Hey hey BATT Family! Welcome to Episode 25, another of our top ten lists with a special guest. This time was us getting Mark's good friend Austin onto the show to discuss the Top Ten Best Games We Don't Play Anymore. It's a fun topic for people who've played as many games for as long as we have to break down. We hope that you have as good of a time with us as we had recording it. This is also an episode where, yes, we are dedicating it entirely to older games but honestly it's to remind ourselves of good memories as well as maybe intrigue you in some games you may have never heard of or just haven't gotten to try. We played them all to where we're done with them, but that certainly doesn't mean that you wouldn't enjoy them. If you do try any of them out, let us know!
This is another moment of how long it's been since we recorded as well - this episode is coming out in September and I believe this was recorded back in May. The choices are all still valid, but the weird timeline jumps if you're listening to this back to back with Episode 24 is real. Regardless! Thanks for joining us on this final episode of Season One and we'll catch you on the start of Season Two on October 7th!
00:00:00 - Intro / How Do We Know Our Guest
00:02:24 - List Selection Criteria
00:04:26 - Scott's 10 (Ticket to Ride)
00:06:23 - Austin's 10 (Star Wars Rebellion)
00:07:28 - Mark's 10 (Modern Art)
00:09:52 - Scott's 9 (Mysterium)
00:11:40 - Austin's 9 (Ra)
00:12:53 - Mark's 9 (Dead Men Tell No Tales)
00:15:03 - Scott's 8 (Atmosfear)
00:16:57 - Austin's 8 (Power Grid)
00:19:31 - Mark's 8 (Formula D)
00:21:16 - Scott's 7 (Formula D(e))
00:22:09 - Austin's 7 (Manhattan Project)
00:23:03 - Mark's 7 (Space Base)
00:24:57 - Scott's 6 (HeroQuest)
00:26:41 - Austin's 6 (Anachrony)
00:29:24 - Mark's 6 (Firenze)
00:32:09 - Scott's 5 (X-Men: Under Siege)
00:33:22 - Austin's 5 (Blood Rage)
00:36:00 - Mark's 5 (Quantum)
00:38:23 - Scott's 4 (Marvel Legendary)
00:40:47 - Austin's 4 (Kingdom Builder)
00:43:07 - Mark's 4 (Tortuga 2199)
00:45:34 - Scott's 3 (Talisman)
00:50:12 - Austin's 3 (Rising Sun)
00:53:03 - Mark's 3 (Mafiozoo)
00:55:53 - Scott's 2 (Dead of Winter)
00:59:18 - Austin's 2 (Five Tribes)
01:01:46 - Mark's 2 (Heroclix)
01:04:24 - Scott's 1 (Clue Master Detective)
01:06:19 - Austin's 1 (Food Chain Magnate)
01:09:30 - Mark's 1 (Android: Netrunner)
1) Pub Meeple is an EXCELLENT free resource for the board gaming community for those that want to rank their ... whatever grouping. It has an API integration to BGG to scrape their database and allow you to create a list to rank. It can be found at https://www.pubmeeple.com/ranking-engine. You can use it for things other than board games, but why would you want to?
2) Wish we had more to discuss about Manhattan Project, but Austin was the only one of the three of us to have played it.
3) The semi abrupt transition from Scott to Austin's number six was due to the dog getting up and barking like mad for a minute or two. We completely lost track of where we were, so we just moved on it seems like!
4) Turns out that Scott and Mark just kinda had a therapy session about Talisman and seemingly invited Austin to it. There was another about ten minutes on the game that got cut out. Austin's reactions were just too good to remove.
5) If you haven't heard it yet, go listen to Austin's story about Roads and Boats in our most recent Odds and Ends Episode: The Channel Update Edition. It's genuinely funny to me.
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