We're back again from the archives of episodes 25 - 30 and including some behind the scenes laughs with Kris on the Board Game Battleground episode before he sadly passed away this year. We'll keep churning these out as we continue to make mistakes...which is every episode.
Kerley takes the first player throne for his first time and rounds everyone into the ring to talk about the super middle-weight division of board gaming....the mid-weight game
FIRST PLAYER: Kerley OTHER PLAYERS: JP, Tambo & Becky
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - how the team are excited that Kerley has taken the first player token - JP gives us his thoughts on Voidfall by Mindclash Games after playing it 4 times - Tambo discusses his win in the latest Twilight Imperium game by Fantasy Flight Games - that Kerley has a dinosaur fetish and that Becky doesn't like using her posh Crokinole board in front of people - about our thoughts on mid-weight games, what they are, why we like them and some of our favourites - about the new "would you rather" which is deciding whether we would learn only by video / google OR by the rulebook alone.
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 2:00 - Shout out to "Shirts & Merch" 3:58 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 4:12 - Welcome to Kerley's first time as First Player 4:55 - JP - Voidfall 14:46 - Tambo - Twilight Imperium 4th Edition 21:37 - Becky - Crokinole 25:01 - Kerley - Perseverance Episode 2 29:05 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Super middle-weight 31:22 - What is a mid-weight game? 38:42 - What are the biggest advantages of mid-weight games? 44:50 - Do we think the BGG complexity ratings are relevant? 54:46 - What are our top 2 favourite mid-weight games? 1:01:26 - TURN 4 - Would you rather? 1:01:44 - Would you rather learn to play a game through video and google during the game or from the rulebook only? 1:09:53 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up 1:10:09 - JP - Imperium: Classics 1:12:34 - Tambo - Twilight Inscription 1:14:07 - Kerley - Ascendancy 1:16:22 - Becky - Orleans 1:21:14 - TURN 6 - Final Turn
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.
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.
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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
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
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
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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
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
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
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