:46,840 soles of his shoes at the Expo last two weeks ago. 203 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:49,600 He even posted some pictures of that. 204 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:52,400 Just the sole of his shoes were just worn out. 205 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:55,680 So make sure you've got good shoes, make sure you've got 206 00:12:55,680 --> 00:13:00,520 water handy, staying hydrated and staying rested and you will 207 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:05,120 have a great time, no doubt about it. 208 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:08,240 So, yeah, so we're really looking forward to that. 209 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,040 I'm sorry that you had to listen to me. 210 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:12,480 Proud Alone Alone. Yeah. 211 00:13:12,560 --> 00:13:17,320 Maple solo episode here, but Origins games game fair. 212 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:21,800 Columbus, OH. This Thursday is the first day 213 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:23,320 again. I will be there on Friday. 214 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:26,000 We're staying all day. We've got the one event we're 215 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,600 not staying overnight, so make sure to find us. 216 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:33,320 Make sure you look for me at Origins. 217 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:37,600 I've got me brand new Maple to Maple stickers that I'll be 218 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:40,840 giving away. Come find me. 219 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,520 Let's take a selfie together. I'm really bad at that. 220 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:46,680 I always forget to take pictures with folks. 221 00:13:46,680 --> 00:13:49,240 I'm happy to see you. And then I spent all my time 222 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,320 visiting with you and playing games and I forget to take a 223 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:54,480 picture and then it's over. I'm like, man, I wish I had a 224 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:57,600 picture with so and so. So if you see me, make sure that 225 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:02,040 we take a picture together and come and get a meeple to meeple 226 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:08,160 sticker before we change our logo. 227 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:11,480 Yeah, so it's going to be really good. 228 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:13,320 We've got some big things coming up. 229 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:19,480 I'd like to say thank you to everyone on Instagram Recently 230 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:22,800 we hit, we just hit 1000 followers. 231 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:26,840 I know that's not a big deal, but you know, we humble little 232 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:31,840 show 1000 of you following us on Instagram is really incredible. 233 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:34,720 And Gareth and I are truly grateful to all of you. 234 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:37,240 So that that's a that's a big moment moment for us. 235 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:40,320 But like I said, this is episode 85. 236 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:45,360 So we've got 15 more episodes. We will hit episode 100 and I 237 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:50,360 think that's going to be our big celebratory moment. 238 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:54,600 And Gareth and I have discussed several things that we're going 239 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,640 to do. He and I both have some items 240 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:00,760 for giveaways. We're just trying to work that 241 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:03,600 out, right? Our life schedules have just 242 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:07,720 been really hectic lately, so be on the lookout sometimes at the 243 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:12,320 end of the year, giveaways a new logo and we've got some big 244 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:16,480 changes coming to the show. Hopefully that we can extend our 245 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:22,320 reach even further. So yeah, that'll be exciting. 246 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,840 I will also. Anyone can help me? 247 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,680 You don't want to do me a favor is we want to be on the lookout 248 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:36,040 for a game called Slide. Now, Gareth talked about it on 249 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:39,840 last week's episode and apparently I'm joking to say 250 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:44,520 everyone at the UK Games Expo played this game. 251 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:50,200 Apparently it's two to six players and everyone regretted 252 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:52,880 not buying a copy. So I'm like, who bought a 253 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:56,040 copyright? Because it's like everyone 254 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:59,000 played it but no one had a copy. Gareth said he wished he would 255 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,680 have bought a copy and Craig said he wished he would have 256 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:03,640 bought a copy. And everyone else said that, you 257 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:07,560 know that it's the one game they wish they regretted not buying. 258 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:13,160 So I'm looking for this game. So if you find a copy of Slide 259 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:17,440 at Oregon's Games Fair and you find me again, only be there on 260 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:21,920 the Friday, please let me know because that's the one game I'm 261 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:25,760 really looking to grab. I've got, I think I've got some 262 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:28,640 non gamers at a work conference and I think it's going to be a 263 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:32,280 perfect addition to the games that I'm going to bring to 264 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:36,440 introduce to people. So Slide don't know who is by. 265 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:38,520 I don't remember. Gareth probably said it in last 266 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:40,080 week's episode. I should have done a little bit 267 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:44,240 more research, but again, I woke up and it was like, I got a 268 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:46,480 message from Gary saying it's Father's Day, he's with his 269 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:49,040 family, can you record? And like I said, I reached out 270 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:51,960 to a few people to see if they'd be willing to chat and talk 271 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:53,720 about Origins. And it was like, you know, it's 272 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:55,760 Father's Day for everyone and they're doing family things. 273 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:59,200 So. So yeah, without that so slide 274 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:04,200 we're looking for, come get a sticker from me Friday, this 275 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:08,920 Friday at Origins, be there. It's going to be exciting. 276 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:11,960 There is construction around the North Market. 277 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:16,599 For those of you who don't know, not right across the street, 278 00:17:16,599 --> 00:17:20,680 maybe a block or two off of the Convention Center in Columbus is 279 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:24,800 the North Market, which is fantastic place to grab a bite 280 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:28,760 to eat. Lots of different vendors, just 281 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:31,520 amazing N market. But apparently there's doing 282 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:33,680 some construction in the parking lot, so there's going to be 283 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:35,960 some. So you'll have to be directed 284 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:38,240 around back, so be aware of that. 285 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:40,600 For those of you who are going to be at Origins for four days, 286 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:44,080 our good friend Laura, obsessed with board games, She'll be 287 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:48,600 working the All Play booth along with As Kadelia. 288 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:52,320 So I'm looking forward to seeing Laura again. 289 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:55,080 We love her. She's a good friend of the show. 290 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:56,640 Met her at Gen. Con last year. 291 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:59,200 So be sure to go to All Play and say hi to Laura. 292 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:02,800 Also, as Kadelia, I'm looking forward to meeting her finally 293 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:05,920 again, tabletop, worldwide tabletop vibes. 294 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:09,120 They'll be there. I I believe that Brian from 9:00 295 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:12,120 to six games is going to be there. 296 00:18:14,120 --> 00:18:17,240 There's a whole group of folks that are going to be there. 297 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:24,480 So find your friends, play some games, have fun, and don't worry 298 00:18:25,120 --> 00:18:28,560 if you don't see everything. It's going to be great. 299 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:31,200 It's going to be awesome. It's going to be fantastic. 300 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:35,640 For those of you staying for the four days, I'm jealous. 301 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:38,960 Here's my FOMO because I'm only getting able to squeeze in one 302 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:41,720 day, but you know, you do. We do what we can. 303 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:45,480 So really looking forward to seeing all of you. 304 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:49,040 I want to extend my gratitude to all of our followers on 305 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:53,120 Instagram one more time. I'd also like to say that Gareth 306 00:18:53,120 --> 00:18:57,320 and I are grateful to all of you for listening to the show, for 307 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,440 tuning in each week. I'm particularly grateful to you 308 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:06,720 all for having to listen to me, right. 309 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:10,720 I know Gareth's so busy and I have to go on my own or get 310 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:13,960 somebody to fill in, and I've been pretty grateful. 311 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:18,200 You've been pretty gracious and pretty pretty excited about 312 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:19,560 that. But we got big things coming 313 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:21,560 down the line. There's going to be some 314 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,560 interesting things happening this summer because our 315 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:26,080 schedules are getting busy. So we're trying to stay 316 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:29,160 consistent and dropping episodes so that you have something to 317 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:31,480 look forward to and to listen to. 318 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:37,720 So thanks again, everybody. I can't wait to get to Origins. 319 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:42,120 I can't wait to see you. It should be a lot of fun. 320 00:19:42,120 --> 00:19:48,480 So hey, guys, don't forget to follow us on Instagram at Meeble 321 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,640 to meeple. You can also find me at the 322 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:58,520 under score Cajun under score Gamer and at board game Meeple 323 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:03,880 on Instagram for Gareth, right? Also want to quickly remind you 324 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:10,560 about going to Dragon Pawn Productions DDP Dragon Dawn 325 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:16,120 productions, ddpgames.com. Ren Multi Mackey interviewed him 326 00:20:16,120 --> 00:20:21,240 last week was a bonus episode. There's a discount code Meeple 327 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:26,360 2, Meeple the number 2, all one word, 10% off anything you 328 00:20:26,360 --> 00:20:28,920 purchase there. He sent us a couple of other 329 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:30,600 games. We played a really cool 330 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:33,560 cooperative 2 player game that was kind of exciting. 331 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:37,040 We do have a game that requires more than like three to six 332 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:39,520 players and we haven't had a chance to hit that to the table 333 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:42,800 yet, but that's that's coming out his game for done. 334 00:20:43,360 --> 00:20:47,840 We'll be hitting Kickstarter in July, so look forward to that as 335 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:51,280 well. We do have a couple of designers 336 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:56,200 that we'll be interviewing here pretty soon over the summer, so 337 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,080 be on the lookout for that. Again, Origins. 338 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:01,960 Come see me take a picture. Let's get a sticker. 339 00:21:02,360 --> 00:21:05,360 Let's make friendships, let's follow each other. 340 00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:08,640 It's going to be awesome supporting one another at 341 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:14,640 Origins Game Fair. Bye guys, thanks everyone for 342 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,040 listening. Please subscribe and as always, 343 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:21,040 we'd love to hear your thoughts and ideas, so make sure to leave 344 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:25,200 those in the comments and don't forget you can also chat with us 345 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,880 both on Instagram at Meeple to Meeple.