Game Brain: A Board Game Podcast About Our Gaming Group

Matt, Jordan, and Dmitry are joined by our friend David to do a deep dive on trick-taking card games. 0:00:00 Introduction Intro to David 0:07:10 Defining terms and the genre Trick-takers Shedders and Climbers 0:13:00 Our history with card games Hearts Bullshit Bridge 0:21:45  The game that made us love card games Nokosu Dice Schadenfreude Cat In The Box The Crew Mü 0:41:30 Our top trick-takers Eu...

Matt and Trey are joined by the newest member to our podcast, Jordan Sayyah, to review The War of the Ring: The Card Game 0:03:00 Intro to Jordan JSaysYeah on Discord 0:08:00  Games we played this week Age of Steam Nana Startups Inside Job 0:30:00 Review :  War of the Ring: The Card Game War of the Ring Quartermaster General Race for the Galaxy Roll for the Galaxy -  Find Etamar at kirbooloni.com...

Tom, Trey, and Ben talk about everything from the Spiel des Jahres, to gaming in Japan, to all their recent discoveries. Iki 1880: China  Bug Council of Backyardia Nokosu Dice Voodoo Prince Orleans: Trade & Intrigue Tortuga 1667  Findorff Future Review:  War of the Ring: The Card Game -  Find Etamar at kirbooloni.com -  Game Brain Facebook Group -  Twitter -  Instagram

Trey and Elder review Wayfarers of the South Tigris. 0:00:00 Introduction 0:02:13 Games on the Brain Galactic Starcuiser closes Woodcraft Genotype  0:20:45 Review: Wayfarers of the South Tigris Scholars of the South Tigris -  Find Etamar at kirbooloni.com -  Game Brain Facebook Group -  Twitter -  Instagram

Tom and Ben talk about our recent Golden Geek Nomination and deconstruct the special sauce that makes Hegemony so great!

Tom, Ben, and Trey circle back to the review the new edition of Tragedy Looper. 0:00:00 Introduction 0:04:00 Twilight Imperium Fourth Edition 0:12:10 Hegemony The Cost 0:38:00 Great Western Trail: Agentina 0:49:20 Fast Sloths 0:59:05 Foundations of Rome Ra 1:09:10 Tragedy Looper: New Tragedies BGG First Edition Whiz Kids Pre-order -  Find Etamar at kirbooloni.com -  Game Brain Facebook Group -  Tw...

Tom, Ben, and Dmitry discuss game night drama, whether or not they'll ever receive Hegemony, and the difference between games and puzzles.

Tom, Matt, Trey and Ben gather to reveal their Top 5 Games of 2022! 0:00:00 Introduction 0:05:40 Games we played this week Red Cathedral Stationfall Barrage: The Nile Affair Boonlake Black Angel 0:32:20 Top Games of 2022 Lacrimosa Deal with the Devil Guards of Atlantis II Ready Set Bet 56:30 Weather Machine Mosaic: A Story of Civilization Autobahn 1:22:30 Blood on the Clocktower Ben's #1: Car...

Ben, Trey, Elder, and Paul discuss the 2020 game The Red Cathedral and its 2022 expansion The Red Cathedral: Contractors. 00:02:40 - Ramen Fury 00:07:01 - Scholars of the South Tigris 00:13:30 - Hegemony 00:19:27 - Tzolkin 00:20:26 - Robotech Reconstruction 00:38:23 - Woodcraft 00:43:40 - Imperial Steam 00:59:34 - Red Cathedral + Contractors

Ben lost power in the great LA blizzard of 2023, but just because his house was dark didn't mean the podcast had to be.  And so Ben and Paul bravely wrapped themselves in blankets and churned out an episode in a heatless house,  sharing their gaming stories of the past two weeks:  Mosaic, Deal with the Devil, Crisis, Red Cathedral and several others. Time codes: Mosaic:  05:54 Santiago 18:14...

Ben, Tom, and Trey deep dive Mosaic: A Story of Civilization and discuss what makes a civ game... a civ game?  Plus, recent plays of Dune and Cosmic Frog.

Trey gets it in gear with Tom and Dmitry and their first impressions of Splotter's Horseless Carriage.  0:00:00 Introduction 0:06:45 Traitors Talk 0:21:10 Games on the Brain Dmitry's 5x5 List: Tichu , Barrage , Indonesia , Panamax , Autobahn Mosaic Western Empires Through the Ages Nations  Trey's 5x5 List: Mosaic, Autobahn , Imperial Steam , On Mars , Horseless Carriage Trickerion 0...

Talking about our favorite Splotter games in anticipation of "Horseless Carriage."  Plus, The Traitors, which blends social deduction party games with reality TV.

Ben and Paul talk about Lords of Vegas as well as fairness and games and the new reality series "The Traitors." 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:55 - The Traitors 00:17:47 - Fairness + Winning Discussion 00:47:41 - Vast: The Mysterious Manor 00:53:56 - Weather Machine  01:01:19 - 18Mag 01:11:41 - Mind MGMT 01:15:44 - Lords of Vegas

We're back from a busy holiday season, and we have games to talk about:  Woodcraft, Imperial Steam, Wayfarers of the South Tigris, and Matt's first ever game of Twilight Imperium!

Tom, Candice, and Ben talk about Tiletum.  Plus, Candice tells us all about the games she played and people she met from five back-to-back conventions!

Ben, Trey, and Dmitry discuss the 2022 game, Autobahn.  Plus, recent plays of Deal with the Devil, Lacrimosa, and Atiwa.  Plus, they discuss a recent piece in the New York Times  about strategy games.

Matt discusses the state of the solo mode in 2022 by looking at the solo modes from this season's top Essen games. 

Ben, Tom, and Paul chat about recent plays of Atiwa, Tiletum, Fracis Drake, and Maria.  Plus, recommendations for good games to play at Thanksgiving.

All four hosts are here this week to talk about a whole mess of hot Essen releases, as well as a deep dive on one of the season's biggest games, Revive.  00:05:30 Ready Set Bet 00:10:30 Oak 00:19:50 Autobahn 00:30:30 Tiletum 00:57:30 Revive

00:00:00 Introduction 00:09:15 Maricaibo: The Uprising Francis Drake 00:23:00 Let's Go! To Japan Note: Josh Wood is NOT the designer of Isle of Cats - that's Frank West Josh Wood's best known games are Cat Lady and Santa Monica 00:32:30 Ready, Set, Bet 00:45:45 Autobahn 01:01:45 Oak 01:08:50 Revive 01:15:40 Federation 01:35:15 Discussion : Narrative and the move toward Baroque desig...

Tom, Paul, and Elder talk about recent plays of "Food Chain Magnate" and "Space Station Phoenix" and then games they would play for the rest of their lives.  Plus, Tom has more news from Essen.

Matt, Tom, Ben and Dmitry discuss the 2022 release "Skymines" (aka Moon-basa) as well as preview their most anticipated games of Essen 2022 and give four Essen games a brief "rulebook review".