This weeks guest:

Jake Frydman https://www.decisionspacepodcast.com/

Blueberry jam not jelly........ don't be gross

00:00 INTRO

01:33 Cysmic (Jason Blake Star Reach Games 2026)

04:43 Bomb Busters (Hisashi Hayashi Pegasus Spiele 2024)

07:03 Crits & Tricks (Pete Wissinger Inside Up Games 2026)

10:47 Baghdad: The City of Peace (Fabio Lopiano, Nestore Mangone Alley Cat Games 2025)

15:25 Taj Mahal (Reiner Knizia Ravensburger AG 2000)

18:30 The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship (Matt Leacock Z-Man Games 2025)

23:05 Santiago (Claudia Hely, Roman Pelek AMIGO 2003)

26:45 The Glorious Guilds of Buttonville (Christian Kudahl, Erik Andersson Sundén Ravensburger AG 2025)

29:54 NEWS

40:34 Topic: That's my jam.

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This weeks guest:

5 Games 4 Doomsday

Ben Maddox

https://5g4d.com/

00:00 INTRO

02:06 Moon Colony Bloodbath (Donald X. Vaccarino, Rio Grande Games 2025)

06:01 Ghost Blitz Junior (Jacques Zeimet Zoch Verlag 2018)

06:56 Paku Paku (Antoine Bauza Ravensburger 2017)

11:07 Imperial Elegy: The Road to the Great War 1850-1920 (Michael Lorino VUCA Simulations 2025)

17:12 Cysmic (Jason Blake Star Reach Games 2026)

20:15 Stationfall (Matt Eklund Ion Game Design 2023)

24:37 Nippon: Zaibatsu (Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro, Paulo Soledade CrowD Games 2026)

28:11 Cosmic Encounter (Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge, Bill Norton, Peter Olotka, Kevin Wilson Fantasy Flight Games 2008)

31:24 Demon Worker (Shogo Kuroda cosaic 2016)

33:35 NEWS

42:12 TOPIC The Looming Shadow of the Golden Age of Gaming

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This weeks Guest Charlie Theel

https://playerelimination.com/

Something smells tricky

00:00 INTRO

01:01 Dark Pact (Thomas Lehmann Trick or Treat Studios 2026)

05:21 Excalibur (Manny Trembley Roxley 2026)

08:48 Don't Mess with Cthulhu (Yusuke Sato New Board Game Party 2014)

10:59 Galaxy Trucker (Vlaada Chvátil Czech Games Edition 2007)

15:25 Railroad Tiles (Hjalmar Hach, Lorenzo Silva Horrible Guild 2025)

17:25 World of Wrestling (Brent Spivey Bombshell Games 2025)

23:02 How to Save a World (Yuval Grinspun Burnt Island Games 2025)

25:28 Black Orchestra (Philip duBarry Game Salute 2016)

34:54 The Hobbit: There and Back Again (Reiner Knizia Office Dog 2025)

36:48 NEWS

49:19 Main Review Fishing (Friedemann Friese 2F-Spiele 2024)

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Telling ME Calimala is good the nerve

00:00 Intro

00:58 Calimala (Fabio Lopiano Alley Cat Games2017)

04:59 Railroad Tiles (Hjalmar Hach, Lorenzo Silva Horrible Guild 2025)

08:15 Regicide Legacy (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, Andy Richdale Badgers from Mars 2025)

12:04 Movie Tricks (Vegard Eliassen Stillerud, Eilif Svensson, Åsmund Svensson Chilifox Games 2025)

15:35 SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Tomáš Holek Czech Games Edition 2024)

18:34 Robo Rally Dice (Kane Klenko Renegade Game Studios 2026)

21:27 Gùgōng (Andreas Steding Game Brewer 2018)

25:20 Night Soil (Jon Moffat Grail Games 2025)

29:08 News

36:51 WROTH

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00:00 Intro

01:25 Star Trek: Captain's Chair – To Boldly Go (Nigel Buckle, Dávid Turczi, Adam Turczi WizKids 2026)

02:53 Feya's Swamp (Helge Ostertag, Anselm Ostertag Fractal Juegos 2025)

07:07 Puerto Rico 1897: Special Edition (Andreas Seyfarth Awaken Realms 2025)

09:50 Compania (Yog Akase Asobition 2025)

12:00 Voidfall: Resurgence (Nigel Buckle, Marcel Dragomir, Dávid Turczi Mindclash Games 2026)

15:16 Recall (Helge Meissner, Kristian Amundsen Østby, Kjetil Svendsen, Anna Wermlund Alion – by Dr Ø 2025)

20:08 News

27:08 Main Topic Can the success of a game be determined by how good the rule book is

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Going to have to post a guard to the studio....

Can't keep letting riff raff stroll in. (unless its the rapper)

00:00 Intro

04:03 Innovation Deluxe (Carl Chudyk Asmadi Games 2017)

07:28 Tír na nÓg (Isaac Shalev, Jason Slingerland Grand Gamers Guild 2024)

09:59 Azul (Michael Kiesling Plan B Games 2017)

15:27 Coalitions (Andrew Rourke PHALANX 2026)

24:44 The Crew: Mission Deep Sea (Thomas Sing KOSMOS 2021)

28:29 OffShoots (Self-Published 2024)

32:00 NEWS

36:05 Burned (Jon Moffat Stone Circle Games 2025)

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This weeks guest Chris from Liege of Games https://www.youtube.com/c/Li%C3%A8geofGames

00:00 Intro

00:48 Torchlit (David Spalinski Allplay 2024)

03:51 The Hobbit: There and Back Again (Reiner Knizia Office Dog 2025)

06:31 Soar (Max Anderson, Zac Dixon, Austin Harrison IV Studio 2026)

12:08 Riftforce (Carlo Bortolini 1 More Time Games 2021)

13:57 Penguin Party (Reiner Knizia AMIGO 2008) NOT a dexterty game....

16:28 Winnie the Pooh: Serious Detective (Aleksei Kuznetsov, Oleg Meleshin, Yury Yamshchikov CrowD Games2025)

17:58 Pokémon GOITA (The Pokémon Company 2025)

21:32 Knarr: Skali (Thomas Dupont Bombyx 2026)

24:47 News

35:18 Crowdfunding Bubble

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This weeks special guest Efka from No Pun Included

https://www.youtube.com/c/NoPunIncluded/videos

00:00 Intro

Games we played last week

01:11 Cena (A.I. Lab 2025)

04:40 Wine Cellar (Andrew Stiles 25th Century Games 2025)

05:29 Movie Tricks (Vegard Eliassen Stillerud, Eilif Svensson, Åsmund Svensson Chilifox Games 2025)

08:09 Sweet Takes (Hisashi Hayashi Hasbro 2023)

10:40 Inis: Nemed (Christian Martinez Matagot 2026)

16:31 Star Trek: Ascendancy – Borg Assimilation (Aaron Dill, John Kovaleski, Sean Sweigart Gale Force Nine 2017)

19:50 Speakeasy (Vital Lacerda Eagle-Gryphon Games 2025)

26:46 Black Forest (Tido Lorenz, Uwe Rosenberg Feuerland Spiele 2024)

32:49 The Presence (Sam Gullman Purple Lantern Games 2025)

38:46 Duplik (William Jacobson, Amanda Kohout Braincog, Inc.2005)

News 41:28

Galactic Cruise (T.K. King, Dennis Northcott, Koltin Thompson Kinson Key Games 2025)

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This week's guest Don from The Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast

00:00 INTRO

Games We Played Last Week

01:52 Soothsayers (Jeff Grisenthwaite, Play to Z 2026)

05:45 Orléans (Reiner Stockhausen, DLP games 2014)

08:56 Xenology (Dan Manfredini, Play to Z 2025)

13:16 XenoShyft: Onslaught (Keren Philosophales, Michael Shinall, Cool Mini Or Not 2015)

16:30 Puerto Rico 1897: Special Edition (Andreas Seyfarth, Awaken Realms 2025)

23:17 Flip Pick Towers (Rob Fisher, Adam Porter Osprey Games 2026)

26:53 Tapestry (Jamey Stegmaier, Stonemaier Games 2019)

31:29 Gods & Mortals (William Borg Barthet, Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa 2026)

News and why it doesent matter.

35:53 NEWS

Gods and Mortals -crowdfunding starts end of March

Dark Pact (2026)

Viva La Dirt League Presents: NPC Rivals!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vldl/viva-la-dirt-league-presents-npc-rivals

Main Review

39:58 Sweet Lands

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This week I welcome the Hungry Gamer

00:00 INTRO

Games We Played Last Week

01:08 Conquest Princess: Fashion Is Power (Seppy Yoon, Peter Yang Fight in a Box 2024)

03:44 War Chest (Trevor Benjamin, David Thompson AEG 2018)

06:08 Lands of Galzyr (Seppo Kuukasjärvi, Sami Laakso Snowdale Design 2022)

09:27 OffShoots (Dan Linden, Self-Published 2024)

12:20 Flamecraft Duals (Manny Vega Cardboard Alchemy 2025)

15:17 Yokohama (Hisashi Hayashi OKAZU Brand 2016)

20:02 Wroth (Manny Trembley Chip Theory Games2025)

24:56 Corps of Discovery Duo (Jay Cormier, Sen-Foong Lim Off the Page Games 2026)

News and Why it Doesn't Mater 

29:09 Welcome

Watch It Played https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHXGWflPj4c

Boards and Brews https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtzQI-j2M1tK7bdBVphKWJ8DGC0AtkdVh

Hungry Gamer https://www.youtube.com/@HungryGamerReviews

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Today's episode is brought to you by the letter T

 T stands for  tracks, tedium, Tiny mini games and sometimes Torturous 

00:00 Intro

AYURIS

01:08 Captain Flip (Remo Conzadori, Paolo Mori, PlayPunk 2024)

Games We Played Last Week

04:06 Fields of Arle (Uwe Rosenberg, Feuerland Spiele 2014)

08:16 Lunar Rush (Steven "Skippy" Brown, Dead Alive Games 2023)

10:08 Clans of Caledonia: Industria (Juma Al-JouJou, Karma Games 2025)

14:35 Star Trek: Star Realms Core Set (Darwin Kastle, UVS Games 2024)

18:58 The White Castle Duel (Isra C., Shei S., Devir 2025)

24:17 Natera: New Beginning (Eric Fugere, Hugo Tremblay-Ledoux, Horizon Games 2025)

NEWS and why it doesent matter

28:08 Mythwind: Herbalist & Shepherd Expansions

29:07 New stuff for Codenames

30:01 Knarr: Skali

30:13 Gold Country and Totally Human

30:45 Sagrada New Edition

32:48 Main Topic ranking T games

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A viking fighting for Olav the Holy at Stiklestad gets an arrow in the eye. The man pulls the arrow out, his eyeball still on out it, and says: "Det jaggu nærme nasen! (That was damn close the my nose)"

Another viking fighting for Olav at Stiklestad gets an arrow through his heart. He manages to pull the arrow out and study it. With his dying breath he says: "Eg har fettslintrat kring hjartet. Kongen har fødd meg vel. (I have fat arround my heart. The king has fed me well)".

00:00 Intro

Games We Played Last Week

00:48 The Druids of Edora (Stefan Feld, alea 2025)

02:55 Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders (Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner, Druid City Games 2024)

08:20 Siege of the Citadel (Richard Borg, Jay Little, Kevin Wilson, Modiphius Entertainment 2019)

12:52 Flamecraft Duals (Manny Vega, Cardboard Alchemy 2025)

14:24 Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon (Fabio Lopiano, Nestore Mangone, Sorry We Are French 2024)

17:06 Radlands (Daniel Piechnick, Roxley 2021)

18:22 Creature Caravan (Ryan Laukat, Red Raven Games 2024)

23:56 Wroth (Manny Trembley, Chip Theory Games 2025)

News

31:07 Disney Villainous:Hocus Pocus

31:52 BGA News

33:33 Colt Express: The Complete Collection

Main Review

34:35 Valheim: The Board Game (2025)

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On today's episode we have Sam from Board Game Dual Podcast

https://boardgameduel.podbean.com/

00:00 INTRO

Games we played this week.

01:09 Yokohama Duel (Hisashi Hayashi, OKAZU Brand 2018)

05:19 Airlines Europe (Alan R. Moon, Rio Grande Games 2011)

07:45 I Made You a Mixtape (Mike DiLisio, Dan Hughes, Massive Asterisk 2025)

11:12 Mutant Chronicles: Siege of the Citadel (Richard Borg, Pressman Toy Corp. 1993)

14:49 Marvel Champions: The Card Game (Michael Boggs, Nate French, Caleb Grace Fantasy Flight Games 2019)

18:46 Agent Avenue (Christian Kudahl, Laura Kudahl, Nerdlab Games 2024)

22:35 Unrest (Brendan Hansen, Pandasaurus Games 2023)

27:27 Marabunta (Reiner Knizia, Space Cowboys 2023)

30:28 Tag Team (Gricha German, Corentin Lebrat, Scorpion Masqué 2025)

33:56 Storm Raiders (Shem Phillips, Arkus Games 2025)

38:07 News (And why it doesn't matter)

41:41 Main Review Nokosu Dice

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https://boardgamebarrage.com/

Well here it is Walker's all alone now.....

Today I am joined by Mark from Board Game Barrage

00:00 Intro

01:08 Games we played last week.

01:12 Bomb Busters (Hisashi Hayashi,Cocktail Games,2024)

05:00 Let's Go Japan (Josh Wood,AEG,2024)

08:28 Taj Mahal (Reiner Knizia,Ravensburger,2000)

11:55 Lone Wolves (Yasuyuki Nakamura,Anthony Perone, Wonderful World Board Games,2024)

15:33 Subjective(Andrew Wolf,Spin Master Ltd.,2023)

18:42 Tabannusi: Builders of Ur (David Spada, Daniele Tascini,Board&Dice,2021)

21:01 Duplik (William Jacobson, Amanda Kohou,Braincog, Inc.,2005)

23:44 Clinic: Deluxe Edition(Alban Viard,AVStudioGames,2019)

28:58 Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders (Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner,Druid City Games,2024)

31:28 Reflections 1

39:21 News and why it does not matter

45:18 Refelctions 2

49:19 Main Review Zenith

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This guy just won't leave... Mark and I in our last, last episode together for a bit. Not to worry I will be rambling ever forward.

In this shorter episode we talk about just the games we played last week, some news and scene.

01.29 -AYURIS: Slay the Spire: The Board Game (Gary Dworetsky, Anthony Giovannetti, and Casey Yano, Contention Games, 2024)

Games Played Last Week:

05:05 -Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders (Tim Eisner and Ben Eisner, Druid City Games, 2024)

07:15 -Innovation Ultimate (Carl Chudyk, Asmadi Games, 2025)

12:47 -The Druids of Edora (Stefan Feld, alea, 2025)

16:00 -Hot Streak (Jon Perry, CMYK, 2025)

20:28 -Bohemians (Jasper de Lange, Portal Games, 2025)

26:49 -The Crew: Mission Deep Sea (Thomas Sing, KOSMOS, 2021)

28:20 -Federation: Piracy (Dimitri Perrier & Matthier Verdier, Explor8, 2025)

35:46 -Fishing (Friedemann Friese, 2F-Spiele, 2024)

37:16 -Formaggio (Ben Rosset, Road to Infamy Games, 2025)

41:15 -News (and why it doesn't matter):

41.18 -Stonemaier release schedule

43:12 -Dark Pact by Thomas Lehman and Trick or Treat Studios

44:57 -New version of Rudiger Dorn's Las Vegas from Ravensburger

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In some ways, the origin story of the podcast can be traced back to Sentinels of the Multiverse. Upon arriving in Kingston, Mark was at a games event at someone's home, and he saw that someone had brought a then-complete set (this was a few expansions ago) of Sentinels. He knew that this person, namely Walker, was a person worth knowing. It therefore seemed fitting that on one of Mark's last days in Kingston that he, Walker, Huey, Dewey, and Louis play Sentinels.

Games Played Last Week:

02:38 -Zenith (Grégory Grard & Mathieu Roussel, PlayPunk, 2025)

08:18 -Race for the Galaxy (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2007)

11:20 -Don't L.L.A.M.A. Dice (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2021)

12:19 -Word Traveler (Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance, Office Dog, 2024)

16:05 -Sentinels of the Multiverse (Christopher Badell, Paul Bender, & Adam Rebottaro, Greater Than Games, 2011)

19:30 -The Druids of Edora (Stefan Feld, alea, 2025)

24:50 -The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship (Matt Leacock, Z-Man Games, 2025)

27:58 -Toy Battle (Paolo Mori & Alessandro Zucchini, Repos Production, 2025)

31:43 -MicroMacro: Kids - Crazy City Park (Johannes Sich, Edition Spielwiese, 2025)

32:50 -Concept Kids: Animals (Gaëtan Beaujannot & Alain Rivollet, Repos Production, 2018)

33:51 -Tumblin' Dice (Carey Grayson, Randy Nash, and Rick Soued, Eagle-Gryphon Games, 2004)

2025 in Review

35:45 Top 10

57:42 Game of the Year

1:00:18 Special Categories

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"One day I was sitting in a gazebo, and there was a plaque on the gazebo and it said, 'This gazebo was built by the town in 1863.' That is in the middle of the Civil War. And the whole town built a gazebo. What was that town meeting like? 'All right, everyone, first order of business, we have all the telegrams from Gettysburg with the war dead. Let’s see here. Okay, everyone’s husband and brother and… everyone died. Okay. Josiah, you had something?' 'Yes, I do. How’d you like to be indoors and out of doors all at once? Ever walk into the park with your betrothed and it starts to rain, but you still want to hold hands? Well, may I introduce you to, and my condolences again to everyone, the gazebo!'"

-John Mulaney, "Kid Gorgeous at Studio City"

Games Played Last Week:

01:29 -Coyote (Spartaco Albertarelli, New Games Order, 2015)

04:07 -Tapple Mini (NPD Toys, The Op Games, 2025)

07:17 -Die fiesen 7 (Jacques Zeimet, Drei Hasen in der Abendsonne, 2015)

09:41 -Manila (Franz-Benno Delonge, Zoch Verlag, 2005)

14:17 -G.I. JOE Deck-Building Game (T.C. Petty III, Renegade Game Studios, 2021)

16:56 -The Gang (John Cooper and Kory Heath, KOSMOS, 2024)

20:29 -Trickadee (Rob Newton, Coin Flip Games, 2025)

24:26 -Spicy (Győri Zoltán Gábor, HeidelBÄR Games, 2020)

28:13 -Good Puppers, Too! (Chris Cieslik, Asmadi Games, 2025)

33:40 -Cross Bronx Expressway (Non-Breaking Space, GMT Games, 2025)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

46:47 Dire Wolf and Tabletop Playground

48:01 New games from Badgers from Mars! Regicide Inferno, Regicide Crown Duels, and Viking Rush

49:07 Show news: guest hosts in early 2026

50:27 Feature Game: Gazebo (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2025)

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"I thought the Rococo was the name of the ship in Aliens."

"No, that's Sulaco. Rococo is the statute targeting organized crime."

"No, that's RICO. Rococo is the hot beverage made with chocolate."

"No, that's cocoa. Rococo is what you put on walls to give them texture."

"No, that's stucco. Rococo is a kind of shortened note in music."

"No, that's staccato..."

1:10 AYURIS: Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan (Gordon Calleja, Mighty Boards, 2024)

Games Played Last Week:

4:38 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020)

5:54 -The Crew: Mission Deep Sea (Thomas Sing, KOSMOS, 2021)

8:54 -Men-Nefer (Germán P. Millán, Ludonova, 2024)

12:49 -Philharmonix (Faris Suhaimi, Archona Games, 2025)

20:20 -Galactic Cruise (T.K. King, Dennis Northcott, and Koltin Thompson, Kinson Key Games, 2025)

26:51 -Kinfire Council (Kevin Wilson, Incredible Dream Studios, 2025)

36:08 -La Pâtisserie Rococo (Stefan Malz & Louis Malz, Eagle-Gryphon Games, 2025)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

43:32 Leviathan Wilds: Shattered Peak expansion in 2026

43:56 Take no longer to be published by Leder Games

44:37 Queen of Spies by Liz Davidson and David Thompson

45:29 Topic: Racing Games

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You gotta read the fine print, always. Anyone dealing with a supernatural entity--whether a djinn or deity, gremlin or god--has to be conscious of the exceptions. It's simple enough--if the wizard handing you a fantastical creature tells you not to feed it, you just don't feed it. Similarly, if someone promises not to kill you *in a certain way*, MacBeth can tell you that's more of a threat than a guarantee.

Games Played Last Week:

01:18 -Autobahn (Fabio Lopiano and Nestore Mangone, Alley Cat Games, 2022)

05:55 -Sidereal Confluence: Bifurcation (TauCeti Deichmann, WizKids, 2022)

12:46 -Origin Story (Jamey Stegmaier & Pete Wissinger, Stonemaier Games, 2025)

15:12 -Bargain Hunter (Uwe Rosenberg, Valley Games, 1998)

17:11 -KINGs: TRICKTAKERs (Hiroken, Joyple Games, 2023)

18:39 -Inkling (John Keyworth, Osprey Games, 2011)

20:47 -In the Shadows: Resistance in France 1943-1944 (Daniel Bullock & Joe Schmidt, GMT Games, 2025)

26:13 -Riftbound (Uncredited, Riot Games, 2025)

32:46 -Regicide Legacy (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, and Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2025)

34:33 -Lancaster: Big Box (Matthias Cramer & Wolfgang Panning, Queen Games, 2015)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

39:44 Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Game by Cryptozoic

42:30 Reiner Knizia's Rheinlander reprint by 25th Century Games

44:33 Feature Game: Covenant (Germán P. Millán, Devir, 2025)

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