Happy new year everybody, we know that after a big night out and back to work you'll be hungry for some more bloopers. Well you are in luck as we've dug around the vaults of episodes 31-36 this time which features our old player Ian. Do you fancy listening to poorly sung Sting songs, Becky’s five guys and cheesy bangers and more about Kerley’s dinosaur fetish. Nope didn't think so but that's what you've got. It gets weird again as we present Can I Get A Rewind Volume 6…yep we know volume 6.
Merry Christmas to all of our listeners new & old as we all gather for another "Quiz-mas" where we pull together another board game quiz for 2023. Will the Whose Turners get many right? Will they moan how hard the questions are? Will they have fun regardless? Come and get your pens and paper at the ready and join in.
QUIZ TEAMS Too Many Boney-M's (JP & Rob) Kerley Klaus (Kerley & Becky) Bald'bles (Dan & Tambo) Christmas Spirit Island (Adrian & Davey)
In this episode you'll learn: - What we've been playing in the lead up to Christmas - how we don't like to make the questions easy - that Dan likes to put 110% in making (and performing) his questions - that having 8 Whose Turners on a podcast episode is hard work but a lot of fun - which team takes the Quiz-Mas crown for 2023 and has bragging rights for a whole year
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EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 2:32 - TURN 2 - Quiz-Mas 2023 3:23 - Introducing the quiz teams 5:28 - ROUND 1 - Hosted by "Kerley Klaus" - Kerley has been playing Terraforming Mars 7:03 - Round 1: Questions 1-5 11:06 - Becky has been played Tapestry 14:36 - Round 1: Questions 6-10 18:44 - Round 1: Answers 25:06 - ROUND 2 - Hosted by "Christmas Spirit Island" - Adrian has been playing Secret Identity 26:40 - Round 2: Questions 1-5 30:52 - Davey has been playing Monster Hunter The Board Game 34:50 - Round 2: Questions 6-10 38:59 - Round 2: Answers 44:43 - ROUND 3 - Hosted by "Bald'bles" - Dan has been playing a lot of Board Game Arena 47:25 - Round 3: Questions 1-5 50:33 - Tambo has been playing Marvel Champions Evolution Next 52:22 - Round 3: Questions 6-10 55:02 - Question 3: Answers 59:46 - ROUND 4 - Hosted by "Too Many Boney-M's" - JP has been playing The Gig 1:03:58 - Round 4: Questions 1-5 1:08:13 - Rob has been playing Ark Nova & 7 Wonders 1:10:07 - Round 4: Questions 6-10 1:14:11 - Round 4: Answers 1:20:25 - The Quiz-Mas 2023 results are in 1:22:32 - TURN 3 - The Final Turn
This week Dan leads the followers as the Whose Turners open the sacred texts of BoardGameGeek which is a fantastic & free resource for our hobby. The team discuss how they use BGG and their general feelings in and debate various aspects around it, with some slight tangents of course.
FIRST PLAYER: Dan OTHER PLAYERS: Davey, Adrian & Kerley
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - who wins in a fight between Adrian and his washing line - who has the biggest nose...yep we wondered why this was a thing as well - about Kerley's recent experience with Perseverance Episode 3 - all about BoardGameGeek and it's uses within our hobby
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 2:24 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 2:39 - Kerley - Perseverance Episode 3 7:20 - Adrian - Having a break from games 11:04 - Davey - Trolls & Princesses 14:49 - Dan - Anachrony Fractures of Time 18:11 - TURN 3 - Main Event: The Book of BGG 18:52 - What do we primarily use BGG for? 29:05 - Have we used BGG to help us purchase or not purchase a game? 40:38 - What other specific needs have you used BGG for? 44:21 - Our thoughts on the BGG Hotness 48:44 - A chat about the BGG Top 100 56:45 - TURN 4 - Would you rather? 57:19 - Would you rather own all the top 100 BGG and never play anything else or never play the top 100 ever and get new releases for free? 1:03:56 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up 1:04:07 - Kerley - Paladins of the West Kingdom 1:06:13 - Davey - New office build and Marco Polo 2 1:07:30 - Dan - Feast For Odin & Bamboo 1:10:14 - Adrian - Diablo the Board Game 1:14:16 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
"Yo what is up" we have Mark Monk from NinjaGeekGames on the show this time after continuously bumping into each other at conventions. We've finally managed to grab a coffee, sit down to chat about games, games and even more games.
GUEST PLAYER: Mark Monk (NinjaGeekGames) OTHER PLAYERS: JP & Davey
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - that Mark really likes to inject thematic flair into his favourite game...now who's dressing up as Cercei? - how Mark set-up NinjaGeekGames and how it was launched - how Mark was emotionally scarred by watching "The Thing" as a kid - all about Mark's Essen adventures and the games he played and picked up
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 0:33 - TURN 2 - Introducing Mark Monk from NinjaGeekGames 2:03 - What's Marks favourite game? 7:10 - What is Mark enjoying right now? 16:02 - How did Mark get into the hobby? 23:02 - TURN 3 - What was the genesis of NinjaGeekGames? 27:35 - Where do you get your inspiration for your TikTok videos? 32:58 - The effort in running a channel and socials 37:09 - How was your first Essen experience? 45:55 - What games did you pick up from Essen? 50:40 - An aside with The Thing 54:34 - Are you going back to Essen next year? 59:54 - Mark's Niche Number 1's 1:11:57 - Mark asks us a Niche Number 1 1:17:14 - TURN 4 - What are you excited about in the future? 1:24:27 - TURN 5 - The Final Turn
Our newest player Dan takes the first player token and pitches two main genres of games head to head, mano a mano, a death match to ultimately decide which one is better...i mean it's all subjective but listen anyway.
FIRST PLAYER: Dan OTHER PLAYERS: Chris P, Rob & Tambo
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - that Tambo has been keeping his backstabbing ways in Betrayal at the House on the Hill - Chris P is digging getting back into Descent Legends of the Dark - how Rob faired playing War of the Ring the Card Game with Kerley recently - that Dan has been rinsed by his kids at Patchwork - how the group favour fantasy vs sci-fi themes in games and try to dig into why
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EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 1:20 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 1:31 - Tambo - Betrayal at the House on the Hill 7:09 - Chris P - Descent Legend of the Dark 11:41 - Rob - War of the Ring Card Game 14:14 - Dan - Patchwork & Voidfall 17:46 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Fantasy vs Sci-Fi (The Death Match) 21:40 - What would make you purchase a sci-fi game over a fantasy game or vice versa? 30:18 - What games do you think would work well crossing genre's? 38:03 - Are there mechanics out there that make you pick one theme other the other? 42:18 - What is your favourite sci-fi & fantasy game and which one you like best? 58:03 - The verdict & what would the other Whose Turners say? 59:58 - TURN 4 - Would you rather? 1:00:13 - Would you rather have unlimited access to ALL games from a genre and only one from the other genre? 1:08:42 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up 1:08:54 - Tambo - Descent & Anachrony 1:10:26 - Rob - Ashes Reborn Red Rains 1:12:20 - Chris P - Burncycle 1:15:11 - Dan - Septima 1:16:40 - TURN 6 - Final Turn
We've just attended one of our favourite conventions of the year, it's on our doorstep, it's organised by our friends over at Gaming Rules...it's of course GRIDCON. It returns in it's 4th iteration and Davey leads us through this expansion pack to cover what we've all been playing.
Note: Adrian made a mistake on naming Andy when it was Alan on his game of Kutna Hora
THE PLAYERS: Davey, JP, Adrian & Tambo
In this episode you'll learn:
- What the Whose Turners have been playing in a 2 hour special episode...it's no secret there has been loads of games played - JP getting the lowdown on the latest Vital Lacerda prototype "Speakeasy" and sharing his thoughts - Adrian trying out some Essen releases with Kutna Hora, Satori, Faraway and more... - Tambo's first time experience at GRIDCON and his awesome game of Beast - some shout outs to the friendly faces we met and the general atmosphere at this great South West based convention.
It's been a long while but we've rounded up the gang for another episode of Niche Number 1's. Your favourite questions on answering what your favourite game is in very extreme niche circumstances.
FIRST PLAYER: JP OTHER PLAYERS: Adrian, Becky & Tambo
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - all about Vladimir Suuchy's latest design in Adrian's latest play of Evacuation - Becky's fallen head over heels for the new Mindclash game Septima - that JP has finally broken his Stefan Feld cherry with Castles of Burgundy - that Tambo is digging those tiny epic dinosaurs - what our favourite games are in even more niche number ones for you to chew over - how excited the team are for the upcoming GRIDCON convention happening this week
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EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 4:14 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 4:26 - Becky - Molehill Meadows (Shhhh) & Septima 13:21 - Adrian - Evacuation 19:58 - Tambo - Tiny Epic Dinosaurs 24:46 - JP - Castles of Burgundy Special Edition 28:03 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Niche Number 1's - Round 5 29:16 - Favourite game that doesn't have cards 36:40 - Favourite game you should sell but you can't bring yourself to do it 44:13 - Favourite game that you wish you were better at with all your heart 52:18 - Favourite game that gives you the most AP (Analysis Paralysis) 58:38 - Favourite game that WAS worth all the hype 1:06:36 - TURN 4 - Would you rather? 1:06:52 - Would you rather play a hyped game only during it's hype or never play a hyped game at all? 1:11:15 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up 1:11:30 - Gearing up for GRIDCON 1:16:10 - Adrian - Smartphone Inc, Earth & Satori 1:16:58 - Tambo - Betrayal at the House on the Hill 1:17:55 - Becky - Acorn token for Septima and more Septima 1:21:33 - JP - Skymines 1:22:16 - TURN 6 - Final Turn
It's time to put on our best behaviours as we review the top 50 rules of board game etiquette as defined by content creator Jon Purkis from Actualol and see how we fair against them. Which rules have you broken in your gaming group?
FIRST PLAYER: JP OTHER PLAYERS: Davey, Rob & Kerley
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - how you can support the show through Ko-Fi (Coffee) and keep the Whose Turn chat going for years to come - https://ko-fi.com/whoseturnisitanyway - more about the latest hotness with Kerleys overview of Ark Nova Marine Worlds and Davey's play of The Old Kings Crown - more about the oldness with what happened on the latest Game of Thrones event, who backstabbed who, who lost their sh*t, you know the usual - our players take on Actualol's 50 Rules of Board Game Etiquette and where we stand with them all - that the dinosaurs are coming with JP getting his hands on a prototype of Perseverance Episode 3 so more on that later.
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW This episode wouldn't be possible without the hardwork and video written and produced by Actualol. So we want to say a massive thank you for providing a benchmark in etiquette for us to chat through. We encourage to check out the video as it's fantastic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jfbGJV4Tsk
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 1:00 - You can now support the show on Ko-Fi 4:23 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 4:38 - Kerley - Ark Nova Marine Worlds 13:57 - JP - Game of Thrones 2nd Edition 21:26 - Davey - The Old Kings Crown 25:47 - Rob - Nearly played Kabuto Sumo 26:58 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Manners Maketh Man 28:26 - Rules 1-5 34:51 - Rules 6-10 40:51 - Rules 11-16 48:31 - Rules 17-20 52:01 - Rules 21-25 56:50 - Rules 26-30 1:02:33 - Rules 31-25 1:05:37 - Rules 36-40 1:10:49 - Rules 41-45 1:15:52 - Rules 46-50 1:19:54 - Closing thoughts 1:20:55 - TURN 4 - Would you rather? 1:21:10 - Would you abandon the 50 rules of etiquette to play the best game ever or keep them and play an above average game? 1:25:10 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up 1:25:24 - Rob - Too Many Bones Unbreakable 1:26:47 - Kerley - Netrunner or Septima (whichever gets played) 1:27:21 - Davey - Shatterpoint, Nucleum & 3 Ring Circus 1:28:52 - JP - Perseverance Episode 3 1:29:53 - TURN 6 - Final Turn
After our demo experience in Essen SPIEL this year Davey leads the discussion with Oliver Kiley the designer of the upcoming Pax Illuminaten game by Ion Game Design. Set in 1776 Bavaria you play as an Areopagus, a founding member of the Bavarian Illuminati to spread the forbidden enlightenment thinking into the highest reaches of the Holy Roman Empire.
GUEST PLAYER: Oliver Kiley designer of Pax Illuminaten THE PLAYERS: Davey & JP
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - how Oliver got into tabletop and board game design - how the 4X mechanics usually seen in space colonisation games have been applied in unique ways in Pax Illuminaten - all about Pax Illuminaten, how it plays, the ins and outs and the historical significance based in where the game is set. - all about Oliver's answers to some of our historical Niche Number 1's
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 0:33 - TURN 2 - Introducing Oliver Kiley the design of Pax Illuminaten 1:41 - Oliver's favourite games 4:19 - How did you get into tabletop gaming & board game design? 9:04 - Discussing Oliver's previous designs with Hegemonic 11:20 - TURN 3 - Deep dive into Pax Illuminaten 11:45 - The origins of Pax Illuminaten 16:58 - The theme and history of the Illuminati 19:48 - What makes a Pax game a Pax game? 24:41 - What is the main gameplay loop of Pax Illuminaten? 39:02 - The event cards and their purpose 45:08 - Decktet influences within Pax Illuminaten 49:57 - There was a concious decision to keep the box small 53:03 - How can people get hold of Pax Illuminaten? 56:47 - Oliver's Niche Number 1's 1:04:25 - TURN 4 - What is Oliver looking forward to? 1:07:45 - TURN 5 - The Final Turn
JP strikes back as "first player" whilst the Whose Turners walk into a cantina on an unknown planet, order some luminous blue milk and sit down to discuss board games set in the most popular sci-fi franchise on the planet.....Star Wars
FIRST PLAYER: JP OTHER PLAYERS: Dan, Rob & Chris P
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - how JP got on with Imperium: Classics after trying the Voidfall designer combo of Nigel Buckle & David Turczi - about Dan's game night with his parents playing Wingspan - that Rob is still enjoying The Witcher: Old World and just can't remove it from his table - Chris is the only one in the world who has finished Gloomhaven (not fact checked) and starting his Frosthaven campaign - about the groups exploration of key Star Wars board games with a view of showcasing them to potential gamers or people in the hobby. - what the team's favourite Star Wars films are, who prefers Jedi or Sith and many "great" hmmmm impressions along the way.
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EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 3:01 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 3:14 - Dan - Wingspan (with parents) 6:43 - Chris P - Frosthaven 10:34 - Rob - The Witcher: Old World 13:45 - JP - Imperium: Classics 21:13 - TURN 3 - Main Event: This is the way (Star Wars Special) 24:38 - Star Wars: The Queens Gambit 25:56 - Star Wars: Rebellion 31:02 - Star Wars: Imperial Assault 34:59 - Star Wars: Outer Rim 40:39 - Star Wars: The Deck Building Game 45:29 - Star Wars: Love Letter Jabba's Palace 47:43 - Star Wars: X-Wing, Armada, Legion & Shatterpoint 56:09 - Star Wars: Unlimited and a call back to Destiny 1:02:10 - TURN 4 - Would you rather? 1:02:32 - Would you rather play a star wars board game as a Jedi / Rebels or Sith / Empire? 1:11:22 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up 1:11:38 - Chris P - Fallout Atomic Bonds 1:13:55 - Dan - Hegemony 1:15:48 - Rob - Too Many Bones Unbreakable 1:19:00 - Burncycle: New Recruits 1:20:31 - TURN 6 - Final Turn
The Vengabus was fuelled up to take the Whose Turners on a road trip to Essen for this years SPIEL 2023 and what a packed show it was. With so many memorable moments this expansion episode is our longest one yet with over 2.5 hours of hot game chat and gaming group moments to share with you all. "Danke fürs Zuhören"
OUR PLAYERS - Becky, JP, Adrian, Kerley & Tambo
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll simply learn about our Essen adventures from arriving Weds 4th October and leaving Sunday 8th October.
Kerley ends his episode run by taking us back to the dawn of time where all we have is the knowledge to make fire, our wits and the urge to play civilization style board games.
FIRST PLAYER: Kerley OTHER PLAYERS: JP, Davey & *NEW PLAYER* Dan
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - that we have a new player Dan joining the Whose Turners - that JP is going solo in his latest round of games including Hoplomachus Victorum - Davey's thoughts on Age of Innovation and how it compares to Gaia Project and Terra Mystica - that long time listener Marcus is taking over the gaming group....or just playing Netrunner with Kerley - all about our takes on civilization style board games, why we like them, what makes them a civ game and much more
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EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 1:54 - Introducing our new player Dan 5:59 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 6:08 - JP - Hoplomachus: Victorum 12:23 - Davey - Age of Innovation 19:27 - Kerley - Netrunner 23:14 - Dan - Tapestry 29:13 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Civilizations - Beyond the sword 35:28 - What defines a civilization game? 40:01 - What do we like the most about civ games? 45:29 - What are our favourite civ games? 56:05 - What's our least favourite civ games or mechanics? 1:00:46 - TURN 4 - Would you rather? 1:01:06 - Would you rather be rich and powerful in ancient rome or poor in the modern era 1:07:49 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up 1:08:02 - JP - Full games of Voidfall 1:09:24 - Davey - Building his office / games room 1:12:19 - Kerley - Holiday to Florida 1:15:13 - Dan - Starfield and Septima 1:16:37 - Our upcoming Essen Trip 1:19:23 - TURN 6 - Final Turn
In this expansion pack we go deeper underground to explore the mycelium network only to find a brand new board game called Mycelia, designed, developed and produced by Jack Neville from Split Stone Games.
GUEST PLAYER: Jack Neville from Split Stone Games THE PLAYERS: JP & Kerley
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - How Jack got into board gaming and how it compares to the classic old days of playing Mario Kart - What Jack's favourite games are right now - all about Mycelia: the strategic mushroom game designed and developed by Jack - all about Jack's answers to some of our historical Niche Number 1's
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 0:35 - TURN 2 - Introducing Jack Neville designer of Mycelia 2:03 - What is Jack's favourite game of all time? 4:38 - What games has Jack been enjoying lately? 7:44 - How did Jack get into the hobby? 11:24 - TURN 3 - An introduction to Mycelia: A strategic mushroom game 12:41 - What made you go for the theme of mushrooms? 17:52 - How does the gameplay loop work? 22:50 - How has the game changed from it's first iteration? 26:54 - How long ago did you start the design? 31:30 - What do you think people will enjoy about the game? 35:06 - How can people get their hands on Mycelia? 36:51 - What is your favourite player count & how does the solo work? 40:23 - When does the crowdfunding run to? 42:36 - Jack's Niche Number 1's 48:28 - TURN 4 - What are you excited about in the future? 52:03 - TURN 5 - Final Turn
Kerley keeps the competitive themes throughout his run with this episode focusing on one of his favourite style of games....the 1v1 games pitching players head to head.
FIRST PLAYER: Kerley OTHER PLAYERS: JP, Tambo & Adrian
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - about Star-Lords helmet...it's not as bad as it sounds - how the Century game series fares with Adrian when they are combined together - how Tambo got on playing Trickerion for the first time - how Viticulture World is as hard as playing Dark Souls, co-operative wine making is tough people - about Kerleys first experience in playing games on Board Game Arena (BGA) - all about our groups position on 1v1 games, why we like them, why people don't and some of our favourites - whether we would rather lose to a bad winner or win against a bad loser
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EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 3:18 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 3:33 - Adrian - Century Series 10:45 - Tambo - Trickerion 18:23 - JP - Viticulture World 27:11 - Kerley - Board Game Arena 32:14 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Grudge Match 35:09 - What makes a good 1v1 game? 39:45 - What makes a higher player count game work at 2 players? 44:18 - Why do people not like 1v1 games? 49:19 - Kerley's favourite - War of the Ring 54:23 - JP's favourite - Hoplomachus: Remastered 57:02 - Tambo's favourite - Kapow! 59:38 - Adrian's favourites - A mix 1:02:54 - TURN 4 - Would you rather? 1:03:20 - Would you rather lose to a bad winner or win against a bad loser? 1:10:21 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up 1:10:36 - JP - A new player is coming.... 1:11:42 - Adrian - Smartphone Inc 1:14:03 - Tambo - Brass Birmingham and Star Wars Rebellion 1:16:36 - Kerley - Backing the new Terraforming Mars Prelude 2 1:21:45 - TURN 6 - Final Turn
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
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