The Gameshelf
Strange Games for Happy People.
Latest Episode
#6 - Economics
November 1, 2007
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Episode Archive
The Gameshelf is now hosted on blip.tv. Visit http://thegameshelf.blip.tv for a complete archive of past episodes, each of which you can watch online, or individually download to your desktop.
Or, just click on a title below to visit that episode's page on blip. Each episode page includes detailed show notes with game information, and a comments section. Enjoy!
| Episode | Release date | Games covered | Medieval Games | August 3, 2005 | Shadows over Camelot, Rampart, Peasant Quest |
|---|---|---|
| Space Games | October 26, 2005 | Space Station Assault, The Awful Green Things from Outer Space, Star Control 2 (a.k.a. The Ur-Quan Masters) |
| Wargames | November 23, 2005 | Memoir '44, Gnostica, Warsong |
| Tile games | August 21, 2006 | Carcassonne, The very Clever Pipe Game, Pipe Dream |
| Hidden Roles | March 5, 2007 | Citadels, Werewolf |
| Economics | November 1, 2007 | Acquire, MULE, Indonesia |
About this show
The Gameshelf is a television show and video podcast about obscure but interesting games, especially board and card games, though we'll cover the odd computer or video game as well. It's produced by Jason McIntosh with the help of many friends and Somerville Community Access Television. The show has no fixed schedule; a new episode comes out whenever we all work up the gumption to make it. Use one of the subscription links above to grab new episodes as soon as they appear online.
By obscure we mean any game which most people, even most "gamers", might know nothing about. In other words, the vast majority of games in existence! It may be more useful to say that we don't feature games that everyone knows about, like the hottest new PlayStation titles, or famous board games like Monopoly or Poker. (Though we may mention interesting variants of them...)
Feedback
We'd like to hear from you, whether you're watching the show on local TV or are a far-away Internet viewer! You can leave comments on our blip.tv page, or you can email them to Jmac. Each entry in the episode archive also contains a comments section for public dicussion.
Finding the games we talk about
Despite their obscurity, all the games we talk about are reasonably easy to get your hands on. Depending upon the game, you might have to go to a speciality hobby store, or poke around online. Sometimes it's only a download away!
Each episode description lists the games covered on that show, and provides more information about where you can find them. Whenever possible, we'll do it with hyperlinks.
If you don't live near any game stores, we recommend Funagain Games' mail-order service. Online auction sites such as eBay are always a great place to look, too.