For our annual bonus episode Ambie is once again joined by two special guests as they talk about some of their favorite games. First they talk about a couple games they played recently, including Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Merry Madness. Then, they split up as one talks about his favorite games with skeletons in them, and the other talks about his favorite games with vehicles in them!
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0:00-Intro
0:42-Recent Games - Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Merry Madness
0:51-Here, Fishy, Fishy!
0:58-Top 5 Skeleton Games
3:02-Top 4 Vehicle Games
3:45-Outro

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It's the second leg of the grand tour that is the top fifty. This week, we're doing our 40th to 31st favourite games ... of all time! It's almost like Christmas just keeps going! Grab a glass of sherry and join us by the fire, we're not about to stop any time soon.

01:21 - Neilan #40 - Bus 03:52 - Mark #40 - Panic on Wall Street! 05:38 - Kellen #40 - Pax Porfiriana 08:56 - Neilan #39 - In the Year of the Dragon 10:33 - Mark #39 - Ark Nova 12:04 - Kellen #39 - Seas of Strife 14:55 - Neilan #38 - Inis 16:29 - Mark #38 - Hanabi 18:19 - Kellen #38 - Codenames 19:59 - Neilan #37 - Iberian Gauge 21:43 - Mark #37 - Anomia 24:26 - Kellen #37 - Food Chain Magnate 26:33 - Neilan #36 - Codenames 27:32 - Mark #36 - Lords of Vegas 28:53 - Kellen #36 - Rumble Nation 30:26 - Neilan #35 - Azul 31:19 - Mark #35 - Dungeon Fighter 33:35 - Kellen #35 - Wind the Film! / Photograph 35:47 - Neilan #34 - Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy 38:01 - Mark #34 - Tycoon: India 1981 40:39 - Kellen #34 - Square on Sale 42:26 - Neilan #33 - Werewords 44:06 - Mark #33 - Genoa 45:29 - Kellen #33 - Imperial 2030 47:19 - Neilan #32 - Twice as Clever! 48:35 - Mark #32 - Merkator 50:55 - Kellen #32 - Cockroach Poker 52:33 - Neilan #31 - Kemet 53:29 - Mark #31 - Blue Lagoon 54:56 - Kellen #31 - Bruges

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Don and Jamie are joined by The Secret Cabal Elf to discuss The Island of Misfit Games! Just like in Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer in which Rudolph, Hermey and Yukon Cornelius discover the Island of Misfit Toys, Don, Jamie and Elf discuss the strange, broken, or unattractive - yet fun to play - games that need to find good homes. Also, the gang is joined throughout the episode by their great friends Chaz Marler and Rodney Smith of Watch It Played, Joel Eddy of Drive Thru Games, and Dan King the Game Boy Geek to give their favorite misfits.

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In our final episode of 2023, Tom, Julie, and Eric discuss their highs and lows of the year, including our biggest surprises, rosiest roses, thorniest thorns, and hula-iest hula hoops.

02:57 - 2023 as a Whole

14:45 - Best Game to Play at a Convention - Chicken

16:09 - Fiction

17:01 - The Same Game

19:45 - Best Theme - First in Flight

20:53 - Jekyll vs. Hyde Card Game

21:51 - Freelancers

22:53 - Most Likely to Be Gifted By A Well-Intentioned Family Member - Twilight

25:50 - Monopoly Scrabble

26:28 - Dumb Ways to Die

27:25 - Biggest Surprise - Eila and Something Shiny

28:35 - NOOBS in Space

29:32 - Earth

31:22 - Best Travel Game - NOOBS in Space

32:31 - GAP

34:18 - Rankster

36:21 - Set Aside a Day - Sleeping Gods Distant Skies

37:43 - Ticket to Ride Legacy

39:39 - Vampire the Masquerade Chapters

40:23 - Twilight Imperium 4

43:08 - Easiest Teach/Learn - Sky Team

44:04 - BOOoop

45:38 - Line-It

46:28 - Game We Didn't Get to Play - The Witcher

47:20 - Rauha

48:25 - Last Light

49:13 - Hula Hoop - Surfasaurus Max

49:57 - Hegemony

52:12 - Without Fail

52:50 - Sharpest Thorn - Finish Line

53:09 - The Shining

53:26 - Star Trek Discovery: Black Alert

53:49 - Biggest Rose - World Wonders

57:10 - Earth

58:16 - Most Anticipated for 2024 - 7th Citadel

59:25 - Mistwind

1:00:34 - Guilty: Houston 2015

1:00:56 - Defenders of the Realm: Legends Retold

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Reviews of Oathsworn, Fantasy Realms-Deluxe Edition, Dracula vs Van Helsing and so many more. Featured review: Planta Nubo by The Game Builders. Board game discussion starts at 43:39. Thank you to our sponsors: Queen Games, Grand Gamers Guild, and AEG. Timestamps:

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Can you believe it’s been a whole year of Talk Cardboard? Incredible! What’s a better way to celebrate the end of the year than by revisiting where we began? On the very first episode Efka talked about his most anticipated games for 2023, so today we’ll take a look at how those panned out and also take a peek at his most anticipated games for 2024. Plus we’ll talk about Dune: Imperium - Uprising, Efka’s game of the year and share some of Elaine’s impressions of it. Finally, we saved something a little special for the end of the episode, but you’ll have to listen to find out what that is. Thanks for sticking with us for a whole year! Here’s to another one. If you’d like to check out our bonus episodes - become a patreon supporter on https://patreon.com/nopunincluded On to the timestamps: 3:35 The Ones that Got Away 20:47 Dune: Imperium - Uprising 44:09 Most Anticipated 2023 Revisited 54:15 Most Anticipated 2024

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On this Christmas day, Ben and Steve talk about the number one game of all time with a little guest appearence from everyone's favourite baby table.

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Merry Christmas to all of our listeners new & old as we all gather for another "Quiz-mas" where we pull together another board game quiz for 2023.  Will the Whose Turners get many right? Will they moan how hard the questions are? Will they have fun regardless?  Come and get your pens and paper at the ready and join in.

QUIZ TEAMS
Too Many Boney-M's (JP & Rob)
Kerley Klaus (Kerley & Becky)
Bald'bles (Dan & Tambo)
Christmas Spirit Island (Adrian & Davey)
 
In this episode you'll learn:
- What we've been playing in the lead up to Christmas
- how we don't like to make the questions easy
- that Dan likes to put 110% in making (and performing) his questions
- that having 8 Whose Turners on a podcast episode is hard work but a lot of fun
- which team takes the Quiz-Mas crown for 2023 and has bragging rights for a whole year

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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
2:32 - TURN 2 - Quiz-Mas 2023
3:23 - Introducing the quiz teams
5:28 - ROUND 1 - Hosted by "Kerley Klaus" - Kerley has been playing Terraforming Mars
7:03 - Round 1: Questions 1-5
11:06 - Becky has been played Tapestry
14:36 - Round 1: Questions 6-10
18:44 - Round 1: Answers
25:06 - ROUND 2 - Hosted by "Christmas Spirit Island" - Adrian has been playing Secret Identity
26:40 - Round 2: Questions 1-5
30:52 - Davey has been playing Monster Hunter The Board Game
34:50 - Round 2: Questions 6-10
38:59 - Round 2: Answers
44:43 - ROUND 3 - Hosted by "Bald'bles" - Dan has been playing a lot of Board Game Arena
47:25 - Round 3: Questions 1-5
50:33 - Tambo has been playing Marvel Champions Evolution Next
52:22 - Round 3: Questions 6-10
55:02 - Question 3: Answers
59:46 - ROUND 4 - Hosted by "Too Many Boney-M's" - JP has been playing The Gig
1:03:58 - Round 4: Questions 1-5
1:08:13 - Rob has been playing Ark Nova & 7 Wonders
1:10:07 - Round 4: Questions 6-10
1:14:11 - Round 4: Answers
1:20:25 - The Quiz-Mas 2023 results are in
1:22:32 - TURN 3 - The Final Turn

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Shelley and I check out a 2-player game of competitive fishing in

Fisheries of Gloucester by Steve Finn from Dr. Finn's Games

then we get a bit abstract as we add 'manufactured tokens' to various areas to create patterns in

Neotopia by Orlando Sa and and Andre Santos from MEBO Games and Arcane Wonders

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Just a quick message to show to love to the OSCS family and community. See y'all in 2024! YouTube - www.youtube.com/onestopcoopshop www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCIkULbgzMEW612cSdUX7Q Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF Facebook - www.facebook.com/onestopcoopshop Donate to One Stop Co-op Shop - www.patreon.com/onestop Email - onestopcoopshop@gmail.com

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Ben and Steve talk about the best legacy game.

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Ben and Steve talk about the former number 1 game in the world!

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On this moderately larger episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt chat about a few more games that they played at PAX Unplugged! We’re dealing with the chunkier games of the bunch here - the games that got us to calculate, manoeuvre, and… drive a big truck into a wall. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:

01:28 - Dune: Imperium

07:27 - Nucleum

21:28 - Evacuation

35:05 - Thunder Road: Vendetta

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Ark Nova or Ark Over-rated?

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Is this the best space game?

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It's tiiiiiiime! It's the top fifty! That's right, the much anticipated, much celebrated, much imitated (we definitely did it first) event of the season is here. We're counting down each of our favourite fifty games of all time! Or at least, for right now! It's a beautiful, beautiful thing, and we'd love if you pulled up a chair and joined us for it.

06:36 - Kellen #50 - Santiago 07:59 - Neilan #50 - Jaipur 09:30 - Mark #50 - Findorff 11:22 - Kellen #49 - Genoa 12:37 - Neilan #49 - The Great Zimbabwe 14:32 - Mark #49 - Jump Drive 16:02 - Kellen #48 - 6 nimmt! 17:31 - Neilan #48 - Fun Facts 19:09 - Mark #48 - Cthulhu Wars 20:43 - Kellen #47 - Balderdash 22:24 - Neilan #47 - Splendor & Splendor Duel 24:38 - Mark #47 - Dominant Species 26:35 - Kellen #46 - Race for the Galaxy 27:45 - Neilan #46 - Cuzco 29:43 - Mark #46 - Ricochet Robots 31:57 - Kellen #45 - Feed the Kraken 33:57 - Neilan #45 - Mille Fiori 35:24 - Mark #45 - Splendor 37:38 - Kellen #44 - Root 39:22 - Neilan #44 - Challengers! 42:03 - Mark #44 - German Railways 43:24 - Kellen #43 - Acquire 45:11 - Neilan #43 - Anachrony 46:54 - Mark #43 - Signorie 48:33 - Kellen #42 - Brass: Lancashire 50:23 - Neilan #42 - Innovation 51:44 - Mark #42 - Smartphone Inc. 53:13 - Kellen #41 - Startups 54:48 - Neilan #41 - Ark Nova 56:00 - Mark #41 - Dune: Imperium

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• Welcome from Chad, Jon, and Chris
• Thank you Jason W, Ceri W, Lee K, Scott K
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• Holiday Gift Exchange!
• 2023 Cotr Highlights
• All Swag has shipped.
• AMA
• Farewell!

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Ben amd Steve discuss the merits of this game.

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Ben and Uli discuss why wargaming is tops!

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Ho Ho ho and Season's Greetings Cabalists and welcome to the 12th annual Secret Cabal Holiday Special! Today the Secret Cabal elves dive into their stories from PAX Unplugged in Philidelphia, debut a brand new holiday song parody sung by Chris, and discuss the games they've been playing including Fun Facts, How do you Doodle, Masters of the Universe Clash for Eternia, Distilled, Unsolved Hunt for the Truth, Hamlet and feature World Wonders by Arcane Wonders and Ze Mendes. Then after Tony T throws out the jolliest tabletop gaming news segment ever to beam across the North Pole airwaves the gang engages the ever-popular Newlywed Game Founders Edition! World Wonders Review 01:07:39, News with Tony T 01:39:19, Newlywed Game 02:29:20

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