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2017
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Dragonfire is a cooperative deck-building game set within the world of Dungeons & Dragons. Players choose from a number of races — from dwarf to elf, half-orc to human — while assuming the quintessential roles of cleric, rogue, fighter, and wizard. Equipped with weapons, spells, and magic items, players begin their adventure along the famed Sword Coast, then expand to other locales across the Forgotten Realms, such as Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter, and Waterdeep in future expansions. Along the way, players level up their characters, opening access to additional equipment, feats, and more. Join the quest, and build your own legend!
Current Story Road Map:
1. Dragonfire
2. Dragonfire: Adventures – Shadows Over Dragonspear Castle
3. Dragonfire: Adventures – Chaos in the Trollclaws
4. Dragonfire: Adventures – Sea of Swords
5. Dragonfire: Campaign – Moonshae Storms
6. Dragonfire: Adventures – Corruption in Calimshan
7. Dragonfire: Adventures – Ravaging The Sword Coast
8. Dragonfire: Adventures – Sword Mountains Crypt
Expansions that can be added at any time:
1. Dragonfire: Wondrous Treasures
2. Dragonfire: Hidden Treasures
3. Dragonfire: Character Pack – Heroes of the Sword Coast
4. Dragonfire: Character Pack – Heroes of the Wild
Upcoming Expansions (not in release order):
1. Dragonfire: Campaign – Waterdeep
2. Dragonfire: Adventures – Insanity in the Abyss
3. Dragonfire: Adventures – Into the Abyss
4. Dragonfire: Adventures – Undermountain Madness
5. Dragonfire: Character Pack – Heroes of the Underdark
6. Dragonfire: Solo Adventuring
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Rob's Tabletop World Top List at 8:27 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Alive and kicking
- Enjoying the game
- Rare dice available
- Two-player starter kits
- Wonderful
- Will fall in love with it
- Have a great time
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — They have their two-player starter kits.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- And we're going to start with Plaid Hat Games.
- go to their booth. And I'm going to give you a game that completely shocked me.
- It is one of the best games I I've played this year, and we are just having fun.
- Shadowborne Games is killing it.
- It's Avalon. And Avalon looks fantastic.
- And the game that I'm really enjoying, and my grandkids and I are enjoying, is Wingspan Pocket.
- Bandai, um my wife and I went to the Florida Mall.
- The Gundam miniature game looks fantastic.
- The Gundam card game is absolutely fantastic.
- Secrets of the Lost Tomb 10th anniversary edition is coming out very very soon.
- you're going to be absolutely blown away.
- Now, on the negative side, one company that you should stop off and see is Academy Games.
- And it seems there is zero coming from their camp, from their website, or anything else.
- But, the radio silence is disturbing.
- go check out Dragon Dice, which is alive and kicking.
- It's a game that you will fall in love with and have a great, great time.
- So, those are some of the underrated companies and and games that you're going to want to check out at the fantastic Gen Con 2026.
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 2:48 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Adds new mechanics and improves upon Shadowrun Crossfire
- Strong D&D theme integration with locations and 'tripwires'
- Exciting campaign mode with character progression and upgrades
- Good cooperative gameplay that requires teamwork
- Art style is great and matches the theme better than its predecessor
Cons
- Rulebook can be a 'tome' and lengthy to read
- Still contains a 'puzzle element' in matching colors for damage
- Some scenarios can be brutally difficult, leading to quick losses
Thematic elements
- fantasy adventure, dungeon crawling
- Dungeons & Dragons universe
- campaign-driven with character progression
Comparison games
- Shadowrun Crossfire
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Campaign progression — The game features a campaign where players gain XP, upgrade characters with stickers, and unlock new abilities across multiple scenarios.
- cooperative play — Players must work together, combining their card effects and damage types to defeat monsters and complete scenarios.
- Deck Building — Players start with a basic deck of cards corresponding to their character class (cleric, rogue, mage, fighter) and improve it during the campaign.
- Location movement — Location cards allow players to move their characters between different areas, affecting who can participate in fighting certain monsters.
- Variable player powers — Different character classes have different colored cards and starting abilities, which can be upgraded with XP.
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- I was so excited to get some shrink wrap off of some games yes and then have to go through the part of opening up Rule books and trying to read rules and then teach rules to all these new games which that's becoming a chore for me it really is.
- The way you deal damage is just like it was with crossfire so everybody basically has a start the deck of cards cleric screen rogues red mages blue and martial arts the fighter is black and the encounters that you have to deal damage based on color.
- You cannot go wrong when there is a game that has an appetizer in it.
- It wasn't anything that I couldn't overcome I understood you know just got play the colors go do the deck building it was very simple from that simple but one thing that threw me off was that event deck.
- I am trying my best to teach it and I can just look across the table everybody's like yeah whatever and I'm like okay huh face grand bazarre.
- It's like oh my gosh Makris gonna teach a game we're not gonna learn it he's gonna screw up the rules and there's this negativity out there and so yeah I am discounted for trying.
- Ignasi is standing right there with an incredible shirt of first Martian where'd you get that so sweet look at those like yeah there was a gift from Erin especially for the show.
- Basically it is a one whole period of pain and frustration and I strongly this no no don't do it don't don't go this path.
- So everybody across the world can watch yes we did it two years ago and last year we did it we didn't do this we definitely shouldn't do this so I totally agree yes yeah cool and I'm kind of curious how difficult is it for a non polish speaking individual to attempt portal con is it going to would it be like terrible no we each year we have couple of our fans from the from the Europe flight tickets in Europe are not that expensive so coming from for a poor token from Italy or from Germany or from the Spain he's not that big a cost and for these players is a one day filled with absolutely craziness about the portal games or people playing portal games games most of our fans speak English fluently because they are gamers so of course they use BoardGameGeek of course they listen to the podcast over so they are fluent in English so there's no problems playing games and as I mentioned like for the for the people's hardcore fans of portal games from German or of France or Italy there is not a big deal to come to us so every single proton we have a couple of people from different countries.
- No you don't say Michael's gonna do anything bad or anything like that but just like what could it be I was pleasantly surprised because he sent us these treats that I had heard people talk about before called well it looks like I said stroopwafels but they're Dutch treats so I assume they're pronounced strip strip waffle or something like that just stop just stop don't embarrass just I'm trying to be correct here okay I don't say it's stroopwafel okay fine anyway.
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Getting Games Top 20 List at 19:22 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- interesting card-placement and hidden information
- fun thematic flavor
Cons
- played after fatigue; not engaging as expected; slower
Thematic elements
- area majority with dragonflame mechanics
Comparison games
- Colorado
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- flame tokens and cute humor — Dragonflame cards add tokens with humorous names.
- Hand Management — Players place 3 cards into columns (face up/down) and later pick from those columns.
- hand management and column-based selection — Players place 3 cards into columns (face up/down) and later pick from those columns.
- village area majority with flames — Place tokens to burn villages; points awarded when village burns completely.
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Quotes (from this video)
- this game is stunning it's just absolutely gorgeous
- I really enjoyed playing this game
- the awesome action mechanic was not enough to sway me away from the relatively dull gameplay of majority in general
- there is a humongous problem with this game
- the mechanics were cool I want to explore this one quite a bit more
- I am terrible at Buy Low Sell High games for some reason
- I think it's a really solid sticky game probably the thinkiest of the tiny epic game so far
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Brains On Games Interview at 17:30
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Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- role-playing fantasy with a lighter tone
- Medieval fantasy world
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is a friendly place to be
- the board game industry is not a pie it's a smorgasbord with new dishes coming out every year in the tune of 5 to 7,000 new games
- we are the Dear Abby for gamers
- rising tide lifts all boats
- open gaming area and play to win games is a fantastic concept
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Stonemaier Games Top 10 List at 9:27 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Beautiful, high-quality dice
- Highly customizable dice
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- customizable dice as units
- fantasy battlefield
- nostalgic/reflective
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- army-building with dice — select dice to roll for your army.
- Combat: Dice — select dice to roll for your army.
- custom dice with varied faces — dice with different faces for outcomes.
- dice-based combat resolution — combat resolved via dice results.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- One thing I liked about Lorcana is that it is a race to to points rather than a race to reducing your opponent's life to zero.
- I love the Star Wars theme.
- There's no resources to manage. It's just saying, I declare one of these factions and I play all cards with that faction.
- I think this is a really neat space.
- the dice in Dungeon Dragon Dice, they are stunning. Like, they're really, really beautiful.
- opening up packs on a daily basis.
- KeyForge has one of the coolest mechanisms I think in any game.
- one of the things I think is particularly clever about Good Knight is that you actually get to see you almost certainly see your entire deck of cards when you play it.
- Rolling Realms Redux even though they have the same playing field.
- Marvel Snap ... your deck is small. Similar to Goodnight, you are going to see your entire deck.
- Magic the Gathering is going to be my number one favorite collectible, expandable, customizable game on this list.
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Rob's Tabletop World Review at 22:15 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Game is really good.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is really really good. I mean real real good.
- It's a neat little game. It doesn't take much to get going.
- This has my interest. This is the first time I'm I'm getting a chance to look at this.
- Wait till you see this.
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Rob's Tabletop World Discussion at 13:21:40 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- good
- graphically sound
Cons
- don't compare to the old ones
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
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Rob's Tabletop World Analysis at 18:37 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- looks interesting
- really good
- a lot of fun
- been around for a long, long time
Cons
- style might be too loose for some
- particular about their game
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- The hard thing is I can't do it. I've got to rely on my wife to do it. So that's why we're kind of juggling things and it's kind of hard to get everything together.
- I added more stuff to the mystery lots. So, we're going to go over it here and make sure that you understand what's going on here.
- When you make a bid, it is for lots two and three. Okay.
- I can't show you the games because I just can't move on this thing.
- It is what it is. Um
- It's been like a machine but with this ankle completely torn up. It is really really hard. Okay.
- The rules don't take that much. They really don't take that much.
- I think it's a really really special game. And I can't believe I missed it for this long.
- We're going to end it this Thursday. So um this Thursday 12 noon it's the last time you can get your bids in.
- And lot 11, don't forget that Neuroscape game. That thing that that game is hot and expensive and, uh, good luck because it'
- Big time hockey. Big time boxing. I'll take a look at it. I'll write him if he'll bring he'll send it to us. I'm a big- time hockey guy. You know that. Very painful. Very painful.
- If you want to bid, email me novarapime860@hotmail.com.
- Galaxy Defender. Okay, at 250. We combined the two lots, two and three. Okay, they are going to be one lot now.
- Uh, Lot number four has no bids on it. That's the Memoir 44, Ace Armor, Flames of War starter set, uh, coin game, um, uh, D, uh, D-Day, uh, solo game from Decision Games. A great, great, great lot. Expensive lot, too.
- Lot number 11, Last Night on Earth, Darkest Night, the miniature expansion for it, Naroscape, and Risk. I threw that in there. Brand new copy. Nobody can ever have enough uh Risk.
- That thing that that game is hot and expensive and, uh, good luck because it's a low print run, so the cards are worth cash, but we need the cash.
- See, I got to talk more about that Dynasty baseball game. this there's certain games that just get get me a certain way and I go, "Yeah, that's that's gonna be a classic."
- Schnickel Fritz is if you just want to donate money. Snickler Fritz64@yahoo uh.com. If you don't want to bid on anything, you just want to send five bucks to help us out. Uh, we would appreciate that. You can do that, too.
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The Dungeon Dive Top List at 15:39 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- A really cool kind of strategy game
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- strategy game — A really cool kind of strategy game.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Nintendo fans, here it is. My number two favorite system of all time is the Nintendo Gamecube.
- Oh my god. God, the Gamecube is so good.
- Eternal Darkness, the best Lovecraftian horror game ever made.
- Zelda, Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker. By far my favorite Zelda game.
- Metroid Prime, my favorite Metroid game. So good. love that game. The atmosphere is great.
- I love the Gamecube. I wish Nintendo would have followed down that path, but I have a feeling if they would have, they probably wouldn't be around anymore.
- And finally, my number one system of all time, and that is the original Sony PlayStation.
- And uh that game reignited my passion for or that console reignited my passion for video games. And it's been ignited ever since.
- And the best thing about the Sony PlayStation 1 era was like this was a time before we had so much news coverage online about video games.
- And so I could go to a video game store and we had quite a few where I was from in Fresno, California, a local kind of chain called BR and then we had Software etc.
- you could go into a video game store and just look at the shelves and the shelves of the stores were huge and they had so many shelves and there were so many games for the PS1 and you could stumble upon games that you had no idea what they were because they weren't getting covered.
- These totally bizarre almost non games.
- They had refund and exchange policies at their store, so you could go in and buy a game with a full guarantee that you would like it.
- And it just it gave us the chance to try things out at home and, you know, decide whether or not we like the game.
- And so that, you know, kind of gave me the freedom to experiment with a whole bunch of different kinds of games.
- And I think that's a I think that's a huge uh miss. I think not allowing gamers to exchange games and not allowing for, you know, that's why I like Steam so much because you can buy a game, you can play it for a couple hours, and if you don't like it, you can refund it.
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Discussion at 11:09 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Beautiful dice
- Exciting to try
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — The game involves dice combinations and the speaker purchased a base pack with two different factions.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- I did. You know what? You know what? I know whether I'm serious now or I just have want to have that dramatic. That moment where I just look at the camera.
- Control the narrative and the message and he decided to just drive.
- And if you get hit by a, you know, obviously it's it's terrible to, you know, injure or kill an animal, but when you're talking about animals of that size and density, the mass of those animals, like you can bounce off of a bear.
- It's like a little snack pack. So, you're not going to eat too much. We eat just the right amount.
- And in true Stegmire fashion, these boxes were not sealed.
- The body wants what the body wants.
- It's the only board game convention that I've been to and it's I I thought maybe we should talk a little bit about what are the things that we love about going to a board game convention.
- So that's one thing, the proximity and it it sort of can be unwieldy just being in large spaces.
- And you get to share it with the person who created it. That's really kind of special.
- It's also really good for getting questions answered because t they tend to know the rule book pretty well.
- So I I really really do love that part of Geekway.
- Um, so my topic kind of today is the types of games that I think can work well with kids.
- And even though [laughter] we all very clearly saw that pizza card, because we're trying to remember all these other cards that are being passed around and was that a was that the car? Was that not a card, we rather rapidly forget that that was actually a pizza?
- Um, but I think that the fact that the rule set is fairly simple and it's incredibly visual and really cute. It's really pretty on the table.
- I was like, 'Sugar. I started popping it. No blood work for me for the rest of the weekend.'
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Rob's Tabletop World Review at 1:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fantastic tactical game
- Beautiful dice and components
- Easy to learn
- Strategic depth
- Still around and relevant
- Good for all ages
- Company is passionate and doing a great job
- Solid game with a lot of replayability
Cons
- A lot of iconography can be intimidating
- Can be hard to fit everything in the screen for an overview
Thematic elements
- tactical battles with dice
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — Players fight for three landmarks, and the first to claim two wins the game.
- Combat — Players split up armies and engage in battles, deciding on melee, magic, or range attacks. Damage is dealt and absorbed, and dice can be lost to a dead unit zone.
- Dice Drafting — Players draft terrain dice that match their army for benefits, and also draft dragons.
- Dice Rolling — The game is run with dice, and players roll dice for maneuvers, to start off, and to perform actions like attacking.
- Hand Management — Players manage dice actions and can choose to maneuver or not, and can pull units back into reserves.
- Resource Management — Players manage dice points and magic to cast spells and bring in dragons.
- Secret Deployment — Players secretly put a certain amount of armies in different zones.
- Set Collection — Players draft dice that match their army and draft dragons, which can provide benefits but also attack the player.
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is such a solid game.
- It is a fantastic tactical game that's all run with dice and there are millions of dice out there.
- The dice are beautiful are are done to perfection
- This game is clean, it's easy to learn. Don't be intimidated by all the icons.
- This game is strategic enough, but you can make it as complicated or simple as you want, and that's what makes this game an absolute masterpiece.
- Why games stay around for 40 years? It's because they don't they don't destroy it.
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Shelfside Discussion at 0:41 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Array
- Fantasy
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- board games are a hobby very dedicated people to it and my god it is wondrous
- it's a hobby
- I could do this myself and I realized that there's a lot of other games besides just this
- we're really glad we gone to YouTube as soon as we could
- there's a bigger audience so there's more to watch
- there's so many of them
- it's a start of something crazy there's more to come for board games
- I would not have gotten into board games if it wasn't for YouTube
- the board games space because now board games are newer the more aesthetically pleasing they're more balanced
- I remember that there were three different clubs at UC San Diego consistently playing board games
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Board Game Replay Review sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Improved from Shadowrun Crossfire
- Better difficulty balance
- Character progression system
- More interesting character classes
- Easier to read cards
- Higher win rate (around 60%)
Cons
- Previous version was too difficult
- Original classes were generic
Thematic elements
- Cooperative Adventure
- Fantasy
- Deck-building
Comparison games
- Shadowrun Crossfire
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Cooperative Game — Players work together to defeat monsters and complete objectives
- cooperative play — Players work together to defeat monsters and complete objectives
- Deck Building — Players build and improve their deck during gameplay
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- we didn't get to see much about what the actual classes did
- you can be an arcane but a different not a wizard didn't play it differently
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Stonemaier Games Discussion at 21:19 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Nostalgia appeal
- Tactical dice decisions
Cons
- Older design may have complexity and availability issues
Thematic elements
- Classic dice combat with a long-running fan base
- Fantasy battlefield using customizable dice
- Old-school tabletop combat with dice-driven outcomes
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- archetype_factions — Different dice types represent factions with unique abilities.
- Combat: Dice — Combat resolved by rolling dice with special symbols.
- dice_battle — Combat resolved by rolling dice with special symbols.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- The hobby business is from different sides.
- It's a wonderful experience.
- This podcast has brought me a lot of joy.
- The experience at PAX Unplugged was wonderful.
- The passion and generosity of publishers is special.
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