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Three British chaps talk about tabletop gaming of all kinds. Board games, card games, miniatures and more. Each episode we talk about what games we've been playing and our thoughts on them

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Three British chaps talk about tabletop gaming of all kinds. Board games, card games, miniatures and more. Each episode we talk about what games we've been playing and our thoughts on them

    Episode 148 - The UK Games Expo 2024 Preview

    Episode 148 - The UK Games Expo 2024 Preview

    Why not buy a board game from our sponsors Kienda: kienda.co.uk/polyhedroncollider
    Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
    The UK Games Expo will be hitting the Birmingham NEC between Friday 31 May and Sunday 2 Jun 2024 and to say the boy from PHC are excited is an understatement. In this episode we go through the board games and table top roleplaying games that we are most excited to see, think about our annual miniature painting competition, and talk about the food we plan to eat!
    Come see us live on Sunday in Piazza 4 - Dice room at 11am. https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/events/1418-polyhedron-collider-uk-games-expo-live-podcast/ 
    Check out the full geeklist at https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/328923/most-anticipated-games-of-the-uk-games-expo-2024 
    Find out more about the UK Games Expo at https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/
    Games Mentioned
    00:13:00 Avalon: The Riven Veil
    00:17:54 Ada’s Dream
    00:21:04 Undaunted 2200: Callisto
    00:26:08 Mutagen
    00:28:55 Infinity and Warcrow Adventures
    00:31:22 Celestial Affinity
    00:35:38 Candela Obscura
    00:38:48 Horror on the Orient Express: The Board Game
    00:48:37 Terminus
    00:56:26 The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth
    00:57:29 Rebirth
    01:02:10 Sid's Mystery House: Vrahode: Age of Prophecy, Shackleton Base, and SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
    01:11:43 Yonder
    01:13:50 The last picks: Courtisans, The Flames of Fafnir, and Sand.
    This episode is available on  iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss

    Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
    creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
    Don't forget to visit www.polyhedroncollider.com and YouTube for more great reviews and interviews, or connect with us on Facebook and Twitter and check us out of twitch.tv/polyhedroncollider
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    • 1 hr 24 min
    Episode 147 - Carpe Diem, Salton Sean, and Sea, Salt & Paper

    Episode 147 - Carpe Diem, Salton Sean, and Sea, Salt & Paper

    Why not buy a board game from our sponsors Kienda: kienda.co.uk/polyhedroncollider
    Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
    The boys from the Collider waste little time in the latest episode of the Collider Cast and get straight to business discussing the clever but hideously ugly Carpe Diem by Stefan Feld on which both Andy and Rory agree upon, for a change. Steve talks us through the deeply satisfying, if not mentally taxing and beautifully pastel Salton Sea from Devir Games. Sid and Rory chime in with their two cents of their experience of that and Sea, Salt and Paper that they'd enjoyed on a work day bunk at the Games Den.
    The episode wraps with some burning questions from the bag bag, such as Bacon of Sausage Sarnie.
    Games Mentioned
    00:04:12 Carpe Diem
    00:19:20 Salton Sea
    00:46:32 Sea Salt & Paper
    00:58:36 Questions
    This episode is available on  iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss

    Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
    creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
    Don't forget to visit www.polyhedroncollider.com and YouTube for more great reviews and interviews, or connect with us on Facebook and Twitter and check us out of twitch.tv/polyhedroncollider
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    • 1 hr 19 min
    Episode 146 - BGG Top 100, Apiary, and The Vale of Eternity

    Episode 146 - BGG Top 100, Apiary, and The Vale of Eternity

    Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
    We are over a quarter of the way through the year, so that means Rory and Steve, are a quarter of the way through their BGG Top 100 challenge, so we look back at the current highlights and lowlights and of course talk about some of the best board games currently playable.
    But its not all about looking back as we go into detail about card drafting game Vale of Eternity, a game that’s much deeper than it looks, and Apiary, a Euro-style game themed around bees in space. We then dip into the mailbag for chat about the themes we are fed up of.
    Why not buy a board game from our sponsors Kienda: kienda.co.uk/polyhedroncollider
    Games Mentioned
    00:02:50 Tainted Grail: Kings of Ruin
    00:08:10 BGG Top 100
    00:32:17 Vale of Eternity
    00:43:54 Apiary
    01:01:45 Questions
    This episode is available on  iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss

    Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
    creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
    Don't forget to visit www.polyhedroncollider.com and YouTube for more great reviews and interviews, or connect with us on Facebook and Twitter and check us out of twitch.tv/polyhedroncollider
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    • 1 hr 19 min
    Episode 145 - Airecon, Heat, Faraway, and Sidequest Nemesis

    Episode 145 - Airecon, Heat, Faraway, and Sidequest Nemesis

    Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
    Join the PhC boys for Episode 145 as Andy discovers his lucky totem that allows him to make it to and from Airecon without his car breaking down. Steve accedentally creates what is sure to be the best fabric softener in the history of fabric softners. Sid invents a new word #Begrumble, and Rory awards himself the board game equivalent of the Victoria Cross for playing his least favourite game on the BGG Top 100.
    They also discuss the highlights and the further highlights of Airecon, which unsurprisingly consists of food, beer, and board games (in that order), including: a chaotic and hilarious game of Heat from Days of Wonder, the light and delightful "revesres action-programming" Faraway from Catch Up Games/Hachette, and challenging, almost dinner-reservation-missing, Side Quest Nemesis from Board & Dice.
    A quick dip into the mail bag reveals thier most hated "popular" game and an announcement that if you are not already following Polyhedron Collider onInstagram, now might be a good time to do so as there is an upcoming competion supported by show sponsor Kienda!
    Games Mentioned
    00:10:22 Heat: Pedal to the Metal
    00:22:23 Faraway
    00:31:54 Sidequest: Nemesis
    01:03:55 Secret Identity 
    This episode is available on  iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss

    Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
    creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
    Don't forget to visit www.polyhedroncollider.com and YouTube for more great reviews and interviews, or connect with us on Facebook and Twitter and check us out of twitch.tv/polyhedroncollider
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    • 1 hr 11 min
    Episode 144 - Kutna Hora Ark Nova and Blade Runner RPG

    Episode 144 - Kutna Hora Ark Nova and Blade Runner RPG

    Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
    In this episode we tread the rain soaked streets of the Blade Runner RPG, blow up dissident planets in Star Wars Rebellion, and explore the best Dungeons & Dragons adventures. But this is not before we take an in depth look at the historical economic game Kutná Hora: The City of Silver from CGE and give an in depth look at zoo builder Ark Nova (aka Terraforming Zoos).
    Games Mentioned
    00:00:00 Star Wars: Rebellion
    00:06:15 Brass: Birmingham
    00:09:45 Kutná Hora: The City of Silver
    00:30:50 Ark Nova
    00:56:27 Blade Runner The Roleplaying Game
    01:09:43 RPG questions from the mailbag
    ✍️ Episode References
    Blade Runner RPG
    https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/blade-runner/
    Dungeon Magazine
    https://archive.org/details/dungeonmagazine
    Kienda
    https://www.kiendagames.com/
    Free League Publishing
    https://freeleaguepublishing.com/
    Twilight 2000
    https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/twilight-2000/
    Call of Cthulhu
    https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg/
    Cthulhu Pulp
    https://www.chaosium.com/pulp-cthulhu/
    Achtung! Cthulhu
    https://www.modiphius.net/pages/achtung-cthulhu
    Curse of Strahd (D&D Module)
    https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/curse-strahd
    The Whispering Cairn (Dungeon Magazine)
    https://archive.org/details/dungeonmagazine
    Clashes Sepulcher (Dungeon Magazine)
    https://archive.org/details/dungeonmagazine
    This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss

    Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
    creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
    Don't forget to visit www.polyhedroncollider.com and YouTube for more great reviews and interviews, or connect with us on Facebook and Twitter and check us out of twitch.tv/polyhedroncollider
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    • 1 hr 20 min
    Episode 143 - Expeditions, Scythe, and Scholars of the South Tigris

    Episode 143 - Expeditions, Scythe, and Scholars of the South Tigris

    Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content
    The Polyhedron Collider Cast is back with another episode packed with tabletop gaming chatter. 
    In this episode, our hosts, Steve, Andy, Sid, and Rory, bring us breaking news that's set to change the game – literally. We're talking about a new sponsorship deal with Kienda that's as exciting for the listeners as it is for the podcast. With a special QR code discount for board game purchases, it's a win-win for everyone involved.
    But that's just the beginning. The episode takes a playful turn with discussions ranging from selling body parts for board games (yes, you read that right) to the possibility of wearing sponsored pyjamas. 
    The meat of the episode, however, lies in the thoughtful and in-depth discussions of two board games that have captured the hosts' attention: 'Expeditions' and 'Scholars of the South Tigris.' 
    We'll also be answering listener questions, including a trip down memory lane as we attempt to recall the very first games we played with each other. Expect a blend of nostalgia, confusion, and the usual banter as we try to piece together our gaming origins.
    Games Mentioned
    00:00:00 Sponsorship
    00:07:10 Airecon https://www.airecon.co.uk/tickets
    00:11:42 Andy's trip to Japan: Crash Octopus and Yura Yura Penguin
    00:21:19 Expeditions
    00:39:38 Scholars of teh South Tigris
    00:55:52 CMON exclusive with Gamefound
    00:59:35 Our favourite paints
    01:06:59 Themes and mechanisms we want to see more and less of
    01:09:54 First Game you played with each other
    ✍️ Episode References
    Kienda
    https://kienda.co.uk/
    Airecon Convention
    https://www.airecon.co.uk/
    Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy
    https://www.duncanrhodes.com/
    Tainted Grail
    https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/242574/tainted-grail
    Stonemaier Games
    https://stonemaiergames.com/
    Scholars of the South Tigris
    https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/342942/scholars-south-tigris
    This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss

    Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
    creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
    Don't forget to visit www.polyhedroncollider.com and YouTube for more great reviews and interviews, or connect with us on Facebook and Twitter and check us out of twitch.tv/polyhedroncollider
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    • 1 hr 16 min

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