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Becky winds down her run of episodes to talk about her favourite game, the game that changed everything, the game that's all about that red planet in our solar system...no not the one by Vital Lacerda the other one...Terraforming Mars.

FIRST PLAYER: Becky
OTHER PLAYERS: JP, Davey & Kerley

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- Kerley has had a chance to play the new ultimate fantasy 4X game on Kickstarter right now "Ascendancy".  Listen to hear his thoughts
- JP talks about his 4am Scythe experience at the recent 24 Hour Board Game Marathon
- Davey breaks down social economic structures in Hegemony...for 7 hours
- Becky devotes an episode to Terraforming Mars which is an important game in our gaming group
- about the new "would you rather" which is settling for a complete bad knock off game of Terraforming Mars or a extremely well produced "ok" game.

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Ascendancy Kickstarter Link as mentioned by Kerley - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/matthewmeeple/ascendancy-0

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
5:18 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
5:42 - JP - Scythe
13:32 - Davey - Hegemony
18:17 - Kerley - Ascendancy
25:38 - Becky - Dice Forge
28:41 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Martian Tales...a focus on Terraforming Mars
32:12 - "CEO's Favourite Project" - What's the appeal?
42:47 - "Lunar Exports" Our favourite expansion
44:06 - "Deimos Down" The downsides of TM
47:49 - "Spin-Off Department" What do we think about Ares Expedition?
50:57 - "Sponsors" Who do we think it's aimed at?
55:35 - "Search For Life" Our closing thoughts
59:54 - TURN 4 - Would you rather?
1:00:11 - Would you rather play knock-off Terraforming Turnips or a beautifully produced OK game?
1:04:23 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:04:36 - Kerley - Darwins Journey & Kerleys Birthday
1:05:53 - Davey - Pagan: Fate of Roanoke & Terra Mystica: Age of Innovation
1:09:13 - JP - Mindclash Bonanza (Voidfall & Septima)
1:12:14 - Becky - Potion Explosion
1:14:57 - TURN 6 - Final Turn

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Becky asks an all important question in the board gaming hobby which is "can your board gaming collection be too big?".  Is there a limit, what are the factors that determine whether the collection is too much or too little.  Join the Whose Turners for a good chat through all things collections

FIRST PLAYER: Becky
OTHER PLAYERS: JP & Adrian

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- Becky bags another win against her husband Kerley in Wild Serengeti
- JP channels his inner Geralt of Riveria in The Witcher the Old World and shares his initial thoughts.
- Adrian finally escapes the Star Wars Unlock series and tells us his thoughts
- all about board game collections and whether size matters, also discussing the limiting factors which keeps board game collections the sizes they are.
- about the new "would you rather" which is not being able to own a collection and be reliant upon others or only have access to your own small collection of 5 games in 3 Kallax cubes.

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
N/A

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:43 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
2:56 - Becky - Wild Serengeti
8:09 - Adrian - Star Wars Unlock
14:34 - JP - The Witcher: The Old World
24:10 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Can your board game collection get too big?
29:12 - Collecting is a hobby as much as playing
33:35 - What do we think the magic number is?
40:44 - The limiting factors that contains your collection
45:38 - Having access to games can change your collection sizes
54:46 - TURN 4 - Would you rather?
55:07 - Would you rather only play other peoples collections or only play your own collection of 5 games capped at 3 kallax cubes?
1:02:49 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:03:01 - Adrian - Warhammer 40K Epic Series
1:06:40 - JP - Holiday in Florida with family / friends
1:09:25 - Becky - Also holidaying and playing games with family
1:11:55 - TURN 6 - Final Turn

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In this expansion pack episode all of the Whose Turners attend The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon in Ilminster, Somerset to see how long they can last gaming 24 hours straight from 9am Saturday to 9am Sunday.

THE PLAYERS: All of us

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- how our first ever LIVE episode went on the live stream
- that Dan Apsey not only runs great board gaming events he does voiceovers...just keep listening through
- more about the event from the mouths of the Whose Turners recording snippets from Friday evening all the way through to the end on Sunday morning.  Who survived, who didn't and whose soul could you see into by the early hours of the morning

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
- Find our more about the event - https://www.the24hourboardgamemarathon.co.uk
- Youtube Highlights Reel for the 2023 event - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hMUfH5i9QU
- Catch our LIVE episode here - https://youtu.be/8hc_EWZ0L34
-Brian from Always Play Blue - https://alwaysplayblue.com/
-Paul from Gaming Rules - https://www.youtube.com/@GamingRulesVideos
- Luke from The Broken Meeple - https://www.youtube.com/@TheBrokenMeeple
-Jimmy from BoardgameJimmy - https://www.instagram.com/boardgamejimmy/
-Ben from No Rolls Barred - https://www.youtube.com/@NoRollsBarred

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - Introducing The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon 2023
2:17 - Friday 21st July - 16:52
4:16 - Friday 21st July - 23:30
7:10 - Saturday 22nd July - 07:50
7:58 - Saturday 22nd July - 08:30
8:59 - Saturday 22nd July - 09:11
10:19 - Saturday 22nd July - 11:30
11:14 - Saturday 22nd July - 13:45
11:58 - Saturday 22nd July - 14:00
12:27 - Saturday 22nd July - 14:15
13:10 - Saturday 22nd July - 15:47
13:45 - Saturday 22nd July - 17:00
15:28 - Saturday 22nd July - 17:20
19:01 - Saturday 22nd July - 18:35
19:59 - Saturday 22nd July - 19:00
20:16 - Saturday 22nd July - 21:39
22:46 - Saturday 22nd July - 22:00 - Introducing Our Live Episode
22:57 - LIVE EPISODE TURN 1 - Player Count
32:31 - LIVE EPISODE TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
44:12 - LIVE EPISODE TURN 3 - Fights of the Round Table & Social Deduction
1:14:14 - LIVE EPISODE TURN 4 - Would you rather?
1:25:46 - LIVE EPISODE TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn (What's Coming Up In The Event)
1:34:14 - Sunday 23rd July - 00:02
1:37:11 - Sunday 23rd July - 00:45
1:38:15 - Sunday 23rd July - 01:00
1:38:40 - Sunday 23rd July - 03:58
1:39:51 - Sunday 23rd July - 06:00
1:41:17 - Sunday 23rd July - 09:05 - The End!!!

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The first player crown has been passed to Becky who is pleased to be back for some more gaming chat.  This time we talk about those gems in the gaming calendar where we organise all day gaming sessions, the promises, the pitfalls, the plans and the free for alls, we all love a gaming day.

FIRST PLAYER: Becky
OTHER PLAYERS: Kerley & JP

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- JP takes a nostalgic trip back to the 80s in Fighting Fantasy Adventures the new Martin Wallace design bringing Deathtrap Dungeon vibes
- Kerley's thoughts on Caverna and improving on each play he has with some debates around whether it replaces Agricola or not
- all about aspects of all day gaming sessions, what they are, some key pitfalls and recommendations but also why they are an important part of our hobby
- about the new "would you rather" which is would you rather play a 4 hours game with snacks / drinks that has constant analysis paralysis or no snacks / drinks with no AP
- the Whose Turners next line of games hitting the tables very soon

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
N/A

EPISODE CHAPTERS
00:00:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
00:02:43 - Podcast Update
00:04:18 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
00:04:25 - JP - Fighting Fantasy Adventures
00:13:49 - Kerley - Caverna
00:22:01 - Hot tubs & Iron Maiden
00:23:50 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Hex, Mugs & Sausage Rolls
00:25:21 - What do we qualify as an all day gaming session?
00:30:19 - What are the key ingredients for a good gaming day?
00:38:48 - How important is food at an gaming day? 
00:44:45 - Should an all day gaming session just be with people you know? 
00:46:42 - What are the pitfalls in running a gaming day? 
00:51:42 - Top recommendations for running a successful gaming day? 
00:55:31 - Final thoughts
00:56:30 - TURN 4 - Would you rather? 
00:56:46 - Would you rather have snacks / drinks for a game night with AP, or no snacks / drinks with no AP? 
01:00:43 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up 
01:00:51 - Kerley - Hallertau, Darwins Journey & Weather Machine (really?) 
01:04:23 - Paladins of the West Kingdom, Viticulture World (Asia) & Twilight Imperium 
01:09:20 - Becky - Photosynthesis, Port Royal & Becky's Birthday 
01:11:03 - TURN 6 - Final Turn

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As Adrian prepares to hand over "First Player" to Becky he brings forward a topic of worker placement mechanics and how games have evolved upon that core concept since they became so popular.

FIRST PLAYER: Adrian
OTHER PLAYERS: JP & Davey

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- JP's first impressions of the new Mindclash big box game "Voidfall"
- Davey apparently is being bullied into buying Hamlet...hmmm sure
- Adrian is finally getting through his shelf of opportunity in Paladins
- about some of our favourite examples of worker placement mechanics which have unique twists
- our nonsense chat about would we rather play games in the heat with sunburn or in a fridge with a cold
- that The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon is literally next weekend and we're running a LIVE episode at 22:00 on Saturday 22nd July for the first time.  We'll be playing a nice relaxing game of The Resistance: Avalon....hmmmm relaxing sure.

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
3:48 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
4:01 - JP - Voidfall
12:51 - Davey - Hamlet
18:30 - Adrian - Paladins of the West Kingdom
23:36 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Workers Union
24:46 - What do we like about the worker placement mechanic?
29:13 - What don't we like about the worker placement mechanic?
32:29 - Mixing deck building with worker placement in Dune Imperium & Lost Ruins of Arnak
34:53 - Variable workers and multi-layered spaces in Anachrony
37:52 - Bag drawing auctioning in Pillars of the Earth
41:08 - The sheer number of workers in Architects of the West Kingdom
43:49 - Snake placement of Instanbul, Dwellings of Eldervale / Andromeda's Edge
47:00 - The flexibility of Grande workers in Viticulture
50:03 - Dice can be workers too in Bitoku and Perseverance
53:18 - Paying to use your opponents workers in Ora et Labora
56:28 - Rewarding placement and retrieving workers in Raiders of the North Sea
1:00:28 - TURN 4 - Would you rather?
1:00:38 - Would you rather play in the heat with sunburn or in a fridge with a cold?
1:05:21 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?
1:05:35 - ALL - The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon
1:08:09 - JP - Our first ever LIVE episode!!!!
1:10:13 - Davey - Visiting a Banksy owned restaurant (we think!!!)
1:10:55 - Adrian - Cracking through his shelf of shame
1:13:33 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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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.

THE PLAYERS: All of us
 
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
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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

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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

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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

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Find out more about the UK Games Expo here - https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/
JP & Adrian we're talking about their game of Apex Legends on Gaming Rules, you can find it here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAgenhGVshQ
We spent the weekend with Dan Apsey from The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon - https://www.the24hourboardgamemarathon.co.uk/

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

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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

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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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

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In this expansion pack we're joined by Joe "Fritz" Paull the designer of Prestige: A City Building Game

UPDATE: Prestige is no longer supported by Oak Lounge Games as of 25th May 2023 and Fritz now has found a new publisher so you can support the campaign in 2024 - check out the link below.
https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/530bc777-f673-4c97-8c3a-739dbaf52e53/landing

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

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
If you want to learn more about Fritz and Oak Lounge Games check out the links below
- Oak Lounge Games Prestige Page - https://www.oakloungegames.com/prestige
- Joe "Fritz" Paull's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fritz.paull/

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

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---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.

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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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?

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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

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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

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EPISODE CHAPTERS
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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

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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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

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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

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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.

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Get your tickets to the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon right here - https://www.the24hourboardgamemarathon.co.uk/
Becky mentioned The Game Knight Etsy store, you can find them here https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheGameKnightUK

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

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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

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Check out more on Matt & Full Board Gaming Below
- Website - https://fullboardgaming.com/
- How to get tickets to Full Board Gaming in Torquay (Feb 2nd 2024), click on the link for instructions - https://fullboardgaming.com/book-to-attend-fbg-torquay/
- Matt mentioned he is an admin of a Twilight Imperium Facebook Group, you can find that here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1185735334909974
- Matt's favourite board game store Clifton Road Games in Exeter, check them out - https://www.cliftonroadgames.co.uk/

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

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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

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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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

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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

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
You can find out more about Vital Lacerdas current games and upcoming games on the links below:
Vital Lacerda's Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/vitallacerdagames
Vital Lacerda's Instagram Page - https://www.instagram.com/vitallacerda/
Eagle-Gryphon Games Website - https://www.eaglegames.net/

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

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