Board Games with Scott

As part of a charity auction on Board Game Geek for Tom Vasel, I volunteered to create a video (with a silly opening) on the game of the high bidders’ choosing. The winning game was The Republic of Rome. You can watch the video here: or download it through the Internet Archive at http://www.archive.org/details/TeachingVideoAboutTheRepublicOfRome. This [...]

I’ve posted an auction on Boardgamegeek.com for over 100 board and video games from my collection that closes on May 22. You’re welcome to visit and bid, and if you find the minimum bid too high for you, you can place an offer that I’ll consider! You can find the auction at http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/67340/bgws-closeout-auction-ending-may-22/

On a recent episode of CBS Sunday Morning, I was part of a segment on modern board games. I think they did a pretty good job of covering the hobby, despite the “look at the weird people” opening segment showing people in RPG and video game costumes. You can see the video at http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7361550n and [...]

Greetings! As I’ve closed down the show, I’ve decided to sell off about 350 of my games (which is about a third of my collection, so I’m not selling everything!) You can find information about the sale at http://tinyurl.com/bgwssale You can still hear me on the On Board Games podcast. I was particularly happy with [...]

Tom Vasel, one of the inspirations for Board Games with Scott, recently lost his 2-month old son and is facing significant hospital bills. There is a fundraising auction going on right now for him. I have donated a board game video on the game of the top bidder’s choosing. So, if you are a publisher [...]

Scott says farewell to Board Games with Scott (5:02) In this show, Scott Nicholson says Farewell as he ends the Board Games with Scott series. Thank you to all of you for supporting the show. Don’t unsubscribe to this feed, however; I plan to continue to update it with other board-game related projects that I’m [...]

Scott talks about games that might be good next steps after Monopoly. (17:56) In this episode of Board Games with Scott, host Scott Nicholson talks about Monopoly. He takes each aspect of the game and recommends other games related to each aspect. This would be a great episode to send on to those who are [...]

Scott takes an in-depth look at the Dungeon Crawl game. (38:47) In this episode of Board Games with Scott, host Scott Nicholson spends some time with four examples of the Dungeon Crawl game – Descent, Those Pesky Humans, Dungeonquest, and Castle Ravenloft. Download Board Games with Scott 069 – Dungeon Crawls from the Internet Archive. [...]

And they’re off! Scott Nicholson talks about 4 different horse racing games. (15:34) In this episode of Board Games with Scott, host Scott Nicholson takes a look at four horse racing games – Winner’s Circle, Long Shot, Horse Fever, Turf Master – and focuses on the concepts of strategy and tactics as demonstrated by these [...]

Scott talks about several games where you use dice in different ways to get resources. (19:42) In this episode of Board Games with Scott, host Scott Nicholson takes a look at several different games where you use dice in different ways to get resources – The Settlers of Catan, Kingsburg, Stone Age, and Macao Download [...]