Clef and Tim are back at it again with a special guest! Or are we the guests? We are back to our normally scheduled programming with some disc golf, baseball, board games and then some movie talk. We talk Pax Pamir Second Edition, Hot Streak, and Cash-a-Catch before we talk about when we feel like it's time to move on from some games.
Timestamps:
Disc Golf pretty much from the beginning
Baseball Talk starts at 16:33
Board Game talk at 31:33
Movie Time at 54:51
This week Shelley and I check out the cute and the beautiful
Alpaca by Christian Giove from Pegasus Spiel and GateOnGames includes VERY cute alpacas in an introductory-level deck-building game
River of Gold by Keith Piggott from Office Dog finds players meandering down a river board with spot gloss gold, gathering resources and money, building buildings, and delivering to customers.
Come come, hungry diners - take a seat at the big table and have a little gander at this spread of delectable games!
Oops, all good games on this one! This podcast features chat about a space tourism simulator (Galactic Cruise), a light-and-breezy turtle-based engine builder (Australis), and TWO entire TWO PLAYER games about being Greek and In Trouble (Iliad and Ichor).
We're in Becky's happy place this episode as she takes us through all things bright & beautiful with a focus on nature themed games. The gang discuss their favourites and why it gives them the cosy feels.
FIRST PLAYER: Becky OTHER PLAYERS: Kerley & Adrian
In this episode you'll learn: - All about Adrian's experience with Parks from Keymaster Games - about Kerleys return to a classic space tech tree game, yep theirs only one it's Beyond the Sun by Rio Grande Games - about Becky's love for LOTR: Duel for Middle-Earth by Repos Productions - to take a walk around the meeple managerie as the team walk through nature games and how they fit into the hobby
This time, Tom gives us an update on his replay of the Catan expansions before we take a big look at small games. What are the pros and cons of games that can fit in your pocket? Also, we share a new Tale of Horror, as well as our latest batch of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.
01:03 - Summer: Origins, Dice Tower East, Dice Tower Cruise, Gen Con
"Because of the long-standing mutual enmity between Meany and Brown, Meany was named among the suspects in The Case Of Encyclopedia Brown’s Mangled Corpse. Meany denied the allegations.
'It’s true that Detective Brown and I didn’t see eye to eye, but I would never do something so downright dirty rotten as murder him,' Meany said. 'Besides, it’s a matter of public record that, at the time the crime was committed, I was at the North Pole watching the penguins.'"
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Hey now, and welcome to a special early release of The Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast! The gang is on their way to Origins Game Fair, and we figured it’d be nice to give everyone something to listen to if you're driving to Columbus, Ohio today. In this episode, the Founders talk about the games they've been playing, including The Quest for El Dorado, Stupor Mundi, Earth, Heat: Pedal to the Metal, and Terraforming Mars with the Colonies and Prelude expansions. They also feature The Dark Quarter from Evan Derrick. Then, after Tony T delivers his always-arousing tabletop gaming news segment, the fellas take questions from listeners - covering topics like what makes a great game day, what they've learned from board games, and what a first-time convention attendee should expect. The Quest for El Dorado: 00:08:32, Stupor Mundi: 00:14:41, Earth: 00:22:58, Heat Pedal to the Metal: 00:31:56, Terraforming Mars: 00:39:12, The Dark Quarter: 00:53:09, News with Tony T: 01:26:59, Short Topic Extravaganza: 02:10:03. Check out our sponsors Restoration Games at https://restorationgames.com/. Game Toppers at https://www.gametoppersllc.com/. And CGE at https://czechgames.com/.
Join Conor, Joe and Lauren and they discuss what has been hitting their tables and screens. Conor has gone absolutely rogue venturing off the table and into the digital space with Monster Train 2. Lauren enlightens the guys on her recent solo tower defence adventure with The Last Lighthouse. Joe has been playing a fun party game, no wait a really fun party game, no wait a game that dances and teaches itself and gives everyone free chocolate while they play - it’s Ito!
That, plus the regular question of the pod and what has us fired up.
Timestamps:
What we’ve been playing [0:03:52]
Monster Train 2 [0:43:48]
The Last Lighthouse [0:53:50]
Ito [0:59:29]
Question of the Pod [1:08:05]
Fired Up [1:20:20]
Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all the games that we discussed:
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My guest this week is war game designer Mark Mclaughlin. We talk about a religious education, the importance of a free press and why Alexander might not be that great...but which games did he choose?
Reviews of Citizens of the Spark, House of Thousand Corpses, Woodlanders, Seven Prophecies. All the pegs provide a deep dive of Black Forest. Game discussion starts at {00:37:52}.
Thank you to our sponsors: Queen Games, Grand Gamers Guild, and Game Toppers.
This week Shelley and I check out the THIRD Kennerspiel des Jahres nominee, the Viking-themed resource collection game
Looot (yes, it's THREE o's) by Charles Chevallier and Laurent Escoffier from Hachette and Gigamic
then we check out a title that's should make a splash at GenCon this year - build your 3-D castle to prevent the wolf army from invading your pig's fortifications in
Castle Raisers by Erwan Le Minous and Anthony Perone from Wonderful World Board Games
Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games
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We're not done with UKGE 2025 and we've got some more goodies for you. This episode focuses on our live show recorded on Friday 30th May in Piazza 4 (Dice Room) and we've spliced in our interviews with various publishers, designers and general punters. A massive thank you to those who attended to make it our biggest show yet, we love seeing this grow and grow.
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn all about our live show that we recorded at the UK Games Expo so if you missed it don't fear it's right here people
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