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We're in Becky's happy place this episode as she takes us through all things bright & beautiful with a focus on nature themed games. The gang discuss their favourites and why it gives them the cosy feels.
FIRST PLAYER: Becky
OTHER PLAYERS: Kerley & Adrian
In this episode you'll learn:
- All about Adrian's experience with Parks from Keymaster Games
- about Kerleys return to a classic space tech tree game, yep theirs only one it's Beyond the Sun by Rio Grande Games
- about Becky's love for LOTR: Duel for Middle-Earth by Repos Productions
- to take a walk around the meeple managerie as the team walk through nature games and how they fit into the hobby
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:22 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
1:30 - Adrian - Parks
12:54 - Kerley - Beyond the Sun
17:07 - Becky - LOTR: Duel for Middle-Earth
19:55 - TURN 3 - Main Event: The meeple menagerie
20:18 - Our favourite nature games (Ark Nova, Earth & Everdell)
31:30 - Nature can be cutthroat & the feel of nature games (Photosynthesis)
34:46 - Nature can be forceful (Spirit Island)
38:21 - Educational aspects of nature games
42:13 - An aside with Cascadia and the beauty of nature
47:06 - The theme can soften game play experiences
51:34 - The Span'verse
57:36 - Some games which live on the edge of that nature theme
1:01:44 - TURN 4 - Receive, Sleeve or Leave
1:04:14 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:11:23 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
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This time, Tom gives us an update on his replay of the Catan expansions before we take a big look at small games. What are the pros and cons of games that can fit in your pocket? Also, we share a new Tale of Horror, as well as our latest batch of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.
01:03 - Summer: Origins, Dice Tower East, Dice Tower Cruise, Gen Con
05:03 - Catan Update and Chess
07:10 - Small Games
36:41 - Tale of Boardgaming Horror
40:06 - Hot Streak
44:22 - Rhymes with Duck
47:08 - Lynx
51:11 - Endeavor: Deep Sea
54:51 - Fate of the Fellowship
58:21 - Tower Up
Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com
"Because of the long-standing mutual enmity between Meany and Brown, Meany was named among the suspects in The Case Of Encyclopedia Brown’s Mangled Corpse. Meany denied the allegations.
'It’s true that Detective Brown and I didn’t see eye to eye, but I would never do something so downright dirty rotten as murder him,' Meany said. 'Besides, it’s a matter of public record that, at the time the crime was committed, I was at the North Pole watching the penguins.'"
-"Idaville Detective 'Encyclopedia' Brown Found Dead In Library Dumpster", The Onion
01:42 AYURIS: Zoo Vadis (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2023)
Games Played Last Week:
4:12 -Sky Team (Luc Rémond, Le Scorpion Masqué, 2023)
7:20 -Ofrenda (Orlando Sá & André Santos, Osprey Games, 2025)
12:51 -Galactic Cruise (T.K. King, Dennis Northcott, and Koltin Thompson, Kinson Key Games, 2025)
20:05 -Twins (Reiner Knizia, Oink Games, 1996)
23:59 -Clinic Deluxe Edition (Alban Viard, AVStudioGames, 2019)
28:23 -Stationfall (Matt Eklund, Ion Game Design, 2023)
37:46 -Great Western Trail: New Zealand (Alexander Pfister, eggertspiele, 2023)
40:45 -Schotten Totten 2 (Reiner Knizia, IELLO, 2020)
45:18 -Corps of Discovery: A Game Set in the World of Manifest Destiny (Jay Cormier & Sen-Foong Lim, Off the Page Games, 2025)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
49:13 Balance updates to Fromage
50:17 Tianxia by Daniele Tascini & Antonio Petrelli, another "T" game by Board&Dice
50:39 Burned by Stone Circle Games will have a crowd sale on The Game Crafter soon
51:19 Open registration for SVWAG Con (July 25th-July 27th) on Eventbrite! https://tinyurl.com/25s6p5jd
51:45 Topic: Pulling Levers
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Join Conor, Joe and Lauren and they discuss what has been hitting their tables and screens. Conor has gone absolutely rogue venturing off the table and into the digital space with Monster Train 2. Lauren enlightens the guys on her recent solo tower defence adventure with The Last Lighthouse. Joe has been playing a fun party game, no wait a really fun party game, no wait a game that dances and teaches itself and gives everyone free chocolate while they play - it’s Ito!
That, plus the regular question of the pod and what has us fired up.
Timestamps:
What we’ve been playing [0:03:52]
Monster Train 2 [0:43:48]
The Last Lighthouse [0:53:50]
Ito [0:59:29]
Question of the Pod [1:08:05]
Fired Up [1:20:20]
Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all the games that we discussed:
Magic the Gathering – Final Fantasy - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/463/magic-the-gathering
Daybreak - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/334986/daybreak
Mage Knight - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/96848/mage-knight-board-game
Iwari - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/270109/iwari
A Nice Cuppa - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/408839/a-nice-cuppa
Tussie Mussie - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/257614/tussie-mussie
Anomia X - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/225062/anomia-x
Monikers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/156546/monikers
Ghost Blitz - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/83195/ghost-blitz
Powerline - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367295/powerline
That Escalated Quickly - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/410382/that-escalated-quickly
The Last Lighthouse - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/378117/the-last-lighthouse
Ito - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/327778/ito
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00:02:00 Introduction
00:06:00 Banana Ball
00:16:00 CMON New
00:19:00 Taste Buds
00:23:00 Portal Games
00:25:00 Slide
00:30:00 Rumble Nation
00:43:00 Game Toppers
00:45:30 Butterfly Garden
00:51:00 Huang
01:06:00 Miniature Market
01:07:00 Timber Town
01:13:00 Switch 2 Release
In this episode we cover two fun but very different area control games. Plus Marty goes to a Banana Ball game and gets a Switch 2
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On this episode of On Board Games, Erik and Don talk about games (and other things) they've played including:
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(28:47) Then, they discuss the impact art has on the game play experience.
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Reviews of Citizens of the Spark, House of Thousand Corpses, Woodlanders, Seven Prophecies. All the pegs provide a deep dive of Black Forest. Game discussion starts at {00:37:52}.
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This week Shelley and I check out the THIRD Kennerspiel des Jahres nominee, the Viking-themed resource collection game
Looot (yes, it's THREE o's) by Charles Chevallier and Laurent Escoffier from Hachette and Gigamic
then we check out a title that's should make a splash at GenCon this year - build your 3-D castle to prevent the wolf army from invading your pig's fortifications in
Castle Raisers by Erwan Le Minous and Anthony Perone from Wonderful World Board Games
Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games
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We're not done with UKGE 2025 and we've got some more goodies for you. This episode focuses on our live show recorded on Friday 30th May in Piazza 4 (Dice Room) and we've spliced in our interviews with various publishers, designers and general punters. A massive thank you to those who attended to make it our biggest show yet, we love seeing this grow and grow.
OUR PLAYERS - JP, Rob, Adrian, Kerley, Becky, Tambo
OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn all about our live show that we recorded at the UK Games Expo so if you missed it don't fear it's right here people
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Find out more about the UK Games Expo here - https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/
EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
0:57 - TURN 2 - Whose Turn Is It Anyway LIVE 2025!!!
4:43 - INTERVIEW 1: Word on the Expo Street with Chris
6:41 - Board Game World Cup - Slay the Spire vs Here To Slay
9:58 - INTERVIEW 2: Eleni from Czech Games Edition (SETI: Agencies, Wispwood, Codenames & Galaxy Trucker Do What?)
15:40 - Board Game World Cup - Nucleum vs Great Western Trail
17:46 - INTERVIEW 3: Viktor Peter from Mindclash Games (Trickerion Arcane Arts)
24:24 - Board Game World Cup - Terraforming Mars vs Arcs
26:32 - INTERVIEW 4: Word on the Expo Street with Josh
28:09 - Board Game World Cup - Endeavor Deep Sea vs Twilight Imperium 4th Edition
30:21 - INTERVIEW 5: Chris Priscott from Unfringed Games (Fetching Feathers)
32:47 - Board Game World Cup - Primal: The Awakening vs Andromedas Edge
36:00 - INTERVIEW 6: Jack Neville from Split Stone Games (Mycelia, Stag)
38:23 - Board Game World Cup - White Castle vs Star Trek Captains Chair
41:25 - INTERVIEW 7: Word on the Expo Street with Stewart
43:14 - Board Game World Cup - Minos: Dawn of the Bronze Age vs The Witcher: Old World
45:45 - INTERVIEW 8: Andrew Navaro from Earthborne Games (Hubworld: Aidlon)
48:53 - Board Game World Cup - Castles of Burgundy vs Merchants Cove
51:09 - Board Game World Cup - The Finals
54:49 - INTERVIEW 9: Dave Beck from Paverson Games (Lutheir, Distilled and Class of '89)
57:36 - Would You Rather - Go to as many cons with everything booked or only one but expenses paid?
1:02:53 - INTERVIEW 10: Word on the Expo Street with Richard
1:05:07 - Would You Rather - Have a board game butler or a board game teacher?
1:08:33 - INTERVIEW 11: Shawn Hoult from Allies or Enemies
1:10:32 - Would You Rather - Free limited edition deluxe copies you can carry or free retail editions that you can fit in the granny trolley
1:14:57 - Ask Us Anything
1:26:31 - TURN 3 - The Final Turn
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Sharpen your papercuts because it's time to put cards face down in front of you and simultaneously flip them face up! The Old King's Crown is maybe the year's most exciting game and we've got an exciting early scoop!
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On to the time stamps:
0:00 Cold Open
1:40 Intro
Work In Progress
2:08 Emberleaf
11:19 Hot Streak
22:00 Project L
26:24 Survive the Island
Main Feature
31:06 The Old King's Crown
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including The Lord of the Rings, Fate of the Fellowship and ONDA. Then, we talk about setup time - how it can make a game harder to get played, and ways to mitigate that time.
0:00-Intro
0:42-Recent Games - The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship
9:18-ONDA
15:40-Setup Time
29:25-Outro
30:21-Bloopers
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When playing games it's easy to fall into the trap of over-anaylsing turns, or questioning whether the move we made was the right one, or even allowing people to roll back whole turns - so we're asking if maybe we've been wrong this whole time, and we should just ... embrace it? Are mistakes interesting? Before we have any regrets, we talk about Apiary, Wizards Cup, and Wroth.
02:43 - Apiary 13:43 - Wizards Cup 20:41 - Wroth 31:37 - Mistakes are fun?
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