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Tenzi Review (Thrift Sift)
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Chaz Marler reviews Tenzi: the dice game that takes only seconds to learn, and even less time to master.
February 1, 2016
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The Divorce Court board game was designed by aliens. (I have proof!)
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You never know what you’ll discover during an expedition into the aisles of your local thrift store. Every now and then, you unearth an artifact that’s so unexpected, so bizarre, so indescribably otherworldly, it could only have come into being through extraterrestrial intervention. Prepare to discover the board game Divorce Court.

You have been warned.
June 16, 2015
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Justin Bieber Backstage Pass Board Game
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Today, what’s left of my will to live brings you 2010’s Justin Bieber Backstage Pass board game, which dares players to answer disturbing questions about the pop star and themselves as they race each other for a backstage pass and a special message prepared especially for the biggest Bieber believer.
March 5, 2015
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The Apprentice Board Game
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Today I showcase The Apprentice board game, brought to us by the truly differently-thinking mind of Donald Trump. Does The Apprentice board game still get us as “fired” up today as it did back in 2004? Let’s find out, on this episode of Thrift Sift!
February 5, 2015
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Ethics On The Job
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In this on-the-job training seminar, I teach ya’ll 1998’s Ethics On The Job board game, where your employees have fun while they learn standards for ethical behavior on the job.

Because the only thing employees enjoy more than going to work is playing a game in their spare time where they recreate workplace issues. It’s Ethics On The Job, today on Thrift Sift!
October 30, 2014
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The OC Television Show Board Game
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In The OC Television Show Board Game, you’ll encounter attractive Californians, roll a die, visit an ATM, and go surfing. How could you not turn that into a board game?
July 30, 2014
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Card Attack!
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Card Attack! is a game that will not only entertain you, but will likely cause traumatic childhood experiences that you'll be repressing for years to come while it does it.

It's a flurry of fun and flying cards with a 50% chance of bodily injury as I review the paper-pushing pandemonium of 1991’s Card Attack on this episode of Pair Of Dice Paradise's Thrift Sift!
May 29, 2014
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U B The Judge
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Gather your gavels because it's a review of U B The Judge, on this episode of Thrift Sift! We're going to play a game set in the world of the California penal code, circa 1985. What could possibly go wrong?!?
April 24, 2014
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Redneck Life... Game Of The Year?!?
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I attempt to track down information about the company that selected Redneck Life as its 2006 Game Of The Year. What kind of conspiracy will I discover during my search?
February 25, 2014
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Mid-Life Crisis... THE GAME!
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Just in time for your nervous breakdown, it's a review of the 1982 board game juggernaut, Mid-Life Crisis.

How would you handle your crisis? Amass wealth and reduce stress, or would you be the first to go broke, get divorced and crack up? Either way, it sounds like a typical Thursday night at my house.
January 23, 2014
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The #1 problem with Trump: The Game
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In the cutthroat world of investment real estate, there's only one rule: buy low. And two: sell high. This installment of PairOfDiceParadise.com's "Thrift Sift" series looks at the 1989 game with a millionaire mogul namesake. It's Trump: The Game!
January 4, 2014
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Napoleon Dynamite: It's Pretty Much My Favorite Animal Game
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In this new segment, Chaz reviews board games he's discovered at local thrift stores and garage sales. Today's find is "Napoleon Dynamite: It's Pretty Much My Favorite Animal Game", in which players draw combinations of two animals.

Will this unnatural combination of different species cause life as we know it to be torn asunder? Find out in this episode of Pair of Dice Paradise's new series: Thrift Sift!
October 29, 2013
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