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Hey Now Cabalists! Welcome to another jam-packed episode of The Cabal! Today we talk about our brand-new gaming haunt — Franklin Street Social. Then we dive into some games we’ve been playing, including Galactic Cruise, XCOM, Claustrophobia 1643, Sweet Lands, Magical Athlete, and Chicken! Then Don and Jamie give you a feature review of Tabriz, designed by Randy Flynn. After Tony T hooks you up with the greatest damn news segment in the history of news segments, the gang takes on a bunch of listener questions with topics including narrating your turn, board game movies, and when table talk starts to look like cheating. Galactic Cruise: 00:10:51, XCOM: 00:19:51, Claustrophobia 1643: 00:29:36, Sweet Lands: 00:37:44, Magical Athlete and Chicken: 00:47:59 Tabriz Review: 01:01:26, News with Tony T: 01:28:53, Short Topic Extravaganza: 02:27:04. Check out our sponsors Restoration Games at https://restorationgames.com/ and Game Toppers at https://www.gametoppersllc.com/.

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Clef and Tim breeze through disc golf talk to get spend a little time on sports before diving deep into musicals! Clef returns from his trip to New York and has plenty to talk about before we get into board games. We talk some recent plays including Pax Pamir, La Granja, and Blitzkrieg! Join the discord at discord.gg/s8hYtWkMS3 and visit punchboardparadise.com for more info on PPCon 2026! Board Game talk starts at 52:50. It's A LOT of musical talk.

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The delicious schnitzel's are calling us over to Germany again for another round of Essen Spiel 2025 and as always we've got you covered with games, experiences and bringing to life the convention.  In this first part we cover the journey over including an encounter with "Double Bake Brenda" on Tuesday, Wednesday including the press event and Thursday.  Stay tuned for the next part which includes Friday - Sundays shenanigans.

OUR PLAYERS - JP & Davey
SPECIAL GUEST - Mark Monk (NinjaGeekGames)

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Gaming Rules Pre-Essen Stream featuring JP - https://www.youtube.com/live/xYcKA9NcANI?si=NgUK6VQfiHViP3Kc

Essen Diaries - Missed our vlogs during the event, you can catch them on our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJMkOlbitmc&list=PLKzfzaHJK9iEgvZ1MGW1-d2Lhuu6ZqpHi

EPISODE CHAPTERS

0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count

3:08 - TURN 2 - Welcome to Essen SPIEL 2025

16:27 - DAY 0: WEDNESDAY

49:18 - DAY 1: THURSDAY

1:31:58 - TURN 3 - The Final Turn

You can check out JP's new podcast called Just Play right here https://www.justplaypod.co.uk we'd love to have you and also on the new YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@JustPlayPodcast

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