Winner's Bias

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Airs at: Tue, 12/03/2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Airs at: Tue, 12/17/2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Hosted by:

Nate Capp, James Foxhall

Produced by:

KBOO

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Until proven otherwise, America's First (and Best) Radio Show About Board Games

Winner's Bias is a show about board games and following the rules. Hosted by board game enthusiasts and gracious(ish) winners, Nate Capp and James Foxhall. Tune in to learn more about board game culture, and the games we love!

Winner's Bias airs on KBOO on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month at 11 a.m.

Topic tags:

Arts/Culture, Community Building, Humor

Streams:

KBOO Stream 1

Program status:

Current

Getting Deep On the History of Games and Play with Stephen Jacobs

Airs at: Tue, 11/19/2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am

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James and Nate talk with Stephen Jacobs, a Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology's School of Interactive Games and Media and Scholar in Residence at The Strong National Museum of Play. We talk about how one finds themself as a scholar of games and play, the origina... Read more

James and Nate Have a Chat

Airs at: Tue, 11/05/2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am

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Nate and James get back to basics and have a chat about a variety of board game subjects. Appreciation of board game stores, recapping the most recent James Games: Lords of Vegas, teaching rules, Nate's changing opinion on Great Western Trail: New Zealand, and more! It's a ... Read more

Conventions With Cardner

Airs at: Tue, 10/15/2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am

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James and Nate expand upon their convention discussion two weeks ago with Cardner of Panda Game Manufacturing. She just returned from the world's largest board game convention, Spiel Essen. Cardner's job has her attending various conventions and we're chatting about the dif... Read more

James Went to PAX West!

Airs at: Tue, 10/01/2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am

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James went to PAX West with some friends and did interviews with "everyone [he] could find" (two people). Nate and James discuss his experience at the convention and play interviews with Nick, half of the design team of the card game Roast: A Game of Marsh and Mallow, and T... Read more

Talkin' Board Game Design With Brickhouse Games

Airs at: Tue, 09/17/2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am

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Winner's Bias is very excited to welcome Rick and Mary Hou of Brickhouse Games to discuss board game design, playtesting, running your own Kickstarter, and any other matters of board game production that comes up. They have a beautiful new game called Northwest that is in i... Read more

Board Game Meetups

Airs at: Tue, 09/03/2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am

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Nate and James talk with Alanna, host and founder of the largest board game meetup in the Pacific Northwest, GameCon at House on the Hill, and Jeanette, host of a meetup at CORE. Read more

A Cloud Rolls In

Airs at: Tue, 08/20/2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am

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Nate and James conduct their first ever interview with Alex and Ty, owners of Cloud Cap Games in Sellwood. Read more

James Gets Thrown Into The Deep End

Airs at: Tue, 08/06/2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am

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James agrees to play the most complicated game he's ever played: The Gallerist, a game about running competing art galleries. How did he do? Listen to find out! Read more

Board Game Terms and Intro Games

Airs at: Tue, 07/16/2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am

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Nate quizzes James on some board game terminology then they discuss good games to get people excited about the hobby. Read more

Why Board Games? And Hobby Hurdles

Airs at: Tue, 07/02/2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am

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Nate and James discuss why board games are worth of examination and the things that make the hobby difficult to get into. Click through to listen to the episode. Read more