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Behind the Shield – Episode 97 – “Legacy and Campaign”

Friday, December 15th, 2017

Andrew is left all to himself for this week’s podcast and spends the episode talking about great Legacy and Campaign Mode games for players who want a longer term gaming commitment.

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Behind the Shield – Episode 95 – “Dexterity Recommendations”

Friday, December 1st, 2017

The holiday shopping season is upon us and it’s time for us to do some game recommendation shows. This week Andrew and Amanda talk about their favorite “Dexterity Games.” Do you like to throw stuff during a board game? This is the podcast for you!

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Behind the Shield – Episode 92- “Extra Life Post Mortem”

Friday, November 10th, 2017

It looks like we’ve survived another Extra Life marathon. Andrew and Amanda talk about their experiences and we feature a lot of interviews from the Abington location while the marathon was going on.

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Behind the Shield – Episode 88 – “May Ways to Play Magic”

Friday, October 13th, 2017

Wizards of the Coast revealed this week a new multi-player way to play with Magic the Gathering cards. Explorers of Ixalan is still more than a month away, but Andrew and Amanda take the opportunity to talk about some of the variants of Magic play that Wizards has produced in the past.

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Behind the Shield – Episode 87 – “The Deluge Begins”

Friday, October 6th, 2017

There are so many big new releases this week that we decided to dedicate most of the second half of the program to them. This is the beginning of what should be an absolute deluge of great new games in the next couple months as we lead into the holiday season. Al also interviews Riley about his experiences at the Magic Grand Prix last weekend.

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Behind the Shield – Episode 86 – “Spooktacular Streaming Plans”

Friday, September 29th, 2017

You probably know already that we’ve been streaming some board games on our Twitch channel every Friday for a couple months now. As we start to ramp up our Twitch content Andrew and Amanda spend today’s podcast talking about the spooky games we’re planning to play live online in the month of October.