In what's surely our most mathematically pleasing podcast ever, today Paul and Quinns discuss 6 games (2 of which they'd recommend) before answering 4 emails and examining 2 folk games. What's next in this sequence? Why, your enjoyment of course!

Games discussed in this cast include the bucolic visions of Dream Home and Cottage Garden. We've got two spritely deck-building games, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle and Aeon's End. We've also got two interesting spins on existing classics, 4 Gods being a wild interpretation of Carcassonne, and Mythos Tales as a Lovecraftian sequel to Consulting Detective.

Enjoy, everybody. And credit to Peter Dringautzki for the podcast image, with his beautiful photo of Cottage Garden!

Dream Home, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle, Cottage Garden, Aeon’s End, Mythos Tales, 4 Gods

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After a two and a half year wait, we finish have it in our hands and we give a full feature review of Conan! Then we take a look back at one of our favorite story telling mystery board games TIME stories. After Tony T goes through the news rundown, we host a miniatures games round table.

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Tony McRee

Episode 106 was a Beast of Burden for us, but it was a labor of love. We have played two of the newest games that are out now, A Feast […]

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In this show, we talk about Mechs vs Minions, Not Alone, OctoDice, Ghostbusters: Protect the Barrier, 4 Gods, Seafall, Star Wars Destiny, and Blood Bowl. Geoff talks about the electoral college, we hear a tale of Horror and about worker placement, and end the show answering a pile of your questions!

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Rollers is a press-your-luck dice game inspired by darts. If you've ever played the dart game, Cricket, you'll see how Rollers is a clever re-imagining of this pub classic, playable by people of all ages. Tune in to see why Rollers is Major Fun.

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Shelley and I head out to the Tetris-style gardens of Cottage Garden by Uwe Rosenberg, then head north to get a taste of Viking culture with Jorvik by Stefan Feld.

Cottage Garden by Uwe Rosenberg from Edition Spielwiese

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Jorvik by Stefan Feld from Stronghold Games

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Ambie, Cassadi, and Crystal discuss A Feast for Odin, Karuba, and Betrayal at House on the Hill: Widow's Walk. We talk about some games from before 2000, both good ones and bad ones. Crystal goes over the origins of the word "board."

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You are a clan chief, laying tiles to build your kingdom, trying to arrange features (including whiskey barrels) in order to score points. Tiles you place are determined by an auction in reverse. Build the best kingdom and you'll rule the Isle of Skye.

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In this episode, we talk about Conan, Aeon's End, Pandemic The Cure: Experimental Meds, DrachenTurm, and Scythe. There is a Board Game Gumbo, Cult of the Old, and a Tale of Amazement. Finally, we end the show with our favorite "Next Step" Games, games after the introductory games to the hobby.

Also, at the beginning of the show, we talk about the future of the Dice Tower!

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Opener: Bohnanza Das Duell A solo episode where I get to tell stories about Essen 2016 and reflect on my own experiences there. If you followed my Twitter feed during or after the event (on my blog), you may already know what I'm going to say. If you've listened to my podcast for a while, you know that I like taking the long view of our hobby, looking back a decade or more to gain more context about what's happening now. In this case, I have my own personal long view to take, since I was at Essen once before, back in 2003. That was before I had a podcast, yet I still reflected on my experience in an online magazine article. I've recently re-posted that article on my blog here at BGG. I don't think it's the best aspect of our hobby, but it's undeniable that "show us the loot" photos and lists are part of the Essen experience. There's more buying than playing at this event, as far as I can tell. Ok, here are mine:

Land in Zicht! (Dutch version of Entdecker), Saint Malo, Mont Saint Michel, Airborne Commander, Evolution The Beginning, Hanabi promo, Happy Salmon, Astronuts, Visby, Fünf Gurken, Romans Go Home!, misc game bits, Port Royal Unterwegs!, Jolly & Roger, Camel Up Cards, Las Vegas Card Game, X Nimmt!, Bohnanza Das Duell, Futschikato, Twins, Honshu, HMS Dolores, and my Spiel coffee mug!

Closer: Light/Short/Couples Game Group in Paris -Mark

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BPPP Mystic Vale and Capstone Hot Seat (click on the text to the left to listen) During this week’s episode: 1) The Pegs discuss recent news […]

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Shelley and I spend some time playing three VERY different games at a Post-Essen Weekend.

Flamme Rouge by Asger Harding Granerud from Lautapelit

a quick and interesting card game

Dodelido by Jacques Zeimet from Drei Magier Spiele

a small-box card game that requires quick thinking and pattern recognition

and

Capital by Filip Milunski from Granna

A Cities/7Wonders mash up about the re-building of Warsaw

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– Welcome and a HUGE SURPRISE! LIKE HUGE HUGE!

– News

– Help Wanted 2 – Brian and Chris play the role of big wig HR people who are hiring for deck positions. Who will the best candidate be??

– Sign off

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Hey now! It's time for a new episode of The Secret Cabal! Today we take a look at Defenders of the Realm, the post-apocalyptic cooperative game of killing and mayhem. Tony T goes bananas give you the best gaming news in the entire world and then we wrap up the show the short topics including, do you take it easy on players new to a game? What books are on our night stands? And What games are on our shelf of shame?

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In this episode, we talk about Hamsterbande, JurassAttack, Animals on Board, Warquest, the Dominion Upgrades, and Grand Prix. We also hear from some contributors, answer a pile of questions, and end the show with our thoughts on sports vs. games!

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Tony McRee

We heard about the new Arkham Horror: The Card Game earlier this year when an image was leaked. Well, it is a reality now and we begged, pleaded, gave up […]

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Shelley and I have some fun with the brand new DICE VERSION of the fantastic La Granja - La Granja No Siesta! Then, after a quick wander around the game room at our weekend Post-Essen festivities, we build a 3-D rendering of the Colosseum in Die Baumeister des Colosseum.

La Granja No Siesta! by Andreas Odendahl from Stronghold Games

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Die Baumeister des Colosseum by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede from Schmidt Spiele

Other games mentioned as I wandered the room:

Fabled Fruit

Great Western Trail

Dodelido

Terraforming Mars

Mi Tierra: New Era

Power Grid Card Game

Flamme Rouge

Key to the City: London

Cottage Garden

Oracle of Delphi

Chariot Race

Capital

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This panel explores the different ways people around the world start, run and organize game groups, events or conventions. The goal is provide people with incentive or knowledge to participate in or even start a game group event or convention themselves

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Ignacy Trzewiczek, Ted Alspach and Joe Cochran explore the evolution of board games that embrace technology AND examine how the cardboard world influences the digital gaming world as well.

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Ambie, Cassadi, and Crystal discuss Mythos Tales, Tokaido, and Mice and Mystics. Our accessory of the week is board game music, and we talk about some games that scare us. We answer another viewer question, and Crystal goes over the origins of the word "dungeon."

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