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Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
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Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
This is the first installment in my new board-game-related series, "Meeples For Sheepish Peoples", where I discuss suggestions on how to improve your gaming experience for those of us with social anxiety.
August 24, 2014
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Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
In this installment in this series on making the board gaming experience more enjoyable for those of us with social anxiety, I discuss the difference between two topics we'll be covering: introversion and social anxiety.
August 24, 2014
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Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
In this installment in this series on making the board gaming experience more enjoyable for those of us with social anxiety, I discuss expanding your social circles in small, comfy bites.
August 24, 2014
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Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
What do board game conventions have in common with 8th-grade dances? Find out In this installment in my "Meeples For Sheepish Peoples" series on board gaming & social anxiety.
August 31, 2014
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Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
Why do I love tiny little pylons? No, it's not because I love tiny little parades. The answer is the latest tip in my Meeples For Sheepish Peoples series, where I discuss the social activity of board games in the lives of people who aren't socially outgoing.
September 13, 2014
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Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
Last time, I mentioned how using tiny little pylons to signal games that are looking for players can make things a lot easier if you're shy. But that still requires good timing. But let me try to make things even easier by sharing an embarrassing story with you.
September 14, 2014
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Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
In this episode, I discuss how hosting games may be a way to reduce the social anxiety that can accompany attending board game events.
September 23, 2014
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Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
My Meeples For Sheepish Peoples series continues, with a demonstration on how words can pierce even more sharply than pins.
September 29, 2014
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Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
My Meeples For Sheepish Peoples series continues, with a look at how success isn't necessarily a barometer of self confidence.
October 7, 2014
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Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
The best experiences that I’ve had while board gaming, the moments that give me stories to tell, are always caused by the people that I was sharing the experience with. It’s not the game I remember, but the people.
October 13, 2014
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Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
With GenCon less than a month away at the time of this recording, I am planning on being there, nerves or not!
July 10, 2015
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Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
As a warm up for the onslaught of human convention interaction that is GenCon, I first went on a side-quest to Dice Tower con, a five-day convention which is roughly 1/60th the size of GenCon. I figured its comparative lower difficulty setting should be a breeze. I mean, sharing games with people is what we’re all there for, right?
July 18, 2015
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Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
After travelling to Dice Tower con to find and play games with several people I’d met through social media, I found myself at a crossroads. Would I face my fears or play it safe?
July 25, 2015
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Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
Sometimes people tell me, “based on your videos, I find it hard to believe that you’re an introvert.” But what this person doesn’t know is that, during our conversation, there’s a little voice in my head which is also having a conversation with me, which goes like this...
July 26, 2015
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Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
This series of segments has been leading up to my first trip to GenCon. I had an interest in going last year, but let myself use the anxieties of the travel, crowds and hassle of it all to talk myself out of going, even though I immediately regretted letting it slip by. So, what’s different this year?
July 27, 2015
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Meeples For Sheepish Peoples
This series originally aired two years ago. And,while it's still something I struggle with, I’ve discovered tools that help retain my enjoyment of these situations, or prevent me from participating in the first place.
September 6, 2016
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