cubelove podcast

This is not food love. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:00:14 Foreplay, Hello Listener #3 0:2:54 begin January EsCon 2023 discussion 1:58:14 Celebrity Dessert Penis 2:12:46 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Closing song by Harry Belafonte

It’s been a busy week in different ways. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:00:43 Foreplay, Hope 0:38:18 Time Stories 0:54:27 Terra Mystica Fan Factions & Terra Nova 1:19:51 Cat in the Box 1:29:51 Inside Job 1:51:02 Hacchi Train 2:17:08 Dessert Penis, christmas desserts, village rails vs habitats 2:34:26 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music … Continue reading clp094 – cubelove podcast – A Busy Week

Buckle up. This one is for the fans of length over girth. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:02:39 Foreplay, Nathan Plays Games 0:47:59 2022 Essen Spiel Must-Plays 1:54:14 2022 Essen Spiel Other Interested Things 2:14:16 2021 Essen Spiel Look Back 2:29:09 Dessert Penis, why is the actual question 2:37:57 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment … Continue reading clp093 – cubelove podcast – 2022 Essen Spiel Preview

If you’d like to listen to the livestream, you should probably know there is no livestream. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:01:28 Foreplay, Storytime with Nathan 0:12:50 EsCon Day One 0:56:11 EsCon Day Two 1:37:31 EsCon Day Three 2:13:21 Dessert Penis, It Is Tricky Con Two 2:31:34 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by … Continue reading clp092 – cubelove podcast – EsCon II 2022

Look for our new podcast spraylove coming in 2025! 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:01:51 Foreplay, playing games everyday 0:52:29 What should we play at EsCon 1:42:28 Dessert Penis, selling good games, the future 2:05:37 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Ozuna 

The Brussels bit is particularly present. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:03:03 Foreplay 0:11:54 Dice Tower Cruise 1:20:33 some 18xx stuff 1:33:29 Nathan did homework 1:49:51 Dessert Penis, Hotness 2:32:05 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Buju Banton and Heavy D 

Nathan loves tangents, but I was able to get some actual gaming information out of him and then we answered some mailbag stuff. noel isn’t editing this one, so they didn’t provide timecode. what a slacker. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:00:50 Foreplay, St Patrick’s Day and then the rest just kind of happens… 1:43:27 Desssert … Continue reading clp089 – cubelove podcast – Dice Tower West 2022

This will be fun. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:00:31 Foreplay, fun games 0:12:10 EsCon chat 2:12:00 Dessert Penis, Food and Travel 2:29:15 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Neil Young 

It is a fight to the death to determine who is more jaded, Mara or Nathan! 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:01:22 Foreplay, The Colonists is still great 0:24:01 Jaipur Legacy 0:42:34 Dominant Species Marine 1:27:40 Dessert Penis, Jaded Optimistic Cynical Wise 2:06:36 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song … Continue reading clp087 – cubelove podcast – Dominant Species Marine

My spiel fair lies over the ocean, my spiel fair lies over the sea, my spiel fair lies over the ocean, oh bring back my spiel fair to me. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:00:37 Foreplay, secret insights into the life of Nathan 0:02:54 2021 Essen Spiel Preview 1:51:54 Dessert Penis, The Pursuit of Happiness expansions … Continue reading clp086 – cubelove podcast – 2021 Essen Spiel Preview

Sometimes there are tasks that you do most of the time and you are not sure whether anyone actually notices but you try and do it anyway.` 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:01:45 Foreplay, EsCon report featuring Terraforming Mars Ares Expedition and Nations 0:45:22 Pandemic Legacy Season Zero 1:51:54 Dessert Penis, Do you want to play … Continue reading clp085 – cubelove podcast – Pandemic Legacy Season Zero

I can’t believe our intern didn’t change the shownotes last episode. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:01:11 Foreplay, Playing live again 0:17:57 Playing inferior games 0:42:56 Oops, missing content 0:43:21 Mark Reacts, All games should have solo modes 0:57:00 Pipeline 1:43:00 Dessert Penis, End game scoring good or bad 1:57:53 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between … Continue reading clp084 – cubelove podcast – Playing Inferior Games & Pipeline

Most people don’t believe that 2019 existed. Here we offer some proof that it did. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:02:30 Foreplay, What have we been playing 0:34:46 Dice Tower West and JoCo Cruise Reports 1:05:45 People Are Dumb 1:06:19 A Person said something, was it dumb 1:10:07 Top 5 games we want to play on … Continue reading clp083 – cubelove podcast – Welcome Back Cubelove

Most people don’t believe that 2019 existed. Here we offer some proof that it did. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:00:30 Foreplay, Whats todays date 0:09:57 Homework, top 5 felds 0:18:55 Noel cut this segment out of the show 0:19:46 2019 Stats, Best days 0:49:41 Top Five of 2019, Regrets 1:28:21 Nickels & Dimes, Top Five … Continue reading clp082 – cubelove podcast – 2019 Year in Review

It’s beginning to look a lot like phallus. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:03:36 Foreplay, Some boring bggcon stuff 0:24:23 Maracaibo is broken 0:43:43 Golden Phallus 2019 1:13:46 Playing games twice in a row 1:32:22 Golden Phallus 2019 1:35:46 Dessert Penis, Detective Club, Golden Phallus 2019, What should Mark get for his birthday 1:50:22 Song Openg … Continue reading clp081 – cubelove podcast – Golden Phallus 2019

Part one of our extensive coverage of BGGCON 2019 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:01:25 Foreplay, BGGCON Rage 0:23:12 The Hot Meat 1:33:25 Dessert Penis, Time Chase – Thanks for the email, Joe 1:48:15 Song Openg music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Willie Nelson

It feels like we’ve already played of thousands of new games from the recent Spiel 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:01:52 Foreplay, All the new games 1:52:12 We are going to bggcon 2:06:29 Dessert Penis, Inventories and Reading Setup 2:19:31 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Ice Cube

We talk about all 1202 games released at this year’s Spiel. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:01:07 Foreplay, Aeon’s End Legacy thoughts 0:20:09 Essen Spiel 2019 Preview 1:37:05 The Ragusa has been played segment 1:37:22 Dessert Penis, Why is Nathan not doing stuff, Concept Kids Animals 1:52:30 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray … Continue reading clp078 – cubelove podcast – Spiel 2019 Preview

Episode 77, so it is time to update our Top 11 Favorite Game lists. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:01:01 Our Top 11 Games 2:06:22 Dessert Penis, Will we be bottoming 2:10:22 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by The Highwomen

Back in October 2015 we released episode 11 with our Top 11 Games. Next week we will be updating our Top 11 lists. So this week we are re-releasing episode 11. Enjoy the peek into the vaults! Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Nelly Furtado

Some discussion of games we’ve played. Then we fill out the show talking about the best fillers. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:01:45 Foreplay, we have played some games, Tapestry, Irish Gauge, Colors of Paris, Cat Cafe, Welcome to Centerville 1:00:56 best fillers 1:46:20 Dessert Penis, will you always be a gamer 2:09:25 Song Opening music … Continue reading clp076 – cubelove podcast – Best Fillers

Nathan talks about his DTC then we talk about a bunch of Knizia games played at Konizia. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:01:14 Foreplay, It is Con Season, Nathan went to DTC 0:36:00 Konizia was a convention dedicated strictly to games designed by Reiner Knizia 1:42:57 Dessert Penis, What is Nathan’s favorite Knizia, What is Nathan … Continue reading clp075 – cubelove podcast – DTC & Konizia Discussions

Episode 74 is right on schedule… 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:01:34 Foreplay, Thoughts about Clinic and some other Alban Viard games 0:43:22 Two player games discussion including our Top 5s 1:31:05 Dessert Penis, Thanks for the question Mallory Kate, Winning by a lot 1:46:10 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing … Continue reading clp074 – cubelove podcast – Clinic & Two Player Games

We are in golden age of gaming, but what were the best games of last year? 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:01:07 Foreplay, The Golden Phallus of 2018 is awarded 0:13:23 the Top 5 of 2018 0:44:02 Best days of Gaming and Expansions and Worsts 1:30:53 Dice Tower West 2:00:47 JoCo Cruise 2019 2:15:28 Dessert Penis, … Continue reading clp073 – cubelove podcast – Top 5 of 2018 & Golden Phallus

I resolve to make a relevant new year’s resolution next year. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:04:15 Foreplay, It’s Tricky Con 0:21:21 Challenges 1:29:23 Best games from before 2018 that we played for the first time in 2018 2:16:40 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Super Power Club

We played a lot of stuff at BGGCON 2018 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:01:17 Foreplay, but it is pretty much all foreplay we just kinda ramble for way too long 2:38:44 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Menudo

Essen 2018 is right around the corner. Anything good coming out? What does Absacker say about us as friendly gamers? 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:02:00 Foreplay, Essen 2018 Preview 1:04:32 Absacker thoughts leads to a discussion of faking happiness 1:36:04 I have no shame 1:56:52 Dessert Penis, first look at Obsession 2:19:46 Song Opening music … Continue reading clp070 – cubelove podcast – Essen 2018 Preview

Was Essen 2017 worthy of the attention we gave it? Is Scythe Rise of Fenris worthy of the attention it demands? These are hard questions that probably aren’t answered in this podcast episode. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:01:55 Foreplay, Prepping for Essen 2018 0:08:13 Essen 2017 Recap 1:04:02 Scythe Rise of Fenris 2:14:16 Dessert Penis, … Continue reading clp069 – cubelove podcast – Essen 2017 Recap & Scythe Rise of Fenris

We both went to a con and won’t stop talking about it. We also find some time for other stuff. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:02:09 EsCon 1:06:33 Two Qs and an A 2:08:01 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Toad The Wet Sprocket

He went to a con and won’t stop talking about it. We also find some time for other stuff. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:2:47 Dice Tower Con, general impressions 0:25:51 Dice Tower Con, Nathan played games and we played some online too 1:43:20 Dessert Penis, Why does Nathan hate all the election games 2:05:40 Song … Continue reading clp067 – cubelove podcast – Dice Tower Con

It’s a quarter past midnight somewhere. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:2:40 Foreplay, I thought you were never going to play 18XX again 0:9:39 Perfection 0:20:25 the Uwe question 0:48:15 Terra Mystica vs Gaia Project vs streamlining 1:20:48 Hot news, Spiel Des Jahres 1:36:30 The Midnight Party review 1:45:53 Dessert Penis, What are the ten best … Continue reading clp066 – cubelove podcast – Midnight Party

  0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:1:18 Foreplay, Our Top Five Games of 2017 0:33:20 Was 2017 the greatest year in the history of gaming? 0:49:22 Categorical Winners 2:07:26 Dessert Penis, What is the 2017 Golden Phallus winner? 2:29:25 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox

There are definitely some spoilers… 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:1:46 Foreplay, Some Games we played at EsCon, Food Chain Magnate, Sanctuary, and more… 0:35:13 Charterstone 1:50:45 Dessert Penis, Is Nathan an alpha player…. 2:05:04 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Två Snubbar

Nothing new here, just the old stuff…. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:02:00 Foreplay, Splendor, Cities of Splendor 0:13:22 Were our Top 5 games of 2016 still played in 2017 0:42:22 The best games published before 2017 that we played for the first time in 2017 1:25:57 Dessert Penis, Do you trust your ancient ratings 1:54:01 … Continue reading clp063 – cubelove podcast – Lots of Slightly Old Games

Is talking about all the new games more fun than playing them? 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully? 0:04:24 Foreplay, Is 2018 going to be different for game events? 0:24:47 Lots of new games? 2:11:54 Dessert Penis, Why did you hate Iron Dragon? 2:28:54 Song? Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Rodney … Continue reading clp062 – cubelove podcast – Lots of New Games

Please don’t hate me, mama, for what I’m about to do… 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:01:20 Foreplay, FLGS? 0:19:52 BGGCON 1:00:08 The Tichu Tournament 1:11:11 Calimala First Thoughts 1:23:45 Dessert Penis, Die Macher print run 1:37:46 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by REO Speedwagon

Board game expansions are either money-making cash grabs or fixes for broken games. But occasionally they can be mildly interesting. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:02:14 Playing Pandemic Legacy Season One A Second Time 0:15:17 Whistle Stop 0:37:42 Expansions 1:51:04 dessert penis, growing the hobby 2:00:58 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing … Continue reading clp060 – cubelove podcast – Expansions

We look back at the Essen 2016 games that mattered. And why we bought them. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:02:09 Essen 2016 Review 1:04:16 midplay, jogos do anos 1:11:44 dessert penis, something about rating games for particular situations or something like that 1:38:25 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by … Continue reading clp059 – cubelove podcast – Essen 2016 Review & Jogos

We preview the games we are looking forward to playing in a month. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:00:36 Foreplay, kind of, a few thoughts before we start listing games 0:11:25 let the listing/discussion of games begin 1:40:53 dessert penis, but really some post-coital foreplay, kickstarter and more 1:58:27 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music … Continue reading clp058 – cubelove podcast – Essen 2017 Preview

It is a wild and crazy topicpalooza. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:01:36 Foreplay, Lisboa, my favorite kind of foreplay 0:28:23 the spirit of the rules 1:00:18 american megafauna 1:26:03 The Beast update 1:29:08 jogo de ano update 1:29:32 lookback at 2007 games 2:05:59 dessert penis, some artsy question from a listener 2:30:37 Song Opening music … Continue reading clp057 – cubelove podcast – Lisboa, Spirit of the Rules, 2007

We played a lot of games. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:01:00 Foreplay, One of us is back, the other never left 0:03:45 EsCon Recap, too many games for me to list them, also im lazy, also we had some audio problems so we lost a bit of this discussion so it might appear that it … Continue reading clp056 – cubelove podcast – EsCon Recap

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:03:45 Foreplay, One of us hasn’t been playing board games 0:20:26 EsCon Preview 0:22:15 Dice Tower Con 0:37:31 Nathan’s DTC plays 1:18:13 Divided Republic 1:41:38 The Diana Jones Awards 1:55:14 dessert penis, binging and purging 2:08:24 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by GWAR

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:05:00 Sun Sea and Sand 0:15:06 Tinner’s Trail 0:22:15 Fool’s Gold 0:28:44 Sagrada 0:33:06 Unlock! 0:40:46 Spiel des Jahres nominations with a slight focus on El Dorado and Terraforming Mars 1:14:05 Nathan plays solo games – Merkator 1:23:14 Nathan plays solo games – The Colonists 1:30:15 Nathan plays solo games – The Colonists again 1:48:45 dessert penis, i’m not mentioning it … Continue reading clp054 – cubelove podcast – Another Games Episode

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:00:32 Bios Genesis 2 0:19:42 Nathan played Skull solo 0:21:22 Fool’s Gold 0:30:03 It changed color 0:30:27 Martians A Story of Civilization 0:42:43 Sagrada 0:53:32 Ice Flow 1:00:08 Fancy Yokohama 1:07:10 Barbarossa 1:18:53 Nathan’s Life Goals 1:42:52 Pixel Tactics 2:04:47 No dessert 2:05:37 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing … Continue reading clp053 – cubelove podcast – We Talk About Games

Why aren’t we playing these 2012 games right now… 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:02:34 Foreplay, To err is human 0:25:59 5 year look back at 2012 1:49:51 Dessert Penis, gamers as designers 2:13:03 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Pentatonix

I’m a Rheinstone Cowboy….. 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:01:35 Foreplay, That Meta Thing 0:23:06 A Second Look at Rhein River Trade 0:48:02 A First Look at The Colonists 1:42:10 Dessert Penis, Some silly question about something 1:56:40 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Midnight Howlers

This podcast episode is sponsored by Chex Mix* 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:02:10 Foreplay, Are we still playing the best games of 2015 0:23:30 Dynasties Heirate & Herrsche review 1:19:00 People are stupid 1:19:30 Mark had and has some goals 1:44:09 Dessert Penis, Games Featuring Marriage 1:55:30 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing … Continue reading clp050 – cubelove podcast – Dynasties Heirate & Herrsche

Being the best is the only market that is not crowded. – montazze 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:02:30 Foreplay, EsCon wrapup kind of, Dokmus, Tiffin, something else maybe 0:28:07 Categorical Honorable Mentions, Top 5 of 2016, Golden Phallus, Worst of 2016, Games we aren’t talking about 2:19:01 Dessert Penis, Did Nathan meet his goals 2:24:55 Song … Continue reading clp049 – cubelove podcast – The Best and Worst of 2016

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire. – Richard M Nixon 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:02:04 Foreplay, Forged in Steel First Thoughts 0:28:45 2016 Plays, The Best Day In Gaming In 2016, Designers of the Year, The Best Games Published Before 2016 That We Played For The First Time In 2016, Fives And Dimes 2:04:12 Dessert … Continue reading clp048 – 2016 Plays and the Best Older Games We Played

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering. – Friedrich Nietzsche 0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully 0:04:10 Foreplay, Live From EsCon January 2016 0:32:39 Categorical Honorable Mentions 0:55:42 The Best Day In Gaming In 2015 1:08:18 Designers of the Year 1:18:29 2015 Compared to Other Recent Years 1:42:14 Dessert Penis 1:46:05 Song … Continue reading clp024 – cubelove podcast – Live In The Past (More 2015 Stuff)

It’s beginning to look a lot like brassmas. 0:00:00 Please listen carefully 0:02:41 Foreplay, Designers back off 0:30:25 cubebrawl, Brass vs Age of Industry 1:028:48 Dessert Penis, Best and Worst Martin Wallace Games 1:52:38 Song Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by No BS! Brass Band #cubelove on the tweeter noelspenis@gmail.com