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Garrett's Games 941: Snow Planner and Sky Team

Shelley and I compete as rival hotel operators in

Snow Planner by Akashi from Soragame Studio

then we try valiantly (and sometimes successfully) to land a plane together in

Sky Team by Luc Rémond from Scorpion Masqué

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Episode 213 - BGG Breakdown

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Guilty: Houston 2015 and CoraQuest. Then, we talk about the game page on the website BoardGameGeek and what information we tend to look at.

0:00-Intro
0:43-Announcements
1:33-Recent Games - Guilty: Houston 2015
6:24-CoraQuest
16:14-BGG Game Page
29:19-Outro
30:23-Bloopers

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#311: Of Lovers and Travel

We've all been travelling about so much recently (some of us may or may not still be) that we often find ourselves asking, "what games should I pack?" Some games are better suited for playing on the go than others, and we're going to get to the heart of what makes a good travel game. Before our arms get tired, we also talk about Regicide, Golem, In the Shadow of Atlas, and DroPolter.

03:56 - Regicide 11:40 - Travel Games 15:47 - Pit 16:13 - Incan Gold 16:24 - For Sale 16:51 - Azul Mini 18:31 - Chess 19:19 - Scrabble Keychain 21:48 - Skull 23:18 - Linkee! 25:32 - Pickomino 32:26 - Marabunta 33:30 - DroPolter 37:38 - In the Shadow of Atlas 42:00 - Golem

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Lords of the Dungeon 76: Making Your Setting Feel Alive and Sudden Campaign Ends

Greetings, noble Cabalists! Gather round as the Lords commence episode 76, where Sir Bender doth recount the tale of what he declares his most favored Shadowrun Adventure of all time! Thereafter, the valiant company delves into a discourse on breathing life into thy campaign worlds during sessions of gaming, and doth follow with a discussion on how to manage the abrupt conclusion of a campaign. Enjoy this grand tale!

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Expansion Pack: Dávid Turczi's Turn (Star Trek Captain's Chair)

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We can't quite believe it's happened and we're extremely excited to present a very special expansion pack episode where we get to chat with the one, the only Dávid Turczi to mainly geek out about Star Trek Captain's Chair which is coming out later this year

GUEST PLAYER: Dávid Turczi
OTHER PLAYERS: JP & Kerley

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- what are Dávid Turczi's favourite games right now
- how Dávid enjoys a collaborative design experience recently
- to "make it so" in Star Trek Captain's Chair a game designed by Dávid and Nigel Buckle published by Wizkids
- what answers to some of our Niche Number 1's Dávid has

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
- Star Trek Captains Chair BGG Link - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/422541/star-trek-captains-chair
- Dávid Turczi BGG Page - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/76227/david-turczi

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:01 - TURN 2 - Dávid Turczi's Turn
2:29 - Dávid's favourite games of all time
8:32 - Do you favour collaborations in your designs rather than on your own?
17:42 - TURN 3 - Star Trek Captain's Chair
24:20 - The rationale for making it 1-2 players
32:31 - Did it change your way of designing this being such a great Star Trek fan?
39:10 - How can captains from different eras compete against each other thematically?
47:38 - Did you find this design more free compared to it's mechanical predecessor Imperium
53:04 - Leaning into the diversity of Star Trek and gaming
1:01:47 - What's your favourite deck you like playing the most from this box?
1:03:00 - When can we "engage" on picking up a copy?
1:10:01 - TURN 4 - Dávid's Niche Number 1's
1:13:52 - Thanking Dávid
1:14:38 - TURN 5 - The Final Turn

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At The Table with The Dice Tower - Better Than The Original

Tom, Julie, and Eric discuss the results of the Origins Awards, and share the nominees for The Dice Tower Awards' Game of the Year. Julie tells us about her trip to Origins (and Tom pines for ice cream), and we ponder the dos and don'ts of upgrading your boardgame pieces. Then, we finish the show with our Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.

00:17 - Gen Con Plans (Booth 331)

02:29 - Origins Awards and Dice Tower Nominees

11:46 - Julie at the Origins Game Fair

29:33 - Upgrading Pieces

48:50 - Captain Flip

50:28 - Cities

54:02 - Arraial

58:17 - This Game is Killer

1:00:58 - Pandemic Hot Zone: North America

1:03:18 - The Fog: Escape from Paradise

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#319: When to Go Digital

Our first guest host while Michael Walker is recovering is James de Moss, aka Jimbo!

Many a human being has become lost in the deep recesses of Jimbo's sonorous voice, and thus one must take care lest you become consumed by his powerful charisma. Jimbo brings his extensive experience of digital board games, and board game adaptations, to SVWAG.


02:29 AYURIS: Planet Unknown


Games Played Last Week:

06:13 -Skytear Horde: Monoliths (Giacomo Neri and Riccardo Neri, Skytear Games, 2024)

09:32 -Mythwind (Nathan Lige and Brendan McCaskell, Open Owl Studios, 2023)

12:10 -Slay the Spire: The Board Game (Gary Dworetsky, Anthony Giovannetti, and Casey Yano, Contention Games, 2024)

15:07 -Sentinels of the Multiverse (Christopher Badell, Paul Bender, & Adam Rebottaro, Greater Than Games, 2011)

22:50 -Marshmallow Test (Reiner Knizia, Gamewright, 2020)

26:20 -Primal: The Awakening (Tommaso Mondadori and Alberto Parisi, Reggie Games, 2024)

37:33 -Oak (Wim Goossens, Game Brewer, 2022)

39:50 -Gaia Project (Jens Drögemüller & Helge Ostertag, Feuerland Spiele, 2017)


News (and why it doesn't matter):

42:50 A sincere thank you for the outpouring of support

43:23 Shapeways has filed for bankruptcy and ceased operations, independent operators left in the lurch

44:40 X-Wing community's efforts in the wake of cessation of official support

47:54 Martin Wallace news: Cthulhu: Dark Providence with Travis Chance, and Casus Belli


49:42 Topic: When to Go Digital




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Episode 301: Raiders of Scythia, Quacks of Quedlinburg, Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective

Fire up your dice and grab a cold one, because it's time for another mouth-watering episode of the Board Game BBQ Podcast!
On the Grill This Week: Mitch saddles up and gallops into the world of Raiders of Scythia. Will this game be a feast fit for a nomadic warrior, or will it leave him feeling like yesterday's leftovers? Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble! Conor stirs the pot with his review of Quacks of Quedlinburg. Will this potion-brewing bonanza be a delicious delight or a recipe for disaster? Elementary, my dear barbecue lovers! Lauren dons her deerstalker and puffs on her pipe to unravel the secrets of Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective.
There's also the Question of the Pod, Swear an Oath, and all of the usual shenanigans you've come to expect from the Board Game BBQ Podcast.

New Question of the Pod: How do you feel about mean games? and why?

Sizzling Games:
Raiders of Scythia: 42:00
Quacks of Quedlinberg: 00:53:01
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: 01:01:37

Question of the Pod Recap: 01:13:12
Swear An Oath: 01:27:20

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Garrett's Games 940: Captain Flip and Sand

This week Shelley and I check out one of the Spiel des Jahres nominees

Captain Flip by Paolo Mori and Remo Conzadori from PlayPunk

and then check out a heavier title

Sand by Ariel Di Costanzo and Javier Pelizzari from Devir

Thanks as always to Bezier Games for their sponsorship

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Episode 300: Sea of Legends and The Episode 300 Retrospective

Hey Now Cabalists and welcome to Episode 300! We kick off this milestone episode with a look back at our trip to Origins Game Fair in Columbus Ohio and the games we played there. Then Don and Jamie look at Sea of Legends from Guildhall Studios. Then after Tony T hooks us all up with the best damned tabletop gaming news segment in the entire world, the gang takes a look back at the past 13 years and 300 episodes and answers questions from the listeners about our show and the goofy shit we got up to over the years. Sea of Legends 01:07:44, News with Tony T 01:41:42, The Episode 300 Retrospective 02:36:55.

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Episode 168: Et Tu Croutons?

In this weeks board game panel show Nick hosts as we play games that franky make less and less sense as it progresses. 

This Game is Broken is a comedy board game panel show with Matthew Jude, Dave Luza, Paula Deming, Nick Murphy and Mike Murphy. We play a lot of nonsense games full of role playing and trivia as well as other fun stuff which can be found at the links below.

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Episode 54: Second hand scores

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Guess who's back...back again? It's Becky as she returns as first player to talk about one of her favourite subjects "The second hand market" and the importance of that in the hobby space.

FIRST PLAYER: Becky
OTHER PLAYERS: JP, Rob

In this episode you'll learn:

- about Rob's first experiences on Primal: The Awakening by Reggie Games
- how JP got on with the new Eclipse species in Seekers & Outcasts by Lautapelit
- whether Becky survived the madness that is Mansions of Madness by Fantasy Flight Games
- all about our groups perspectives of second hand games, where we buy them from, what we look for and whether we actually sell them...yes we're looking at you Bex.

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
2:50 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
3:07 - Rob - Primal: The Awakening
9:08 - JP - Eclipse Second Dawn (Seekers & Outcasts)
16:26 - Becky - Mansions of Madness
22:51 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Second hand scores
27:03 - What do we look for in our second hand games?
35:16 - What are our favourite second hand arena?
45:14 - Are we general sellers of our collections?
52:10 - What do we think buyers look for when we sell games?
1:00:15 - Closing thoughts on second hand games
1:02:20 - TURN 4 - Would you rather...Always be able to buy the games you want second hand and not be able to sell, or always sell at the price but never buy them at the price you want?
1:10:43 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:18:09 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

You can check out JP's new podcast called Just Play right here https://www.justplaypod.co.uk we'd love to have you and also on the new YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@JustPlayPodcast

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#318: Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan

One of the under-appreciated virtues of an auction game is that each session can provide its own economy. While daunting to new players, who don't know what things might be worth, their flailing speculation actually helps determine what things are worth. If they buy that share of red for a squillion moneys, guess what, that is what that market would bear. At least for now, that is. Some jerk might then get the next share for two cents and a smile, but watching those economies develop differently every time is part of the magic.


Games Played Last Week:

01:22 -Snow Planner (Akashi, Soragame Studio, 2024)

04:24 -That's Not a Hat (Kasper Lapp, Ravensburger, 2023)

05:45 -Guards of Atlantis II (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2022)

10:27 -Iberian Gauge (Amabel Holland, Capstone Games, 2017)

18:17 -Medici (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 1995)

23:08 -CATAN: Starfarers Duel (Klaus Teuber and Benjamin Teuber, KOSMOS, 2023) 

28:46 -Mythwind (Nathan Lige and Brendan McCaskell, Open Owl Studios, 2023)


News (and why it doesn't matter):

31:08 Star Realms 10th Anniversary edition and Star Trek Star Realms 

31:41 Satoshi Matsuura illustrates Yield 

31:56 Iliad and Ichor from Reiner Knizia and Bitewing on Kickstarter

32:53 Imperial Borders--massive numbers of troops on a massive map from Larry Summers


33:44 Feature Game: Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan (Gordon Calleja, Mighty Boards, 2024)



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