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Mages: They cast magic and summon monsters to slay their enemies. What does it take to make it to Archmage though? Do you bring cupcakes to the weekly mage meeting? Do you iron the other masters capes? Do you have to match the color of your staff with your boots? We talk with Dave Killingsworth from SolarFlare Games about Dawn of the Archmage and why you should help fund this awesome tile laying battle game with beautiful miniatures coming to Kickstarter August 1st!

Writer of the Gold Best Seller "Alchemist for 5E" and on Tribality.com. Also the co-host of Whelmed: The Young Justice Files Podcast. Rich Howard is a creative soul who puts literally EVERTHING into the things he loves. Come on a great ride with us as we talk shop with Rich about his life, love, and passions. Then make sure you checked out Whelmed, it's a great podcast with great guests and podcast partner, The Caleb G!

Every so often we come across a game that really stands out to us not because of wood or plastic but because the game is so different, so driven, so thematic that it haunts our gaming dreams and must be talked about! Today that game is Affliction: Salem 1692. Witch hunts, blood feuds and vengeance from the past are just some aspects to this historic game. Visit DPH Games at dphgames.com

Join Dan and Kurt as they talk about turning passion into reality. They talk about their board game projects that they have going on, along with the process and progress of where those projects have gone. Then they discuss why you should follow your heart, no matter the failures or successes that come along with game making. Thanks for listening, and follow that passion.

In this episode, Kurt is joined by James D'Amato of the One Shot Podcast Network to talk about Dungeon Dome, a live stream actual play where teams of combatants fight to be the best team in the dome! We talk to James about why the Dungeon Dome is so unique, where the Dome is expected to go, and how you can help it become successful! Thanks to James for coming on to talk to us, and if you like what you hear, go help fund Dungeon Dome and become a part of the community!

Gods. We follow them, worship them, love them, hate them. We also put them in our games! There are a few games out there with the theme of the Gods like Santorini, Voluspa, The Lords of Rock, etc. But does the theme in these games leave us with a godly feeling? Dan and Kurt discuss why or why not these games live up to the divinity. Then they discuss ways to really make that theme sing to the high heavens! Please tell us what we did right or wrong through our Facebook group, Twitter, BGG Guild 2199.

Join Kurt and Neil from the Two Black Eyes Podcast as they go one on one to fantasy improv the theme 'In a tavern where part way through you realize half the furniture is actually mimics'. It's quite the challenge for Neil and Kurt, but they bring out a lot of characters to make it a fun one! So strap down your furniture, it's an MFGCast fantasy improv!

Join Dan and Kurt as they welcome Taco from So1ks Gaming and Page West from Bored Games and Co. for our first board game draft! Taco came up with this great idea to show off our board game drafting skills! After you listen, go to BGG, Twitter, or Facebook to tell us who came out on top with the best team!

Join Kurt, Dan, and Kim as they discuss when to ditch those old games that collect dust on the shelves, leave a gaming group that doesn't see eye to eye, or even ask a person from a gaming group to not be a part of the group because of irreconcilable differences. When in a Love 'Em or Leave 'Em situation, what would you do?

In this episode Logan takes his parents through Click Click Boom, a bluffing party game by Thing 12 Games! Pay a coin to the pot, give two coins to another player, or get boomed out of the round and lose out on the loot! It's a wild west shootout with cute animal characters! What does Logan think of this game? Listen and find out!

Do you like badass airships? Do you like blasting bad guys out of the sky? Do you want to gear up for the fight of your life? Join Kurt as he reviews Zephyr: Winds of Change by Portal Dragon, a game where you set for the air to visit regions, complete assignments, and quest to sail the airwaves to accomplish goals! *Apologies if Kurt sounds not as excited about this game, he recorded it while having a bruised sternum! He was excited! Thanks for your patience!

Join Kurt, Dan, Alex Jarzebinski from Battlebards Fantasy Audio, and Neil Mason from the Two Black Eyes Podcast as they fantasy improv the inside of an Aboleth! There was elves, dwarves, and Trump?! Check out another great improv and thanks to the players for more fun! Our new intro music is brought to us by our friends She Doo Voodoo! Find them on Amazon Music!

We are joined once again by Dave Killingsworth of SolarFlare Games to talk about Archmage Origins, a small but strong card game about manipulating the field of monsters and focusing mystical power to enlist creatures to form the strongest army possible. A sequel to the upcoming Dawn of the Archmage, this little card game packs a lot of punch for only $9 shipping included for the US, and $12 outside of the US. Listen to another fun interview with Dave and go pledge for Archmage Origins on Kickstarter May 9th!

Join Dan and Kurt as we welcome back Taco from So1ks Gaming and Page from Bored? Games and Co.! to talk our top game in 5 categories: Euro, Card, Party, Two Player, and Co-Op. Then Dan brings back the DDT (Dan's Dumb Trivia)! Please go to iTunes and leave us a review. Spread the word!

Computers, terabytes, firewalls, etc. Some people are good at computers, I am not. Introducing Super Hack Override by Weird Giraffe Games, where players take turns playing public and private hacks to become the Supreme Super Hacker, gaining enough points to win without being caught by the government. So plug into your AOL server and strap on your Ipod Nano, it's an MFGCast review of Super Hack Override!

Welcome to the Island of Nowhere Atoll, where players capture and feed monsters so that their monsters can compete at the Scare Fair to scare not only the audience but scare the other monsters as well to help one player become the Island Protector! Join Traci and Kurt as they take a look at what it takes capture these fiends, give them the yum yums, and become the best that training the scares has to offer!

Carcassone, Backgammon, Power Grid. There are many board games that people call "Classics". Join Kim, Dan, and Kurt as they talk about games that they think stand the test of time. Do you think that the games we talk about are classics? Join in on the conversation @mfgcast on Twitter and our Facebook page! Thanks for listening!

In this episode we talk to Mike Gnade, game designer from Rock Manor Games about Maximum Apocalypse! Maximum Apocalypse is a tile laying, epic co-op apocalypse driven game where death is lurking around every corner (or tile if you please!). Talking with Mike was a lot of fun, so make sure you go fund Maximum Apocalypse, coming soon to Kickstarter!

In this episode we welcome back Mike Wokasch, the great guy behind Starving Artist! We talk about the process and success of Starving Artists. We also talk about how to talk subjectively about what we like/dislike about games we review. Mike is always fun to have on, and this episode proves that fact! If you're interested in Starving Artists, please grab it and enjoy!

In this episode Kurt and Traci review Nerdy Inventions by Mayday Games. Nerdy Inventions is a game where you build inventions and use those inventions to manipulate Invention Row and gain the most inventions to gain victory points to win! Wanna know what we think? Listen on!