What Did You Play This Week Productions

Patrick and Eric catch up after a break.  They were able to meet up at Eric's house for a weekend of gaming and cover many of the games they had discussed wanting to play together on previous episodes plus a few new things.

Patrick and Eric catch up on recent plays and talk about games from Daily Magic Games and their current kickstarter of three games they had a chance to play. Recorded on 11/20/21 Recently Played Games: Patrick: Gravwell 2nd Edition (3rd) Whirling Witchcraft Eric: The Crew: Mission Deep Sea Furnace DMG Games We've Played: Go Nuts for Donuts 10 Minute Heist: The Wizard's Tower Horizons Food Truck Champion Kitten Klash Swinging Jivecat Voodoo Lounge Three new Valeria games from Daily Magic Games: Dice Kingdoms of Valeria is a 1-to-6 player roll & write game designed by Levi Mote with art by The Mico Thrones of Valeria is a 2-to-6 player trick-taking and rank manipulation game designed by Matt Jacobs with art by The Mico.  Siege of Valeria is a solo-player castle defense game designed by Glenn Flaherty with art by The Mico. @overthehillier @ericbuscemi punchboardmedia.com

Flatout Games is a board game design collaborative that was founded in 2017 by Molly Johnson, Robert Melvin, and Shawn Stankewich. They are “focused on creating innovative and elegant game experiences” and “love puzzly games with simple rules, high replayability, and great tension and decision-making, typically with low-luck, high-skill euro-style mechanisms.”  As a design collaborative, they have several published designs, including the 2018 Cardboard Edison and LUCI award finalist Point Salad (AEG), Public Market (Talon Strikes Studios), Dollars to Donuts (Crafty Games), Abstract Academy (Crafty Games), Truffle Shuffle (AEG), and TEN (AEG). In early 2019 Flatout Games created The Flatout Games CoLab, allowing the founding members of Flatout Games to team up with established and emerging designers in the board game industry and make games together. The CoLab has published Calico and Cascadia, and is currently working on publishing Verdant. Eric: Point Salad Public Market Dollars to Donuts TEN Calico Cascadia Verdant Patrick Point Salad TEN Calico Cascadia Verdant Verdant Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/flatoutgames/verdant Online solo play here: Cascadia: https://cascadiagame.github.io/ Verdant: https://verdantgame.github.io/ Beth Sobel kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bethsobel/river-and-stone-playing-cards  

Recorded 9/12 Discussion Inka / Marcus Brand - Married couple, won Kennerspiel des Jahres for the Exit series Patrick La Boca Village - take actions - take time, when you cross the time track someone dies and they go into the book of the villagers or anonymous graves Rajas Exit series Orleans: Invasion (with Reinr Stockhausen) - Invasion co-op and prosperity scenario (other stuff in box too) Murano - glass factories of Venice and gondoliers moving around the outside of the board in a rondel like mechanism Word Slam Noch Mal (Encore) roll and write  Eric Rajas of the Ganges Rajas: Dice Charmers La Boca Word Slam Exit series (some with Ralph Querfurth) Other notable games: Saint Malo (roll-and-write) Rise of Queensdale (legacy/campaign) Available online (all on Yucata): Rajas of the Ganges Rajas: Dice Charmers Murano Noch Mal app @overthehillier @ericbuscemi    Punchboardmedia.com  

Recorded 7/31/2021 BGA: Dice Hospital In Person Gaming: (New games to Patrick/Eric in bold) Patrick Work Lunch Games Dex games, since we couldn't play those on line — Meeple Circus, Junk Art Pandemic: The Cure Mama Mia Game Night Light Just One Wits and Wagers: Vegas  D20   Imperium (Not good with four players) Glory to Rome Krass Kariert (Available as Dealt!) Adrenaline 4th of July meetup Century Sagrada King of Tokyo Horrified Eric CraigCon - Day One   Marvel United Miyabi 7 Wonders Skull King Dead Man's Draw Diamant (Available as Incan Gold) Bullet♥︎ Fantasy Realms CraigCon - Day Two Air, Land, & Sea Unmatched: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Old West Empresario Era: Medieval Age Dune: Imperium Brew Cubitos Nidavellir Pairs CraigCon - Day Three Paleo

Part two of the episode discussing favorite themes and games that may or may not align with that theme. Treasure Hunting  Fortune and Glory  Karuba  Artifacts Inc.  Lost Ruins of Arnak  Fireball Island  Fireball Island: The Curse of Vul-Kar Tobago The Adventurers: The Temple of Chac The Adventurers: Pyramid of Horus Thebes Luxor Deckscape: The Mystery of Eldorado Heists Burgle Bros  Burgle Bros 2 Deckscape: Heist in Venice Caper The Mansky Caper  Cash and Guns? Steampunk Spyrium Steampunk Rally Mission Red Planet Scythe City of Gears Quicksilver/Kings of Air and Steam/Aether Captains @overthehillier @ericbuscemi @punchboardmedia

Patrick and Eric discuss their three favorite themes in game. This is the start of a series since they ran out of time covering three categories. Amusement Parks Dinosaur Island - David Gilmore, Brian Lewis/Pandasaurus  Steam Park Aureliano Buonfino, Lorenzo Silva, Lorenzo Tucci Sorrentino / Cranio Creations Unfair - Joel Finch / CMON Arcadia - Greg Bush, Phil R. Chase / APE games Coaster Park - Scott Almes / Pandasaurus Games Grand Carnival - Rob Cramer / Uproarious Games     City building / planning Suburbia - Ted Alspach / Bezier Urban Sprawl - Chad Jensen / GMT Cities: Skylines – The Board Game High Rise - Gil Hova / Formal Ferret Sprawlopolis - Steven Aramini, Danny Devine, Paul Kluka / Button Shy Quadropolis - François Gandon / DOW Cloud City - Phil Walker-Harding / blue orange Bloom town - Asger Harding Granerud, Daniel Skjold Pedersen / Sidekick games Welcome to Centerville - Chad Jenson / GMT   Civilization Building  Advanced Civ Lauren Banerd, Jim Eliason, Jeff Groteboer, Bruce Harper + 6 more / Avalon Hill Mega Civ - Flo de Haan, John Rodriguez, Francis Tresham / 999 Games Through the Ages - Vlaada Chvátil / CGE Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game - Kevin Wilson / Fantasy Flight Civilization: A New Dawn - James Kniffen / Fantasy Flight The Golden Ages - Luigi Ferrini / Quined Games Tapestry - Jamey Stegmaier / Stonemaier   @overthehillier @ericbusemi punchboardmedia.com

After the following tweet by Bruno Faduti and the backlash on twitter….. Patrick and Eric decided to have a discussion about drinking at conventions and their thoughts and experiences. Breakfasts at Conventions Tim Viring @tim_virnig (Patrick went with Tim and Asdruval Cifuentes @retroboardgamer the name I forgot on the podcast - Patrick) Since recording Faduti has posted a response on his blog here. Patrick @overthehillier Eric @ericbuscemi Punchboardmedia.com

As part of their favorite designer series Patrick and Eric this time chose to discuss Friedemann Friese. Patrick Power Grid Power Grid Cards Power Grid Factory Manager Fauna Friday Copy Cat  deck-building, worker-placement, drafting race game. 504  Fabled Fruit Eric Power Grid Fauna  Friday Fuji Flush Folder

Episode 36 Patrick and Eric discuss "Abstract Games" “Abstract” from BGG: "Abstract game" often refers to games of perfect information with alternating turns and no randomness; usually for 2 players. e.g. Chess or Go. It is also often used to refer to a game without a theme (regardless of the game mechanics). E.g. Backgammon or Tantrix. It is also often used to refer to games that are "mostly" perfect information and "mostly" lacking in theme (leading to even more confusion and disagreement about whether a given game is an "abstract game" or not). Classics: Checkers Chess Xiangqi Go Mancala Reversi/Othello (1883) Modern: Gipf Series (Gipf, Yinch, etc) Shobu Canosa Tak Blokus Amazons Onitama Quoridor  Quarto Quantik Abstracts with Theme: Battle Sheep Patchwork Hive Santorini Abstracts with Luck: Backgammon Nova Luna Qwirkle Number 9 Ingenious Abstracts with Theme and Luck: Azul and sequels War Chest The Duke Calico Seikatsu

Episode 35 Patrick and Eric discuss favorite Racing Games They start up talking about growing up watching real racing.   Long Shot: The Dice Game  Long Shot the Original Camel Cup Mint Julep Snow Tails Formula D Downforce Automobiles Rallyman/Rallyman GT Thunder Alley PitchCar Wacky Races Power Boats (remade as Powerships) Jamaica Flamme Rouge Steampunk Rally Quicksilver (balloons) Missippi Queen (steam paddleboats) Oden’s Ravens   Granite Game Summit show 3/13/21 at 11:00am  http://www.granitegamesummit.com/   @overthehillier @ericbuscemi punchboardmedia.com

Patrick & Eric in the Morning Episode #34 - Catching Up Recorded Sunday 1/24 Recent Plays: Deckscape - Escape from Alacatraz Burgle Bros 2  The Search For Planet X Three sisters - see notes below Underwater Cities - yucata Longhorn Elfenland (Bga) Letter Tycoon  Near and Far Takenoko (Pandas)    BGA Update: Carcassone Hunters and Gatherers Alhambra No Thanks Rolled West   Paris Connection Claim It - Yucata Granite Game Summit 2021 - VIRTUAL Patrick & Eric in the Morning - Live Show Saturday 3/13/2021 - Cartographers and maybe other roll and writes. https://www.granitegamesummit.com/ Three Sisters is a strategic roll and write from designers Matt Riddle and Ben Pinchback. Three Sisters is a backyard farming roll and write. Three Sisters is named after the Indigenous agricultural technique that is still widely used today. Three different crops—in this case, pumpkins, corn, and beans—are planted close together. Corn provides a lattice for beans to climb. The beans bring in nitrogen from the air into the soil, and the squash provides a natural mulch ground cover helping to reduce weeds and keep pests away. The player sheets have several areas: Your field, divided into six zones, each containing the three crop types, and various other areas related to additional actions you can take: Fruits and flowers, beehives, and a shed with tools that have special abilities.  All the crops, fruits, flowers, and hives are represented by mini-tracks. The areas are interconnected to other elements in the game, giving you bonuses along the way. Many crops generate goods that are used to unlock bonus actions. Advancing on all of these tracks offers various amounts of points, advancements, and bonuses. So basically combo driven roll and write that is a spiritual successor to Fleet Dice coming to KS March 9.

A sort of Patrick & Eric in the Morning episode - but this episode we invited on Charles from the Things of No Interest Blog to discuss the 31 games released on Board Game Arena during the month of December. 12/01: Thurn & Taxis, from Andreas Seyfarth & Karen Seyfarth, 2006 Spiel des Jahres 12/02: Welcome to… / Welcome to New Vegas, from Alexis Allard & Benoît Tupin 12/03: 99, public domain 12/04: Flaming Pyramids, designed by Norbert Abel 12/05: Small Islands, designed by Alexis Allard 12/06: Map Maker, designed by Louis Lafair, Joshua Lafair, Becca Lafair 12/07: Solo Whist, public domain 12/08: Kami, adapted from Goïta Shogi 12/09: Luxor, from Rüdiger Dorn, 2018 Spiel des Jahres nominee 12/10: Hungarian Tarokk, public domain 12/11: Cacao, from Phil Walker-Harding, 2015 Spiel des Jahres Recommended 12/12: Piraten Kapern, from Haim Shafir 12/13: Off the Rails, from Andrew Platt, Stuart Platt 12/14: Connect 6, from Professor I-Chen Wu 12/15: Spades, public domain 12/16: Saint Petersburg, from Bernd Brunnhofer, 2004 Spiel des Jahres Nominee 12/17: Cribbage, from Sir John Suckling 12/18: Yokai, from Julien Griffon 12/19: Quantik, from Nouri Khalifa, from Gigamic’s Classic game line 12/20: Nanga Parbat, from Steve Finn 12/21: Oh-Seven, from Alex Weldon 12/22: Bandido, from Martin Nedergaard Andersen 12/23: Concept, from Gaëtan Beaujannot & Alain Rivollet, 2014 SdJ Nominee 12/24: Haiclue, from Will Leaf 12/25: Via Magica, from Paolo Mori, reimplementation of Rise of Augustus 12/26: Martian Dice, from Scott Almes 12/27: Dungeon Roll, from Chris Darden 12/28: Con Sonar!, from Christian Boutin 12/29: Big Time Soccer, from Andrew S. Fischer 12/30: Forbidden Island, from Matt Leacock, 2011 Spiel des Jahres Nominee 12/31: Klaverjassen, public domain @BoardGameArena Patrick Hillier @overthehillier Eric Buscemi @EricBuscemi Charles Hasegwa @charleshasegawa

32 - Patrick and Eric in the Morning - Wolfgang Kramer / Michael Kiesling Recorded 11/22/2020 Patrick El Grande - Wolfgang Kramer, Richard Ulrich Colosseum - Wolfgang Kramer, Markus Lübke 6 nimmt - Wolfgang Kramer Seeland - Günter Burkhardt, Wolfgang Kramer Azul - Michael Kiesling Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra - Michael Kiesling Azul: Summer Pavilion - Michael Kiesling Azul: Crystal Mosaics Vikings - Michael Kiesling Downforce - Rob Daviau, Justin D. Jacobson, Wolfgang Kramer The Palaces of Carrara - Michael Kiesling, Wolfgang Kramer Eric Michael Kiesling: Azul Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra Azul: Summer Pavilion Vikings Wolfgang Kramer: 6 nimmt Seeland El Grande Downforce (restored from Tempo, Kramer’s first published game, which was updated as Top Race, Daytona 500, etc.) Co-designs: Tikal (Mask Trilogy) Java and Mexica Torres  The Palaces of Carrara Haven’t played: Colosseum, Java/Mexica (Kramer) Heaven & Ale (Kieling) Paris (co-design) Website you can play online: http://www.boiteajeux.net/ Torres  http://yucata.de/ El Grande The Palaces of Carrara Torres Vikings Boardgamearena.com 6nimmt, Palaces of Carara    Awards: Kramer Palaces was a SDJ nominee in 2012 El Grande DSJ 1996 Kesiling  Azul 2018 Heaven and Ale nominee 2018 Shared Tikal 1999 Torres 2000  

Patrick & Eric catch up after not recording for a while. This episode was recorded on 9/3/2020 and the last episode on 8/8/2020.  Since the last episode they have been meeting up and playing games virtually such as: Super-Skill Pinball: 4-Cade Clever hoch drei (AKA Ganz schön clever three) Marco Polo (Patrick Won) Topic - House Rules: Sagrada Marrakesh  Isle of Cats Copenhagen Dice Nova Luna Start Player Rules - Patrick's geetlist Who chooses what games to play? @ericbuscemi @ovethehillier www.punchboardmedia.com            

Patrick and Eric return to their designer spotlight series - Reiner Knizia Reiner Knizia Recent Plays My City Tutankhamun Auction Games Ra  Modern Art "Numbers on Art" En Garde Shotten Totten Lost Cities Llama “Reiner Knizia is also criticized that his games are all dry, mathematical affairs, and unfortunately, he can't dodge the bullet completely on this one.” - Some person on BGG How does theme impact his games? Abstracts Ingenious Tigris and Euphrates "Kenizia scoring" i.e. lowest track scores. Misc games Star Trek Expeditions Through The Desert (or Dessert if you eat the camels) Quest of El Dorado Age of War/Risk Express En Garde in detail Awards and nominations - Kinder - Who Was It? Speil - Keltis Co-operative games Lord of the Rings "Remember: When playing a game, the goal is to win, but it is the goal that is important, not the winning..."  

Recorded 7/26/2020 Patrick and Eric discuss Storytelling Games They start off discussing the many different kinds of storytelling games: RPGs  Escape room games  Detective games  Graphic Novel Adventures and Choose Your Own Adventures  Board games with story elements Tales of the Arabian Nights - Agents of Smersh Rory’s Story Cubes Above and Below Near and Far Dead of Winter (the original Crossroads game) Forgotten Waters Games that are so thematic they lend themselves to the players telling stories without overtly having storytelling mechanisms (e.g. Fortune and Glory) - Colosseum

Recorded 6/14/2020 Patrick and Eric reiterate their Black Lives Matter stance   The go on to discuss recent news in the board gaming community. Cards Against Humanity #CAHisOver   Reddit r/boardgames moderators all quit New location is https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgamediscussion/   Boardgamegeek RSP (Religion Sex Politics) Moved to a guild - "harder to find"   GAMA / Origins Online / Origins   @ericbuscemi @overthehillier      

Recorded 5/24/2020   Holiday weekend plans   Quickbread recipe   Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup sugar 2 eggs 2 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 cup milk 1 cup chocolate chips    Directions: Cream together butter and sugar, then add eggs one at a time.    Mix flour and baking powder, then mix with butter-sugar-egg mix alternating with milk. Stir in chocolate chips.   Bake in greased and floured loaf pan or crock at 350F for one hour.   Canceled conventions (as of 6/7/20)   Essen Speil Gencon Geekway BBG at Sea BBG November? Origins (November?) PAX   Virtual Conventions Renegade Portal Origins BGG Online gaming Terraforming Mars Scythe

Recorded 5/2/2020 Patrick and Eric discuss recent on line plays Hawiaii Pompei Tobago Targi  Main show topic is a recent play of Fiasco with Chris Whitpan @gameallniteshow Module: Murder on the Disorent Express Guests: Us, Pep McDonald, BJ of Boardgame Gumbo, Victor Schwartzmiller. Also mentioned is a game of Just one about to be played with other Punch Board Media creators. Fiasco capture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx4K89gNzzA Fiasco https://bullypulpitgames.com/games/fiasco/ Just One Game - https://youtu.be/B8ZlAUv1BFA    

In lieu of playing games lately Patrick & Eric do an Ask Me Anything episode: Music Rolling Stone article on Playing for Change:  Playing for Change website Cooking Instapot Sous Vide Slow Cooker Puzzles  Ravensburger Escape Puzzle - “The Forbidden Basement” LEGO  LEGO Hidden Side - “The Lighthouse of Darkness” Movies/TV Star Wars Twilight Zone/Outer Limits Star Trek: Picard Mindhunter Tiger King Hunters The Boys Comics Iron Man Watchmen The Boys Magic  Penn and Teller: Fool Us Richard Turner Shen Lim Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed 101 Easy to Learn Magic Tricks

Recorded a Granite Game sumit with special guests Daniel Newman, Brandon Rojas, Jason Lees, Christ Michaud, and Jared Hunnefeld. General discussion topic was top 10ish things to do at a convention.

Patrick and Eric in the Morning: Episode 23 - Culling This episode Patrick and Eric discuss latest news and how they chose and cull games from their collection. Recorded 2/29/2020 Getting ready for Granite Game Summit Plaid Hat News What inspires you to cull? What do you cull? How do you cull? Give it away to charity Give it to friends  Math trade Selling at a VFM Do you pay BGG?

This episode Patrick and Eric discuss favorite games played in 2019.  Recorded 2/2/2020 Dedication Patrick - 2019 and new to me Illusion - 2018 Circle the Wagons (2017) NTM Jamaica (NTM) Quacks (2018) Mall Madness (1989) Slide Quest (2019) Era (2019) Just One (2018) Horrified (2019) Patrick’s Game of the Year Honorable Mention Snail Sprint Wingspan Eric Copenhagen Exceed: Street Fighter Silver and Gold Point Salad Escape Plan Roam Taverns of Tiefenthal SHŌBU Tiny Towns  Cartographers Honorable Mention Lockup: A Roll Player Tale Quirky Circuits Megacity Oceania Granite Game Summit https://www.granitegamesummit.com/ @ericbuscemi @overthehillier www.punchboardmedia.com

Episode 21 - Patrick and Eric discuss their favorite games beyond 500 in the BGG rankings.   Christmas Gifts Villainous Parks / Trekking the National Parks   Patrick and Eric Hidden gems over 500 on the BGG listing   Game Rank Get Bit! 2159 Crystal Clans 2210 Pastiche 1364 Longhorn 2077 La Boca 1200 Custom Heroes 1681 The Great Heartland Hauling Co. 1170 Artifacts Inc. 1135 Arctic Scavengers 1127 Odin’s Ravens (2nd ed) 1076 The Golden Ages 849 Ulm   929 Sid Meier's Civilization: A New Dawn 670 2017 Dice Town 796 Honshu 792 The Pursuit of Happiness 646 Hawaii 630 Adrenaline 617 Ex Libris 613   Scott Nicolson Pillars of the Earth bit https://youtu.be/Lv-Q1S_ToaE   Granite Game Summit https://www.granitegamesummit.com/   @ericbuscemi @overthehillier www.punchboardmedia.com

Patrick and Eric in the Morning Episode 20 - Dexterity Games Recorded 12/1/19   Knives Out banter   Classic Operation Topple   Flicking/Throwing PitchCar Coconuts Ice Cool Crokinole Flip Ships Table is Lava Flick Em Up Mars Open   Stacking/Balancing/Building Junk Art Rhino Hero / Rhino Hero: Super Battle Riff Raff Hamsterole Rock me Archimedes Catch the Moon Meeple Circus Brick Party   Removing Jenga Tok Tok Woodman   Manipulating Fold It Slide Quest Shaky Manor Chopstick Mega Dexterity Challenge 3000 Flying Sushi Kitchen Maze Racers Loopin Chewie KLASK Drop It   Drawing Looney Quest/Doodle Quest Obligatory: Carcassonne Catapult mention, Coaster Park  

Episode 19 - Solo games recorded 11/9  Purely Solo Friday Pentaquark Deep Space D-6 Hostage Negotiator Coffee Roaster Saashi (Stronghold reprinting) Should only be played solo SOS Titanic Sprawlopolis Nemo’s War One Deck Dungeon Cooperative games (per Eric) — Burgle Bros The Game Solo Designers Shadi Torbey: Onirim Castellion Sylvion Nautilion Aerion Todd Sanders: Aether Captains The Draugr Pulp Detective Mr. Cabbagehead Can be played Solo Roll and Writes Rolling America Ganz Schon Clever Welcome to Dino World Exit, Unlock Games (see episode 6) Cooperative games (per Patrick) Spirit Island Terraforming Mars Clank! - with App Viva Java Dice Scarabya NMBR9 Not great (not bad games just bad solo versions) Spell Smashers Star Trek: The Dice Game — reimplemented as Astroforce Sagrada

This episode is an audio capture of a recent appearance of Patrick and Eric on BJ's Boardgame Gumbo Facebook live talk show. https://www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo/

Episode 17 Patrick & Eric discuss favorite and less than ideal board game expansions. Board Game Gumbo upcoming show www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo Tuesday 10/29/19 at 9:30 EST. Meeple Overboard sent out a tweet asking for your top 5 expansions. Their response was that they had only played one of mine - so I guess we need to talk about them here.   Discuss Extensions vs Expansions, Expand alone (such as Ticket to Ride Europe) Patrick: Power Grid: any map. More of the best game ever. Pandemic: On the Brink added roles & play modes. Ticket to Ride: USA 1910. Bigger cards & more routes Flash Point: Fire Rescue Urban Structures & 2nd Story. More options & characters & tokens. Lord of Vegas UP Wits and Wagers - Vegas playmat - expands  Wits & Wagers Party  Eric: Marvel: Legendary -- Most of them, as the base game is FAR too easy without any of the expansion masterminds. Jamaica: The Crew -- Actually makes the game easier to teach as it simplifies the treasures. Raiders of the North Sea: Hall of Heroes -- Love the addition of the mead hall, great for adding a little extra to the game. Sprawlopolis: Beaches -- Love the added spatial restrictions and that it makes the city a bit bigger. Lords of Waterdeep: Scoundrels of Skullport -- Basically, the blueprint for how to make a good expansion. Adds interesting decisions without adding too much complexity and very little rules overhead. Clank -- New maps are great if you play a lot. Keeps the game from getting stale. Summoner Wars -- But this gets away from the true meaning of expansions, as any two factions play standalone. This is more of the serialized LCG content model. Mixed Bag: Kingdomino: Age of Giants -- Like the additional scoring bonuses, meh on the actual Giants King of Tokyo: Power Up -- Yay, the monsters are now all unique! Boo, now some of them seem much stronger than others! Carcassonne: The Catapult - stupid fun El Grande - King and Intrigue are for experienced players only Dislike: 7 Wonders: Leaders -- I don’t feel this adds enough to the game to justify the extra draft in the beginning of the game. Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Secrets -- I love the base game, but it doesn’t need this extra stuff. Tracking swans isn’t adding fun to the game. Can't Stop: Rolling down the highway - why does this need to exist? Francis Tresham memorial

Patrick & Eric started to talk about expansions but quickly veered off into discussion about Kickstarter and other topics.  Recorded on 10/5/19.   CMON https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cmon/cmon-time-machine   Legends of Sleepy Hollow https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dicehateme/legends-of-sleepy-hollow/description   Campaign update - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dicehateme/legends-of-sleepy-hollow/posts/2627484   Giga-Robo https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2115086518/giga-robo/description   Sovereign Skies https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deepwatergames/sovereign-skies-0/description   Kickstarter CEO Statement https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a35jpg/heres-what-the-ceo-of-kickstarter-said-to-creators-about-firing-union-organizers   Loanshark Games comments http://lonesharkgames.com/2019/10/02/lone-shark-games-statement-about-kickstarter/   Cleopatra and the Society of Architects https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mojitostudios/cleopatra-and-the-society-of-architects   Scott King Calendar https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/th3rdworld/2020-gaming-calendar   Pododplege https://www.podpledge.com/home   KOFI https://ko-fi.com/   Wavelength  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alxhague/wavelength/description   Puzzlebitz https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/flyingsheep/breaking-kickstarter-puzzle-blitz   Break Kickstarter: Soup! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/th3rdworld/break-kickstarter-soup   Bag of Spiders https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamegeekninja/break-kickstarter-bag-of-spiders-8-games-of-spider-y-fun/description Tower by the Warden https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brokenrulergames/the-tower-2   Wendy’s RPG https://www.feastoflegends.com/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=feastoflegends   Eric: @ericbuscemi Patrick: @overthehillier www.punchboardmedia.com

Recorded 09/07/2019 - Patrick & Eric discuss their favorite two player games. Met the listener Nathan Boster Favorites Targi Patchwork Akrotiri Lost Cities Lost Cities (Rivals) actually 2-4 Star Realms Ascension (1-4 per BGG) Jaipur Cribbage   Two-Player Versions of Existing Games   7 Wonders Duel Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small Imhotep Duel Kingdomino Duel Codenames Duet Bohnanza: The Duel   Direct Conflict Games Magic the Gathering Summoner Wars Dice Masters Star Wars: Destiny Pixel Tactics Exceed Battle Con   Abstract Othello (or Reversi?) Chess Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) Go    The Duke War Chest Hive (made of phenolic resin ie Bakelite) Onitama SHOBU Tak Santorini Asymmetrical   Android: Netrunner Skulk Hollow Fugitive Mr. Jack / Pocket Getaway Driver Raptor   Card Games Fox in the Forest Fox in the Forest Duet (upcoming cooperative version) Circle the Wagons Ahead in the Clouds Sprawlopolis Herotech   Epic Hollandspiele Interview mentioned  Twilight Struggle Star Wars X-wing/Armada/Rebellion (2-4) Star Trek Fleet Captains (2-4)   Asymmetrical Android NetRunner Skulk Hollow  Mr. Jack Blood of an Englishmen The Ravens of Thri Sahashri  Getaway Driver Raptor   Hidden Gems Morels Longhorn En Guard (Eric needs to play) Odin’s Ravens

Patrick and Eric return to discuss Roll and Write, Rando Writers, or Flipp and Fills whatever you may call them. Games discussed Spare Time Bowling Yahtzee Scattergories Pictionary Qwixx Ganz schön clever Dizzle (Brandon Kempf review mentioned) Tag City Avenue / Kokoro: Avenue of the Kodama Welcome To… Chroma Cubes Rolled West Clip Cut Parks 30 Rails Railroad Ink Castles of Burgundy the Dice Game La Granja: No Siesta Corinth Imperial Settlers Kingdomino Dice Game Copenhagen: Roll & Write Brikks Bloxx Pentathlon (link to Dale Yu’s write up) Rolling Japan/America Qwinto Knapp Daneben! (Close to the Mark!) Criss Cross (jump jump)  

Flashback episode with the return of: Rory's Story Cubes Jamie Maltman The Valiant Variant by Carl & Ali Vs Spencer Kellis That Thing With by Chad McCallum The Spotlight On Segment by Eric Buscemi

Patrick & Eric recap their trip to Origins 2019 focusing on hits and misses as a follow up to their preview issue 011. Patrick Hit: Rolled West Miss: Naga Raja Eric: Hit: Copenhagen Miss: Letter Jam Demo Patrick Hit: Slide Quest Miss: Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein Eric: Hit: Lockup: A Roll Player Tale Miss: Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein Shared hit. Semi-regular Power Grid - Brazilian Map with Jon and Emily Detmer and Daniel Newman. Patrick's Power Grid blog Eric's Origin's Recap 

In episode 12 - Patrick and Eric talk about what they do when they host a game day.  Everything from invites, to snacks to of course what games to play.

Episode 11 the Origins Preview Recorded on 6/8/19 Games discussed: Pipeline 7 Souls Lanterns Dice: Lights in the Sky Lockup: A Roll Player Tale Dead Man's Cabal The Few and Cursed The Refuge: Terror from the Deep Copenhagen Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein UBOOT: The Board Game Oceans Dark Domains In the Hall of the Mountain King Imaginarium Die Tavernen im Tiefen Thal Homebrewers Medium LOTS: A Competitive Tower Building Game Letter Jam Snail Sprint! Giant Rhino Hero Rival Networks Mississippi Queen Punchboard Media Meetup - Friday at 9:30 in the Unpub Room A123 - A125 Find out more about Origins at our Cubist Appearance https://youtu.be/xapCi6QNoDQ @ovethehillier Thur AM-Sunday @ericbuscemi Wed-Saturday PM

Patrick and Eric start of some spoiler talk about Avengers:Endgame - skip to 8:02 or so to miss this part.   They they talk about growing up and playing games with their mothers and current gaming with their kids and their mothers.

Patrick & Erick continue their discussion of their trip to the Granite Game Summit in Nashua, NH Saturday Lords of Vegas Tag City Quacks Seeland Tokyo Highway Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig Qwirkle Just One Sunday 5 minutes dungeon Rococo

Patrick and Eric discuss a recent trip to Granite Game Summit board game convention in Nashua, NH. Part one of two.   Games Discussed: Cribbage Piepmatz Chai War Chest Handsome Jamaica Cleopatra and the Society of Architects Burgle  Bros High Rise Vikings Kings Cribbage Las Vegas The Magnificent Race

Patrick & Eric use Sturgeon's Law that 90% of everything is crap to talk about just about everything but board games.

Glen discusses errata; Seal Team Flicks, Whistle Stop, and Pandemic Anniversary Edition. Joshua discusses heavy hitters he is excited for in 2019. Age of Steam Deluxe, On Mars, Snowdownia Master Set, Escape Plan, Pax Premier, Alubari: A Nice Cup of Tea, Roads and Boats reprint, Food Chain Magnate Ketchup Expansion, Dominant Species: Marine  Chad returns discussing his thoughts on Gen 7.

Patrick and Eric chat about the holidays and then move on to the different types of escape room in a box style games they have played.

Patrick and Eric discuss trips to Florida and IP (intellectual properties) used in board games.

Issue no.4 The Sweet Spot with Glenn Flaherty :20 Glob Lobbers Steve Jackson Games The Eric Booth Rants and Reviews 3:18 Sprawlopolis The App Segment with Patrick Hillier 7:21 Old Gamer Talk Talisman The News Segement with Eric Buscemi 19:50 Game Announcements Eurazo Sale NSKN & Boards & Dice Merger CMON Financial News Digital Board Game Announcements FFG Keyforge Recalls Table Top, The Industry with Cassie Elle 24:12 The Publisher The Thing with That Is with Chad McCallum 33:06 Discover: Lands Unknown Heavy Hitters with Joshua Acosta 42:13 Tales of the Northlands: The Sagas of Noggin the Nog Spice It Up with BJ Rozas 52:02 Top 6 Games - The Envie List Fin 1:00:59

Join Patrick and Eric as they discuss Online Gaming! The good, the bad and the ugly.

Intro :18   Spice it Up with BJ Rozas 1:12 Jason Dinger Captains of the Gulf   Patrick Hillier 11:16 KitschCon   Jamie Maltman 21:46 Great Western Trail: Rails to the North   The Sweet Spot with Glenn Flaherty 29:40 Asynchronous Games   Notes from the Editor, Brandon Kempf 33:10 Essen Spiel Board Game Glut   Eric Booth’s Rants and Reviews 36:44 The Board Game Bag from Board Game Tables https://boardgametables.myshopify.com/products/board-game-bag   The News with Eric Buscemi 42:05 Matt Riddle   The Thing With That Is with Chad McCallum 50:57 Deduction Games Detective A Modern Crime Board Games   Heavy Hitters with Joshua Acosta 57:54 Tramways Engineer’s Workbook   End 1:07:05

Want to know more about Essen Spiel 2018? Well our Chris Wray is over in Germany and he's finding out about all the new hotness in board gaming that we'll be searching out. Join him for a run down of what he's seen this year at Essen so far. 

Join Patrick and Eric as they discuss secret agents and casual games. 

The Shuffle Issue no.2 Intro and Thoughts from the Editor The Board Game News with Eric Buscemi 3:16 Z-Man Games Pandemic Fall of Rome Reprints Yggdrasil, Mississippi Queen & Camel Up App releases Stockpile, Rajas of the Ganges, Eminent Domain Eagle Gryphon changes the name of Infamous to Maniacal Gaming Near and Around Small Children with Cassadi Thomas 6:41 Buckeye Game Fest   Flow of History   Chris and Brandon 12:00 Top 5 Gateway Games of the last 5 years Eric Booth’s Rants & Reviews 25:10   End of the Trail   The Dreaded Seven with Glenn Flaherty 30:32   Ethnos   Story Time with Netters by Annette Villa 34:03   Kanban   The Thing With That Is with Chad McCallum 41:50   Root   Learning From and Through Board Games with Jamie Maltman 47:30 Legacy & Campaign Games with the family Old Game APPreciation with Patrick Hillier 56:50   San Juan Race for the Galaxy   Spice It Up with BJ Rozas 1:02:48 Sandbox Games   Western Legends   Tabletop The Industry with Cassie Elle 1:09:38 Designing Science Featurette with Joshua Acosta 1:18:00   Bee Lives   https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/580070528/bee-lives-we-will-only-know-summer?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=Bee%20Lives End 1:26:14