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Jake and Mark are back with an episode that looks into what it takes to ease people into the next level of heavy game. We also discuss some of our favorite transitional games to help gamers take the next step towards meatier games. We also discuss some of our favorite expansion trends around packaging and rules. We talk about the games we have been playing lately – which involved re-visiting some of our absolute favorites.

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:42 Gùgōng: Pànjūn KS has landed!

00:06:07 Games Played This Week!

00:06:11 Age of Steam

00:16:26 1862

00:22:50 1880

00:26:58 High Frontier

00:33:10 Barrage

00:36:24 Unlock Game Series

Exit Game Series

00:43:54 Orléans

00:46:34 Main Topic: Introductory Heavy Games

00:49:18 Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King

00:51:15 Keyflower

00:54:01 Le Havre

00:57:02 Concordia

00:59:33 The Gallerist

01:03:03 Clans of Caledonia

01:07:21 Wrap Up & Outro

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It’s a PLUS-SIZED EPISODE with fan favorite Craig Taylor! Ow. Ow! STOP PUNCHING ME! It’s all the games with the sharp elbows where the interaction is direct, it’s painful.. and it’s mean. Are we still friends? We also recap the games we’ve played – and it actually includes Jake this time!

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:46 Guest Mogul: Craig Taylor returns!

00:07:50 Games Played This Week!

00:08:07 Santa Monica 

00:15:35 Empyreal: Spells & Steam

00:24:39 Root

00:31:37 Air, Land & Sea

00:40:52 Kansas Pacific

00:48:30 In the Hall of the Mountain King

00:53:27 Fort

01:01:31 The Cost

01:10:32 Airship City

01:14:43 Main Topic: Sharp Elbow Games

01:16:26 Age of Steam

01:18:22 Bus

01:22:54 Barrage

01:27:45 Food Chain Magnate

01:29:39 Tammany Hall

01:34:03 The Estates

01:36:27 18xx

01:40:14 Vanuatu

01:46:40 Troyes

01:55:39 Wrap Up & Outro

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Jake and Mark ponder as to which games would we keep if we had to winnow our collection down to 15 games.. as if we were off to a desert island.. with just our games. Well, maybe some canned SPAM too. We also review the games we’ve been playing since the last episode.

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:43 Games Played This Week!

00:02:12 Heul doch! Mau Mau

00:08:08 1848: Australia

00:13:30 Antiquity

00:21:28 1846: The Race for the Midwest

00:24:26 Yokohama

00:28:19 Kingdomino

00:28:39 Queendomino

00:30:17 Blue Lagoon

00:35:27 Main Topic: Our Top 15 Desert Island Games

00:38:39 Metro X

00:40:05 Gloomhaven

00:42:20 Tichu

00:45:05 Power Grid

00:47:01 Age of Steam

00:48:09 Brass: Birmingham

00:49:17 Agricola

00:52:04 Ra

00:54:09 1830: Railways & Robber Barons

00:56:15 Root

00:57:44 Azul

00:59:42 Orléans

01:01:20 Crokinole

01:03:09 Acquire

01:10:32 Wrap Up & Outro

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Mark and Jake are back with another Gaming Moguls podcast. As students of the game, they deep dive on their thoughts and tricks for teaching board games effectively. As ever, there is a lengthy chat about the games they played including Brass: Lancashire, Root, The Castles of Burgundy, Tribune, the Crew, Dairyman and Ride the Rails. Bonus: Ever get a major rule wrong?!?

00:00:00 Intro

00:10:21 Games Played This Week!

00:10:43 Brass: Lancashire

00:20:19 Root

00:25:00 The Castles of Burgundy

00:29:15 Tribune: Primus Inter Pares

00:32:17 The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine

00:38:31 Dairyman

00:41:24 Ride the Rails

00:46:45 Main Topic: Teaching Board Games

01:22:15 Wrap Up & Outro

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Jake and Mark return to have some mid-summer musings about their gaming adventures during the month of June. They talk about the games they played – including what seems like a bumper crop of 18xx games. The main topic is a recap of the print-n-play projects that Jake and Mark have the in the works.

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:25 BGG Game Patches

00:04:13 1822: The Railways of Great Britain Kickstarted!

00:06:38 Games Played This Week!

00:06:51 18xx.games

00:10:30 Yokohama

00:16:09 Ride the Rails

00:24:19 Across the United States

00:27:51 1832: The South

00:36:56 Pax Porfiriana

00:49:17 Wildcatters

00:51:27 Main Topic: Print-n-Plays

00:55:40 boardgamesmaker.com

01:06:26 Wrap Up & Outro

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In this plus-sized episode, we stretch out for two main topics. The first main topic is a deep-dive into system games. What’s a system game? A game that has a lot of extra content or variants based on one ruleset. Next up – we talk about the ultimate system game, Dungeons and Dragons.

We discuss our role playing experiences, background, and favorite memories. Of course – no Gaming Moguls episode is complete without a lengthy discussion of the games we played.

00:00:00 Intro

00:04:27 Games Played This Week!

00:05:02 Airship City

00:11:38 18CZ

00:21:20 Tiny Towns

00:25:17 Crokinole

00:30:05 Glory to Rome

00:32:37 Twins

00:34:23 Castles of Mad King Ludwig

00:43:56 Orléans

00:49:41 Main Topic: System Games

00:52:49 Power Grid

00:53:27 Concordia

00:55:44 Age of Steam

00:57:38 Memoir ‘44

00:59:59 18xx

01:04:45 Dungeons & Dragons

01:30:26 Wrap Up & Outro

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No doubt about it – expansions are red hot and some games have a LOT of expansions available! The problem is that we don’t often play games enough for it to matter.. and that’s for the really good ones.

So – what are our favorite expansions.. and why?

Despite no in-person game nights, lots of games hit the table and Jake and Mark all about the games they played.

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:37 Pax Viking & Pax Renaissance on Kickstarter

00:05:18 Frosthaven

00:06:48 Ankh: Gods of Egypt

00:07:44 1840 Vienna Tramways

00:08:45 Mini Express

00:10:34 Games Played This Week!

00:11:43 Air, Land & Sea

00:17:05 Innovation

00:21:05 Le Havre

00:26:39 Stick ‘Em

00:29:13 Raiders of the North Sea

00:32:24 Yokohama

00:33:31 Keyflower

00:34:18 1848: Australia

00:40:29 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle – The Monster Box of Monsters Expansion

00:44:30 Main Topic: Expansions

01:05:14 Near and Far: Amber Mines

01:06:36 Roll for the Galaxy: Ambition

01:07:46 A Feast for Odin: The Norwegians

01:08:45 Great Western Trail: Rails to the North

01:09:29 Orléans: Trade & Intrigue

01:10:34 MetroX: Sendai & Hakata & Nagoya

01:11:25 Raiders of the North Sea: Fields of Fame

Raiders of the North Sea: Hall of Heroes

01:13:01 Leaving Earth: Outer Planets

01:15:53 Root: The Riverfolk Expansion

01:16:46 Wrap Up & Outro

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In Episode 39, Jake and Mark talk about some of the ways they keep their gaming habits going during the great quarantine of 2020. They deep dive on their two favorite tools – Tabletop Simulator and Board18. Then, they discuss the Games they Played since the last episode, and comment how well they work virtually.

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:25 News & Thank You!

00:02:38 The Mogul Scale BGG Geeklist

00:04:18 geekGroup

00:06:31 1882 Preorder!

1882

00:09:45 Main Topic: Socially Distanced Gaming

00:10:44 Tabletop Simulator

00:14:27 Discord

00:30:56 BOARD18

00:35:55 Games Played This Week!

00:36:08 Great Western Trail

Great Western Trail: Rails to the North

00:39:55 Eggs of Ostrich

00:44:48 Barrage

00:48:02 Root

00:49:12 Root: The Riverfolk Expansion

00:51:54 18Chesapeake

00:55:26 Agricola

00:56:19 Reykholt

00:59:26 Wrap Up & Outro

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This is the 4th and last in our series examining the 4 quadrants of the Mogul Scale. This time we are looking at the heaviweight champions – and talking about what makes a heavy game! We also discuss the games that we played before the onset of “social distancing”. Even this episode is XL!

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:57 Special Guest: Craig Taylor!

00:02:12 Games Played This Week!

00:02:35 Age of Steam

00:10:07 Gùgōng

00:15:11 Keyflower

00:17:54 1862

00:28:00 TOKYO METRO

00:39:22 Paladins of the West Kingdom

00:50:40 Main Topic: The Blue Quadrant (4D-5E)

01:11:32 Gia Project

01:12:07 18xx Games

01:12:52 Antiquity

01:14:37 Trickerion: Legends of Illusion

01:16:50 Food Chain Magnate

01:16:50 Lisboa

01:19:26 Arkwright

01:22:32 Barrage

01:27:12 Dungeon Petz

01:28:35 The Gallerist

The Train Rush Podcast

01:31:16 Wrap Up & Outro

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It’s time to attack the “simple rules/deep gameplay” quadrant. Are these the purest games or are they too chess-y?

Jake and Mark have a lengthy discussion about these games and point out some favorites in this style. They also have a long conversation about the many games they played since the last podcast.

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:11 Mogul Name Contest WINNER!

00:03:49 Games Played This Week!

00:04:12 1882

00:10:13 1832

00:12:09 TOKYO METRO

00:19:27 TOKYO JIDOHANBAIKI

00:25:34 Yokohama

00:26:29 Concordia

00:31:24 Barrage

00:41:55 Heul doch! Mau Mau

00:44:29 Sticheln

00:47:06 Keyflower

00:50:53 Container: 10th Anniversary Jumbo Edition!

00:55:06 Main Topic: The Red Quadrant (1D-2E)

00:58:12 Go

00:58:45 Chess

01:00:07 GIPF

01:03:00 Bus

01:05:20 Age of Steam

01:06:35 Pax Pamir (Second Edition)

01:11:44 Wrap Up & Outro

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In this episode, Jake and Mark examine the most controversial area of the Mogul Scale – the high rules, low decision space quadrant. Is it where Ameritrash lives? Or.. role playing? Or is it just plain fiddly? What’s not fiddly are the Games We Played this week and the spicy discussion around them.

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:29 Mogul Name Contest Update

00:02:42 Games Played This Week!

00:03:19 World Without End

00:07:30 Mini Rails

00:10:58 Bus

00:20:04 Container: 10th Anniversary Jumbo Edition!

00:29:27 Fafnir

00:34:40 Innovation

00:40:02 Main Topic: The Green Quadrant (4B-5A)

00:52:16 Arkham Horror

00:53:14 Zombicide

00:53:40 Lisboa

00:54:12 Feudum

00:54:55 Gloomhaven

01:01:13 Warhammer 40,000

01:01:37 Pax Transhumanity

01:02:38 Wrap Up & Outro

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Simple rules and straightforward strategy? Not just the land of the party games and fillers.. hear Jake and Mark discuss these great lightweight but not entry-level games. We tell what characterizes this sector and what our favorite games of the genre includes. As usual, we also have an extensive discussion about the games we played this week.

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:06 Games Played This Week!

00:02:43 Teotihuacan: City of Gods

00:09:04 Biblios

00:14:50 Q.E.

00:19:19 Condottiere

00:21:38 Tribune: Primus Inter Pares

00:27:55 The Pyramid’s Deadline

00:34:13 Main Topic: The Best Light Games!

00:53:20 Crokinole

00:54:11 Lost Cities

00:55:13 No Thanks!

00:56:57 6 nimmt!

00:59:02 Kingdomino

01:00:39 Acquire

01:02:06 Azul

01:04:23 The Grizzled

01:07:25 Wrap Up & Outro

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It’s been a great 2019 of gaming – Mark and Jake reflect on their year of gaming and call out some high points and low points of the year. No proper New Year episode would be complete without some gaming resolutions!

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:27 Moguls’ 2019 Personal Summary

00:01:34 Board Game Stats App

00:06:48 Moguls’ 2019 Hobby Summary

00:09:25 Games of the Year From Any Year 

00:10:09 Age of Steam

00:11:12 Gùgōng

00:11:56 Clans of Caledonia

00:13:40 Ra

00:14:30 Container

00:16:13 Leaving Earth

00:17:44 Agricola

00:18:38 Games of the Year From 2019

00:21:21 18NewEngland

00:23:06 In Front of the Elevators

00:24:10 Nine Tiles Panic

00:26:40 Bus

00:27:45 Across the United States

00:20:10 Pax Pamir (Second Edition)

00:32:27 Snowdonia: Deluxe Master Set

00:34:04 Name Our Mogul Contest!

00:35:04 Disappointing Games of 2019

00:36:27 Dual Clash Poker

00:38:40 Corinth

00:39:48 Fantastic Factories

00:41:41 Black Angel

00:43:29 Noctiluca

00:45:57 Edge of Darkness

00:48:10 Games We Want to Play in 2020

00:49:18 18NewEngland

00:50:28 Kraftwagen

00:51:15 Stephenson’s Rocket

00:52:37 Underwater Cities

00:54:17 Indonesia

00:56:13 Le Havre

00:58:36 City of the Big Shoulders

01:01:02 Age of Steam

01:01:49 18XX…All of them!

01:02:13 2020 Gaming Resolutions

01:09:08 Wrap Up & Outro

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This episode, Jake and Mark welcome the third Mogul to the microphone – Dennis! They discuss the games they played over the holidays and their thoughts on them. They ponder the idea of a “Bag of the Month” where the games for a calendar month are curated and replayed. Lastly, they talk about Family Games that DON’T suck.. which they hope they play over the holidays.

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:06 Special Guest Mogul: Dennis Zerwas (aka “The 3rd Gaming Mogul!)

00:05:30 Mogul Scale Revamp

00:06:05 Name Our Logo Mogul Contest!

00:07:24 Games Played This Week!

00:08:14 Snowdonia: Deluxe Master Set

00:18:54 Bosk

00:24:43 1824: Austrian-Hungarian Railway

00:28:48 Ora et Labora

00:34:00 All Systems Go Games

00:34:52 SHŌBU

00:39:30 Biblios

00:42:12 Targi

00:47:36 Main Topic: The Bag of the Month Club

00:57:28 Main Topic 2: Family Games That Don’t Suck

00:59:00 The Climbers

01:00:52 Quacks of Quedlinburg

01:02:22 Biblios

01:02:36 Paris Connection

01:03:43 Camel Up (Second Edition)

01:05:14 Lanterns: The Harvest Festival

01:06:44 Wrap Up & Outro

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It’s been a year! 32 Episodes later the Gaming Moguls are still at it. We reflect on a few of our favorite moments from the past year. We spend most of the episodes discussing the games we played and finish it out making out our wishlist for holiday gaming with our families.. because we’ve been very nice this year.

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:21 First Anniversary Retrospect

00:05:53 Name Our Logo Mogul Contest!

00:08:34 Games Played This Week!

00:09:17 Let’s Make a Bus Route

00:14:43 Pax Transhumanity

00:24:44 World Without End

00:29:46 Maskmen

00:36:02 Twilight Struggle

00:42:01 Fantastic Factories

00:47:50 Main Topic: Holiday Gaming

00:51:21 Sushi Go Party

00:53:19 Dune

00:54:41 Tichu

00:56:03 Crokinole

00:58:20 Ra

01:00:58 Nertz

01:03:08 Caverna: The Cave Farmers

01:04:21 Pax Transhumanity

01:06:17 Wrap Up & Outro

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It seems like a lot of games are starting to bubble-wrap the play experience leading to low interaction and no in-game meanness. Mark and Jake have a long discussion about their thoughts about mean games and discuss some of their favorite games with sharp elbows.

They also review some of their recently played games including Wingspan, Ra, Bus, Underwater Cities, Age of Steam and Sticheln

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:56 Games Played This Week!

00:02:13 Underwater Cities

00:07:12 Underwater Cities: New Discoveries

00:08:41 Bus

00:14:45 Ra

00:21:22 Age of Steam

00:26:50 Sticheln

00:32:03 Wingspan

00:39:15 Main Topic: Meanie Games

00:51:51 Agricola

00:53:18 18xx Games

00:56:48 Age of Steam

00:59:06 The Estates

01:01:33 Arboretum

01:03:48 Chicago Express

01:08:54 Wrap Up & Outro

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The Millennial Mogul gets his day in the sun to discuss his favorite games as of Fall 2019. Jake breaks down each of his top twenty and why he loves each of them. We thought Mark’s and Jake’s lists would be pretty similar – but they turned out to be interestingly different! We used the ranking tool at PubMeeple.com to help us compare all of our games to make our list. And.. if you don’t hear your favorite game, it was probably #21.

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:05 Jake’s Top 20 Games: Fall 2019

00:04:07 Azul

00:07:02 The Great Zimbabwe

00:10:35 Antiquity

00:14:32 Age of Steam

00:18:38 Caverna: The Cave Farmers

00:21:22 Glory to Rome

00:24:44 The Estates

00:29:15 Race for the Galaxy

00:31:40 Imperial Settlers

00:37:46 Crokinole

00:42:34 Tichu

00:46:43 Yokohama

00:51:08 Pax Pamir (Second Edition)

00:56:27 Great Western Trail

00:59:16 Arboretum

01:01:14 Indonesia

01:05:14 Roll for the Galaxy

01:08:08 Gaia Project

01:12:52 Leaving Earth

01:17:49 18xx Games

01:21:01 1846: The Race for the Midwest

01:21:31 18MEX

01:22:01 18NewEngland

01:22:15 1822MX

01:22:36 1889

01:22:40 1817

01:25:06 Wrap Up & Outro

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Who’s a fanboi? As Jake and Mark approach the one year anniversary of the Gaming Moguls, they revisit their top 20 using the PubMeeple.com ranking engine. This time, it’s Mark’s top 20 – as it turns out Jake doesn’t agree with all of the choices. As it turns out.. Mark is a massive fanboi of a certain designer.

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:36 Pub Meeple Ranking Engine

00:06:33 Mark’s Top 20 Games: Fall 2019

00:08:18 Fields of Arle

00:11:06 Glass Road

00:14:48 Age of Steam

00:19:00 The Gallerist

00:22:35 Dungeon Petz

00:26:08 Twilight Struggle

00:31:07 The Grizzled

00:33:48 Near and Far

00:36:42 Troyes

00:39:17 Root

00:43:12 Power Grid

00:45:45 Agricola

00:48:49 Orléans

00:50:59 Leaving Earth

00:55:39 Caverna: The Cave Farmers

00:59:20 Great Western Trail

01:02:08 A Feast for Odin

01:05:17 Le Havre

01:08:44 Yokohama

01:12:20 Brass:Birmingham

01:16:13 Wrap Up & Outro

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“I thought that game was pretty tactical” – we’ve heard it a bunch so we muse on what implications a game being partly or mostly tactical has on player perception and playtime. Is it an invective? We also review a Mogul Scale ranking and talk about some of the awesome games we played this week.

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:07 Mogul Scale Umbrage

00:03:23 Games Played This Week

00:03:50 Black Angel

00:09:44 Pueblo

00:13:45 Blue Lagoon

00:19:18 18NewEngland

00:32:04 1846

00:34:57 Gold West

00:37:28 Age of Steam

00:44:23 Rhino Hero

00:47:30 Main Topic: Is “Tactical” a Pejorative? 

00:49:40 Lisboa

• Five Tribes
• Ethnos
• Troyes
• Scythe
• Dominant Species
• The Estates
• Caverna: The Cave Farmers

01:02:38 Wrap Up & Outro

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We’re back after an awesome MogusCon ’19 and excited to talk about our experience hosting our first listener con. We realize that “Interactivity” (the buzzword du jour) isn’t as well understood as we thought. We also start playing catch-up on talking about all the games that we played since the last episode and it’s a lot!

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:05 Oink Game Giveaway Winner!

00:01:35 Moguls Con 2019 Quick Recap

00:07:55 Games Played In the Last While!

00:08:05 Crokinole

00:12:53 Caverna: The Cave Farmers

00:15:44 Quick “Moguls Scale” Recap

00:16:17 Irish Gauge

00:21:00 Across the United States

00:25:48 Point Salad

00:31:14 Edge of Darkness

00:36:17 Lorenzo il Magnifico

00:42:16 Eggs of Ostrich

00:45:46 Main Topic: Game Interactivity Discussion

00:58:14 Wrap Up & Outro

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Jake and Mark welcome special guest Mogul Ambie Valdés from Board Game Blitz. This episodes topics include: our Goldilocks Game Night, Part 2. They pick Small, Medium and Large games for a themed game night. They also muse about how to manage games when they get “Voted off the Island”. And, as usual.. they discuss the games they played.

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:28 Special Guest Mogul: Ambie Valdés

00:02:30 Moguls Con 2019 Update!

00:04:55 Oink Game Giveaway!

00:05:42 Games Played This Week!

00:05:55 Mr. Face

00:09:28 Nine Tiles Panic

00:13:46 1889: History of Shikoku Railways

00:18:25 Le Havre

00:21:14 Tramways Engineer’s Workbook

00:25:06 The Quacks of Quedlinburg

00:28:57 Edge of Darkness

00:33:48 The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth

00:37:01 Pax Pamir (Second Edition)

00:40:18 Conversation: The Flip Side of Acquisition

00:50:18 boardgameco.com

00:54:10 Main Topic: “Cinderella” Game Night with Ambie!

00:56:32 Oh My Goods!

00:59:50 Broom Service

01:02:36 Mombasa

01:07:55 The Mind

01:11:06 Fuse

01:16:02 Space Alert

01:23:27 Turin Market

01:26:38 7 Wonders

01:29:20 Sidereal Confluence: Trading and Negotiation in the Elysian Quadrant

01:34:42 Wrap Up & Outro

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Jake and Mark go after their Shelf of Shame and play a bunch of new small box games that they ended up loving. Well, Mostly. Even more significantly, they played Pax Pamir 2nd Edition and have a ton of thoughts about it. They also talk about the games they played. Don’t forget to register for MogulsCon 2019 Sept 27-29 at http://mogulscon.com!

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:40 Register for MogulsCon 2019!

00:02:08 Oink Game Giveaway!

00:03:04 Games Played This Week!

00:03:14 Tricks and the Phantom

00:08:14 In Front of the Elevators

00:12:53 Walking in Burano

00:19:41 Time Chase

00:25:02 Chicago Express

00:25:27 Chicago Express: Narrow Gauge & Erie Railroad Company

00:28:06 Twilight Squabble

00:31:14 First Impressions: Pax Pamir

01:03:47 Main Topic: Player Balance

01:19:18 Wrap Up & Outro

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Jake and Mark do a love letter to small box card games in this episode since they have played so many of them recently. Don’t worry – they are not going to talk about Arboretum and Tichu – at least for this episode. Like usual, they talk at length about the games they played this week with a great selection of new games and old favorites. They also have a discussion about what makes and abstract game.

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:25 Register for MogulCon 2019!

00:03:15 Games Played This Week!

00:03:35 Upgraded Le Havre Bits

00:07:26 Ghosts of the Moor

00:13:12 In Front of the Elevators

00:21:21 Deep Sea Adventure

00:23:35 Nine Tiles Panic

00:28:53 Yokohama

00:31:49 Encore!

00:34:35 Kraftwagen

00:40:22 Gloomhaven

00:43:53 Noctiluca

00:45:47 What is an “Abstract” game?

00:48:30 GIPF Project

00:52:03 Main Topic: Favorite Small Box Card Games

00:54:15 Glory to Rome

00:56:15 Onirim

00:58:07 Race for the Galaxy

01:03:27 Innovation

01:08:18 Blood Bowl: Team Manager

01:12:09 Trick of the Rails

01:14:11 Wrap Up & Outro

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Mark and Jake return after back-to-back trips to GenCon in Indianapolis and MidSumCon in Chicago (a train game convention). Hear them review the high points of each of the conventions and discuss the games they played at each of the shows.

They also announced the availability of MogulCon 2019 registration at: gamingmoguls.com/mogul-con-2019

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:01 Register for MogulCon 2019!

00:01:53 Games Played This Week!

00:02:15 The Great Zimbabwe

00:06:08 Gentes

00:08:30 Watergate

00:10:45 Noctiluca

00:14:59 Chicago Express

00:17:47 1846: The Race for the Midwest

00:23:17 Mark’s GenCon 2019 Experience & Highlights

00:39:40 Nine Tiles Panic

00:42:09 Eggs of Ostrich

00:44:28 Time Chase

00:48:11 Black Angel

00:49:53 MidSumCon

00:51:39 1857

00:54:07 1822: The Railways of Great Britain

00:57:37 1817

01:01:48 18MEX

01:05:42 1828

01:09:25 All-Aboard Games

01:10:54 18NewEngland

01:25:58 The Soo Line

01:29:12 Wrap Up & Outro

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Jake and Mark are back with more great enthusiast gaming content. They catch up on a ton of games that they’ve played including Troyes, Gaia Project, 18CZ, Deep Sea Adventure, Caper, Doppelt So Clever, Bruxelles 1893, Town Center, Dragon Castle, Legends of Wales, and Near and Far before moving on to the main topics.

The main topics today include “Glaring Omissions on our Games Played from the BGG Top 50” and a “Totally NOT a Review” of “A Feast for Odin: The Norwegians”

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:26 Announcements!

00:01:36 Gaming Moguls Store!

00:02:12 MogulCon 2019!

00:03:02 Games Played This Week!

00:03:40 Troyes

00:08:13 Gaia Project

00:11:43 18CZ

00:16:13 Deep Sea Adventure

00:18:20 Caper

00:20:04 Doppelt so clever (Twice As Clever)

00:22:58 Bruxelles 1893

00:26:39 The Mogul Scale

00:27:12 Town Center

00:32:33 Dragon Castle

00:37:47 Legends of Wales

00:40:10 Near and Far, Near and Far: Amber Mines Expansion

00:43:01 Main Topic: Glaring Top 50 Game Omissions

00:43:56 Race for the Galaxy

00:45:20 Android: Netrunner

00:46:43 Tzolk’in: The Mayan Calendar

00:48:13 Arkham Horror: The Card Game

00:51:23 Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization

00:52:55 Opinion Piece: A Feast for Odin: The Norwegians

A Feast for Odin

A Feast for Odin: The Norwegians

01:08:35 Wrap Up & Outro

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Jake and Mark welcome back a repeat Guest Mogul – Craig Taylor from the Train Rush Podcast. Our main topic of the show is discussing games taht we really shouldn’t like but actually do. We also discuss the games we played and reveal what may be the most themeless Euro ever?!?

It’s a quick special announcement with two bits of exciting news!

MogulCon 0 will be held in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area the weekend of September 25-29th, 2019. It’ll be a great weekend of new friends and lots of gaming. Details to follow!

Next up – our Merch store is live at GamingMoguls.com! T-shirts are available currently – and soon we’ll have gaming accessories like upgraded Pax Pamir 2 Dominance Markers and Wooden Turn Order selectors. Click the “Store” link at the top of the page at GamingMoguls.com

Jake and Mark welcome Dan Thurot – the writer at the gaming opinion site SPACE-BIFF! Dan writes some of the best written and thought-out critical reviews on the internet. Dan can be found at http://spacebiff.com.

They talk about our perfect “Cinderella” game night – one small, one medium, and one large that showcases a particular theme. As usual, they talk about the games they played recently.

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:30 Special Guest: Dan Thurot aka Space-Biff!

00:06:36 Space-Biff’s Review of Pax Pamir (Second Edition)

00:12:35 Games Played This Week!

00:12:38 1828

00:15:35 Northern Pacific

00:18:20 Downfall

00:23:00 Here I Stand (500th Anniversary Reprint Edition)

00:26:17 Arboretum

00:27:27 Firefly: The Game

00:30:53 Champions of Hara

00:35:58 Sushi Roll

00:38:14 geekGroup Tool 

00:38:40 Main Topic: Goldilocks Game Night

• 00:44:15 13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis
• 00:46:03 The Expanse Board Game
• 00:51:23 Twilight Struggle

• 00:58:42 The Grizzled
• 01:07:37 SEAL Team Flix
• 01:14:54 Star Trek Ascendancy

• 01:22:24 Dice Fishing: Roll and Catch
• 01:25:04 The Estates
• 01:29:19 Indonesia

01:34:16 Wrap Up & Outro

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01:35:05 Really Useful Knowledge Podcast

The Mogul Scale Living Document

Jake and Mark examine some of their favorite games that were first published more than 10 years ago. These include Le Havre, Ca$h ‘n Gun$, Galaxy Trucker, Lost Cities, Tribune, and 1846. They talk about the awesome geekGroup.app tool by Phil Carty. And, as usual, they talk about the games they played this week including Tichu, Arboretum, Leaving Earth, Ethnos, Millennium Blades, and the Great Zimbabwe.

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:19 Games Played This Week!

00:02:21 Tichu

00:05:56 Arboretum

00:08:44 Leaving Earth

00:09:10 GenCon 2019!

00:14:42 Ethnos

00:19:40 Millennium Blades

00:25:24 The Great Zimbabwe

00:35:30 geekGroup Tool

00:42:32 Main Topic: The Old Hotness

00:43:31 Le Havre

00:47:18 Ca$h ‘n Gun$

00:50:47 Galaxy Trucker

00:52:58 Lost Cities

00:58:32 Tribune: Primus Inter Pares

01:02:05 1846: The Race for the Midwest

01:06:51 Wrap Up & Outro

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Jake and Mark have a discussion about Euro games that are surprisingly thematic despite being somewhat abstract. They argue about whether 18Lilliput has a theme at all. They start the episode by reviewing the games that they played since the last episode.

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:03 Games Played This Week!

00:01:37 Container: 10th Anniversary Jumbo Edition!

00:11:47 Tichu

00:14:27 Caper

00:18:02 Gentes

00:19:52 Concordia

00:21:45 Clans of Caledonia

00:27:20 Town Center

00:33:02 Glory to Rome

00:34:44 Main Topic: Surprisingly Thematic Games

00:36:02 Town Center

00:38:08 Viticulture

00:42:37 The Gallerist

00:46:32 Camel Up

00:49:42 18Lilliput

00:55:10 Agricola / Caverna

00:59:15 Dungeon Petz

01:03:02 Wrap Up & Outro

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Jake and Mark have a discussion about running a gaming group and the issues surrounding how to run it, choose games, location, and membership. They have a “Collection Corner” discussion about Games as travel souvenirs and as usual recap the games they played.

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:35 Gaming Moguls Startups Giveaway!

00:02:42 Mark’s New Oink Games

• Duel Clash Poker
• Mr. Face

00:05:29 Games Played This Week

00:05:36 At the Gates of Loyang

00:10:45 Gentes

00:12:32 Town Center

00:16:51 MetroX: Sendai & Hakata & Nagoya

00:20:49 Rolling America

00:23:23 Twins

00:30:18 Grand Austria Hotel

00:33:11 Imperial Settlers

00:36:21 Game Collection Topic: Games About Locations

00:37:53 Burano

00:38:08 Bruxelles 1893

00:38:55 Le Havre

00:39:16 Yokohama

00:39:57 Orléans

00:40:08 Glory to Rome

00:40:24 Castles of Mad King Ludwig

00:41:02 Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King

00:43:18 Main Topic: Running a Game Group

00:48:06 Fantasy Flight Game Center

01:01:38 Wrap Up & Outro

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Jake and Mark talk about our struggles with managing a gaming addiction and a gaming collection in a world that doesn’t allow them to play everything they want.

They each discuss their top three games that have been pushed to the sidelines by the opportunity cost of playing newer titles. They also discuss the games played this week including Arboretum, Railroad Revolution, Welcome To.. Zombies, Isle of Skye, Northern Pacific, Gugong, and Chicago Express.

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:12 Gaming Moguls News:

Startups Giveaway!

00:02:50 MogulCon & T-shirt Updates

00:04:13 Games Played This Week

00:04:27 Arboretum

00:06:40 Railroad Revolution

00:11:29 Welcome to… andWelcome to… Second Printing + New Neighborhood Expansions

00:17:30 Isle of Skye

00:20:39 Northern Pacific

00:24:53 Gùgōng

00:28:16 Chicago Express

00:34:04 Main Topic: Game Opportunity Cost

00:37:52 Roll for the Galaxy,Roll for the Galaxy: Ambition, Roll for the Galaxy: Rivalry

00:43:48 Orléans

00:48:13 The Castles of Burgundy

00:52:31 Troyes

00:58:10 Imperial Settlers

01:02:21 Near and Far,Near and Far: Amber Mines

01:08:42 Wrap Up & Outroi

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Jake and Mark are joined today by very special guest Craig Taylor. Craig is one of the hosts of “The Train Rush” podcast – an awesome podcast about 18xx and train games. He joins us today to talk about “Games that Punch Above Their Weight” – or games that have high strategic complexity relative to their amount of rules.

We talk about The Estates, Power Grid, Hanamikoji, Brass Lancashire, Arboretum, Indonesia, Glass Road, The Climbers, and Stephenson’s Rocket.

Also – check out our live archive of Mogul Scale ratings at https://gamingmoguls.com/mogulscale

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:52 Gaming Moguls now on Facebook and Youtube!

00:01:32 The Mogul Scale Living Document

00:02:22 Special Guest: Craig Taylor from “The Train Rush” Podcast!

00:04:46 More Exciting News!

18Chesapeake

18Chesapeake on Kickstarter

00:09:06 Games Played This Week

00:09:43 Imperial 2030

00:15:38 Glass Road

00:16:40 Underwater Cities

00:23:00 Kobayakawa

00:25:53 Tiny Epic Galaxies

00:27:39 The Bloody Inn

00:32:32 Glowforge 3D Laser Printer

00:39:10 Main Topic

00:40:09 The Climbers

00:43:36 Hanamikoji

00:47:33 Arboretum

00:53:40 Stephenson’s Rocket: Eastern USA & China

00:58:19 Glass Road

01:01:40 The Estates

01:08:07 Indonesia

01:15:32 Power Grid

01:20:00 Brass: Lancashire

01:26:35 Wrap Up & Outro

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Jake and Mark (The Gaming Moguls) are back with another lively chat about medium and medium-heavy boardgames.

Besides talk about some of the games they played (including Clans of Caledonia, Azul, and Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done), they deep dive into a couple of hotly anticipated games.

After promising it for many episodes, the Gaming Moguls review the Old Hotness “Agricola” by Uwe Rosenberg. Next, they talk at length about the oddest of odd birds – the Epic “Feudum” which is perhaps the prettiest board game in the land.

The Gaming Moguls are back after a Spring Break hiatus to talk about their medium and heavy boardgaming hobby – and deep dive on their Shelf of Shame. They talk about what games they are dying to play and why they are so enthusiastic about them.

As usual, Jake and Mark also talk about all games they played since the last episode.

Games discussed this episode: Tichu, Twins, Mint Delivery, Azul, Food Chain Magnate, Grand Austria Hotel, Stephenson’s Rocket, Feudum, Space Empires 4x, Agricola, Imperial 2030, Harzbahn 1873, Commands and Colors: Ancients, Wildcatters, Deca Slayer, Brass: Lancashire, Seal Team Flix, CO2: Second Chance, Vinhos, Arkwright, Ora et Labora, Troll

Jake and Mark spend an episode talking about the games they played since they last episode – Grand Austria Hotel, Pulsar 2849, Stephenson’s Rocket, Millennium Blades, Keyforge, Turin Market, Oh My Goods, Brass: Birmingham, Metro-X, Nine Tiles, Kobayakawa, Startups, Tokyo Highway, Troll, Deep Sea Adventure, and The Grizzled: Armistice Edition.

They also talk about MogulCon 2020 to be held in the Twin Cities Metro Area in January 2020.

Show Notes:

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:41 Mogul Con January 2020! Interested? Stay tuned!

00:05:16 Games Played This Week

• Grand Austria Hotel Jake: 3C
• Pulsar 2849 J&M: 3C
• Stephenson’s Rocket: Eastern USA & China Jake: 2C/D
• Millennium Blades J&M: 3B
• Keyforge
• Turin Market Mark:2C Jake:1B
• Oh My Goods! J&M: 2B
• Brass: Birmingham J&M: 3D
• メトロックス (MetroX) 
• Nine Tiles 
• Kobayakawa
• Startups
• Tokyo Highway
• Troll
• Deep Sea Adventure
• The Grizzled: Armistice Edition J&M: 2B

01:03:47 Wrap Up & Outro

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In this episode, Mark and Jake consider improvements to BoardGameGeek’s difficulty rating system and they propose the Mogul Scale – a way to differentiate between strategic complexity and rules complexity. They then talk about a ton of games that they’ve played in the past week including Leaving Earth, Dungeon Petz, Welcome To, Imperial Settlers, Yokohama, 18Lilliput, 18Ireland, 18Scan, 18Mex, and Wingspan

00:00:00 Intro, Games Played/Want to Play

Con of the North

00:03:50 Mogul Con

Early 2020?! Interested? Stay tuned!

00:05:07 Introducing the Mogul Scale

BGG Complexity Scale

Insider – 1A

Azul – 1B

Telestrations – 1A

King Domino – 1B

Lords of Waterdeep – 2B

Concordia – 2C

Ethnos – 2B

Caverna – 3D

(Most Splotter Games) – 3E

Yokohama – 3C

Roll for the Galaxy – 3C

Great Western Trail – 4D

Gaia Project – 4D

(Most 18xx Games) – 4E

Lisboa – 5D

High Frontier – 5E

00:15:00 Games Played This Week

Leaving Earth J&M: 3D

Welcome to… Jake: 2B Mark: 2C

Dungeon Pets Jake: 4C Mark: 4D

Keyforge Jake: 2/3D Mark: 2B

Moneybags J&M: 1B

Imperial Settlers J&M: 3C

Go 7 Gaming Imperial Settlers Insert 

Meeple Source Imperial Settlers Upgrades

Wingspan Jake: 2B/C

Meeple Source Wingspan Upgrade Kit

18Lilliput J&M: 3D

Yokohama J&M: 3C/D

Yokohama Duel Deluxified! Kickstarter

18Scan

18MEX

18Ireland

01:06:48 Wrap Up & Outro

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Mark and Jake continue our discussion about all the accessories that make a gaming experience better. This time they examine the gaming upgrades that don’t fit inside the box. There’s a lot of cool games coming up in 2019 – and Mark and Jake pick out their top 5. They also talk about the games that they want to play this week. Jake wants to get better at using BoardGameGeek and discusses how to leverage it.

00:00:00 Intro, Games Played

• Jaipur
• Telestrations
• Nine Tiles

00:01:40 T-shirts are a go!

Contact Jake if interested in Gaming Moguls Merch!

Games We Want to Play

• Dungeon Lords
• Dungeon Petz
• Dungeon Petz – Dark Alley Expansion
• 18Scandinavia
• Root
• Root: Riverfolk Expansion
• Commands and Colors: Ancients
• Memoir ’44
• Twilight Struggle
• Gugong
• Leaving Earth
• Yokohama

00:11:28 Using Board Game Geek Better

• Jake on BoardGameGeek
• Mark on BoardGameGeek
• Gaming Moguls BGG Guild

00:14:14 Top 5 Anticipated Games of 2019!

• Honorable Mention (Mark) – 1880 China
• Honorable Mention (Jake) – 1850
• Honorable Mention #2 (Mark) – 18Chesapeake
• #5 (Mark) – Pax Pamir (Second Edition)
• #5 (Jake) – New Frontiers
• #4 (Mark) – The City of Big Shoulders
• #4 (Jake) – Roll for the Galaxy Rivalry
• #3 (Mark) – The Expanse RPG
• #3 (Jake) – Keyforge – Age of Ascension
• #2 (Mark) – Escape Plan
• #2 (Jake) – Root: The Underworld Expansion
• #1 (Mark) – Tokyo Tsukiji Market
• #1 (Jake) – Roads and Boats

00:42:24 Upgrading Your Gaming Experience

Jake’s Ultimate Poker Chips Quest

The Mint Poker Chips
Late for the Sky Hold-Em-Opoly

Mark’s Custom Gaming Table

Laminators

Quartet Dry-Erase Markers

BGG Bit Bowls

Padded Jewelry Trays

01:09:52 Wrap Up & Outro

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In Episode 9, Mark and Jake talk about our favorite “in the box” gaming upgrades. They talk about component upgrades, inserts, metal coins, and lots of other bling. As usual, they discuss games they played including Through the Ages, The Estate, Troyes, Bohnanza, Doppelt So Clever, and many more.

We all travel with our games – Mark and Jake more than most. They discuss their favorite games for travel and tips on how to transport them. Mark deep-dives into his Ultimate Travel Games Case. (Photos and List at gamingmoguls.com!) Also – discussions on “Architects of the West Kingdom”, “Tokyo Highway”, and “Sherlock Holmes”. Merch?!? Anyone interested?

Jake and Mark look deeper into a pile of games that they played this week. It’s a pretty heavy line-up including their thoughts on 1846, 18Lilliput, Leaving Earth, and The Gallerist. Oh, and Mag-Blast. PEW PEW PEW! We play the fun game of “Teaching Game or Not” while we recap. Also – we’re on Twitter now at GamingMoguls!

Jake and Mark deep dive into their least favorite type of games – cooperative games. They examine the attributes of coop games that they don’t enjoy and give examples of games they don’t enjoy. They then discuss a number of cooperative games that not only don’t suck – are actually favorites of Mark and Jake and why they are are different.

As usual, they recap games they played including Leaving Earth, Deep Space D6, and a bunch of 18xx online games.

Mark and Jake dive in to a melange of topics this week. After reviewing the games they played, including:

• Viticulture
• North American Railways
• Northern Pacific
• 18Lilliput
• Gugong

Next up, they talk about Print and Play (PnP) and Mark’s bespoke copy of 1889. Finally, a philosophical discussion about collections and how to manage them – and how to efficiently trade old games for new ones.

Oink Games is a publisher of great small box games with amazing design and gameplay that is as good as the design.

Mark and Jake own one of the largest collections of Oink Games in the US and we run them all down in chronological order. We own 18 of the 25 total titles – and we discuss our thoughts on all that we’ve played or own.

We wrap it up with a discussion on where to obtain the games – https://gumshoe.com/oinkgames and Amazon.co.jp.

Finally – we pick our favorites!

Mark and Jake recap their year in gaming in 2018.

1:50 – We start by giving a quick recap of the games we played during the past week – DIG, 51st State, Blend Coffee Lab, Ganz Schon Clever, and Le Havre.

12:15 – We give a quick update on our online 18xx games and discuss 1867, 18Ireland, 1880, and 1828

17:12 – Next they review their top 3 favorite 2018 releases followed by the best games we played in 2018 regardless of release year.

49:05 – We look back at our records on BG Stats and review our 2018 gaming history – then put out some goals for 2019.

58:09 – Finally – we pick 5 games out of each others collection that we’d love to play more in 2019 and why we are excited about them.

Mark and Jake continue their “further down the rabbit hole” gaming adventure this week by discussing a variety of board gaming topics.

“What we played this week” – discussions and thoughts on Root, Lisboa, Dice Fishing,  Gans Schon Clever, 13 Days, and a quick comparison between Trade on the Tigris and Sidereal Confluence.  We give a quick update on online 18xx gaming including completing our game of 1850.

Jake continues to show his ignorance of the true definition of “Shelf of Shame” as we break down angst around titles we own but may or may not still be in shrink wrap.  We discuss some of the games that are causing us stress due to the dust gathering on the shrinkwrap.

What happens when a neural network learns about board game titles and starts to generate them?  Hilarity ensues – and Mark wishes most were real games.

Is Heavy better?  We deep dive into statistics, math, data manipulation, and confirmation bias as we reflect on the Boardgamegeek.com Top 100 and it’s tendency to overvalue heavier and more complex games.