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This week, We Played - Ankh gods of egypt! We Played is a series where we talk about an epic boardgame we played this week it's the god worshiping, ancient Egyptian, monument stealing, hex based camel border shafting monster from CMON games, ANKH!! In this episode, we will be diving in to 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. Ankh Gods of Egypt, will shake the foundations of your faith!

In this weeks episode we're going to be discussing our top 5 Dungeons and Dragons battlefield control spells! Myself, Eric and Simon have created our top 5 lists, and we're going to be discussing the merits of these spells and why we think they are the most effective or fun battlefield spells in 5th edition. 

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This week, We Played - Root! We Played is a series where we talk about an epic boardgame we played this week. This week it's the ruthless, forest warfare, equal parts adorable and savage, assymetric masterpiece, Root!! In this episode, our special guests Tom and Jason, as well as Simon and Wayne will be diving in to 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 root, is far more bloodthirsty than the art might lead you to believe! Thanks to Jason from the Crawley Gaming Community Podcast and Tom for joining us in a fun, detailed discussion on an incredible game. 

In this weeks episode we're delighted to be joined by two guests, Tom and Eric, in order to help us discuss in more detail one of the terms that we use on the show regularly when discussing board games, specifically "theme-gameplay interaction". 

We'll be going in discussion on theme versus gameplay mechanics when it comes to board games, which of the two is more important for each of us and under what context, and exploring what that interaction means to each of us. 

If you've got any feedback, comments or questions, stick it in the comments below, we'd love to hear from you. What are your favourite games that show great theme gameplay interaction? DO you prefer highly thematic games or more balanced mechanical designs

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In this weeks episode we're going to be discussing our top 5 Dungeons and Dragons utility spells! Wayne, Eric and Simon have created a top 5 list of utility spells, and we're going to be discussing their merits, and why we think they are the most useful, interesting utility spells in 5th edition!

In this episode we're going to be talking D&D characters that we have created and played at various points over the past couple years in order to give you an insight in to our character creation process and philosophy, why we chose the things we did, and a little about the charactersation we gave them and the reasons for it.

We hope this this will help some of you out possibly struggling with the concept of making an entire character from scratch, and if we can inspire you in any way, that would be amazing. If you like our content do us a massive favor and give us a 5 star review wherever you can review us, and share the links to the episodes on social media

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I this episode Wayne & Simon break down the rules of combat in D&D, going in to the variety of options at your disposal, and discussing some common, and less commonly used actions, abilities, and exploring the misunderstood rules of combat. We dive in to detail on what each of your options means to you and give examples of how they can be utilised. If you like our content do us a massive favour and give us a 5 star review wherever you can review us, and share the links to the episodes on social media. If you've got any feedback, comments or questions, stick it in the comments below, we'd love to hear from you!

This week, We Played - Dinosaur Island! It's our 20th episiode and we've got a bumper one for you! We Played is a series where we talk about an epic boardgame we played. This week, it's the gene splicing, lab researching, guest devouring, 90's neon coloured, Jurassic Park inspired Dinosaur Island! In this episode, we will be diving in to 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 Dinosaur Island, is Tyrannosaurus Rex levels of awesome!

This week, we're introducing a special episode of We Played, where we will be talking about a couple of smaller games, ones that you can play quickly and can carry around you - this week it's the firework display creating Hanabi, and the space battling Star Realms. We will be diving in to the things we liked and breaking down the elements that make these games great, just because they're smaller, doesn't mean they're not awesome. 

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