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The Dapper Meeple
by Jim and Josh Firkins
A podcast where we talk about our love of gaming. Board games, TTPRGs, TCGs and all sorts of other great acronyms. Pull up a chair and enjoy the show
Episodes
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PAX U 2025, New People, New Games, and New Acquisitions?
Fresh off of our annual PAX U trip were back to talk about the stuff that really got us excited. PAX U is all grown up and the diversity of guests and vendors speaks to that big time. Oh and we've got updates on the Kickstarter strike, Catan making big moves and Omin Dran being Omin Dran (Never...
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Big Groups and Good Stories
Its never a bad thing to have an overabundance of friends, unless you have to find a boardgame you can all play together. But fear not, we've got you covered with a few picks that are always a hit at our table. We've also got news from GAMAs plans to expand, Kickstarter ongoing strike, and remind...
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Episode 62: Electric Boogaloo
Hey one and all we're back and we're going to tell you all about where we've been and what we've been doing. But first if you did a recording for us at Tidewater Comicon look for your name and time here in the chapter markers.
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Episode 61: Boardgame Apocalypse
Hey all, so here is another quick talk about what we can and need to do in our community to keep things alive. Have a listen and go do great things... Also, saying goodbye to Chris Perkins, Managing Democracy and fighting some dragons in your pocket. All that and more on this episode of The…
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Episode 60: Monsters and Mars is in Gatorade
Every so often there is a game that comes around that hits, HARD. The Bad Karmas is a boss battler that plays on the Teburu system which brings a game to life like never before. We talk all about the system, The Bad Karmas game and what you can look forward to on the Teburu in the future. We're...
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Episode 59: Size Doesn't Matter
I'm getting to be a big fan of the small box game. Take it where ever you like, fast set up and usually easy play. Well today we're talking about some of our favorites. In case you didn't know, your favorite boardgaming podcast is going to be at Tidewater Comicon. Its us.. just incase you were...
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Episode 58: Charlie and the Homebrewed Dystopia
We're back again and of course we brought another guest on for you. Charlie, or the Inked GM (go look it up) is a local, Professional DM that we had the pleasure of playing with in a one shot testing event. We had a blast getting to talk to him; He told us all the things he loves about being a…
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Episode 57: Thats a Wrap
Just one more episode for the end of the year. We hope that your year has been as good as ours and wish everyone a happy holiday.
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Episode 56: You Get What You Pay For
We've talked about the idea of a paid GM a few times but today we're going to talk to someone who makes his living prepping, running, and empowering others to run TTRPG games. Chris Todd runs the Rogue Game Masters out of Virginia Beach where he not only runs games, where his players happily pay...
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Episode 55: Rush Hour Chaos
Hey better late than never, Sorry we got hung up on Thunder Road for far too long. But don't worry we'll tell you all about it in our Games We Play Segment with Thunder Road Vendetta by Restoration Games. But before we get into that we're talking Halloween shenanigans, some ttrpg shenanigans and...
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Episode 54: Our Halloween Roundtable
Hey everyone welcome back to the Dapper Meeple. We've got a scary good time lined up for you today. We've invited some friends over (virtually) to talk all about their favorite games that fit perfect in this Halloween season. Joseph from Ludamus games back along with Ed, Sam and Dave from B.A....
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Episode 53: Arrr.. Moar Pirates
That's right all, we're heaving to and raising the black again this month. Joseph Frederick is the fantastic mind behind We're Sinking! from Ludamus Games. He's here to talk to us about his game, his company and what's coming next. Then in Know Your Character Joseph is going to tell us about a...
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Episode 52: A pirates life... can be rough
Today we're going to learn all about being pirates with We're Sinking! on Games we Play! We'll also talk about the MTG Commander ban and how its affecting the secondary card market, More from the Union negations with Hex and Co. and can we see the future on this show? All that, our crowdfunding...
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Episode 51: Potions and Falcons and Beer, Oh my!
You know what the game designer space needs more of, Engineers. Don't worry though we've got one for you! Chris from Moon Saga Workshop is here to tell us all about his upcoming game Parks and Potions, where your knowledge of forest ingredients is key to saving the wildlife. These are things you...
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Episode 50: Go BIG, Go GENCON
We're kicking off the new season with a great episode and a great chance for you to score some goodies. First, GENCON 2024 was a blast. Games, sights and lots and lots of people... the best four days in gaming. But the big news, The Dapper Meeple is doing our 50th episode giveaway. You can head...
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Episode 49: Can I Interest You in a Table?
We've got a great guest joining us today from The Weathered Dragon. Mike Jimenez got back into Dungeons and Dragons after years of being away and Mike is the kind of guy to say "nope a kitchen table just won't do". So he set out to make him and his friends a kick ass table to adventure around…
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Episode 48: To Audaciously Go
We love to hear about big companies trying to put some good out in the world. We're a little wary but still love to hear about it. Our "friends" over at Hasbro have a program that they say is all about helping bring more women into the game design space. Lets see what you think. Then we will give...
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Episode 47: Stuff that Makes a Good Story
The best quote from this episode is "I feel like a teddy bear with an Enfield." Trust me it'll all make sense soon. So let's get started, On this episode we're going to reflect on the wise words of Swen Vincke from Larian Studios, talk about the new owners of Miniature Market and say goodbye to…
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Episode 46: Cafe le Game
Pull up a chair and order a drink, then find a game.. yea a place like that really exists. Today were talking boardgame cafes, an episode inspired by local events in VB. A board game cafe here decided to get rid of all of their employees with no notice. Not a great way to make friends with the...
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Episode 45: They call me Gisborne, Gensen Gisborne
Hey guys its time for our first guest of 2024. Gensen Gisborne was wondering around Gencon last year, minding his own business when a couple of hard working, enterprising podcasters caught his attention. It didn't go anything like that but its a better story, either way he's joining us today to...
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Episode 44: A Galactus New Year
Here we are at the start of 2024 and what are we talking about... Zombies. Well Marvel Zombies to be exact. That's right we're going to look at all the CMON goodness that came in at the end of last year. But first, Is Hasbro selling D&D? Is the Women's Suffrage movement still influencing…
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Episode 43: That Wonderful Time of Year
Well gang we've made it though another year. A little older, a little wiser and probably a little softer. This is our end of the year episode and we'll give you some last minute gift ideas for the gamer in your life. We're still doing out Crowdfunding round up and we'll talk about PAX U, Matthew...
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Episode 42: Think of the Children, and the AI
We're checking up on how that whole union thing is going with the board game cafes in New York, and then we'll be questioning if there is a ethical way to use AI art. Yea the opening is a little heavy. But after that we're looking at fun kids games that you may not have tried yet. And of course…
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Episode 41: Unions, Cryptids and Ratyl, Oh my!
When is the last time you got to battle The Mothman with a golden age hero? Well you're in luck because on Games We Play were talking Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze. This game pits you and your friends, playing your choice of any Unmatched hero, against the Mothman or the Martian Invader...
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Episode 40: Playing with Fyre
On this show we're talking to Rose and Nick, the amazing team behind FYRE AND ASHE! They specialize in making laser cut wooden accessories for you to take to your next TTRPG game, And let me tell you they are FYRE!!! Rose also brings us her Kalashtar Druid, Lazo-Ishara, to talk about in our Know...
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Episode 39: Have a little Fun
Who among us hasn't had a night where we were Almost Innocent? Well with our Games We Play segment this week were going to look at just that game from Klossal Games. But first we'll update you on the great MTG heist, The new Dice Throne project from Roxley games and remind you how to have fun at...
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Episode 38: The GENCON Wrap up
Here it is everyone! Our Gencon wrap up show. I know its taken a while to get here but its full of all the things we saw and did at our first Gencon. We're going to talk games, working the booth with the guys at B.A. Games and heists, real ones and game ones. We hope you enjoy listening as much…
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Episode 37: Our First Gencon Preview
This week we're talking GENCON. This is our first trip to the convention so we have some ideas. Maybe we're wrong, maybe we're right but we're going to talk about it. First we define a term that we use a lot around here and we'll end the show as always with our crowdfunding round up. Crowdfunding...
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Episode 36: Boardwalk this way, South Carolina edition
If you know us you know that we think that the gaming community is very strong when it has a Friendly Local Game Store to flourish in. With that in mind we doing our first segment called, YOUR Friendly Local Game Store where we are going to talk to store owners about what makes them do what they...
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Episode 35: Finding the Table
This week we're taking a look and some new Magic: The Gathering sets, Making trains in a legacy game and whats new in our crowdfunding round up. In this show we're also going to talk about the situation with Lorcana and UpperDeck and getting more underrepresented groups into game design. If you...
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Episode 34:The Pinkertons and the Madness
This week we're looking at a lot of things going on over at Hasbro. New content, a 24hr streaming channel and oh yea... If you accidently get some of their products early they'll send the Pinkertons after you! Do Better Hasbro! After that we are looking at a great game with Wonderland War…
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Episode 33: Have a Little Faith
That's right today were talking about all the changes to the Cleric Class in One DnD's playtest material. Are they still the Divine fanboy or girl that we grew to love in 5.0? We're also looking at other entertainment IP's that have been made into board games, a brief history of Monopoly and...
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Episode 32: Something Old, Something New
What makes our modern board games something so good that you decide to make a podcast about it? Well we're going to talk about a few things that make modern board games better. But that's not all.. because we have to talk about Honor Among Thieves, It is kind of in our wheelhouse. And oh yeah,...
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Episode 31: Forging a head, and a hilt, and maybe a nice helmet
We are ecstatic to have Sam and Ed back from BA Games! Off the heels of their first game, Cult of The Deep, they're going to talk to us about their newest Kickstarter Forges of Ravenshire. You play as a blacksmith in a town of cute anthropomorphic animal trying to make that money. If you want to...
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Episode 30: Time to raise the Black
30 episodes down... and lot more to come. That's right your about to listen to the 30th episode of your (hopefully) favorite gaming podcast. We're going to be taking a look at Kobald Press' newest endeavor: Project Black Flag. We've also got new games to talk about, new live play streams, and our...
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Episode 29: The Long Dark Train
Sometimes with all the negativity in the news you just want to hop a train out of town. Well this week we're going to look at both of those option as we read a news article from down under about board games.. then we talk Vagrantsong in our Games we Play segment. We also have our first…
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Episode 28: Self Inflicted New Years Challenge
Welcome to 2023 with The Dapper Meeple! This year we are challenging ourselves to play more games more often.. we'll tell you all about our 10x10 challenge. The new year has brought us so many new games but don't take our word for it; find what you like and let us know. Our contact info…
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Episode 27: The Big PAX/Christmas Special
We're back and just in time to slip down the chimney and leave you a heaping helping of PAX. Thats right its our PAX U episode and since its in December we're going with it being a gift... everyone is welcome. Blerdicornspeaks podcast: https://anchor.fm/blerdicorn-speaks Syther Gaming:...
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Episode 26: Our First Top Ten
Hey everyone... COVID struck but we're fighting back! This episode were giving you the top ten games that we have in our collection. Its a real personal kind of episode ya know. We'll also talk the One DnD play test material, Pirate board games and what we'll be up to for the next few weekends....
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Episode 25: Children are the REAL Zombies
On this episode we're talking about one of our favorite games to bring to the table, Zombicide, in Games We Play. We also have some great games in our Crowdfunding round up along with a little something to keep your drink cool. And we'll start with talking about the Hadozee... Crowdfunding Round...
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Episode 24: In Jeremy We Trust
Welcome back all, this week we're diving into the new playtest materiel from Wizards of the Coast. They just announced that they are working on the "next" DnD that they're calling "One DnD". So their first act was to release 21 pages of Unearth Arcana to play test... So here we go. We also open...
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Special!!! : Intergalactic Ace Review
Hey all, here's a game review that we did for the new game from Art of Steele publishing, Intergalactic Ace. It's a game of getting in your ship, getting in the sky and scoring enough victories to be called an Ace. -Music on this Episode: Downloaded from Epidemicsound.com Taking Flight by Josef...
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Episode 23: Blerdicorn in the Wild!
This week were sitting down to talk with a long time friend and staple in the HR gaming scene Montel Thompson. For many he has been the smiling (even through his mask) face behind the counter at one of our Friendly Local Game Stores. But his Geek bona fides run deep... and we're going to talk…
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Episode 22: Grid runners and Cult leaders
Hey lets kick of another great show this summer with you telling your friends all the fun stuff you've learned. Like how Kickstarter works or what the Spiel de Jars award is. Not enough? Ok well how about we tell you where for find a DM online or walk you through Cult of the Deep, a board game…
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SPECIAL!!! : Gadget Grid Review
Hey all, here's a special review that we were fortunate to get to do for an upcoming title from the guys at Spacemole Games. Gadget Grid is a fast paced, battel royal game of cosmic mayhem and chaotic good times. Its on Kickstarter right now so you should DEFFINTALY go check it out. Its got The...
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Episode 21: You got any of them DnD’s?
Yes its summer, Yes its crazy, no we're not giving up making great content for you... btw want to play some DnD? On this episode were talking about our Learn to Play game and how its going. We will also look at board game apps, pay to play Game Masters and Pop's and Bejou games running another...
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Episode 20: Don’t be an a** on the internet
We're back from our short break and ready to talk crowdfuning! We will also tell you about the best little comicons in Hampton Roads and show you a great way to store your Unmatched game in our Crowdfunding round up! Our contact info: Facebook: The Dapper Meeple Instagram: the_dapper_meeple...
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Episode 19: Who wants to be a Captain?
The Dapper Meeple is back this week with an episode featuring us... Just us. But don't let that get you down because we're talking all about a game that we have been having a blast with in our Games We Play segment. We also have news from Pops and Bejou games, WOtC, and a fantastic Drag Queen...
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Episode 18: Be my Valentina
Todays show was such a blast! We had Viva Valentina on and got to talk about her love for D&D, using your voice for good, meeting Matt Mercer and lots of Breath of the Wild II references. She also gave us another fantastic character idea in our Know Your Character segment! So get your favorite...
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Episode 17: Brothers Awesome!
Today we sit down with the team from BA Games to talk about their game, Cult of the Deep. Ed and Dave tell us all about their experience designing a game, producing a game with Kickstarter and what its like working with family. Later in the episode the third brother of this group Sam will join us...
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