We keep making episodes and we keep messing them up, so this can only mean we've lined up in our 3rd round of bloopers from episodes 13 - 18, including laughing fits and GRIMCON...apparently
THE PLAYERS: All of us
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn...nothing, seriously you should probably skip this and move onto the next main episode
THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED BEFORE OUR RECENT BEREAVEMENT NEWS
Davey's tyrannical reign continues and introduces a light hearted episode of "Would you rather" but centred around our hobby, gaming and all sorts of nonsense. Thanks to lots of people around the community for sending in these tough questions, it was a blast.
FIRST PLAYER: Davey OTHER PLAYERS: Becky, JP & Rob
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - How Rob is now getting deep into Ashes Reborn: Rise of the Pheonixborn - Davey fixes a previous episode mistake by devoting his "Let's Talk About Hex" segment to one of our listeners - How the group are wired up with various "would you rather" questions pitched at them centred around our wonderful hobby - how well the players continue to do with their "Badly Hexplained Games: Just Two" edition - that Davey & JP are getting a sneak preview on Inventions: Evolution of Ideas which is Vital Lacerda's upcoming game...more on this in a future episode
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EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 0:57 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 1:12 - Rob - Ashes Reborn: Rise of the Pheonixborn 6:41 - Becky - Lost Ruins of Arnak 10:50 - JP - Star Wars Rebellion 15:03 - Davey - Thank you Marcus for lending us Atiwa 16:14 - TURN 3 - Would you rather...tabletop edition 17:51 - Would you rather play On Mars on planet earth or Earth on the planet Mars? 19:01 - Would you rather stand on 4 D4's in bare feet or swallow a meeple whole? 21:51 - Would you rather live forever (playing one game) or live for 6 months (play every game)? 26:51 - Would you rather play a game your luc warm about with friends or introduce a new game to strangers? 28:52 - Would you rather have a phenomenal game with a bad rule book, or an ok game with a perfect rule book? 32:29 - Would you rather play Exploding Kittens or explode a kitten? 34:55 - Would you rather go first in a game thats new to you or go last in your favourite game? 36:44 - Would you rather only play one game for a week with your mates or every day with your spouse / family? 40:41 - Would you rather play a character class you hate or teach your favourite character so you can't play it? 43:48 - Would you rather have one big box that stores all games or little boxes all unmarked? 48:13 - Would you rather play Battlestar Galactica with all the cylons or none of the cylons? 49:45 - Would you rather play the same game for the rest of time or play a different game but only once? 53:33 - Would you rather play with sticky sleeves or sticky board after a fizzy drink incident? 55:10 - Wrapping up 56:03 - TURN 4 - Badly Hexplained Games - Just Two Edition 56:51 - Just Two - Game 1 59:04 - Just Two - Game 2 1:01:32 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up? 1:02:00 - Becky - Unfathomable 1:03:12 - Rob - Frosthaven Continues 1:05:43 - Inventions: Evolution of Ideas Preview 1:06:38 - Davey - The Last of Us 1:08:43 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
THIS EPISODE IS DEDICATED TO OUR FELLOW PLAYER, BROTHER AND DEAR FRIEND KRIS WHO WAS TAKEN FROM US SO SHOCKINGLY. REST IN PEACE, YOU WILL BE MISSED...WHILST WE'RE NOT IN A CELEBRATORY MOOD AT THE MOMENT WE FELT IN IMPORTANT TO SHARE KRIS' LAST RECORDING WITH THE TEAM.
We've got the candles, the cake is prepared and it's time to celebrate that the podcast is one years old...so a few of the players join together to celebrate their favourite moments but more importantly we've decided to create a deathmatch of our favourite boardgames played last year in 2022. Let us welcome you to the very first Boardgame Battleground!!!!
THE BIRTHDAY ATTENDEES - JP, Becky, Davey, Ian & Kris
OVERVIEW The Whose Turners come together one year one from since we launched our first episode to celebrate their first birthday in the only fitting way they know how. Invite 35 games in a top trumps deathmatch to see which of their favourite games played last year in 2022 makes it to the top. In this episode you'll learn: - Davey is on commission trying to plug our other episodes on the podcast - The group retell their favourite moments of the podcast so far - That top trumps can be played as a knockout style game (we think!!!!) - about 35 games chosen by the podcast players to enter into the Boardgame Battleground. Which one will make it to the top?
OUR 2022 PLAYED CHAMPIONS ENTERING THE BATTLEGROUND (35 GAMES) ISS Vanguard, Trickerion, On Mars, Lisboa, Too Many Bones, Astra, Zuuli, Terraforming Mars, Lords of Waterdeep, Kings Dilemma, Ark Nova, Anachrony, Eclipse Second Dawn, Nemesis, Civilization 2010, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Dune Imperium, The Weather Machine, Skull King, Twilight Imperium 4e, Marvel Champions, Nemesis Lockdown, Just One, Pandemic Legacy Season 1, Castles of Burgundy, Star Wars Outer Rim, Mansions of Madness 2e, Star Wars Imperial Assault, Fort, Lord of the Rings LCG, Carooka, Wingspan, Scythe, Exploding Kittens, Unfathomable
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - Tribute to Kris 0:46 - TURN 1 - Player Count 2:42 - TURN 2 - Celebrating our 1st birthday 3:53 - Becky's favourite moments 5:53 - Ian's favourite moments 7:36 - JP's favourite moments 9:37 - Kris' favourite moments 12:07 - Davey's favourite moments 14:08 - TURN 3 - Boardgame Battleground - 2022 Edition 15:00 - What is the Boardgame Battleground? 16:36 - The 5 key stats of BB 19:16 - The rules teach 22:07 - ROUND 1 - Round of 35 52:20 - ROUND 2 - Round of 17 58:45 - ROUND 3 - Quarter Finals 1:02:07 - ROUND 4 - Semi Finals 1:03:24 - ROUND 5 - The Grand Final 1:05:14 - Post battle analysis 1:06:57 - TURN 4 - Final Turn
Davey steps up to the plate and takes the first player crown once more and decides to have a bit of fun with another round of Niche Number 1's, more favourite games based on weird and unique circumstances.
FIRST PLAYER: Davey OTHER PLAYERS: Becky, JP & Kerley
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - About the groups experiences at the first Devon Board Game Weekend hosted by Meeples Corner and The Fox & Hound Country Hotel in Devon - Never to mix Dune Imperium and drinking rum, it's not a good combo people - The new round of Niche Number 1's are locked and loaded and ready to be answered - that Just One is a thing of the past as we play Just Two, ok it's the same game but we're guessing boardgames and we have two clues each - JP shared some exciting news about hosting the livestream at the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon this year, check out the details in the links below.
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 1:05 - TURN 2 - Hex Education - Learn about our adventures at the Devon Board Game Weekend 22:44 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Niche Number 1's - Round 4 23:04 - Favourite game that you have to have an app for? 28:50 - Favourite game that was quickly overshadowed or replaced? 37:41 - Favourite game with a terrible rulebook? 45:20 - Favourite game you though would replace a game but didn't? 49:53 - Favourite game you never win at? 56:55 - Favourite game with terrible components 1:02:16 - TURN 4 - Badly Hexplained Games - Just Two Edition 1:03:30 - Just Two - Game 1 1:06:44 - Just Two - Game 2 1:08:11 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up? 1:08:33 - Kerley - Star Wars Rebellion 1:09:49 - Davey - Frosthaven ad Orleans 1:11:11 - Becky - Orleans & Unfathomable 1:11:57 - JP - Hosting the livestream for the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon 1:15:43 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
In this special expansion pack episode we're joined by Matt Prowse the director of Full Board Gaming who specialise in creating gaming conventions and holidays to chat through what it's like setting up your own gaming convention
GUEST PLAYER: Matt Prowse from Full Board Gaming THE PLAYERS: JP & Adrian
OVERVIEW In this episode you will learn: - Who is the better wheeler and dealer - Matt playing the Emirates of Hacan or Del Boy from Only Fools & Horses - What Full Board Gaming events are and why they differ from other conventions - How Matt approaches designing and building conventions to help others who are thinking the same - some of Matt's answers to our Niche Number 1's
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 0:51 - TURN 2 - Introducing Matt Prowse (Full Board Gaming) 1:47 - What got Matt into the hobby? 4:05 - What are Matt's favourite games right now? 7:39 - What other games does Matt enjoy right now? 9:34 - TURN 3 - Main Interview - How did Full Board Gaming begin? 15:37 - Where is Full Board Gaming's first ever event? 19:29 - What makes Full Board Gaming events different? 27:48 - When is the event in Torquay next year? 29:55 - What are Matt's tips in creating a gaming convention? 34:40 - How do you transfer from running local game nights to conventions? 40:09 - What challenges has Matt faced so far? 41:22 - How do people get tickets to the event next year? 43:45 - Matt's Niche Number 1's 53:16 - TURN 4 - Planning Your Turn - What's coming up for our guest 58:10 - TURN 5 - The Final Turn
In JP's last run of episodes as first player he gets to chat about expansion theory, not the ever increasing debate about our expansion of the universe but the other main one which is expansions to base board games.
FIRST PLAYER: JP OTHER PLAYERS: Tambo, Becky & Adrian
OVERVIEW It's JP's last episode of his run before handing the first player token to Davey and it's time to talk about JP's reputation in buying expansions and exploring the various types and rationale behind them. In this episode you'll learn: - Adrian's first impressions of Earth which is being delivered to backers very soon (if not already) - How not to win at Endless Winter by JP - Is Batman Talisman just like all other Talisman games? - Becky just loves Clank Catacombs - What are expansions, the various types and some examples along the way - What some of our favourite expansions are out there - That we're going to continuously switch up our listeners question segment to try some new ideas out
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EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 1:49 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 2:01 - JP - Endless Winter 7:43 - Becky - Clank Catacombs 13:40 - Tambo - Batman Talisman 17:16 - Adrian - Earth 23:12 - TURN 3 - Main Event: The "other" expansion theory 25:03 - What is an expansion? 25:46 - The various types of expansions out there 30:06 - When you want more players... 35:08 - Adding more stuff or integrating content into the game... 36:09 - The switching in and out of modules... 40:50 - Fixing up the base games with errata... 42:36 - The big box to store your expansions 43:41 - Why do we get expansions? 53:21 - A quick round on our favourites 1:00:32 - Wrapping up the expansion chat 1:01:47 - TURN 4 - Badly Hexplained Games 1:07:01 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up? 1:07:13 - Tambo - Starting the Frosthaven campaign 1:08:37 - Becky - Disneyland Paris & Crokinole 1:11:35 - Adrian - WWE Royal Rumble & After the Empire 1:12:44 - JP - City break to Rome & Vinhos 1:14:39 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
Recently a few members of the group have funded a voyage into the Lacerdaverse by getting into the heavy games designed by renowned board game designer "Vital Lacerda" and in this episode we share our entry level experiences.
FIRST PLAYER: JP OTHER PLAYERS: Adrian & Davey
OVERVIEW After the groups last outing in "Great Hexpectations" sharing all of their board game failures, it's time to shift our attention and thoughts about the epic heavy games designed by Vital Lacerda Boardgames focusing on the big box deluxe games published by Eagle-Gryphon Games. In this episode you'll learn: - That Final Destination 8 featured in Davey's kitchen - Just how many flowcharts are in Europa Universalis - Adrian can't get enough of Castles of Burgundy - more about our entry level experiences of The Gallerist, Vinhos, Lisboa, Kanban EV, On Mars, The Weather Machine - We should have tried to find someone with Escape Plan before this episode - What our oldest games we've not played (or for a long time) in our listeners question
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 4:17 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 4:32 - Adrian - Castles of Burgundy 7:49 - Davey - Mansions of Madness 10:06 - JP - Europa Universalis 16:58 - TURN 3: Discovering the Lacerdaverse 17:15 - Who is Vital Lacerda? 19:34 - Our caveats in our discovery 21:06 - The Gallerist (2015) 28:07 - Vinhos (2016) 34:30 - Lisboa (2017) 42:28 - Escape Plan (2019) - Honourable mention 43:51 - Kanban EV (2020) 51:28 - On Mars (2020) 59:38 - The Weather Machine (2022) 1:08:50 - In summary and the upcoming Invention: Age of Evolution (2023) 1:10:19 - TURN 4 - Question Time: What's the oldest game in our collections that we haven't played (for a long while)? 1:16:34 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up? 1:16:46 - JP - Beyond the Sun 1:18:03 - Adrian - Targi 1:19:01 - Davey - Dune Imperium and Darkest Dungeon 1:20:11 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
Another expansion pack is upon us and this time JP & Davey grab their cups of tea and sit down with Brendan McCaskell from Open Owl Studios (formally OOMM Games) to talk all about his entry into the industry, how he got started with game design and a chat about their upcoming crowdfund project Stonesaga, a stoneage survival, crafting & exploration in a persistent world.
GUEST PLAYER: Brendan McCaskell from Open Owl Studios THE PLAYERS: JP & Davey
OVERVIEW In this Expansion Pack episode JP & Davey sit down with board game designer Brendan McCaskell who has previously designed Stars of Akarios & Mythwind with Open Owl Studios. In this episode you'll learn: - How Brendan got into the industry through the rise in popularity with battle royale games (PUBG / Fortnite) - the important process in game design about capturing that feeling you want out of a play experience - about the growing trend of becoming less tutorial dependant in gaming - more about Open Owl Studios latest project "Stonesaga" which is live on Kickstarter right now!!! - more about Brendan's niche number 1 answers (Hint: be careful if you play Game of Thrones with Brendan)
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 0:51 - TURN 2 - Introducing Brendan McCaskell 2:34 - How did you get into the hobby? 7:14 - What games is Brendan enjoying right now? 9:03 - What's Brendan's favourite games? 16:33 - TURN 3 - Main Interview - How did you get into the hobby? 19:11 - The comparison with modern boardgames to couch video games 21:23 - The importance of capturing that "moment" in game design 22:38 - How did OOMM Games start and how did you get involved? 27:12 - Lessons learned on Stars of Akarios and applying them to Mythwind 31:52 - The growing trend where tutorials are becoming phased out 35:13 - How this trend applies to their new game Stonesaga 37:01 - Exploring the next level crafting system in Stonesaga 39:30 - The uniqueness of the games from OOMM Games 40:27 - Stonesaga actions feel intuitive & tactile 42:54 - The minimalist approach to help immersion 44:39 - Telling your story by leaving your mark 48:01 - How big is Stonesaga as a campaign? 50:02 - The tri-hex trays help the set-up and tear down 54:03 - The importance of communities when launching new games 56:42 - Brendan's Niche Number 1's 57:21 - Favourite game that never hits the table? 59:31 - Favourite game that you got rid off that you regretted the most 1:00:12 - F
Have you ever had a gaming moment where it just didn't work, a game you were excited for but fell flat or a game you still love but others just don't like it? We open up our unique board game therapy session to talk through just that.
FIRST PLAYER: JP OTHER PLAYERS: Davey, Becky & Kerley
OVERVIEW In this weeks episode, JP is getting more comfortable being back as first player and opens up our first ever board game therapy session where we all get our gaming moments / dislikes and "hexpectations" off our chests. So join us on the "chez lounge" for some open discussions. In this episode you'll learn: - That Davey has found a great party / trick taking card game in Skull King which sounds fun - how Dr John Seward gets picked on by Dracula - our inner thoughts as we sit on the "chez lounge" of great hexpectations - that Rummikubb triggers Kerley (again!!!) - which game Becky really dislikes which shocks the group - how it can feel sometimes when gaming sessions just don't land - about our board game collection sizes and how we "manage" them from our listeners question
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EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 1:55 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 2:08 - Becky - Welsh Crokinole Tournament 5:05 - Davey - Skull King 8:33 - Kerley - Perseverance 12:34 - JP - Fury of Dracula 20:34 - TURN 3 - Great hexpectations 21:51 - A shock discovery about Viticulture 24:34 - The surprise that Icion didn't work for some 28:02 - The contention in Barrage turns some people off 34:23 - The "lack" of control in Cloudspire 39:36 - Sometimes building windows in Sagrada is "meh" 41:34 - Rummikubb can go f*** itself 43:49 - The positive surprise in Legacies 46:13 - Dwellings of Eldervale was a miss for us 49:09 - The opposing thoughts on Food Chain Magnate 53:31 - Stars aren't always in everyone's eyes with Astra 58:00 - Time travelling for the first time can be...brain melting in Anachrony 1:00:59 - Waiting an age between turns in Monumental 1:03:01 - Diving into Cerebria a second time round sparked good emotions 1:05:39 - Some honourable mentions 1:07:20 - TURN 4 - Question Time: How big are our board game collections and are they stable? 1:16:38 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up? 1:16:54 - Kerley - Orleans 1:18:28 - Davey - Lisboa & ISS Vanguard 1:20:16 - Becky - Pandemic & Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra 1:21:50 - JP - Netrunner & Stonesaga 1:25:16 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
As Rob vacates the first player throne JP returns to familiar ground and brings us all into the dystopian future of Netrunner, an asymmetrical card game where a runner (hacker) attempts to hack a shady corporation in order to prevent them scoring their nefarious agendas.
FIRST PLAYER: JP OTHER PLAYERS: Ian & Kerley
OVERVIEW In this weeks episode, JP takes on the mantle of first player once again and along with Ian and Kerley they perform a deep dive into one of their favourite games Netrunner. Prepare to be propelled into the dystopian future and get your hack on. In this episode you'll learn: - That Ian has actually played some more games, at this rate he might make it back in the group - Kerleys kickstarters have all been delivered at once, pretty much - what Netrunner is and why it's an important game for the group - to explore all the corporations and runners in the game along with their thematic and mechanical flavours - What games the group would save from their house if it was on fire
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW NOTE: We are not affiliated with Null Signal Games or FFG but we want to help promote this fantastic game to everyone. You can find out more information below:
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 1:18 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 2:44 - Kerley - Scythe 6:10 - Ian - Quoridor 9:50 - JP - Cubitos 16:44 - TURN 3 - Jacking back into Netrunner 19:06 - What is Netrunner? 25:20 - Our groups introduction to Netrunner 28:42 - The death and resurrection of Netrunner 35:12 - Exploring the Corporations 41:08 - Haas-Bioroid (Purple Corp) 42:26 - Jinteki (Red Corp) 43:54 - NBN (Yellow Corp) 45:15 - Weyland (Green Corp) 47:35 - Exploring the Runners 49:07 - Shapers (Green Runner) 50:34 - Criminals (Blue Runner) 52:39 - Anarchs (Orange Runner) 54:22 - The rich deckbuilding experience 57:55 - How can you get started with Netrunner? 59:57 - TURN 4 - Question Time: What single game would you save from your collection which is on fire? 1:03:43 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up? 1:03:56 - Kerley - Mosaic, Europa Universalis & Frosthaven 1:09:04 - JP - Hoplomachus Victorum & Remastered 1:11:47 - Ian - Welsh Crokinole Tournament & planning more games in (yeah right!!!) 1:13:30 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
You thought Christmas was over but the Whose Turn players have dug into the archives across episodes 7 - 12 and produced another volume of "Can I Get A Rewind" for your listening pleasure. As always it's a load of nonsense...enjoy.
THE PLAYERS: Adrian, JP, Kerley, Rob, Becky, Davey, Tambo, Chris
OVERVIEW In this Expansion Pack episode we've collated our second round of bloopers, cock-ups and absolute nonsense for those that follow the show. The swear-o-meter is in full swing so you've been warned.
In this episode you'll learn...again nothing, absolutely nothing
Rob steps off the iron "first player" throne and explores the world of dexterity games within the hobby and why they are just so accessible for gamers.
FIRST PLAYER: Rob OTHER PLAYERS: Ian, Kris & JP
OVERVIEW In this weeks episode, Rob steps down as first player in his final run to talk all about dexterity games and why they are so accessible for everyone. Also Rob runs us through the groups particular favourites. In this episode you'll learn: - that the group really can't tell their left from their right in Wavelength - Kris' preparation for Twilight Imperium 4th edition is unmatched - JP is gutted after a shocking performance at the last game night - There's such a thing as streaking subbuteo models (apparently - there's no source to validate this) - about the dexterity games we play such as Carooka, Crokinole, Flick 'em Up!, Kubb, Mölkky, Cornhole, FlickFleet, Klask and much more - That Rob hands the first player token back to JP who returns in Episode 21
IT'S CHRISTMASSSSSSSSS!!! We're so happy to bring you our first Christmas Special ever and although Christmas has been and gone, quiz-mas is here to stay. The players unite to put on a festive board game quiz so play along and see how well you do
SANTA'S ELVES: JP, Kerley, Becky, Ian & Davey
OVERVIEW In this Expansion Pack episode Santa's elves are in festive spirits as they produce their first annual "Quiz-Mas" where all 5 players are pitted against each other in a casual "yeah right" board game quiz and also for our listeners to play along with us.
In this episode you'll learn: - An overview of the games we've played in the run up to x-mas - What the hell is a danger dolphin - How competitve Davey gets with quizs (and games) - How much Kerley hates Rummikub - about 5 rounds of board gaming questions with varying difficulty (and quality)
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 2:23 - Introducing our new trailer 4:11 - TURN 2 - Simply having a wonderful quiz-mas time 5:44 - ROUND 1: JP's Round 6:23 - Endless Winter 9:07 - Heat: Pedal to the Metal 14:20 - Round 1: Questions 17:44 - Round 1: Answers 22:11 - What is JP looking forward to over x-mas? 24:45 - ROUND 2: Kerley's Round 25:02 - Dinosaur Island 29:52 - Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition 34:48 - Round 2: Questions 40:09 - Round 2: Answers 47:22 - What is Kerley looking forward to over x-mas? 48:16 - ROUND 3: Becky's Round 48:23 - Too Many Bones 50:03 - Rock Band 51:42 - Round 3: Questions 56:41 - Round 3: Answers 1:00:01 - What is Becky looking forward to over x-mas? 1:02:04 - ROUND 4: Ian's Round 1:03:38 - Ark Nova 1:05:51 - Zuuli 1:07:38 - Round 4: Questions 1:11:48 - Round 4: Answers 1:16:39 - What is Ian looking forward to over x-mas? 1:19:57 - ROUND 5: Davey's Round 1:20:12 - Weather Machine 1:23:06 - Anno 1800 1:26:30 - Round 5: Questions 1:31:17 - Round 5: Answers 1:34:11 - What is Davey looking forward to over x-mas? 1:35:33 - Quiz-mas is over - How did we all do? 1:38:07 - A tease for our 1st birthday in March 2023 1:39:19 - TURN 3 - The Final Turn
---AUDIO DISCLAIMER--- Apologies for the audio quality not being as up to scratch on this episode, we've cleaned it up as much as possible.
As Rob continues he swears he's not being first player again but still comes back for more, however he brings us a discussion into LCG's (Living Card Games), what they are and what the group enjoys.
FIRST PLAYER: Rob OTHER PLAYERS: Davey, Tambo & Kerley
OVERVIEW In this weeks episode, Rob is pushing to the end of his episode run and chats with the group about LCG's (Living Card Games) and their experiences in how they've led to some great game experiences. In this episode you'll learn: - that Davey can't say Teotihuacan properly - how "ahem" deep various group members are in Marvel Champions - Rob gains great pleasure in destroying his daughter in his latest game of Villainous - A good discussion on the differences between LCG's vs TCG's - A run through of Arkham Horror, Marvel Champions and Lord of the Rings LCG's
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW Please check out our BoardGameGeek page and become a fan and subscribe to be notified on when our next episode lands.
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - A small audio quality disclaimer 0:19 - TURN 1 - Player Count 6:25 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 6:41 - Tambo Talisman Batman Super Villains Edition 10:16 - Kerley - Viticulture 13:31 - Davey - Teotihuacan 16:21 - Rob - Villainous 18:54 - TURN 3 - Just hit the east side of the LCG... 19:18 - Arkham Horror LCG 23:36 - What is an LCG? 24:45 - Marvel Champions LCG 33:49 - Lord of the Rings LCG 43:47 - The comparison to TCG's 52:30 - TURN 4 - Question Time: What Fantasy Flight Game should I own? 58:31 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up? 58:56 - Kerley - Heroes of Might & Magic III & Mosaic 1:01:02 - Davey - Viva Lacerda 1:02:50 - Tambo - ISS Vanguard & Wolverine Deck 1:03:51 - Rob - Journeys of Middle Earth 1:06:52 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
We've got another guest on the show and this time it's the designer of Zuuli, Chris Priscott from Unfringed. Chris joins us to chat through the genesis of Zuuli and also game design in general.
GUEST PLAYER: Chris Priscott from Unfringed.co THE PLAYERS: JP & Becky
OVERVIEW In this Expansion Pack episode JP & Becky meet Chris Priscott the designer of Zuuli to talk about how his design began, whats coming up and who Chris the gamer is. In this episode you'll learn: - How Becky would have elbowed the other players out of the way to be on this episode (spoiler alert - she's a big fan) - What happens to the animals in Zuuli when you can't fit them in your zoo - What's up next for Zuuli fans - more about Chris' niche number 1 answers - that Resident Evil from the 90s has a strong pull for conversation
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 1:07 - TURN 2 - Introducing Chris Priscott 3:29 - What is Chris' favourite game? 6:01 - What games does Chris enjoy right now? 9:19 - TURN 3 - Main Interview 9:42 - What was the genesis of Unfringed? 13:40 - Was your background in software engineering helpful with the process? 15:12 - What was the most surprising thing in the process in getting Zuuli out to market? 16:48 - Having played Zuuli, what happens to the animals that don't fit in the zoo? 17:58 - What is Zuuli?
22:09 - What's it been like going through crowdfunding and getting the response you have? 26:50 - How deliberate was the child friendly art style? 30:34 - What expert tips can you give Becky to help beat her husband (Kerley) at the game? 33:26 - Will you cover on socials fan made cards & animals? 36:23 - Listeners Questions - What's next from the Zuuliverse? 41:06 - Are you working on anything outside of the Zuuliverse right now? 42:48 - Listeners Questions - How did you find the blind draft when we switched playing with an open draft? 45:45 - Listeners Questions - Do you feel the success of Zuuli puts more pressure on you? 47:47 - Chris' Niche Number 1's - Favourite game you've bought on a whim? 49:45 - Chris' Niche Number 1's - Favourite game that you don't own? 50:34 - Chris' Niche Number 1's - Favourite game with the most useless component? 54:42 - TURN 4 - Planning Your Turn - What's coming up for our guest 1:02:52 - Thanking Chris 1:04:00 - TURN 5 - The Final Turn
As Rob warms up as first player we bring you back another round of Niche Number 1's and we've got a brand new set of obscure and thinky questions.
FIRST PLAYER: Rob OTHER PLAYERS: Becky, Kerley & Adrian
OVERVIEW In this weeks episode, Rob continues the torch of Niche Number 1's which we started all those episodes ago and poses a brand new set of questions to the group. In this episode you'll learn:
- Rob's thoughts on GRIDCON as he missed out on the expansion pack episode - that not all heroes wear capes when Rob loses the tiniest boardgame component at a convention - our group's first thoughts on ISS Vanguard as the Vanguardians of the Galaxy begin their space exploration - which game is our favourite but we don't know why? - what our favourite games are that never hit the table, - which of the games we got rid of we regretted the most, - our favourite game to lure non-gamers into the hobby, - the game we were reluctant to play because of the box art that is now a favourite, - what our favourite games are that puts us in a state of zen, - our thoughts on a listener's question about Kickstarter regret and some of our thoughts on that subject.
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW Check out our GRIDCON episode to learn more about the conversion - Click here to listen
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 2:08 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 2:22 - Becky - Astra 3:26 - Adrian - 3D Printing 5:20 - Kerley - ISS Vanguard 6:57 - Rob - Fort 9:16 - TURN 3 - Niche Number 1's - Round 3 10:02 - Favourite game you like but you don't know why 17:13 - Favourite game you never get to the table 26:40 - Favourite game you got rid off and wish you hadn't 36:16 - Favourite game to lure non gamers into the hobby 44:50 - Favourite game you were reluctant to play because of the box art 53:36 - Favourite game that puts you in the state of zen 1:03:01 - TURN 4 - Question Time: What kickstarters have you regretted not backing when you see copies arriving 1:12:09 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up? 1:12:26 - Becky - Everdell Big Box 1:13:37 - Adrian - A lot of Lacerda & Spirit Island 1:14:29 - Kerley - More ISS Vanguard 1:15:01 - Rob - Building his Lego Ecto 1 & Black Panther 2 1:16:21 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
Essen has been and gone but we've got to play many of the hot new releases at GRIDCON 3, a Gaming Rules run convention primarily focused on the playing of games rather than the commercial presence. We have a jam-packed expansion pack episode for you!!!
FIRST PLAYER: N/A OTHER PLAYERS: Adrian, JP, Davey & Kerley
OVERVIEW In this week's expansion pack, the group get together to chat about their experiences at GRIDCON 3. The convention based in the South West UK ran by Gaming Rules! In this episode you'll learn:
- Which games we've managed to play on each day and our initial thoughts - That Lacrimosa could do with a "Simply Red" expansion - What everyone's "Game of the Weekend" was - that even the fry up gets a review - how to navigate the bring & buy just like TKMaxx - how personal GRIDCON feels to attend (spoiler it's awesome)
It's a new episode and a new first player with Rob stepping up to the mic to talk about his favourite publisher "Fantasy Flight Games" and to discuss why some of the group have gone through their honeymoon period with FFG
FIRST PLAYER: Rob OTHER PLAYERS: Adrian, JP, Chris
OVERVIEW In this weeks episode, Rob takes the mic and debuts his first episode as first player to chat about his favourite publisher and why they aren't other peoples favourites anymore. In this episode you'll learn
- Adrian has finally completed Pandemic Legacy Season 1 (no spoilers) - Chris is needing some players to stop his partner from "having" to play Marvel Champions - JP declares his love for Vital Lacerda as he enters the "Lacerdaverse" - Rob introduces why FFG are his favourite publisher and the group discuss their varying opinions on the publisher - What is the best board game snacks and drinks at game night, find out in our question segment
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 2:32 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 2:47 - Adrian - Pandemic Legacy Season 1 8:08 - Chris - Bloodborne The Card Game 12:50 - JP - On Mars 19:18 - Rob - Marvel Champions 20:58 - TURN 3 - Fantasy Flight Games 22:57 - Some of our experiences of FFG 29:04 - The FFG honeymoon period 32:00 - FFG holds a lot of IP's to get new gamers into the hobby 36:05 - There's an opinion that FFG seems to be less exciting for seasoned gamers 42:42 - Are FFG like a comfy pair of slippers? 44:28 - The Keyforge bubble 48:07- Adrian's Star Wars Destiny revival 51:13 - There's so many games Rob's loved playing and introducing people to 52:50 - What do we hope for FFG in the future? 58:38 - The FFG expansion effect 59:39 - TURN 4 - Question Time: What are our boardgame snacks and drinks of choice? 1:07:59 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up? 1:08:15 - Chris - Fury of Dracula 1:09:27 - Adrian - GRIDCON, Space Base & Castes of Burgundy 1:12:38 - JP - ISS Vanguard 1:15:28 - Rob - New book series (He Who Fights With Monsters) 1:17:36 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
As Becky prepares to step down from the First Player throne she's devoted an episode to one of her favourite games Battlestar Galactica / Unfathomable to chat through cylons, hybrids and frakking backstabbing gameplay
FIRST PLAYER: Becky OTHER PLAYERS: Rob, Kris & Tambo (JP managed to sneak in for 5 mins)
OVERVIEW In this week's episode, we discuss both Battlestar Galactica (BSG) and Unfathomable and talk about why they are firm favourites on our tables. In this episode you'll learn
- Kris makes a return to the pod since his debut in Episode 1 - More about one of the hot Essen releases Lacrimosa as JP has had a chance to try this out. - Kris has been playing mainly with himself...solo Scythe of course - Becky has saved Ian from exile of the podcast by getting a game of Ark Nova - We finally reveal how Kris has a reputation in setting games up wrong, especially in BSG - A few of the group have been dabbling in crowdfunding with small expansions up to gaming tables - Rob is handed the baton for the next round of episodes
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW N/A
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 1:23 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 1:35 - Rob - Too Many Bones 3:38 - Kris - Solo Scythe 6:01 - Tambo - Apollo 7:51 - Becky - Ark Nova 10:50 - JP - Lacrimosa 16:25 - Turn 3 - Main Event - Battlestar Galactica & Unfathomable 18:15 - Initial impressions from the group 20:40 - Kris' Italian Job 22:37 - Kris is notorious for setting up games wrong 25:41 - The variations of characters & abilities 27:15 - The aesthetics of both games 31:39 - It might not be for everyone 35:30 - Do we think you should buy Unfathomable if you own BSG? 41:18 - What would we change about the revamp? 42:40 - TURN 4 - Question Time: What is your single most influence in getting into the hobby and what keeps us coming back? 52:22 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up? 52:36 - Becky - Astra & Zuuli Expansion 54:10 - Tambo - New Ironside Gaming Table 56:37 - Kris - Civilization 2010, Dog Park and Surfing 58:26 - Rob - All hail King Rob the new first player 59:04 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
Some people love teaching board games, some people don't and Becky falls into the latter. In this episode we chat all about the teach, how important it is, and some of the perspectives of the teachers and the players.
FIRST PLAYER: Becky OTHER PLAYERS: JP, Adrian & Ian
OVERVIEW In this week's episode, we discuss the part of the game, which is some people's favourite part of gaming, and some people's nightmares; "The Teach". In this episode you'll learn:
- What do you get when you combine the classic game Snake with a Euro? - Becky's excitement in getting her hands on Zuuli - Ian is on strike two for appearing on a board gaming podcast, having not played a game in quite a while. - Whether the responsibility of learning a game is on the teacher or the student. - Some of our experiences in teaching and being taught - That GRIDCON 2022 is approaching and is literally on our doorstep.
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 1:21 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 1:32 - JP - Istanbul 6:26 - Adrian - Carnegie 13:24 - Becky - Zuuli 16:53 - Ian - Still hasn't played anything - Strike 2!! 20:47 - TURN 3 - Teaching the Teach 22:47 - Is the responsibility on the learner or the teacher? 29:02 - The player types influence the teach 34:07 - The teach isn't just the first few minutes 37:49 - What about playing learning games or learning rounds 41:30 - It's the hosts responsibility to support new players 44:27 - What resources do we use to support learning games? 47:32 - How can we get new players to accept the first play is a learning game? 48:47 - As a teacher don't quarterback new players 51:51 - Be mindful that it's daunting for new players when they are the only one that doesn't know the game 53:15 - What do you find annoying when teaching games? 57:34 - Some helpful resources to help you improve your teach 58:30 - TURN 4 - Question Time: Is box art important & aesthetics vs gameplay 1:05:20 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up? 1:05:32 - Becky - GRIDCON 2022 1:08:41 - Ian - Netrunner & Ark Nova 1:09:44 - JP - We need to talk about Riffle 1:12:09 - Adrian - Viticulture Tuscany Expansion 1:13:59 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
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