Episode 180: Special Guests - Kenny Michael-Otton and Leigh Perrott

Games and Wasps and Blips, Oh My!

On this episode Adrian and Sarah continue Oceania Month with two Australian designers: Kenny Michael-Otton and Leigh Perrott. Surprisingly the pair have similar backgrounds in playing board games as kids, and also being heavily involved in competitive gaming which set them on the path of the designing games. Kenny and Leigh share the inspiration behind their games, as well as their approach to creating a specific gaming experience for players.

Next the gang kick off the 2021 Board Game BBQ Awards and discus the first three categories: Best Solo Game, Best Family Game and Best Party Game. You can find the link to the nomination form on all of our socials including Discord, Twitter, Instagram and on our Discord Community. Nominations are open to anyone in the community for three weeks. Facebook, Discord, Instagram, Twitter. Nominate in all 9 categories, or just a few. Once nominations close on Sunday 27th then we take the most-nominated game in each category and they become the official nominees for the BBQ Awards. Then we hand it over to our esteemed panel of judges; our Patreons; to vote. And this will all culminate in the BGBBQ Awards Night which once again will be filmed for YouTube, and we hope to have some surprises on the show as well.

In the Board Game Bracket we settle the last match-up, Viticulture vs Quacks of Quedlinburg, before we cue up the next battle: Twilight Imperium 4th Ed vs Targi. To make sure your favourite goes through to the next round make sure you vote on our socials.

Finally, in Swear An Oath Adrian painted the White Lion and also played the prologue in Kingdom Death Monster, while Sarah taught Adrian how to play Eclipse, and also played Arkwright: The Card Game solo. New oaths include Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring (Adrian), Mind MGMT (Sarah), The Others (Kenny), and to have the next physical version of Grimwald ready for the Sydney Game Day in April (Leigh).

 

BGBBQ Awards Discussion: (1:08:03)

Board Game Bracket: (1:27:05)

Swear An Oath: (1:42:40)

SCRAP by Jolly Swagman Games https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/344127/scrap

Grimwald by Leigh Perrott https://www.facebook.com/groups/grimwald/

You can read Elizabeth Hargrave's BGG List of Female-designed games here: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/296545/

..and read her blog on female and non-binary game designers here: https://www.elizhargrave.com/women-nonbinary-designers

 

Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed:

Agricola (2007) 

Space Crusade (1990) 

Master Labyrinth (2007) 

Star Wars Armada (2015) 

Twilight Struggle (2005) 

Mage Knight (2018) 

Iluminati (1987) 

Wingspan (2019) 

Cthulhu Wars (2015) 

Ark Nova (2021) 

Mercado de Lisboa (2021) 

Cascadia (2021) 

Land vs Sea (2021) 

OverBoss (2021) 

The Crew: Mission Deep Sea (2021) 

So Clover! (2021) 

Viticulture (2015) 

Quacks of Quedlinburg (2018) 

Twilight Imperium 4th Ed (2005) 

Targi (2012) 

Arkwright: The Card Game (2021) 

Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth (2019) 

Mind MGMT (2021) 

The Others (2016) 

Clima by Carlos Flores: 

 

**SPONSORS**

Thanks to 2D6 for sponsoring our Sizzling Games segment. Check out their website at (2D6games.com.au) to see their massive range of games and don't forget they offer free delivery all around Australia. So why not order your next Sizzling Game from them today!!

Our Board Game Bracket 2.0 is proudly sponsored by Game Toppers LLC. They have joined the BBQ, and are even providing us with one of their Game Toppers for our Game Days! Check out their Kickstarter now! These Game Toppers are amazing, and can transform any old table into an A1 quality Game Table! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/burky/game-toppers-30-upgrading-every-game-you-play?ref=discovery&term=game%20toppers

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