D6G Ep 98: Wishes for Game Industry & Rex: Final Days of an Empire Detailed Review

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4.8 • 613 Ratings

🗓️ 29 February 2012

⏱️ 213 minutes

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This episode we're joined by Dan Yarrington in the third chair. Dan is the owner of Myriad Games and the driving force behind Game Salute and has over ten years of experience in the game industry. Up first, we go over what we'd like the to see the game industry do to make our games and gaming experiences better. Later we head to Arrakis to harvest spice...no that's not right. We review Fantasy Flight Game's "Rex: Final Days of an Empire." Rex is a re-theming of the old Avlon Hill board game "Dune." Do the old rules mesh with the new theme and come out fun? All that and our other not-too-horrible segments including: - The Hollywood Minute - Total Fan Girl - Do You Ever Notice - When you wish upon a game *New Segment* - & More If 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. , latest gaming news, great stores, & more! ==Quick Reference== The News: 48 min Wishes for Game Industry: 52 min Hollywood Minute: 1 hr 40 min Total Fan Girl: 1 hr 54 min When You Wish Upon a Game: 2 hr 0 min Rex Detailed Review: 2 hr 3 min Links Discussed in the show: Craig's Blog: Russ's Blog: Total Fan Girl Blog: Pulp Gamer Network:

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0:00.0	This is the D6 generation with your hosts, Craig Galant.
0:16.2	If you're getting any conversation, it's not charity.
0:19.7	Russ Wakeland, are you putting on a a boat with freaking dragons attacking me and whatnot?
0:24.2	Now we're talking.
0:25.8	And Dan Yarrington in the third chair.
0:30.2	So many games, so little time.
0:32.5	So start playing.
0:33.7	With contributions from Total Fan Girl.
0:37.5	Vampires do not sparkle.
0:39.3	And are loyal listening.
0:41.0	One game is very like another to the D6G reviews it, brother.
0:44.9	Welcome to another edition of Rapid Fire, the roundtable discussion of all things gaming.
0:48.6	Coming at with the speed of an over-strength squad of Federation of Saul Infantry,
0:51.7	dropping hard on the heels of a sweeping bombardment by the Saul Dreadnought Fleet. Today's edition is brought to you by Game Salute and Gunship First Strike, a tactical space combat game with boards, cards, and dice. Pledge through Kickstarter.com for Gunship First Strike. I'm Geekley McNardigan, your host today, as always, our panelists are Russ Princess Wininsakia Wakeland and Dan, Dr. Uwey Yarrington.
1:13.0	All right.
1:13.4	Game Store owner, par excellence, and Game Salute Visionary.
1:16.8	Let's begin.
1:18.0	Issue number one.
1:19.5	Thousands of years in the past of the Twilight Imperium Universe, a galaxy spanning empire was in the first stages, the final stages of its inevitable decay, and the keepers of this vast nation
1:28.4	disappeared, leaving a custodian race to maintain their libraries and museums until a new
1:32.9	overlord rose in their place. The game Rex, of course, tells the tale thousands of years old
1:37.6	of the final days of this decline. Question, what race in the board game Rex is the historical
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