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Drive Thru FM #38 - The Hegemony Podcast
Drive Thru FM #37 - Review Explosion Intro (00:00); Upcoming Reviews (01:57); Mr. President Review (11:48); Dorfromantik Review (14:50); Evacuation Review (17:43); Heat Review (22:10); Zoo Vadis Review (26:11); Freelancers Review (29:26); Lands of Galzyr Review (35:13); Ark Nova: Marine Worlds Review (44:46); Lost Ruins of Arnak: Missing Expedition Review (47:42); Return to Dark Tower: Covenant Review (51:28);
Top 10 Games of 2023 Intro (00:00); Honorable Mentions (01:21); #10 (05:22); #9 (07:12); #8 (08:45); #7 (11:44); #6 (13:54); #5 (16:14); #4 (18:20); #3 (20:05); #2 (24:10); #1 (28:55); YouTube Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEDIgtmqncgZfh4Yyn242YPShTlxbSuD9
Drive Thru FM #36 - QA and A.I. Intro (00:00); Shadowgate Review (02:33); Classic Art Review (06:03); Darwin's Journey Review (08:51); Beer & Bread Review (14:06); The Witcher: Old World Review (16:18); Space Marine: Board Game "Review" (21:13); Q&A (25:51); A.I. Discussion (57:19); One Stop Coop Shop Podcast link: https://soundcloud.com/onestopcoopshop/397-board-game-media-a-critical-assessment-with-jason-luke-plunkett-and-keith-law
Drive Thru FM #35 - Top 10 Games I Will Never Play Again Intro (00:00); Reviews (03:22); Eleven (03:42); Earth (09:21); Woodcraft (15:50); Anno 1800 (21:33); Top 10 Games I Will Never Play Again (27:42); 10 (29:06); 9 (33:24); 8 (35:42); 7 (37:54); 6 (42:18); 5 (45:56); 4 (49:52); 3 (52:49); 2 (54:57); 1 (58:29); Summary (01:02:34); YouTube Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEDIgtmqncgZfh4Yyn242YPShTlxbSuD9
Top 50 Games of All Time #1-10 (2023)
Top 50 Games of All Time #11-20 (2023)
Top 50 Games of All Time #21-30 (2023)
Top 50 Games of All Time #31-40 (2023)
Top 50 Games of All Time #41-50 (2023)
BGG Has A New #1 ... Or Does It? Current BGG rankings - https://boardgamegeek.com/browse/boardgame BGG Number Ones history - https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/256388/bgg-number-ones-history-definitive-ongoing-list-da History of BoardGameGeek rankings - https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/75946/history-boardgamegeek-completely-useless-statistic Eric Martin's video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cYJClnFveo
Top 10 Emotional Games Intro (00:00); Kingdom Death: Monster (02:31); Ready Set Bet (04:56); Ankh: Gods of Egypt (07:07); Bomb Squad (09:11); Fog of Love (11:42); Spyfall (14:20); Freedom: The Underground Railroad (17:10); Exploding Kittens (20:03); Dead of Winter: The Long Night (22:05); CO2 (25:04); Honorable Mentions (30:15); Final Thoughts (34:47);
Drive Thru FM #34 - The Other Guys Intro (00:00); The Other Other Guys (07:32); The Other Guys - Reviews (13:41); Dungeon Universalis (14:20); Trudvang Legends (19:19); Starship Captains (25:04); Puzzle Strike 2 (29:19); Basketboss (34:14); Massive Darkness 2 (39:49); The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (42:50); Skymines (53:42); Frostpunk (57:44); Tinderblox (01:00:39); Feed the Kraken (01:02:53); Dune Imperium: Immortality (01:07:46);
Top 10 Games of 2022 Intro (00:00); #10 (01:53); #9 (03:37); #8 (06:15); #7 (09:04); #6 (13:14); #5 (16:47); #4 (20:00); #3 (24:15); #2 (28:03); #1 (31:41); Honorable Mentions (39:01);
Only Smart People Should Play Board Games...?
It's Over.. What Happened Twenty Most Anticipated Games of 2018 Geeklist - https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/237319/final-results-20-most-anticipated-games-2018 Twenty Most Anticipated Games of 2019 Geeklist - https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/254740/final-results-20-most-anticipated-games-2019 Twenty Most Anticipated Games of 2020 Geeklist - https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/270839/final-results-20-most-anticipated-games-2020 What Happened To... Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEDIgtmqncgawm1PnT--Bnewe6f_qIu1q What Happened Summary video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7JsptCXyzo
What Happened To 2016 Intro (00:00); Imperial Assault Expansions (01:24); Mare Nostrum: Empires (02:31); Draconis Invasion (03:19); Nemo's War (second edition) (03:57); Arcadia Quest: Inferno (05:44); The Others: 7 Sins (07:13); Evolution: Climate (08:57); Star Trek: Frontiers (10:37); Gloom of Kilforth (11:50); Tiny Epic Western (12:41); Tau Ceti: Planetary Crisis (13:32); T.I.M.E Stories: A Prophecy of Dragons (14:06); Star Wars: Rebellion (16:01); Gloomhaven (17:46); The 7th Continent (18:40); Scythe (20:27); Twenty Most Anticipated Games of 2016 Geeklist - https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/204134/final-results-20-most-anticipated-games-2016
What Happened To 2017 Intro (00:00); Vikings Gone Wild (01:09); Lisboa (01:36); Sherlock Holmes Expansion (03:09); Terraforming Mars: Hellas & Elysium (05:07); Unfair (07:01); Massive Darkness (08:07); Near and Far (11:16); T.I.M.E Stories: Lumen Fidei (10:37); Mythic Battles: Pantheon (13:44); Anachrony (14:54); Tiny Epic Quest (15:50); This War of Mine (16:18); Rising Sun (17:38); Dark Souls (19:40); First Martians (20:43); Charterstone (22:33); Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 (24:22); Twenty Most Anticipated Games of 2017 Geeklist - https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/220919/final-results-20-most-anticipated-games-2017
What Happened To 2015 Intro (00:00); Aquasphere (01:16); Pandemic: State of Emergency (02:19); Harbour (02:19); Tiny Epic Defenders (04:13); Arena of the Planeswalkers (05:45); Star Wars: Armada (07:48); El Grande (08:48); Tokaido Collector's Edition (11:53); Mage Knight Expansion (13:50); Star Wars: Imperial Assault Expansions (14:44); Tiny Epic Galaxies (17:54); XCOM: The Board Game (18:54); Steampunk Rally (21:43); Mysterium (22:51); Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 (21:51); Conan (26:40); Twenty Most Anticipated Games of 2015 Geeklist - https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/185818/final-results-20-most-anticipated-games-2015
What Happened To 2014 Intro (00:00); Descent: Shadow of Nerekhall (01:05); Argent: The Consortium (01:54); Fleet: Arctic Bounty (03:22); Galaxy Defenders (06:00); King's Forge (07:33); Coin Age (08:48); Brew Crafters (10:24); Dead of Winter (12:01); X-Wing Wave 4 (14:23); King of New York (14:49); Sentinels of the Multiverse: Vengeance (15:48); Pandemic: The Cure (17:24); Shadows of Brimstone (18:51); SeaFall (20:50); Myth (21:51); Cthulhu Wars (23:27); Xia: Legends of a Drift System (25:05); Twenty Most Anticipated Games of 2014 Geeklist - https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/168847/final-results-20-most-anticipated-games-2014
What Happened To 2013 Intro (00:00); Hegemonic (01:15); Mansions of Madness: Call of the Wild (02:59); Bora Bora (04:31); Lost Valley (06:47); The Battle of Five Armies (07:50); Tammany Hall (09:49); Android: Netrunner Expansions (11:50); Nothing Personal (14:07); Dominion: Guilds (16:54); Up Front (17:53); Quarantine (19:59); Mage Knight: The Lost Legion (20:45); Roll for the Galaxy (22:45); 7 Wonders: Wonder Pack (19:37); Star Wars: X-Wing Wave 2 (24:41); Kingdom Death: Monster (25:37); Lords of Waterdeep: Scoundrels of Skullport (27:34); Twenty Most Anticipated Games of 2013 Geeklist - https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/152044/final-results-20-most-anticipated-games-2013
What Happened To 2012 Intro (00:00); Wok Star (01:03); Nexus Ops (02:19); Galaxy Trucker: The Big Expansion (04:14); Virgin Queen (05:12); Quarriors! Quarmageddon (06:43); Star Wars: X-Wing (08:34); Goa (10:02); Caverna: The Cave Farmers (11:33); Dominant Species: The Card Game (12:49); Glory to Rome: Black Box (13:44); Alien Frontiers: Factions (14:59); D-Day Dice (15:54); Descent: Journeys in the Dark (17:02); Wiz-War (Eighth Edition) (19:37); Race for the Galaxy: Alien Artifacts (20:44); Rex: Final Days of an Empire (21:49); Star Wars: The Card Game (23:16); Merchant of Venus (25:05); 7 Wonders: Cities (26:45); Twenty Most Anticipated Games of 2012 Geeklist - https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/104507/results-20-most-anticipated-games-2012
What Happened To 2011 Intro (00:00); Cosmic Encounter: Cosmic Conflict (01:53); London (02:43); Survive: Escape from Atlantis! (04:24); Space Empires: 4X (06:13); Nightfall (08:50); Urban Sprawl (10:28); Battlestar Galactica: Exodus Expansion (12:13); The Ares Project (14:37); Wrath of Ashardalon (17:12); Alien Frontiers: Outer Belt (19:52); Blood Bowl: Team Manager (21:40); The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game (23:07); Dominion: Cornucopia (25:18); Troyes (26:25); Eminent Domain (27:43); Mansions of Madness (29:45); Twenty Most Anticipated Games of 2011 Geeklist - https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/63503/results-20-most-anticipated-games-2011 What Happened To 2010 video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znnSEHE5ubM
What Happened To 2011 Intro (00:00); Cosmic Encounter: Cosmic Conflict (01:53); London (02:43); Survive: Escape from Atlantis! (04:24); Space Empires: 4X (06:13); Nightfall (08:50); Urban Sprawl (10:28); Battlestar Galactica: Exodus Expansion (12:13); The Ares Project (14:37); Wrath of Ashardalon (17:12); Alien Frontiers: Outer Belt (19:52); Blood Bowl: Team Manager (21:40); The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game (23:07); Dominion: Cornucopia (25:18); Troyes (26:25); Eminent Domain (27:43); Mansions of Madness (29:45); Twenty Most Anticipated Games of 2011 Geeklist - https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/63503/results-20-most-anticipated-games-2011 What Happened To 2010 video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znnSEHE5ubM
What Happened To 2010 Intro (00:00); All Things Zombie (02:52); The Guns of Gettysburg (03:18); Horus Heresy (04:34); Forbidden Island (06:10); Small World (07:14); Thunderstone: Wrath of the Elements (08:24); Washington's War (10:05); Automobile (11:50); 1830 (13:15); Cosmic Encounter: Cosmic Incursion (14:57); Empires: Builder Expansion (16:33); Glory to Rome (18:26); Vinhos (20:51); Campaign Manager: 2008 (22:22); C&C: Napoleonics (24:07); Founding Fathers (26:33); Betrayal at House on the Hill (28:50); Dominion: Alchemy (30:13); Runewars (31:48); Race for the Galaxy: The Brink of War (33:50); Don't Look Back video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTGQnUHy_8A Twenty Most Anticipated Games of 2010 Geeklist - https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/51510/twenty-most-anticipated-games-2010-final-vote-resu
Drive Thru FM #33 - Reviews and Requests Intro (00:00); Reviews (05:57); Cryptid Urban Legends (07:15); Storm Weavers (11:54); Charterstone (14:59); Bot War (20:13); Faiyum (24:45); The Great Wall (28:14); Carnegie (35:20); Messina 1347 (41:51); Dead Reckoning (47:10);
Top 20 Solo Games Game Toppers L.L.C. - https://www.gametoppersllc.com/ If you would like to donate to Drive Thru Games, please check out the Gamefound Pledge Manager - https://tinyurl.com/2p8tbhpu Original Top 10 Solo Games video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjZGYaCKR_w
How To Never Fail At Miniature Painting - Drive Thru Mini Vlog #14 Game Toppers L.L.C. - https://www.gametoppersllc.com/ If you would like to donate to Drive Thru Games, please check out the Gamefound Pledge Manager - https://tinyurl.com/2p8tbhpu Reaper Learn to Paint Kit video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD5Inb-ghRc
Top 10 Misfit Games Secret Cabal Island of Misfit Games episode - https://thesecretcabal.com/episodes/79-island-of-misfit-games Gamefound project page - https://tinyurl.com/2p8tbhpu Intro (00:00); Court of the Medici (02:47); Uncle Chestnuts Table Gype (05:39); Artus (09:01); Bullfrog Goldfield (11:40); Urban Sprawl (14:29); The Cave (18:33); Cavemen, The Quest for Fire (21:28); Dark Darker Darkest (24:09); The Bloody Inn (28:01); Tumult Royal (30:42); Review links Court of the Medici - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v3gB9OmBAc Uncle Chestnuts Table Gype - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td7vd66HIJ0 Artus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xZMP4pzD3E Bullfrog Goldfield - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01XtClfg-p4 Urban Sprawl - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z65gDDl6HrM The Cave - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TyfPul_X3w Cavemen, The Quest for Fire - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJzi_7Jjsnk Dark Darker Darkest - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YQGRokeM-U The Bloody Inn - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-dYVMcOn_E Tumult Royal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwn6i80E4SM
Drive Thru FM #32 - Drive Thru and Gamefound? Intro and Gamefound announcement (00:00); Gamefound project page - https://tinyurl.com/2p8tbhpu Quick Speedpaints review (03:25); Solo gaming chat (07:21); Reviews (12:54); Beyond the Sun (13:47); Dune: A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy (17:40); 7 Wonders: Architects (20:47); Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition (23:04); Pinpoint (27:25); Corrosion (30:04); Destinies (33:49); Final Girl (39:38); Drive Thru Mini Vlogs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MgVmYbstGQ&list=PLEDIgtmqncgbYrUpnQ6DvppPtm62L1jdV Warhammer Quest Review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAYqwVLOVdQ
Why do you love complicated games? Hey everyone. It was requested to add these Mini Vlogs I've been doing on the YouTube channel to the podcast feed. These are just short little thoughts, mostly in the form of question. Feel free to respond over on the YouTube channel directly or the BGG Guild! Earthborne Rangers Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/earthbornegames/earthborne-rangers?ref=user_menu Team Covenant Earthborne Rangers Playthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_zBR6B0vSA Earthborne Rangers Manufacturing Update: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/earthbornegames/earthborne-rangers/posts/3270990 Sustainability podcast with Derric Pennington and Marty Connell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ryjwyK--Pc Derric Penington's BGG thread: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2707654/accelerating-sustainability-would-asmodee-please-s SUSD interview with Andrew Navaro: https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/podcastle/podcast-149-the-great-big-earthy-interview/
Why do you love complicated games? Hey everyone. It was requested to add these Mini Vlogs I've been doing on the YouTube channel to the podcast feed. These are just short little thoughts, mostly in the form of question. Feel free to respond over on the YouTube channel directly or the BGG Guild! Drive Thru BGG Guild - https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/1731 Linguistics, Capitalism, Happiness, Games podcast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJOyECXifKI Do Gamers Really Like Hard Games? article - https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/09/25/why-we-like-hard-games.aspx WHY PEOPLE LIKE HARD GAMES article - https://www.keengamer.com/articles/features/opinion-pieces/why-people-like-hard-games/ Mini Vlogs Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEDIgtmqncgbYrUpnQ6DvppPtm62L1jdV
Drive Thru FM #31 - Linguistics, Capitalism, Happiness, Games Intro and what I've been playing (00:00); Reviews (07:00); Blinks (07:33); Mazescape (09:29); Red Rising (11:35); Imperium (15:01); Micromacro (18:45); Juicy Fruits (22:33); Atlantis Rising (29:12); Linguistics, Capitalism, Happiness, Games (36:58); Drive Thru Mini Vlogs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MgVmYbstGQ&list=PLEDIgtmqncgbYrUpnQ6DvppPtm62L1jdV Beginner's Guide To Hobby Board Games - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy_r6jm1M0U
Don't Look Back (2011, 2016, 2020) DRIVE THRU MERCH! https://sirmeeple.com/collections/drive-thru-games Intro (00:00); 2011 (02:30); 2016 (14:57); 2020 (25:45); final thoughts (35:45);
Board Game Sustainability with Sustainability Scientist Derric Pennington This an edit of a live stream to fix an audio issue. Original live stream can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_fGY24jQQY