It is October, the month of Fat Bear Week, Decorative Gourd Season, Halloween, and Arkhipov Day! Sure, it has less candy than some of those other celebrations, but I'll wager neither a corpulent bear nor a kid dressed as a pirate has ever saved the entire human race. 

01:00 AYURIS: IKI (Koota Yamada, Sorry We Are French, 2015)

Games Played Last Week:

03:38 -Valka (Brooke Penrose, Terrible Games, 2024)

07:16 -Bus (Jeroen Doumen and Joris Wiersinga, Capstone Games, 2019)

09:47 -Warpgate: Beyond (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2022)

12:33 -Dinosaur World (Brian Lewis, David McGregor, & Marissa Misura, Pandasaurus Games, 2021)

16:02 -SCOUT (Kei Kajino, Oink Games, 2019)

18:18 -Jekyll & Hyde vs Scotland Yard (Gaëtan Beaujannot, Olivier Cipière, and Geonil, Mandoo Games, 2023)

20:11 -Cthulhu: Death May Die--Fear of the Unknown (Rob Daviau, Eric M. Lang, and Marco Portugal, CMON, 2024)

22:57 -Set a Watch (Mike Gnade and Todd Walsh, Rock Manor Games, 2019)

25:04 -Hamster Roll (Jacques Zeimet, Zoch Verlag, 2000)

27:02 -Federation (Dimitri Perrier and Matthieu Verdier, Explor8, 2022)

28:22 -R (Seiji Kanai, Kanai Factory, 2011)

31:03 -Lost Cities: The Board Game (Reiner Knizia, Rio Grande, 2008)

35:21 -Vengeance: Roll & Fight (Gordon Calleja, Noralie Lubbers, & Dávid Turczi, Mighty Boards, 2022)

 

News (and why it doesn't matter):

38:57 Friedemann Friese's Fishing: trick-taking

39:37 Mac Gerdts' 7 Empires

40:40 Reiner Knizia's Cosmolancer: Kingdoms, again

41:48 Burned relaunches on crowdfunding October 23 from Jon Moffat and Stone Circle Games

42:15 Daniele Tascini's Transgalactica

42:29 Chonkers Party: phat animals

42:50 Walker on Boards and Brews

43:14 Join us in celebrating Arkhipov Day on October 27th

44:22 Topic: Our Favourite Factions

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00:00:30 Intro

00:06:30 Charlie Hustle - RIP

00:07:50 Mega Moose Con

00:10:12 Dynamic Sponsors

00:14:28 More Surgery

00:17:35 Taste Buds

00:23:43 Miniature Market

00:24:56 Galactic Renaissance

00:37:50 Game Toppers LLC

00:39:19 Toy Hall of Fame Nominees

00:52:56 Infiltrators

00:59:20 Portal Games

01:01:10 Manhattan Project: War Machine

01:11:24 Outro

There’s nothing quite like spending a full day at Mega Moose Con, diving into a variety of games and sparking lively conversations. With different styles of games to offer, we had to constantly shift our thought processes as we moved from one game to the next. Of course, there was also a bit of a difference of opinion with the RDTN staff on one particular game. But hey, you can’t please everyone all the time!

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This week Dana, Conor and Adrian talk about what has been hitting their tables. Adrian has been digging his way into new business and shooting his shot in Overwatch 2. Conor is proving that distance makes the heart grow fonder, drafting cards in distant lands in Faraway. Dana has been gaming to commemorate R U Okay Day, and runs us through her epic experiences with the space strategy game Andromeda's Edge.  

They also recap last week's Question of the Pod, share their thoughts on a polarising gaming genre, all before before sharing what's got them fired up?

New Question of the Pod: What do you think about real-time games

Timestamps:
Faraway[0:40:01]
Andromeda's Edge [0:50:15]
Question of the Pod: [01:17:23]
Fired Up: [01:30:47]

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Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed:
Captain Sonar - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171131/captain-sonar 
Conservas - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/402024/conservas 
Concordia - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/124361/concordia 
Andromeda's Edge - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/358661/andromedas-edge 
Faraway - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/385761/faraway

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In today's episode, the guys discuss their recent plays, review Gaia Project: The Lost Fleet and Boonlake: Artifacts. They wrap up with a draft of their favorite Alexander Pfister games. Help support the podcast on Patreon! www.patreon.com/punchboardparadise Join our Discord! discord.gg/4FrZ8S3yCv Check out the Website! punchboardparadise.com Need a new shirt? www.punchboardparadise.threadless.com Music by HookSounds

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On this episode of On Board Games, Erik and Bruce talk about games (and other things) they've played including:

• Flip 7
• Endeavor Deep Sea
• Balatro Mobile
• Mini Poker Chips (BGG Thread here)
• Jackbox Survey Sample

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(30:26) Next, they talk about the systems behind game design, the AI of the game itself.

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In this bumper two day episode Ben speaks to everyone. 

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This week as we finish our stay in Essen, we look at a re-release, as well as a recent fun play

First up is

Kreta or Sardegna by Stefan Dorra the former title released by Goldsieber in 2005, and now re-released as the latter title from Playte

then we try to get shoppers to our stores over our rail networks, all while avoiding Godzilla in

Shinjuku by Gary Kacmarcik from Studio Supernova

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Ben and Steve hit the halls again. Will the fatigue get them?

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Ben and Steve hit the halls and meet the great and good at Essen Spiel.

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So we've done a lot of these drafts before, but I don't think we've done one quite like this. This time we're each trying to draft a set of five games that we think you might agree are incredibly overrated. What does that mean exactly? Well that's up for debate too. What isn't up for debate is that you could win $100 just by voting! Before we widen our delta, we talk about Undaunted 2200: Callisto, Nature, and Barcelona. 03:37 - Undaunted 2200: Callisto 13:10 - Nature 23:00 - Barcelona 31:22 - Overrated Games Draft 37:07 - Nemesis 39:10 - Frosthaven 41:15 - Star Wars: Rebellion 45:19 - Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition 47:37 - Earth 48:45 - Wingspan 51:19 - 7 Wonders Duel 52:24 - Mechs vs. Minions 53:17 - Everdell 55:43 - Crokinole 58:52 - Caverna: The Cave Farmers 59:55 - Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon 1:01:24 - On Mars 1:02:45 - Lost Ruins of Arnak 1:04:13 - Catan

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Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Sync, Rabble, and Panda Spin. Then, we take an episode to just chat with each other about recent happenings in life. Topics include a board game retreat Crystal just went to, Ambie's game playing with her kids, and some non board game stuff. Check out our new skeleton meeple design on our Teepublic store!

0:00-Intro
0:33-Announcements
1:13-Recent Games - Sync
6:03-Rabble
9:34-Panda Spin
15:03-Just Chatting
31:47-Outro
32:43-Bloopers

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Ben and Steve go to Spiel and speak to all of the great and good.

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Albatwitch Day is coming up and the Founders are go hunting for our local cryptid! Then the gang gets into the games they've been playing including Eldritch Horror, AI Space Puzzle, River Valley Glassworks, Obsession, Flip 7, and feature Andromeda's Edge designed by Luke and Maximus Laurie. Then Tony T dives right into his award-winning news segment giving us all the most important news from around the tabletop gaming world. And finally, the Founders take questions from the listeners regarding what we'd do if we had to pair our collection down to only 10 games, what Secret Cabal Monopoly tokens would be, and how pure should hidden movement games be? Andromeda's Edge 00:52:33, News with Tony T 01:31:46, Short Topic Extravaganza 02:25:53.

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• Welcome to Jon, Chris, Rena, and Ben
• Thank you to Karen G, Michael K, Mike A, Nick P
• Announcements
• News
  • Dragncard stats
• Mt Gundabad Retro pre-review
• How to make friends and win quests - Good Multiplayer Habits and Con of the Rings talk
• AMA

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Opener: Noli Closer: Just a few games that caught my eye or attention in other ways coming at Essen. Galileo Galilei, In the Footsteps of Marie Curie, Port Arthur, Amazonia Park, and Flatiron

My call for feedback earlier this year sparked both halves of this podcast. First, there was a request for me to explain my history with the best, most famous, and original CCG, Magic The Gathering. Though I dabble a tiny bit even now, there were a few years in the beginning when I dove in with both feet. It was, as we now say, a lifestyle game. I still think it's incredible, clearly one of my all-time favorites, but it's not easy to keep up with Magic and other games. Therefore it's mostly part of my gaming past, but I have such fond memories and will definitely play a game here or there in the future. Such as on M:tG Arena, the fantastic free-to-play digital version of the game. When Settlers of Catan (and Air Baron! another of my early favorites) showed up, eurogames essentially displaced Magic for me. Though we called them German Games at the time. I was hooked, and now it's been nearly thirty years. That sounds like a a long time--and it is!--but I have a hobby gaming history before Catan and Magic. I've told parts of that history on this podcast before, but when someone who listens to the show was surprised to hear I'd once worked for Steve Jackson Games, I realized it's been about 18 years since I told that story! So you'll forgive the repetition, if by some chance you remember my tale the first time. After talking about Magic, I go back to the beginning of my hobby gaming with a variety of stops along the way. There were years of wargames (both science fiction and some historical) and lots of roleplaying games. Like Magic, my RPG days are something I'll always remember fondly, but I'm not sure if I'll ever play those again.

-Mark

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It's our Essen Preview show for 2024! This time, we look at the various games we're most excited to check out at Spiel in Essen. And when we're done with that, we dash through our Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.

00:49 - Asking to Bring Something Back

02:16 - Tabletop Together and BGG's Preview List

03:16 - Priorities

08:58 - Where Will We Be?

12:09 - 7 Empires

12:50 - 365 Adventures

14:01 - Ada's Library

14:50 - Apiary: Expanding the Hive

15:26 - Backstories: Alone Under the Ice

16:23 - Bone Wars

18:16 - Cat Horror Costume

19:11 - Chants for the Old Ones

20:00 - Civolution

21:03 - Conservas

22:32 - Dead Cells

23:38 - Flatiron

25:22 - Galileo Galilei

26:20 - Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth

27:26 - Minos

28:04 - Paella Park

29:58 - Power Grid: Outpost

31:19 - SETI

32:52 - Similo: Jurrassic World, 10th Anniversary, and Games Decks

34:18 - Temple of Horrors

35:50 - Unconscious Mind

37:00 - Vampire Nights

38:01 - Witchcraft: Midnights Expansion

39:19 - Dice Tower Essentials: Floresta, Vegetable Stock, Video Game Champion, Ito

41:58 - Food in Essen

45:25 - Pixies

47:56 - Robo Rally Transformers

51:01 - Mind MGMT

55:37 - Cat and the Tower

59:22 - Dadada

1:01:51 - Stickers

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Lauren, Dan, and Adrian navigate the maze of exciting games this week, as they share what's been happening on and off the table since they were last on the pod, including personal news on several fronts. In Sizzling Games, Adrian crafts cool characters for clever quests, and Dan manages his many marsupials.

They also recap your favourite game night snacks from last week's Question of the Pod, share their failures with this week's question, and get fired up for the coming week!

New Question of the Pod: When was the last time you forgot the rules to one of your favourite games?

Sizzling Games:

The Elder Scrolls [45:05]

Koala Rescue Club [1:07:30]

 

Question of the Pod: [1:15:55]

Fired Up: [1:25:48]

 

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Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed:

Fiction (2023), Harmonies (2024), Quoridor Pac Man (2024), Coffee Rush (2023), Darwin's Journey (2023), Confronting The Darkness (2024), The Elder Scrolls (2024), Koala Rescue Club (2024) , Maki Master (2024), Cafe Baras (2024), Diced Veggies (2023), Eye My Favourite Things (2015), 

 

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Folks, folks and folks, please come join us for a marvelous carboard celebration through time, energy and cities. Gaze your eyes to Paris in 1920 and marvel at the deductive action of Kronologic. Now turn those eyeballs further east towards Germany and amaze yourself with the fantabulous power of Nucleum and finally, fly up and up and up and then look down for a birds eye view of cities in Cities. It’s a show like no other and that show is called Talk Cardboard. For more NPI please visit https://nopunincluded.com If you’d like to check out our bonus episodes - become a patreon supporter on patreon.com/nopunincluded On to the timestamps: 0:00 Cold Open 2:48 Intro 3:42 Audience Correspondence: Convention Demo Learning 8:45 Kronologic: Paris 1920 19:52 Audience Correspondence: Board games in libraries 25:29 Nucleum + Nucleum: Australia 1:09:31 Audience Correspondence: Wilmot's Warehouse 1:13:26 Cities 1:25:40 Outro

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Clef and Tim talk recent plays and board games that have only been played once.

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In this episode of #channel Ben and Steve talk about their Essen recollections and look at Steve and a couple of discord subscribers' Essen picks.

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