It's the episode that no one has asked for and it's back for it's forth volume where we take clips from episodes 19 - 24 with more cock-up's, silly moments and general nonsense.
You've heard of the film "Gone in 60 Seconds" right? Well this episode is nothing like that, but we do concentrate on games that play under 60 minutes. Adrian continues as our first player to talk about those little gems in our collections and why every gamer should have them.
FIRST PLAYER: Adrian OTHER PLAYERS: Becky & Ian
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - How the new hotness "Earth" is landing within the group - Ian is celebrating a win at Endless Winter recently - Adrian is on a culling mission getting rid of 25% of his collection - all about games that play under an hour and why they are key in anyone's collections - whether we would rather play the same game 8 times or 8 different games in one day - more about the excitement levels for The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon.
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW The team are still looking forward to the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon this year which is being held at the Shrubbery Hotel in Ilminster on 22nd July at 9am. Get your tickets and more information here - https://www.the24hourboardgamemarathon.co.uk/
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 0:40 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 0:53 - Becky - Earth 2:44 - Ian - Endless Winter 7:55 - Adrian - Culling my collection 14:08 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Game in 60 Seconds 14:28 - Why should you have games that play under an hour? 21:04 - Cubitos, Las Vegas Royale, Barenpark 25:04 - Dominion, 7 Wonders, Camel Up, Netrunner 29:57 - Railroad Ink, Strawopolis, Under Failing Skies 32:31 - Coup, Love Letter, Citadels 34:23 - Furnance, It's a Wonderful World, Roll Player, Dice Hospital, Quadropolis 37:23 - All the Azul's 40:11 - What do we think the main difference between these games and a party game? 42:25 - What do we think are the negatives of games that play shorter? 43:56 - Final thoughts 47:56 - TURN 4 - Would you rather? 48:17 - Would you rather play a 1 hour board game 8 times or 8 different games on a gaming day? 51:40 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up? 51:53 - Becky - The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon 53:40 - Ian - More 24 Hour Board Game Marathon and lighter games 55:08 - Adrian - Getting into roll / flip 'n' writes 57:02 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
Board games aren't just a form or entertainment, they can really develop your real world skills and the Whose Turners come together to chat through which skills they've learnt and put into practice in this 3D world we call life.
FIRST PLAYER: Adrian OTHER PLAYERS: Becky, Davey & JP
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - The aftermath of the "Rumrush" scandal and did that Dune Imperium copy survive? - What happens when JP hit's his 100th play of Too Many Bones (he's on 73 plays) - How Adrian has been enjoying recreating WW2 scenarios in The War Room - how board games have developed real world skills that have helped us in life, seriously they have - our continuation of our "Would you rather?" questions where board games can't be purchased using normal currency - how excited the team are in attending The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon this year
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW The team are looking forward to the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon this year which is being held at the Shrubbery Hotel in Ilminster on 22nd July at 9am. Get your tickets and more information here - https://www.the24hourboardgamemarathon.co.uk/
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 1:39 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 1:58 - Becky - Clank Catacombs 3:43 - Davey - Clank Legacy 6:44 - JP - Riffle & Too Many Bones 12:12 - Adrian - War Room 15:45 - TURN 3 - Real board games, real skills 16:17 - Dealing with failure 21:46 - Dealing with confrontation 26:50 - Learning to win gracefully 31:49 - Risk management & mitigation 35:40 - You never have to settle 41:20 - Negotiation 45:31 - Time management & planning 49:01 - The consumption of detailed information 53:55 - TURN 4 - Would you rather? 54:28 - Would you rather have a one in one out system to acquire games or spend board gaming time to acquire games 58:36 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up? 1:10:52 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
We're back from our exploits at the UK Games Expo 2023 with another expansion pack episode covering ALL the games (well most of them). Don't let the croaky voices and tiredness fool you, we had the best time ever with most of the podcast team covering the event.
OUR PLAYERS - Becky, JP, Adrian, Kerley & Tambo
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - Becky (Dolly Parton) & JP (Kenny Rogers) did their own version of carpool karaoke which Kerley was thankful to not be in the same car as them - We covered the Thursday preview event for the first time so check out our thoughts and experiences on that - From battle royale shooters in Apex Legends, to drawing Disney characters in Lorcana, writing your own pages in Books of Time or sporing new mushrooms in Mycelia we've played a whole bunch of games during our 3 days at Expo - Our experiences of 2023 and what we liked and didn't like before finally getting some rest from a cracking weekend
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 1:52 - Meeting some of our listeners 5:07 - TURN 2 - UK Games Expo 2023 5:21 - Travelling up to the Expo 8:16 - Arriving at the Expo & visiting the Press Event (Thurs) 9:36 - Strong Point & MaxxRas 11:14 - The Expo Awards Ceremony 12:34 - The Main Show (Fri-Sun) 12:49 - Dice Realms 14:19 - Earth, Flamecraft & back to Earth 19:42 - Fire Tower 24:28 - Lorcana 28:40 - Mycelia 34:53 - Hegemony 39:38 - Ocean Pods 41:22 - Becky's Granny Trolley & Adrian's Bag Incident 44:35 - Apex Legends 53:27 - Port Royal 57:06 - The Old Kings Crown 1:06:27 - Kung Fu Panda 1:09:00 - Senjutsu: Battle for Japan 1:13:18 - Fateforge & Lost Ruins expansion 1:19:13 - A few demos & All On Board VR Gaming 1:28:11 - Books of Time 1:30:51 - Our individual experiences 1:42:07 - Meeting old friends and new 1:47:03 - The Shop & Drop and the Bring & Buy 1:53:36 - How much for ice cream??? 1:58:00 - TURN 3 - We're off to get some sleep & thank you
Adrian takes to the mic again "like a vandal" as he channels his inner Vanilla Ice in an episode focused all about those clicky clacky chance cubes in Dice Dice Baby.
FIRST PLAYER: Adrian OTHER PLAYERS: JP, Chris & Tambo
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - That JP literally retcons his own Agricola explanation in Episode 27 and goes into more detail after picking up a copy - The group have been enjoying the coronation of our new king, by avoiding it and playing games all day - Adrian's love for tile laying games increases with Glen More II - The gang talk about dice in boardgames, how they're used and their feelings on them - We've scrapped our Badly Hexplained Games and now have a re-occurring "Would you rather section" - Chris is looking forward to a "date night" with Rob when he returns from Scotland - Tambo's new gaming table from Ironside is going to be delivered very very soon
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EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 1:24 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 1:58 - JP - Agricola 8:57 - Chris - Sushi Go 11:02 - Tambo - Clank! Catacombs 14:54 - Adrian - Glen More II Chronicles 21:30 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Dice Dice Baby 21:54 - Our general opinions on dice in games 25:40 - Target Number Dice 33:03 - Action Dice 43:17 - Strength Dice 50:19 - Roll & Move Dice 52:27 - Accounting Dice 56:32 - Other unique ways dice are used 1:01:36 - TURN 4 - Would you rather? 1:02:45 - Would you rather have to listen to Vannila Ice for dice games or Poker Face for card games? 1:06:34 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up? 1:06:50 - Adrian - UK Games Expo 2023 1:11:16 - Chris - Ashes & Heroquest 1:12:49 - Tambo - Nemesis & Ironside Gaming Table 1:14:41 - JP - Viticulture World 1:16:45 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
GUEST PLAYER: Joe "Fritz" Paull from Oak Lounge Games THE PLAYERS: JP & Davey
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - How Fritz got into the hobby and designed his first game - Fritz recreates the opening scene of the film "Glass Onion: Knives Out" through his crafting skills - A deep dive conversation about Prestige: A City Building Game - JP's experiences of playing Prestige throughout the episode - Fritz's answers to some of our Niche Number 1's
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - An announcement about Prestige 0:28 - TURN 1 - Player Count 1:13 - TURN 2 - Introducing Joe "Fritz" Paull 3:36 - How did Fritz get into the hobby? 6:33 - The transition from gamer to designer 9:43 - What's Fritz's favourite game and which ones is he enjoying these days? 15:52 - TURN 3 - Main Interview - Prestige: A City Building Game 17:35 - What made you choose the theme? 21:30 - What made you lean towards semi co-op? 29:42 - How do the unit cards impact the game? 31:38 - Do the tribes work differently? 32:47 - How does the game scale with player count? 34:55 - What's Fritz's favourite aspect of Prestige? 36:46 - How big can the city get? 38:01 - How do the events interact with the game? 40:24 - What's the difficult / accessibility like in the game? 41:35 - How would you explain the art direction in this game? 44:26 - How can our listeners get their hands on Prestige? 45:49 - What kind of gaming group do you play Prestige with? 49:26 - Are there any variants in the game to explore? 50:15 - Fritz's Niche Number 1's 55:31 - TURN 4 - What's coming up? 1:04:33 - TURN 5 - 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.
Prepare for Dr Davey to enter the house as he and the team personifies board games to understand which ones would fair in a variety of situations. Are you confused? Don't worry everyone else was.
FIRST PLAYER: Davey OTHER PLAYERS: Rob, Chris & Tambo
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - How our dungeon crawler loving group members have been dabbling into more thematic games - Dr Davey gets everyone on his "questionable" sofa to see what would happen if board games where people and which games are a good fit for different situations. Is it random...absolutely - Just Three gets an downgrade to Just Two again - The group are looking forward to all of the upcoming conventions and make sure you look out for us at the UK Games Expo this year.
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EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 0:34 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 1:01 - Rob - Civilization New Dawn 2:31 - Chris - Star Wars Outer Rim 3:18 - Tambo - Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion 6:24 - Davey - Dune Imperium 8:50 - TURN 3 - Main Event - Board Game Relations 9:52 - The rules of the episode...there are no rules 10:10 - What game would you take out on a date? 14:36 - What game would you like to be trapped on a desert island with? 19:12 - What game would you use to help you cover up a murder? 23:42 - What game would you take to meet your parents? 26:27 - What game would you play a boardgame with? 31:59 - What game would you trust your life with?
We take a bit of a departure from our non serious episodes of late and we focus on the Uwe Rosenberg games that we've played along with our thoughts and why some of those games end up becoming staples within collections and the hobby in general
FIRST PLAYER: Davey OTHER PLAYERS: Becky & JP
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - How the team are doing after our sad news of Kris passing away - Davey & JP recall their first play experience on Vital Lacerda's new hotness "Inventions: Evolution of Ideas" - Spoiler Alert: it's great and a massive thank you to Scott from Scott Plays for the teach and previewing it with us - That Davey struggles to say "Caverna" seriously check out the bloopers in a future expansion pack episode - About our groups experiences with Uwe Rosenberg designed games from Arigcola to Atiwa. - Why Uwe games just feel comforting and a general joy to play - Just Two gets an upgrade to Just Three (as there's only three of us on the show) - JP is looking forward to his birthday games day which is any excuse just to play back to back games
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW As mentioned on the show we're supporting the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon this year so if you fancy the challenge, get yourself down there. You can get your tickets right here. https://www.the24hourboardgamemarathon.co.uk/
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 0:44 - Checking in after our friend Kris has passed away 3:40 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 4:04 - JP - Skymines 10:32 - Becky - Scout 16:01 - Davey - Inventions: Evolution of Ideas 21:13 - TURN 3 - Main Event - Puzzle by name, puzzle by nature 25:03 - Agricola 27:29 - Caverna 32:06 - Patchwork & Framework 36:38 - Reykholt 39:49 - Feast for Odin 42:26 - Who do we think Uwe games are for? 45:12 - Atiwa & accessibility of this games 50:24 - Discussing our favourites 52:52 - What do you think are the pitfalls are? 59:52 - TURN 4 - Badly Hexplained Games - Just Three Edition 1:01:11 - Just Three - Game 1 1:03:11 - Just Three - Game 2 1:05:51 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up? 1:06:11 - Skymines & JP's Birthday Games Day 1:08:01 - JP - My Birthday Games Day 1:10:22 - Becky - Trip to Germany 1:12:56 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
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
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