Welcome back for the final episode on the history of roll and writes! We'll start out the episode with a brief tour through the rather sparse history of flip and write games, then take a look at where Jaina thinks the genre is going, and wrap it all up with Jaina's recommendations for some FREE print and play roll and write games! So sit back, relax, and hold on to your petticoats!Timestamps: (1:42) - Letter-Bags (4:15) - Word Squares(5:47) - Sark(6:19) - Make 5(6:48) - Qwixx Card Game(7:08) - Qwinto Card Game(7:15) - Kokoro: Avenue of the Kodama(9:00) - Let's Make a Bus Route(9:19) - Modern Innovations and Where the Genre is Going(9:38) - Sonora(10:39) - Stellar Drift: Pull and Write(11:24) - Takenokolor(12:36) - Roll and Write Versions of Existing Games(13:38) - Twilight Inscription(14:16) - Increasing Complexity(15:29) - The Fox Experiment(16:26) - Creative Themes(17:30) - Rolling Realms(18:31) - French Quarter(19:12) - Luddite(20:15) - Where are Roll and Writes Going?(21:21) - Long Shot The Dice Game(21:41) - Sea Beasts(22:25) - Free Print and Plays(24:33) - 30 Rails(26:15) - Corinth(27:52) - Woodcraft Roll and Write(30:01) - Rolling Village!(30:58) - Bargain Basement Bathysphere(32:05) - The Simple Life(33:23) - The Blob That Ate the City(34:47) - Paleontologists(35:01) - Polyhedral Park Planner(35:57) - Dungeon PagesLinks and Sources (separate from BGG game pages)Letter-Bags Photos: https://www.gamesboard.org.uk/cgi-pub/gardpub.cgi?table=examples&pk=13305&command=viewCorinth (Google Drive link for PnP files): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1juhTYboh6Qoh3ENwl07tYrY_lu1gKG5g?fbclid=IwAR36962vNEY4f4MJRplHSjnxL-l_HxCQrkaL2gyPgRFd0VWUDxxIRu6i-zMDungeon Pages on PnP Arcade: https://www.pnparcade.com/collections/dungeon-pagesCreditsIntro and Outro Music: Comedy Detective by Onoychenko Music via PixabayTime machine sound effect: Sci Fi Disappearance by Pixabay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the second part of the roll and write series, where we'll be exploring some stand-out games that led us to the current explosion of the genre. Do you know which game is widely attributed with starting that modern explosion? Listen in to find out!CreditsIntro and Outro Music: Comedy Detective by Onoychenko Music via PixabayTime Stamps(1:03) - Can't Stop Express(1:09) - Criss-Cross (2:47) - Farkle and Dix Mille(3:37) - The Roll and Write Word Game(4:24) - Ghoulash(5:02) - Reiner Knizia's Decathlon(5:50) - Catan Dice Game(6:14) - Wurfel Bingo(6:35) - Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age(7:56) - Agricola Express(8:37) - Saint Malo(9:15) - Qwixx(10:36) - That's Pretty Clever(11:57) - Railroad Ink(12:13) - Fleet The Dice Game(12:33) - Welcome To...Get in TouchJaina - [email protected] (in order of appearance/use in episode)https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/217547/cant-stop-expresshttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/322832/criss-cross/imageshttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220988/criss-crosshttps://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2104152/variant-criss-cross-1992-also-kniziahttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10973/dice-games-properly-explainedhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3181/farklehttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25149/roll-write-word-gamehttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2402/ghoulashhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6955/reiner-knizias-decathlonhttps://knizia.de/wp-content/uploads/reiner/pdfs/Knizia-Website-Decathlon.pdfhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/27710/catan-dice-gamehttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/29355/wurfel-bingohttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37380/roll-through-ages-bronze-agehttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/45020/agricola-expresshttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/117960/saint-malohttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/131260/qwixxhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244522/s-pretty-cleverhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/245654/railroad-ink-deep-blue-editionhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/245961/fleet-dice-gamehttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233867/welcome Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this inaugural episode, your host Jaina brings you back in time to learn about the history of dice, and how we got from flipping sticks as dice to the first modern roll and write games. Listen in for a short and sweet tour through time from around 2500 BCE through to the 1970s, and make sure to tune in on September 22 to continue the journey through to some of today's most popular games!CreditsIntro and Outro Music: Comedy Detective by Onoychenko Music via PixabayTime machine sound effect: Sci Fi Disappearance by PixabaySources (in order of appearance/use in episode)Board Game Geek (Roll and Write: Mechanisms, accessed on July 30, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamefamily/41222/mechanism-roll-and-write/linkeditems/boardgamefamily?pageid=35&sort=yearpublishedParlett's History of Board Games (The Updated Edition of The Oxford History of Board Games) by David Parlett (history of dice, pgs. 21-28)The Complete Book of Games by Clement Wood and Gloria Goddard via Wikipedia (Yacht description and rules, accessed September 2, 2023): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacht_(dice_game) Luck (1943 box of games via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/40249/luckGuffy (1952 game via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/283757/guffyThread on Guffy copyright and trademark infringement and personal correspondence (via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/608254/game-called-guffy-yahtzee-copyrighted-1952The Yahtzee Manifesto (history and development of Yahtzee, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://www.yahtzeemanifesto.com/History/yahtzee-history.php#ancientSpare Time Bowling (1940 game via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4165/spare-time-bowling6 Steps (1965 game via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35564/6-stepsThe Great Races (1974 game via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43144/great-racesCan't Stop (1980 game via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/41/cant-stop Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to A Nerdstorian's Guide to Modern Board Games! I'm your host, Jaina, and I'll be taking you on time travel adventures, looking at the history of modern board game mechanisms to figure out how we got to where we are now. If you love pulling out random facts at inopportune moments to dazzle your friends, then this is the podcast for you!Music: Comedy Detective by Onoychenkomusic via Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/music/bloopers-comedy-detective-127185/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.