HeyJaredTabletop SportCast
I discuss everything from my tabletop experiences: game reviews, tabletop replays, rules interpretations, and how I plan projects.
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Episode 267: Top 5 What-If Project Starters (opens the original)
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What if you could change just one thing in sports history and play out everything that follows? In this episode of the Tabletop Sportcast, James shares five project starter ideas that bridge historical and fictional gaming. We're talking NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, Expansion, Relocation, Mergers, and historical redos! These ideas offer new ways to make history your own. Change one thing. Play everything else.
Episode 266: Sitting Down With ... Matt McKeever of d12 Gaming! (opens the original)
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This week on the Tabletop SportCast, I sit down with Matt McKeever of D12 Gaming to talk about the design of their new golf game, Pocket Pro Tour. Matt takes us behind the design process and explains how the philosophy behind Pocket Pennant Run — small footprint, quick resolution, and doing more with less — carried over to golf, while still requiring a very different game engine. We talk about finding the right level of abstraction for a golf simulation, why Pocket Pro Tour focuses on drive, app
Episode 265: The What-If PLAAY Holiday Sale (opens the original)
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In this episode of the Tabletop Sportcast, James discusses the upcoming holiday sale and the changes happening within the PLAAY community. He reflects on the past year's events, including the departure of key personnel and the impact on business operations. James speculates on what the holiday sale might look like, emphasizing the importance of PDFs and new game releases while considering the challenges of printed products. He concludes with thoughts on the future direction of PLAAY and the pote
Episode 264: Five Years at the Table (opens the original)
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Celebrating five years of the Tabletop Sportcast, this episode reflects on the show's evolution, personal hobby updates, and future plans. Host James shares insights on community-created content, hobby tools, and project management, emphasizing the importance of engagement and passion in the hobby.
Episode 263: Stop Chasing the Finish Line (opens the original)
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What if the secret to finishing a massive tabletop project is deciding you don’t have to finish the whole thing? This week, James looks at using milestones to turn oversized projects into manageable chunks, using his 1973 Hall of Fame Starting Pitcher project as a real-world example. Plus, some thoughts on money, change, nostalgia, and why the sports we remember continue to shape what we play on the tabletop.
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