On labor day, we're chatting about 'laborious games' (Corey's favorite kind of games). In almost any other case, this would be a negative but some of the best games require a bit of effort to set up, teach, and/or play and we've got quite the list!

Recently Played Games

Corey

• Game Design and Testing

Harrison

• EGO

Featured Topic

The most unique components in board games

First player rule:  Last person to take a vacation (from ‘Harrison made it up’)

Corey’s List

• Mosaic: A Story of Civilization (2022) / Forbidden Games

• Marvel Legendary (2012) / Upper Deck Entertainment

• Root (2018) / Leder Games

Harrison's List

• Terra Mystica (2012) / Feuerland Spiele

• Gloomhaven (2017) / Cephalofair Games

• Kingdom Death: Monster (2015) / Kingdom Death

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This week we are talking about the most unique components found in board games. We put a special emphasis on components that support a unique function. Also, we'll take a brief look at the new Lost Ruins of Arnak Adventure Chest.

Recently Played Games

Corey

• Lost Ruins of Arnak: Adventure Chest

• Owl Temple Board

Harrison

• Heads Talk Tails Walk

• Business Walrus

Featured Topic

The most unique components in board games

First player rule:  QUIZ! What are the suggested team names for Wavelength? Left Brain and Right Brain

Corey’s List

• The castillo from El Grande (1995) / Hans Im Gluck

• The tower from Return to Dark Tower (2022) / Restoration Games

• The dice pyramid from Camel Up (2018) / Lookout Games

Harrison's List

• The bathtub from Waterworks (1972) / Winning Moves Games

• The plunger from The Rise of Queensdale (2018) / alea

• The cube shaker from Shake That City (2023) / AEG

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This week, we get to know designer and publisher, Stan Kordonskiy. Stan is the designer behind so many great thematic games including Endless Winter, Nova Roma, Minos, and Rurik. He joins us for our featured list - food games!

Featured Topic

Games about or featuring food!

First player rule:  The player who most recently ate at an international restaurant (from Foodies by C’MON)

Stan’s List

• Sushi Go! (2013) / Gamewright
• Viticulture (2013) / Stonemaier Games

Corey’s List

• Durian (2020) / Oink Games
• Spicy (2020) / HeidelBAR Games

Harrison's List

• Clans of Caledonia (2017) / Karma Games
• Go Nuts for Donuts (2017) / Gamewright

Other Links

• Rurik Second Edition on Gamefound
• Sushi Go (Zoch Publication - German)
• Minos: Dawn of Faith
• Propeller Islands

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Harrison is back from Gencon and has lots to talk about. On this episode, he shares a list of favorites from the show. Also, we'll take a brief look at the Massive-Verse Fighting Card Game from Solis Game Studio, launching on August 30th.

Recently Played Games 

Corey

• Massive-Verse Fighting Card Game (on sale at Gencon)

• MicroMacro: Crime City

• FlipToons

Featured Topic

What was awesome at Gencon?

Harrison's List

• VIVO / Allplay

• Roaring 20s / Pegasus Spiele

• Twinkle Twinkle / Allplay

• Wroth / Chip Theory

• Fight 5 / Chip Theory

• Lightning Train / Dire Wolf

• Up or Down? / Capstone

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This week, we're getting ready to go back to school with a list of games that are either educational or can be used in the classroom.

Recently Played Games

Corey

Harrison

Games for the classroom or to get you ready for school!

Corey's List 

Harrison's List

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It's an action-packed week! We're covering the latest board game obsession, Vantage, based on Harrison's experience with the game (and answering Corey's many questions about it) as well as sharing our Gencon 2025 "Hype List"!

Recently Played Games

Harrison

• ⁠Vantage⁠

Corey

• Wonderland’s War

Featured Topic

Gencon releases!  Three games we’re excited to play

Corey's List 

• Defenders of the Dictionary (Demo at Gencon) / Adam’s Apple Games

• Gibberers: The Word Game of Language Invention and Civilization Development (For Sale) / Hobby Japan

• Merchants of Andromeda (For Sale) / AllPlay

• Honorable Mention: Alibis (For Sale) / AllPlay

Harrison's List

• Lightning Train (For Sale) / Dire Wolf

• Rumblebots (For Sale) / DV Games

• Roaring 20s (For Sale) / Pegasus Spiele

• Honorable Mentions: Twinkle Twinkle (Allplay), Lunar Skyline (Dead Alive Games)

Other Links

• Gencon and Essen Preview List (on BGG)

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This week we catch-up on the 2025 games we're most excited about.

Featured Topic

What we’ve been playing in the last month + Harrison’s Origins Top 3

Corey's List 

Harrison's List

This week we chat with Parker Simpson about print and play games, including their own upcoming print and play release, Starfront Scouting Academy.

Featured Topic

Print and play games.

Corey's List 

• Rise of the Oak Dell (2025) / Two Acorns Games

• Wizard in Training (2025) / Thinky Filler Games

Harrison's List

• 52 Realms: Adventures (2024) / Postmark Games  

• Gem Getter Pro (2023) / (self published by Daniel Young)

Parker’s List

• Voyages (2021) / Postmark Games

• Hanzo: Light and Shadow (2025) / Creardo

• Runner up: Pocket Puffins (2024) / self published by Edward Bell

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This week we chat with Shea Parker of RTFM about his specialty, complex games.  Shea also shares a bit about the process behind the fantastic RTFM videos as well as a few recommendations from his recently played games.

Shea’s Recently Played/Recommended

• Earthborne Rangers
• Vantage
• Terminus Frontier

Featured Topic

Heavy/complex games that are worth the effort.

Corey's List 

• Gaia Project (2017) / Feuerland Spiele
• A Feast for Odin (2016) / Feuerland Spiele

Harrison's List

• Revive (2022) / Aporta Games
• Scythe (2016) / Stonemaier Games

Shea’s List

• Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition (2017) / Fantasy Flight Games
• Spirit Island (2017) / Greater Than Games

Other Links

• RTFM (Youtube)

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This week we chat with Lee Miller of Molinarius games, whose solo deck-builder Time Troopers is live on Gamefound until July.

Featured Topic

Favorite board game and music pairing.  (Choose an album, playlist, genre, etc to pair with a particular game)

Corey's List 

• Great Western Trail: Second Edition (2016) / Eggert Spiele

• With Ennio Morricone (Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)

• Nemesis (2018) / Awaken Realms

• With Nemesis Board Game Soundtrack by Board Game Ambience

Harrison's List

• Spire’s End (2019) / Favro Ventures

• With Hades OST

• Aeon’s End (2016) / Indie Boards & Cards

• With Garbungus’s Fungal Music Mix

Lee’s List

• Dragon Eclipse (2025) / Awaken Realms 

• With Avatar Movie Soundtrack

• Overs (2025) / Maitlin Games

• With Soul Limbo by Booker T and the MGs.

Other Links

• Time Troopers on Gamefound

• Melodice.org

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