Board Game Breakfast - The Art of Learning

Tom Vasel reviews Loki! Tom shines a spotlight on new promos. Plus, a plethora of segments from our great contributors! Episode #390.

Intro/Contest: 00:00
Meeple University: 02:14
Tabletop Rebellion: 04:08
Kickstarter : 06:05
We Game Together: 10:18
Board Game Gumbo: 12:57
Dice Tower Productions: 15:28
Board Game Babsics - Kidsplaining: 17:32
Tom Thinks: 19:33
Oliver East: 28:45
2 Play or Not 2 Play: 30:47
Tom Reviews Other Things: 32:26
Tablbetop Toolbobx: 38:05
Closing Ceremonies: 40:38
Outro: 40:55

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[christinewark]

@we game together- Good to see you back. I missed that guitar intro. 🎵

[destrio]

I definitely have challenges in teaching games since they are often new to me as well. And it is difficult to find the time to just become an expert on a game so that I can teach it effectively. I think publishers who invest in great rules video producers do themselves and their customers a great service. Learning from both a rules video and the rulebook helps tremendously.

[searose]

I keep a small box of components that are left out of the box up on top of my game shelf. When it gets full, I go through and out them all away.

[socksrule]

Tabletop Rebellion I love your enthusiasm and the like/dislike presentation! Looking forward to you segment on future breakfasts!

[afrank]

Audio disappears around 21:00 and reappears 1 minute later

[jeffreymishra-marzetti]

Great talk about learning and teaching games from Tom. It takes a good effort from everyone.👍

[fingolfinfinwe]

100% correct Tom! Loki started out great and sputtered to the finish. I give it a 6.5/10. Whereas WandaVision was an 8/10. Falcon&Winter Soldier probably around 6.5 as well for me.

[christinewark]

@tabletop rebellion, I really enjoyed your segment. I too like wooden meeples, and now I want those unique animals! I'll probably like the game too. In fact I recently requested Baren Park at my FLGS, having remembered playing it at a pre-covid convention.

[hairbrainedgames]

Tabletop Toolbox, great job on your segment! I bought Rush M.D. a few weeks ago, haven't brought it out to play yet. Very clever skit. :)

[johnshepherd]

Yea tom I didn't do brilliantly at school I am in my mid 50's now
And learned more later in life and got my grades later on
Then I found out about different learning types
Ie reading doing watching and most people have a mix of the 3
Well I am more of a doing learner i would say 45% doing 45% watching 10% reading
And when I found out my learning style it helped me a lot both in life and with games

[msa]

Thumbs up on the box bands. Look (and no doubt perform) so much have better than rubber bands.

[christinewark]

Oh no! Voice cut out @ 20:56 as you started talking about "Learning a game".

[jasons]

Holy cow, the Kidsplaining kids did a better and more professional job then adults I have seen

[ThymeKeeper]

It is absolutely true that just doing something, anything, and paying attention will usually teach you everything you need to know about "what to do". How many times have you gotten halfway through and said "oh, I get it now!". I prefer to just learn enough to get going. Really just the first few moves are difficult. After that the game usually tells you what to do :).

[gator_dave]

Did I miss GatorLoki discussion? Dang!

[npckse]

Having had Tom teach me Western Legends and Vindication at the first retreat, I can definitely say that Tom is an excellent game teacher. By the time he left, we understood enough that we could use the manual and immediately figure out any questions we had, without having to call him back over. My group learns in 2 ways, first, I learn the game and then teach it, while sending a link of a video where folks can get an idea of how to play. Or, we actually, sometimes, learn at the table from the manual. Surprisingly we have had a great time both ways. This is group dependent though

[BoardgameLiker]

NICE! Ellen made a Monty Python reference with the bowls!

[yannisguerra]

We game together...I literally just bought some ugly plastic containers to put my stuff...and you show those beautiful 2 days lafe😭

[petergross]

@we game together;. That's me. The silicon cupcake holder guy. They work great, come in a million colors, water proof. Though I may have to look for olive wood bowls....

[Mentat]

Yay! Welcome back "We Game Together"!!