Roleplaying Board Games (season 2.7)

Roleplaying Board Games
Jon Cassie and Tracy Wazenegger

Some of the games we discussed in this episode include:

Arcadia Quest

Descent

Dungeons&Dragons: The Legends of Drizzt

Legends of Andor

Mice&Mystics

Pathfinder: The Adventure Card Game

TIME Stories

...and no podcast would be complete if Tracy and Jon didn't talk about their favorite MMOs, Dungeons&Dragons Online and World of Warcraft.

Dominion (season 2.4)

Dominion (season 2.4)
Jon Cassie and Tracy Wazenegger

Dominion is findable at virtually any friendly, neighborhood game store. Go visit yours and you'll be good to go.

Some books to read to get a much better appreciation of medieval Europe:

Norman Cantor. "Inventing the Middle Ages."

William Manchester. "A World Lit Only By Fire."

Barbara Tuchman. "A Distant Mirror."

On metacognition in education: 

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/metacognition-gift-that-keeps-giving-donna-wilson-marcus-conyers

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/8-pathways-metacognition-in-classroom-marilyn-price-mitchell

Find us on Facebook.

Jon Cassie is at joncassie at gmail dot com.

Tracy Wazenegger is at tlwazenegger at gmail dot com.

Cover image from: [https://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/392195/dominion?size=large]

Colt Express (season 2.3)

Colt Express
Jon Cassie and Tracy Wazenegger

Reach out to us at our Facebook group or on Twitter.

Tracy's email is tlwazenegger at gmail dot com.

Jon's email is joncassie at gmail dot com.

Get Colt Express at CoolStuffInc for a nifty price!

Cover pic from [https://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/2869299/colt-express?size=large]

 

7 Wonders (season 2.1)

7 Wonders
Jon Cassie and Tracy Wazenegger

7 Wonders' entry on Board Game Geek: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/68448/7-wonders

What big data is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_data

An interview with the great guru of big data, Hans Rosling, on big data: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo

4: Firing Flareguns, w/Rahul Kanojia

4: Firing Flareguns, w/Rahul Kanojia
Jonathan Cassie

I am joined by Rahul Kanojia of Rogue Robot Studios on this episode of Game Level Learn. Rahul is a game designer and educational gamifier working hard to bring the benefits of gamified instruction to classrooms in his home base of Arizona and to the rest of the world.

3: Gamifiers Get Playing, w/Tracy Wazenegger

3: Gamifiers Get Playing, w/Tracy Wazenegger
Jonathan Cassie

To reach Jon Cassie, email joncassie@gmail.com or on Twitter @joncassie or on Facebook.

To reach Tracy Wazenegger, email twazenegger@gmail.com or on Facebook.

We referenced the following games in this podcast:

Bamboleo

Betrayal at House on the Hill

Codenames

Escape Room - there are now hundreds of these interactive puzzle games around the country. This link is to the Pittsburgh version. Great fun!

Forbidden Island

Freedom 

Galaxy Trucker

Halo

Letters from Whitechapel

Machi Koro

Mysterium

The New Science

Thebes

Set

Spyfall

Zendo