Kickin' It Creative

Casual chats about board games hosted by drummer/omni-gamer Candice Harris.

Kickin' It Creative is a leisure podcast hosted by Candice Harris, with 12 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Candice Harris hosts Kickin' It Creative, a leisure show with 12 episodes published.

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  Episode #12

  Episode 12: Games That Inspire Post-Game Discussions, with Alex from Talking Shelf Space

  Jul 6, 20262h 1m

  Isn't it fascinating how certain games make you think while you're playing, and then after, plunges you into interesting discussions with the other players? In this episode, Alex from Talking Shelf Space joins Candice to highlight board games that inspire post-game discussions. ...and before that, they literally "talk shelf space", and share a few games that hit the table recently. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:55 Literally "talking shelf space"... 00:08:20 Alex's Space-Time-Fun Continuum 00:11:16 My Moving "Box" Count 00:16:30 Fresh Plays 00:16:47 Storybook Saga 00:21:27 Attika ( Taluva , Meuterer , Verräter ) 00:28:45 The Road ( Shadows of Malice ) 00:33:47 Very FRESH Partial Plays ( Infernal Machine , T he Witches of WIllowspur ) 00:37:03 Bronze Age ( OMEN ) 00:45:00 Games That Inspire Post-Game Discussions 00:47:50 World Order 01:00:18 Things in Rings 01:03:28 Cross Bronx Expressway 01:13:52 Stationfall 01:22:53 Molly House 01:25:19 ito / Eye My Favourite Things 01:32:07 Antiquity 01:37:27 Blood on the Clocktower 01:49:10 Dune: Imperium 01:52:01 Twilight Imperium/Here I Stand/Imperial Elegy 01:54:40 Honorable Mentions ( John Company, Indonesia, Leaving Earth, Pax Porfiriana, Greed Incorporated, Tales of the Aruthurian Knights ) 02:01:07 Sign-off Thanks so much for listening and for your support! For more content crafted by Candice, visit kickinitcreative.com We've got official merch now! Be one of the first to rock the first run of KIC swag !

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  Episode #11

  29 Fresh Plays from France, with Pénélope from Penelope Gaming

  May 21, 20262h 27m

  In this episode, I kick it with my good friend Pénélope from Penelope Gaming for a massive debrief on many of the games we played in Étourvy at Bruno Faidutti's annual gaming gathering. If we had another hour, we could've legally titled this episode "40 Fresh Plays from France", but we were too excited and spoke about some games for a while...and then crammed as many as we could when we discovered how long we were recording. We hope you enjoy! 00:00:00 Introduction 00:08:09 Fresh Plays from France 00:10:11 Rocket Rollout 00:11:43 Citadels Duel 00:14:52 Cardia: Tide & Storm 00:20:59 Things in Rings 00:28:27 Giants Moving Tiny Furniture 00:37:14 ARCTICA 00:47:26 Koro 00:50:49 The Happiest Cat in the World 00:54:51 Got Five! 00:59:42 Amarok 01:04:45 Ill-Illan 01:10:17 Gaudi 01:13:33 Botswana 01:18:36 Minikin City 01:24:07 Tea & Rum 01:33:39 CATsle Builders 01:39:57 Back 2 Back 01:49:53 Excalibur!!! 01:57:16 FaeKin 02:02:11 Cheese Thief 02:07:21 French Toast 02:10:30 The Silver Bayonet: A Wargame of Napoleonic Gothic Horror 02:12:37 Ofrenda 02:16:11 Seashells 02:18:52 Fruit Cocktail 02:21:05 Moon Colony Bloodbath 02:24:12 Vroom 02:26:20 Fetching Feathers/Peacock 02:27:03 MON: Emblems of Sengoku 02:29:37 Sign-off Thanks so much for listening and for your support! For more content crafted by Candice, visit kickinitcreative.com We've got official merch now! Be one of the first to rock the first run of KIC swag !

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  Episode #10

  Episode 10: The Beauty of Card-Driven Games, with Uli from Spielworxx

  May 6, 20261h 47m

  In this episode, I kick it with Uli Blennemann ( owner of Spielworxx ) for a lovely chat about card-driven games (CDGs) –why they're awesome and which ones we dig most – and we also discuss a few games we've played recently and found memorable. Cheers! 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:30 LeiriaCon 00:04:55 "moving house", heading to the UK for PunchedCon, GMT Weekend at the Warehouse 00:11:48 new KIC podcast theme music?! 00:15:49 Fresh Plays 00:16:03 The Old King's Crown 00:21:14 Age of Galaxy (Second Edition) 00:35:32 Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars (Toy Battle, Dogs of War) 00:42:41 Space Empires 4X 00:59:00 The Beauty of CDGs 01:07:50 Imperial Elegy + Big Multiplayer CDGs ( Successors , Here I Stand , Virgin Queen ) 01:30:20 Uli's '5 CDGs for Doomsday' ( Empire of the Sun , Pursuit of Glory , Weimar , Imperial Elegy , HiS , VQ ) 01:33:14 Candice's '5 CDGs for Doomsday' ( Imperial Elegy , Land & Freedom , Founding Fathers , Wir sind das Volk! , Twilight Struggle (25th Anniversary Hall of Fame edition) , Dual Powers ) 01:39:00 CDGs we want to try ( Common Sense , Europe in Turmoil , Lenin's Legacy , Iron Storm ) 01:46:07 Hubris: Twilight of the Hellenistic World 01:48:11 Sign-off Thanks so much for listening and for your support! For more content crafted by Candice, visit kickinitcreative.com We've got official merch now! Be one of the first to rock the first run of KIC swag !

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  Episode #9

  Fresh Plays: Emberheart + Clinic

  Apr 8, 202634 min

  00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:45 Fresh Plays 00:00:57 Emberheart 00:15:35 Clinic: Deluxe Edition 00:33:30 Signoff Thanks so much for listening and for your support! For more content crafted by Candice, visit kickinitcreative.com We've got official merch now! Be one of the first to rock the first run of KIC swag !

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  Episode #8

  Episode 8: Exploring Asymmetry + "My Favorite Faction", with Tim Williamson

  Mar 24, 20261h 31m

  In this episode, my amazing pal Tim Williamson joins me to talk about our epic learning game of Imperial Elegy , as well as several other lesser-known gems we've been playing. We also discuss the joys of asymmetry in board/card games and our upcoming video series – My Favorite Faction . 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:53 Dual Gauge 00:07:12 Root in NY 00:08:33 Fresh Plays 00:09:02 Imperial Elegy 00:34:27 Auf Teufel komm raus 00:43:08 Wild Serengeti 00:47:30 Embers 00:51:33 Slay the Spire: The Board Game + Too Many Bones 00:54:50 Stupor Mundi 01:01:28 Faust vs Mephisto 01:07:49 King and Peasant 01:12:41 Exploring Asymmetry + "My Favorite Faction" 01:12:50 Root , Spirit Island , Terra Mystica / Gaia Project , Prussian Rails , Dual Gauge 01:14:20 COIN games, Oracle of Delphi , Guards of Atlantis II , Dûhr: The Lesser Houses , Cosmic Frog , Argent: Consortium , Too Many Bones 01:18:49 The Loop , Fate of the Fellowship 01:19:57 Vast 01:21:30 The Defence of Procyon III 01:26:35 KeyForge 01:31:21 Sign-off Thanks so much for listening and for your support! For more content crafted by Candice, visit kickinitcreative.com We've got official merch now! Be one of the first to rock the first run of KIC swag !

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