Podcasts about unexpected games

Dan is back, and kicks off the new year with news of new The Witcher expansions, HeroQuest, and more. 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 Asmodee will release 3 new products for The Witcher Old World in Jan ‘25 The Witcher: Old World Monster Trail ($50) The Witcher: Old World - Wild Hunt ($50) The Witcher: Old World - Adventure Pack ($30) Unexpected Games will release an expansion for Mandalorian Adventures --- Mandalorian Adventures: Clan of Two. ($40) New characters new scenarios  (base game needed) Avalon Hill is releasing HeroQuest First Light -- An intro to the new edition of the old classic dungeon crawler-- at Target Jan ‘25 ($50) Dranda Games will release a new drafting game called Explorers of Navoria, , Jan'  2025. ($40) Gigamic will release a card game called  Slide, March '25. Rock Manor Games has released Set A Watch: Doomed Run, a big box with a campaign and all previous Set a Watch offerings, into retail ($75) UVS Games has placed Attack on Titan - Apocalypse, a new booster set for UniVersus CCG, onto preorder as well as released their Star Trek Below Decks set. Renegade Game Studios teased Battle for the Deep:powered by the Axis & Allies which will release in March 2025 -- Axis and Allies under the sea($60) Capstone Games will bring the next game by Tomas Holek,  Tea Garden to North America May ‘25  ($50-60) WizKids has announced Dungeons & Dragons:  Edge of the Realms – Fields of Faerun, a new map-building game designed by Phil Walker-Harding (Barenpark, Gizmos, Imhotep) June '25 ($25)

Dan is back, and kicks off the new year with news of new The Witcher expansions, HeroQuest, and more. 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 Asmodee will release 3 new products for The Witcher Old World in Jan ‘25 The Witcher: Old World Monster Trail ($50) The Witcher: Old World - Wild Hunt ($50) The Witcher: Old World - Adventure Pack ($30) Unexpected Games will release an expansion for Mandalorian Adventures --- Mandalorian Adventures: Clan of Two. ($40) New characters new scenarios  (base game needed) Avalon Hill is releasing HeroQuest First Light -- An intro to the new edition of the old classic dungeon crawler-- at Target Jan ‘25 ($50) Dranda Games will release a new drafting game called Explorers of Navoria, , Jan'  2025. ($40) Gigamic will release a card game called  Slide, March '25. Rock Manor Games has released Set A Watch: Doomed Run, a big box with a campaign and all previous Set a Watch offerings, into retail ($75) UVS Games has placed Attack on Titan - Apocalypse, a new booster set for UniVersus CCG, onto preorder as well as released their Star Trek Below Decks set. Renegade Game Studios teased Battle for the Deep:powered by the Axis & Allies which will release in March 2025 -- Axis and Allies under the sea($60) Capstone Games will bring the next game by Tomas Holek,  Tea Garden to North America May ‘25  ($50-60) WizKids has announced Dungeons & Dragons:  Edge of the Realms – Fields of Faerun, a new map-building game designed by Phil Walker-Harding (Barenpark, Gizmos, Imhotep) June '25 ($25)

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Game designer Matt Leacock joins Candice to discuss board games that make them feel creative.00:00:00 Introduction00:02:08 Flickering Stars00:05:11 Fresh Plays00:05:27 Heat: Pedal to the Metal00:07:30 Pagan: Fate of Roanoke00:15:16 Quartermaster General: East Front00:18:43 Call of Kilforth00:28:17 Board Games That Make Us Feel Creative00:29:33 Poetry for Neanderthals00:31:35 Canvas Critters00:34:11 Wilmot's Warehouse00:39:54 Too Many Bones/The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era 00:43:22 CATAN00:45:49 For the Queen00:50:55 Telestrations00:54:47 Dixit00:58:00 Barbarossa00:58:42 Once Upon a Time01:01:10 Bonus Mentions (Till the last Gasp, I Guess This Is It, Thousand Year Old Vampire)01:04:11 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Unexpected Games!Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Our guest is award winning board game designer, Corey Konieczka. From a fan of board and card games to designing award winning games and expansions. We talk about his career from humble beginning to running his own game company and working with well known properties such as Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, and World of Warcraft. If you have ever been a fan of board games of any kind, this is a great episode. Unexpected Games - https://unexpectedgames.com/ Factor75 Sponsorship Link -  https://strms.net/factor75_epic_realms

Tim from the Board Game Hot Takes podcast joins Candice to discuss their gaming highlights from BGG.CON 2023.00:00:00 Introduction00:01:28 Board Game Hot Takes00:05:22 The BGG.CON Vibe00:07:59 Hot Games Room + HUGE Game Library00:10:18 Exhibit Hall + Open Gaming Areas 00:12:43 Panels + Special Guests 00:14:29 "Board Game Celebrities"00:17:20 Fresh Plays00:17:54 Ark Nova: Marine Worlds00:26:55 Raising Robots00:38:49 Grand Austria Hotel00:46:53 Forest Shuffle01:01:50 Our BGG.CON '23 Gaming Highlights01:02:25 New Games Played - (Evacuation, Kutna Hora, Arboretum)01:02:25 Federation01:02:25 Arboretum01:12:55 Prototypes & Unreleased Games Played01:13:31 Martin Wallace prototypes (Steam Power, Animal Rules Football, "Chinese Whist")01:24:15 Raas: A Dance of Love01:28:13 Galactic Cruise01:31:17 Wilmot's Warehouse01:35:19 Teaching Games I Love (Scythe, Voidfall, Outlive)01:37:35 Clank! Catacombs01:41:22 Shifty Eyed Spies01:46:11 Late Night Party Games - (Challengers!, Letter Jam, Ricochet Robots)01:46:48 Fun Facts01:50:34 KeyForge (Winds of Exchange)01:58:53 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Unexpected Games! Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

Game designer Corey Konieczka from Unexpected Games  joins Candice to discuss board games with unique themes.00:00:00 Introduction00:03:44 Fresh Plays00:04:08 Forbidden Jungle00:06:41 Quirky Circuits: Penny & Gizmo's Snow Day00:13:14 Make the Difference00:16:33 Savage Bowl00:25:52 Board Games with Unique Themes00:27:32 Tak00:31:36 Petrichor00:40:55 Blood Bowl00:44:26 Fort00:50:01 Hostage Negotiator00:53:50 Stonewall Uprising01:01:03 Sky Team01:04:40 Heading Forward01:13:30 X-Bugs01:21:08 Castell01:28:59 Honorable Mentions (Votes for Women, Molly House, The Cost, An Infamous Traffic, Cerebria, Voices In My Head, High Treason, Baseball Highlights: 2045, Tragedy Looper, Comanauts, Holding On: The Troubled Life of Billy Kerr)01:37:27 Whoops! Corey's audio wasn't fully uploaded when he left the call, so we missed his "bye and thank you" on the recording.01:37:37 Sign-offThank you to our sponsor, Libellud! Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeekTwitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeekEmail: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

In this week's episode: we interview board game designer superstar, Corey Konieczka, who has created so many iconic board games including Star Wars: Rebellion; Twilight Imperium: 4th Edition; The Initiative; Voices in My Head; Star Wars: Outer Rim; and more!  We discuss his journey to submit his homebrew expansion to TI3 in his application to Final Fantasy Flight Games to now heading up his own innovate design studio, Unexpected Games! We also go over all the new and upcoming games to Tabletop Merchant.If you have any questions, feel free to email us at tabletopmerchant@gmail.com. And check out all the amazing board games, card games, miniatures and more at www.tabletopmerchant.comMusic: Jazzy Frenchy  - Bensound.com

We're publishing this episode on May the Fourth, and we somehow wrangled superstar designer Corey Konieczka (Star Wars: Rebellion, Imperial Assault, Destiny, and Outer Rim...phew!) for our Star Wars special show. Now at his own studio Unexpected Games (The Initiative, Voices in my Head, 3000 Scoundrels), Corey humors our geeky Star Wars board game questions and discusses what makes a design transcend its mechanics. Timeline: 3:05 - Shoe's game pick: Darwin's Journey. 6:17 - Corey's game pick: Betrayal Legacy. 11:40 - Christina's game pick: Wicked & Wise. 15:47 - Shoe's topic: Designing Star Wars games. 32:10 - Christina's topic: Favorite Star Wars tabletop experiences. 41:29 - Corey's topic: Games that transcend mechanics.

We dive back into our regular episode format and talk about 3000 Scoundrels from Unexpected Games. Its a great bluffing/cowboy/pokerish game. We also get caught up on buying games from our FLGS and learning to play  hard games. Unexpected GamesJohn Company 2eThanks for listening!Check us out on IGEmail us at hello@marriedandboard.comFeel like supporting the show? Buy us a Coffee!

Meeple Nation Episode 448 This week we are talking about The Initiative, a game for 1-4 players, designed by Corey Konieczka, and released through Unexpected Games. Play as one of four teens and they play through The Key.  Come join us at the game table.

Gamers we all have games they we didn't expect to love so much or even be disappointed by. I'm talking about a few of those, along with influencers talking things that make no sense! Plus a solid Graveyard Shift!

Tom, Mike, Roy, and Zee discuss their thoughts on the latest offering from publisher Unexpected Games.

Vi har scoret et interview med den amerikanske spildesigner Corey Konieczka, stjernedesigneren fra FFGs storhedstid og manden bag spil som Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars: Rebellion, Eldritch Horror og en masse andre episke titler. I dag udgiver Corey Konieczka titler på sit eget papforlag og Peter er ret hooked på ikke mindst én af hans nye titler. Det er Producer-Bo der har talt med Corey Konieczka om hans brætspilsbaggrund, hans vej ind i Fantasy Flight Games, HeroQuest, spildesign og -balance, arbejde med vilde IP’er og hans nye firma; Unexpected Games. Spil nævnt i denne episode: Battlestar Galactica Eldritch Horror Descent Space Hulk Death Angel – The Card Game Imperial Assault Gears of War X-Wing Star Wars Destiny The Initiative Voices in my Head Heroquest Acquire Twilight Imperium 3rd World of Warcraft Arkham Horror 2nd StarCraft Storm of Sword-udvidelsen til GoT Eternal Darkness til GameCube Mansions of Madness Star Wars Rebellion

Joel, Nick, and Lewis have returned to the mics and recorded again... and they have a bumper show of news, Kickstarters, and games they have played.   News  Clank! Catacombs news https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/365717/clank-catacombs Spiel des jahres winners https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/en/award-winners-2022/ Dice Tower Awards - https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/w4oft9/the_15th_annual_gaming_dice_tower_awards_july_2022/ Origins convention was a poor turnout  CMON's cyberpunk kickstarter update https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cmon/cyberpunk-2077-gangs-of-night-city/comments Puerto Rico 1897 Publisher Ravensburger Deal with the Devil (2022) Horizons of Spirit Island 3000 scoundrels from Unexpected Games by master designer Corey Konieczka  CMoN revealed their upcoming release Stranger Things: Upside Down, a cooperative board game by Rob Daviau.     Kickstarters Silver Coin: Age of Monster Hunting https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bonafidegames/silver-coin-age-of-monster-hunters/posts Moon https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sinisterfish/moon-1?ref=user_menu Moonrakers: Titan https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ivstudios/moonrakers-titan?ref=thanks-recommendations Aquamarine https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/postmarkgames/aquamarine (shout out to Rory Muldoon - friend of Sam's, co-designer and cofounder of Postmark Games - we interviewed him last year after the release of his debut design, Skora) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eraofkingdoms/era-of-kingdoms-2nd-edition-and-new-expansion-inquisition?ref=thanks-recommendations The Darktower Returns: https://www.backerkit.com/c/restoration-games/return-to-dark-tower?ref=bk_discovery Gamefound  Amun-re 20th Anniversary https://gamefound.com/projects/alley-cat-games/amun-re-20th-anniversary-edition?ref=homepage-featured_2 RA Late pledge- standard or deluxe ed?Sam: I backed it at deluxe level after much indecision on the matter! https://gamefound.com/projects/25th-century-games/ra Played games  Joel; Living Forest, Cargo Noir, Marvel Dice throne Lewis: Brass Birmingham again  Nick: New Bedford, Iberian Gauge This has been another excellent Devon Dice Podcast and remember, it's your turn!   Find the twitter @DevonDiceUK Find us on @DepressedMonk3y @spoonofmilk @The_BreweryTour @meeplescorner @njshaw2   Find our Facebook page  Our web page www.devondice.co.uk Youtube - DevonDiceUK please like subscribe to our channel  devondice2015@gmail.com BGG Guild  - Thank you listen  

Reviews of Familiar Tales, Dice Realms, Unmatched and so many more. Featured review: Ark Nova by Capstone; Reroll The Initiative by Unexpected Games. Board game discussion starts at 32:11. https://bluepegpinkpeg.libsyn.com/episode-224-ark-nova Thank you to our sponsors: Queen Games, and Grand Gamers Guild.32:11 - Imhotep-Duel; 40:41 - Dice Realms; 52:23 - Familiar Tales; 1:02:43-Unmatched-Jurassic park

Dan is back! This week Dan runs through some of the biggest news in the gaming community and breaks down some Kickstarter projects you might be interested in. 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 NEW Portal Publishing will be distributing Granna publishing' Gutenberg,  in the US $70. Grand Gamers Guild Releasing Valentines day themed 18 card Escape room game Cupid Caper (9.99) Thames and Kosmos next Exit game will feature a jigsaw puzzle mechanism in Exit: Nightfall Manor, March ‘22.  $ 25-30 Thames and Kosmos --Switch and Signal a family co-op Train game will be out Q2 or Q3 ‘22. 45-60 mins $50. The OP releasing Mountains out of Molehills with a dual layer or 2 tier board design. Releasing in Feb $40 Asmodee will release Eriantys Which is from Cranio Creations, in the U.S. in February ‘22 $50. Wolfgang Warsh and Schmidt Spiel will be turning 2 of his big games of the last few years into family/kids games. Quacks and Co. Will be a family version of Quacks of Quedlinburg Also Clever will be a family version of the great roll and write Ganz schön clever. Unexpected Games will release Voices in My Head early 2022. $40 NY Toy Fair and Spielwarenmesse 2022 Have Been Cancelled, Digital  Maricaibo released iOS and Google Play (7.99 both) Kickstarter Final Girl Series 2 (next gen of Hostage negotiator solo only) Visounts: Gates of Gold and Keeper of Keys Adorablins Hike! Card Drafting Dog Sled racing game Yucatan CoLab Marvel Zombies-- a Zombicide Game [su_signoff]

Dan is back! This week Dan runs through some of the biggest news in the gaming community and breaks down some Kickstarter projects you might be interested in. 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 NEW Portal Publishing will be distributing Granna publishing' Gutenberg,  in the US $70. Grand Gamers Guild Releasing Valentines day themed 18 card Escape room game Cupid Caper (9.99) Thames and Kosmos next Exit game will feature a jigsaw puzzle mechanism in Exit: Nightfall Manor, March ‘22.  $ 25-30 Thames and Kosmos --Switch and Signal a family co-op Train game will be out Q2 or Q3 ‘22. 45-60 mins $50. The OP releasing Mountains out of Molehills with a dual layer or 2 tier board design. Releasing in Feb $40 Asmodee will release Eriantys Which is from Cranio Creations, in the U.S. in February ‘22 $50. Wolfgang Warsh and Schmidt Spiel will be turning 2 of his big games of the last few years into family/kids games. Quacks and Co. Will be a family version of Quacks of Quedlinburg Also Clever will be a family version of the great roll and write Ganz schön clever. Unexpected Games will release Voices in My Head early 2022. $40 NY Toy Fair and Spielwarenmesse 2022 Have Been Cancelled, Digital  Maricaibo released iOS and Google Play (7.99 both) Kickstarter Final Girl Series 2 (next gen of Hostage negotiator solo only) Visounts: Gates of Gold and Keeper of Keys Adorablins Hike! Card Drafting Dog Sled racing game Yucatan CoLab Marvel Zombies-- a Zombicide Game [su_signoff]

Cardboard Conjecture #91 - The Designers Series : Corey Konieczka In this episodes we discuss The King of Tokyo, Ashes Reborn : Rise of the Phoenixborn, and Black Orchestra. We are also very proud to have on the Designers Series episode ... Corey Konieczka.  We have a great chat about early influences, work entry and time with Fantasy Flight Games, his catalogue of titles and the next phase as designer and publisher with Unexpected Games.

Reviews of Divinus, Distilled, Vienna Connection. Featured review: The Initative by Unexpected Games; Reroll Godspeed by Pandasaurus. Board game discussion starts at 34:46. https://bluepegpinkpeg.com/ep200. Thank you to our sponsors: Queen Games, Grand Gamers Guild, and AEG. Timestamps: 00:01:24 - Trivia; 00:07:00 - Banter; 00:34:46 - Divinus; 00:44:14 - Distilled; 00:56:54 - Vienna Connection; 01:05:55 - Juicy Fruits; 01:13:01 - News; 01:32:33 - The Initiative; 02:06:12 - Reroll: Godspeed

Spoiler Free review of "The Initiative" by Unexpected Games

In our longest episode yet, we talk about the game The Initiative by Unexpected Games. We take time to chat about gaming groups post vaccines and quarantines, how Christian doesnt throw things away; and stay tuned to the end of the show for our very 1st Spoiler Chat. Spoilers start late in the show at 1:02. 

If Walker doesn't want Mark to speak to excess, he really shouldn't be teeing him up by asking about Macross. Or Robotech either, because the difference thereto is a whole discussion unto itself. Of course, Walker is an accomplished troll, willing to return to any subject once raised. Mark has repeatedly been exhorted to not feed trolls, but really, that's just blaming the victim. At this point it's mostly just mutual trolling, like an ouroboros of nonsense. I think SVWAG might have a new tagline.01:39 AYRUIS: Rurik: Dawn of Kiev (Stan Kordonskiy, PieceKeeper Games, 2019)Games Played Last Week:03:46 -51st State: Master Set--Moloch (Joanna Kijanka, Portal Games, 2021)08:13 -Gaia Project (Jens Drögemüller & Helge Ostertag, Feuerland Spiele, 2017)10:38 -Beyond the Sun (Dennis K. Chan, Rio Grande Games, 2020)12:17 -Great Western Trail (Alexander Pfister, eggertspiele, 2016)13:20 -No Thanks! (Thorsten Gimmler, AMIGO, 2004)17:27 -Aquatica: Cold Waters (Ivan Tuzovsky, Arcane Wonders, 2020) 20:42 -The Initiative (Corey Konieczka, Unexpected Games, 2021)22:46 -Good Puppers (Chris Cieslik, Asmadi Games, 2021)24:41 -Lost Ruins of Arnak (Elwen & Mín, CGE, 2020)25:57 -Unmatched: Cobble & Fog (Rob Daviau, Justin D. Jacobson, Chris Leder, & Kevin Rodgers, Restoration Games, 2020)30:51 -Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile (Cole Wehrle, Leder Games, 2021)News (and why it doesn't matter): 33:40 New Nemesis stuff33:47 Robotech: Reconstruction34:45 Pandemic Hot Zone: Europe35:04 Matt Calkins' Charioteer35:54 David Turczi and Nigel Buckle's Imperium: Classics and Legends37:02 Mantic's Rainbow Six 37:29 SVWAG heads West, brief interruption in July38:29 Topic: Metarules/Parateach: All the non-rules stuff you tell people when teaching or selling a game.1:07:10 SVWAG Presents: Masterpiece Theatre

Get our your cucumber sandwiches and your doilies, you precious little petunias, because we're about to get all cultured on you. Some serious sophistication is going down, and we are not entirely certain our hosts are prepared--mentally, spiritually, let alone hygienically. Games Played Last Week:01:14 -Endless Winter: Paleoamericans (Stan Kordonskiy, Fantasia Games, 2021)03:54 -Altar Quest (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2020)04:12 -Street Masters: Aftershock (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2019)06:49 -Fantasy Realms (Bruce Glassco, WizKids, 2017)14:59 -Fuji Flush (Friedemann Friese, 2F-Spiele, 2016)15:47 -Go Nuts for Donuts (Zachary Eagle, Gamewright, 2017)17:07 -Fairy Tale (Satoshi Nakamura, Z-Man Games, 2004)20:42 -Cryo (Tom Jolly & Luke Laurie, Z-Man Games, 2021)24:36 -Imperium: The Contention (Gary Dworetsky, Contention Games, 2021)27:06 -Umbra Via (Connor Wake, Pandasaurus Games, 2021)30:44 -Fast & Furious: Highway Heist (Prospero Hall, Funko Games, 2021)32:36 -The Initiative (Corey Konieczka, Unexpected Games, 2021)34:23 -Stationfall (Matt Eklund, Ion Game Design, 2021)News (and why it doesn't matter): 39:57 Kudos: Mythic and Stonemaier make good41:05 War Room 2nd Edition on Kickstarter41:50 Paris not at all a reprint on Kickstarter42:25 Chip Theory teases Elder Scrolls43:12 Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread from Far Off Games43:48 Feature Game: Trickerion: Legends of Illusion (Richard Amann & Viktor Peter, Mindclash Games, 2015)1:07:40 SVWAG Presents: Masterpiece Theatre

Walker's got this friend with a problem--not Walker, no not at all, a friend, you see, his name is... Bike Docker... and Bike has this problem that he judges a game by its cover art. Mike I mean Bike is so blinded by his prejudice that it causes him to rag on games like El Grande or GMT's entire catalog just because the cover doesn't appeal to his sensibilities. Luckily, there are enlightened people like Mike Walker to guide those like Bike Docker. 01:33 AYURIS: Tapestry (Jamey Stegmaier, Stonemaier Games, 2019)Games Played Last Week:03:09 -Street Masters: Aftershock (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2019)04:38 -Fast & Furious: Highway Heist (Prospero Hall, Funko Games, 2021)11:46 -Imperium: The Contention (Gary Dworetsky, Contention Games, 2021)15:23 -Four Gardens (Martin Doležal, Korea Boardgames, 2020)18:12 -A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition) (Christian T. Petersen, Fantasy Flight, 2011)19:30 -Spirit Island: Jagged Earth (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2020)19:59 -Cryo (Tom Jolly & Luke Laurie, Z-Man Games, 2021)23:21 -The Initiative (Corey Konieczka, Unexpected Games, 2021)25:39 -L.A.M.A. Dice (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2021)27:40 -Good Puppers (Chris Cieslik, Asmadi Games, 2021)29:43 -Codex Naturalis (Thomas Dupont, Bombyx, 2020) 30:31 -Calico (Kevin Russ, Flatout Games, 2020)33:57 -Anachrony: Doomsday Enhancement Pack (Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2017) 34:54 -Rajas of the Ganges (Inka Brand & Markus Brand, HUCH!, 2017)News (and why it doesn't matter): 35:41 Portal stream: Publishers avoiding GenCon37:23 Horizon Wars: Infinite Dark launches this week37:55 The Goonies: Never Say Die by Prospero Hall38:48 Follow-up to Versailles 1919: Triumvir39:23 Zombicide: Army of the Dead40:15 Bizarre gatekeeping alert: Bruno Faidutti doesn't trust you if you don't drink42:40 Topic: What Prompts Our Purchases

Powered Gaming - The Initiative Holy heck, this game is FANTASTIC! A relatively recent release from Unexpected Games, this board game mixes mystery tropes, comics, engaging characters, creative gameplay and well-placed surprises to be one of the most fun games we've played in a long time. But hey, we'll get into all that. In the meantime, what are you waiting for? Go get this game!