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Episode 583: Top Rated Open Drafting Games Episode release date is June 18, 2025   Show Notes   This week we are concluding our discussion of open drafting games. This episode we will be picking out games off the top Open Drafting Games, some games we missed and some we don't own.   Intro of Meeple Nation The World's Most Okayest Podcast Web Page Links to Episodes SaltPOD: A SaltCON Podcast Bios Email us at MeepleNation@gmail.com Patreon Instagram @meeplenation Facebook Meeple Nation Facebook Group Meeple Nation Off Air X Meeple Nation Discord Meeple Nation Become a Chanameeple   Sponsorship Game Toppers  SaltCON   Meeple Nation Gaming Highlights (Highlight-Thirty) Nathan Living Forest Siege of Rundar, Game I could not remember The Guild of Merchant Explores Andy D&D 5.5 Japanese Setting In board game mechanics, open drafting is a specific type of drafting where players take turns selecting items (like cards, tiles, dice, or tokens) from a shared, visible pool of options. To touch on the key points again. Open Drafting and Market games will have a lot of overlap. Key Characteristics of Open Drafting: Shared Pool: There's a central display or common area where all the items available for selection are laid out. Visibility: All players can see all the available options in the pool at all times. This is the defining feature of "open" drafting. Turn-Based Selection: Players take turns choosing and taking one or more items from this shared pool. Once an item is taken, it's removed from the pool (or sometimes replaced immediately, depending on the game). Strategic Interaction: Because everyone can see what's available and what others are taking, open drafting encourages a high level of player interaction and strategic depth. Players aren't just thinking about what they need for their own strategy, but also: "Hate Drafting": Taking an item that might not be optimal for you, but is crucial for an opponent's strategy, thereby "denying" them that piece. This can be a friendly jab or a crucial tactical move. Anticipation: Trying to predict what other players will take on their turns based on their visible boards or strategies. Adapting: Adjusting your own plans if a key item you wanted is taken by an opponent. How it Differs from Other Drafting Types: The main contrast to open drafting is closed drafting (often called "pick-and-pass" or "hand drafting"): Closed Drafting: Players typically receive a hand of cards (or a set of items) and select one (or more) to keep, then pass the rest of their hand to the next player.  The key difference is that the pool of options available to the next player is unknown until they receive the new hand. Players don't see the full communal pool; they only see their current hand. Top Rated Open Drafting Games Dune: Imperium Dune: Imperium - Uprising Railways of the World Concordia Concordia Venus Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West Food Chain Magnate Everdell Lost Ruins of Arnak The Gallerist Clank! Clank! Legacy Clank! Catacombs Clank! In! Space! Dominion Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game Wingspan Wyrmspan Harmonies Star Realms Lisboa Cascadia Endeavor: Age of Sail Endeavor: Deep Sea Mage Knight: Ultimate Edition Mage Knight: Board Game Space Base Tyrants of the Underdark Games not Mentioned Ark Nova Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization The Castles of Burgundy 7 Wonders Duel The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth Pax Pamir: Second Edition Anachrony Blood Rage Obsession Paladins of the West Kingdom Mechs vs Minions The White Castle Azul Revive Aeon's End El Grande Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization Splendor Duel Architect of the West Kingdom The Quest for El Dorado Lorenzo il Magnifico Mombasa Patchwork Trajan Wonderland's War Aeon's End: War Eternal ISS Vanguard Targi Res Arcana Alchemist Ticket to Ride: Europe The Isle of Cats Undaunted: Normandy Planet Unknown Kemet Jaipur Forest Shuffle Welcome To… Meadow Sagrada Star Wars: Deck Building Game Azul: Summer Pavilion

Brendan shares his thoughts about games with scripted openings and their effect on gameplay. Join us, won't you?Concordia (2013)Which games have the most heavily-scripted openings?Chess (1475)Puerto Rico 1897 (2022)Barrage (2019)Food Chain Magnate (2015)Brass: Birmingham (2018)7 Wonders (2010)What experience have you had with scripted openings? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

Brendan shares his thoughts about games with scripted openings and their effect on gameplay. Join us, won't you?Concordia (2013)Which games have the most heavily-scripted openings?Chess (1475)Puerto Rico 1897 (2022)Barrage (2019)Food Chain Magnate (2015)Brass: Birmingham (2018)7 Wonders (2010)What experience have you had with scripted openings? Share your thoughts over on boardgamegeek in guild #3269.

The boys recap the Christmas season, and talk about some cool Lego sets they built. Paul 'gifted' Drew his old PS5 and Drew still can't understand the UI. For his Birthday, Paul taught Drew and his friends how to play "Food Chain Magnate" and they talk a little about the game. Drew watches a movie that Paul previously mentioned, and now he wants more of it. Paul is playing the not-Mass Effect "Dragon Age: The Vielguard" and Drew is playing some modern takes on the "Resident Evil" franchise. Paul makes a breakthrough with the Swift programming language. Recorded 1/3/24 Show links: Lego Bumblebee Lego JAWS Lego Notre Dame de Paris Sony Pulse Elite Food Chain Magnate (BGG) "The Batman" (2022) "The Batman" Deleted Scene - Arkham (2022) Resident Evil 4 Remake (2023) Resident Evil: The Village Swift Concurrency by Example

Clef and Tim ring in the New Year talking about the good things and bad with online gaming. Recent plays include Food Chain Magnate, The Great Zimbabwe, Age of Steam, and Nucleum. Join the discord here to get ready for the Winter Formal starting January 10, 2025! Come play some online games!! https://discord.gg/s8hYtWkMS3

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you find this podcast! Episode 176 - Recent Plays Arcs, Food Chain, and the $%@! List It's a what we talk about episode on progression and the two ways it shows up in board games -- progression through games and progression in games. Decisionaughts, let's rock! Games Mentioned Arcs, Food Chain Magnate, Marabunta, El Grande, Veil of Eternity, My City, and Wavelength.   Pre-Planners Tikal, More Design Problems, and Azul Summer Pavillion   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 162 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Drafting, Part One Brendan is back in the saddle, and we settle down to part one in a two (or more) part series on drafting in board games. This episode is specifically on drafting as a mechanism and how this common mechanism shows up in games. It's a mechanism survey folks. Sound the alarm!  Pre-Planners Ticket To Ride, Food Chain Magnate, Taverns of Tiefenthal, Quantum   Timestamps Intro - 0:00 Drafting - 4:08 Blood Rage, Ark Nova,  Booster Draft/Magic the Gathering - 14:00 Grid Drafting/Sobek for 2 Players - 18:52 Push Your Luck Drafting/Coloretto/Kanagawa/Circus Flocati - 22:06 Winston Draft - 28:15 Memory in Drafting - 31:35 I Cut You Choose/Wingspan/ - 36:00 Variable Set Up Drafting/Agricola/Age of Innovation/Catan/Findorff - 40:55 Entwined Drafting/Cascadia - 46:03 Player Arranged Drafting/Kingdomino/Arboretum/Enchanged Plumes  - 48:15 Solitaire Drafting/Challengers! - 55:06 Card Row Drafting/Star Reals/Robot Quest Arena - 57:21            Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 161 - Pete's Back! Gamers Ranch Recent Plays Pete Wissinger is back, and he and Jake are talking about recent plays at a magical trip to Gamers Ranch. We talk about Dune Imperium: Uprising, Blob Party (Jake's play of the weekend), Schadenfreude, Robot Quest Arena, and Three Ring Circus. Sit back and enjoy decisionaughts!   Pre-Planners Ticket To Ride, Food Chain Magnate, Taverns of Tiefenthal, Quantum   Timestamps Intro - 0:00 Gamers Ranch - 2:46 Dune Imperium Uprising - 9:51 Blob Party - 16:36 Schadenfreude - 24:58 Robot Quest Arena - 34:34 Three Ring Circus - 41:05            Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 160 - Bunny Kingdom This week we discuss Bunny Kingdom! We talk about the benefits of the visual representation of the deck via the board grid, the fact that scoring kind of seems like a drag, and a ton about the strategic implications of various cards. We hope you take flight with us on this week's journey aboard the Interdecisional Spaceship.    Pre-Planners Ticket To Ride, Food Chain Magnate, Taverns of Tiefenthal   Timestamps Intro - 0:00 Ratings and Review - 2:26 Game Background - 6:55 Rules Overview - 14:50 Deep Dive - 16:35   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 159 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Scoring Logistics Scoring logistics, the way the game facilitates scoring sometimes feels like an afterthought. At least, it isn't often at the forefront of game reviews and criticism. This week, Brendan and Jake dig into this perhaps overlooked aspect of board games and you can listen to what they talk about.   Games Mentioned El Grande, Ticket to Ride, Babylonia, Challengers, Patchwork, Jaipur, Hey That's My Fish, Dominion, Modern Art, Zoo Vadis, Cascadia, and more,   Pre-Planners Ticket To Ride, Bunny Kingdom, Food Chain Magnate, Taverns of Tiefenthal   Timestamps Intro - 0:00 Scoring Logistics - 5:47   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 158 - What We're Playing with Pete Wissinger Pete Wissinger stops by the interdecisional spaceship to talk with Jake and Brendan about some games that he's been playing lately, and wouldn't you know it, we've been playing some games too! Pete is an up and coming game designer with a love for Tricktaking games. You can find his top 25 trick taking game list, right here: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/318000/my-top-25-trick-taking-climbing-shedding-games   Pre-Planners Ticket To Ride, Bunny Kingdom, Food Chain Magnate, Taverns of Tiefenthal   Timestamps Intro - 0:00 Next Station London - 3:55 Dracula vs. Van Helsing - 10:00 Sea Salt & Paper - 17:15 Quantum - 19:52 Faraway - 28:45 Charms - 34:40 Imperium: Legends - 42:26 Hamburg - 53:25 My Island - 56:50 Age of Innovation - 1:02:30     Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 157 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Learning Plays Holy animal meeple, it's back to back what we talk about episodes. This time Jake and Brendan talk all about learning plays. Jake gets a little confused half way through, but Brendan is there to help way find for the Interdecisional Spaceship. Enjoy!   Pre-Planners Ticket To Ride, Bunny Kingdom, Food Chain Magnate, Taverns of Tiefenthal   Games Mentioned Pipeline Chess Cascadia Dominion Torres Raiders of the North Sea Codenames Ra Sushi Go Great Western Trail Barrage Heat Pandemic Bunny Kingdom 7 Wonders Azul Keyflower Blue Lagoon  Quantum Architects of the West Kingdom In the Year of the Dragon Broom Service BattleCon Go Imperial 2030 KeyForge Findorff Age of Innovation   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 156 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Player Interaction Jake has a lot on his mind after some recent turbulence at his weekly game night. The culprit? Player interaction. The result is this episode. Brendan and Jake talk for an hour about all forms of player interaction, invent a new quadrant to map types of player interaction, and hopefully provide some therapeutic listening to the Interdecisional Spaceship passengers who have also been on the wrong side of a board game beat down.   Pre-Planners Ticket To Ride, Bunny Kingdom, Food Chain Magnate, Taverns of Tiefenthal   Games Mentioned Yahtzee, Ticket to Ride, Zoo Vadis, Pipeline, Castles of Burgundy, Tigris & Euphrates, Keyflower, El Grande, The Resistance   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 155 - The Resistance At long last, we are deep diving the resistance the first and only social deduction game we've covered on this podcast. Because the game is so different from other things we've covered, you should expect a different kind of conversation. You can trust me y'all. Seriously, please trust me!   Pre-Planners Ticket To Ride, Food Chain Magnate, Taverns of Tiefenthal?? Timestamps    Intro - 0:00 Ratings and Reviews - 2:06 Game Background- 4:47 Rules Overview - 8:45 Resistance Deep Dive - 10:07 Avalon - 52:22 Quest - 54:52   Other Games Mentioned Yahtzee   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 154 - Roll and Write Trying something new here. This week we explore not, not two, but all of the roll and write games. That's right, we're taking on the whole roll and write genre. What types of decisions are found in these games, what does the genre do well, and maybe what is better left served by other core mechanisms? We hope you enjoy this episode, fellow decisionaughts!   Pre-Planners Ticket To Ride, Food Chain Magnate, Taverns of Tiefenthal?? Timestamps    Intro - 0:00 Defining Roll and Write - 2:07 Castles of Burgundy - 5:02 Twilight Inscription/Hadrian's Wall - 6:09 Get on Board - 9:04 My City - 9:37 Can't Stop - 10:59 Types of Roll and Write Games - 12:22 Welcome To - 12:36  Next Station: London - 13:07 Qwixx/Twenty-One - 14:04 Cartographers/Railroad Ink/Trails of Tucana - 16:16 Ganz Schon Clever - 24:16 Rajas of the Ganges Dice Charmers/Three Sisters/Fleet - 25:41 Rolling Realms - 30:49   Other Games Mentioned Yahtzee   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 153 - Jake Played 19 Games at Geekway Mini I played 19 games this weekend at Geekway Mini and I'm still tired, BUT I couldn't be more excited to share my amazing weekend with the rest of the crew and passengers aboard the Interdecisional Spaceship. TSpecial shoutout to Luke, Jared, Tyler, William, Keenan, and Bridget for all the great games.   Pre-Planners Ticket To Ride, Food Chain Magnate, Taverns of Tiefenthal?? Timestamps    Intro - 0:00 Main Topic - 7:07 Bruxelles 1897 - 7:15 Mini Express - 15:13 Santiago - 20:10 Heat - 26:17 Fun Facts - 28:12 Challengers Beach Cup - 31:37 Coimbra -  34:49 Lords of Vegas - 39:54 Dune 47:22 Tricky Time Crisis - 58:29 Lunar - 59:56 Resistance - 1:01:18 Doodle Dash - 1:02:35 Torres - 1:05:39 Moon 1:06:58 Sol: Last Days of a Star - 1:11:12 Summer Treasures/Circus Flohcati - 1:13:11 Smartphone Inc. - 1:16:00 Other Games Mentioned Patchwork, Moon, Magic: the Gathering   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 152 - Planet Unknown The Interdecisional Spaceship blasts off for the first deep dive of 2024. This week we cover Planet Unknown, designed by Ryan Lambert, Adam Rehberg. This game is a mess... but we kind of love it for that. Listen in to a great discussion on why that is in this week's episode of DECISION SPACE SPACE SPACE.   Pre-Planners Ticket To Ride, Food Chain Magnate, Taverns of Tiefenthal?? Timestamps    Intro - 0:00 Ratings and Reviews - 5:28 Game Background - 8:12 Rules Overview - 11:25 Deep Dive - 13:23 Other Games Mentioned Patchwork, Moon, Magic: the Gathering   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

It's the second leg of the grand tour that is the top fifty. This week, we're doing our 40th to 31st favourite games ... of all time! It's almost like Christmas just keeps going! Grab a glass of sherry and join us by the fire, we're not about to stop any time soon. 01:21 - Neilan #40 - Bus 03:52 - Mark #40 - Panic on Wall Street! 05:38 - Kellen #40 - Pax Porfiriana 08:56 - Neilan #39 - In the Year of the Dragon 10:33 - Mark #39 - Ark Nova 12:04 - Kellen #39 - Seas of Strife 14:55 - Neilan #38 - Inis 16:29 - Mark #38 - Hanabi 18:19 - Kellen #38 - Codenames 19:59 - Neilan #37 - Iberian Gauge 21:43 - Mark #37 - Anomia 24:26 - Kellen #37 - Food Chain Magnate 26:33 - Neilan #36 - Codenames 27:32 - Mark #36  - Lords of Vegas 28:53 - Kellen #36 - Rumble Nation 30:26 - Neilan #35 - Azul 31:19 - Mark #35 - Dungeon Fighter 33:35 - Kellen #35 - Wind the Film! / Photograph 35:47 - Neilan #34 - Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy 38:01 - Mark #34 - Tycoon: India 1981 40:39 - Kellen #34 - Square on Sale 42:26 - Neilan #33 - Werewords 44:06 - Mark #33 - Genoa 45:29 - Kellen #33 - Imperial 2030 47:19 - Neilan #32 - Twice as Clever! 48:35 - Mark #32 - Merkator 50:55 - Kellen #32 - Cockroach Poker 52:33 - Neilan #31 - Kemet 53:29 - Mark #31 - Blue Lagoon 54:56 - Kellen #31 - Bruges Send us topic ideas at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/topics Check out our wiki at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/wiki Join the discussion at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/discord Join our Facebook group at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/facebook Get a Board Game Barrage T-shirt at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/store

Joel and Nick of the Devon Dice team went to Gridcon 4 Hosted by Paul Grogan of Gaming Rules Media. and had a fab time playing lots of games and meeting friends. find out what they did, here, on the podcast. Enjoy! QuickNews Asmodee Jobs losses Crowdfunding Live Now Food Chain Magnate: Special Edition - how much?! Wildlife Dice  DCeased - A Zombicide Game compared to Marvel Zombies - A Zombicide Game Coming Soon New World Wonders expansion: World Wonders Mundo Mistborn deck builder Played Games Joel Friday The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition The White Castle Bark Avenue Cabanga! The Glade Just One (while shoving food down)  WW2 Quartermaster General Blood on the Clocktower Saturday Planta Nubo EOS: Island of Angels Kabuto Sumo Art Society Perseverance Episode 3 Sunday Marvel Zombies: A Zombicide Game Djinn Ticket to Ride Legacy (home) Nick Friday: The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition Age of Steam: Vesuvius Playtest Bark Avenue Cabanga! Bridge City Poker Snowdonia: Deluxe Master Set - Isle of Wight (from prototype Grand Tour expansion) Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles – Episode 1 Saturday: Age of Steam: Italy EOS: Island of Angels Age of Steam: Vesuvius Playtest Tiletum Apiary Sunday: Marvel Zombies: A Zombicide Game Djinn Ways you can engage or contact the show Here is the link to our discord channel Devon Dice https://discord.gg/ma7Z4Jvv2z Find us on Twitter @DevonDiceUK, Facebook page, BGG Guild Find us on @DepressedMonk3y @The_BreweryTour @meeplescorner @njshaw2   Our web page www.devondice.co.uk Youtube - DevonDiceUK please like subscribe to our channel https://youtube.com/@DevonDice devondice2015@gmail.com

With major publishers now putting content restrictions in print about what subjects players may or may not talk about during the game, the guys examine how we got here and why or why not dictating content is acceptable.  Hint: It's not.  The news brings Bert another surreal not-quite-horse moment about how nuts some segments of the hobby have become.  Lastly, the gang talks about what might make an excellent gift to "lure" a new player to the table!   ----more---- Don't forget to get your Gatekeeping Is Good shirt on Amazon! Support the show and hold that door! https://amzn.to/3R60vt3   ----more---- The News: You want to sleep with... what?!? Food Chain Magnate redux!!! WotC's stealth edits, class bloat, and their exposed sexism. ----more---- Episode Sponsors and Affiliates: Crud Forge Studios: https://shop.crudforge.com/ Shop Amazon and Support the Show: https://amzn.to/3djotja *We earn a small commission for each purchase at no additional cost to you!

Welcome to episode 49! We kick off the episode with a few games we've been playing lately. Then to continue in the spirit of Halloween, we share some horror movie ideas from board games. Hope you enjoy! Games we've been playing lately: Cthulhu: Death May Die - 00:01:41 Wizards of the Grimoire - 00:06:46 Court of the Dead: Mourner's Call - 00:11:58 Horror Movie Summaries (based on the following board games) - 00:25:28 Obsession, Imperial Steam, Dungeon Lords, Spirit Island, Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra, ICECOOL, Codenames, Cerebria, Carcassonne, Acquire, Apiary, Ticket to Ride (Alvin & Dexter), Nyctophobia, Food Chain Magnate, Animal Upon Animal Outtakes - 01:09:55 Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/F4kX3Faxxf  Other links, please subscribe: https://linktr.ee/Longestturn Support us on Buy Me a Coffee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast!  Episode 141 - Catching Up   We didn't prepare for this episode at all! Without time to create a full fat episode of Decision Space, Jake and Brendan hop on the mic to catch up with eachother on what has been going on over the past few weeks. We invite you to listen in. Topics include Jake's vacation, the games we've squeezed in, TV shows, and Stonemaier Design Day. Enjoy and we will see you next week for an episode we've actually prepared for.    Pre-Planners New to the list Taverns of Tiefenthal! Santa Monica, Food Chain Magnate, and social deduction games et. al remain in our backlog. Santa Monica will likely be the next deep dive we do!   Timestamps    Intro - 0:00 Can Games Be Scary - 3:50  Can't Stop - 11:35 Zombie Dice - 12:36 Jenga - 13:00 Dread (RPG) - 15:33 Pandemic/Pandemic Legacy - 16:59 The Princes of Florence - 18:10 Incan Gold/Diamont - 20:37 Clockwork Wars - 21:42 Hidden Movement (Fury of Dracula, Letters from Whitechappel, Beast) - 23:46 Star Wars Rebellion - 25:11 Codenames - 25:32 The Resistance - 27:01 Spooktacular - 33:25 Broom Service - 33:47 Mysterium/Mysterium Park - 35:35 The Mind - 37:45 Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition - 41:45 Return to Dark Tower - 43:55 The Hunger - 48:04 Social Deduction (Werewolf, Blood on the Clocktower, Deception: Murder in Hongkong, etc.) - 50:20 Arkham Horror: The Living Card Game - 51:10 Alice is Missing - 53:33   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast!  Episode 141 - Catching Up   We didn't prepare for this episode at all! Without time to create a full fat episode of Decision Space, Jake and Brendan hop on the mic to catch up with eachother on what has been going on over the past few weeks. We invite you to listen in. Topics include Jake's vacation, the games we've squeezed in, TV shows, and Stonemaier Design Day. Enjoy and we will see you next week for an episode we've actually prepared for.    Pre-Planners New to the list Taverns of Tiefenthal! Santa Monica, Food Chain Magnate, and social deduction games et. al remain in our backlog. Santa Monica will likely be the next deep dive we do!   Timestamps    Intro - 0:00 Can Games Be Scary - 3:50  Can't Stop - 11:35 Zombie Dice - 12:36 Jenga - 13:00 Dread (RPG) - 15:33 Pandemic/Pandemic Legacy - 16:59 The Princes of Florence - 18:10 Incan Gold/Diamont - 20:37 Clockwork Wars - 21:42 Hidden Movement (Fury of Dracula, Letters from Whitechappel, Beast) - 23:46 Star Wars Rebellion - 25:11 Codenames - 25:32 The Resistance - 27:01 Spooktacular - 33:25 Broom Service - 33:47 Mysterium/Mysterium Park - 35:35 The Mind - 37:45 Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition - 41:45 Return to Dark Tower - 43:55 The Hunger - 48:04 Social Deduction (Werewolf, Blood on the Clocktower, Deception: Murder in Hongkong, etc.) - 50:20 Arkham Horror: The Living Card Game - 51:10 Alice is Missing - 53:33   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Welcome to the number one rated board game podcast as voted for by us, three guys who love playing and talking about board games. On this episode: 00:55 - Unmatched System 18:44 - On the table - Heat: Pedal to the Metal, Distilled, Knarr 28:24 - Six of the Best - Dragon Eclipse, Ticket to Ride Legacy, Yokohama, Food Chain Magnate, Evenfall, Cryptid: Urban Legends 47:58 - Meet the Team 01:21:51 - Top 100 Draft Results Don't forget to check out our ⁠website⁠, or send us an ⁠email⁠. We are active on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠Twitter⁠ or visit our ⁠Discord Channel⁠.

Stronghold Games is under fire for using AI generated content in the development and delivery of More Terraforming Mars. Subscribe to the Major Spoilers Podcast Network Master Feed! Major Spoilers Podcast Network Master Feed RSS Feed Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com NEWS Big industry debates going on after Stronghold Games announced they "have and will continue to leverage AI-generated content in the development and delivery of this project " on their More Terraforming Mars KS Page Synapses Games will release a new edition of Hisashi Hayashi's Yokohama Q3 ‘24. Lucky Duck will be putting up a KS next month for a Special edition of Food Chain Magnate which will include the expansion. This will be KS only and will not be at retail. Asmodee will be bringing Amritsar to the U.S. in Oct ‘23 ($50) Scholars of the South Tigris Release Nov '23 $65 KS was March I believe of this year Ravensburger teased and showed off  Disney Lorcana: Rise of the Floodborn, the second set for this TCG to be out in Dec'23 Next Move will release the latest version of Hey, That's my Fish! A family classic Oct ‘23 $35. Square Enix will be releasing a RPG based on Final Fantasy XIV and a Card/Board Game called FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE -BOARD GAME- MATERIA HUNTER Apr ‘24 $45 Cool Stuff Inc is phasing out Board Game sales and RPGs and just focusing on TCG/CCGs.. Link to Cool Stuff Inc so you might be able to find a deal. CROWDFUNDING KICKSTARTER Millenia Theme Park Mania Final Girl Series 3 Fromage Barrage: New Lands Ivion:Season 3 GAMEFOUND Creature Caravan

Stronghold Games is under fire for using AI generated content in the development and delivery of More Terraforming Mars. Subscribe to the Major Spoilers Podcast Network Master Feed! Major Spoilers Podcast Network Master Feed RSS Feed Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com NEWS Big industry debates going on after Stronghold Games announced they "have and will continue to leverage AI-generated content in the development and delivery of this project " on their More Terraforming Mars KS Page Synapses Games will release a new edition of Hisashi Hayashi's Yokohama Q3 ‘24. Lucky Duck will be putting up a KS next month for a Special edition of Food Chain Magnate which will include the expansion. This will be KS only and will not be at retail. Asmodee will be bringing Amritsar to the U.S. in Oct ‘23 ($50) Scholars of the South Tigris Release Nov '23 $65 KS was March I believe of this year Ravensburger teased and showed off  Disney Lorcana: Rise of the Floodborn, the second set for this TCG to be out in Dec'23 Next Move will release the latest version of Hey, That's my Fish! A family classic Oct ‘23 $35. Square Enix will be releasing a RPG based on Final Fantasy XIV and a Card/Board Game called FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE -BOARD GAME- MATERIA HUNTER Apr ‘24 $45 Cool Stuff Inc is phasing out Board Game sales and RPGs and just focusing on TCG/CCGs.. Link to Cool Stuff Inc so you might be able to find a deal. CROWDFUNDING KICKSTARTER Millenia Theme Park Mania Final Girl Series 3 Fromage Barrage: New Lands Ivion:Season 3 GAMEFOUND Creature Caravan

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast!  Episode 140 - The Spooktacular (Can Games Be Scary and Game Recommendations To Play this Spooky Season) Pumpkin spice is in the air, and we are in the mood for some spooky times with our favorite hobby. In this episode we consider if games can be scary and share recommendations for spooky games to play this fall/halloween season. Hey Interdecisional Spaceship travellers, are you afraid of the dark?   Pre-Planners New to the list Taverns of Tiefenthal! Santa Monica, Food Chain Magnate, and social deduction games et. al remain in our backlog. Santa Monica will likely be the next deep dive we do!   Timestamps    Intro - 0:00 Can Games Be Scary - 3:50  Can't Stop - 11:35 Zombie Dice - 12:36 Jenga - 13:00 Dread (RPG) - 15:33 Pandemic/Pandemic Legacy - 16:59 The Princes of Florence - 18:10 Incan Gold/Diamont - 20:37 Clockwork Wars - 21:42 Hidden Movement (Fury of Dracula, Letters from Whitechappel, Beast) - 23:46 Star Wars Rebellion - 25:11 Codenames - 25:32 The Resistance - 27:01 Spooktacular - 33:25 Broom Service - 33:47 Mysterium/Mysterium Park - 35:35 The Mind - 37:45 Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition - 41:45 Return to Dark Tower - 43:55 The Hunger - 48:04 Social Deduction (Werewolf, Blood on the Clocktower, Deception: Murder in Hongkong, etc.) - 50:20 Arkham Horror: The Living Card Game - 51:10 Alice is Missing - 53:33   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Welcome to Episode 107 of the Devon Dice Podcast, where things are heating up in the world of board games! First up in the news section, the hosts delve into the latest hot topic of debate - the use of [Generative] AI art in board games. This thought-provoking discussion raises questions about the quality and soul of AI-generated art, the legality of training sets, and the impact on traditional artists and illustrators. Lucky Duck Games adds excitement to the mix with the announcement of a one-off reprint of Food Chain Magnate, complete with a visual upgrade. Crowdfunding takes center stage with an array of projects: Live Now: Everdell Cozy Critters, Plushies & Blankets from Starling Games Creature Caravan from Red Raven Games Battle Card, a PnP RnR micro solitaire war game, from Postmark Games Final Girl: Series 3 from Van Ryder Games Kavango, where you build a thriving Nature Reserve, from Mazaza Games Canopy: Evergreen from Weird City Games Bone Wars from The Game Brewer Theme Park Mania from Meeple Master, where you build a theme park together Vagrantsong Encore and Off the Rails expansions Coming Soon: Undergrove by Elizabeth Hargrave from AEG Takenoko Oyako, a giant Takenoko reprint, from Matagot In the Played Games segment: Joel explores the Great Western Trail: New Zealand expansion. Nick continues to enjoy Forest Shuffle on BGA. Sam embarks on a Clank adventure and experiences HEAT on BGA. And, in the "Non-Gaming Things We're Currently Into" section: Joel and Sam are captivated by "Starfield." Nick is enthralled by "Star Trek: Discovery" (mycelial networks again, yay!) Get ready for the next episode, where the hosts will provide an Essen Spiel Preview, giving you a sneak peek into the exciting world of board games coming your way! Tune in to Devon Dice Podcast Episode 107 for a lively discussion on AI art, crowdfunding gems, and gaming adventures that will leave you eagerly awaiting your next tabletop experience!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast!  Episode 139 - Torres So we may be a little obsessed with Kramer and Kiesling games, but we felt compelled to share our thoughts on Torres -- a spiel winner and honorary 4th game in "the mask trilogy." In this episode, we return to our classic deep dive format where we share ratings and reviews and then get down to business breaking down the decision space. We try to think about what separates this game from some of the other K&K action selection/territory control offerings, the action economy, and a very cool card system that drives the whole thing forward. And with that, the Interdecisional Spaceship is off!   Pre-Planners New to the list Taverns of Tiefenthal! Santa Monica, Food Chain Magnate, and social deduction games et. al remain in our backlog. Santa Monica will likely be the next deep dive we do!   Timestamps    Intro - 0:00 Ratings and Reviews - 3:20 Game Background - 5:47 Rules Overview - 11:00 Torres Deep Dive - 12:47   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast!  Episode 138 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Balance, Part Two ...And we're back with part two of the balance what we talk about episode. This time we dive into questions of perceived balance vs. objective balance, and do we really want an objectively balanced game? If so, who is that really serving? We talk about the ways designers might choose to balance the game, and *gasp* how they even use players to do this dirty work for them. Of course we give examples, and wrap up with a discussion of so what, why is it that we even care about balance, and what are the consequences of an under- or over-balanced game. Sheesh! That's a lot, we hope you enjoy it as today's in flight entertainment aboard the Interdecisional Spaceship!   Pre-Planners Santa Monica, Torres, Food Chain Magnate, and social deduction games et. al are coming up in the relatively near future!   Timestamps    Intro - 0:00 Discussion Start - 2:53 A Few Acres of Snow - 8:45 Citadels - 12:24 BattleCON - 13:39 Findorff - 15:16 Player Balance vs. Designier Balance - 17:30 Root - 18:00 Cosmic Encounter - 20:43 El Grande - 23:49 Zoo Vadis - 25:44 The Castles of Mad King Ludwig - 28:50 Isle of Skye - 30:33 Keyflower - 31:14 Bruges - 34:16 Magic: the Gathering - 35:10 Why do we care about balance - 36:10 Innovation - 44:10 Imhotep - 47:47 Diplomacy - 51:51 Freedom: The Underground Railroad - 52:58     Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast!  Episode 137 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Balance, Part One There are no rules on the Interdecisional Spaceship. We break from tradition and declare that "What We Talk About" episodes can be two parters. Today, we deliver the first part of our topical episode on balance in board games. We attempt to define balances versus fairness; we discuss assymetric balance and strategic balance; and we ask for whom thy balance tolls for. It's a robust and, at times, unhinged conversation that we hope you join us for!    Pre-Planners Santa Monica, Torres, Food Chain Magnate, and social deduction games et. al are coming up in the relatively near future!   Timestamps (Spoilers)   Intro - 0:00 Defining Balance and Fairness - 4:23 Asymetric Balance and Player Order - 14:30 Who Is This Game Balanced For? - 21:09 Strategic Balance - 22:04 Azul - 22:33 Guards of Atlantis II - 27:32 Keyflower - 31:45 The Unstoppable Board Position (Come Back Mechanism) - 32:40 Bruges - 35:12 Variable Set Up and Variance - 39:11 Catan - 39:41 Innovation and Imhotep - 42:56 How Often Should the Better Player Win - 45:32 Next Week on Decision Space! - 49:12 Patreon Plug (Join the Crew!) - 49:57     Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast!  Episode 136 - Top 10 Games We Are Enjoying in 2023  In this week's episode we count down the TOP 10 board games we are enjoying, so far, in 2023. This is distinctly not a discussion of games released in 2023, rather it is about the games that we are playing, that are hitting our tables this year. Also, Jake wants you to know that technically kickball and disc golf are essentially board games and remain as perpetual #0 on the top of his list. Okay, with that important clarification out of the way it is time to hop aboard the Interdecisional Spaceship and launch into this fan-favorite episode format!   Pre-Planners Santa Monica, Torres, Food Chain Magnate, and social deduction games et. al are coming up in the relatively near future!   Timestamps (Spoilers)   Intro - 0:00 Honorable Mentions - 3:00 Sports - 3:58 Can't Stop - 5:15 Barrage - 5:19 KeyForge - 5:22 Crokinole - 5:33 Coloretto - 5:52 District Noir/Throne and Grail - 6:32 Barrage - 6:53 TOP 10 - 8:46 Imperial 2030 - 8:59 Magic: the Gathering - 11:54 Renature - 14:45 My City - 16:36 Zoo Vadis - 18:13 Findorff - 20:53 Chicago Express - 24:49 Savannah Park - 27:10 Azul - 29:25 Bonfire - 32:57 TOP 5 - 36:00 Tigris & Euphrates - 36:11 Torres - 39:07 Cuzco - 41:50 Renature - 45:25 Challengers! - 47:52 Trajan - 49:33 Ra - 51:49 My City - 55:45 Challengers! - 59:16   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast!  Episode 135 - Playtesting and Prototyping Welcome to Decision Space, the only podcast that takes place right here before the turns of your favorite games (someday, we hope). Anyways, this podcast is very different. Today, Brendan and Jake put on their game designer hats and share some of their experiences and lessons learned with playtesting and prototyping board game designs. We hope you enjoy this educational flight aboard our sister ship, the InterDesignonal Spaceship.    Pre-Planners Santa Monica, Torres, Food Chain Magnate, and social deduction games et. al are coming up in the relatively near future!   Timestamps    Intro - 0:00 Prototyping Discussion - 2:10 Playtesting Discussion - 26:20   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast!  Episode 134 - Ark Nova Ark Nova anyone? Maybe you've heard of it? This week, the Interdecisional Spaceships embarks on a journey to explore the decisions in the highest rated game that we've ever dared to cover on this humble podcast. That's right, folks, today we are covering the 4th greatest game of all time (by BGG rating). We will center our discussion on the novel and intriguing action selection mechanism... hey wait, is this thing a rondel?!   Pre-Planners Hey pre-planners, in the next two weeks we will be doing a design focused episode on playtesting and prototyping and discussing the top 10 games we have been enjoying most in 2023. As for games, we are playing a lot of Santa Monica and Torres on Yucata right now, and down the line, we will be covering Food Chain Magnate and also social deduction games.    Timestamps    Intro - 0:00 Ratings and Reviews - 2:37 Game Background - 5:46 Rules Overview - 12:56 Deep Dive - 16:17 Preplanners - 1:03:27   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast!  Episode 135 - LTF Con Recap Last weekend the infamous Laughing Table Friends -- Charlie, Jake, Jared, Luke, and Tyler -- got together for the first ever LTF Con. The 5 person con took place over an unforgettable day and a half as the crew played 13 unique board games. It was a mix of new games and old favorites. Today, Jake is here to recap 9 of those plays (only the most interesting one) for your in flight entertainment, complimentary while on board the Interdecisional Spaceship. LTF. If you don't know, now you know.   Pre-Planners Hey pre-planners, get those plays in of Ark Nova and Food Chain Magnate while the playing is good. Other games we are considering for a deep dive right now are Torres and Santa Monica.   Timestamps    Intro/Housekeeping - 0:00 The Hunger - 2:21  D.E.I. (Divide et Impera) - 12:17 Beowulf: The Legend - 22:21 Clockwork Wars - 37:08 Viking See-Saw - 40:38 Ninja Master - 45:11 Cockroach Poker - 48:37 Robo Rally - 52:54 Antike II - 57:47   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast!  Episode 134 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Games That Play Fast Good luck keeping up with the conversation in this week's throwback WWTA episode, because things move fast. If you don't believe me, then check the timestamps. We throw out games quicker than you can say, "I miss old school board games where you had to wait 20 minutes between turns!" In this week's episode we discuss, broadly, games that play fast, what that means, and what we perceive as a growing appetite in the board game hobby for this titular phrase. Ready or not the Interdecisional Spaceship is taking off right now! (Wow! That was fast.)   Pre-Planners Hey pre-planners, get those plays in of Ark Nova and Food Chain Magnate while the playing is good. Other games we are considering for a deep dive right now are Torres and Santa Monica.   Timestamps  Intro - 0:00 Housekeeping - 2:48 Main Topic - 6:10 Battlestar Galactica - 8:54 A Feast for Odin - 11:37 Ark Nova - 11:55 Wingspan - 14:47 Gloomhaven - 15:12 Castles of Burgundy - 19:34 Torres - 20:16 El Grande - 20:20 Tikal, Cuzco - 21:34 Cascadia - 26:06 Five Tribes - 29:09 Keyflower - 31:01 Carcasonne - 32:48 Broom Service - 33:28 Sheriff of Nottingham - 34:29 Findorff - 35:17 Ticket to Ride - 36:17 1849 (We're the train game podcast) - 39:05 Ra - 39:54 Architects of the West Kingdom - 42:07 Tricktaking Games - 43:54 Challengers - 47:54 Spades - 49:13 Caesar! Sieze Rome in 20 Minutes - 49:35 Azul - 49:55 Kingdomino - 50:49 Millenium Blades - 53:00 Sidereal Confluence - 53:20 Guards of Atlantis II - 55:26 Barrage - 56:43 Hey, That's My Fish! - 58:47 Living Forest - 1:00:01 Isle of Cats - 1:00:02 In the Year of the Dragon - 1:00:48 Bonfire - 1:01:21 Earth - 1:03:47 Mask "Trilogy" Games - 1:05:33 Acquire - 1:09:09  Final note (Thanks Aurore) - 1:09:54 Oops - 1:10:39 Preplanner Stuff - 1:11:40   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 131 - Pushing Your Luck Feat. Spots and Can't Stop Today we consider the push your luck mechanic in board games, highlighting Can't Stop and Spots for short reviews. In the second half we touch on a bunch of games that stick out to us as examples of what push your luck is, what it's not, when it works, and when... it does not. Please silence your cell phones and quiet small children, because the feature podcast is about to begin.   Pre-Planners Hey pre-planners, get those plays in of Ark Nova and Food Chain Magnate while the playing is good.   Timestamps  Can't Stop - 2:20 Spots - 16:45 Push Your Luck Discussion - 29:07 Bruges/Hamburg - 34:10 Incan Gold - 37:26 Ra - 38:37 The Castles of Burgundy - 41:45 Enchanted Plumes - 42:09 Rapido!/Excape/Exxtra - 46:49 Deep Sea Adventure - 50:41 Quacks of Quedlingburg - 52:00 King of Tokyo 52:20 Claim It! - 53:33 A Feast for Odin - 54:17 Living Forest - 55:38 Samurai Spirit - 57:26 Catan - 1:00:43   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

This week Bob and Natasha review Food Chain Magnate and The Finest Fish. Food Chain Magnate is an older title that is beloved by its fans, listen to find out if Bob is a fan. The Finest Fish is on the opposite end of the spectrum, a newer light family game. Then Natasha talks about her experience at Dice Tower East, what games she played and what she thought of the con.  Let us know what you think, send us an email at boardgameshenanigans@gmail.com

In our two hundred and second episode, Aaron is joined by Brendo and Scott. We talk all the games we played over our Cabin Gaming Weekend, including Food Chain Magnate, Team3, La Granja, Root, Loopin' Louie, Mars Open, Mosaic, 7 Wonders, Gorilla Marketing, Joking Hazard, Long Shot: The Dice Game, Modern Art, and El Grande. This episode is sponsored by Board Game Bliss and listeners like you on our Patreon

It's tax time, and the boys are winding up their filings. Drew wants to know what Paul's summer vacation plans are. Paul plays "Food Chain Magnate" and shares the joy of the game with Drew, who now HAS to play it. Drew updates the besties on his week with his new apps. The boys discuss Large Language Models with an interesting use case. Recorded 04/13/2023 Show links: Food Chain Magnate Mohican State Park Large Language Models GPT-4 Alpaca Model Text Generation WebUI GitHub

Splotterday! 5 titles. 13 hours. Hear James & Sanchez run down all of the festivities and talk through each play. Also a quick DoaM Madness tourney check in, and a touch of Disney magic to open to the show.  :35 Disney Magic  5:55 New Song Release 9:22 "Capstone" 18:06 DoaM Madness Check In 23:40 Splotterday 33:12 The Great Zimbabwe 39:20 Indonesia 47:40 Food Chain Magnate 58:33 Bus 69:48 Antiquity 77:45 Wrapup and James & Sanchez Splotter Rankings DoaM Madness Bracket Contest: https://www.challonge.com/DoaM23 http://www.dadsonamap.com http://www.youtube.com/@dadsonamap Support the Show - Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dadsonamap Twitter and Instagram - @dadsonamap

I always love this one. It's the time of the year where we look at what your favourite games are, and discover whether there are any exciting movers and shakers in what you've been playing! It's the BGB Listener Top 20! Before we check in with all of you, we talk about Tower of Babel, Great Western Trail: Argentina, and Jump Drive. Timecodes: 02:01 - Tower of Babel ...or why the eighth wonder was never built 11:16 - Great Western Trail: Argentina 18:26 - Jump Drive 29:21 - Listener Top 20 33:44 - Terraforming Mars 34:19 - Food Chain Magnate 34:19 - Cosmic Encounter 36:14 - Wingspan 37:32 - Inis 38:03 - Ark Nova 39:45 - Dune: Imperium 42:32 - Scythe 43:35 - Agricola 44:48 - Great Western Trail 46:12 - Race for the Galaxy 46:52 - Innovation 47:28 - A Feast for Odin 48:08 - The Castles of Burgundy 48:30 - Concordia 49:13 - Gloomhaven 50:05 - Root 50:53 - Hansa Teutonica 52:33 - Spirit Island 53:06 - Brass: Birmingham Check out our wiki at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/wiki Join the discussion at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/discord Join our Facebook group at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/facebook Get a Board Game Barrage T-shirt at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/store

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.

Tom, Trey, Paul, and Ben discuss the 2019 release "Western Empires" as well as "On Mars," "Ticket to Ride," "Viticulture," and "Food Chain Magnate."

In this episode Adrian, Mike and Dan recap our recent collaboration with ComicCon and discuss the various gateway games we taught to the community. In Sizzling Games, Adrian has been frothing over fast food franchises, Mike has been painting patterns of paper, and Dan has been scouting the seas, sands and the stars. We also recap last week's Question of the Pod: What are you favourite innovations in board games? Thanks to everyone who contributed and shared their photos with us on Discord and the Facebook Community. Finally, in Swear An Oath, Adrian squared away Food Chain Magnate and has already ordered the expansion, Dan hasn't managed to get Sleeping Gods to the table yet, and Mike enjoyed Dog Park. New oaths include Pampero (Adrian), a solo-play Wayfarers of the South Tigris (Dan), and Zombicide: Undead or Alive (Mike). Question of the Pod: What was your gateway game that got you into this hobby? Sizzling Games: Food Chain Magnate (13:50), That Old Wallpaper (46:20), Wayfarers of the South Tigris (56:11) Question of the Pod Recap (1:07:45) Swear An Oath: (1:19:45)   Check out our Eventbrite page for all of our upcoming Game Days: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/board-game-bbq-32833304483 Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed: New Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game (2023)  Food Chain Magnate (2015)  Deckscape: Heist in Venice (2018)  Codenames: Duet (2017)  Trail Blazers (2023)  Royal Visit (2006)  Let's Summon Demons (2021)  That Old Wallpaper (2022)  My Shelfie (2022)  Wayfarers of the South Tigris (2022)  Pandemic (2008)  Munchkin (2001)  Pampero (2023)  Sleeping Gods (2021)  Dog Park (2022)  Zombicide: Undead or Alive (2022)    **SPONSORS** Our podcast is proudly sponsored by Advent Games. Advent Games (http://www.adventgames.com.au/) are an Australian online board game store based in Sydney, NSW. Their core values are integrity, customer satisfaction, and providing a wide range of products including those hard-to-find board games. **PATREON** Yes, that's right. We have a Patreon. By becoming a Patreon member you will receive exclusive content, have access to a members only section of our discord where you can contribute to the content of the show, and much more. Your Patreon support will also allow us to expand the podcast and deliver some exciting upcoming projects that we have planned for 2022. Our team at the Board Game BBQ Podcast love what we do and will continue to deliver the same shenanigans that you have come to expect from us, and we are already incredibly grateful and humbled by all of your support. Being a member of the Patreon is by no means an obligation and please do not support the Patreon if it will it cause you financial hardship in any way. But if you would like to support us from as little as USD$5 a month please click the link and head to the Patreon page. Thanks again for all of your continued support. We work hard to create a welcoming and inclusive community and you are all awesome. See you at the BBQ!! Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/BoardGameBBQ **SOCIALS** Support the podcast and join the community! https://linktr.ee/BoardGameBBQ

Ben and Paul make up for episodes of neglected game sommelier segments with this mega roundup of questions we're overdue to answer.0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Ben and Paul 0:04;39 - This Week's Game Night: 1848, Dice Realms, Taverns of Tiefenthal, (Russian Railroads) 18Ireland 0:23:11 - Board Game Sommelier0:24:10: Games for an Adult Community: Scrabble, Catan, Wavelength, Tichu, Telestrations, Ticket to Ride, 6 Nimmt, A Fake Artist Goes to New York, Just One, Concordia, Mahjong0:32:10 - Games for Newish Players who value Player Interaction:  Fresh Fish, Innovation, Concordia, Crisis, Gunkimono, Voluspa, Santorini, Twilight Struggle0:44:20 - Games/Designers that Suggest a Player who likes them  is a good or bad fit for the group: Sagrada, Catan, Arkwright, 18xx, Brass, Twilight Imperium, Foundations of Rome, Cards Against Humanity, Werewolf, Mafia, Avalon, Secret Hitler, Code Names, Decrypto, Ticket to Ride, 18Chesapeake, Age of Steam, Otello, Exploding Kittens1:03:05 - Economic Games with Player-Driven Economies (for train game and Splotter enthusiasts): Lowlands, Hegemony, Modern Art, Bohnanza, Navagador, Clans of Caledonia, Food Chain Magnate, Brass, Kraftwagen, Art Decko1:11:28 - Games that Hold Up: Taverns of Tiefenthal, Carnegie; and that don't: Art Decko, Bitoku; and maybe both; Russian Railroads; Brick and Mortar1:17:30 - Six Player Games:  (like Architects of the West Kingdom and Libertalia, but not Dune) Quartermaster General, Railways of the World, Tribune, Keyflower, Key to the City: London, Medici, Viticulture (Tuscany), Thunder Alley1:24:26 - Shag, Marry, Kill: Barrage, 18xx, Avalon1:31:09 - Sign Off: @kirbooloni.com

While we tend to enjoy games across the whole spectrum, there's something particular about sinking your teeth into a really heavy game. But it's not always an easy prospect; conditions have to be just right. So what makes a heavy game worth it? Before things get heavy, we talk about Barony, Bausack, Whitehall Mystery, and Dead Reckoning. 02:14 - Barony 13:17 - Bausack 18:07 - Whitehall Mystery 22:59 - Dead Reckoning 32:23 - Diplomacy 34:43 - War of the Ring: Second Edition 35:15 - A Feast for Odin 38:45 - Shipyard 40:03 - Vindication 41:21 - Mage Knight Board Game 42:35 - Forbidden Stars 46:59 - Food Chain Magnate 54:09 - The Great Zimbabwe Check out our wiki at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/wiki Join the discussion at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/discord Join our Facebook group at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/facebook Get a Board Game Barrage T-shirt at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/store

0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Your Host Tom,  Matt, the Game Enthusiast, and Dmitry, the Philosophical Gamer: Agricola, Avalon 0:10:10 - This Week's Game News: Golden Geek Best Podcast Nomination, Thinker Themer and Viniculture, Autobahn (Kanban, Hanse Teutonica, Calimali, Newton, Darwin's Journey) Arcs (Oath, John Company, Pax Pamir, El Grande, Taj Mahal, Conduttier) Septima (Brian Boru, Libertalia, Wallenstein, Shogun, Perseverance, Anachrony, Trickerion) Monopoly0:37:33 - This Week's Game Night: Winds of Gale Crest, Hanse Teutonica: Brittania Map, Ark Nova, Railways of the World (Age of Steam, Steam) Anno 1800, So Clover!0:53:30 - Review of Messina 1347: Yokohama, Agricola, Lorenzo, Marco Polo, Troyes, Western Empires, Advanced Civilization, Santiago, El Grande, Food Chain Magnate, Praga Kaput Regni, Underwater Cities, Shipyard1:27:40 - Backsies: Diplomacy, Die Macher

Ambie and Crystal discuss a game they both played recently, Switch & Signal. We then talk about what can make a good board game name and some board games that we think have good names. Announcements: 0:38 Recent Games: 2:26 Good Game Names: 11:31 Outro: 26:13 Bloopers: 27:08 Watch us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/boardgameblitz and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/boardgameblitz YouTube Podcast channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZPKAB8xFygkDQzCUPyrZxQ Join our discord: https://discord.gg/WvRVnVeYMS Switch & Signal: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/317311/switch-signal Watch Ambie's playthrough: https://youtu.be/ycY0zODsiZA Support us at https://www.patreon.com/boardgameblitz This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code 'GFGBLITZ2022' for 20% off non-exclusive items from their site: http://www.greyfoxgames.com/ For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/319

It is a table top topical discussion this week with the pressing question of when is Enough, Enough?For this weeks topical discussion episode the boys are discussing at what point do you look at your hobby collection and have to make the decision if its time to down scale, sell or eve just outright stop buying more? we also reached out to our local community for there take on the matter and read out those thoughts.  +++++++++++++++++++++++++  NEWS  +++++++++++++++++++++++++Paul is back with another big pile of hot steamy news, crowdfunding campaigns and events that we think you need to know about including: The Pokemon Trading Card, Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, Battle Academy set 2, Battledecks & V Battle deck.Mice and Mystics, Familiar Tales, Stuffed Fables & Aftermath by Jerry HawthorneHorseless Carriage, Food Chain Magnate, Antiquity & Indonesia by Splotter SpellenCall of the Wild by Rather Fun GamesRACE! Formula 90 - 2nd Edition by Gotha GamesAtmosfear - 30th anniversary Edition by The Gate Keeper--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thank you all so much for choosing to listen to our humble down to earth Table top gaming podcast. If you do like what you hear, please do subscribe as we will be uploading a new show every Tuesday @ 7am GMT, ready for that commute into work, or gym session :)you can also now watch our new video content on the Meeple Minded YouTube channel links down below.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Find our audio Podcast on all good podcast platforms or find the links on our host site .  https://meepleminded.buzzsprout.com/You can join the ever growing Meeple Minded communityhttps://www.facebook.com/MeepleMindedMediahttps://discord.gg/HtgzKDABhttps://twitter.com/MeepleMindedhttps://www.instagram.com/meepleminded/Please also Like, Share & Subscribe here on Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCInqK3k50OVrutTCodvw3FA