BOARD GAMES with Variant Hex

Kellye and Aaron share what they played in January and each pick a game of the month.

• Bluesky: @varianthex
• Instagram: @varianthex
• Twitch: @varianthex (we might start streaming games soon)
• Website: varianthex.com
• Email: [email protected]

Our theme music is "Shimmer" by Mr. Smith, obtained via the Free Music Archive.

"Shimmer" was made available under a public domain license. If you enjoy our theme music, please leave the artist a tip!

Kellye and Aaron revisit their 2023 game of the month picks and choose an game of the year.

• Bluesky: @varianthex
• Instagram: @varianthex
• Twitch: @varianthex (we might start streaming games soon)
• Website: varianthex.com
• Email: [email protected]

Our theme music is "Shimmer" by Mr. Smith, obtained via the Free Music Archive.

"Shimmer" was made available under a public domain license. If you enjoy our theme music, please leave the artist a tip!

Aaron, Kellye, and Adam discuss two Exit the Game Advent Calendars: The Hunt for the Golden Book and The Silent Storm.

You can watch the BGG Game Night crew solve a calendar day by day on their Youtube channel:

• The Mystery of the Ice Cave (2020)
• The Hunt for the Golden Book (2021)

CORRECTIONS

• We thought The Silent Storm was the 2021 calendar, and The Hunt for the Golden Book was the 2022 calendar. In truth, the years are switched.
• We thought that there was a Game Night play through of Adam's calendar (The Silent Storm) but the other play through is for the Mystery of the Ice Cave, which is not mentioned in this episode.
• The game retails for $50, not $60 as mentioned during the episode.

• Bluesky: @varianthex
• Instagram: @varianthex
• Twitch: @varianthex (we might start streaming games soon)
• Website: varianthex.com
• Email: [email protected]

Our theme music is "Shimmer" by Mr. Smith, obtained via the Free Music Archive.

"Shimmer" was made available under a public domain license. If you enjoy our theme music, please leave the artist a tip!

Aaron and Kellye quickly discuss what games they played, liked or culled, and what they've picked for game of the month for December.

• Bluesky: @varianthex
• Instagram: @varianthex
• Twitch: @varianthex (we might start streaming games soon)
• Website: varianthex.com
• Email: [email protected]

Our theme music is "Shimmer" by Mr. Smith, obtained via the Free Music Archive.

"Shimmer" was made available under a public domain license. If you enjoy our theme music, please leave the artist a tip!

Adam and Kellye pick board games with titles that would make great band names.

• Bluesky: @varianthex
• Instagram: @varianthex
• Twitch: @varianthex (we might start streaming games soon)
• Website: varianthex.com
• Email: [email protected]

Our theme music is "Shimmer" by Mr. Smith, obtained via the Free Music Archive.

"Shimmer" was made available under a public domain license. If you enjoy our theme music, please leave the artist a tip!

Cover Photo by Yvette de Wit on Unsplash

Aaron and Kellye take on a double (triple?) review of games by Hobby Japan.

Aside from chancing into these games somewhere in the U.S., you can find them on Amazon Japan:

• Builder's High
• R-Eco+
• Box Set

• Bluesky: @varianthex
• Instagram: @varianthex
• Twitch: @varianthex (we might start streaming games soon)
• Website: varianthex.com
• Email: [email protected]

Our theme music is "Shimmer" by Mr. Smith, obtained via the Free Music Archive.

"Shimmer" was made available under a public domain license. If you enjoy our theme music, please leave the artist a tip!

Aaron, Kellye and Adam discuss what they played in November (and the beginning of the December)

• X (Formerly Twitter): @varianthex
• Instagram: @varianthex
• Twitch: @varianthex (we might start streaming games soon)
• Website: varianthex.com
• Email: [email protected]

Our theme music is "Shimmer" by Mr. Smith, obtained via the Free Music Archive.

"Shimmer" was made available under a public domain license. If you enjoy our theme music, please leave the artist a tip!

Aaron and Kellye tell Adam all about their experiences at Pax Unplugged 2023 in Philadelphia.

Additional notes:

• The Pax merch was available online after the convention, but only until December 7th. We heard that they were selling last year's merch at a discount during the convention, so that may be true again in 2024.
• Restaurant cheese whiz is typically used for classic cheesesteaks. Grocery store cheese whiz is different, and contains less cheese. The original cheese whiz made in 1950 was aiming to imitate welsh rarebit.
• Pax U counts attendance by gate entry (3 Day pass = 3 attendees) but Gen Con counts by unique entry (3 Day pass = 1 attendee). Pax U 2023 attendance was over 30,000 and Gen Con 2032 was over 70,000.
• The restaurants we went to were Terakawa Ramen, Prince Tea House, Pho Street, and a variety of stalls in Reading Market.

• X (formerly Twitter): @varianthex
• Instagram: @varianthex
• Twitch: @varianthex (we might start streaming games soon)
• Website: varianthex.com
• Email: [email protected]

Our theme music is "Shimmer" by Mr. Smith, obtained via the Free Music Archive.

"Shimmer" was made available under a public domain license. If you enjoy our theme music, please leave the artist a tip!

Aaron and Kellye discuss the handful of games they played in October and make their picks for game of the month.

• X (formerly Twitter): @varianthex
• Instagram: @varianthex
• Twitch: @varianthex (we might start streaming games soon)
• Website: varianthex.com
• Email: [email protected]

Our theme music is "Shimmer" by Mr. Smith, obtained via the Free Music Archive.

"Shimmer" was made available under a public domain license. If you enjoy our theme music, please leave the artist a tip!

Kellye and Aaron discuss growing and then evacuating the ancient city of Pompeii, while also tossing one another's relatives into a volcano.

• X (formerly Twitter): @varianthex
• Instagram: @varianthex
• Twitch: @varianthex (we might start streaming games soon)
• Website: varianthex.com
• Email: [email protected]

Our theme music is "Shimmer" by Mr. Smith, obtained via the Free Music Archive.

"Shimmer" was made available under a public domain license. If you enjoy our theme music, please leave the artist a tip!