The April 2023 Monthly Debrief Video (which is our longest Monthly Debrief Video to date coming in at 1:46:23 eclipsing March’s run time of 1:39:39 by nearly 7 minutes) saw us discussing Gaming Convention Preparation Hacks including what accessories to take with you. Convention season is upon us and we had just returned from a very successful trip to Buckeye Game Fest and did some things this year that made our trip more enjoyable and wanted to share those with you.
Also as usual, we covered the games we played in April, which was more than usual as we attended BGF but also because we had family in town and played some games with them, and also discussed what we are planning to play and cover during May.
We will remind you here that we are fortunate to be continuing our relationship with Noble Knight Games as the sponsor for our Monthly Debrief Video series. In case you don’t know, they specialize in hard to find games but also carry all the new releases. But what makes them truly unique is that you can find some of the rarest games, out of print games, hand made games, imported games from overseas, etc. Thanks to them for their sponsorship and we hope that you will consider them first when looking for the games we cover.

-Grant
Love these debriefs. You have some great pragmatic suggestions for conventions. I have a con coming up soon and will be borrowing some from your list.
The best tip being TAKE DEODORANT and shower people! Amen! Amen! Amen! 🤣
“I like the smell of salty grognards in the morning…” said nobody ever! 😁
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Hahahaha. Sad that we have to remind people about hygiene. I can say that my sense of smell is very keen and even the slightest smells bother me. I am somewhat of a fanatic about hygiene in public at a gaming convention as well.
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At about 1:12:40, Grant mentions that the GMT P500 of Unconditional Surrender! will include mounted mapboards. When I asked GMT about this in February, though, they replied that the 3rd reprint “will include the map sheets [but] not the mapboards.” We will need to P500 the mounted maps separately.
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Yes. I put in for both the 3rd printing and the separate P500 for the mounted map boards.
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👍 Didn’t want you (or others) disappointed when the box arrives. 🙂
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I am also not sure how the mounted mapboards will fit in the box even though they are upsizing to a 3″ box.
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Excellent fact checking. Keeping TPA on their toes. 😉
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Hahaha. Not the first mistake and it won’t be the last!
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I get one right about once a month, so now I am at quota. 🤣
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Or as my father used to say, even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while!
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