Recently Played Games

Corey 

• 1:51 - Knarr

Harrison  

• 4:05 - Fairy Ring 

• 6:35 - Almighty (KS)

10:38 - Featured Topic

Games that support six or more players.

Corey’s Picks:

• Planet Unknown (2024)

• Design: Ryan Lambert, Adam Rehberg

• Publisher: Adam’s Apple Games

• Hot Streak (2025)

• Design: John Perry

• Publisher: CMYK

• Decrypto (2018)

• Design: Fabien Fulchiron

• Publisher: Scorpion Masque

Harrison’s Picks:

• Challengers! (2022)

• Design: Johannes Krenner, Markus Slawitscheck

• Publisher: 1 More Time Games

• Twilight Inscription (2022)

• Design: James Kniffen

• Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games 

• Shadows Over Camelot (2005)

•  Design: Bruno Cathala, Serge Laget

• Publisher: Days of Wonder

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Recently Played Games 

Harrison

• 4:32 - Dewan⁠

• 7:56 - ⁠Fantasy Realms: Greek Legends⁠

Corey 

10:18 - Off With Their Heads

15:24 - Madcala

18:29 - Featured Topic

Our picks for modern classics (highly regarded games with wide appeal that will stand the test of time - released in the last 10 years)

First player rule: most recently went on a date (love letter)

Corey’s Picks:

• Wingspan (2019)

• Design: Elizabeth Hargrave

• Publisher: Stonemeier Games

• Heat: Pedal to the Metal (2022)

• Design: Asger Aleksandrov Granerud, Daniel Skjold Pedersen

• Publisher: Days of Wonder

• Azul (2018)

• Design: Michael Kiesling

• Publisher: Next Move Games

Harrison’s Picks:

• Love Letter (2012)

• Design: Seiji Kanai

• Publisher: AEG

• Flip 7 (2024)

• Design: Eric Olsen

• Publisher: The Op Games

• Kingdomino (2016)

• Design: Bruno Cathala

• Publisher: Blue Orange Games

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Recently Played Games 

Corey 

• 2:37 - Daydream

• 5:37 - Soda Jerk

Harrison  

• 7:55 - Dice Pool Party

• 10:10 - Phoenix New Horizon, 

15:40 - Featured Topic

Our favorite interactive mechanics in games.

First player rule: Highest initiative goes first.

Corey’s Picks:

• Four Humors (2022)

• Design: Charlie McCaron

• Publisher: Adam’s Apple Games

• Citizens of the Spark (2025)

• Design: Philip DuBarry

• Publisher: Thunderworks Games

• Maracaibo (2019)

• Design: Alexander Pfister

• Publisher: Capstone Games

Harrison’s Picks:

• Castles of Mad King Ludwig (2014)

• Design: Ted Alspach

• Publisher: Bezier Games

• Power Grid (2004)

• Design: Friedmann Friese

• Publisher: Rio Grande Games

• Spirit Island (2017)

• Design: R. Eric Reuss

• Publisher: Greater Than Games

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Recently Played Games 

Harrison  

• 2:55 - A Place For All My Books

Corey 

• 5:51 - Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Trick-Taking Game

Trivia Time!

9:48 - Connections: Each answer has a word in common with the next in sequence.  For example, “Peanut Butter and Jelly” might follow “Jelly Beans”. [6 questions]

16:16 - Crossword: The first letter of each answer combines to spell out the name of this famous board game designer.  Hint: They were the first to have their name printed on a game box as a selling point. [7 questions]

27:32 - Caveman Clues: I’ll describe the game using one word syllables, you guess what it is. [5 Questions]

Things and Links

• Pub Trivia Group Podcast

• Merge Maestro

• Skyscraper Live

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Recently Played Games 

Corey 

• 1:53 - Double Match

Harrison  

• 4:28 - Australis

8:06 - Featured Topic

Games and game worlds we want to mash together!

First player rule: The youngest and tallest player goes first (mashed up rule from “most games” and The Dragon’s Tomb)

Corey’s Picks:

• Scrabbledeep

• Lords of Waterdeep (2012)

• Design: Peter Lee, Rodney Thompson

• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

• Scrabble (1948)

• Design: Alfred Mosher Butts 

• Publisher: Many

• Between Two Carcassonne

• Between Two Cities (2015)

• Design: Beth Sobel

• Publisher: Stonemaier

• Carcassonne (2000)

• Design: Klaus-Jergen Wrede

• Publisher: Hans Im Gluck

• Fluxxopoly

• Monopoly (1935)

• Design: Charles Darrow, Elizabeth J. Magpie

• Publisher: Parker Brothers

• Fluxx (1997)

• Design: Andrew Looney, Kristin Looney

• Publisher: Looney Labs

Harrison’s Picks:

• Clank-thulhu!: A Sanity-Twisting Misadventure

• Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure (2016)

• Design: Paul Dennen

• Publisher: Dire Wolf

• Arkham Horror: The Card Game (2016)

• Design: Nate French, MJ Newman

• Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games

• King of The Factory

• King of Tokyo (2011)

• Design: Richard Garfield

• Publisher: IELLO

• Scythe (2016)

• Design: Jamey Stegmaier

• Publisher: Stonemaier Games

• Let’s Go! to Mecatol Rex

• Let’s Go to Japan (2024)

• Design: Josh Wood

• Publisher: AEG

• Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition (2017)

• Design: Dane Beltrami, Corey Konieczka, Christian T. Petersen

• Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games

Other Things:

• 26:23 - Orphan Black

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3:23 - Recently Played Games 

Corey 

• 4:40 - Citizens of the Spark

• 7:43 - Tir Na Nog

Harrison  

• 12:10 - Druids of Edora

18:28 - Featured Topic

House rules we like to play with

First player rule: Make it up - it’s a house rule!

Corey’s Picks:

• Gloomhaven (2017) - initiative number

• Design: Isaac Childres

• Publisher: Cepholofair

• Deception: Murder in Hong Kong (2014) - embrace the chaos

• Design: Tobey Ho

• Publisher: Jolly Thinkers

• Endless Winter: Paleoamericans (2022) - third worker

• Design: Stan Kordonskiy

• Publisher: Fantasia Games

Harrison’s Picks:

• Lords of Waterdeep (2012) - remove mandatory quests

• Design: Peter Lee, Rodney Thompson

• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

• Magical Athlete (2025) - Less mean MOUTH

• Design: Richard Garfield, Takashi Ishida

• Publisher: CMYK

• Carcassonne (2000) - three tiles in hand

• Design: Klaus-Jürgen Wrede

• Publisher: Hans im Glück

Other Things:

• 45:48 - StarVaders (on Steam)

• 49:51 - The Life of Chuck (Film)

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2:16 - Recently Played Games 

Corey 

• Reforest

Harrison

• Fest Season
• Jungo

12:58 - Featured Topic

The game releases in 2026 that we’re most looking forward to

Corey’s Picks:

• Decko

• Design: Haakon Gaarder (Villagers, Moon, Streets)

• Publisher: GEM Games

• Bunny Kingdom Town

• Design: Richard Garfield

• Publisher: IELLO

• Avalon: The Riven Vale

• Design: Jamey Jolly

• Publisher: Shadowborne Games

• Let’s Go! To France

• Design: Josh Wood

• Publisher: AEG

• Western Legends Stories

• Design: Herve Lemetre

• Publisher: Kolossal Games

Harrison’s Picks:

• Raas: A Dance of Love 

• Design: Mihir Shah & Shaleen Harlalkah 

• Publisher: Arcane Wonders

• Crits & Tricks 

• Design: Pete Wissinger

• Publisher: Inside Up Games

• Satchel Quest

• Design: Molly Johnson, Robert Melvin, & Shawn Stankewich

• Publisher: Weird City Games

• Kalypso

• Design: Gilles Turbide

• Publisher: Inside Up Games

• Slay the Spire: Downfall

• Publisher: Contention Games

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2:47 - Recently Played Games (Rapid Fire Catch Up)

Corey 

• 2025 Holiday All Stars: Things in Rings, Fliptoons
• Origin Story
• Wyrmspan
• Captain Flip
• Up or Down

Harrison  

• 2025 Holiday All Stars: Flip 7, Panda Royale
• Yonkai no Yokai

25:39 - Featured Topic

Community Top 10 List

• Trivia Game to guess each one - Harrison gets a single sentence from the rulebook

Winner: Nick Lo (email us at [email protected] to claim your prize)

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This week we continue the annual tradition of counting down our top 50 favorite board games. We'll cover ten games each week, culminating in the very exciting TOP TEN at the end of December. We promise, there have been some shake ups in these lists! Lots of new games popping up and lots of old favorites...doing things! You'll have to listen to see what happens.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Hobby: Tales from the Tabletop (Documentary)
• Drop Duchy (Steam Game)

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This week we continue the annual tradition of counting down our top 50 favorite board games. We'll cover ten games each week, culminating in the very exciting TOP TEN at the end of December. We promise, there have been some shake ups in these lists! Lots of new games popping up and lots of old favorites...doing things! You'll have to listen to see what happens.

Want to get involved? Submit to the listener top 10! The listener top 10 list will be revealed in the first episode of January. Submissions are due by 12/22. One lucky winner will receive a $40 GameNerdz giftcard!

• ⁠⁠⁠Listener Top 10 Submissions⁠⁠⁠

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