I'm in a bit of a quandary here, because Mark told me not to tell you what this episode is even about, but I want this description to be, well, descriptive but he's glaring at me really hard, and making a throat slitting gesture so I daren't risk it. It's about ... board games? Before we get ahead of ourselves, we talk about Binho, Stamp Swap, and First Rat.

03:33 - Binho
07:24 - Stamp Swap
17:04 - First Rat
30:16 - ???
34:47 - Agricola
34:47 - Bohnanza
36:28 - Patchwork
37:05 - A Feast for Odin
39:02 - Power Grid
39:43 - Friday
40:06 - Fearsome Floors
41:25 - 504
42:40 - Fast Sloths
43:03 - Fresh Fish
44:44 - Ra
45:28 - Tigris & Euphrates
46:45 - Lost Cities
46:52 - Yellow & Yangtze
47:23 - Blue Lagoon
47:43 - The Quest for El Dorado
48:22 - My City
49:13 - Through the Desert
49:28 - Ingenious
50:59 - Schotten Totten

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We may or may not be going to Germany (who can say), but that's where all the good gaming is gonna be, so that's what we're gonna talk about. It's almost Essen SPIEL! That sure is a lot of games debuting there though, so which ones should you care about? Don't worry, we've done the hard work for you. Before you go back to being eine faule socke, we talk about Nekojima, We're Sinking!, Hues and Cues, and Colorful.

02:46 - Nekojima
09:01 - We're Sinking!
15:31 - Hues and Cues
15:31 - Colorful
22:09 - Essen SPIEL 2023 Preview
22:57 - Æterna
25:32 - Babylon
27:17 - Bus & Stop
28:55 - COSCA: Take Over the Mafia
31:54 - Galileo Galilei
33:41 - SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
34:39 - Fishing
37:19 - AI Space Puzzle
38:59 - Zero to Hero
40:51 - The Gang
42:46 - Golden Cup
45:09 - Black Forest
50:02 - Battalion: War of the Ancients
53:01 - Beyond the Horizon
56:10 - Asian Tigers: A Story of Prosperity
58:16 - Skull Queen
58:38 - King of Tokyo: Origins
59:15 - Penguin Airlines
1:00:18 - Dungeon Exit

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It's about people, right? Below all the mechanics, after all the rules explanations, beyond every crushing loss and glorious win, what really matters is people we're playing with. Some games make that more apparent than others, and we're here to celebrate that. Before we realize it's about the friends we made along the way, we talk about Arcs, and Luthier.

03:02 - Arcs
19:26 - Luthier
37:11 - Games that make you feel good about people
41:11 - Codenames
42:05 - Decrypto
43:09 - Time's Up!
43:38 - Telestrations
43:56 - Fuji Flush
44:04 - Mino Dice
46:01 - Word Slam
47:00 - Krazy Wordz
47:43 - Just One
48:16 - Pictures
48:44 - Stationfall
51:12 - The Estates
51:37 - Sidereal Confluence: Trading and Negotiation in the Elysian Quadrant
52:16 - The Resistance
52:16 - Blood on the Clocktower
52:55 - The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31

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The only thing worse than coming away from a first game with a really bad impression, is when it takes a really long time to shake. Imagine all the amazing games you're not playing because of one bad first game! Whether we saw the error of our ways or not, we're reflecting on the times that games left a mark that took a long time to fade. Before we make our impression, we talk about Things in Rings, Yedo: Deluxe Master Set, and Harmonies.

01:51 - Things in Rings
10:29 - Yedo: Deluxe Master Set
24:03 - Harmonies
30:05 - Draft winner!
32:48 - Bad first impressions
33:49 - Brass: Birmingham
33:49 - Hansa Teutonica
34:49 - Agricola
37:25 - Race for the Galaxy
37:37 - Tigris & Euphrates
39:04 - The Great Zimbabwe
39:51 - Ark Nova
41:25 - Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization
42:43 - 7 Wonders Duel
45:29 - Ginkgopolis
46:51 - Arcane Academy
49:24 - Century: Spice Road
50:37 - John Company: Second Edition
52:27 - Stationfall
53:58 - Hanabi
56:10 - Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra

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It's awards season, which means that Germany's back to tell us what games are popping off over there. And that also means we're back to tell you what we think about what they think. More than that - we're looking through the annals of Spiel des Jahres history to drafting the winningest games of all the winners! Which means you too can be a winner of $100! Just vote! Before everyone's a winner, we talk about Chess, Vabanque, The Mandalorian: Adventures, and Path of Civilization.

04:06 - Chess
10:27 - Vabanque
14:06 - The Mandalorian: Adventures
20:14 - Path of Civilization
31:00 - Spiel des Jahres 2024 Review
36:19 - Spiel des Jahres Fantasy Draft
38:43 - El Grande
39:33 - Codenames
41:12 - Azul
42:29 - Dominion
43:02 - Wingspan
44:36 - The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine
45:22 - The Quacks of Quedlinburg
45:46 - Hanabi
46:21 - Cascadia
47:26 - Just One
49:52 - Camel Up
50:49 - Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King
51:58 - Sky Team
53:04 - Dixit
53:33 - Challengers!

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Feel Better Walker!!

We've all been travelling about so much recently (some of us may or may not still be) that we often find ourselves asking, "what games should I pack?" Some games are better suited for playing on the go than others, and we're going to get to the heart of what makes a good travel game. Before our arms get tired, we also talk about Regicide, Golem, In the Shadow of Atlas, and DroPolter.

03:56 - Regicide
11:40 - Travel Games
15:47 - Pit
16:13 - Incan Gold
16:24 - For Sale
16:51 - Azul Mini
18:31 - Chess
19:19 - Scrabble Keychain
21:48 - Skull
23:18 - Linkee!
25:32 - Pickomino
32:26 - Marabunta
33:30 - DroPolter
37:38 - In the Shadow of Atlas
42:00 - Golem

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Feel Better Walker!!

Bob's back from his trip to 2014, and oh the wonders he's seen - games that not only were amazing back then, but somehow we're still talking about today! The counterpoint to our draft of games to last a decade, we're arguing about the games from ten years ago that are still relevant - BGBBOB style. Before we yearn for our youth, we talk about Cyberion, The Plum Island Horror, and Marabunta.

02:33 - Cyberion
09:18 - The Plum Island Horror
28:01 - Marabunta
38:17 - BGBBOB: Games from 2014
39:41 - Deep Sea Adventure
41:43 - Orléans
43:43 - Istanbul
44:47 - Star Realms
47:06 - Patchwork
47:38 - Kanban
50:35 - Evolution
51:26 - One Night Ultimate Werewolf
53:49 - Splendor
54:49 - Deception: Murder in Hong Kong
56:07 - Imperial Settlers
58:10 - Camel Up
59:31 - Alchemists
1:00:23 - La Granja
1:03:09 - Dogs of War

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More isn't always better, but that's sometimes a hard lesson to learn in the world of board games - we dig into an intriguing listener suggestion about how games (and gamers) can often fall into this trap. Also ... I guess we've got to plan some games for our funerals? It's a double hit of listener questions! Before we dress in black, we talk about Keydom's Dragons, Sagrada Artisans, and Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory.

01:49 - Keydom's Dragons
11:30 - Sagrada Artisans
18:51 - Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory
30:57 - Draft winner
33:56 - More isn't always better
35:25 - Rising Sun
39:18 - A Feast for Odin
39:24 - Patchwork
46:02 - Games for funerals
46:38 - Biblios
46:53 - Time's Up!
47:54 - True Colors
48:18 - Fuji Flush

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