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Angelo Lombardi, the itinerant gamer and COO of La Quinta, returns to the third chair to talk about every gamers dream: to design a game. What dreams have we thought of building? And have we ever considered trying to make them real.

Later the three dive into a detailed review of Dungeons and Dragons: Dungeon Command. Is there a meaty game packed in the box with all those pre-painted miniatures?

All that and our other not-too-horrible segments including:

- Total Fan Girl
- Do You Ever Notice
- News
- & More

Please let us know what you thought of the show!

Link to Episode:
http://www.thed6generation.com//d6g-ep-123-dungeon-command-detailed-review-the-dream-of-game-design

I just finished listening to every d6g episode ever except the lost chapters. (I started back in september.) Great show guys and keep up the good work.

Holy CRAP, Yummypie! Now on to the Augean Stables!

Thanks for sticking with it! That is a PRODIGIOUS amount of time you have just spent listening to us ramble on!

Tell us . . . do we get more or less horrible with age?

Thanks again, and for the kind words, and welcome back to the future!

~Craig

nice review gentlemen, enjoyable show as always.

I want to pick up two Dungeon Command boxes for my stepdaughter and I to play. She's fifteen and loves D&D type stuff.

I don't know which ones to begin with; I tried the first two at Gencon and they were ok.

I'm thinking Undead vs. Orcs, or Undead vs. Cormyr perhaps? It seems the healing abilities of both orcs or Cormry would balance nicely against the Undead's ability to gain power as they slay opponents.

Any feedack appreciated folks. Thanks.

I just started listening to the new episode this morning. So good to have Angelo back. His enthusiasm is truly infectious.

But, as I didn't get the opportunity to sooner...I wanted to touch on Craig's segment from the end of the previous episode and his feelings of "Am I gamer?"

I can relate to this right now. We moved from Ohio to Oregon in mid-November of last year. My wife and I quickly found a game store nearby (Off the Charts Games in Gresham, OR) that hosts game nights on Wed and Fri evenings. We've been going twice a week almost consistently since then. For the most part it's been a lot of fun. The most rewarding aspect is we immediately began making friends with the other players as well as the owners.

But, recently I've been less than enthused to go. See, the store is a boardgame store and they don't sell any minis games. I'm primarily a minis gamer and I haven't played a minis game (outside a few games of Wings of Glory) since moving here. I'm getting antsy. I just haven't been able to line my schedule up with any of the minis events.

I walked into the store for game night last week and one table was playing Battlestar Galactica and the other was playing Small World (we were late, so games had already started) and I would have been more than content to just turn around an leave, if not for my wife who wanted to stay.

I like boardgames. Not all. Not even most. But there's a lot I do like. But, I love my miniatures games. But what I learned, and what connected with me from Craig's segment is that being a gamer doesn't mean you love all games, or even love to game all the time. It's great to know what you like and focus your time and energy there. And it's good to break out of your comfort zone from time to time and try something new.

But, even the most die-hard of games needs a break now and then.

Great episode as usual. Angelo is always fun.

Good show ! Angelo's pirate game sounds like a blast , can't wait to see it come out.

Good stuff. Angelo is always excellent value as a guest.

A couple of thoughts on this weeks podcast: Firstly I do get an insane temptation to glance at the last page in the book/chapter when I am reading a paper book, but this is totally absent with E-books. I have no idea why- perhaps it occurs when I check how far through the book I am.

Secondly I've had a property development card game in my head for the last ten years. It will either be awesome or awful if I ever get round to making it.

i like the episode. I loved the design discussion segment.
One note, it is tough to hear the segments that were recorded involving a phone. Whether it’s the call-in segment, or the phone interview with TFG, those segments ended up fading into the background and I realized they passed without me really listening.
Great show, keep it up!

Hey Russ, just thought I'd mention that Dreadnought Arena Combat is *still* on Dakka:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Dreadnought_Arena_Combat


Just go to the articles and do a search for Dreadnought Arena Combat and up it pops!

Thanks for the kind words as usual, guys! It's always fun for us to have Angelo on, too. And we DID get a chance to play his pirate game when he visited last week and . . . I think he's REALLY got something fun on his hands.

Oh, and Pirate Meeples . . . so what can be wrong with that?

As for wanting to see the end of a book/story, don't get me wrong, I WANT to as well, and I UNDERSTAND wanting to, but I just got SO much more out of the end of a book when it ISN'T spoiled, that I don't. But on the subject of re-reading . . . most of the books that made the cut to be put into the Pub's bookshelves are shredded from being re-read so often. I TOTALLY understand the joy of revisiting a favorite book even though you know how it's going to end . . . so I guess I really can see it both ways.

Oh, and Yak . . . how disappointed was I when I clicked on your link and there weren't any pictures of my Dreadnaught Arena! :(

Ah, the memories

Thanks again, guys!

~Craig

 yakface wrote:

Hey Russ, just thought I'd mention that Dreadnought Arena Combat is *still* on Dakka:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Dreadnought_Arena_Combat


Just go to the articles and do a search for Dreadnought Arena Combat and up it pops!

Well that's awesome!

Cool! Does anyone have pictures of Craig's arena?

Hey! I found pics of Craig's old Dreadnaught Arena combat table!!

http://web.archive.org/web/20030205165520/http://www.dakkadakka.com/page_613.htm

Sweet, I'll add those to the article when I get a chance.

Interesting podcast as usual guys, and speaking of game design I have just release my first game on kickstarter 5 days ago which you can check out here. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/munji/alchemist-academy
If anyone out there is designing or is thinking of designing a game please feel free to contact me I’d be happy to chat to you about my experience of designing, playtests and launching on kickstarter.

Just email me at ray@munjistudios.com
Cheers Ray

I don't know if Angelo reads this thread, but if he's ever in Paso Robles, home of the #1 La Quinta, I'd love to get a game in with him and show him the area.

So... I feel like we're missing an episode... Was there a delay?