It's a full house, baby! In this episode of the podcast Ava and Quinns discuss FIVE games, each and every one of which they are IMPRESSED BY. Has that ever happened on the podcast before? We're not going back to check. That could take *minutes*.
Quinns can offer some early impressions of Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 (04:15), Ava's been dueling a stranger in Innovation (19:36) (and you can read Ava's splendid roundup of Chudyk's games here), there's a lovely drawing game called Geometric Art (34:12), a revisit of Spirit Island (41:12) and we close the show with some impressions of the hot new card game Spicy (57:35).
Something a little different in this episode, as Adrian takes the lead and puts the BBQ through their paces with a Board Game Trivia battle.
Whose side are you on? Team Party or Team Solo?
In this epic battle, the formidable opponents show that they have filled their heads with far too much unimportant gaming stuff to actually keep any intelligence.
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Even if the price is right, it might not be right for you. We all have different thresholds where a board game we're interested in crosses from, "maybe I'll wait for a sale" into "sure why not" territory, but where is that magical line? Has what we're willing to pay for games changed over time? Before we get sticker shock, we talk about Twin Tin Bots, Ticket to Ride: New York, Whale Riders, and Dead Reckoning.
02:20 - Twin Tin Bots 07:37 - Ticket to Ride: New York 14:36 - Whale Riders 22:55 - Dead Reckoning 39:30 - Teotihuacan: City of Gods 41:38 - Marco Polo II: In the Service of the Khan 45:30 - Food Chain Magnate 48:15 - An Infamous Traffic 48:57 - This Guilty Land 49:33 - Oink Games 50:17 - DURIAN
This week Ben visits the coach of the compound footy team Mark Besada and they talk about what makes the perfect player of board games and also why rolling around in filth is a good thing.
Hey Now Cabalists! Today we get right down to business talking about some great games including In Too Deep, Marvel Champions, Castles of Burgundy: The Dice Game, Jungle Cruise, Dead Reckoning, Stockpile, The Dwarves, and Project Winter. Then we dive in deep with an overview and review of Newton from Cranio Creations and give a Look Back of Pipeline from Capstone Games. Then finally we discuss games that fired other games. Newton Overview 00:57:26, Newton Review 01:03:00, Pipeline Look Back 01:03:00, News with Tony T 01:31:53, Games That Fired Other Games 02:13:45
In this show we talk about Unicorn Glitterluck Cloud Stacking, Brains, Egizia, Demeter, Porto, and Empyreal Spells & Steam and serve up a Game Pie all about polyomino games.
Editor's note - the Tetris piece names were acknowledged as a fun joke.
Walker feels he has missed his calling, and tries out his tight five as an insult comic this week. He directs his barbs at the typical targets--Mark, board game covers, games no one asked for, Mark, media he finds unengaging, and Mark. The latter (and former) does his level best at being supportive in the classic tradition of Ed McMahon, but one remembers why Don Rickles and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog are solo acts.
02:03 AYURIS: Talon (Jim Krohn, GMT, 2016) and Talon 1000 (Jim Krohn, GMT, 2018)
Games Played Last Week: 03:45 -The Voyages of Marco Polo (Simone Luciani & Daniele Tascini, Hans im Gluck, 2015) 06:20 -The Crew: The Quest for Planet 9 (Thomas Sing, KOSMOS, 2019) 07:29 -Versailles 1919 (Geoff Engelstein & Mark Herman, GMT Games, 2020) 16:10 -The Taverns of Tiefenthal (Wolfgang Warsch, Schmidt Spiel, 2019) 17:38 -Cosmic Frog (Jim Felli, Devious Weasel Games, 2020) 21:02 -Reichbusters: Project Vril (Jake Thornton, Mythic Games, 2020) 26:20 -That's Pretty Clever (Wolfgang Warsch, Schmidt Spiele, 2018) 30:04 -The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-1945 (Gregory M. Smith, GMT Games, 2020)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 36:14 Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps at last?! 37:20 Dim possibility of Descent Third Edition? 39:50 Not Alone expands on Kickstarter 40:26 Tammany Hall reprint 41:03 Rita Modl and King of 12 42:04 Mindclash's Perserverence: Castaway Chronicles 43:39 Catapult Kingdoms 43:48 Walker dunks on Escape the Night
45:41 Topic: I'm 90% Sure: Rules you Forget or Ignore
This episode we are joined by a special guest: renowned boardgame artist Andrew Bosley. You know his work from Mission: Red Planet, Everdell, Tapestry, and the newly-kickstarted Merchants of the Dark Road. Andrew shares some of the highlights of his career, which include his freelance days, working for Ubisoft as a concept artist, and of course his foray into board gaming. He also shares advice for young artists struggling with their work, looking for inspiration, or wanting to get into the board game industry. It's a fascinating conversation and Andrew was very giving of his time. In fact, he sticks around for the whole show!!!
In this episode's Sizzling Games Mitch rolled with the sharks on the Strip in Lords of Vegas, Connor played the asymmetric-attacker Skulk Hollow, and Andrew and his son unwittingly unleashed the curses from The Big Book of Madness.
In the Board Game Bracket we reveal the winner of Dice Throne vs Maximum Apocalypse, before announcing the new match-up: Great Western Trail vs Sheriff of Nottingham. Make sure you hit up our socials and cast your vote to make sure your favourite goes through to the next round.
Finally, in Swear An Oath, Andrew joins in the fun with a pledge to finally get Root to the table, and we look forward to hearing if he fulfilled his oath in a future episode. Connor follows up his victory in Skulk Hollow with an oath to play the roll 'n' write game Steamrollers, and Mitch swears an oath to play Circle The Wagons after ticking Crossroads of Heroes off his to-do list.
Thanks again to Andrew Bosley for joining us on the show, and to see more of Andrew's incredible work make sure you check out his website: https://www.bosleyart.com/
Topic of the Week: Andrew Bosley (1:38)
Sizzling Games: Lords of Vegas (41:03), Skulk Hollow (47:45), The Big Book of Madness (51:42)
Board Game Bracket (58:52)
Swear An Oath (1:08:01)
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Timestamps:
00:22:45 - Disney Villainous: Perfectly Wretched; 00:33:21 - Smartphone Inc.; 00:42:00 - Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid; 00:56:28 - A word from our sponsor, Queen Games; 00:57:54 - Speakeasy Blues; 01:08:55 - Paris: La Cité de la Lumière; 01:17:37 - Unmatched: Cobble & Fog; 01:27:33 - News; 01:36:07 - A word from our sponsor: Grand Gamer's Guild; 01:37:20 - Featured Review; 02:08:46 - Reroll
For Sarah, it's all about strategy in the bag-building area control game War Chest.
For Dan, it's all about character in the story-driven game Call To Adventure.
For Steve, it's all about... his Uncle Bob? And lots of laughs!!
Our Sizzling Games this week are all very different, and all great fun!
How do you curate your collection? Do you have a 1-in-1-out policy like Steve? Do you hang onto games for when your kids are older? Do you buy games with a particular person in mind? All of these ideas and more are explored in our topic of the Week as the team chat about how they have come to amass their current collections, and provide advice to those listeners that are looking to build up a solid collection from scratch.
We have all been bitten by the Kickstarterbug again! Steve has backed Rallyman: Dirt and also Dead Reckoning. Sarah recaps our recent BGBBQ game of Blood on the Clocktower which she also helped kickstart last year, and Dan has put himself down for Catapult Kingdoms.
In our Boardgame Bracket we pit Azul against Aeon's End Legacy - two very different games with solid fanbases behind them. We also reveal the winners of our past two match-ups, Mage Knight vs A Feast for Odin, and Brass: Birmingham vs Incan Gold. Make sure you hit up our social and vote for your favourite to ensure they progress to the next round.
In Swear An Oath Steve, the AEG fan-boy, swears to play Ecos: First Continent, adding it to his yet-to-be-played Forgotten Waters.
Dan finally fulfilled Terraforming Mars but failed to put the paints down long enough to actually play Stuffed Fables. He then adds the co-op trick-taker Fox In The Forest Duet. Sarah had a blast playing Starfighter and vows to bring Obscurio to the table. (Beware of the traitor, Sarah!) And a special shout-out to friend of the show, Katia Howatson, who fulfilled her oath by playing Sorcerer.
Sizzling Games: War Chest (2:03), Call To Adventure (10:16), Bob's Your Uncle (18:48)
Topic of the Week: How to Curate Your Collection (24:42)
Kickstarter (41:51)
Board Game Bracket (53:23)
Swear An Oath (1:04:28)
The Saturday Night Gameshow!!
Adrian will be hosting a special event Saturday 11th for the BGBBQ Team, and we will be recording our shenanigans for you all to enjoy. Watch this space next week for all the fun.
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