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Bi-weekly casual conversations with passionate gamers who geek out about board games, the mechanisms behind them, and the people who create them.
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Episode 42: Asymmetric Faction Satisfaction, with Roy Cannaday
Roy Cannaday from the Dice Tower (and game designer of Last Light) joins Candice to discuss their favorite board games with asymmetric factions.
00:00:00 Introduction00:04:43 Fresh Plays00:04:59 Let's Go! To Japan00:09:31 Tindahan (Filipino Fruit Market)00:13:44 Trick and Trade00:14:26 Like Cain and Abel00:16:56 Fortitude00:17:29 Star Wars: Unlimited00:22:31 Ironwood00:35:58 Asymmetric Faction Satisfaction00:36:02 The Asymmetric Faction Secret Sauce00:41:34 Dune 00:44:56 Heavy Euros (Age of Innovation, Gaia Project, Terra Mystica)00:48:33 Twilight Imperium (Fourth Edition) 00:51:29 Cooperative Games (Spirit Island, Too Many Bones)00:54:06 Root00:56:12 Historical Games (The COIN Series, Here I Stand)01:01:53 Heroes of Land, Air & Sea01:05:08 Two-player Epics (Dune: War for Arrakis, War of the Ring, Star Wars: Rebellion)01:12:12 Cosmic Encounter01:15:35 Multiplayer Games (TI4, Root, Dune, Hegemony)01:17:29 Two-player Card Games (Android: Netrunner, 1815 Scum of the Earth)01:20:12 Honorable Mentions (Vijayanagara, Defence of Procyon III, Vast, Crescent Moon, Red Dust Rebellion)01:23:57 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Lookout Games!
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Episode 41: Meaty Games in Small Packages, with Suzanne Sheldon
Suzanne Sheldon from Salt and Sass Games joins Candice to discuss meaty games in small packages.
00:00:00 Introduction00:07:22 Fresh Plays00:07:49 Tangram City00:14:11 Dune: War for Arrakis00:23:33 Kemet00:24:58 Come Sail Away!00:30:51 Heat: Pedal to the Metal00:37:52 Flamme Rouge00:41:33 Meaty Games in Small Packages00:43:21 Arboretum00:44:45 Oh My Goods!00:47:18 Tybor the Builder00:47:40 Targi00:50:07 7 Wonders Duel00:50:29 Beer & Bread00:50:45 Village Rails00:53:45 1902 Méliès00:58:50 Demeter01:02:02 Fleet: The Dice Game & Rajas of the Ganges: The Dice Charmers01:03:03 Battlecrest01:07:38 Joraku01:11:56 Innovation01:14:39 Aegean Sea01:17:28 1987: Channel Tunnel01:25:19 Pax Transhumanity01:31:51 Tichu01:34:44 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Gamegenic!
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Episode 40: Our Favorite Board Games Based on TV Shows, with Meeple Lady
Board game blogger Meeple Lady joins Candice to discuss their favorite board games based on TV shows.
00:00:00 Introduction00:01:19 Circle DC Recap00:09:02 Fresh Plays00:09:28 Arcs00:15:19 Dune: Imperium - Uprising00:29:10 Rafter Five00:32:44 Flesh and Blood: Round the Table00:44:02 Our Favorite Board Games Based on TV Shows00:45:37 Clue: The Golden Girls00:48:08 Narcos: The Board Game00:54:32 Jarl: The Vikings Tile-Laying Game00:57:01 Sons of Anarchy: Men of Mayhem01:04:38 The X-Files: Circle of Truth (re-implementation of Circle the Wagons)01:09:59 A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition)01:16:02 The Expanse Board Game01:26:24 Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game01:32:18 Unfathomable01:33:44 Star Trek: Ascendancy01:35:20 Star Trek Discovery: Black Alert01:37:17 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Atomic Mass Games!
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Episode 39: Reshaping BGG's Top 100, with Efka from No Pun Included
Efka from the No Pun Included joins Candice to discuss games they think should be ranked in BGG's top 100.
00:00:00 Introduction00:03:41 Flesh and Blood Pro Tour LA00:06:13 Efka,the MTG Tournament Organizer00:12:11 Worldbreakers00:14:35 Fresh Plays00:14:50 Earthborne Rangers00:21:30 Kingdom Death: Monster00:23:24 Divinity Derby 00:30:17 Winner's Circle00:32:14 Arcs00:38:45 20 Strong (Solar Sentinels, Too Many Bones, Hoplomachus Victorum)00:53:42 One Deck Galaxy00:56:12 Reshaping BGG's Top 10000:59:11 Sidereal Confluence01:04:54 SCOUT01:07:47 Age of Innovation01:10:52 Undaunted: Normandy/Undaunted: Stalingrad01:15:16 Ankh: Gods of Egypt01:22:01 Tyrants of the Underdark01:28:39 KLASK01:35:17 The Great Zimbabwe01:44:18 Pipeline01:53:39 Dune01:58:19 Dune: A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy02:06:00 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, CATAN Studio!
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Episode 38: Dipping Your Toes into Historical Board Games, with David Thompson
Game designer David Thompson joins Candice to discuss their favorite board games for dipping your toes into historical board games.
00:00:00 Introduction00:01:51 Game Updates from David (War Chest: Nightfall, Undaunted 2200: Callisto, War Story Occupied France, Night Witches, and Zheng He)00:08:10 New GeekUp bits for War Chest & Tash Kalar00:08:34 The Hobby premiere at SXSW00:13:14 Cardboard Creations available on podcast platforms00:18:03 Fresh Plays00:19:13 Mandala00:24:14 Triqueta + Hidden Wolves expansion00:30:56 Patterns00:34:29 Candice is getting back into Lord of the Rings: The Card Game00:35:33 Sea Salt & Paper00:46:12 Dipping Your Toes into Historical Board Games00:46:17 What historical games are all about00:49:29 Why we're passionate about historical games00:52:19 Our Favorite Introductory Historical Board Games00:53:31 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Dual Powers: Revolution 1917, Twilight Struggle: Red Sea, Votes for Women, The Red Burnoose: Algeria 1857, Undaunted: Normandy, Valiant Defense Series )00:58:03 Versailles 191901:01:45 Halls of Hegra01:06:43 The Battle of Versailles01:11:23 Border Reivers01:15:46 Stonewall Uprising01:20:13 Cuba Libre01:23:37 The British Way01:25:23 Liberty or Death01:27:11 Land and Freedom01:32:29 1815, Scum of the Earth01:36:32 Votes for Women01:40:04 Zenobia Award Games01:41:28 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, CATAN Studio!
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Episode 37: Roll-and-Write Games We Love, with Antoine Bauza
Game designer Antoine Bauza joins Candice to discuss their favorite roll-and-write games.
00:00:00 Introduction00:01:17 Captain Flip (PlayPunk)00:04:25 Fresh Plays00:04:37 My Island00:06:33 Tyrants of the Underdark00:11:56 The White Castle00:15:33 Dinosaur Gauge00:26:40 Roll-and-Write Games We Love00:27:01 What roll-and-write games are all about00:32:11 Roll Through the Ages00:34:29 That's Pretty Clever! (Ganz schön clever)00:38:11 Qwixx00:41:08 House of Cats00:47:01 Super-Skill Pinball: 4-Cade00:51:56 Trek 1200:55:07 Vengeance: Roll & Fight01:01:08 Qwinto01:04:10 Divvy Dice (Man muss auch gönnen können)01:10:13 Other roll-and-writes Candice wants to try (Twilight Inscription, Fleet: The Dice Game, Long Shot: The Dice Game)01:13:42 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Repos Production!
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