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Animation, Book, Game, Movie, Podcast
Snails, Farms, and Rabbits
Welcome to the first episode of Season 2. We've switched to a monthly schedule due to busy schedules, and send out a special thanks to everyone for sticking with us! This month, we go over some pop-culture news, revisit some old pop-culture news to see how it fared, and end the show with our usual fortune cookies. The main part of this month's show is split into 3 parts. Liam talks about the movie Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Evan talks about the video game Stardew Valley, and Brian reviews the book Watership Down.
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Minecraft
This week, a Lunchbox Reaction first! A group of Evan's friends join him on the show for a lively discussion about the game Minecraft.
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Frogger The Board Game
Frogger The Board Game is a reimagining of the classic arcade game for 2 to 4 players ages 8 and up. In the game, you are a frog, trying to cross a road or a river filled with obstacles, and beat your opponents to the finish line. While the tactile part of the game was fun, we felt the game itself was mostly average, and that the instructions needed a bit of work for clarity.
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Dixit
Dixit is a fun game that comes with 84 beautifully illustrated cards depicting dreamlike scenes. Each round, one person, called the story-teller, chooses one card from their hand, describes a word or phrase about that card, and places it on the table face down. The remaining players also get to choose a card from their hand that they think would match the word or phrase, and also place the card face down on the table. The cards are shuffled, revealed, and each is assigned a number. Players then secretly vote on which card they think the storyteller played. Points are awarded to those whose cards get votes, but watch out! If too many people vote for your card, you will get no points, which is why the storyteller wants to give only vague or subtle hints about their card rather than outright revealing it.
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Alphabet Stoop
This week we review a brand new word building game called Alphabet Stoop by game designer Charlie McCarron and Pops & Bejou Games. The game is for 2-5 players ages 6+.
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Bananagrams
Bananagrams is a word game that feels like a cross between Boggle and Scrabble. In the game, each player takes a number of letter tiles from a central group of 144, then arranges those tiles to form any number of connected words in a crossword-like shape. Once a player uses all their starting letters, they call "peel" and each player takes an additional letter to add to their growing maze of words. This process continues until all the tiles in the center are used. Race against your opponents to use all your letters first and win the game!
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Interview with Charlie McCarron – Part 2
This week we're pleased to present part 2 of our interview with game designer Charlie McCarron, creator of the board game Four Humours. In part 2, we talk about the art for the game, some of the other games Charlie has worked on, and whether a person can work as a game designer for a living. Charlie even joins us for our weekly fortune cookie reading! You can find our more about Charlie at charliemccarron.com, and can find his game Four Humours at Adam's Apple Games.
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Interview with Charlie McCarron – Part 1
This week we interview game designer Charlie McCarron, the creator of a unique game titled Four Humours. In Four Humours, you are a medieval doctor who travels the kingdom and uses potions to win over the citizenry. In part one of our interview, we talk with Charlie about how he first got interested in game design, how long it took to develop Four Humours, the process of play-testing the game, what the publishing process was like, how the Kickstarter campaign worked, and more. You can find out more about Charlie at his website charliemccarron.com.