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~rings doorbell wearing a bright, over-enthusiastic smile~ Oh, hello friend. I hear you and your friends might be interested in getting started on the road towards board gaming! This is excellent news! There are many excellent resources to help guide you and yours towards many fun-filled experiences with friends and family. ^Please, ^don't ^be ^afraid!

~Whips out a bunch of pamphlets, waving them at you~ I would recommend checking out the /r/boardgames community here on reddit, especially this wiki post on what games you should try if you're new to modern board games. It's got a ton of great suggestions with descriptions to help you figure out if you might actually enjoy the game. That wiki and the subreddit itself also have tons of easily accessed info for you, if you need. They can even help you find your nearest FLGS (Friendly Local Game Store)!

Also you might check out some reviewers like Shut Up & Sit Down, who are my favourites and have a ton of articles and video reviews, or The Dice Tower, who have lots of videos of lists and reviews like the one I linked that can give you some ideas of what to get. (Sometimes way too many ideas... ~waggles her overly long games-to-buy list~) SUSD even has a great Intro to Board Games video for people who are hesitant or starting into the hobby and don't quite know what it's all about or where to start - it's a few years old, but still very relevant, and I recommend any of their videos. I find them hilarious.

And if you decide you're really getting into the hobby, you might start visiting the marvellous, dank morass that is BoardGameGeek, aka BGG or 'the Geek'...

As for recommendations straight from me... The hardest and best thing with board games is everyone likes something different? But I find one can't go wrong most of the time with these:

• Pandemic
  
• Survive! Escape from Atlantis
  
• Takenoko
  
• Forbidden Island
  
• Colt Express
  
• Jamaica
  
  Most of these are fairly simple and relatively short, but they're all fun starter games that are easy to pick up and play, and I've never known anyone to not enjoy themselves when I've brought out any of these. I often do game nights with different mixes of friends, to which I will usually bring an Ikea bag full of games, and there's almost always at least one or two of these particular games in that bag. I'm pretty sure they're all in print, too, so they shouldn't be too expensive!
  
  Also, if you guys are looking into tabletop RPGs but don't know where to start with that, and you don't have anyone who knows how to DM/GM handy, the newest edition of D&D has a Starter Set out - it's a pack that includes dice, pre-rolled characters, a starter rule book and a pre-written starting adventure. I will always recommend Red Boxes/Starter Sets, D&D does a great job with these and makes it really easy for you to get into it, even if no one in the group is familiar with rpgs to begin with.
  
  tl;dr - Board/card games are amazing, there's lots of resources out there for you, I hope I didn't scare you off with my enthusiasm. Welcome to tabletop gaming!
  
  ^Edit: ^Now ^with ^more ^links!!

I believe they currently use something like the sE2200a which has been discontinued. If I'm not mistaken, Lewis uses the sE2200a II and the same mic was used to record Simon's vocals on Diggy Diggy Hole (based on the live-action video).

I personally use the Badaax UM900 (not to plug, but you can find an example of me using it here) which isn't exactly studio quality, but certainly gets the job done nicely. If you're looking for something that's more entry-level, there's always the Samson CO1U, the Blue Yeti, the Blue Spark Digital, or the Blue Spark.


All of these are very good microphones, and you should be able to find various tests of them on YouTube. Hope this helps. :)

One of the most important parts is audio. That is something you don't want to spend the bare minimum on. At the very least you want a usb condenser mic, something like this.

If you want really good audio you need a good interface with clean preamps a nice microphone suited to voice overs and a room to record in that hasn't much reverb. You can get around the reverb a bit by using a microphone that has a hyper-cardioid pick up pattern(these types of microphones are used to record film/TV in indoor spaces), it doesn't pick up as much of the room sound. Alternatively you can buy acoustic foam and place that on the walls, this will absorb some of the reverb. There's nothing worse than watching a YouTube video and the audio sounds like they're recording in a bathroom.

Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO, they are great headphones, well built, sturdy and comfortable. I've used them for years. Well suited for all sorts of music and gaming, but around 120£. They sell them with different impedance levels, I recommend getting the 80 Ohm version, which could be driven by an on-board sound card, or the 32 Ohm ones if you want to use them with your phone.

Here's a review.

Also, take care to get the DT 770 PRO, the DT 770 M are specialized drummers' headphones that do not work well with "normal" use.

You have the solution already, don't use FRAPS. (i.e. don't record the conversation with your friends as well as your personal audio track)

Something like Dxtory is in many ways superior to FRAPS (although not as simple), and it allows you to record audio explicitly/separately.

Another solution (which is the same thing, but with hardware instead of software) is to have more than one sound card, and have your game audio going through one and your skype audio go through the other (and have FRAPS record the sound card with the game audio). This second one will be what the Yogs who still use FRAPS will be using, since FRAPS is just too simple to the point it can only be told to record ALL audio on a particular sound card, rather than separate feeds/tracks.

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You can get Dxtory here

Or a simple, but decent, USB sound card from here

Or (the free option) a piece of software that mimics having more than one sound card, so you can still use FRAPS. Found here, main info page here

It's a WoW licensed keyboard with special keys, like you say it uses software at the back end so you can create macros through that or on the fly.

Similar to this, though I don't know the exact one.

If they can round up eight controllers they can use the wireless adapter to play the game together. I have it for two people and it works great!

https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Xbox-Wireless-Adapter-Windows-one/dp/B00ZB7W4QU

This one

I ordered myself a copy. It's not that good (maybe I'm just an idiot) I found the stories Lewis told interesting, but they're better to discuss rather than ponder in silence.

http://www.amazon.com/McVities-Jaffa-Cakes-Triple-Pack/dp/B004TEVTJO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405739462&sr=8-1&keywords=jaffa+cakes Free shipping, it just takes forfuckingever to get them.

In US you have 2 options to score good alternatives to Jaffa Cakes.

If you have Walmart or other major grocery store, look for Pim's:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Lu-Pim-s-Orange-Soft-Biscuits-With-Orange-Filling-5.29-oz/15556489

Alternatively, if you have a Polish store around, look for Wedel Delicje Biscuits:

http://www.amazon.com/Delicje-Biscuit-Topped-Chocolate-Filling/dp/B000LRFVVU/ref=sr_1_3?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1396919973&sr=1-3&keywords=Wedel+Delicje+Biscuits

Of course they use professional hard- and software as everyone already said. But if you literally just want to use 2 headphones for the same audio source and without any adjustment options, a regular audio splitter for a few bucks is the cheapest option. Something like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/UGREEN-Headphone-Compatible-Smartphones-Connector/dp/B00LM0ZGK6

You're doing yourself a disservice. Order them on Amazon. I got my package in about 10 days from that seller. You will not regret it.

Is this the one you were talking about btw?