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Roll and Move
by Rough Draft Games
A weekly Podcast in which the RDG crew explores the insanity of poorly-conceived and hastily licensed board games.
Episodes
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Episode 99: Five Nights at Freddy's - Pizzeria Panic
All out of tickets? Frustrated about the quality of the pizza? Don't worry dear listeners, our trip to the local pizza parlor isn't ruined quite yet! There's always the animatronic band that's sure to raise your spirits... or tear your skin off. One of the two, we forget which... Today on Roll…
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Episode 98: The Mansions of Happiness
Stop right there heretical scum! Nobody breaks the sabbath on our watch! Anything short of living the life of a monk just isn't going to cut it today... Today on Roll and Move we're taking a look at one of the oldest board games ever made, The Mansion of Happiness. This antique roll and move is…
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Episode 97: Pegleg!
Land hooooo! We're back from the dead! As you know, we've been dealing with shipping issues and boardgame logistics the past couple of weeks. If you're curious check out our Kickstarter page for the slew of updates that we've churned out! But right now let's talk a little bit about pirating! No,...
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Episode 96: The California Raisins Game
We've emerged from your weird aunt's attic and we have a brand new game for you guys this week... well I suppose it's not BRAND new. it's definitely got some wear and tear, and that's partly because Jeff didn't realize it wasn't a pack of Sunmaid until after he'd torn through the box. We're…
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Episode 94: Pac-Man The Board Game
Waka Waka! No, this is not a Fozzy Bear reference, and no it's also not a Shakira reference... it's the other reference that remains in the pop culture refuse pile... It's circular disc munching time folks. That's right, we here at RDG have Pac Man Fever, and there's only one prescription that we...
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Episode 93: Hope's Peak Academy: Danganronpa Board Game
With as many bad board games as we play here at Rough Draft Games, we're pretty accustomed to slogging our way through the depths of despair, so to have a little bit of hope thrown in the mix is a nice change of pace! Today we're playing Hope's Peak Academy: Danganronpa Board Game! How will we…
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Episode 92: Escape: The Curse of the Temple
Grave robbing has never been so cool! Today on Roll and Move The RDG crew takes a look at that one board game that you always saw on the shelf of your local game store but thought, "That box looks WAY too big for me to even begin playing that... What is this? GLOOMHAVEN!?" Today we are indeed...
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Episode 91: Super Doctor
We know what you're thinking... What is the difference between a doctor and a Super Doctor? Well to tell you the truth would be a violation of HIPPA. Oh, what the heck, we'll tell you anyway! Super Doctor is an educational board game made on Table Top Simulator. How educational is it? How many...
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Episode 90: Phase 10
Meld... A word that's almost entirely used in the context of discussing the popular card game Phase 10. Today's podcast is no different. The boys over at RDG pop the top on the classic game purchased by Mattel in 2010 for millions of dollars. Was it worth the sticker price? Tune in to this…
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Episode 89: Tic-Tac-Match!
Tic-Tac-Match! No, it's not a podcast about sorting breath mints. Today we're taking a look at an updated version of the 300 BC Classic, Tic-Tac-Toe! Get ready for a cat's game like no other.
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Episode 88: Abandon Ship
Abandon Ship! What if you took the blockbuster SMASH hit, Titanic and then you removed all the characters, replaced them with mice, cheese and added a mechanic where you can intentionally kill your fellow vermin passengers!? That's what the classic game, Abandon Ship is trying to... What do you...
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Episode 87: High Roller Horse Racing
High Roller Horse Racing A failed Kickstarter? Obscure theme? Mint Juleps? We're in
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Episode 86: Unlock!
After a nice holiday break the boys are back and they have 60...scratch that 30 minutes to get out of this prison cell they have voluntarily locked themselves in. Today the RaM boys take a look at Unlock! a room escape card game that tries to capture the essence of you arguing with your…
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Episode 85: Shadow's Depths
Shadow's Depths Hey kids! Have you ever wondered about the sexual fetishization of being digested?!? No? Well let me tell you all about it! We can only break these barriers down by normalizing a really cool and neat subsection of society!
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Episode 84: Pandemic Cthulhu
Another Pandemic/Cthulhu Game? It's gone viral.
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Episode 83: Scooby Doo Betrayal at Mystery Manor
What's scarier than feelings of betrayal from a friend and team mate? How about a raging fire uncontained fire heading right toward your house? Zoinks! Join the RaM gang as they try to squeeze in an episode as wild fires surround Tom's home! Who's behind it all? Will Jeff and Garrett split off…
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Episode 82: Rick and Morty!!!
Look, if you have to ask... just don't. If you literally don't get it... I just feel sorry for you at this point.
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Episode 81: Mad Magazine
Mad Magazine was way ahead of its time trying to use a brand to sell board games in 1979. But one trick podcasts.... erm magazines... no BOARD GAMES can only get you so far. Unless your name is Alfred N.
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Episode 80: Drinking Quest
Thomas forgot his mic so Garrett turns to hard liquor.
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Episode 79: Dark Tower
Today on Roll and Move the boys decide to tackle a legend. Dark Tower is a heavyweight in the adventure board gaming genre because of the novelty of it's mega computer that keeps track of the status of the game for you. But does the game stand up under the weight of its reputation? Or will it...
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Episode 78: Politics and Ladders
Enough time has passed. We're finally ready to talk about the 2016 election like adults. We just need to cast all of the candidates as cute animals. Bring back the ineligible candidate that won it all in '08 and '12. And of course punish any and everyone who even thinks about switching from the...
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Episode 77: The BATMAN Game
You know... normally we'd take pity on an orphan... give 'em the benefit of the doubt. Especially one who watched his parents brutally murdered in front of him... but we have to draw a line. We HAVE to have principles... and if you're gonna make us suffer through a roll and move game, orphan or...
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Episode 76: All Rise
We hoped this day would never come. All Rise. On Roll and Move?!? It can't be that bad can it? Well fortunately for us that's to be determined. And fortunately for you we are taking a(nother) break from the standard format to take an introspective look at the creation of All Rise from conception…
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Episode 75: Season 3 Finale
Join the Roll and Move gang as they recap the last 25 episodes and answer the burning questions everyone has!
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Episode 74: CiCi's Pizza: A Simulation
Is all you can eat pizza ever a positive force in the universe? Is Woodstock, GA a good place to grab a bite to eat? Join the RaM crew as they take a deep dive into the game inspired by walking through an all you can eat pizza buffet trying to recoup your investment and try to answer these very...
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Episode 73: Huniepop
Please don't listen to this episode with your kids or your parents. Please DO check out All Rise on KS until July 16th!
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Episode 72: Dos
Think of a game twice as complicated Uno. I'll give you a second or two. We have funded! You can still pick up a copy of All Rise for $19!
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Episode 71: The Uncanny X-Men Alert Adventure Game
Today on Roll and Move the boys explore the comic book legends the UNCANNY X-Men. Please do not come into this episode expecting anything canny, because I'm telling you now it is NOT. The resemblance of the board game to the heroes, the ability for Pressman Toys to spot a cash grab from a million...
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Episode 70: Cosplay Girlfriend 4.0
Buckle in! We're diving head first DEEP into the lore of nerd culture. Lines will be blurred. Friend zones will be entered. Phallic jokes will be made. All in the name of video games, anime, and animated pop punk bands! Today the RDG boys take a look at Cosplay Girlfriend the art joke piece that...
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Episode 69: Now You're Dating!
Garrett, Tom, and Jeff start dating! What could go wrong?
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Episode 68: Shrek 2 Movie Board Game
Today on Roll and Move we're coming in like a Shreking ball and we're knocking down the global barriers by taking a look at a game coming straight out of Argentina. No, don't get excited. It's not a groundbreaking cultural artifact... in fact, it's a Blockbuster (that's right THAT Blockbuster)...
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Episode 67: Pokémon Master Trainer
Ahh... it's the turn of the millennium. The reign of car phones is coming to a most convenient end, The Settlers of Catan haven't quite yet caught fire here in the US, and nerds everywhere are just getting their first taste of the over-proofed cake that George Lucas finally pulled out of the oven...
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Episode 66: WWE Superstar Showdown
We admit it. Every once in a blue moon we get things wrong. Fortunately for us, we're perpetual pessimists so when we are wrong it results in "well it wasn't THAT bad." Today we pull up our spandex and jump in from the top rope into a game that combines rock paper scissors, WAR, and John Cena.…
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Episode 65: Atmosfear (Nightmare)
So... you want to play the game? Prepare to get punished by the Gatekeeper from Nightmare, one of many games in the Atmosfear series that utilized cutting edge technology (VHS) to deliver the most thematic and terrifying setting a board game possibly can while leaning on roll and move mechanisms.
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Episode 64: Cheetahmen
Sometimes you just can't quite squeeze out enough enjoyment out of a buggy 6 level game starring anthropomorphic animals that practice martial arts. And when that happens, what else can you do but port it over to board game format? The Cheetahmen was an early 90s NES dud packaged with 51 other...
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Episode 63: Mediocre Luigi Party
Remember when you showed up to that Yoga party wearing a bedsheet fastened around your shoulder and waist with your grandma's old Christmas wreath on your head? Or the time you jumped headfirst into a conversation with a girl with a 5 minute explanation of why Mai Valentine isn't necessarily your...
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Episode 62: Oregon Trail the Card Game
Today on Roll and Move the boys pack their wagon and head off on the notorious Oregon Trail seeking adventure, manifest destiny, and to fulfill their masochistic desires. Don't worry Garrett dies off immediately.
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Episode 61: Sonic the Hedgehog Game
If you've ever played a game of Chutes and Ladders, it is extremely hard to dismiss the eerily similar feelings blinding speed and precise platforming you experienced the last time you played a Sonic game. So it's no wonder that the 1992 hit boardgame Sonic the Hedgehog Game is nearly impossible…
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Episode 60 - Choose Your Own Adventure
Left or right? Do you want to investigate the suspicious clue or wander off in another direction? Do you decide to listen to this incredibly entertaining episode of Roll and Move or continue self-isolating without the best analysis of the worst board games? Today the RDG boys take a look at…
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Episode 59 - Gridiron Football
Isolation. Despair. Loneliness. Solo games. All synonymous with Coron.... err... umm... Football? Listen to Garrett subject Tom and Jeff to utter torment as he forces them to play Gridiron Football, "the realistic football card game" that has you guess which play is right for every down and...
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Episode 58 - Propaganda
CORONAVIRUS! A NATION UNDER LOCKDOWN! MARTIAL LAW NEXT!? In other words, sounds like a good time to stay inside and play board games. But since we're on the subject of government-mandated actions, let's talk a little bit about government-mandated thought! Today on Roll and Move, the RDG boys play...
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Episode 57 - Three Days Until Retirement - PART 5 (ELECTION DAY)
Just when you thought the case was all wrapped up, BOOM, another person dies of kidney failure. Is it really not over? Will Mayor O'Neil win re-election, saving capitalism (and your pension)? Why haven't Bronkus and Sleepy followed up on literally the only two leads they were given at the…
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Episode 56 - Three Days Until Retirement – PART 4 (NO MORE KNEECAPS)
In today's episode of Roll and Move, we continue on with the RPG adventures of Bronkus McHardface (Thomas) and Sleepy Napsicle (Jeff) in order to crack down on Metro City's current kidney-stealing crime spree. Join Tom and Jeff as they steal their boss's car, fight the local kung-fu kwoon (sp?),...
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Episode 55 - Three Days Until Retirement – PART 3 (THE JOURNEY BEGINS)
Metro City has been plagued by a bizarre crime spree! Someone has been stealing people's Kidneys and selling them on the black market! Terror has gripped the city and this terrible new epidemic as taken the life of the daughter of one the candidates running for mayor. There's a total outcry! Who...
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Episode 54 - Three Days Until Retirement - PART 2
In this episode, Jeff Lee returns to create his character for our upcoming buddy cop/drama/comedy/documentary series Three Days to Retirement. Who is Steven "Sleepy" Napcicle? Why does have ties to the criminal underworld. Why does he carry a dismembered rabbit's foot around with him when walking…
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Episode 53 - Three Days Until Retirement - PART 1
A mountain of cigarette butts teeters over your small second-hand ashtray tucked away at the corner of your desk. Your fingers are still sticky from the eclairs that Mike brought in this morning, but that doesn't stop you from picking up the ominous envelope sitting on top of the morning's...
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Episode 52 - Pun Intended
It's an episode of pure PUNishment today. If you don't like terrible puns, then you might PUN out of steam before the end of this episode. But we still consider it our resPUNsibility to push forward with this crap anyways... Pun Intended is a party game created by The Game Chef that's intended…
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Episode 51 - Season 3 Abridged: Roll (and Move) Playing Games
The RDG boys jump the shark in Season 3 of Roll and Move! Marriage! Divorce! Steamy Bead and Breakfasts! Death! World class story telling! Daniel reappears! Just some of the things we are saying about this episode we did. Our first ever foray into possibly role-playing but only maybe. WTF does…
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Episode 50 - Season 2 Finale! A RAMtrospective!
Well, here we are... We're at the end of season 2 of our little podcast and what have we learned? What life-altering lessons will we walk away with? What fond memories will we sit around the fire and regal our grandchildren with!? Cool your jets, big guy. Today we plan to add to answer such...
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Episode 49 - Five Fingered Severance
The boys are back in the new year! And what better way to start things off than with a totally clean slate by getting fired from your job? If the you the income, then don't worry because there's a boardgame for that. Today the boys play Five Fingered Severance, where the name of the game is to...
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