All The Bits Board Game Podcast

Welcome to Episode 11 of All The Bits, wherein Shaun and Michelle bring the board game discussion fast and furious! We Drive By Ex Libris, Tulip Bubble, Roll Player, Signorie and more. Seriously, we have a lot of games to Drive By! But that's not all! We have our incredible BGG spotlight bit where BGG posters asked the age old question: is it games or people that bring you to the hobby. Photosynthesis and Cottage Garden are the focus of the All The Bits bit. And finally, we continue to beat the baseball "joke" into the ground with our Next Up Bit. All this and all of our regular bits on Episode 11 of All The Bits!

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_Time Stamps_

00:01 Intro

01:18 Anniversary Game Bit

02:54 Ask Me Anything Bit

05:50 Guess the Game Bit

9:00 Drive By Bit

47:50 BGG Thread Spotlight Bit: Games vs. People OR Do you game to be with people or be with people so you can game?

57:09 All the Bits Bit

1:02 Next Up Bit

1:25 B-Roll: Genetically Modified Puppies and Kittens

Episode 10! Double Digits! Wow! Welcome to our Tin anniversary, wherein we ramble on about games involving tin, Michelle's crushes, a next-to-impossible Guess the Game, and more! Our regular features include Drive Bys of Lisboa, Flip Ships, Cinque Terre, Oracle of Delphi, Antidote, and London: 2nd Edition; a BGG thread spotlight of "what gaming truths have you learned?; dissecting the bits of Magic Maze and a look at board gaming bags; and in our Next Up bit we look at the current hotness (Ex Libris, Pandemic Legacy: Season 2) and the coming hotness (Nusfjord, Riverboat). All this and much much more on the big 1-0 of All The Bits!

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_Time Stamps_

00:01 Intro

01:24 Anniversary Game Bit

03:30 Ask Me Anything Bit

06:08 Guess the Game Bit

11:06 Drive By Bit

46:40 BGG Thread Spotlight Bit: What Gaming Truths Have You Learned?

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1882327/what-gaming-truths-have-you-learned

57:46 All the Bits Bit

Board Game Bags with Scott - https://youtu.be/FPFe_bbYnoc

1:04 Next Up Bit

Welcome to Episode 9 of All the Bits, wherein Shaun and Michelle go profess their love for all things games! The Drive Bys are fast and furious with titles such as Sidereal Confluence, Oh My Goods! Longsdale in Revolt, Mini Rails the Lost Expedition and more! From there, the spotlight is cranked up on the BGG thread titled "What is it that makes games NOT FUN (categorically)?". In our All the Bits bit, we look at Chimera Station: Deluxe Edition and El Guacho. Our Next Up bit features a mixture of Pandemic Legacy and Essen banter. Oh yeah, don't forget all of the other fun Bits which involves guessing games, bad sound effects and... pottery?

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_Time Stamps_

00:01 Intro

01:24 Anniversary Game Bit

03:55 Ask Me Anything Bit

06:06 Guess the Game Bit

07:54 Drive By Bit

46:25 BGG Thread Spotlight Bit: What Makes Games Not Fun (Categorically)? [https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1873973/what-it-makes-games-not-fun-categorically](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1873973/what-it-makes-games-not-fun-categorically "Link: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1873973/what-it-makes-games-not-fun-categorically")

46:38 All the Bits Bit

100:04 Next Up Bit

Welcome to Episode 8 of All the Bits, our ESSEN EXTRAVAGANZA! In this episode, Shaun and Michelle Drive By titles such as Okey Dokey, Tournament at Camelot, Magic Maze, Timeline Challenge, and more! From there, the spotlight is cranked up on the BGG thread titled "Words That Stop Me Reading Further". In our All the Bits bit, we look at Century: Golem Edition and Sagrada. You will be shocked to find out that our Hot Topic is all about the ESSEN! How excited is Michelle for Eseen? Such a measuring scale has yet to be devised. Finally, we get super meta in our Next Up bit! All this and more on Episode 8 of All The Bits!

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_Time Stamps_

00:01 Intro

01:32 Anniversary Game Bit

03:16 Ask Me Anything Bit

06:11 Guess the Game Bit

11:05 Drive By Bit

40:34 BGG Thread Spotlight Bit: Words That Stop Me Reading Further [https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1666283/words-stop-me-reading-further](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1666283/words-stop-me-reading-further "Link: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1666283/words-stop-me-reading-further")

46:38 All the Bits Bit

54:20 Hot Topic Bit

1:25 Next Up Bit

Welcome to Episode 7 of All the Bits, wherein we douse you in bits! In this episode, the hosts actually play a bunch of games together!!! We Drive By titles such as Codenames Duet, Unearth, Godfather: Corelone's Empire, Downforce, and Finca. We then shine our BGG thread spotlight on "Do you pay any attention to the starting player rules in rulebooks?". After that stimulating discussion, we check out the BITS in Lords of Xidit and Meduris. In our hot topic, we discuss our favorite play from FallCon 30. And finally, we tell you what we are looking forward to in our Next Up in bit! In addition to all of this discussion, we have our usual interactive bits! Come on and jump aboard the BIT train! CHOO CHOO!

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_Time Stamps_

00:01 Intro

01:44 Anniversary Game Bit

03:02 Ask Me Anything Bit

06:11 Guess the Game Bit

09:15 Drive By Bit

41:30 BGG Thread Spotlight Bit: Do you pay any attention to the starting player rules in rulebooks?

47:23 All the Bits Bit

54:11 Hot Topic Bit

1:03 Next Up Bit

1:15 Sizzling Coffee Bit

Welcome to Episode 6 of All the Bits, wherein we make it rain bits on you! We Drive By recent titles such as Fantasy Realms, The Climbers, Bunny Kingdoms and Wasteland Express Delivery Service. In our BGG Spotlight bit, we tackle a problem serious to all of us games: "Help! I am addicted to buying board games". We then look at the bits of Sticky Chameleons and Deep Sea Adventure. Next Michelle unboxes more games! And we then finish things off with our hot topic bit as we discuss what games would be in our collections if we could only have five! And don't forget all of our interactive bits either!

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** _Time Stamps_**

00:01 Intro

01:15 Anniversary Game Bit

03:48 Ask Me Anything Bit

06:15 Guess the Game Bit

09:39 Drive By Bit (The Climbers, Fantasy Realms, Wasteland Express Delivery Service, Bunny Kingdom, Ancient Artifacts)

32:22 BGG Thread Spotlight Bit: Help! I am addicted to buying board games! https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/845205/help-im-addicted-buying-board-games

38:20 All the Bits Bit (Sticky Chameleons, Deep Sea Adventure)

42:58 Hot Topic Bit (If you could only have 5 games....)

56:03 Unboxing Bits Bit

1:04 Hot Topic Bit - Apologies

Welcome to Episode 5 of All the Bits, wherein we shower you with bits! New bits (the anniversary game, Guess the Game, and audio unboxings), old bits (Drive Bys, BGG spotlight, All the Bits, Hot Topic, and Next Up!), quite literally, ALL. The. Bits! Games discussed in this episode include Stop Thief!, Nmbr 9, Ex Libris, Escape Room the Game, Bunny Kingdom, Stuffed Fables, and many more!

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** _Time Stamps_**

00:01 Intro

02:00 Anniversary Game Bit

06:47 Ask Me Anything Bit

09:54 Guess the Game Bit

13:12 Drive By Bit (Stop Thief, The Fox in the Forest, Custom Heroes, Nmbr 9)

36:39 BGG Thread Spotlight Bit: Shelving Games ()

43:51 All the Bits Bit (Ex Libris, Escape Room the Game)

49:52 Unboxing Bits Bit

58:50 Hot Topic Bit: Gen Con vs. Essen

1:08:48 Next Up Bit (Pandemic Legacy Season One, Carnies Bloody Inn Expansion, Meeple Circus, Bunny Kingdom, Stuffed Fables, Imagine)

1:29:21 See you next time!

_Wherein Michelle unleashes her inner Eric Summerer, Shaun attempts to speak "French", the age old question of "is pizza a snack?" is tackled and the dynamic duo participate in lots of Gen Con Shenanigans!_

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_Timestamps:_

00:01 Intro

06:00 Ask Me Anything

08:47 Gen Con Shenanigans: Honorable Mentions

25:51 Gen Con Shenanigans: Top 5 Anticipated Releases

1:07:02 Gen Con Shenanigans: General Thoughts

1:12:29 See you next time!

In Episode 3, Shaun and Michelle drive by games such as Century Spice Road, Dice Forge, and Raiders of the North Sea. They discuss the BGG thread "how much do you value fancier components?", take a look at the bits from Century Spice Road, and tell you what is hyping them in the Next Up segment. In the Hot Topic, they discuss the Spiel des Jahres awards. Finally, after the show, they introduce the B-Roll segment, which looks at Rory's Story Cubes.

00:01 Intro

02:57 Ask Me Anything

7:48 Drive By: Century Spice Road

14:11 Drive By: Dice Forge

23:17 Drive By: Raiders of the North Sea

27:57 Drive By: Nations the Dice Game

32:50 Drive By: Coffee Roaster

35:54 Drive By: Linko

37:47 BGG Thread Spotlight: How much do you value fancier components? (note: Michelle didn’t read the results very well so we recommend you check out the thread yourself [here](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1811847/how-much-do-you-value-fancier-blinged-components-g/page/1). And next time, she’ll prep in advance!)

52:47 All the Bits: Terraforming Mars

58:32 All the Bits: Century Spice Road

1:01:01 Next Up: The Fox in the Forest

1:04:35 Next Up: More GenCon hype

1:09:46 Next Up: Crusaders Thy Will Be Done

1:12:16 Hot Topic: Spiel des Jahres Awards

1:23:21 See you next time!

1:24:27 B-Roll: Using Rory’s Story Cubes for communication

In episode 2, we decide to ask each other some random questions, Drive By games such as Lorenzo il Magnifico, A Feast for Odin, and Kashgar, look at the BGG thread titled "Strangest Reason for Board Game Night to be Canceled", check out the bits of Manhattan Project: Energy Empire and something to carry them in, get rollin' with the Gen Con hype, and discuss how we justify our purchases!

Keep the conversation going....

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03:42 Ask Me Anything

08:27 Drive By: Lorenzo il Magnifico

13:13 Drive By: Unlock: The Formula

16:38 Drive By: Sea of Clouds

20:23 Drive By: Las Vegas The Card Game

25:23 Drive By: A Feast for Odin

30:34 Drive By: Kashgar

***Oh look, just in time to make Shaun look like a fool!**

33:35 BGG Thread Spotlight: Strangest Reason for Board Game Night to be Canceled

38:52 All the Bits: Caseling Extra Large Hard Case CAH

[https://www.amazon.ca/Caseling-Expansions-Moveable-Dividers-Cards/dp/B017237OJW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500068054&sr=8-1&keywords=caseling+extra+large](https://www.amazon.ca/Caseling-Expansions-Moveable-Dividers-Cards/dp/B017237OJW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500068054&sr=8-1&keywords=caseling+extra+large)

43:25 All the Bits: Manhattan Project Energy Empire

46:10 Next Up: Merlin

48:35 Next Up: Wasteland Express Delivery Service

52:44 Next Up: Legends of Andor

54:50 Next Up: Shaun is going to GENCON!

56:24 Hot Topic: How We Justify Our Purchases

1:09:54 See you next time!

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