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Ben, Trey, and Jordan review the 2025 space tourism game Galactic Cruise. Plus initial impressions of Molly House, Gibberers, and Land and Freedom. Jordan also gives an update on 5 v 5 Guards of Atlantis, and Trey has fresh thoughts on Dune Imperium, Keyflower, and Avalon.
Stefan Feld's epic kitchen sink game Civolution was one of the biggest releases of 2024. With an hour teach, a million mechanics, and a wild theme, does this beast crumble under its own weight or triumph in maximalist glory? Ben, Paul, and Jordan discuss.
Plus, the three weigh in on the March Meepleness Bracket and share thoughts on recent plays of Guards of Atlantis II, Galactic Cruise, and Eternal Decks.
00:00 Introduction
02:01 March Meepleness analysis
30:50 Guards of Atlantis II
37:00 Galactic Cruise
40:18 Eternal Decks
47:02 Shatterpoint
50:29 Civolution Review
It's two episodes for the price of one. Come join for a double header of Table Scraps. First, Ben and Paul talk about what pity cards you can and can't play at game night: the "bad day" card, the "I've been out of town" card, and so many more.
Then we get down to the real pressing questions: if games were sushi, what sushi would they be? Be sure to subscribe to Table Scraps on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/@table-scraps
00:00 Intro
01:29 Playing the Pity Card: When Guilt Almost Wins—But Not Quite
42:36 If board games were sushi, what sushi would they be?
Ben, Trey, and special guest Chris dive deep with the rotating space hotness SETI. Plus, talk about a marathon session of 1817.
00:00 Intro
12:10 1817
25:09 Railways of the Lost Atlas
30:50 Whistle Mountain
33:04 SETI
In this episode of Game Brain, Ben and Paul dive deep into the ancient world with a full review of Men-Nefer, exploring its mechanics, strategy, and whether it’s an classic Egyptian Euro (oxymoron?) in the making. But that’s not all—we also break down Mind MGMT, Serenissima, and DroPolter, dissecting the mind games, economic battles, and dexterity highjinks within these standout titles. Plus, we check in on The Traitors on Peacock—what does this season tell us about our gaming hobby?
02:00 - Guards of Atlantis II
03:32 - Galactic Cruise
07:20 - Stroganov
12:29 - Mind MGMT
20:29 - Traitors
31:56 - Serenissima
42:40 - Landmarks
44:42 - DroPolter
49:43 - We Need To Talk
51:28 - Hooky
56:59 - Men-Nefer Review
Ben and Paul talk about punctuality and game night: what do you do when you're running late? When is it okay to run late? What do we owe those who are late? And what about showing up too early? It's all about timing and game night.
Matt, Paul, Trey, Tom, Jordan, and Ben convene to discuss their top games of the year. Plus, awards in categories such as "Best New To Me Game," "Biggest Disappointment," and "Best Expansion."
We had a variety of audio issues in this episode; so apologies in advance for the not amazing sound quality.
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Ben and Paul discuss their favorite gaming sessions of 2024. Then, in advance of a future Game Brain top 10 episode (or something in that mold), Ben shares his favorite non-top 10 games of last year, specifically #25-#11. This list will make some listeners angry, and Ben apologizes in advance.
Please help our friend Drew recover from the devastating wild fires here in Los Angeles. Find his GoFundMe here: https://gofund.me/bce5bc67 Every little bit helps.
00:00:00 Intro
00:09:46 Best gaming experiences of 2024
00:34:24 Ben's 2024 10x5 challenge
00:38:19 Ben's top games of 2024: #25-#11
Welcome to Table Scraps, a new board game chat show here at Game Brain. We'll be posting these eps from time to time, and if the tech gods are kind to us, there will even be a video component.
Today Ben and Paul chat about the sort of games Anna Scott (not a real person), Barack Obama, and Erin Brockovitch would enjoy, and then they explore how to get someone like Jennifer Lawrence to play Catan. Because it could happen!
The new hotness has flooded the marketplace, and Ben and Jordan are here to make sense of it. Which new releases live up to the hype, exceed it, and fall short of it? We cover a lot of ground; so buckle up!
00:00 Introduction
11:22 Kraftwagen: Age of Engineering
13:00 Stress Botics
14:48 Unconscious Mind
16:47 Landmarks
18:08 Shackleton Base
21:00 Gaia Project: The Lost Fleet
25:44 Harmonies
31:19 Age of Rail: South Africa
40:51 The Yellow House
45:07 Pariahs
48:45 Asian Tigers
52:08 Fromage
58:47 Middle Ages
1:03:41 Men-Nefer
1:10:35 Red Dust Rebellion
1:14:48 Saltfjord
1:21:29 Fellowship of the Ring Trick Taking Game
1:27:14 Lord of the Rings Duel
1:29:06 Endeavor Deep Sea
1:36:02 SETI
1:41:14 Civolution
Ben and Paul deep dive the new area control, tableau-building, moon-exploiting, corporation-pleasing game "Shackleton Base." They also discuss new hotness Civolution as well as Fromage and Men-Nefer. Ben also offers up some family game suggestions for the holidays - all while attempting labored "Wicked" puns.
Matt and Jordan return to the world of miniature wargaming to get you up to speed on all of their recent adventures.
Ben, Trey, and Paul go deep on The Lost Fleet, a hot new expansion for Gaia Project.
Plus, initial impressions from fresh Essen releases SETI, Asian Tigers, and Shackleton Base.
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Join Matt and Jordan for the first episode of "Sprue'd Up!", an occasional Game Brain offshoot about two euro gamers taking their first steps into the world of miniature wargaming.
Ben, Trey, and Paul explore the importance of enthusiasm at the game table. Plus, recent plays of KCaloria, Zoo Tycoon, and Trey's first ever game of Twilight Imperium 4th Ed....
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Matt, Jordan, and Trey track the rise and fall of Jordan's relationship with Paul. We also review Rise and Fall!
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Ben, Tom, and Paul do a deep dive on the midweight, gear-turning Euro Windmill Valley. Plus, early impressions of Rise & Fall, some hot takes on Distilled, and flop sessions of Lost Atlas and Things in Rings.
00:00 - Intro
09:19 - Distilled
23:08 - Rise & Fall
44:03 - Railways of the Lost Atlas
56:16 - 18RoyalGorge
58:59 - Kutna Hora
01:01:42 - Things in Rings
01:05:55 - Windmill Valley
Ben and Paul talk about recent plays of Windmill Valley, Blades in the Dark, and Fields of Arle. Plus, a gaming weekend in Palm Springs leads to hot takes on Things in Rings, Wilmot's Warehouse, Hollywood 1947, Forrest Shuffle, and Plantagenet, among others. Oh, and Covid too, but that's a minor wrinkle.
00:07:31 - Windmill Valley
00:21:36 - Fields of Arle
00:29:56 - Blades in the Dark
00:43:45 - Plantagenet
00:49:09 - Pagan
00:55:54 - Gest of Robin Hood
00:56:26 - Oranenburger Kanal
00:59:10 - 21Moon
01:10:56 - Things in Rings
01:17:54 - Wilmot’s Warehouse
01:28:02 - Calimala
01:35:08 - Forest Shuffle
01:49:36 - Seers Catalogue
01:53:58 - Railways of the Lost Atlas
02:06:24 - Hollywood 1947
02:20:26 - Indonesia
Ben, Trey, and Paul deep dive the new 18xx innovator "Railways of the Lost Atlas." Also, the three discuss recent plays of "Terraforming Mars: Prelude 2,” "Pampero,” and “Twilight Imperium, 4th Edition.”
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Matt and Jordan are joined by friend-of-the-pod Drew Conley to review inarguably the biggest board game release thus far of 2024: ARCS by Cole Wehrle and Leder Games.
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Ben, Trey, and Paul talk about catching the game wave. What happens when you ride it, what happens when you miss it, and what happens when you try to start your own. Plus, plays of Arcs, 1930: The Golden Age of Airlines, and Nucleum: Australia.
Tom, Trey, and Elder review El Burro.
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Ben and Trey go deep into Salton Sea and also share initial impressions of Pax Penning and El Burro. Plus, the two revisit Heaven & Ale and chat about what they want out of a game store.
Ben and Paul chat about some recent plays, including Salton Sea, and then Ben shamelessly attempts to communicate to Queen Games about his missing Marrakesh expansion. Afterwards, the two explore the importance of enthusiasm at a game table and the dangers of becoming the dreaded FUN SPONGE.
The 2024 Golden Geek Award nominations have just been revealed, and we're choosing faves, making endorsements, and offering sweeping predictions on which games will win. Oh and by the way, thanks to everyone who voted and nabbed us a nom! Don't worry, we're focused on the games, not shameless self-promotion (well, maybe just a little self-promotion).
Plus, Ben, Jordan, and Paul talk about recent plays of Ironwood, Galactic Cruise, Arcs, and Twilight Imperium.
Ben and Jordan talk about recent plays of Inventions, Galactic Cruise, Twilight Imperium, Arcs, and Resist. Plus, discussion about space games — what does the concept of space bring to a game, and what makes a game a SPACE GAME (as opposed to a game set in space).
Notations to come.
Ben and Paul talk about recent plays of Inventions, Terraforming Mars, and City of the Big Shoulders. Then they do a deep dive about finger etiquette and games: why does it bother us, how do we address bad behavior, and what are the most common mistakes. Shots will be fired. Takes will be hot.
00:00 - Intro
02:33 - Inventions
14:47 - Western Empires / Mega Empires
23:25 - Terraforming Mars
29:37 - 1830
33:07 - City of the Big Shoulders
35:47 - Finger etiquette for board games
Tom, Jordan, and Ben discuss games they had shrugged off but later came to love. Plus, recent plays of Imperium Horizons, Legacies, and El Grande.
00:00 - Intro
00:06 - Legacies
26:11 - Avalon
29:14 - El Grande
34:14 - Franchise
39:31 - Second Wind Games
41:51 - Modern Art
46:26 - Imperium Horizons
54:37 - Dune Imperium: Uprising
01:02:22 - Android: Netrunner
01:08:42 - Black Angel
01:14:26 - A Feat for Odin
01:17:49 - Gold West
01:19:55 - Boonlake
01:22:06 - Great Western Trail: Argentina
01:30:40 - Skymines
01:39:48 - City of the Big Shoulders
Trey, Ben, and Dmitry review the 2024 release Let's Go To Japan.
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Ben, Matt, and Paul sit down to talk about games they're going deep with (Root), and games that are brutalizing them (Cuzco). And everything in between.
00:08:04 - Traitors & Avalon
00:14:10 - Root
00:39:34 - Franchise
00:50:36 - Netrunner
01:07:10 - Cuzco
01:25:00 - Dinosaur Gauge
01:29:49 - Legacies
01:36:52 - Lunar
01:38:00 - Tournament at Avalon, Mino Dice
01:40:00 - Boon Lake: Artifacts
01:43:45 - Shikoku 1889
Special guest Jennifer Schlickbernd joins Trey to review Thunder Road: Vendetta and discuss starter modes in boardgames.
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Ben and Paul discuss recent plays of Bloodstones, Bruxelles 1893, and Apiary. Then they try to figure out what's the best way for a group to select a game to play. Is it a democratic process? A dictatorial one? Or maybe just a roll of the dice.
15:47 - Apiary
19:22 - Horseless Carriage
23:20 - Bruxelles 1893: The Belle Epoque
36:03 - Bloodstones
51:55 - How to choose a game?
Hosts Matt, Tom, Trey, and Ben unite for our list of the best boardgames of 2023!
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Ben and Paul catch up on the games they played over the 2023 holiday break. Afterwards they reflect on their favorite play sessions and new-to-them games. Strangely enough, they seem to gravitate towards their favorite meltdowns, which is a commentary on something, not sure what.
Games discussed include Marrakesh, Dude, K2, Age of Steam, and Manhattan Project 2: Minutes to Midnight.
Timestamps to come...
Trey, Tom, and Ben review Evacuation as we evacuate 2023.
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Ben, Trey, and Jordan discuss the city-building, dynamic economy game Kutná Hora: The City of Silver. Plus recent plays of Horseless Carriage, Nucleum, and more.
Hosts Matt, Tom, Trey, and Ben unite for our 200th episode and revisit our favorite games from our time on the podcast.
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A new Solo Mode has arrived, just in time for Matt to take you down the rabbit hole of Earthborne Rangers and the current LCG renaissance.
Ben catches up with Ken Kuhn of GMT Games, who talks about his company, what's coming down the pipeline, and of course 18XX (and war games too!). They also chat about recent plays of Sky Team, Evacuation, 535, Kutná Hora, The Plum Island Horror, Arborea, and 1880.
Time codes to come!
Tom and Trey review The White Castle, discuss what makes a game "elegant," and they each give their top 10 Elegant Games.
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Tom and Elder talk about their early play(s) of Nucleum, and other recent games of note.
Ben and Trey discuss direct aggression: how does it make them feel, when does it work, and how should it be managed. Plus, discussions of Coffee Traders, Voodoo Prince, and Sons of Anarchy: Men of Mayhem
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Ben, Candice, and Jordan discuss some early initial impressions of Voidfall, the new game from Mindclash. This is not a review - just some thoughts :) Plus, some chat about recent plays and playtests!
00:02:27 - Trajan
00:10:57 - Age of Innovation & Gaia Project
00:15:06 - Skymines
00:20:48 - Great Western Trail NZ
00:27:11 - 18EUS
00:33:50 - Voidfall
01:19:45 - Here I Stand
Ben and Paul discuss recent plays of Oathsworn, Here I Stand, and Tortuga 1667. Then we go deeper with the 2023 English release of The Rich and the Good (formerly Hab & Gut).
00:00:00 - Intro
00:04:23 - Oathsworn
00:26:56 - Tortuga 1667
00:35:16 - Age of Innovation update
00:45:31 - Magnate: The First City
00:56:14 - Lorenzo il Magnifico: The Pazzi Conspiracy
01:05:06 - Here I Stand
01:17:58 - The Rich and the Good
Tom and Trey talk about lots of newer plays, their Strategicon weekend, and review the new Great Western Trail game: New Zealand!
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Tom, Matt, and Trey go on an epic journey to the Aegean Sea.
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Matt Robinson is back from his summer travels, and he's psyched to discuss his first play of Great Western Trail New Zealand. Ben follows up with revised thoughts about Skymines.
Matt then previews Voidfall, and the two share their initial thoughts on Age of Innovation.
Plus: CoraQuest, Lowlands, and The Rich and the Good.
Timestamps to come.
Trey, Tom, and Jordan take a first look at Age of Innovation.
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Matt, Jordan, and Dmitry are joined by our friend David to do a deep dive on trick-taking card games.
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Matt and Trey are joined by the newest member to our podcast, Jordan Sayyah, to review The War of the Ring: The Card Game
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Tom, Trey, and Ben talk about everything from the Spiel des Jahres, to gaming in Japan, to all their recent discoveries.
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Trey and Elder review Wayfarers of the South Tigris.
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Tom and Ben talk about our recent Golden Geek Nomination and deconstruct the special sauce that makes Hegemony so great!
Tom, Ben, and Trey circle back to the review the new edition of Tragedy Looper.
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Tom, Ben, and Dmitry discuss game night drama, whether or not they'll ever receive Hegemony, and the difference between games and puzzles.
Tom, Matt, Trey and Ben gather to reveal their Top 5 Games of 2022!
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Ben, Trey, Elder, and Paul discuss the 2020 game The Red Cathedral and its 2022 expansion The Red Cathedral: Contractors.
00:02:40 - Ramen Fury
00:07:01 - Scholars of the South Tigris
00:13:30 - Hegemony
00:19:27 - Tzolkin
00:20:26 - Robotech Reconstruction
00:38:23 - Woodcraft
00:43:40 - Imperial Steam
00:59:34 - Red Cathedral + Contractors
Ben lost power in the great LA blizzard of 2023, but just because his house was dark didn't mean the podcast had to be. And so Ben and Paul bravely wrapped themselves in blankets and churned out an episode in a heatless house, sharing their gaming stories of the past two weeks: Mosaic, Deal with the Devil, Crisis, Red Cathedral and several others.
Time codes:
Mosaic: 05:54
Santiago 18:14
Wiz War: 25:53
Glory to Rome, Import/Export: 31:35
Deal with the Devil: 34:38
Tragedy Looper: New Tragedies 49:16
Crisis: 50:23
Red Cathedral: 01:05:10
Horseless Carriage: 01:20:57
Ben, Tom, and Trey deep dive Mosaic: A Story of Civilization and discuss what makes a civ game... a civ game? Plus, recent plays of Dune and Cosmic Frog.
Trey gets it in gear with Tom and Dmitry and their first impressions of Splotter's Horseless Carriage.
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Talking about our favorite Splotter games in anticipation of "Horseless Carriage." Plus, The Traitors, which blends social deduction party games with reality TV.
Ben and Paul talk about Lords of Vegas as well as fairness and games and the new reality series "The Traitors."
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:55 - The Traitors
00:17:47 - Fairness + Winning Discussion
00:47:41 - Vast: The Mysterious Manor
00:53:56 - Weather Machine
01:01:19 - 18Mag
01:11:41 - Mind MGMT
01:15:44 - Lords of Vegas
We're back from a busy holiday season, and we have games to talk about: Woodcraft, Imperial Steam, Wayfarers of the South Tigris, and Matt's first ever game of Twilight Imperium!
Tom, Candice, and Ben talk about Tiletum. Plus, Candice tells us all about the games she played and people she met from five back-to-back conventions!
Ben, Trey, and Dmitry discuss the 2022 game, Autobahn. Plus, recent plays of Deal with the Devil, Lacrimosa, and Atiwa. Plus, they discuss a recent piece in the New York Times about strategy games.
Matt discusses the state of the solo mode in 2022 by looking at the solo modes from this season's top Essen games.
Ben, Tom, and Paul chat about recent plays of Atiwa, Tiletum, Fracis Drake, and Maria. Plus, recommendations for good games to play at Thanksgiving.
All four hosts are here this week to talk about a whole mess of hot Essen releases, as well as a deep dive on one of the season's biggest games, Revive.
Tom, Paul, and Elder talk about recent plays of "Food Chain Magnate" and "Space Station Phoenix" and then games they would play for the rest of their lives. Plus, Tom has more news from Essen.
Matt, Tom, Ben and Dmitry discuss the 2022 release "Skymines" (aka Moon-basa) as well as preview their most anticipated games of Essen 2022 and give four Essen games a brief "rulebook review".
Tom, Trey, Paul, and Ben discuss the 2019 release "Western Empires" as well as "On Mars," "Ticket to Ride," "Viticulture," and "Food Chain Magnate."
Ben and Matt revisit Grand Austria Hotel with the Let's Waltz expansion before doing a deep dive with their initial impressions of the 2022 release John Company, Second Edition by Cole Wehrle. Afterwards, they discuss the expectations they carry — perhaps unfairly — into a game night.
Now that we've finally notched some in-person plays The Transcontinental and Carnegie, we share our thoughts about what's changed in person versus online. Plus, we talk about the modular game boards that pique our interest and recent plays of Tzolkin, Fresh Fish, and Ethnos.
Ben, Candice, and Paul review "1848: Australia" and then discuss how to demystify the 18xx genre.
0:00;00 - Introduction: Welcome Ben, Omnigamer Candice and Gamebreaker Paul: Railways of Australia, 1848, 18xx, Avalon, Tank Duel, TI4, Die Macher, Tribune
0:09:07 - This Week’s Game Night: Eclipse; Eclipse: Second Dawn; (TI) Tzolk’in (Tribes expansion) Pax Pamir 2nd ed, The Climbers, (Santiago) Railways of the World Async on BGA (Eastern America Map) Pictomania, 2nd ed, (Through the Ages, Pictionary) Telestrations after Dark, Top Ten, Destinies, (Sagrada, Clank, Clank: Legacy) 18 Ireland, 1817,
0:41:41 - Game News: Village Big Box, Stonewall Uprising,(Twilight Struggle)
0:46:37 - Games on the Brain: Hegemony, Stonewall Uprising, 1979: The Iranian Revolution, Free at Last, 1941: The Race to Moscow, Black Orchestra, Labyrinth: The War on Terror, Wings for the Baron, Wonderland Tour (Quacks of Quedlinburg Heaven and Ale)
1;07:42 - Review of 1848 Australia: 1822 PNW, 1846, 1830, 1889, 1817, 18 Chesapeake
2:02:22 - Falling in love with 18xx: Agricola, Ticket to Ride, 18 Ireland, 18 Chesapeake,
18 Los Angeles, 1822, Railways of the World, Brass, 1846, 1817, Age of Steam, 1882, 1840, Vienna, 1829, 1889, 1849, 1862, 1872, 18xx.games
2;48:22 - Sign Off: Taking a Break
Ben and Paul make up for episodes of neglected game sommelier segments with this mega roundup of questions we're overdue to answer.
0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Ben and Paul
0:04;39 - This Week’s Game Night: 1848, Dice Realms, Taverns of Tiefenthal, (Russian Railroads) 18Ireland
0:23:11 - Board Game Sommelier
0:24:10: Games for an Adult Community: Scrabble, Catan, Wavelength, Tichu, Telestrations, Ticket to Ride, 6 Nimmt, A Fake Artist Goes to New York, Just One, Concordia, Mahjong
0:32:10 - Games for Newish Players who value Player Interaction: Fresh Fish, Innovation, Concordia, Crisis, Gunkimono, Voluspa, Santorini, Twilight Struggle
0:44:20 - Games/Designers that Suggest a Player who likes them is a good or bad fit for the group: Sagrada, Catan, Arkwright, 18xx, Brass, Twilight Imperium, Foundations of Rome, Cards Against Humanity, Werewolf, Mafia, Avalon, Secret Hitler, Code Names, Decrypto, Ticket to Ride, 18Chesapeake, Age of Steam, Otello, Exploding Kittens
1:03:05 - Economic Games with Player-Driven Economies (for train game and Splotter enthusiasts): Lowlands, Hegemony, Modern Art, Bohnanza, Navagador, Clans of Caledonia, Food Chain Magnate, Brass, Kraftwagen, Art Decko
1:11:28 - Games that Hold Up: Taverns of Tiefenthal, Carnegie; and that don’t: Art Decko, Bitoku; and maybe both; Russian Railroads; Brick and Mortar
1:17:30 - Six Player Games: (like Architects of the West Kingdom and Libertalia, but not Dune) Quartermaster General, Railways of the World, Tribune, Keyflower, Key to the City: London, Medici, Viticulture (Tuscany), Thunder Alley
1:24:26 - Shag, Marry, Kill: Barrage, 18xx, Avalon
1:31:09 - Sign Off: @kirbooloni.com
0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Tom, Candice and Mike
0:09:57 - This Week’s Game Night: Carnegie Deluxe (Gingkopolis, Carson City, Troyes,) Time of Crisis, (Railways of the World) Battle for Rokogon, Dale of Merchants, (El Grande, Babylonia, Wiz War)
0:30:00- Game News: BGG Con 2022, (Ark Nova, Messina) Cat in the Box, Undaunted: Stalingrad, Undaunted: Reinforcements, (Undaunted: Normandy, Undaunted: Africa) San Francisco, War of the Ring: The Card Game (Hunt for the Ring, Successors)
0:49:34 - Time of Crisis Review: Age of Iron and Rust Expansion, Twilight Imperium
1:35:45 - The Joys of Hand Management: Dominion, Dune Imperium, Terraforming Mars, Ark Nova, Race for the Galaxy, Twilight Struggle, Undaunted Normandy; Everdell, Scout, Bohnanza, Glory to Rome, Hand in the Sea, Arboretum, (Art Decko, Modern Art) Time of Crisis, Mumbasa/Sky Mine, Friedrich, Maria, Terraforming Mars: Prelude, Dual Powers (Labyrinth, Twilight Struggle,) Pax Porfiriana, Twilight Struggle, (Agricola, Gloomhaven) Star Wars: the Card Game, Taj Mahal
2:21:36 - Sign Off: Kirbooloni.com
Trey is joined by Tom and RPG designer jim pinto to review Root and explore asymmetry in games.
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Ben, Dmitry, and Paul discuss the 2012 game "Ginkgopolis" as well as its expansion "Ginkgopolis: The Experts." Plus, what makes us want to give a game a second chance.
0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Ben, Philosophical Gamer Dmitry, and Game Breaker Paul.
0:04:29 - This Week’s Game Nights: Avalon, Lowlands, Ark Nova, Time of Crisis, (Food Chain Magnate) Caesar!, (Blitzkrieg!) K2, Healthy Heart Hospital (Jaws, Top Gun) (Dice Hospital, Clinic) 18 Ireland, 1848, Scout, Mafia, (Bohnanza) Carnegie (Teotihuacan) (Black Angel) Agricola, Lorenzo, (Werewolf) Blood on the Clocktower
1:11:11 - News: Spiel de Jarre nominations: Cascadia, Scout, Top Ten (Wavelength); Seven Wonders: Architects, Echoes: Thr Dancer, Magic Rabbit, My Goldmine, So Clover, Track 12 Hamilayas, Kennerspiel: Cryptid, Dune Imperium, Living Forest; Ark Nova, Cora: Rise of the Empire; Witchstone; Bureau of Investigation (Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective) Decorum, Wavelength
1:21:40 - No Games on the Brain
1:22:23 - Review of Gingkopolis: Troyes, Black Angel, Carnegie, Expancity, Underwater Cities, Arboretum, Eclipse
2:08:17 - What Makes Us Give a Game a Second Chance: (Barrage) Age of Steam, Avalon, Beyond the Sun, Lowlands, Tzolkin, Ankh, Merv, Embarcadero, Coimbra, Great Western Trail, Faiyum, Mind Mgmnt, Dinosaur Island, Terraforming Mars, Fields of Arle, Heaven and Ale, Gaia Project, Terra Mystica
2:37:33: Sign off
0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Game Enthusiast Matt #1, Game BreakerPaul and Game Designer Trey.
0:03:45 - This Week’s Game Night: Perseverance, Crescent Moon (Root, Oath, Pax games) Agricola
0:13:03 - This Week’s Game News: Azul, Master Chocolatier; Origins reinstates mask requirements; Awaken Realms Castles of Burgundy (Castles of Mad King Ludwig); Evergreen (Photosynthesis)
0:28:50 - Games on the Brain: Reacting to the Past (Argent); Burn Cycle (Cloud Spire, Too Many Bones)
0:37:21 - Review of Perseverance Chronicles Episodes One and Two: Trickerion, Cerebrea, Anachrony, Brass, Brass Lancashire, Age of Steam, Coimbra, Twilight Struggle, Troyes, El Grande, CO2, Archipelago, The Great Wall, Le Havre
1:18:57 - Complexity
1:39:42 - Board Game Sommelier: Panamax,
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0:00 INTRO
10:33 GAME NIGHT
Perseverance
Avalon
Crescent Moon
Crisis
Scapegoat
Letter Jam
Foundations of Rome
Nemesis: Lockdown
56:00 GAME NEWS
Cardboard Creations
Trailblazer
The Thing
Dragonlance
1:10:00 REVIEW: CRISIS
1:42:48 MEMBER SEGMENT: THE SEMI-COOP GAME
2:09: 30 WRAP-UP
Just a quick note that this week's episode will drop on Wednesday instead of the usual Monday. Thanks for your patience!
Trey is joined by Tom and Dmitry to review Libertalia:Winds of Galecrest and discuss Simultaneous Action Selection.
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Ben, Paul, and Candice review "Railways of the World" and then discuss what makes a game "fun-forward."
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:02 - Game Night
—00:05:21 - Lorenzo il magnfico
—00:09:15 - Avalon
—00:09:58 - Crisis
—00:15:57 - Forged in Steel
—00:18:49 - Survive: Escape from Atlantis
—00:20:58 - Tapestry
—00:21:43 - 18Ireland
00:23:47 - Game News
—00:24:00 - Oranienburger Kanal
—00:26:35 - Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods
—00:28:00 - Skymines
00:33:12 - Games on the Brain
—00:35:23 - No Retreat
—00:44:44 - Autobahn
—00:50:50 - Feudem (& Arkwright)
00:55:49 - Review: Railways of the World
—01:36:49 - Age of Steam
01:54:09 - Discussion: Fun Forward Games
—02:04:32 - Catan
—02:05:24 - Twilight Imperium
—02:07:06 - Santiago
—02:09:43 - Jaws
—02:12:29 - Automobiles
—02:16:28 - Carson City
—02:20:12 - Quartermaster General
—02:24:13 - Smartphone Inc.
—02:26:52 - Tank Duel!!
—02:30:27 - Citadels!!!
—02:33:47 - Castles of Mad King Ludwig
—02:35:07 - Dead of Winter
0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Your Host Tom, Matt, the Game Enthusiast, and Dmitry, the Philosophical Gamer: Agricola, Avalon
0:10:10 - This Week’s Game News: Golden Geek Best Podcast Nomination, Thinker Themer and Viniculture, Autobahn (Kanban, Hanse Teutonica, Calimali, Newton, Darwin’s Journey) Arcs (Oath, John Company, Pax Pamir, El Grande, Taj Mahal, Conduttier) Septima (Brian Boru, Libertalia, Wallenstein, Shogun, Perseverance, Anachrony, Trickerion) Monopoly
0:37:33 - This Week’s Game Night: Winds of Gale Crest, Hanse Teutonica: Brittania Map, Ark Nova, Railways of the World (Age of Steam, Steam) Anno 1800, So Clover!
0:53:30 - Review of Messina 1347: Yokohama, Agricola, Lorenzo, Marco Polo, Troyes, Western Empires, Advanced Civilization, Santiago, El Grande, Food Chain Magnate, Praga Kaput Regni, Underwater Cities, Shipyard
1:27:40 - Backsies: Diplomacy, Die Macher
Ben, Paul, and Elder give their first impressions of the upcoming release, "Hegemony."
0:00:00 - Intro: Welcome Ben, Paul, and Elder: Perseverance, Anachrony, Cerebrea, Trickerion, Iberian Gauge, Crisis,Brick and Mortar, City of the Big Shoulders, New Amsterdam, Dinogenics, Dino Island,
0:21:53 - Early Impressions of Hegemony
1:54:20 - Sign Off: kirbooloni.com
Hegemony late pledges
Trey and Matt welcome Lumin Sperling and look at the numbers that drive competitive Agricola play.
Agricola Revised Edition
Lumin_S on Twitch
Agricola on BoardGameArena
play-agricola.com
Agricola 15
Stats on BGA
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Ben, Trey, and Paul review "Arkwright: The Card Game" and then discuss what they look for and want from "card games."
INTROS: 0:00
GAME NIGHT: 09:07 Ark Nova, Messina 1347, Red Flags Over Paris, Taverns of Tiefenthal, Avalon, Panamax, Wingspan, Imperial Struggle.
GAME NEWS: 21:16 Cardboard Creations, Ukranian Game Designers, Tamashii, Twin Palms, Explorers, Eastern Empires.
GAME REVIEW: 44:51 Poetry for Neanderthals, Stay Cool, Letter Jam, Inhuman Conditions, So Clover.
MEMBER SEGMENT: 1:33:34 Games where you play the player more than the game.
SIGNOFF: 2:08:25
Ben, Candice, and Dmitry review "Civilization: A New Dawn" with the "Terra Incognita" expansion and then discuss "Ferrari Games."
0:00:00 - Intro: Welcome Candice, the Omni Gamer and Dmitry, the Philosophical Gamer
0:04:48 - This Week’s Game Night: Ark Nova, Messina 1347, So Clover, Just One, Code Names, Decrypto, Avalon, Burn Cycle, Der Spiegelstadt, (Jorgen) Nicea, Barrage, (The Great Zimbabwe) Hegemony, Terraforming Mars Prelude, 1848 Australia, Ark Nova
0:43:24 - This Week’s Game News: Red Flag over Paris, Rear Window (Jaws), Voices in my Head, Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney, High Treason: The Trial of Louis Real, Memphis Falls, Houston We Have a Dolphin, Shinkansen Zero K, SHASN, Tales from the Loop
0:57:36 - Games on the Brain: Tichu on BGA, Enemy Action: Arden, Arkwright, Arkwright the Card Game, Gingkopolis, Fortress of Steel
1:07:24 - Review of Civilizations: A New Dawn: Tapestry, Nations, Through the Ages
2:15:00 - Ferrari Games: (Food Chain Magnet) Anachrony, (Cerebrea) Eclipse, (Forbidden Stars,) Railways of the World, CloudSpire, Tzolkin, Praga Kaput Regni, Underwater Cities, Lisboa, Indonesia, Grasp the Ring, Menora, Pulsar 2849, Yokohama, Hanse Teutonica, Pax Pamir 2nd Ed, Ankh
Everdell, Wingspan, Stroganof
2:40:09 - Sign Off
0:00:00 - Intro: Welcome Tom and Jennifer, the Game Pioneer
0:08:57 - This Week’s Game Night: Bitoku, Ark Nova, Gaslands, Watch What Crappens, Barrage, Tichu
0:17:06 - This Week's Game News: Overisles; Unsettled; Trey Parker's Top Ten - Western Legends, Merchants and Marauders, Abomination, Fury of Dracula, Robinson Crusoe, Auztralia, Alchemists, Star Wars Rebellion/War of the Ring, Sub Terra, Summit; Jennifer's VLOG on her Video Channel - Mayveena
0:36:40 - Review of Advanced Civilization: Catan, Western Civ, 1870, Twilight Imperium, Campaign for North Africa
1:09:19 - Negative Game Descriptions: Cosmic Encounter, Ark Nova, Acquire, Dominant Species, Primordial Soup, 18xx, Food Chain Magnate, Teotihuacan, Hanse Teutonica, Twilight Imperium 3&4, Port Royal.
1:34:57 - Board Game Sommelier: Games that are good to play with bad sports - Port Royal, Dominion, Bohnanza, any Roll and Write, Samurai, Babylonia, Splendor, Everdell, Hanse Teutonica
1:40:01 - Sign Off
Trey, Paul, and Matt review "Terra Mystica" and ask "What makes a game competitive?"
00:00:00 Introduction
Watch What Crappens
00:05:15 Game Night
- Agricola
- EconSean
- RaniorGames
- Lumin Sperling
- Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory
- Can't Stop
- Gaia Project
- Clans of Caledonia
- Ark Nova
- Through the Ages
- Modern Art
- Show Manager
00:30:22 Game News
- Rolling Heights Kickstarter
- Weimar: The Fight for Democracy
- The Snow Queen
- Kickstarter pumps the breaks on Blockchain
00:38:25 Game Review - Terra Mystica
01:30:30 Member Segment - What Makes a Game Competitive?
- World Boardgame Championships
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Ben, Dmitry, and Paul look at the 2019 game "Art Decko" and then discuss games as social experiences.
0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Ben, the Opinionated Gamer, Dmitry, the Philosophical Gamer, and Paul, the Game Breaker
0:08:39 - This Week’s Game Night: Tichu, Gaia Project, Can’t Stop (Just One, Code Names) Wordle, (Terra Mystica) Hegemony
0:23:30 - Game News: Concordia on Nintendo Switch, Avalon, Crystal Palace, Wingspan, Leaving Earth,; Pandemic App withdrawn
0:33:56 - Games on the Brain: Sagrada, Underwater Cities, Great Western Trail, Gallerist, Modern Art, Azul, Splendor, Parks, Photographers, King Domino, Deep Sea Adventure, Welcome To, The Crew, Decrypto, Quacks of Quedlinburg
0:46:04 - Review of Art Decko
1:41:27 - The Social Uses of Gaming
2:14:10 - Sign Off: Watch What Crappens live in LA and San Diego, Kirbooloni.com, gamebrainpod.com
0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Tom, Jake, the Casual Gamer, and Dmitry, the Philosophical Gamer.
0:09:36 - This Week’s Game Night - Alien Fire Team Elite, Tichu on BGA, Wordle
0:29:01 - This Week’s Game News, Wavelength App, Barrage New Map, (Hanse Teutonica) Pilgrim, (18xx, Age of Steam, Tokyo Metro, Underground) Libertalia: Winds of Gale Crest (Vasco deGama, Ethnos)
0:42:00 - Review of Furnace: Brian Boru, Pipeline, Brass, Arkwright.
1:05:30 - Games Ben Will Not Play with His Friends: (Age of Steam, Ark Nova, Terraforming Mars, On Mars, Boonlake, Lisboa) Sagrada, Azul, Ricochet Robots, Res Arkana, Glory to Rome, Innovation, Wiz War, (Battlestar Galactica) Through the Desert, Bus, (Food Chain Magnate) Modern Art, Cartehena, Sleuth, Dune, A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy, Quacks of Quedlinburg, Ricochet Robots, Fresh Fish. Santiago, Sheriff of Nottingham, Love Letter, Santorini, Bohnanza, El Grande.
1:16:37 - Sign Off
Trey, Alfred, and Candice get on track with "Asian Railroads" and ask "How are games like music?"
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:32 Game Night
- Santorini
- Connect 4
- Wordle
- Pax Viking
- Arkham Horror LCG
- Acricola
00:17:34 Game News
- La Granja Deluxe Master Set
- Fire in the Lake, the Sovereign of Discord Expansion
- P500 at GMT
- Game Brain BGA group LINK Post your username in Facebook group!
- Gamefound
00:35:44 Game Review - Asian Railroads
- Russian Railroads
01:13:00 Member Segment - How are games like music?
- Daedelus
- The Mars Volta
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1Ben, Jennifer, and Paul discuss the 2021 game "Bitoku" and discuss what they look for and enjoy in a game group.
0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Ben, the Opinionated Gamer, Jennifer, the Game Pioneer, and Paul, The Game Breaker. The Game of Life. Blue Peg, Pink Peg.
0:08:55 - This Week’s Game Nights: Messina 1347, Ark Nova, and scheduled for Essen Day: Golem, Bitoku, Squaring Circleville, Tavanusi, Boonlake, Tokyo Market, Tokyo Metro expansions, Teotihuacan and Tekhenu expansions, Imperial Steam, Brian Boru, Stroganoff. (Stone Age, On Mars); Arnak, Gaia Project on BGA (Terra Mystica) , Hegemony on TTS (Die Macher, Avalon, New Angeles) Oath, Junta , Republic of Rome, 1848 Australia, (18mx, 18 Florida,) 1882,
0:42:05 - This Week’s News: 4000 year old board game unearthed in Milan, Everdell for Everyone, Cards Against Humanity: Pride Pack, Wordle, Past and Present Podcast, (Mahjong, Scrabble, Backgammon)
0:53:41 - Review of Bitoku: Praga Kaput Regni, Feast for Odin, Voyages of Marco Polo, Blue Moon City, Great Western Trail, Pulsar
1:41:38 - What We Look for in a Game Group
2:13:24 - Sign Off
Trey, Matt, Dmitry, and Elder talk about the Game Brain's 2021 consensus game of the Year, "Ark Nova" and ask "what makes a game immersive?
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:24 Game Night
- Bitoku
- Hegemony
- Messina 1347
- Taverns of Tiefenthal: Open Doors
- Designer Solo Mode
00:10:50 Game News
- Gutenberg
- Kickstarter- Viscounts Gates of Gold and Keeper of Keys
00:17:38 Game Review - Ark Nova
00:51:19 Member Segment - What makes a game immersive?
01:42:18 Our Top Games of 2021
- Oath
- Coffee Traders
- Ark Nova
- Bitoku
- Darwin's Journey (2022 actually)
- Imperial Steam
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0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Tom, Ben, the Opinionated Gamer, and Jennifer, the Game Pioneer: Golem, Watch What Crappens Podcast, Mayveena You Tube Channel
0:11:55 - This Week's Game Night: Ark Nova, Bitoku, Stroganoff, Origins: First Builders, Santiago, Tabannusi, (Tekhenu, Tzolkin, Teotihuacan, [Taiwanitsu]) Forbidden Stars, Obsession, Art Decko, Anno 1800, Tichu, Show Manager, Captain Sonar, (Year of the Dragon)
0:34:22 - This Week's Game News: Cardboard Creations Candice's Interview with Emma Larkins: Abandon All Artichokes, Dom PIerre, (Viticulture, Vinhos, Die Macher) Blazon, (Sagrada, Azul, Brass) Squaring Circleville (Crescent City Cargo) Feast of Odin on BGA
0:51:09 - 2021 in Review: 18xx.games, 18 Chesapeake, 1860,, LowLands, Tichu, Advanced Civilization/ Western Empires, Imperial Steam, Ark Nova, Container, Bitoku, Transcontinental, Blood on the Clocktower
1:28:28 - Top 5 Games of 2021: (Carnegie) Mind Mgmt, Meadow, (Everdell) Coffee Traders, 1840: Vienna Tramways, Ark Nova, Imperial Steam, Furnace, Magnate: First City, Bitoku, (Messina1347, Praga, Underwater Cities, Shipyard, Pulsar 2847) Carnegie, Messina 1347
2: 04:30 - Sign Off
Ben, Dmitry, and Paul review the 2014 release, "City Hall," and discuss the game group as an ibasho.
0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Ben, the Opinionated Host, Dmitry, The Philosophical Gamer, and Paul, the Game Breaker
0:06:20 - This Week's Game Night: Pulsar 2846, (High Frontier, Ticket to Ride,) Ark Nova, Medium, (Wavelength, Wits and Wagers,) Avalon, Once Upon a Time, The Great Wall (Perseverance, Brass,) Twilight Imperium 4: Prophecy of the Kings Expansion, Urban Sprawl
0:44:04 - Games on the Brain: Boonlake, Trismegistus, Darwin's Journey, Broom Service, Forbidden Stars, Forged in Steel, Hegemony, Teotihuacan (The Beginning of Everything,) Avalon
1:09:55 - Review of City Hall: Santiago, Estates, Embarcadero, Magnate: First City, Age of Steam, Isle of Skye
1:59:50 - Ibashos and Game Groups
2:32:07 - Sign Off: Kirbooloni.com
Trey, Jennifer, and Elder talk about the 2021 release "Boonlake" and discuss the "Cult of the New."
00:00:00 Introduction
00:04:00 Game Night
- The Hunger
- Space Corp: 2025-2300AD
- Nuclear War
- Free Ride
- Fields of Arle
- Witchstone
- Ark Nova
- Cascadia
- Pulsar 2849
- Unfathomable
- Battlestar Galactica
00:28:55 Game News
- Asmodee purchased by Embracer Group
- Candice's game overview of Imperial Steam
- Root now on Nintendo Switch
00:37:53 Games on the Brain
- Bitoku
- Radlands
- Complexity Bias in BGG ratings - Dinesh Vatvani
01:01:30 Game Review - Boonlake
01:45:33 Member Segment - Cult of the New
02:10:43 Outtro
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0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome OmniGamer Candice and Opinionated Gamer Ben
0:08:08 - This Week’s Game Night: Brian Boru, Boon Lake, Star Wars LCG, (Lord of the Rings, NetRunner Game of Thrones, Arboretum,) Avalon (Secret Hitler) Barrage, Shipyard (Clinic, Antiquity, Tramways of Vienna, Small Cities) Belratti, Brick and Mortar, Stick’um, (Black Orchestra), Spirit Island (Pandemic Legacy, Pandemic: Rising Tide)
0:38:58 - This Week’s Game News: Weather Machine, (Kanban EV, On Mars, CO2, Railways of Portugal, Lisboa, The Gallerist) Undaunted Reinforcements (Undaunted Normandy, Undaunted: Africa, Tank Duel) Palaces of Carrara (Paris, Telkhal, Azul) https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2767995/2021-end-year-support-drive
0:52:24 - Review of Brian Boru, the High King of Ireland
1:33:51 - The Most Interesting Area Majority Games: (Area Control: Blood Rages, Forbidden Stars, Twilight Imperium, Wallenstein, Hansa Teutonica, Lords of Vegas, Eclipse, ) Calimala, (Merve, Medusa) Juraku, Liberte, (Ethnos) Gingkopolis, Dominant Species: Marine, Maharaja, Wildcatters, (Coffee Traders) Europe Divided, (Undaunted Normandy, Warchest) Struggle of Empires, (Coalitions) Rococco, (Pret a Porter) Time of Crisis, Reef Encounter, Nippon, El Grande (Tamany Hall)
2:32:16 - Sign Off: Kirbooloni.com
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:04:11 - This Week's Game Night: Free Ride, Avalon, Brian Baru, Darwin's Journey, Advanced Civilization, (Eclipse) Western Empires, Eastern Empires, (Here I Stand) (Barrage) (Railways of the World) (Junta) Show Manager, Belrati, Mandala, Diluvia Project, Furnace, (Res Arcana) Small Star Empires, Imperial Steam, Pulsar2849, PanAm, (Arkwright,) Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
0:42:00 - Games on the Brain: Free Ride, Santiago, Estates, Fresh Fish; Hegemony; Brick and Mortar;
0:53:19 - This Week's Game News: Asmodee team up with Exploding Kittens, Brass Birmingham on Steam; Gaia Project, Tapestry, I'm the Boss on BGA
1:01:07 - Review of Iki: Le Havre, Teotihuacan, Francis Drake
1:48:20 - Things That Keep Us From Being Better Players
2:30:40 - Sign Off: WatchWhatCrappens.com, Etamaros Peleg @Kirbooloni.com
0:00:00–Introduction: Welcome Tom, Game Designer Trey and Omni Gamer Candice at BGG Con
0:03:06–This Week’s Game Week:
Paint the Roses, 9:28 (Cryptid);
The Crew: Mission Deep Sea, 15:53 (Tichu);
Corrosion, 0:20:55 (Trismegistus, Terra Mystica, Race for the Galaxy, Tzolki'n, Barrage, Gutenberg);
Show Manager, 0:31:20 (Wallenstein, Bohnanza, Agricola, Show Manager: Cruise Ship);
Gutenberg, 0:41:08;
Boon Lake, 0:48:45 (Maracaibo, Mumbasa, Terraforming Mars, Viticulture: Tuscany);
Ark Nova, 0:58:36 (Rajas of the Ganges, Terraforming Mars, Agricola, Corrosion, Wingspan, Cataan, Civilization: A New Dawn, Dominant Species, Kanban EV);
Buddy Toss, 1:12:30 (Shuffleboard, Crokinole, Man vs Meeple);
Wavelength, Wits and Wagers, 15:00 (Avalon);
Imperial Steam, 1:19:47 (Beyond the Sun, Furnace);
Stage Left, 1:21:54;
Scout, 1:25:17 (Delft);
Free Ride, 1:29:53 (Power Grid, Fresh Fish, Ticket to Ride, Faiyum);
Messina 1347, 1:34:02 (Istambul, Agricola, Shipyard);
Tank Duel, 1:40:57 (Combat Commander, Fields of Fire)
1:46:00--Sign Off, Etamar Peleg--Kirbooloni.com
0:00:00–Introduction: Welcome Casual Gamer Jake and Game-Breaker Paul
0:06:55–This Week’s Game Night: Monumental, The Hunger, Darwin’s Journey, Lowlands, Wavelength
0:15:54–Game News: Wayfarers of the South Tigris, Devil Bunny Needs a Ham, Kill Doctor Lucky, Before I Kill You Mister Spy, Deadwood, Devil Bunny Versus the Entire Galaxy, Brian Boru: High King of Ireland, The King is Dead, Hegemony, QE, Here I Stand
0:37:26–Games on the Brain: Game Brain at the BGG Con
0:41:04–Review of The Hunger: Magic, The Gathering, Clank, Ticket to Ride
1:05:12–Storytelling in Games: Detective, Sea Fall, Cloud Spire, Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective, Chronicle of Crime, Betrayal Legacy: Betrayal at the House on the Hill, Robinson Crusoe, Twilight Struggle, Battlestar Galactica, Game of Thrones, Dune, Pandemic Legacy, Battlestar Galactica, Teixhal, Die Macher, Agricola, Trickerion, Santiago, Coimbra, Fresh Fish, Tichu, Ricochet Robots, In and Of Itself, Arabian Nights. Fiasco, Everdell, King’s Dilemma, Oath, Container
1:36:02–Game Sommelier: Tactics II, Gettysburg, Fortress Europa, Undaubted Normandy, Undaunted North Africa, Twilight Struggle, Lord of the Rings, Hannibal: Rome v Carthage, Napoleon’s Triumph, Memoir 44, Quartermaster General
1:42:30–Sign Off
Trey, Dmitry, and Candice talk about the 2021 release "Dune: A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy" and discuss "freedom and flow" in games.
00:00:00 Introduction -
00:02:58 Game Night
- Magnate: The First City
- Furnace
- Babylonia
- Necco Wafers
- Stage Left
- The Rival Networks
00:14:42 Game News
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- Tapestry: Arts & Architechture
- Weather Machine on Tabletopia
- Horseless Carriage pre-order
- Res Arcana: Lux et Tenebrae on BGA
00:24:50 Games on the Brain
- Dune: Imperium
- Ada Palmer's Perhaps the Stars (Terra Ignota Series)
- Tank Duel: Enemy in the Crosshairs
- Captain Sonar
00:37:02 Game Review: Dune: A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy
- A War of Whispers
01:22:39 Member Segment: Freedom and Flow
- On Freedom by Maggie Nelson
- The Experience of Flow in Hobby Board Games by Marco Arnaudo
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- Twitter
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Ben, Paul, and Trey talk about the 2021 release "Magnate: The First City" and discuss setting expectations for attending a game night.
0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Game Breaker Paul and Game Designer Trey
0:05:13 - This Week's Game Night: Grand Austria Hotel: Last Waltz, Ultimate Railroads: Asian Railroads, ArtDecko (formerly Promenade), Avalon, Dune Imperium, Tichu, Belratti (formerly Stuff,) 1822, Dune: Conquest and Diplomacy
0:23:13 - This Week's Game News: Mercado de Lisboa, Dune online for free (on Treachery.online,) Monumental Consequence
0:28:00 - Games on the Brain: Iki, Concordia, Love Letters to Game Brain
0:41:01 - Review of Magnate: The First City: SimCity, Gingkopolis, Suburbia, The Cost, Age of Steam, 18xx, Brick and Mortar, Smart Phone, Expancity
1:47:42 - Setting Expectations for Game Night: Dune Imperium, Ankh, Avalon, Secret Hitler
2:14:04 - Sign Off
0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Matt, the Original Game Host
0:13:32 -This Week’s Game Night: Magnate, Grand Austria Hotel, Age of Steam Scandinavia, Love Letter, High Society, Captain Sonar, Bohnanza, Wavelength
0:18:02 - This Week’s News: Res Arcana Expansion, Lords of Ragnarok, Lords of Helas, Messina 1349, Gloomhaven 1.0 on Steam.
0:33:49 - Games on the Brain: Imperial Steam, Origins: First Builder, Ark Nova, Furnace, Taj Mahal
0:44:11 - Review of Grand Austria Hotel: Lets Waltz! 2021
1:15:11 - Essential Expansions, Best Base Games: Too Many Bones, Age of Steam, Concordia, Terraforming Mars, Net Runner; BEST AT BASE: Marco Polo (Venice Map, New Characters,) Terraforming Mars Prelude (Elysium and Helas)(Venus Next, Colonies, Turmoil,) 7 Wonders (Leaders, Cities,) High Frontier (Jupiter and Saturn)(Interstellar,) Troyes (Ladies of Troyes,) Keyflower, Agricola (Farmers of the Moor,) Cataan (Knights and Cities, Seafarers,) Dune (Duel, Spice Wars, Ixthions, Xylathu,) Battlestar Galactica (Pegasus, New Caprica); ESSENTIAL EXPANSIONS: Underwater Cities New Discoveries, Agricola (Farmers on the Moor,) Terraforming Mars Prelude, Age of Steam: Korea, Lorenzo il Magnifico (Houses of the Renaissance,) El Grande King and Intrigue, Great Western Trail Rails to the North, Viticulture Tuscany, Through the Ages, Tribune.
1:48:21 - Board Game Sommelier: Mind Clash Void Fall Kickstarter. Golem.
1:57:01 - Sign Off
Trey and Jennifer talk about the 2021 release "Imperial Steam" and discuss the impact of video on the hobby.
00:00:00 Introduction -
- Google Pixel 6
00:06:53 Game Night
- Santiago
- Smartphone Inc.
- The Hunger
- Clank!
00:12:09 Game News
- Ark Nova
- Bitoku
- Zenobia Award Winners
- Game Wizards
- Advanced Civilization
00:30:22 Games on the Brain
- 1840: Vienna Tramways
- Lonny Orgler
- Russian Railroads
- Ultimate Railroads
- The Riftbreaker
- Valheim: Hearth and Home
- Concordia on iOS
- Essen Day - Jennifer's Geeklist
00:49:35 Game Review: Imperial Steam
01:34:28 Member Segment: The Impact of Video on the Hobby
0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Professor Elder
0:05:45 - This Week’s Game Night: Tabannusi, Imperial Struggle, Terraforming Mars, Imperial Steam, Furnace, Babylonia, Tichu
0:13:21 - This Week's News: Lord of the Rings--Fantasy Flight Games Revised Core Set; Pax Unplugged, World Series of Board Games, World Boardgaming Championships (WBC,) Blood Rage, Ra, 7 Wonders, Cataan, Diplomacy, Cole Wehrle: Arcs - Collapse and Conflict in the Void; MythWind, Expanded Horizons Expansion and Magical Miniatures; Gutenberg.
0:40:42 - Games on the Brain: Tabannusi, Furnace, Glass Road
0:50:32 - Review of Castles of Burgundy
1:11:20 - Forgotten Classics: Puerto Rico, Through the Desert, Tigris and Euphrates, Tikal, Aman Rae, Alhambra, Reef Encounter, Carcassonne, Princes of Florence, Princes of the Renaissance, 5th Avenue, Power Grid, Taj Mahal, Boomtown, Louis XIV, Wildlife, Pillars of the Earth
1:57:09 - Sign off
Trey, Matt, and Paul review "Ankh: Gods of Egypt" and discuss player elimination as a mechanism.
00:00:00 Introduction -
- Americanish
00:05:24 Game News
- Candice's Gen Con Round Up
- Dune: A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy
- Burncycle
- Verdant Kickstarter
- Voidfall Kickstarter
- Imperium: Classics
- Concordia on iOS
- Back Chat from ThinkerThemer
00:21:36 Game Night
- Not Alone
- Bohnanza
- Key to the City: London
- Chaos in the Old World
- Imperial Steam
- Wavelength
00:37:14 Games on the Brain
- Perserverance: Castaway Chronicles
- Stage Left
- Knutepunkt 2021
00:45:24 Game Review: Ankh: Gods of Egypt
01:24:25 Member Segment: Player Elimination
01:41:17 Game Sommelier
0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Jake, the Casual Gamer
0:06:32 - This Week's Game Night: Americanish, Fresh Fish, Terraforming Mars
0:13:44 - This Week's News: Asmodee for sale; Oceans Digital Game; Artisans of Splendent Vale kickstarter; Total War: Rome; Masters of the Universe: Clash for Eternia; In-Flight 2021.
0:34:08 - Games on the Brain: College Games to Break the Ice - Codenames, Just One, The Crew, Tichu, Avalon, The Mind, Lost Cities, Wavelength
0:42:05 - Review of Paris
1:05:22 - Iconic Examples of Game Mechanisms: Worker Placement - Everdell, Viticulture, Agricola; Card Drafting - Seven Wonders, Citadels, Taj Mahal; Set Collection - Ra, Lost Cities, Bohnanza; Area Majority - Carcassonne, El Grande, Ethnos; Cooperative - The Crew, Pandemic, Magic Maze; Deck Building - Dominion, Orleans, Taverns of Tiefenthal; Network and Route Building - Power Grid, Babylonia, Kingdom Builder; Auction/Bidding - Modern Art, Princes of Florence, Ra;
1:40:14 - Board Game Sommelier - Age of Steam, 18XX, Power Grid, Taj Mahal, Cavum
1:48:06 - Sign Off
Trey and Mark review "Ganz schön clever" and consider “Games as Metaphor.”
0:00:00 Introduction
- Iocane Productions
- Decision Center at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum
0:04:00 Game Night
- Paris
- Embarcadero
- Jackalope Productions - The Night in Question
00:10:20 Game News
- GenCon
- Scout!
- Forsaken announced
- One Deck Galaxy on Kickstarter
- Star Wars Outer Rim: Unfinished Business
- Azul: Queen's Garden
- 7 Wonders: Architects
- Soulforge Fusion on Kickstarter
00:20:00 Games on the Brain
- Clank: Legacy
- Crystal Palace
00:33:30 Game Review:Ganz schön clever
- Yahtzee
00:57:30 This Week's Discussion: Games as Metaphor
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0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Paul the Game Breaker: Fresh Fish, Pipeline
0:12:24 - This Week’s Game Night: Terraforming Mars, Just One, Fresh Fish, Tichu, Calima, Avalon, Wavelength, Quest
0:20:42 - This Week’s Game News: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2721966/i-have-cancelled-my-pledge-after-learning-more-abo/page/1, Fantasy Flight and Key Forge, https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/plpq5o/keyforge_on_hiatus_due_to_broken_deck_generating/, Prospero's Hall Rocketeer,
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/344759/rocketeer-fate-future, https://cmon.com/news/cmon-partners-with-monsoon-digital-to-launch-an-nft-trading-platform, Castles of Burgundy on BGA
0:41:19 - Games on the Brain: Crystal Palace, Scout
0:49:54 - Review of Fresh Fish: Original, Plenary and 2014 editions
1:13:01 - Negotiating in Games: 1817,Versailles 1919, Chinatown, Sheriff of Nottingham, Bohnanza, Sidereal Confluence, Rising Sun, Churchill, Genoa, Cosmic Encounter, Oath, Diplomacy, Brass, Terraforming Mars, Great Western Trail, 18xx, Genoa
1:57:12 - Game Sommelier: Maria, War Chest, The Grizzled, Roll for the Galaxy, Jaws.
2:01:55 - Sign Off
Trey and Candice review "Versailles 1919" and consider “How to be taught a game.”
(sorry for the echo on some of the audio!)
0:00:00 Introduction
- Meadow
0:09:20 Game Night
- Scout!
- Panamax
- Dune: Imperium
- Quest
- Anno 1800
00:20:40 Game News
- Weather Machine on Kickstarter October 28th
- Queen's Gambit: Das Damengambit
- Settlement
- Bruxelles 1893: Belle Epoque
- World Cup Game coming to Kicstarter November 1.
0:30:04 Games on the Brain
- Tigris & Euphrates
- The Grew: Mission Deep Sea
- Founding Fathers
- Oracle of Delphi
- Stage Left
00:49:55 Game Review - Versailles 1919
- Churchill
- Pericles
- Triumvir
01:28:35 Member Segment: How to be taught a game.
01:48:08 Game Sommelier
- Civilization: A New Dawn
- Oracle of Delphi
- Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile
- Dune
- Indonesia
- Friedrich
- A Few Acres of Snow
- Hands in the Sea
Trey and Alfred review the revised edition of "Agricola" and ask why the Olympics feature some games and not others.
0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Alfred, the Rule Lawyer
0:04:50 -This Week’s Game Night: Lancaster, Twilight Struggle, Agricola, Santorini, Hearthstone, Pokémon Unite on Switch, World of Warcraft
0:18:30 - This Week’s Game News: Verdant, Zenobi Awards, International Gaming Awards, The Hunger
0:33:20 - Games on the Brain: Switch Pokémon Unite, Age of Steam, board game expansions, League of Legends, Galveston, Carcassonne, Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Suburbia,
0:55:20 - Agricola Review: Russian Railroads, Caverna, Trickerion, Farmers on the Moor, Tribune,
1:34:38 - Olympics, Sports, and Board Games: Chess, Pitch Car
1:57:12 - Sign Off
Tom and Ben delve into the mysterious world of Mind MGMT, and discuss our favorite "rare game mechanisms!"
0:00:00 Introduction
- Father's Office
- 6 nimmt!
- The Crew
- Tichu
0:15:07 Game Night
- Michael Nickoloff BGG GameNight!
- Alubari: A Nice Cup of Tea
- Versailles 1919
- Mind MGMT
- Friedrich
- Tragedy Looper
- Imperial Steam
- 1817
- Train Shuffling Podcast
0:25:48 Game News
- Corrosion from Capstone Games Pre-Order
- Twilight Struggle Red Sea
- Masters of the Universe on Kickstarter (CMON)
- Flamecraft from Manny Vega
- Great Western Trail 2nd Edition
0:41:32 Games on the Brain
- Big Brother
- Crescent City Cargo
- Quest (It's Trey's copy actually)
0:50:37 Game Review: Mind MGMT: The Psychic Espionage Game
1:21:25 Member Segment: Rare Game Mechanisms
Trey and Dmitry review the 2014 classic "Panamax" then revisit the subject of "metagaming."
0:00:00 Introduction
0:05:05 Game Night
- Quest
- Versailles 1919
00:09:41 Game News
- Avatar Legends RPG on Kickstarter
- Descent: Legends of the Dark released
- Boonlake by Alexander Pfister pre-orders available
- Maricaibo: The Uprising expansion
- Pilgrim: Piety & Penitence
- Rolling Realms by Jamey Stegmaier
- Weather Machine by Vital Lacerda
- Tulpenfieber by Uwe Rosenberg
- Dune: Betrayal by Don Eskridge
0:47:50 Games on the Brain
- Quest
- Tichu
- Generation Analog Conference
- Scott Nicholson
- Elizabeth Hargrave
01:03:39 Game Review - Panamax
01:40:15 Member Segment: Revisiting Metagaming
- Resistance: Avalon
- Diplomacy
0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Jennifer, the Board Game Pioneer
0:07:41 - Game Night: Babylonia, Merchant's Cove, Terraforming Mars, Quest, El Grande, Panamax, Estates, Paris
0:23:25 - This Week's Board Game News - GI Joe Deck Builder; Architects of the West Kingdom: Works of Wonder; Divinus; Hunt or Be Hunted: Cryptid Urban Legends; Maharaja; Cardboard Creations: Andean Abyss.
0:41:03 - Games on the Brain: Astroneer, No Man Sky, Quest, Battlestar Galactica, Avalon, Alubari, Snowdonia
0:56:02 - Review of Babylonia
1:21:11 - Getting Competitive: Hallertau, Agricola, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Le Havre, Terraforming Mars
1:51:45 - Board Game Sommelier: Netrunner, Santorini, War Chest, Arboretum, The Grizzled, Red 7, Through the Desert, Samurai, Watergate, Res Arcana, 7 Wonders.
1:56:10 - Sign Off: Mayveena You Tube Channel
Trey, Matt, and Paul Jake review "Summoner Wars" and conjure up some thoughts on the "games that divide us."
0:00:00 Message from Trey
0:00:40 Introduction
0:09:31 Game Night
-Anno 1800
-Crescent City Cargo
-Quest
0:24:42 Game News
-MicroMacro: Crime City wins Spiel de Jahres
-Paleo wins Kennerspiel des Jahres
-Downfall: Conquest of the Third Reich on GMT P500
-Voidfall
-Wingspan on iOS
-Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
-Top Pop on Kickstarter
-Ravensburger announces Echoes series
-Oranienburger Kanal is the title of the next Uwe Rosenberg games.
0:44:20 Games on the Brain
-Quest
-Ankh: Gods of Egypt
-Imperium: Classics
0:57:40 Game Review: Summoner Wars 2nd Edition
1:28:23 Member Segment: "Games that Divide Us"
1:56:48 Game Sommelier
-The Gallerist
-Avalon
-Kanban
-Viticulture
-Super Skill Pinball 4-cade
-BattleStar Galactica
0:00:00 Introduction: Welcome Jesse, the Analytical Gamer
0:06:25 This Week’s Game Night
0:12:51 This Week’s Game News
0:28:30 Games on the Brain
0:42:12 - Review of The Initiative
1:14:41 - One-Off Games
1:46:33 - Board Game Sommelier
1:51:00 - Sign Off
Trey and Jake cuddle up for some "Calico" and patch together some thoughts on "ethics in games."
0:00:00 Introduction
0:04:16 Game Night
0:12:32 Game News
0:23:50 Games on the Brain
0:27:35 Game Review - Calico
0:46:41 Member Segment - Chapter 10 Ethics in Games
1:09:10 Game Sommelier
1:18:52 Outro
0:00:00 - Welcome Alfred, the Rules Lawyer
Monopoly, Risk, Twilight Imperium, Witches of the Coast, Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Ed., 4th Ed., Champions
0:15:00 - This Week's Game Night
BGA, Hearthstone, Russian Railroads, Santorini, Agricola, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Terraforming Mars, Sagrada, Terraforming Mars Ares Expansion, Alubari and Snowdonia 17:57, Warlord 18:30, Age of Steam Germany 23:25
0:24:46 - This Week's News
Yellow & Yangtze, Ra, Modern Art, Babylonia, Samurai, Through the Desert, Blue Moon City, Grail Games and Reiner Knizia; Pipeline: Emerging Markets Expansion at Capstone-Games.com 28:08; Die Macher 31:12; Curious Cargo 32:10; Carnegie changes on BGA 32:44; Zombie Princess and the Enchanted Maze 34:32; Power Grid, Faiyum, Fearsome Floors, 36:35; Orleans picked up by Capstone from Tasty Minstrels 36:55
0:38:36 - Games on the Brain
The aesthetics of the sound and heft of game pieces: Warlord, Santorini, Food Chain Magnate, Trickerion, Lords of Waterdeep, Taverns of Tiefenthal; Diplomacy; Terraforming Mars, Ares Expansion 46:07, Race for the Galaxy, Roll for the Galaxy
0:51:51 - Review of Santorini
01:15:21 - Reviving Old and Out of Fashion Games
Faiyum, Settlers of Cataan; Warlord 1:23:56; Talisman, 1:27:53, Merlin, Apocalypse; Junta, 1:29:30, Paranoia; Scotland Yard,1:35:38, Letters from Whitechapel, Fury of Dracula; Wiz War 1:39:29, Dominant Species; Master Mind, 1:42:08, Mysterium; Polarity, 1:43:23; The Gallerist, 1:46:10; Diplomacy, 1:48:25; Illuminati, the Card Game 1:54:02
1:58:40 - Sign Off, Barrage
Tom and Dmitry take in a new version of an old fave: Tribune! And they discuss kind vs wicked environments and what that might mean for gaming.
<p>0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Dmitry, The Philosophical Gamer
Tribune, Die Macher
<p>0:04:23 - This Week's Game Night
Solo mode
It's the solo mode
And you're all alone
in the solo mode
And you miss your group
Or you had some kids
But you bought some games
Why did you buy those games?
Its the solo mode
Its the uh solo mode
And youre all alone
in the solo mode
And your group is gone
Or you had some kids
But you bought those games
Why did you buy those games?
Uuhhhhhhh...
Sorry.
Sorry about the audio quality on this one, everyone! My mic... wasn't plugged in and... I didn't realize I was recording only into my Airpods the entire time. Yes, that's something I really did. Doh.
Welcome to another single-serving episode of Game Brain solo mode!
Your host, Matthew Robinson, takes a look at the Chip Theory Games new epic MOBA tower defense solo campaign madness known as Cloudspire!
Jennifer and Matthew get together (over Skype) for a chat on Diversity and Inclusivity in Video Games vs. Board Games, specifically the games Anno 1800 vs Maracaibo.
Tom and Matty sit down to go over their first impressions of Cole Wehrle's "Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile" and discuss the ins and outs of being a good game teacher.
11:07 - Strategicon Wrap-up
36:52 -Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile
1:12:09 - Deep Dive: Teaching Games
Welcome to another single-serving episode of Game Brain solo mode!
Your host, Matthew Robinson, takes a look at the highly thematic, gambling, dice chucking, strategy war game euro hybrid known as... Nemo's War.
Welcome to another single-serving episode of Game Brain solo mode!
Your host, Matthew Robinson, takes a look at the latest in the Pax series of games, Pax Transhumanity.
Matthew and Alfred return to the podcast in glorious fashion to rejoin Tom for a review of On Mars, the latest from Vital Lacerda, plus Tom and Matthew's TOP 10 GAMES OF 2019!
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MATT’S TOP 10:
1. Pax Pamir 2e
2. Barrage
3. City of the Big Shoulders
4. Pipeline
5. Res Arcana
6. Taverns of Tiefenthal
7. Paladins of the West Kingdom
8. Maracaibo
9. Tapestry
10. Marvel Champions: The Card Game
TOM’S TOP 10:
1. Barrage
2. Crystal Palace
3. On Mars
4. Pipeline
5. Watergate
6. Sabotage
7. Wingspan
8. Marvel Champions: The Card Game
9. City of the Big Shoulders
10. Jaws
Welcome to the very first bite size, single-serving episode of Game Brain solo mode!
Your host, Matthew Robinson, takes a look at Fantasy Flight Games latest LCG, Marvel Champions: The Card Game.
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:14:36 - Interview with Alan Moon
00:32:22 - Cooper Island
00:39:01 - Sabotage
00:46:07 - Interview with Tim Fowers
00:59:54 - Expedition to Newdale
01:07:33 - Magnificent
01:17:04 - Marco Polo 2: In Service of the Khan
01:28:03 - Taverns of Tiefenthal
01:37:00 - On Mars
01:44:26 - Jaws
01:56:32 - Sierra West
02:01:40 - The Crew: The Quest for Planet 9
02:05:57 - Review of Crystal Palace
00:00:00 - Introduction: Co-Hosts Jake Shapiro and Trey Alsup
00:09:10 - Game Night
00:14:40 - Game News
00:46:15 - Games on the Brain
00:51:00 - Game Review: Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula
01:20:35 - Jake's Segment - Gaming with kids
01:48:16 - Game Sommelier -
05:35: This Week’s Game Night (and Strategicon!)
23:00: The News
36:16: Games on the Brain
44:08: Trickerion: Legends of Illusion review
1:14:27: Alfred and Tom's Top 10 Roleplaying Games that Aren't D&D
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1:18:48: #10 Tom - Fall of Magic by Ross Cowman
1:26:20: #10 ALFRED - The End of the World
1:29:07: #9 Tom/ALFRED - Paranoia by by Greg Costikyan, Dan Gelber, and Eric Goldberg
1:35:09: #8 Tom - Microscope by Ben Robbins
1:39:43: #8 ALFRED - MERP (Middle-Earth Roleplaying)
1:46:40: #7 Tom - 7th Sea by John Wick
1:52:32: #7 ALFRED - GURPS/Champions
1:57:24: #6 Tom - Knight's Black Agents by Kenneth Hite, based on the Gumshoe system by Robin Laws
2:03:20: #6 ALFRED - Call of Cthulhu
2:06:00:#5 Tom - FATE CORE/Spirit of the Century by Fred Hicks
2:11:28: #5 ALFRED - Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
2:15:20: #4 Tom - Apocalypse World by Vincent Baker
2:19:37: #4 ALFRED - Palladium System (Robotech & TMNT)
2:21:30 #3 Tom - Blades in the Dark by John Harper
2:26:25: #3 ALFRED - Shadowrun
2:29:16: #2 Tom - Fiasco/Protocol by Jason Morningstar/ Jim Pinto
2:33:12: #2 ALFRED - Mage the Ascension
2:37:28: #1 Tom - Dogs in the Vineyard by Vincent Baker (again)
2:45:10: #1 ALFRED - Amber Diceless Roleyplaying
2:51:23: Sign Off
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03:52: Contest Winners
13:10: This Week’s Game Night
30:09: The News
36:40: Games on the Brain
49:14: Teotihuacan: City of Gods review
1:19:55: Dmitry's Top 10 Big Questions About Games
2:02:24: Matt’s Top 10 Games for Non-Gamers
2:09:40: Sign Off
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00:00: Game Group Check In!
17:15: Round 2 Begins!
19:10: The News
33:46: Games on the Brain
46:07: Escape Plan Review
1:20:50: Top 10 Games That Aren't In Everyone Else's Top 10 Games
2:10:43: Board Game Sommelier
2:16:54: Sign Off
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05:25: CONTEST DETAILS!
10:18: This Week's Game Night
17:18: The News
29:57: Games on the Brain
36:51: 8x8 Challenge Update
38:40: Quacks of Quedlinburg Review
59:41: Paul's Segment ”Breaking the Wheel”
1:35:37: Board Game Sommelier
1:44:07: Sign Off
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11:12: This Week's Game Night
19:08: The News
34:07: Games on the Brain
36:27: 8x8 Challenge Update
36:51: Terraforming Mars: Colonies Review
1:24:33: Dmitry's Segment ”Game Shows”
2:01:40: Board Game Sommelier
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15:38: This Week's Game Night
25:27: The News
30:37: Games on the Brain
34:24: 8x8 Challenge Update
34:32: Chronicles of Crime Review
1:00:30: Jesse's Segment ”The Quest for Flow”
1:24:28: Board Game Sommelier
1:36:27: Other Games We're Playing
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03:40: The News
13:38: Mini-review of "Underwater Cities"
26:12: "The Resistance: Avalon" Strategy Deep Dive
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09:50: This Week's Game Night
22:50: The News
29:30: Games on the Brain
34:11: 8x8 Challenge Update
37:46 Solenia Review
52:25: Jake’s Segment ”A New Parents Guide to Gaming”
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14:53: This Week's Game Night
24:17: The News
39:21: Games on the Brain
49:46: 8x8 Challenge Update
51:12: Great Western Trail: Rails to the North Review
1:14:34: Alfred’s Segment ”The Rules Lawyer Within (and Without)”
1:27:08: Board Game Sommelier
1:41:58: Sign Off
Some of the games discussed: Great Western Trail: Rails to the North Review, The Estates, Lorenzo Il Magnifico, Blood on the Clocktower, Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth, On Mars, 18xx, 1879, Age of Steam, Arkham Horror LCG, Rhino Hero, Karuba, Gaia Project, Eclipse, Lords of Hellas, America the Board Game.
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02:06: This Week's Game Night
10:47: The News
27:29: Games on the Brain
30:26: 8x8 Challenge Update
34:31: Coimbra Review
1:08:19: Trey’s Segment ”Input Randomness”
1:37:30: Game Sommelier
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