It’s been too long, but Clark is back with Episode 23! This episode he reaches just slightly beyond the confines of Chicago and up to our neighbors in Wisconsin. There he finds Aaron DeMaster of the strong Tower Gamers group and Gaming Convention. Aaron talks about growing up in Wisconsin, catching the gaming bug and what led him and his friends to establish the Strong Tower Gamers group and start the Strong Tower Gaming Convention. Clark also asks Aaron about setting up a brand new gaming convention and trying to find an identity and audience for the weekend, raising money…

Clark is back with a guest in Episode 22 and it’s Bert Schepler of the Bert.games website! Bert talks to Clark about his gaming life growing up in the Chicago area and how a desire to play every unplayed game in his board game library led to his growing online presence. Did he finish his wuest? Listen and find out… You’ll also hear how Bert approaches his writing, reviewing and interviewing for the site; how all that game playing led to a desire to try some game designing; why you may not want him to explain the rules; and the…

Episode 21 is late and Clark is embarrassed! Not only is it late, but he also couldn’t line up a guest. Doubly embarrassed! So of course he decided to embarrass himself a bit further and record an episode about some of the games that are sitting on his shelf of shame! These are games Clark really wants to play but he hasn’t gotten to the table for one reason or another. It’s just one embarrassment after another! Clark forgives you if you just want to wait until the next episode when he has a guest… Got some games embarrassing you…

For the 20th episode of Board Game Times, Clark interviews Jay Bartelt. Jay is the President of Gaming Hoopla, a weekend gaming convention and fundraiser for cancer charities. This year’s convention is scheduled from April 29 to May 1 at the Doubletree by Hilton hotel in Mundelein, Illinois. Jay talks about his introduction to modern board gaming and diving deep into the hobby; how he got involved in Gaming Hoopla; and how his own battle with cancer makes the fundraising impact of Gaming Hoopla particularly meaningful to him. You’ll also hear about all the activities scheduled for this year’s Hoopla…

For the 19th episode of Board Game Times, we take a trip to Hyde Park and a new oasis of gaming and creativity at the University of Chicago: The Weston Game Lab and it’s makerspace sibling the Hack Arts Lab. Clark gets all the facts about the labs from Ashlyn Sparrow, the Assistant Director of the Weston Game Lab and Kent Lambert, the Assistant Director of the Hack Arts Lab. Kent and Ashlyn tell Clark how the labs were created and set up, what it’s like to create a lively gaming space inside a serious academic environment, and they walk…