D6G Ep 57: Mulling Mechanics: Battlefield Friction & Dungeon Lords Detailed Review

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🗓️ 8 June 2010

⏱️ 216 minutes

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Command and Control, Battlefield Friction, morale, call it what you will, many games try to simulate the challenge of commanding troops. The D6G team discusses how this is done in many popular games in their first segment: Mulling Mechanics.Later they take on the roles of Dungeon Lords. Sure, anyone can raid a dungeon, but can you build one and keep it safe from pesky heroes? Does the newest game from the creator of Galaxy Trucker and Space Alert continue the tradition of funny, fun, and challenging?All that and our usual 'not too horrible' humor, with features such as:- The Hollywood Minute- Rapid Fire- What's in the News- Total Fan Girl- & MoreIf you'd like to discuss the show with us and others in our forum thread: . The following fine organizations help make this show possible: , on behalf of friendly, professional gaming stores everywhere. ==Quick Reference== The News: 0 hr 53 min Mulling Mechanics: Battlefield Friction: 1 hr 0 min Hollywood Minute: 1hr 42 min Total Fan Girl: 1hr 55 min Dungeon Lords Detailed Review: 2 hr 0 min Links Discussed in the show: Craig's Bookshelf: Raef's Blog: Craig's Blog: Total Fan Girl Blog: Wargamer Radio Network: Pulp Gamer Network:

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0:00.0	In 2008, an elitist gaming group was sent directly to jail by the geek for a rules infraction they didn't commit.
0:06.8	These men promptly escaped a low-security white-collar work detail into the New Hampshire underground.
0:11.9	Today, still wanted by the gaming community, they survive as podcasters of fortune.
0:17.3	If you need a game reviewed, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can listen to the D6G team.
0:40.3	The D6G team. The The This is the D6 generation with your hosts Craig D-Lant.
1:10.3	If you're getting any conversation, it's not charity.
1:13.7	Russ Wakeland.
1:15.2	Are you putting on a boat with Rick and Dragons attacking me and whatnot?
1:18.2	Now we're talking.
1:19.9	And Rafe, uh, Hollywood Granger.
1:24.5	Now that's Jimmy Django right there.
1:27.0	With contributions from Total Fangirl.
1:30.3	Vampers do not sparkle.
1:32.3	And our loyal listener.
1:34.3	One game is very like another till the D6G reviews it, brother.
1:38.3	Welcome to another edition of Rapid Fire, the roundtable discussion of all things gaming,
1:42.3	coming at you with a speed of a brave paladin driving his destrier with flair and panache right to the front
1:47.4	door of your evil neighborhood dungeon. Today's initiatives brought to you by everyone over at
1:51.2	www.drinksand dragons.com. A great site for tabletop news reviews and contests, and they love
1:57.8	the D6th generation. I'm Geekley McDiardigan, your host today. As always, our panelists are Ross Randall Flagglin and Rief Grannemof Tharkin-Grange Granger. Yeah, I've got a good one. Issue number one. In episode 54 of the D6 Generation, in Rapid Fire, we claimed that the I-I, a particularly ugly and deranged-looking creature, had never been used as a children's cartoon character before.
2:19.2	Thanks to the diligence of our listeners, in particular one, Roger Williams, we now know that Maurice, the sidekick of King Julian from the Madagascar movies, is actually, in fact, an I-I.
2:29.3	Thanks to Roger and to the website Incipit Vitanova, both of whom have way too much time on their hands.
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