Episódios
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In Episode 188 we each discuss our top 5 favorite player boards in board games.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:44 Baseball Highlight 2045
05:00 Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy
10:00 Lacrimosa (Red Cathedral, White Castle)
14:48 Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory
17:10 Distilled
21:02 Marrakesh (Orleans, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Russian Railroads)
25:45 Planet Unknown
27:49 Cthulhu: Death May Die
35:21 La Granja
39:57 My Father's Work
43:22 Carnegie
47:40 Voidfall
51:57 Mechanica
58:34 Scythe
1:04:05 Terraforming Mars, Calico, Fractal: Beyond the Void, Nucleum
1:09:00 Listener Shoutout
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In episode 187, we answer more listener questions in a second mailbag episode.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:13 What are some common complaints about board games that you see as a positive?
08:16 What changed that made art and theme less important to you? What is part of board gaming that you feel a certain way about but suspect you're wrong? Could you take Klemens Franz in single combat?
16:01 How did each of you get into board games? Which do you prefer - Nerd or Geek? Do you keep track of your plays, how and why?
21:30 How do you cope with FOMO?
26:28 What's the ideal way to tell someone you didn't enjoy gaming with them and don't want to anymore?
36:58 Listener Shoutout
39:25 What was your favorite game to play with a young kid?
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In Episode 186 we provide our hot take review of Clockwork Wars covering the mechanisms, the production, and our overall feelings of the game.
We discuss a poll on the loss of entire board game collections and then we discuss some board games on our table including Trickerion: Legends of Illusion, Lucky Numbers, and Knarr.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:47 Question: If you lost your entire board game collection, what percentage would you re-acquire?
06:15 Clockwork Wars Description
07:27 Gameplay and Mechanisms
31:02 Production and Theme
35:16 Final Thoughts
40:33 Trickerion: Legends of Illusion
51:23 Lucky Numbers
54:30 Knarr
1:00:52 Listener Shoutout
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In Episode 185 we each discuss our biggest mistakes, at least regarding our first impressions on board games.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:37 Poll: How often does your first impression of a game hold up after more plays?
7:55 El Grande
10:53 Heat: Pedal to the Metal
13:46 Endless Winter: Paleoamericans
16:19 Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar and Teotihuacan: City of Gods
19:00 Sol: Last Days of a Star
23:14 Red Rising
25:59 Heat: Pedal to the Metal
28:10 Anachrony
32:22 Star Wars: Outer Rim
34:15 Dungeon Petz
36:54 Quacks of Quedlinburg
39:26 Dominion
42:27 Gaia Project
47:08 Ethnos
51:10 Runner Ups
54:35 Listener Shoutout
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In Episode 184 we provide our hot take review of Thunder Road: Vendetta covering the mechanisms, the production, and our overall feelings of the game.
We discuss a question on games that were frustrating to punch and sort and then we discuss some board games on our table including Glory to Rome, Concordia, and Newton.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:28 Question: Which game led to the most frustrating or painful experience you've had punching and sorting a board game?
08:50 Thunder Road: Vendetta Description
11:00 Gameplay and Mechanisms
20:31 Production and Theme
29:46 Final Thoughts
33:14 Glory to Rome
41:49 Concordia
44:08 Newton
47:45 Listener Shoutout
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In Episode 183 we each discuss our top 5 game boards as well as discussing a listener poll about what makes a great game board.
We conclude the conversation discussing a couple of game boards that have some very confounding choices in their design.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:50 Poll: What makes a great game board?
12:19 Nunami and Raas: A Dance of Love
16:39 Barcelona
20:22 Pax Pamir 2nd Edition
21:42 Pan Am
25:05 Godspeed
27:31 Smartphone, Inc.
28:50 The Great Wall
32:00 Viscounts of the West Kingdom
36:11 Scythe
37:55 Merchants of the Dark Road
40:58 Evacuation
45:27 Tzolk'in the Mayan Calendar
48:18 Trickerion: Legends of Illusion
51:33 Empires of the Void II
54:22 Windward
56:31 Underwater Cities
57:55 Beyond the Sun
1:00:42 Listener Shoutout
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In Episode 182 we provide our hot take review of Architects of the West Kingdom covering the mechanisms, the production, and our overall feelings of the game.
We discuss a poll on cancellations on game night and then we discuss some board games on our table including *Distilled: Africa & Middle East Expansion, *Distilled: Cask Strength Expansion, and Guards of Atlantis II.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:30 Poll: What do you do when everyone cancels on game night at the last moment?
07:45 Architects of the West Kingdom Description
08:38 Gameplay and Mechanisms
22:21 Production and Theme
30:04 Final Thoughts
34:26 Distilled: Africa & Middle East Expansion and Distilled: Cask Strength Expansion
44:51 Guards of Atlantis II
*These expansions were provided as review copies by the publisher
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In Episode 181 we look back at the games we played in 2023 and talk about our biggest hits, and biggest misses in 2023. This includes games that were published in 2023 but also games that were new to us in 2023. We also talk about our Board Game Revelations - the things that changed gaming for us over the last year.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:28 2023 Awards
01:56 Biggest Surprises in 2023 - Yokohama, Age of Innovation, Frosthaven, Cyclades: Legendary Edition, Vagrantsong, Tichu, Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory, Fractal: Beyond the Void, Turing Machine, Apiary, Heat: Pedal to the Metal, Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game, Motor City
15:06 Biggest Disappointments in 2023 - Lords of Ragnarok, Expeditions, Voidfall
22:14 Best New To Us in 2023 - Distilled, The Battle for Rokugan, Cat in the Box, Downforce, Revive
27:42 Best Productions Published in 2023 - Steam Up: A Feast of Dim Sum, The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition, Robot Quest Arena, Apiary, Expeditions, Lords of Ragnarok
34:32 Look Back at Best Game Published in 2022 - Wonderland's War
37:08 Best Games Published in 2023 - Robot Quest Arena, Nucleum, Sea Salt & Paper, Dune: Imperium Uprising, Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory
47:42 Most Played Games of 2023 - Azul, Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization, Tapestry, Obsession, Ark Nova, Azul, Can't Stop, Sea Salt & Paper, Star Realms, Beyond the Sun, Barrage, Star Realms
55:19 Board Game Revelations in 2023
1:02:00 2023 Board Game BGG Ranking Speculations - Nucleum, Apiary, Distilled, Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory, Darwin's Journey, Earth, Age of Innovation, Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game, Frosthaven, The White Castle, Sky Team, The Witcher: The Old World, Forest Shuffle, Thunder Road: Vendetta, Kutna Hora, Stationfall, Evacuation, Dune: Imperium Uprising, Bloodstones, Envelopes of Cash
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In Episode 180 we provide our hot take review of Wyrmspan* covering the mechanisms, the production, and our overall feelings of the game. We also provide some detailed comparisons with Wingspan, both the difference in mechanisms and the difference in our opinions on them
We discuss a poll on fantastical vs. real-world themes in board games and then we discuss some board games on our table including Sol: Last Days of a Star, Mind MGMT, and Turing Machine.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:34 Poll: In general, do you prefer board games to have a real-world theme or a fantastical theme?
07:33 Wyrmspan Description
08:48 Gameplay and Mechanisms
28:57 Production and Theme
39:54 Final Thoughts
48:17 Sol: Last Days of a Star
55:23 Mind MGMT
62:37 Turing Machine
66:11 Listener Shout-out
* Review copy provided by publisher
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In Episode 179 we provide our hot take review of Turing Machine covering the mechanisms, the production, and our overall feelings of the game.
We discuss a poll on fun in board games and then we discuss some board games on our table including Ceres, Clank! Legacy, and Tichu.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:17 Poll: Is 'Fun' an important aspect of a board for you when you purchase it or consider playing it?
10:23 Turing Machine Description
13:04 Gameplay and Mechanisms
26:10 Production and Theme
31:09 Final Thoughts
37:01 Ceres
44:30 Clank! Legacy
50:45 Tichu
58:30 Listener Shout-out
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In episode 178, we discuss some hobby specific terms and how our definitions may vary from their original meaning. We also give examples of board games where those definitions are relevant (and also some examples where they aren't).
We kick the conversation off by discussing a listener poll related to board game terminology.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:44 Poll Time: Do you use terminology when teaching or discussing board games that you don't ever use in other areas of your life?
04:42 Worker Placement (A Feast for Odin, Anachrony, Barrage, Orleans, Agricola, Apiary, Architects of the West Kingdom)
17:08 4X (Scythe, Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy, Space Empires 4X, Twilight Imperium, Fractal: Beyond the Void, Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization)
30:28 Area Control (Blood Rage, Rising Sun, Ankh: Gods of Egypt, Scythe, Wonderland's War, El Grande)
37:49 Engine Building (It's a Wonderful World, Terraforming Mars, Anachrony, Fractal: Beyond the Void, Scythe, Space Base)
44:06 Euro (Trajan, Gaia Project, Viticulture, Catan, A Feast for Odin)
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In Episode 177 we provide our hot take review of Apiary covering the mechanisms, the production, and our overall feelings of the game.
We also discuss some games that have been on our table including Clank! Legacy, Fractal: Beyond the Void, and Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:34 Apiary Description
1:54 Gameplay and Mechanisms
22:15 Production and Theme
27:51 Final Thoughts
33:09 Clank! Legacy: Acquisitions Incorporated
39:07 Fractal: Beyond the Void
48:50 Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies
58:38 Listener Shout-out
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In Episode 176 we each discuss our top 5 board games that we only played once in 2023.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:34 Robot Quest Arena
04:04 Egizia: Shifting Sands
07:57 Darwin's Journey
12:12 Revive
13:56 Evacuation
15:32 Ticket To Ride: San Francisco
19:52 Battle for Rokugan
21:48 Boast or Nothing
25:46 The Quacks of Quedlinburg
28:02 Mosaic: A Story of Civilization
29:29 Pulsar 2849
30:55 Cat in the Box
33:25 Hegemony: Lead Your Class To Victory
37:48 Cyclades: Legendary Edition
40:19 Challengers!
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In Episode 175 we discuss the top 5 games we want to play in 2024. We also review last years' lists and look back on the games we got played.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
Last Year
1:02 #5 Adam Last Year - Paperback Adventures
2:45 #5 Tim Last Year - Welcome to the Moon
3:41 #5 Chris Last Year - Twilight Imperium 4th Edition
4:35 #4 Adam Last Year - Forbidden Stars
5:05 #4 Tim Last Year - Scout
5:40 #4 Chris Last Year - Mariposa
6:24 #3 Adam Last Year - Imperial 2030
7:26 #3 Tawantinsuyu: The Inca Empire
7:59 #3 Chris Last Year - Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods
9:38 #2 Adam - Battle for Rokugan
10:46 #2 Tim Last Year - Revive
12:09 #2 Chris Last Year - Chaos in the Old World
13:45 #1 Adam Last Year - Pessoa
14:21 #1 Tim Last Year - Marrakesh
15:31 #1 Chris Last Year - My Father's Work
This Year
18:40 #5 Tim - Millennium Blades
22:01 #5 Chris - Orleans
24:39 #5 Adam - Turing Machine
28:02 #4 Tim - Trickerion: Legends of Illusion
30:23 #4 Chris - Splendor
32:31 #4 Adam - Fractal: Beyond the Void
35:19 #3 Tim - Creature Comforts
37:01 #3 Chris - Kanban EV
41:44 #3 Adam - Clockwork Wars
44:04 #2 Tim - Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood
46:22 #2 Chris - Cosmic Frog
50:46 #2 Adam - Shogun
52:33 #1 Tim - Apiary
54:37 #1 - Chris - Bonfire/Merlin
58:26 #1 - Adam - John Company 2nd Edition
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In Episode 174 we provide our hot take review of Dune: Imperium - Uprising covering the mechanisms, the production, and our overall feelings of the game.
We discuss a poll on the quantity of published board games and then we discuss some board games on our table including Clank! Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated, Inis, Exit Advent Calendar: The Mystery of the Ice Cave, and The Quest for El Dorado.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:24 Poll: What do you think about the amount of hobby board games that are being published each year?
13:28 Dune: Imperium - Uprising
14:21 Gameplay and Mechanisms
33:05 Production and Theme
40:06 Final Thoughts
45:25 Clank! Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated
47:21 Inis
53:03 Exit The Game Advent Calendar: The Mystery of the Ice Cave
57:59 The Quest for El Dorado
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In episode 173, we answer listeners questions in our first ever mailbag episode.
Then we discuss some games that have been on our table including Ark Nova: Marine Worlds, Planet Unknown, Azul, and Agricola.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:52 What games or mechanisms have we switched our opinion on?
08:16 What are our thoughts on updated versions or sequels to games?
21:09 What are some of our other hobbies and do they tie back to board games?
26:21 If we could retheme a game, what would it be?
34:21 What makes a good rules teacher or teach?
42:53 What do we think of Tabletop Simulator vs. Board Game Arena
50:37 Planet Unkown
55:59 Ark Nova: Marine Worlds
1:03:14 Azul
1:04:55 Agricola
1:09:15 Listener Shoutout
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In Episode 172 Tim discusses his 5 days spent at BGG Con 2023 including tips about attending a con, con experiences and many games played.
We also discuss a poll about favorite gaming experiences.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:54 Poll Question: If you've ever attended a board game convention, what was your favorite part?
20:04 Sea Salt & Paper
21:22 Matryoshka
23:42 Evacuation
32:00 Voidfall
39:54 Nucleum
44:04 Dune: Imperium w/ Rise of Ix and Immortality
45:51 Fun Facts
48:51 Word Slam Family
49:38 Challengers!
51:06 Outlive
52:03 Summoner Wars
54:25 Age of Innovation
55:50 Ricochet Robots
58:25 Letter Jam
1:01:33 Federation
1:03:39 Clank! Catacombs
1:05:09 Scythe
1:09:34 Arboretum
1:12:10 Kutna Hora: The City of Silver
1:17:30 BGG Con Final Thoughts
1:25:20 Listener Shoutout
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In Episode 171 we conclude our series about how board games can use the same structure as a story and give you a similar arc. In this fourth part we talk about games that have a great conclusion.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:25 Board Games as Stories - conclusion
04:20 Lacrimosa
06:40 Keyflower
10:29 Star Wars: Rebellion
14: 30 Paperback Adventures
18:49 Charterstone
24:36 Dune
28:42 Everdell
30:35 Scythe
32:15 Cascadia
36:58 Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization
41:22 Frosthaven
45:58 Return to Dark Tower
49:15 Shamans
53:07 Fantasy Realms
58:00 Tapestry
62:52 Dune: Imperium
1:05:45 Listener Shoutout
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In Episode 170 we provide our hot take review of Age of Innovation covering the mechanisms, the production, and our overall feelings of the game.
We discuss a poll on gaming with your partner/spouse and then we discuss some board games on our table including Trekking Through History, Marvel Champions, and Heat: Pedal to the Metal.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:26 Poll: Is your partner/spouse part of your regular gaming group
09:30 Age of Innovation Description
10:44 Gameplay and Mechanisms
31:06 Production and Theme
38:18 Final Thoughts
43:19 Trekking Through History
49:37 Marvel Champions
55:31 Heat: Pedal to the Metal
58:49 Listener Shout-out
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In Episode 169 we continue our series about how board games can use the same structure as a story and give you a similar arc. In this third part we talk about games that have a great climax.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
03:08 Board Games as Stories - Climax
08:15 Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar
11:55 Baseball Highlights 2045
15:38 Blood Rage
18:10 Rising Sun
21:10 Wonderland's War
23:53 Can't Stop
25:40 My Father's Work
29:59 Sol: Last Days of a Star
32:33 Clank!
36:46 Heat: Petal to the Metal, Downforce
41:18 Dune: Imperium
45:11 Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy
47:50 Cryo
53:03 Pax Pamir: Second Edition57:18 Scythe1:01:33 Final Thoughts (Cthulhu: Death May Die, Frosthaven, Gloomhaven, Arkham Horror: The Card Game, Dune, Dune: A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy, Star Realms, Shards of Infinity, Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game)
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