Gettin' Gamey

After just the short delay for us to fully prepare for this seasons gauntlet episode, we give you the long awaited re-evaluation of the list as it sits with 75 games on it. Sandbox, as usual, joins for mediation, and to tell us just how wrong we are! Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder. Art for the show produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our personal rankings. [5:50...

Welcome to our final new game of Season 4! This one is a strange one, with perhaps the starkest personal ranking feelings between the panelists we've had in recent memory. Come join us for the monkey with a gun, the telepathic rat, and the NDAs. The NDAs!! Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder. Art for the show produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Also check out the best Arcs content in...

Welcome to the Season 5 preview episode, where we draft next season's games for the list! A few surprises abound! Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder. Art for the show produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Secret Family Photo :D [8:05]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nemesis Comparison Options [1:03:20]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Decoy's Picks [1:14:40]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Skwid's Picks [1:26:55]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mrs. Frisby & the...

Welcome back to Mars, except this time, we aren't terraforming it, but colonizing it. Our first Vital Lacerda game on the list, and with the production quality, complexity, and general positive nature of this game and designer, it will not be our last! Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder. Art for the show produced by ⁠⁠⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Box Art [12:10]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cheat Sheet 1 [19:10]⁠⁠...

Welcome to Spirit Island, a co-op game featuring game elements that both Decoy and myself have gone on record saying we absolutely love. However...there is a slight discrepancy, that will lead to some interesting chatter and dealmaking during The Gauntlet. As amazing as it is to type, this could be a new S-Tier game for Decoy, the proverbial hater! Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder. Ar...

Its party time! This puzzle-game is one that is difficult to put into words, and it is also our first (skull i guess counts?) party game on the list. Sandbox returns! Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder. Art for the show produced by ⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠ TFM Final Score :( [4:40]⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Game Board [6:05]⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Set Box Art [19:40]⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Us Playing RR [34:00]⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠He's laughing is what he's...

Okay, Hear us out! Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder. Art for the show produced by Tin the Foil.⁠ Average Weight[11:00]⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Builder Jim! [40:00]⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Strategy Example 1 [52:45]⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Example 1 continued ⁠[52:45]⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Example 1 End game [52:45]⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Strategy Example 2 [52:45]⁠ The List Arcs Root Dominion Twilight Struggle Brass Birmingham Nemesis Ark Nova Dune Imperium Barcelona Wond...

Welcome to the PREMIER Pax Game, and our 70th game! Pax Pamir 2nd Edition was designed by Cole Wherle and produced by Wherlegig Games. Special Guest John (Bott_Bott) joins the Decoy and Skwid crew as we discuss one of the most interesting history games we've talked about on the show thus far. This is a highly anticipated game and episode! Come Hang. Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder. A...

At long last, we may have an answer to the burning question! ... The Official Board Game Academy has a game in its curriculum ala Decoy edition. Welcome to one of few that Decoy has gone on record saying he owns and enjoys. This one is worth your time. Music of the show produced by Francis Snyder. Art of the show produced by Tin the Foil . Box Art⁠ [7:10]⁠ Tile Art [53:30]⁠ ⁠⁠Phil Poker [1:01:40]⁠...

Welcome to Hotel Splotter-Spellen, where you will have a good time, be forced to be mean to your fellow players across the table, and experience a masterclass of design. Our first night at the hotel we decided to take the Bus for a spin. Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder. Art for the show produced by TinTheFoil. Box Art⁠ [10:35] ⁠Decoy Skill Level⁠ [39:00] ⁠Skwid Skill Level [39:00] ⁠O...

Toss a coin to your witcher, unless you're Decoy - he will gamble them away from you. Every. Single. Turn. Join us for this lovely deck builder and lore-infused RPG! Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder. Art of the show produced by ⁠TinTheFoil. Shout out to @peachyparfait! Twitter Twitch⁠ Check her out if you're in need of an artist! Skwid's Exploration Card ⁠Purchasable Cards Combo Examp...

GMT's latest in the ICS series provides us a trip to Nottingham, where we can rob carriages, build camps, and ultimately land favor with the royal family. Music of the show produced by Francis Snyder. Art of the show produced by Tin the Foil ⁠New Art! [7:50]⁠⁠⁠⁠ Nottingham Fair [1:12:35]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Card Art [1:16:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Art Inspiration [1:16:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Game Map [1:17:20]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Snail [1:49:00]...

You'll want to grip it and rip it with this one. Join us as we break down a one of a kind game in a way we didn't quite expect. Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder. Art for the show produced by TinTheFoil . Found the word. [7:50]⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Decoy's Car Dome [9:05]⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Car Dashboard [12:40]⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Base Map [14:50]⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Base Cards [33:20]⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Garage Upgrades [33:20]⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Decoy 's reaction...

Welcome to the lovely Twilight Struggle "light," Watergate break-in simulator. We've covered historical games before on the show now, and this one does not dissapoint! Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder. Art of the show produced by ⁠⁠ TinTheFoil .⁠⁠ Rebunk [6:00]⁠⁠ Decoy's Cold War Class [9:05]⁠⁠⁠ Decoy's Cold War Class Cartoons [9:05]⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Board Web [15:20]⁠⁠ ⁠Pax Pamir Intensifies [5...

Come in for a landing in this lovely 2p Co-op game by Luc Remond. We don't have a ton of co-op games on our list thus far, and this one really sets the stage for any more that we may add! Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder. Art of the show produced by ⁠ TinTheFoil. ⁠Symbiopsychotaxiplasm⁠ [3:05]⁠ ⁠⁠Cover Art [7:15]⁠⁠ Game Board [12:00]⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Spiel des Jahres [22:28]⁠ Invincible Meme [37:2...

Welcome to the lovely (un-built) neighborhood of Barcelona by Dani Garcia. There are not that many Euro-style games we have covered where we said what we said on this episode. We may have found another for Decoy...! Music for show produced by Francis Snyder. Art for the show produced by ⁠ TinTheFoil .⁠ ⁠ ⁠Box Art⁠ [13:40] ⁠Game Board [13:40]⁠ Ildefons Cerdà Sunyer[14:55]⁠ ⁠Citizen Track[28:00] ⁠Pl...

Welcome back to Getting Gamey! Decoy and I bring Sandbox on to kick off Season 4 with a game that surprised us. Come join us! Music of the show produced by Francis Snyder. Art of the show produced by TinTheFoil . Box Art Game Board We Don't Use That Moon Anyway Sandbox WinRate Our Favorite Cards The Fonz The List: 1. Arcs 2. Root 3. Dominion 4. Twilight Struggle 5. Brass Birmingham 6. Nemesis 7. A...

Hey! We have begun Season 4 in the editing room, and are excited to get things back and rolling for everyone! We also wanted to give our new music track courtesy of Francis Synder a moment to shine on its own. Huge shout to him for our new song! Look out for Episode 1 of this season in the coming weeks, likely at the end of October!

Welcome to another in our Panel Series...we had to decide what in the hell we were going to do with the great Hnefatafl debate! Sandbox is here to mediate for us! This episode is one that will greatly help us coast into our re-rank and season finale!

Welcome to the Season 3 Finale! We've gotten a whopping 60 on our list so far, and are excited to re-visit the season and also start looking ahead to the future episodes and games we'll cover! Come hang as we finally do the thing we've been needing to do all season... Find Muck Expansion Decoy's Personal Ranking Show Ranking Prior to Re-Rank Arcs Root Brass Dominion Twilight Struggle Nemesis Ark N...

Welcome to the heaviest game experience we've covered on the show, and possibly that exists in the gaming hobby. This game is changing the very nature of what we think about when we say board game, in a powerful way. Come join us for our final new game of Season 3! Box Art Old White Guys Parliament Cards External Link to Grantland Articles on Diplomacy Board Example Full Board Decoy Getting Educat...

Schrodinger's Cat, the game! We wanted to put trick taking on the menu this year and drafted this lovely game, however, we put Arcs up first before actually getting to it. But that's not to say there's something here, potentially for everyone! Come hang. Box Art Cat in a Box Cards Board The Ranking Arcs Root Brass Dominion Twilight Struggle Nemesis Ark Nova Dune Imperium Wonderland’s War Feast for...

"Wouldn't it be tight if everyone was chill to each other?" - Yes, yes it would be. This game may well be the perfect game for everyone to buy and have, and is cheap enough and easy enough to get to back up that sentiment. Come hear why! Box Art Cards More Cards Ranking Root Brass Birmingham Dominion Twilight Struggle Ark Nova Nemesis Dune Imperium Wonderlands War Feast for Odin Wingspan Mahjong A...

Welcome to Medievil India, where the Sultanate, Bahmani Empire, and Vijayanagara vie for control of India. This game is art, history, and board game rolled up into one in a magical way, and introduces a new ICS structure to the COIN formula you may already be familiar with. Come and Enjoy! Box Art Empty Board Full Board Ranking Root Brass Birmingham Dominion Twilight Struggle Ark Nova Nemesis Dune...

Quack Quack people! Quacks Box Art Cauldron Components Ranking Root Brass Birmingham Dominion Twilight Struggle Ark Nova Nemesis Dune Imperium Wonderlands War Feast for Odin Wingspan Mahjong Azul Fromage JOTL Fort Mind MGMT Quoridor Go Tokaido Turncoats Flamecraft Chess Betrayal Cosmic Frog Catan Scythe Disney Villainous Sheepy Time Ticket to Ride Hnefatafl Red Dragon Inn Incan Gold Royal Game of...