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This week, We Played - Living Forest. We Played is a series where we talk about an epic board game we played this week. This week, it's the Grove-building, Fire extinguishing, Animal-recruiting, Magical wonder land, Living Forest! In this episode, we will be diving into the things we liked and breaking down the elements that make it great, because, at the end of the day we only play awesome games. And Living Forest, only you can prevent forest fires!

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This week we played Escape Plan by Eagle Gryphon Games. We Played is a series where we review an epic game we played this week, and this week it's the chopper riding, cash embezzling, criminally fun Escape Plan! It's a game set after a succesful heist, but the police are on to you, and you need to gather up your cash and plan your escape from the city before you get cuffed. 

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This week, we visited Birmingham for the UK Games Expo! In this show we’re talking about the latest and greatest releases, who we interviewed and the biggest news and gossip that we managed to gather, and a rundown of all the new games we are trying to Tetris onto our shelves! Between us we spent almost enough to cover Boris’s fines for breaking Covid rules.

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This week we got the chance to preview Arcs, the upcoming Leder Games release that is on Kickstarter until Tuesday June 14th. Arcs is a fast-playing science fiction game from Cole Wehrle, Kyle Ferrin, and the award-winning team that brought you Root and Oath. The game opens in the final days of a decaying empire. A fearsome blight has overwhelmed the outer systems. As the last imperial regents, players must balance their duty to an ancient order against their own ambitions. Will you find opportunity in this crisis?

Our opinions in this episode are based on a print and play early edition of the game, knowing full well that the game will undergo revisions until final release next year. 

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This week, We Played - Cascadia. We Played is a series where we talk about an epic board game we played this week. This week, it's the tile laying, animal drafting, elk conga-lining Cascadia!! In this episode, we will be diving into the things we liked and breaking down the elements that make it great, because, at the end of the day we only play awesome games. And Cascadia, dares to wear its bears in pairs

This week, We Played - Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion. We Played is a series where we talk about an epic board game we played this week. This week, it's the Hand Managing, Element Generating, Dungeon Crawling, Strategic card game hack and slash epic, Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion! 

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This week, We Played - Quacks of Quedlinburg. We Played is a series where we talk about an epic board game we played this week. This week, it's the Ingredient Collecting, Ruby Trading, Fortune Telling, Potion Brewing weirdness of Quacks of Quedlinburg! In this episode, we will be diving into the things we liked and breaking down the elements that make it great, because, at the end of the day we only play awesome games. And Quacks of Quedlinburg, continuously defies all odds (to our delight and detriment!)

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This week it’s a roundup on the last couple of months! In this show we talk about our favourite gaming moments during our break, discuss our pick of the most interesting crowdfunding projects in the world today, the next big thing to take a slice out of our wage packets, and break down the tabletop gaming news stories that tickle our respective fancies.

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This week we are talking about complexity in modern board games and what drives that gameplay weight. 

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This week, We Played - Twilight Imperium (4th edition). We Played is a series where we talk about an epic board game we played this week. This week, it's the Fleet Mustering, Planet Conquering, Alliance Building, Backstabbing, Agenda Flipping Galactic Epic - Twilight Imperium! In this episode, we will be diving into the things we liked and breaking down the elements that make it great, because, at the end of the day we only play awesome games. And Twilight Imperium is a 4X friendship, betrayal and genocide simulator on a truly galactic scale.