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Our hobby is full of great games which lets face it sometimes don't see the light of day, either they're not promoted as well as others, they release and disappear or just sometimes gaming groups don't get the opportunity. We're here to shine a light on some of our "unpunched gems" and talk about some of these games.
FIRST PLAYER: JP
OTHER PLAYERS: Adrian, Dan & Davey
In this episode you'll learn:
- more about the latest expansion for Dune Imperium: Bloodlines by Dire Wolf
- the conclusion to Adrian's cliffhanger...sort of...as he's now played Harry Potter: Catch the Snitch by Knight Games
- that JP has been experimenting (literally) in the latest expansion of Nucleum: Energy Research Institute
- about Dan's board gaming renaissance with Agricola and why he's sticking with the older version and not the remaster
- all about our groups unpunched gems, games which have flown under the radar within our grown or generally in the hobby. Let us know what your unpunched gems are
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Watch JP try out Nucleum: Energy Research Institute on Gaming Rules! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXXCTv7uVzk
EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
6:37 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
6:50 - Davey - Dune Imperium - Bloodlines
12:44 - Adrian: Catch the Snitch
21:58 - JP: Nucleum - Energy Research Institue
28:07 - Dan: Agricola
33:36 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Unpunched gems
39:27 - Suna Valo
42:18 - Conquest of Nerath
44:28 - The Manhatten Project
48:07 - Sidereal Confluence
51:12 - It's a Balloon
53:45 - Wiz War
57:05 - Clash of Cultures
59:47 - Underwater Cities
1:02:54 - Come Together
1:06:18 - Moonrakers
1:09:46 - Paperback
1:12:19 - New Angeles
1:18:47 - TURN 4 - Receive, Sleeve or Leave
1:24:08 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:32:56 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
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A chief misgiving Mark has about the con is that he is a terrible playtester. He was able to play two unpublished games, and while the designers were gracious he is seldom able to offer anything of much substance. "This game," he might say, "has cards. And other things." Past that, for some reason, when confronted with a prototype his faculties often fail him.
01:48 AYURIS: Arborea (Dani Garcia, Alley Cat Games, 2023)
Games Played Last Week:
05:00 -Phantom Division (Pete Ruth & Mark Thomas, Phantom Horizon, 2026)
14:38 -Westphalia (Amabel Holland, Hollandspiele, 2019)
23:33 -Project: ELITE (Konstantinos Kokkinis, Marco Portugal, & Sotirios Tsantilas, CMON, 2020)
27:19 -Ankh: Gods of Egypt (Eric M. Lang, CMON, 2021)
33:25 -Rise & Fall (Christophe Boelinger, Ludically, 2024)
38:15 -Space Cadets: Dice Duel (Geoff Engelstein and Sydney Engelstein, Stronghold, 2013)
43:06 -Outlive (Gregory Iliver, La Boite de Jeu, 2017)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
N/A
45:22 Topic: SVWAG Con Report
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We're on our way to Gen Con! And here are the games we're most excited about (as well as the ones that are getting the most buzz online). You'll also here where to find us in Indy, where we plan to eat, and how we plan to survive the Best Four Days in Gaming.
00:45 - Releases in the second half of the year.
02:23 - Preparing for Crowds at Gen Con - New Cart Policy
08:15 - Food Trucks
11:15 - Where Will We Be?
19:59 - The Games of Gen Con (BGG Preview: https://boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/77/gen-con-2025-preview)
20:54 - Vantage
23:27 - Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor
23:54 - Lost Ruins of Arnak: Adventure Chest
24:23 - Gwent: The Legendary Card Game
25:26 - Lightning Train
26:32 - Sea Salt and Paper: Extra Pepper
27:11 - Luthier
28:00 - Fliptoons
28:36 - Ruins
30:10 - Nature
30:53 - Rebel Princess Deluxe: Happily Never After
32:00 - Ace of Spades
33:35 - Galactic Cruise
34:31 - Pirates of Maracaibo: Commanders
34:43 - Soda Jerk
36:25 - Point Galaxy
37:04 - Compile Main 2
38:08 - Star Wars Battle of Hoth
38:41 - Galileo Galilei
39:21 - Propolis
39:48 - Final Girl: Shriek
41:32 - VIVO
42:08 - Spooktacular
43:57 - Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons
45:16 - Evergreen: Cherry Blossoms and Bamboo
45:22 - EXIT Advent Calendar: The Intergalactic Race
46:27 - Suna Valo
47:12 - Kronologic: Cuzco 1450
47:44 - Wine Cellar
49:22 - Shackleton Base
49:58 - Knitting Circle
50:36 - Ra: Traders
51:08 - Iliad
51:26 - Gibberers
51:48 - Cat and the Tower
52:42 - Ham Helsing
53:25 - The Four Doors
54:07 - Raising Chicago
54:24 - High Tide
54:39 - If Then
54:59 - Hyperstar Run
55:20 - Jungo
55:43 - Holiday Hijinks 10, 11, 12, Endangered Rescue 2, Journey to Tir na nOg
56:01 - Above and Below: Haunted
56:20 - The Peak Team
57:17 - Our Advice for Surviving Gen Con
Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com
00:02:00 Introduction
00:04:30 Superman Thoughts
00:11:30 Summer Movie Results
00:15:00 Horrified D&D
00:18:30 Middle Ages
00:21:30 Agricola
Herd Mentality/ MonsDRAWsity
00:29:00 Portal Games
00:30:30 Celestia
00:36:00 Ofrenda
00:45:30 Miniature Market
00:51:30 Game Toppers LLC
00:53:30 Outro
Ofrenda and Celestia are on the table for this episode. Each game offers distinct thematic journeys, yet all challenge players to make clever decisions under pressure. Ofrenda is a vibrant card-placement game inspired by Día de los Muertos, where players build altars to honor deceased relatives. The goal is to fulfill each spirit’s wishes by arranging portraits, offerings, candles, and marigolds in just the right configuration—while avoiding family drama from beyond the grave.
Celestia shifts gears into a whimsical airborne adventure. Players board a fantastical aircraft and journey through sky cities, collecting treasures while facing hazards like pirates and lightning storms. Each round, a new captain rolls dice to determine challenges, and passengers must decide whether to trust the captain or jump ship to claim their loot. It’s a push-your-luck game with bluffing and risk assessment at its core, wrapped in dreamy artwork and accessible rules.
Thanks for listening and hope to see you at Gen Con. And a big thanks to everyone coming to the strike tournament.
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We apologise for some minor sound quality issues this week. We hope you enjoy the pod all the same!
This week join Conor, Lauren and Dana as they discuss their Play Con 2025 highlights, including TTRPGs, big group games and some hot new releases. Conor has been throwing it back playing a game painted so beautifully that all other games are ruined for him, with Foundations of Rome. Lauren is casting aside life, youth, and rest, in her new quest for the eternal - glory! with Eternal Decks. Dana has been the one yelling 'Go Mum!' and has bet her bottom dollar that this was the game of the con, with Hot Streak.
We also cover some major gaming news, question of the pod, and round it out with what has us fired up!
Timestamps:
What we’ve been playing [0:05:11]
Foundations of Rome [0:37:40]
Eternal Decks [0:43:22]
Hot Streak [0:50:42]
Question of the Pod [1:07:43]
Fired up [1:23:17]
This week's Question of the Pod: How do you deal with the post-convention blues?
Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all the games that we discussed:
QE Commodities Expansion - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/360699/qe-commodities
Fate of the Fellowship - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/436217/the-lord-of-the-rings-fate-of-the-fellowship
Pergola - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/424573/pergola
Meadow - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/314491/meadow
Ito - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/327778/ito
The Vibe - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/426692/the-vibe
Guards of Atlantis II - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/267609/guards-of-atlantis-ii
Fishing - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/419195/fishing
Pitch Car - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/150/pitchcar
Foundations of Rome - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284189/foundations-of-rome
Eternal Decks - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/424981/eternal-decks
Hot Streak - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/446497/hot-streak
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On this episode of On Board Games, Erik talks with Steve and Shane from the Mate! Let's Play podcast to talk about games (and other things) they've played including:
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(25:54) Then, they talk about what goes on in our brains while we play.
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Reviews of Vantage and Deep Regrets. All the pegs provide a deep dive of Unconscious Mind. Game discussion starts at {00:36:18}.
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This week on Garrett's Games we check out two fun little card games from Amigo and Piatnik, then plan shrines to lost relatives
First up is
Double Donkey by Michael Modler from Piatnik and Amigo
follow by
Zero Hero by Klaus-Jurgen Wrede and Ralf zur Linde from Piatnik and Amigo
then we look to a bigger-box game with
Ofrenda by Orlando Sa and Andre Santos from Osprey Games
Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games
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Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Codenames (the new version), Little Alchemists, and Look at the Stars. Then, we talk about games where players can choose whether or not to trigger the end game, and what we like or don't like about them.
0:00-Intro
0:44-Recent Games-Codenames
3:46-Little Alchemists
7:19-Look at the Stars
30:25-Outro
31:20-Bloopers
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Sometimes once is enough, you know? Doesn't mean it was bad, but it might just be that you can have too much of a good thing. We're talking about board games that we'd recommend everyone play once, but only once. Before we hit and run, we talk about Kaivai, East India Companies, and Vantage.
01:44 - Kaivai 10:58 - Feya's Swamp 13:15 - East India Companies 21:31 - Vantage 39:41 - Games to play only once 41:22 - War of the Ring: Second Edition 41:47 - Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition 43:44 - Sidereal Confluence 44:08 - Blood on the Clocktower 44:19 - Two Rooms and a Boom 45:19 - Mister Diamond 45:40 - Hearts of AttrAction 46:51 - Catan 49:21 - Sanctum 49:37 - Deal with the Devil 50:08 - Nemesis
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Paula forces the gang to invent games on the fly, daisy chain game names and what the hell does GMT mean?
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We're back again with another set of mishaps, blunders and cock-ups. The gang discuss their porn names, dogs setting their tails on fire, the Dune popcorn bucket and much much more. Welcome to "Can i get a rewind: Vol 12", you've been warned...literally 12 times now.
THE PLAYERS: All of us
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
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The purest juxtaposition that reveals the absurdity of "take that" effects can be found in many of your heavier games and some consims with cards. You gather the resources, marshal your forces, laboriously haul those troops hither and yon, and then sometimes have to manage some activation tokens or whatnot to finally get it on. And then your opponent plays the "nuh uh" card. Fun!
01:19 AYURIS: Daybreak (Matt Leacock & Matteo Menapace, CMYK, 2023)
Games Played Last Week:
04:35 -Star Wars Unlimited (Jim Cartwright, Tyler Parrott, Daniel Schaefer, & Jeremy Zwirn, Fantasy Flight Games, 2024)
09:33 -Steam Power (Martin Wallace, Wallace Designs, 2024)
16:20 -Spot It! Bluey (Denis Blanchot, Jacques Cottereau, Guillaume Gille-Naves, & Igor Polouchine, Blue Orange, 2025)
19:15 -Mosaic: A Story of Civilization (Glenn Drover, Forbidden Games, 2022)
21:47 -TowerBrix (Simon Thomas, KOSMOS, 2024)
25:46 -Walk the Plank: Deluxe Edition (Shane Steely & Jared Tinney, Mayday Games, 2017)
28:36 -Bomb Busters (Hisashi Hayashi, Pegasus Spiel, 2024)
32:47 -Paint the Roses (Ben Goldman, North Star Games, 2022)
38:24 -Kinfire Delve: Scorn's Stockade (Kevin Wilson, Incredible Dream Studios, 2024)
41:55 -Transgalactica (Daniele Tascini, Devir, 2025)
49:15 -Phantom Division (Pete Ruth & Mark Thomas, Phantom Horizon, 2026)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
55:14 Looking forward to SVWAGCon!
55:43 Topic: Take That
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