Happy New Year! We start the show by recapping some of our New Year's Gaming activities before moving on to reviews of Gem Blenders, Power Grid Outpost, Fromage, and Word Traveler. The d12 of Fate has us discussing the meaning of the term "Train" Game, and we close the show with a Doubles Review of Fishing from 2F/Rio Grande Games.

00:35 - New Year's Gaming: Telestrations, Command of Nature

04:52 - Gem Blenders

09:42 - Power Grid Outpost

14:16 - Fromage

22:22 - Word Traveler (and Mystic Paths)

28:54 - The Big Roll: "Train" Games

41:41 - Doubles Review: Fishing

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Brandt and Eric take a look at the year that was 2024, but not before tackling reviews of Behext, Mistborne, The Last Lighthouse, and SETI. Also, Brandt has a correction about Star Trek Captain's Chair.

00:33 - Happy Holidays!

01:27 - A Correction about Star Trek Captain's Chair

03:22 - Behext

07:08 - Mistborn The Deckbuilding Game

13:44 - The Last Lighthouse

19:26 - SETI

27:37 - The Fixed Roll: 2024 in Review

28:27 - Eric's Nostalgia: Let's Go! to Japan, Crossbows and Catapults, TransFormers Robo Rally, Rock Hard 1977, Video Game Champion

30:05 - Brandt's Card Games: Star Wars Unlimited, Slay the Spire

31:54 - The 7th Citadel

32:16 - Innovative: Mandolorian Adventures

33:17 - Looking Forward: Ezra and Nehemiah, Tidal Blades 2, Fromage, Power Grid Outpost

34:48 - Events

40:30 - New To Us: Town Builder Coevorden, Challengers, Go Cuckoo, Light in the Mist, Voidfall, Gaia Project, Foundations of Rome, Glory to Rome

46:21 - How have we changed?

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Brandt and Eric check in from PAX Unplugged 2024 with a recap of their adventures on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of the event. You'll hear about games played, putts made, concerts attended, axes thrown, and surprisingly we don't mention cheesesteaks once.

00:32 - Weird Hums and PAX Intro

02:12 - Train Ride and Trash Cult

05:51 - Tech-Infused Mini Golf

08:16 - PASS

10:27 - Codinca

13:41 - Doomlings

16:15 - Christmas Market

18:06 - PAX Crowd Control

22:41 - Bus Learn and Play

24:32 - Star Trek: TNG VCR Game Mega Life Arena

26:28 - Fateforge

27:57 - Port Royale

29:14 - 10-Person Escape Room

31:13 - The Vibe

35:54 - Zenith

37:59 - Cafe and Lata

41:57 - Azul Duel

44:06 - Fellowship of the Ring Trick Taking Game

46:34 - Chemical Overload

46:54 - TCGs and UniVersus

50:27 - Paul and Storm and Jonathan Coulton Concert

53:11 - Axe Throwing

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