Ben talks to Marc Specter of Grand Gamers Guild about the tariffs and the effects on the board game industry. 

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Good morning and happy Wednesday, Cabalists! Today the gang kicks things off by spotlighting Erik the Cabalist's homebrew Runebound scenario, packed with Secret Cabal references. Then they dive into the games they've been playing, including Baseball Highlights 2045, Metal Gear Solid: The Board Game, Obsession, Explorers of Navoria, Trick Shot, and a featured review of Moon from Haakon Gaarder. After Tony T's award-winning news segment, the gang launches into a discussion about hooks in board gaming - the things that get us fired up to try new games. Baseball Highlights 2045: 00:05:37, Metal Gear Solid The Board Game: 00:14:09, Obsession: 00:26:08, Explorers of Navoria: 00:38:34, Trick Shot: 00:46:18, Moon: 00:58:56, News with Tony T: 01:27:20, The Hook: 02:21:09. Check out our sponsors Restoration Games at https://restorationgames.com/. Game Toppers at https://www.gametoppersllc.com/. And CGE at https://czechgames.com/.

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30 Games enter the ring...only 1 will be victorious.  

Yes it's that time of the year where we celebrate our 3rd birthday podcasting and we celebrate the only way we know how.  Pitching our favourite played games of 2024 against each other to see which one comes out on top.

THE BIRTHDAY ATTENDEES - JP, Becky, Tambo, Kerley & Dan

In this episode you'll learn:
- the groups favourite moments as they look back over the past year now that we're 3 years old
- whether the reigning champion Terraforming Mars will make it through again or will there be a new champion?
- which 30 games make it through the 5 knockout rounds and which one hits the top spot for best game played in 2023

OUR 2024 PLAYED LEGENDS ENTERING THE BATTLEGROUND (30 GAMES)
Star Trek Captains Chair, Imperium Horizons, Andromeda's Edge, Arcs, Cloudspire
Minos, Twilight Imperium, Terraforming Mars, Ark Nova, Slay the Spire, Nucleum, Anachrony, White Castle, Coffee Traders, Castles of Burgundy, Secret Identity, Smartphone Inc, Primal: The Awakening, The Witcher - Old World, Too Many Bones, Seti, Shackletonbase, Endeavour: Deep Sea, Duel for Middle-Earth, Ticket to Ride, Wyrmspan, Merchants Cove, Here to Slay, Great Western Trail New Zealand, Eos Island Of Angles

EPISODE CHAPTERS

0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count

1:22 - TURN 2 - 3 Years Old!!!

2:43 - NEWS - Come and see us live at the UK Games Expo 2025

5:09 - A look back at our favourite moments from last year

16:26 - TURN 3 - Boardgame Battleground - 2024 Inferno Edition

20:54 - ROUND 1

1:00:04 - ROUND 2

1:07:02 - ROUND 3

1:09:40 - ROUND 4

1:11:49 - FINAL ROUND

1:14:26 - Post Fight Analysis

1:16:18 - TURN 4 - The Final Turn

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In this news flash, Ben talks to Daniel Newman of Newmill Industries about the effects of the tariffs on a small, independent publisher.

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00:00:00 Intro to Rank’em

00:01:30 Question 1 – Bread

00:11:50 Restoration Games Updates

00:11:30 Starcraft Miniature Games

00:19:45 Question 2 – Sports Ball

00:32:00 Restoration Convention News

00:36:00 Question 3 – Monsters

00:41:30 Restoration – Battle Monsters

01:01:00 Question 4 – Conquerors

01:08:15 Outro

Join us as we chat with Rob and Justin from Restoration Games to dive into the exciting world of reviving classic board games. But that’s not all—there’s a twist! We challenge them to a lively game of Rank’em, where we present three items, and they rank them in any order they choose. The fun doesn’t stop there—together, we’ll debate, defend, and dissect whether their rankings hit the mark or missed the mark entirely.

We also get to hear all about their new game coming to Kickstarter called Battle Monsters. This is a reimplement of Battle Masters from 1992. Battle Masters was originally themed as an army of Good battling again an army of evil. The game had a huge footprint and miniatures and we hear how Restoration is bringing it back.

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Tiebreakers are arguably a kind of endgame scoring. I respect the fact that they are invariably necessary (I mean, if for no other reason than if they're omitted some smartass like me will complain). That said, clearly if the scoreboard goes to 200+ I don't imagine we'll be hauling out the second tiebreaker condition all that much. Frequently the endgame conversion of resources to points already serves as a tiebreaker anyway. 

01:48 AYURIS: Nidavellir (Serge Laget, GRRRE Games, 2020)

Games Played Last Week:

04:57 -FlickFleet (Jackson Pope & Paul Willcox, Eurydice Games, 2018)

11:55 -Slay the Spire: The Board Game (Gary Dworetsky, Anthony Giovannetti, and Casey Yano, Contention Games, 2024) 

14:21 -Altay: Dawn of Civilization (Paolo Mori & Ole Steiness, Ares Games, 2024)

17:19 -Wizards of the Grimoire: Shifting Sands (Cole Banning & Joe Banning, Grimoire Games, 2025)

21:23 -Risk 2210 A.D.: Frontline (Mike Gills, Renegade Game Studios, 2025)

32:57 -Calimala (Fabio Lopiano, Alley Cat Games, 2024)

37:20 -Ransom Notes: House Party Edition (Josh Roberts, Evan and Josh's Very Special Games Company, 2023)

40:16 -Leviathan Wilds (Justin Kemppainen, Moon Crab Games, 2024)

42:57 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

45:15 New Meltwater by Capstone Games

46:19 Open registration for SVWAG Con (July 25th-July27th) on Eventbrite! https://tinyurl.com/25s6p5jd

47:24 Topic: Endgame Scoring

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In this episode of the award winning #channel, Ben and Steve talk about sticking your nose in where it's not wanted(don't eat a German biscuit) and if board games are in a slump.

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Reviews of Ovation and Diatoms. All the pegs provide a deep dive of Galactic Renaissance from Matagot. Game discussion starts at {00:26:36}.

Thank you to our sponsors: Queen Games, and Grand Gamers Guild.

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This week Peter, & Mike review One-Hit Heroes. _________________________ YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOtGhui_jdLdoQNI7PU4Pg X - @onestopcoopshop Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Merch: one-stop-co-op-shop.creator-spring.com/ Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

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This week Shelley and I play an excellent trick-taking/area-majority game for 2 players

Lone Wolves by Yasuyuki Nakamura and Anthony Perone from Wonderful World Board Games

then we go head to head rather repetitiously in

Golden Cup by SImone Luciani and Gabriele Bubola from Cranio Creations

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Ben and Steve go to Leiria Con and play some games. Where is Tabuletto though? 

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In this episode, Banana, Adrian and Conor are in the mood to reminisce about a HUGE gaming weekend for Adrian’s 40th birthday. Adrian has fallen for The Gang, and by that he means not just the people at his birthday bash, but the game as well.  Meanwhile Conor has been battling head-to-head and having fun with one of his favourite TCG’s without breaking the bank, in Altered.  Banana surprisingly enjoyed a game that prides itself on getting pleasure from other people’s misery in Shadenfreude, and also got to have an unexpected try of a Kickstarter prototype!

 

Sizzling Games:

The Gang [50:27]

Altered [01:01:49]

 

Question of the Pod Recap: [1:14:42]

New Question of the Pod: [1:20:57]

Fired Up: [01:29:13]

 

New Question of the Pod: What board game would work well as a drinking game? How would it play?

 

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Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed:

Flip 7 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/420087/flip-7

Bristol 1350 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/308989/bristol-1350

Schadenfreude https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/324711/schadenfreude

My Gold Mine https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/331571/my-gold-mine

SETI: Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/418059/seti-search-for-extraterrestrial-intelligence

The Anarchy https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/408637/the-anarchy

Hadrian’s Wall https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/304783/hadrians-wall

Scales of Fate https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/437356/scales-of-fate

The Edler Scrolls https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/356080/the-elder-scrolls-betrayal-of-the-second-era

The Gang https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/411567/the-gang

Altered https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/397393/altered

 

 

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Hark, and well met, weary travelers! Come, rest thyselves and lend thine ears to the grand tales woven by the Lords of the Dungeon. Lady Jess shall regale thee with the chronicles of thy city upon the bridge, a place of wonder and enigma. Thereafter, the council doth gather to speak on the matter of adventures - those drawn from dusty tomes of old, and those forged anew by the hands of mortal minds. At journey’s end, they delve deep into spirited discourse, weighing the desires of the player 'gainst the will of the character. Sit ye back, and partake in this feast of wisdom and mirth!

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In this episode of The Spielworxx Bulletin, Ben and Uli are joined by Ignacy Trzewiczek of Portal Games and Arnaud Charpentier of Matagot Games. We talk Leiria Con and the end of the board game industry. 

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Today, we focus on what designers should do when they've built a design on an existing game. How much borrowing is too much borrowing? We also look ahead to some upcoming events, share a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror, and run through our latest batch of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.

00:49 - Tom's Apology

01:25 - Dice Tower Cruise and Dice Tower East

01:52 - Tom's Catan Update: Seafarers

02:53 - Upcoming: Studio Move, Origins, Greece, College Visits

03:55 - Building Your Game on an Existing Design

32:41 - Tale of Boardgaming Horror

39:33 - Roaring 20s

43:42 - Mystery of the Abbey

50:30 - CULTivate

54:42 - Faraway

57:42 - Nocturne

1:01:25 - Wroth

Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com

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When is a thing like another thing? Is Albedo like Core Worlds? Is Cat Blues like Rummy? Is Through the Desert like Go? Is a nudge as good as a wink to blind bat? Are all Roll & Writes inferior to Roll a 6, Win a Cookie? Is Christophe Boelinger France's Vlaada Chvátil? Probably, because it's all just like Mage Knight in the end. 

Games Played Last Week:

04:46 -Street Masters: Tide of the Dragon (Scott McFall, Adam Sadler, Brady Sadler, and Mitch Schroeder, Blacklist Games, 2022)

09:45 -Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Collector's Edition (Ted Alspach, Bézier Games, 2022)

13:55 -Cat Blues: The Big Gig (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2024)

22:14 -Moon Colony Bloodbath (Donald X. Vaccarino, Rio Grande Games, 2025)

28:03 -Albedo: Space Pirates! (Kai Herbertz, Herbertz Entertainment UG, 2018)

35:43 -Malediction (Leo Cunha, Nicole Lobo, and Daniel Pettersen de Lucena, Loot Studios, 2025)

39:46 -Hey, That's My Fish! (Günter Cornett & Alvydas Jakeliunas, Bambus Spieleverlag, 2003)

40:55 -Parks: Roll & Hike (Henry Audubon & Mattox Shuler, Keymaster Games, 2024)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

44:04 Tariffs impacting the hobby

45:12 Please support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/svwag

46:23 Zombie Princess, a riff on Spades, by Bézier and Ted Alspach

47:05 Feature Game: Rise & Fall (Christophe Boelinger, Ludically, 2024)

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00:02:00 Intro

00:06:30 Thoughts on Feast of Hemlock Vale

00:09:30 Dice Driven Euros

00:11:30 Starcraft Miniature Games

00:17:00 Pickleball Elbow

00:21:00 Taste Buds

00:25:30 Portal Games

00:28:00 Nova Era

00:51:30 Top Tier

00:57:00 Miniature Market

00:58:00 Bebop

01:10:00 Architects of Amytis

01:18:00 Game Toppers LLC

01:2100 Star Wars Unlimited Update

We are back again for another riveting episode of RDTN. But there is a surprise in this episode, there is somewhat a theme with the games we played. We are going to be talking about dice driven euros, meaning a euro with dice. Okay, that could have gone without saying. Not all games we talk about are euro dice, so don’t miss those discussions as well.

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On this episode of On Board Games, Erik and Bruce talk about games (and other things) they've played including:

• UnPub
• Wilmot's Warehouse
• Innovation
• Lords of Vegas

You can get a discount on Zencastr.com using this link.

(25:47) Then, they discuss using a casino as a theme in board games.

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This week's guest is the owner of Burnt Island Games and Kids Table BG, Helaina Cappel.  We talk about running two publishers, the trade war between Canada and America and working with your spouse...but which games did she choose?

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This week Shelley and I celebrate with fireworks in

Festival by Gregory Grard from Scorpion Masque

then try to solve murders in the Arconia in

Only Murders in the Building: The Game by Aaron Donogh, Prospero Hall, and David Iezzi from Funko Games

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