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We tell you how a board game experience felt - just minutes after we finish playing. Three unique points of view. No non-game nonsense.
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Orleans
In Episode 193 we provide our hot take review of Orleans covering the mechanisms, the production, and our overall feelings of the game.
We discuss a poll on favorite board games based on French cities and then we discuss some board games on our table including Galactic Renaissance, The Vale of Eternity, and Wolves.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:06 Question: Which board game based on a French city is your favorite?
04:57 Orleans Description
07:01 Gameplay and Mechanisms
30:19 Production and Theme
34:24 Final Thoughts
38:36 Galactic Renaissance
46:00 The Vale of Eternity
52:18 Wolves
55:05 Listener Shoutout
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Top 5 Unique Worker Placement Games
In Episode 192 we each discuss our top 5 board games that use the worker placement mechanism in a very unique or interesting way.
We also discuss a poll on what to do with components after you upgrade them.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:24 Poll Time: If you upgrade components for a board game, what do you do with the replaced components?
10:16 Top 5 Unique Worker Placement Games
11:57 Lost Ruins of Arnak
16:25 Raiders of the North Sea
19:47 Bus and Dominant Species
23:32 Come Together (Great Wall)
27:52 Lorenzo Il Magnifico
32:10 Anachrony
35:03 Terracotta Army
38:16 The Godfather: Corleone's Empire
42:47 Architects of the West Kingdom
45:40 Chimera Station (Godspeed, Darwin's Journey)
50:32 Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia
56:50 Star Wars: Rebellion
1:00:06 Pendulum
1:06:34 Underwater Cities
1:09:21 Ceres
1:14:28 Runners Up (Argent: The Consortium, Cryo, Dwellings of Eldervale, Whistle Mountain)
1:15:55 Listener Shoutout -
Maracaibo
In Episode 191 we provide our hot take review of Maracaibo covering the mechanisms, the production, and our overall feelings of the game.
We discuss a poll on investigating card decks before playing games and then we discuss some board games on our table including Starship Captains, Sagnir, and Djinn.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:25 Question: When introduced to a board game that contains cards, at what point do you look through the deck to see distribution?
08:15 Maracaibo Description
10:07 Gameplay and Mechanisms
22:02 Production and Theme
26:22 Final Thoughts
35:35 Starship Captains
42:47 Sagnir
47:03 Djinn
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Top 5 Desert Island Games w/ Connie Vogelmann
In Episode 190 Connie Vogelmann (designer of Apiary and Wyrmspan) joins us as our guest host as we each discuss our top 5 Desert Island Board Games.
We also discuss a poll on how less games might impact our play habits.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
03:08 Poll: If you only had 5 board games (of your choice) available forever do you think you'd still play board games as frequently as you do?
09:33 Top 5 Desert Island Games
12:40 Azul
15:08 Cribbage
16:27 Ark Nova
19:15 Dune: Imperium
22:00 The Resistance: Avalon
26:33 Sea Salt & Paper
28:30 Fractal: Beyond the Void
32:07 Gloomhaven
35:23 Clank! Catacombs
39:47 Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory
43:32 Stationfall
44:48 A Feast for Odin
47:10 Welcome to the Moon
49:15 Twilight Imperium: 4th Edition
51:28 Blood Bowl
55:16 Age of Innovation
1:01:10 Runner Ups (Capital Lux 2, Xia: Legends of a Drift System, Decrypto, Werewords, Codenames, Voyages of Marco Polo, Grand Austria Hotel, Skull, Just One, Fun Facts)
1:04:50 Listener Shoutout -
Board Game Arena
In episode 189, we take a deep dive into Board Game Arena and discuss games that we think are best on that online platform and games that are way better on a physical table.
We also discuss a listener poll about how frequently you take turns on online board game platforms and give a huge shoutout to our BGA Community.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
04:00 Poll: How frequently do you take turns on async games on BGA (or other online platforms)?
09:48 Board Game Arena (Top 3 we prefer on BGA and Top 3 We prefer in person)
13:26 Ark Nova
19:00 Keyflower
22:48 7 Wonders
25:42 Heat: Pedal to the Metal
32:05 Tapestry
39:03 Terraforming Mars, Agricola
43:50 Blood Rage
46:02 Tichu, Haggis, 6 Nimmt, Libertalia
49:16 La Granja
52:19 Blood Rage
53:28 Cerebria: The Inside World
55:44 Wonderland's War
57:42 Woodcraft
59:21 Lords of Ragnarok, Lords of Hellas, The Great Wall, Nemesis
1:03:20 BGHT BGA Community Shoutout -
Top 5 Player Boards
In Episode 188 we each discuss our top 5 favorite player boards in board games.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:44 Baseball Highlight 2045
05:00 Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy
10:00 Lacrimosa (Red Cathedral, White Castle)
14:48 Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory
17:10 Distilled
21:02 Marrakesh (Orleans, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Russian Railroads)
25:45 Planet Unknown
27:49 Cthulhu: Death May Die
35:21 La Granja
39:57 My Father's Work
43:22 Carnegie
47:40 Voidfall
51:57 Mechanica
58:34 Scythe
1:04:05 Terraforming Mars, Calico, Fractal: Beyond the Void, Nucleum
1:09:00 Listener Shoutout
Kundrecensioner
I came for Everdell, found TRV and stayed for you!
Hi and thank you for a great podcast!
I’ve played some board games during my life, with focus on early 2000’s eurogames like Catan, Caracassone and so on. Magic the Gathering have been with me for a large portion of my life, but during recent years with small children I haven’t prioritized playing at all. I recently came back to more board gaming and a friend introduced med to Everdell at the behinning of 2024. So as I usually do with a new interest I scanned the web for resources on the game and stumbled upon your podcast, among others.
I really liked the way you communicate and you gave me the kind of input I was looking for. I listened on a few episodes of several podcasts about board games but yours is the only one that stuck.
Oh boy, am I glad it did?! Not my wallet though…
The excitement you had when you talked about Thunder Road Vendetta got me intrigued so I watched and listened to all content I could get hold on. I got hooked and decided to buy the game, but it was completely out of stock here in Sweden.
Luckily for me the second Kickstarter was just about to go live so I went all in with the big deal of the day and was one of the first 300 backers for the game.
Even though I once more listened to other podcasts for TRV content I still kept leaning towards you guys. Maybe I haven’t found them all but your podcast is the only one that got me hooked.
For me it’s the way you talk to each other, how you all live ordinary lives with ordinary problems and a friendly tone.
So far I’ve listened to all episodes for 2024 and 2020, working my way to listen to all episodes made. Most games aren’t for me but I really like to hear your voices when I commute.
Keep up the good work!
Best regards
Erik
Despite everything, it’s great
Why despite everything? Well, they are basically the polar opposite of me. They hate Marvel United (a top-3 game for me with 100+ plays). They love Terraforming Mars (a bottom-3 game for me that I dread playing every time). At least one guy hates coops (coops make up 80% of my collection and are my favorite type of game). They love Euro multiplayer solitaire games (I want as much conflict as possible in games and am quickly bored by MPS) and dislike Rising Sun (a game that blew me away because of the incredible negotiation and bluffing aspect, and is my favorite conflict game). Despite all this, I still listen to this podcast. Why? The hosts are interesting and their banter is fun, they have reasonable non-hyperbolic discussions about stuff they like AND dislike, and basically the podcast is just fun to listen to. So despite everything, it’s great!
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