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We made it back in one piece, and all told I think we did pretty well! We got through a heck of a lot of what we wanted to play, and we’re here to tell you all about it – including Dark Pact, Totally Human, and Banana Governance, and more!

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Timecodes:

02:36 – Totally Human
14:04 – Dark Pact
20:56 – Gold Country
28:21 – Staked!
32:58 – Secret Tribe
41:34 – Habemus Papam
50:11 – 3 Chapters
55:22 – Banana Governance
1:02:29 – Hellapagos

Thank you to Heart Society for generously letting us use What’s On Your Mind, Kid? from their album Wake the Queens.

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By the time you’re listening to this, we’re probably already in Vegas for Dice Tower West! We’re going to hang about all day playing games – which naturally leads to the question of what we’re going to play? These are the games we came up with! Before we bite off more than we can chew, we talk about Ghost Lift, Cities, and I, Napoleon.

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Timecodes:

02:31 – Ghost Lift
08:13 – Cities
14:06 – I, Napoleon
24:40 – Dice Tower West anticipated games
26:05 – Biblios
27:04 – Feya’s Swamp / Kaivai
28:26 – Cheese Thief
29:03 – Habemus Papam
31:15 – Wroth
33:33 – Greed Incorporated
35:39 – Dark Pact
38:45 – Secret Tribe
39:52 – Eternal Decks
41:03 – All In: Predictions
42:04 – Cthulhu: Dark Providence
44:14 – Robo Rally Dice

Thank you to Heart Society for generously letting us use What’s On Your Mind, Kid? from their album Wake the Queens.

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I think it’s fair to say that we crushed this last year (although some of us better than others), so it’s only correct and right that we should return to do it again. What are the best games of 2026 going to be? Well, only we know, but we’re willing to part with that information. Get your fat stacks ready. Before we set ourselves up for failure, we talk about Alibis, Mosaic: A Story of Civilization, and Cyclades: Legendary Edition.

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Timecodes:

03:02 – Alibis
09:18 – Mosaic: A Story of Civilization
23:25 – Cyclades: Legendary Edition
36:27 – Anticipation Auction 2026
41:18 – The Game Makers
44:25 – Cozy Stickerville
46:39 – Brass: Pittsburgh
50:35 – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Trick-taking Game
54:04 – Revenant
56:21 – World Order
59:31 – Dark Pact
1:02:28 – The Great Library
1:03:56 – Spirited
1:05:25 – Realm of Reckoning
1:08:55 – Avalon: The Riven Veil
1:12:57 – La Pâtisserie Rococo
1:14:24 – Nippon: Zaibatsu
1:17:24 – Rewild: South America
1:18:44 – Movers & Shakers

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Recently broke 50 (FTF) games of 1846 … I counted all of 18xx for one entry for my 50 by 50 project, which was kind of a cheat (I suspect I have 50 plays of 1830, but most of them before I started logging), but not I definitely have two titles with 50+ plays, as 1862 was already past.

So if I ever do a sixty by sixty a) I’d only need to add 10+ plays to 51 odd games and b) someone shoot me.

Played another game of Moon Colony Bloodbath. Still indifferent, but fine in a once in a while kind of way. Unlike my first game (where everyone survived until the “end game” event) this one ended with two players losing on the same turn, with the winner having one surviving colonist, presumably with a harmonica.

Played Knarr. It was fine. Actually, I was pleased with game, which packs a reasonable number of decisions into a quick time. But the obvious strategy I tried won easily my first time playing, so I’m not sure there’s much depth. So — Indifferent but might play again. It keeps showing up to game night ….

As per my “No prototypes at conventions rule¹” I haven’t played Dark Pact, but its Tom Lehmann and appears to be an autobuy when I see it. Not sure any other games coming recently/soon are.

So, open thread …. what are you getting for Christmas (or slightly later).

1. Although these days its really more of a guideline. ︎

Recently broke 50 (FTF) games of 1846 … I counted all of 18xx for one entry for my 50 by 50 project, which was kind of a cheat (I suspect I have 50 plays of 1830, but most of them before I started logging), but not I definitely have two titles with 50+ plays, as 1862 was already past.

So if I ever do a sixty by sixty a) I’d only need to add 10+ plays to 51 odd games and b) someone shoot me.

Played another game of Moon Colony Bloodbath. Still indifferent, but fine in a once in a while kind of way. Unlike my first game (where everyone survived until the “end game” event) this one ended with two players losing on the same turn, with the winner having one surviving colonist, presumably with a harmonica.

Played Knarr. It was fine. Actually, I was pleased with game, which packs a reasonable number of decisions into a quick time. But the obvious strategy I tried won easily my first time playing, so I’m not sure there’s much depth. So — Indifferent but might play again. It keeps showing up to game night ….

As per my “No prototypes at conventions rule¹” I haven’t played Dark Pact, but its Tom Lehmann and appears to be an autobuy when I see it. Not sure any other games coming recently/soon are.

So, open thread …. what are you getting for Christmas (or slightly later).

1. Although these days its really more of a guideline. ︎