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January 13th, pumping out episodes 3/week until we're all caught up! Jack and Joel finally run down some more 18xx games, Joel has a crazy idea! Jack tells him why it's bad. 1860, 18MEX, 1849, all neat trade and stock management games.

Jack and Joel describe the hot new game of 2020, Poetry for Neandarthals. Do you like hitting people when they make mistakes? this is the game for you! https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/312786/poetry-neanderthals

Christmas is a humbug and on Dec 17th Jack took a stab at the new Star Trek and how it just can't measure up to The Expanse and the old stuff. "Soulless and idiotic and almost as if it's a formality." I think he likes it! Roll for the Galaxy in the space theme https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/132531/roll-galaxy

Jack and Joel discuss the nostalgia vs. updated versions of Axis and Allies, Settlers of Catan, and Ticket to Ride. Recognition of the originals is representative of their contributions to the game culture and how far we've come. We wax lyrical on the niceties of Advanced Civilization DOS version and how the bots changed our view on how to play. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/98/axis-allies h...

Joel and  Jack discuss Tiny Epic Galaxies and Tiny Epic Dinosaurs Jack gives a shout out to Alphabetagamer In the second half we talk about 18MEX https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/163967/tiny-epic-galaxies https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/291508/tiny-epic-dinosaurs https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18485/18mex

Jack and Joel chat about the wonders of Roborally and the problems with Pax Rennaisance https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18/roborally

Jack lays down some tracks and lays down some track (in 18xx games)

Jack is solo again, keeping you up to date on his latest games

Jack and Joel host Michael and we talk about some of the BIOS series, there are four BIOS games made by Phil Eklund that are themed in order and can be played sequentially, although it will take you upwards of 30 hours to complete all of them: Go from precellular times to interstellar space travel: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/98918/biosgenesis https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/221769/bio...

Jack does another solo episode where he reminisces about feast for odin and some other fun stuff, it's a dreary September day

Jack's solo for this episode, telling you about some of his favorite board game experiences ONLINE, since almost everything is online these days. Splotter has been hotter, but they design these incredibly tight games that need some experience. Minoa another title discussed: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/135090/minoa

Happy Holidays! Here's a special episode gift from mid June, after 10 months away we're finally back! We'll try to keep episodes coming weekly from now on, for at least the first chunk of 2021. In this episode, Jack, Joel and Harry meet on Discord and talk about Dominion, Scythe and Gloomhaven online, and parfum. In the second half Harry's Magic addiction carries on and we explore Vassal VS Tablet...

Jack and Joel and Harry host, we talk about what we've been up to, Jack has gone out to another Toronto game night and had some interesting reports on Mare Nostrum, the healthy light Civ alternative. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/174785/mare-nostrum-empires

Jack and Harry host, Shout out to Karen for correcting a Dune rule, the emperor cannot revive 6 troops, only 3 like the rest of the peons. In the second half Harry and Jack compare their essential games by game type. Games we think everyone should play at least once. Not necessarily entry level games. Suppose a board game lover was struck by amnesia - what games would we introduce them to? Definit...

Joel hosts the first 30 minutes in a mad rant about his favorite games Jack joins in on the second half to talk about Watergate, a quick card driven tribute to Twilight Struggle: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/274364/watergate

Disclaimer: Nothing about the oscar winning documentary in this episode! Jack records a show solo. Main focus is 1830, our first 18XX ever, and DUUUUNE https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/421/1830-railways-robber-barons https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/283355/dune

Shout out to some fans! Jack and Joel host Harry who talks about Twilight Struggle, Spirit Island, and Century: Spice Road In the second half we discuss Crystal Palace, and Jungle Speed https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12333/twilight-struggle https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/162886/spirit-island https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/209685/century-spice-road

Jack, Joel and Harry talk about some real classics they recently played: Istanbul - 2014 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/148949/istanbul Viticulture - 2013 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/128621/viticulture Tzolkien - 2012 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/126163/tzolk-mayan-calendar Lords of Waterdeep - 2012 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/110327/lords-waterdeep Jack also played the...

Jack and Joel cover their top 5 game new to them in 2019 to celebrate the end of the year Saving the titles out of the description to not give too much away.

Jack and Joel host Stefan who tries to explain the strange world of competitive Pokemon, it's a wild ride! In the second half we discuss the hot new version of Civilization: Western Empires: https://www.westernempires.com/

Jack and Joel host Harry and Harry finally comes down with a mostly positive review of Tapestry! Jack reviews DOOM! and other old shooters. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/286096/tapestry

Jack and Joel host Harry, Harry gives a bit more exposition on Tapestry but the jury is still out. Joel gives a detailed review of one of his new favorites, War of the Ring! In the second half we review the new GF9 version of Dune! A triumph. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/286096/tapestry https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/115746/war-ring-second-edition https://www.gf9games.com/dune/

Jack and Joel talk about the snow, LetterJam, what happens when everyone chooses the same nation in Pax Pamir, and The Outer Worlds. In the second half we discuss our fascinating LARP experience, Burning Wheel's Inheritance. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/275467/letter-jam https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256960/pax-pamir-second-edition https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/burningwheel/inh...

Jack and Joel host long time friend of the show David and we talk about games! In the second half of the show we talk about David's experience at SHUX, the relatively new convention put on by Shut up and Sit Down. The Matt Leocock Pandemic clone Thunderbirds: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/160610/thunderbirds The Matt Cramer Twilight Struggle clone Watergate: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardga...

Jack and Joel are back and gold. This one talks about Wingspan, the newest EXIT escape room, and the second half is all about the movie Joker. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266192/wingspan https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/255675/exit-game-catacombs-horror