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It’s a designer spotlight, which means we’re turning the focus away from us, and putting it on some prestigious designers instead! This week it’s Inka and Markus Brand, whose story apparently has a whole enemies to lovers angle I did not see coming.  Before we power duet, we talk about Party House: The Deckbuilding Game, Land and Freedom: The Spanish Revolution and Civil War, and Baba Is You: The Board Game.

Check out the Kickstarter for Organism!

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Timecodes:

01:50 – Party House: The Deckbuilding Game
06:35 – Land and Freedom: The Spanish Revolution and Civil War
13:03 – Baba Is You: The Board Game.
28:53 – Designer spotlight: Inka & Markus Brand
32:10 – Catan
36:58 – The Great Dinosaur Game
37:40 – Village
40:56 – The Enchanted Tower
41:52 – Exit
46:22 – La Boca

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We’re downsizing, imagining a brigher future where we don’t have hundreds of games to fret about not playing, but a very slight, extremely manageable twenty. Some say it can’t be done, but that’s never stopped us before. Before we get low, we talk about After you, Betobeto-san, Skull Queen, and Star Trek: Captain’s Chair – To Boldly Go.

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Timecodes:

01:53 – After you, Betobeto-san
09:11 – Skull Queen
17:21 – Star Trek: Captain’s Chair – To Boldly Go
28:12 – Minimalist board game collections

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We love a good old game – there are a lot that of games over a decade old that we’d happily sing the praises of, but if we were being brutally honest, how many of them do we think would make it in today’s markets? How much have tastes really moved on since these games were in their prime? Before we let nostalgia get the better of us, we talk about I’m Out, Evenglow, and Trials of Maya.

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Timecodes:

03:08 – I’m Out
09:28 – Evenglow
13:32 – Trials of Maya
29:40 – If old games were released today
31:29 – Pandemic Legacy: Season 1
39:14 – War of the Ring: Second Edition
42:22 – Terraforming Mars
44:30 – Star Wars: Rebellion
46:41 – Twilight Struggle
48:01 – The Castles of Burgundy
50:08 – Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization
52:37 – Great Western Trail
54:02 – Brass: Lancashire
57:52 – 7 Wonders Duel
59:51 – Scythe

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We play a lot of games. Which is great, because a lot of games get made, and we get to play them … but it does come at the cost of always having to learn (and teach) something new, grappling with rules, and gets in the way of enjoying the game. Would it be better if we just devoted ourselves to one game? Before we join a Mahjong club, we talk about Wingspan Pocket, Greylune, and Marrakesh.

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Timecodes:

01:53 – Wingspan Pocket
09:16 – Greylune
19:11 – Marrakesh
36:53 – Sticking with one game

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We’re back to collaborate (and listen) to figure out together what the best games of 2017 were. Are? It’s a collaborative draft, and if you haven’t heard one of these before, get ready for an honest to goodness mess. Before we draw up treaties, we talk about Prosciutto and Melon Game, and Steel Driver.

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Timecodes:

03:00 – Prosciutto and Melon Game
12:24 – Steel Driver
22:26 – Best games of 2017
25:35 – Calimala
30:48 – Ethnos
34:15 – The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31
39:37 – Nusfjord
42:39 – Sidereal Confluence 
46:35 – Startups
48:44 – Codenames: Duet
51:12 – Heaven & Ale
52:51 – The Quest for El Dorado
56:15 – Rumble Nation
58:09 – Azul
1:03:03 – Iberian Gauge
1:04:21 – Cursed Court

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Gen Con is Gen Coming, so we’re looking in our wizard’s glasses to tell you what’s what. Whether you’re going or not, you’re gonna want to know what the hot games are, and we’ve got you covered. Before we Indianapolize, we talk about Koinobori, Compania, and Mood Swings.

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Timecodes:

02:32 – Koinobori
09:50 – Compania
19:52 – Mood Swings
25:39 – Gen Con preview
24:57 – Prague Unseen
28:27 – Triangulation
30:24 – All Mine!
32:25 – Hell of a Deal
34:51 – Night at the Zoo
36:22 – Stonk Market
39:45 – Bullseye
41:57 – Jibber Jabble
44:38 – The Lord of the Rings: Circle of Conflict
46:05 – Revenant
48:11 – FaeKin
49:32 – Mythologies
50:18 – World Order
52:28 – Greylune
57:22 – Corps of Discovery Duo

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There are two board game mechanisms you just can’t escape, they’re on everyone’s mind, flooding the discourse. That’s combat, and card draw mitigation. Everyone won’t stop talking about them. So we had to weigh in too, not just with what we feel are the best examples of games that have done them best, but some other quirky takes on them too. Before we mitigate our card draws, we talk about Rolling Deep, Eureka!, dnup, and Grinivil.

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Timecodes:

03:59 – Rolling Deep
15:12 – Eureka!
16:48 – dnup
24:48 – Grinivil
40:10 – Combat mechanisms
41:07 – Kemet
45:00 – Dune
48:40 – Shogun
52:42 – Forbidden Stars
53:51 – Dead Reckoning
54:48 – Gloomhaven
55:12 – Card draw mitigation
56:09 – Dark Pact
57:19 – La Granja
58:26 – Glory to Rome
59:58 – Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization
1:02:07 – Race for the Galaxy
1:02:57 – 7 Wonders Duel
1:06:28 – The Vale of Eternity

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It’s been a while since we’ve plumbed the depths of the bottomless chasm we call “fanmail”, so this week we’re reaching our hands as far as we can and pulling out some questions that have yet to see the light of say. Before we dig too greedily and too deep, we talk about Politrickers, Marvel Champions: The Card Game, and Banana Governance.

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Timecodes:

02:19 – Politrickers
10:47 – Marvel Champions: The Card Game
19:13 – Banana Governance
30:33 – Minimum expectations with new players?
40:59 – “Late to the Party” games?
47:19 – Stuff that we’re looking forward to!
47:45 – The Danes
56:57 – Purple Haze

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The people demand takes, so get ’em while they’re hot. We’re weighing in on some possibly bad, certainly edgy opinions, and deciding where we land (spoiler: we’re always right). Before we get heated, we talk about Diplomacy: The Golden Blade, and Cozy Stickerville.

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Timecodes:

01:46 – Diplomacy: The Golden Blade
12:33 – Cozy Stickerville
25:41 – Hot takes!
26:11 – Co-op games are just single player games with an audience
32:01 – Catch Up mechanics ruin competitive integrity
37:39 – Legacy games are a predatory waste of money
41:22 – If a game takes more than 30 minutes to teach, it’s a bad design
45:56 – Player elimination is actually a good mechanism
47:36 – Hidden victory points are a cowardly design choice
51:38 – Gateway games Like Catan or Monopoly should be actively avoided
52:44 – House ruling a game means you bought the wrong game
53:10 – Theme is a myth
54:13 – Kickstarter deluxe editions are actively ruining the hobby

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Timecodes:

01:46 – Diplomacy: The Golden Blade
12:33 – Cozy Stickerville
25:41 – Hot takes!
26:11 – Co-op games are just single player games with an audience
32:01 – Catch Up mechanics ruin competitive integrity
37:39 – Legacy games are a predatory waste of money
41:22 – If a game takes more than 30 minutes to teach, it’s a bad design
45:56 – Player elimination is actually a good mechanism
47:36 – Hidden victory points are a cowardly design choice
51:38 – Gateway games Like Catan or Monopoly should be actively avoided
52:44 – House ruling a game means you bought the wrong game
53:10 – Theme is a myth
54:13 – Kickstarter deluxe editions are actively ruining the hobby

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It’s long been said that we’re the foremost experts in knowing which way the awards winds blow, so we’re putting our talents to use guessing, nay, predicting, nay, deciding who the winners in the Golden Geeks are going to be. Before we geek out, we talk about Chronicles of Crime: 2400, Quarto, and Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon.

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Timecodes:

04:07 – Chronicles of Crime: 2400
12:00 – Quarto
16:13 – Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon
30:16 – Golden Geeks 2025

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Timecodes:

04:07 – Chronicles of Crime: 2400
12:00 – Quarto
16:13 – Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon
30:16 – Golden Geeks 2025

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There are big spiky moments that happen in the meta that is the board game hobby, and the Brass: Pittsburgh crowdfunding campaign feels like one of them. It is after all, a successor to the #1 ranked game on BGG. That’s something! Enough so that it sent Mark into a bit of an existential spiral, and we’re here to talk him down. Before we catch a falling Wallace, we talk about Hummingbirds, Fendo, and Soothsayers.

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Timecodes:

06:59 – Hummingbirds
14:44 – Fendo
18:53 – Soothsayers
29:23 – Brass: Pittsburgh crowdfunding

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Timecodes:

06:59 – Hummingbirds
14:44 – Fendo
18:53 – Soothsayers
29:23 – Brass: Pittsburgh crowdfunding

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Oh man, oh man, it’s time that we ask you (yes, you) to tell us (yes, us) what your favourite games are, because for one time a year, it doesn’t matter what we think about games, but you better be ready to tell us what you think about games. A lot of you did, so here it is, the listener top 20! Before we ask you to do all the work, we talk about Emberheart, Gods & Mortals, and Feya’s Swamp.

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Timecodes:

01:30 – Emberheart
14:11 – Gods & Mortals
23:46 – Feya’s Swamp
33:38 – Listener Top 20
37:14 – A Feast for Odin
37:55 – Agricola
38:32 – Terraforming Mars
39:17 – Guards of Atlantis II
40:09 – Concordia
42:05 – Tigris & Euphrates
43:16 – Blood on the Clocktower
44:00 – El Grande
44:47 – The Castles of Burgundy
46:12 – Inis
47:38 – Race for the Galaxy
48:06 – Arcs
49:08 – Ark Nova
49:30 – Root
50:06 – Innovation
51:11 – Spirit Island
52:05 – Ra
52:51 – Brass: Birmingham
53:26 – Dune: Imperium
54:04 – Hansa Teutonica

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Timecodes:

01:30 – Emberheart
14:11 – Gods & Mortals
23:46 – Feya’s Swamp
33:38 – Listener Top 20
37:14 – A Feast for Odin
37:55 – Agricola
38:32 – Terraforming Mars
39:17 – Guards of Atlantis II
40:09 – Concordia
42:05 – Tigris & Euphrates
43:16 – Blood on the Clocktower
44:00 – El Grande
44:47 – The Castles of Burgundy
46:12 – Inis
47:38 – Race for the Galaxy
48:06 – Arcs
49:08 – Ark Nova
49:30 – Root
50:06 – Innovation
51:11 – Spirit Island
52:05 – Ra
52:51 – Brass: Birmingham
53:26 – Dune: Imperium
54:04 – Hansa Teutonica

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We made it back in one piece, and all told I think we did pretty well! We got through a heck of a lot of what we wanted to play, and we’re here to tell you all about it – including Dark Pact, Totally Human, and Banana Governance, and more!

Please submit your favourite games for our Listener Top 20!

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Timecodes:

02:36 – Totally Human
14:04 – Dark Pact
20:56 – Gold Country
28:21 – Staked!
32:58 – Secret Tribe
41:34 – Habemus Papam
50:11 – 3 Chapters
55:22 – Banana Governance
1:02:29 – Hellapagos

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Timecodes:

02:36 – Totally Human
14:04 – Dark Pact
20:56 – Gold Country
28:21 – Staked!
32:58 – Secret Tribe
41:34 – Habemus Papam
50:11 – 3 Chapters
55:22 – Banana Governance
1:02:29 – Hellapagos

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By the time you’re listening to this, we’re probably already in Vegas for Dice Tower West! We’re going to hang about all day playing games – which naturally leads to the question of what we’re going to play? These are the games we came up with! Before we bite off more than we can chew, we talk about Ghost Lift, Cities, and I, Napoleon.

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Timecodes:

02:31 – Ghost Lift
08:13 – Cities
14:06 – I, Napoleon
24:40 – Dice Tower West anticipated games
26:05 – Biblios
27:04 – Feya’s Swamp / Kaivai
28:26 – Cheese Thief
29:03 – Habemus Papam
31:15 – Wroth
33:33 – Greed Incorporated
35:39 – Dark Pact
38:45 – Secret Tribe
39:52 – Eternal Decks
41:03 – All In: Predictions
42:04 – Cthulhu: Dark Providence
44:14 – Robo Rally Dice

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I think it’s fair to say that we crushed this last year (although some of us better than others), so it’s only correct and right that we should return to do it again. What are the best games of 2026 going to be? Well, only we know, but we’re willing to part with that information. Get your fat stacks ready. Before we set ourselves up for failure, we talk about Alibis, Mosaic: A Story of Civilization, and Cyclades: Legendary Edition.

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Timecodes:

03:02 – Alibis
09:18 – Mosaic: A Story of Civilization
23:25 – Cyclades: Legendary Edition
36:27 – Anticipation Auction 2026
41:18 – The Game Makers
44:25 – Cozy Stickerville
46:39 – Brass: Pittsburgh
50:35 – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Trick-taking Game
54:04 – Revenant
56:21 – World Order
59:31 – Dark Pact
1:02:28 – The Great Library
1:03:56 – Spirited
1:05:25 – Realm of Reckoning
1:08:55 – Avalon: The Riven Veil
1:12:57 – La Pâtisserie Rococo
1:14:24 – Nippon: Zaibatsu
1:17:24 – Rewild: South America
1:18:44 – Movers & Shakers

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All of this has happened before and will happen again. Everything comes back around, including games you could swear you’ve played before. Whether they’re remakes, reimplimentations, or rejuvenations, we’re tackling the world of board game revivals. Before what’s old is new, we talk about Agent Avenue, 7 Empires, and Stellar Ventures.

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Timecodes:

02:24 – Agent Avenue
07:25 – 7 Empires
18:26 – Stellar Ventures
33:52 – Remakes
39:01 – Blood on the Clocktower
40:55 – Zoo Vadis
48:03 – Dune Imperium – Uprising
54:14 – A Feast for Odin

Thank you to Heart Society for generously letting us use What’s On Your Mind, Kid? from their album Wake the Queens.

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Sometimes you know the type of game you want to play, just not exactly which game quite fits the bill. Is that heavy Euro too heavy? That deck builder not builder-y enough? Before we sit down with Goldilocks, we talk about Rise and Fall, and JOYRIDE: Survival of the Fastest.

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Timecodes:

01:09 – Rise and Fall
12:53 – JOYRIDE: Survival of the Fastest
25:08 – Games that are Just Right
29:30 – Hanabi
29:57 – Wilmot’s Warehouse
30:13 – Bomb Busters
33:25 – Eternal: Chronicles of the Throne
37:59 – Lisboa
38:55 – SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
42:58 – Dominion

Thank you to Heart Society for generously letting us use What’s On Your Mind, Kid? from their album Wake the Queens.

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Well, we started this thing, so I guess we ought to finish it, as ill-advised as that might be. This is where all the chickens come home to roost, where we learn how badly we’ve set ourselves up to fail – but you never know, it might just all work out! It’s the top ten greatest board games … of all-time!

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Timecodes:

06:29 – #10 – Codenames
13:56 – #9 – The Resistance
18:15 – #8 – Age of Steam
23:09 – #7 – Troyes
27:52 – #6 – Hansa Teutonica
32:39 – #5 – Cthulhu Wars
33:48 – #4 – Hundreds of Horses
40:27 – #3 – Brass: Birmingham
44:40 – #2 – A Question of Scruples
52:05 – #1 – Time’s Up!

Thank you to Heart Society for generously letting us use What’s On Your Mind, Kid? from their album Wake the Queens.

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Happy new year! We’re back to continue the very peaceful, collaborative, kind endeavour that is coming together to harmoniously assemble our top 50 games. It’s been nothing but chill, friendly vibes, and we expect that to continue into 2026. It’s the next twenty games on our definitive top 50 board games… of all-time!

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Timecodes:

01:20 – #30 – Tzolk’in: The Mayan Calendar
06:43 – #29 – Dominion
09:36 – #28 – Fuji Flush
11:13 – #27 – Innovation
12:53 – #26 – Blue Lagoon
14:27 – #25 – El Grande
15:11 – #24 – Dune
16:17 – #23 – Inis
19:16 – #22 – Decrypto
21:27 – #21 – The Estates
23:24 – #20 – Yellow & Yangtze
26:08 – #19 – Archipelago
27:34 – #18 – Agricola
30:04 – #17 – Guards of Atlantis II
31:33 – #16 – Taj Mahal
33:03 – #15 – The Voyages of Marco Polo
35:08 – #14 – I’m the Boss!
37:00 – #13 – Lords of Vegas
38:05 – #12 – A Feast for Odin
41:32 – #11 – Telestrations

Thank you to Heart Society for generously letting us use What’s On Your Mind, Kid? from their album Wake the Queens.

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