Episode 64: Discussion of the Golden Geek Awards or Joel and Jason Have a Root Fetish and This Episode Should be Marked as Explicit

Episode 64 - Golden Geek Award Reactions

Introduction:   

• Zany Banter!!!

News:  

• Paradise Lost- deduction and worker placement game from Tom Butler. 26 days to go.
• Valley of the Kings Premium from AEG. Three days left.

Games played:

• Jason - Famiglia
• Joel -  Dice Throne
• Jason - Sonar
• Joel -  Bunny Kingdom

Golden Geek Winners:

• Board Game of the Year - Root
  • Brass Birmingham and Architects of the West Kingdom
• Two Player Game - Keyforge
  • War Chest and Duelosaur Island
• Artwork/Presentation - Root
  • Everdell and Brass Birmingham
• Card Game - The Mind
  • Keyforge and Thunderstone Quest
• Cooperative Game - The Mind
  • Chronicles of Crime and Detective
• Expansion - Scythe: Rise of Fenris
  • Terraforming Mars: Prelude and Root: The Riverfolk Expansion
• Family Game - The Quacks of Quedlinburg
  • Welcome To and The Mind
• Innovative - Root
  • Chronicles of Crime and Keyforge
• Party Game - The Mind
  • Decrypto and Just One
• Solo Game - That’s Pretty Clever
  • Welcome To and Chronicles of Crime
• Strategy Game - Brass Birmingham
  • Root and Teotihuacan
• Thematic Game - Root
  • Rising Sun and Western Legends

Closing:

Looks like the only games we really need on our collection are Root and The Mind. All other games are inferior.