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This week in our Sizzling Games segment Conor offers up Potion Explosion as a perfect game for young families and adults alike. Jules delves into the world of silkworms with the aptly titled Silk, and Steve just bangs on about Scythe some more... Except this time it's the magnificent expansion The Rise of Fenris, which leads perfectly into the Topic Of The Week: Expansions. The team discuss the pros and cons of expansions, what to look for in an expansion, and share a list of their favourite expansions on the market today.

Find out the winner from the last Board Game Bracket; Nemo's War vs 5 Minute Dungeon; before we set-up not one but two new battles: Oceans vs Root, and Lords of Waterdeep vs A War of Whispers. Jules and Conor come out swinging and take opposing views on these match-ups, so make sure you hit up our socials to get your favourite over the line.

In everyone's beloved segment, Swear An Oath, Jules fulfilled his oath by playing (and loving) Explorers of the North Sea and makes a new oath to take his newly created shelf of shame by playing Taverns of Tiefenthal. Conor enjoyed the nail-biting real-time strategy of Pandemic: Rapid Response, and makes a new oath to play the asymmetric game Skulk Hollow. And lastly, Steve finally got Kemet to the table and bloody loved every minute of it. In Photosynthesis he found that the intricacies of growing trees proves a challenge when playing with younger gamers, but found great delight in the nerdy wordy deck builder Paperback. And even though he still has time up his sleeve to play Cartographers, he also adds Tiny Towns to his oath.

The News: (1:40)

Sizzling Games: Potion Explosion (2:57), Silk (11:04) Scythe: The Rise of Fenris (18:04)

Topic of the Week: Expansions (25:05)

Board Game Bracket: (54:13)

Swear An Oath: (1:14:46)

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We're joined by Richard Simpson of We're Not Wizards, who is definitely not a magician, Victorian or otherwise, to talk about the line between game design and production. Should production values be an integral part of the discussion of a game's merits, or should we learn to separate the two? Before we get productive, we talk about Doughnut Dash, Cities, Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra, and L.L.A.M.A.

07:25 - Doughnut Dash 17:10 - Cities 21:37 - Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra 31:01 - L.L.A.M.A 35:25 - The Power of Production 35:34 - The Quacks of Quedlinburg 41:35 - The Last of Us Part II 47:15 - GKR: Heavy Hitters 49:24 - Cthulhu Wars 53:33 - Warhammer 40k 55:03 - Castles of Burgundy 55:29 - Container 56:10 - Tang Garden 58:09 - Krazy Wordz 59:23 - Sidereal Confluence: Trading and Negotiation in the Elysian Quadrant Check out We're Not Wizards at: https://werenotwizards.podbean.com

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Corey Konieczka, one of the best designers on the planet, gives us a behind-the-scenes look at his creative process.

We talk about what it’s like to work at Fantasy Flight Games, coming up with ideas, playtesting, and more.

If you’re not familiar with Corey, he’s worked on these games:

• Battlestar Galactica
• Space Hulk: Death Angel
• Descent 2nd Edition
• Eldritch Horror
• Star Wars: Imperial Assault
• Star Wars: Rebellion
• Twilight Imperium 4th Edition
• Star Wars: Outer Rim​​​​
• ​​​​​​​​​And a TON more!

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In today's episode, The guy's talk about their recent plays, look back at their review of Wingspan, review Scythe, draft their favorite board game upgrades and give their revised top 10 list of 2019. Help support the podcast on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/punchboardparadise?fan_landing=true Music by HookSounds

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It's Dave in the chair as he takes us the panel through a 5 rounds one of which fully broke Matthew's brain. 

This Game is Broken is a comedy board game panel show with Matthew Jude, Dave Luza, Paula Deming, Nick Murphy and Mike Murphy. We play a lot of nonsense games full of role playing and trivia as well as other fun stuff which can be found at the links below. 

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Editorial standards are constantly evolving here at SVWAG, and they lately proceed largely from Walker's unilateral declarations. Things get to be pronounced however he wills them. Prior utterances by anyone are rendered immediately obsolete if and when he deigns to acknowledge something. Comparisons are now his exclusive purview. Walker has spoken.

Games Played Last Week:
01:52 -Hour of Need (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2020)
04:21 -Inhuman Conditions (Tommy Maranges & Cory O'Brien, Web published, 2018)
08:59 -Crazy Tower: Contruction/Sabotage (Alexis Harvey, Félix Leblanc, Manuel-Lucas Bergeron Duhamel, & Mathieu Auger, Synapses Games, 2020)
12:15 -Fantastic Factories (Joseph Z Chen & Justin Faulkner, Metafactory Games, 2019)
14:51 -Fuji Koro: Deluxe (Jerome Demeyere, Game Brewer, 2020)
17:04 -Flick Wars (Shaun Austin & Andrew Tullsen, Breaking Games, 2019)
20:59 -Big City: 20th Anniversary Jumbo Edition! (Franz-Benno Delonge, Mercury Games, 2019)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
24:52 Pipeline 2P? Curious Cargo
25:31 Pandemic: Hot Zone PnP
26:28 Starfinder pre-painted minis
27:09 Gloomhaven hits Target
28:33 Sonora: "Flick and Write", again
29:41 More Battleground: Fantasy Warfare
31:13 Games are political: ConsimWorld's myopia
[NB: An earlier version of this episode falsely claimed that Cool Mini or Not has been silent on Black Lives Matter. CMON issued a statement of support on June 5th, 2020. We apologize sincerely for the error.]

35:29 Feature Game: Project: ELITE (Konstantinos Kokkinis, Marco Portugal, & Sotirios Tsantilas, CMON, 2020)

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In this episode we review The Search for Planet X, Woodlands, The Captain is Dead, and Trails of Tucana. We also give first impressions on The Whatnot Cabinet and Deep Vents. A quick trip to Tap That App with Griftlands and then a wrap with Victory Points discussion what board games can learn from video games.

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In episode 61 Jamie, Steve, Don and Aaron from Lords of the Dungeon start off by talking about retail therapy and their growing collection of video games. Then the gang jumps into a discussion about Euro Games and Ameritrash games and what we like and dislike about both.

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Tony McRee

00:00 Intro02:36 Background of Gaming06:00 Video Games with Isaac08:40 Then the Board Games13:09 What sparked the interest15:28 Back to Video Games18:00 The Gloomhaven spark27:19 Time to get educated28:41 Gloomhaven: Jaws […]

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On this week's episode of the Board Game BBQ Steve, Adrian and Dan sink their teeth into Card Games. But these are not your parents' card games. You won't find Canasta or 500 here. How about writing a Love Letter to the Princess? Fancy yourself some Exploding Kittens? And who doesn't love a Sushi Go Party? We also pay lip service to Hanabi and The Mind for more card gaming goodness.

The Virtual Gaming Con is this week (June 24th-29th) and the Board Game BBQ is hosting live games across the Con. The team will be online for most of the con during Australian hours so you will be able to find a game or three to jump in on without having to wait until the US or Europe comes online. Search for "Board Game BBQ" and you'll find us all in the game schedule.

Our Sizzling Games this week are Fugitive, Pandemic Legacy: Season 1, and Orleans: and you couldn't get three more different games in a single segment if you tried. Our followers on FaceBook and Instagram have decided another winner in the Board Game Bracket, and this week's match-up is another great battle: Five Tribes vs Mansion of Madness. Adrian and Dan plead their cases for the better game before we throw it over to our listeners to choose.

Swear An Oath this week takes a turn as not one, but two of our hosts fail to fulfill their Oaths. Dan and Steve both failed to complete Terraforming Mars, Kemet, and Photosynthesis, but Adrian gracefully lets them off the hook. Adrian tells of his late-night addiction to Decrypto and then goes about setting Exploding Kittens as his next Oath. Dan adds Stuffed Fables to his list, while Steve doubles down on his oath by adding Cartographers and Paperback.

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The News (1:08)

Sizzling Games: Fugitive (5:00), Pandemic Legacy Season 1 (14:44), Orleans (24:54)

Topic of the Week: Card Games (36:18)

Board Game Bracket (1:01:56)

Swear An Oath (1:17:30)

**FUGITIVE ONLINE**
Fugitive by Tim Fowers is now online! Currently in beta, you can join in the fun here: https://www.fowers.net/games/fugitive/
Tim is also looking for feedback, so when you sign-up to play make sure you register for his discord channel. The discord has a Looking For Game (LFG) channel, and Tim is very active on the discord so you can chat with the creator himself.

**Virtual Gaming Con 2020**
Register and find out more details here!

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**Events Schedule**
Keep an eye on the Event Schedule for all of the games, panels, and discussions that will be available to join. The team will all have Board Game BBQ in their title so you can find us, or check out the schedule for all of the other amazing games that you can take part in.

***WIN TICKETS TO VIRTUAL GAMING CON***
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All winners announced on Wednesday night at 9pm (AEST)

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This week Peter, Steve, and Terence take a look back at Marvel Champions, the Marvel themes Living Card Game from Fantasy Flight Games. We share some of our thoughts and discuss how the game has changed since its initial release. Check YouTube for playthroughs and reviews - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg Join our Slack - Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack Join our Discord - Discord - https://discord.gg/p4jX8AF Follow us at Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to the channel - https://www.patreon.com/onestop Contact us - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

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Shelley and I head to Asia this week, planning a bike trip around Taiwan in

UBike Tour: Taiwan by Chih-Fan Chen from Big Fun Games

then travel around Kyoto and Singapore in

Remember Our Trip by Saashi and Daryl Chow from Saashi & Saashi

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Important statement about Black Lives Matter

Welcome from Chad, Jon, and Chris, and special guest Mike (Wandering Took)

Thank you to: David W, Eric S, Thomas I

Announcements and news:

Mike shares information about the ONLINE GenCon, LCG Con

Swag will still happen, more details to come.

Twitter Moment

Random Review Redux: Knife-Work

Live Deck-Build with random heroes

AMA

Farewells

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On this week’s episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, Matt, Tom & Ava sit around in a board game soup, rambling about a series of games that we’ve been playing in the darkest reaches of lockdown - and even go so far as to talk about some digital card games! The horror.

Join us for a bumbling episode where we talk about everything from the raucous Forgotten Waters to the pensive and tense The Crew, as well as a quick chat about Gloomhaven and its upcoming mini-adventure Jaws of The Lion. We’ll also be talking about all the recent games we’ve been streaming - such as the delectable 1s and 0s of Slay The Spire, and the existential dread of Mothership. Last, but not least, we'll be giving some positively DANGEROUS thoughts about Wingspan, a game that everyone can agree is QUITE NICE.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

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A review of Maquis written by Doug Richardson.

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Ambie and Crystal discuss some Ravensburger Escape Puzzles and Slay the Spire. We then talk about our top 5 themes in board games. Announcements: 0:43 Recent Games: 2:17 Top 5 Game Themes: 13:02 Outro: 31:52 Bloopers: 32:56 Ravensburger Escape Puzzles: https://www.ravensburger.org/uk/discover/escape-puzzles/index.html Slay the Spire: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/slay-the-spire-switch/ For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/247/episode-107-top-5-game-themes

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We asked for your questions, and you provided! Some of you used Instagram, some of you used voicemail, but however you reached out, your voice was heard. We chose only a few to answer (quality notwithstanding), but we'd love to keep doing this, so keep sending them in! Before we corral your correspondence, we talk about Gloomhaven, Terra Mystica, Bloom Town, and Starlink.

03:25 - Gloomhaven 06:44 - Terra Mystica 09:03 - Bloom Town 18:16 - Starlink 27:20 - Listener Questions! 33:35 - Cyclades, Inis & Kemet 41:28 - Hive

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Steve, Mike and Mitch have news! Big News!

News so big it needs its own segment, which we have decided to call: The News.

Our humble podcast has been asked to take part in the upcoming BGG Virtual Con (June 24-28). The team at the Board Game BBQ will be hosting and playing virtual games over the course of the Virtual Con - bringing the international convention into the Australian Timezones!! We are truly flattered to be asked to participate and we look forward to meeting many of you online. (more details below)

The Sizzling Games this week includes roll 'n' write raptors in Welcome to Dino World, the card-drafting beachfronts of Santa Monica, and the compelling storylines of Above and Below.

The Topic of the Week is how to get new people into this addictive hobby. How to introduce people into board games, how to encourage new players to 'buy in' to gaming, and how to craft the ultimate Games Night at your place.

As always, everyone has their eye on Kickstarter, with the team torn between Nemesis and Terraforming Mars Big Box, before Mitch and Mike come our swinging representing their faves for the next round of the Board Game Bracket: Nemo's War vs 5 Minute Dungeon. Both pitch compelling arguments while Steve gets splinters from sitting on the fence.

Finally, in Swear An Oath, Mike has proudly fulfilled his first oath, Dungeon Petz, and is backing it up with Counterfeiters. Mitch put Maiden's Quest to rest and is really glad that he did (cue historic moment @1:25:03 ), and has decided to take a more surreal approach with Dreamscape. And Steve continues his Kemet-less run, but does manage to complete Space Base, and adds the beauty of Photosynthesis to his oath backlog.

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The News (1:13)

Sizzling Games: Welcome to DinoWorld (5:27), Santa Monica (12:58), Above and Below (17:58)

Topic of the Week (26:14)

Introduce people to the hobby and craft the ultimate Games Night.

Kickstarter (46:45) I Am Death Now?, Nemesis, Terraforming Mars Big Box

Board Game Bracket (55:56) This week's match-up: Nemo's War vs 5 Minute Dungeon

Swearing An Oath (1:17:52)

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Timeline of Events

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Shem Phillips and Sam Macdonald, from of Garphill Games, discuss what all goes into designing worker placement games.

We talk about creating unique mechanisms, board design, player interaction, and more.

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