Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 9/10/19

This episode is brought to you by PowerMeeps.com and Van Ryder Games.  We've been teasing it for a month now and its FINALLY time to unveil our full length, deep dive, spoiler-free Clank Legacy Review!  This game has completely dominated the gaming table here in the War Room and we are so excited about this review that we brought in the lovely Boardgame Bella to tell us about her experiences!  We also report on our recent plays of Artemis Project, Dragon Castle, Master of Orion, Edge of Darkness and more! Finally, we've located someone who specializes in repairing Dark Tower towers - Andre will be repairing the broken tower here in the War Room, and he's available to help you with yours as well!  Visit Andre at DarkTowerGamesForSale.com - let him know we sent you and he'll take good care of you. #boardgames

0:00:00 - Intro 0:06:15 - Call out to David with MvM 0:08:21 - The BAKE OFF 0:21:40 TNT - Then -- Featuring The Dark Tower 0:44:31 TNT - NOW -- Featuring Artemis Project 1:59:35 TNT - TOMORROW 2:09:00 Feature Segment : Feature - Clank! Legacy Review w/ Jordan 2:09:51 Clank! Legacy Review - Rules Overview 2:24:26 Clank! Legacy Review - Theme 2:31:12 Clank! Legacy Review - Production 2:33:43 Clank! Legacy Review - Replayability / Variability 2:38:06 Clank! Legacy Review - Gameplay / Strategy 2:46:49 Clank! Legacy Review - Fun Factor 2:49:54 Clank! Legacy Review - Josh Final Thoughts 2:55:57 Clank! Legacy Review - Jordan Final Thoughts 2:57:30 Clank! Legacy Review - Brandon Final Thoughts

Artemis Project - 1:23:55 Captain Sonar Upgrade 1 Pack - 1:44:12 Clank! Legacy Review - 2:09:00 Dragon Castle - 0:44:31 Edge of Darkness - 1:08:22 Game of Thrones : Oath Breaker - 1:51:47 Gungong + Panjun - 2:03:45 Master of Orion - 0:57:02 Snowdonia - 0:54:19 Tapestry - 1:59:35 The Dark Tower - 0:21:40 The Evil Dead #2 - 2:01:56

Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 8/27/19

This episode is brought to you by Arcane Wonders, PowerMeeps.com and Van Ryder Games.  Nothing will be hotter heading into the holiday season the the exciting new Clank Legacy: Acquisitions Incorporated from Renegade Games and Dire Wolf Digital, and we have some initial impressions to share with everyone!  We also look at Twice as Clever, the NEW Feast for Odin Expansion and Tudor. We dive into a heart warming story regarding the Evil Dead 2 Kickstarter, then talk about Burgle Bros 2, Fiasco and Half Truth.  The highlight of this episode is easy to guess.... Questions from the hat with Cat is back!

0:00:00 - Intro 0:01:27 - Cat joins us for the Intro! 0:10:08 - VM from Jared (Ding counter man) 0:15:05 - Power to the Meeple - Social Media and GenCon 0:16:35 - TNT - Then -- Game Sales Stats 0:39:15 - TNT - NOW -- Twice as Clever 0:46:51 - TNT - NOW -- Feast for Odin : Expansion 0:52:42 - TNT - NOW -- Tudor 1:01:20 - TNT - NOW -- Clank Legacy : Acquisitions Incorporated 1:10:18 - TNT - TOMORROW -- Evil Dead #2 1:14:57 - TNT - TOMORROW -- Half Truth 1:16:15 - TNT - TOMORROW -- Burgle Bros 2 1:17:52 - TNT - TOMORROW -- Fiasco 1:19:47 - TNT - TOMORROW -- Mr Meeple TShirts 1:22:05 - Feature Segment : Questions with Cat

Twice as Clever 0:39:15 Feast for Odin : Expansion 0:46:51 Tudor 0:52:42 Clank Legacy : AI 1:01:20 Evil Dead #2 1:10:18 Half Truth 1:14:57 Burgle Bros 2 1:16:15 Fiasco 1:17:52 Dragon Scales 1:20:42

Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 8/13/19

This episode is brought to you by PowerMeeps.com and Van Ryder Games. Brandon takes a trip to Cloudcroft for a boardgame retreat and Josh takes a trip to Total Wine. A mysterious (and SMASHED) package arrives from Baker of Bored Online Board Offline. Josh treats the listeners with Outtakes during the THEN segment.  The NOW segment features some exciting new hotness including Star Wars: Outer Rim and The Scarlet Pimpernel. In TOMORROW Sleeping Gods is the hot topic, IMPORT/EXPORT, Tapestry and Carte Rogue.  The show is concluded with a deep dive review of Watergate from Capstone Games.

0:00:00 - Intro 0:03:15 - Cloudcroft Retreat 0:06:04 - Josh admits a problem 0:09:12 - Baker sends a Mystery Package to the War Room 0:12:50 - Power to the Meeple - Pipeline in Stock 0:14:18 - TNT - Then -- Outtakes! 0:17:54 - TNT - NOW 1:14:50 - TNT - TOMORROW 1:32:34 Feature Segment : Feature - Watergate Review 1:36:20 Feature Segment : Feature - Watergate- Rules Overview 1:42:35 Feature Segment : Feature - Watergate- Production 1:45:18 Feature Segment : Feature - Watergate- Theme 1:48:10 Feature Segment : Feature - Watergate- Gameplay / Strategy 1:59:28 Feature Segment : Feature - Watergate- Fun Factor 2:01:42 Feature Segment : Feature - Watergate- Replayability / Variability 2:05:55 Feature Segment : Feature - Watergate- Brandon Final Thoughts 2:08:33 Feature Segment : Feature - Watergate- Josh Final Thoughts

Carte Rouge - 1:24:58 Crusader Kings - 1:00:10 Curios - 0:43:20 IMPORT/ EXPORT - 1:19:08 Rolled West - 0:50:43 Sleeping Gods - 1:14:50 Star Wars: Outer Rim - 0:17:54 Tapestry - 1:21:23 Terror Below - 0:36:55 The Scarlet Pimpernel - 0:28:40 Watergate - 1:32:34

Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 7/23/19

This episode is brought to you by Arcane Wonders, PowerMeeps.com and Van Ryder Games. A flashback to GenCon of Yesteryear finds its way into our THEN segment as we check in on our hits and misses from GenCon 2018.  We talk about our recent plays of Carson City: The Card Game, Grimm Masquerade, Finger Guns at High Noon and Bargain Quest. Our TOMORROW segment focuses on upcoming excitement like Dinogenics, Copenhagen Roll & Write and the upcoming Academy Games title, One Small Step.  We wrap up the episode with a deep dive investigation into Detective: City of Angels from Van Ryder Games.

0:00:45 - Intro 0:04:08 - VM and Gift From Shawn @ Thing 12 Games 0:17:19 - GIVEAWAY - Cartographers and Lockup from Thunderworks Games 0:20:33 - TNT - Then -- WarRoom Redeux -- GenCon past 2018 0:40:50 - TNT - NOW -- Ft . Finger Guns at High Noon, Bargain Quest & More. 1:30:12 - TNT - TOMORROW -- Featuring One Small Step & DinoGenics 1:46:11 - Feature Segment : Feature Review - Detective City of Angels 1:51:15 - Feature Segment : Detective - Rules Overview 1:56:20 - Feature Segment : Detective - Production 2:01:55 - Feature Segment : Detective - Theme 2:03:32 - Feature Segment : Detective - Gameplay / Strategy 2:22:03 - Feature Segment : Detective - Value/ Replayability 2:24:32 - Feature Review - Detective - Brandon Final Thoughts 2:31:35 - Feature Review - Detective City of Angels - Josh Final Thoughts

Bargain Quest - 1:00:42 Carson CIty : The Card Game - 0:48:38 Cartographers - 0:17:28 Copenhagen Roll and Write - 1:35:06 Detective A Modern Crime Board Game - 0:39:24 Detective City of Angels - 1:46:11 DinoGenics - 1:39:14 Downforce - 0:25:36 Downforce : Danger Curcuit - 0:24:53 Finger Guns at High Noon - 0:40:50 Grimm Mascarade - 1:16:05 Happy Salmon - 0:47:45 Harry Potter Death Eaters Rising - 1:42:10 Imaginarium - 0:37:00 Las Vegas Royale - 1:32:20 Lockup - 0:17:28 Modern Art (the Korean Edition) - 0:14:00 One Small Step - 1:30:12 Terraforming Mars : Prelude - 0:29:28 Thanos Rising : Avengers Infinity War - 1:42:27 Treasure Island - 0:31:13

Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 7/9/19

This episode is brought to you by PowerMeeps.com and Van Ryder Games. In this episode we FINALLY live up to our initial threats and make the Brawling Brothers Blend a real thing!  We've taken the top 50 games from 200+ Brawlers and had our local statistician churn out a list that ranks the submitted games into, what we are certain is, the best boardgames 2019!  We invited our good friend and fellow Brawler, Baker from Bored Online Board Offline to join in the festivities - so tune in and hear his silky smooth tones and learn what the Brawlers have deemed the best boardgames 2019.

0:00:40 - Intro 0:07:35 - VM From the Past with Kevin 0:12:21 - GIVEAWAY - Lock Up and Cartographers 0:27:28 - TNT - Then -- Convo w/ Baker from Bored Online Board Offline 0:38:43 - TNT - NOW -- Featuring Copenhagen, Churchill & more 1:28:09 - TNT - TOMORROW -- Featuring Middara & Isle of Cats 1:52:10 - Feature Segment : Brawling Bros Blend Survey w/ Baker

1960: Making of President - 2:12:04 7th Continent - 2:09:12 Amerigo - 1:08:45 Arkham Horror : Card Game - 2:31:29 Azul - 1:59:30 Blood Rage - 2:15:32 Brass - 1:59:29 Cartographers : A Roll Player Tale - 1:07:41 Castles Of Burgundy - 2:13:03 Charterstone - 2:08:36 Churchill - 0:38:43 Civilization - 2:11:57 Clank! - 1:59:35 Clank! Legacy : Acquisitions Inc Upper Management Deck - 0:42:18 Codenames - 2:31:42 Coimbra - 1:58:46 Concordia - 2:23:01 Copenhagen - 1:15:55 Crokinole - 2:13:11 Descent - 2:11:47 Dinosaur Island - 2:31:37 Eclipse - 1:59:32 Feast for Odin - 2:12:47 Ghost Stories - 2:07:18 Ginkopolis - 2:13:02 Gloomhaven - 2:09:08 Great Western Trail - 2:17:34 Hero Quest - 0:21:41 Isle of Cats - 1:44:02 Junta - 2:11:49 Kemet - 2:13:42 Kingdom Death Monster - 2:09:44 Lord of the Rings : Card Game - 2:31:39 Lords of Waterdeep - 2:07:55 Mage Knight - 2:09:01 Mansions of Madness 1st Ed - 0:27:03 Mansions of Madness 2nd Ed - 2:13:32 Master of Orion - 0:23:27 Mechs Vs Minions - 2:05:25 Middara - 1:32:14 Mysetrium - 2:11:57 Orleans - 1:59:38 Orleans : Intrigue Expansion - 2:06:05 Orleans : Invasion Expansion - 2:05:50 Pandemic Legacy - 2:08:46 Raiders of the North Sea - 1:59:33 Railways of the World - 2:12:07 Revolution of 1828 - 0:48:43 Risk - 0:21:36 Roll Player - 2:31:28 Sagrada - 2:31:36 Santa Maria - 2:12:42 Scythe - 2:20:19 Scythe : Rise of Fenris Expansion - 2:20:52 Shogun - 0:56:53 Small World - 0:27:03 Sorry - 0:24:56 Star Wars Imperial Assault - 2:05:00 Star Wars Rebellion - 1:59:16 Terraforming Mars - 2:13:54 Terraforming Mars : Prelude Expansion - 2:29:27 Terraforming Mars : Venus Expansion - 2:30:09 The Godfather - 1:58:22 Through the Ages - 2:12:08 Too Many Bones - 2:31:26 Twilight Struggle - 2:12:04 Tzolk'in - 2:31:33 Viticulture - 2:23:00 Wallenstein - 0:56:55 Yokohama - 1:59:36

Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 6/28/19

This episode is brought to you by PowerMeeps.com and Van Ryder Games. Origins Game Fair is one of our favorite boardgame conventions of the year!  We love everything about this convention and we always look forward to our Origins Recap episodes!  Tune in to hear all about the hotness from the convention, the MashUp MeetUp, the North Market, Scootering down High Street, the (now) infamous PREDATOR ROOM, and lets not forget the Meat Sweats!  We highlight a few of our favorite games from the convention including: On Mars, Dead Man's Cabal, Edge of Darkness, Isle of Cats, Cartographers, Watergate, Smartphone and more!

0:00:40 - Introduction 0:12:00 - CBus Scooters 0:17:10 - Casa de Brawl 0:20:43 - Game Topopers 0:59:47 - Mash Up Meetup 1:25:47 - Apple Juice Meetup 1:54:31 - Colonel Jessup 1:59:47 - Predator Room 2:09:27 - BrawlCon 2:18:55 - Meat Sweats 2:19:37 - Pride Parade 2:20:22 - Drury

Cartographers - 1:27:47 Copenhagen The Dice Game - 1:20:47 Dead Man's Cabal - 0:33:00 Decrypto - 2:12:17 Detective City of Angels - 2:24:17 Dust in the Wings - 1:57:27 Edge of Darkness - 0:46:37 Gorus Maximus - 2:16:50 Isle of Cats - 1:14:17 Mississippi Queen - 1:55:42 Modern Art - 0:37:45 On Mars - 0:27:10 Skull King - 0:10:40 Smartphone - 2:05:27 Teotihuacan : Late Pre Classic Period - 1:34:07 The Mind - 0:11:40 Watergate - 1:40:42

Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 6/10/19

This episode is brought to you by PowerMeeps.com and Van Ryder Games. With special guest, Noel, in studio - Josh and Brandon discuss the happenings of Memorial Day, including a boardgame retreat (in the mountains!). Origins Game Fair is just about here and we spend a good amount of this episode unveiling our most anticipated games of Origins 2019!  For the first time ever, we publish a review in "TOMORROW" - check out our Batman Gotham City Chronicles Review before you click that back button for season 2!

00:00:40 - Introduction

00:23:12 - Giveaway - EVOLUTION

00:27:45 - THEN - Featuring: Torpedo Run!

00:36:57 - NOW - Featuring: Sidereal Confluence, Caylus and more!

01:19:12 - TOMORROW - Batman Gotham City Chronicles Review

01:48:49 - Feature Segment - Origins 2019 Preview

Abomination : The Heir of Frankenstein - 2:41:35 Age of Steam Deluxe Edition - 2:01:45 Altar Quest - 1:56:54 Clank Legacy : Upper Management Pack - 2:05:15 Detective: City of Angels - 2:04:00 Die Hard: The Nakatomi Heist - 2:46:40 Dwellings of Eldervale - 2:42:00 Endeavor : Age of Expansion - 1:53:00 Europe Divided - 2:44:00 Football Highlights - 2:08:50 Grimm Forest Masquerade - 2:46:10 Imhotep: The Duel - 2:31:30 On Mars - 2:16:45 Pipeline - 2:37:35 Revolution of 1828 - 2:28:00 Sierra West - 2:36:00 Skull Tales : Full Sail - 2:12:15 Subtext - 2:22:15 Tricky Tides - 2:26:16 Uboot - 2:32:30

Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 5/28/19

This episode is brought to you by PowerMeeps.com and Van Ryder Games. Josh has some difficulty getting his burritos and Brandon inquires about having his meat smoked.  We announce the ManBearPig promo for Gorus Maximus and discuss other excitement regarding the upcoming Origins Game Fair. In the War Room Redeaux, we cover games from years past - including: Star Wars Rebellion, Mansions of Madness and Secret Hitler. Our NOW segment features Call to Adventure, Photosynthesis, Hex Roller and more! We conclude the episode with our Gentes review - tune in for this full length, deep dive review!

00:00:40 - Introduction

00:12:55 - Gorus Maximus "Man Bear Pig" Promo

00:18:38 - Announcement - Power to the Meeple Contest Winner

00:30:04 - TNT: THEN - Featuring: Star Wars Rebellion

00:51:13 - TNT: NOW - Featuring Call to Adventure

01:35:05 - TNT: TOMORROW - Featuring 7 Souls

01:51:48 - Feature Segment - Gentes Review

7 Souls Rise of the Elder Gods :1:35:05 Call to Adventure : 0:51:13 Castell : 0:46:15 Dragons Interest : 1:43:00 Gentes Review : 1:51:4 Hansa Teutonica : 1:12:00 Hex Roller : 1:19:33 Mansions of Madness : 0:42:15 Photosynthesis : 1:00:45 Secret Hitler : 0:47:47 Star Wars Rebellion : 0:30:04 Survive / Survive Space Attack : 0:49:08 Wits and Wagers : 1:27:40

Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 5/14/19

This episode is brought to you by PowerMeeps.com and Van Ryder Games.  We are often asked how to host successful game nights and/or build a gaming group and we decided to share our thoughts in this episode.  We discuss the titles we've been playing, including Vindication, Cryptid, On Tour, Trajan and more! Nothing is hotter on Kickstarter than Hostage Negotiator: Career and we chime in with our thoughts on it, as well as a special peek at Shard Slingers.

00:00:40 - Introduction

00:15:02 - TNT: Then - Featuring: Risk

00:28:35 - TNT: Now

01:21:30 - TNT: Tomorrow - Featuring: Hostage Negotiator: Career

01:35:35 - Feature Segment: How to build a game group

Cryptid - Fleet the Dice Game - Furry Spies with Russian Spies - Hostage Negotiator: Career - On Tour - Risk - Shard Slingers - Trajan - Vindication -

Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 4/30/19

This episode is brought to you by PowerMeeps.com and Van Ryder Games.  Join us as we continue to celebrate our 4 year anniversary celebration! Our special, in-studio guests, Noel, Ludie and Kailey discuss some of the hottest games they have been playing, include Tiny Towns, Wingspan, Bosk and more! We conclude our anniversary celebration with a laugh filed Man vs Meeple Interview!

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0:01:33 - Noel and Ludie Celebrates 4 Years with Us 0:05:12 - VM Shoutout from Baker Board Online 0:08:17 - VM Shoutout from Boardgamergirl 0:10:41 - Josh remembers the champagne filled VIP Game Night Event 0:18:02 - VM Shoutout from Jacob 0:18:40 - Van Ryder Games - Hostage Neg: Career Kickstarter 0:20:43 - VM Shoutout from Van Ryder Games 0:22:17 - TNT - Then -- We remember Brawling Brothers past Moments 0:33:27 - VM Shoutout Dracul and Igor 0:34:40 - TNT - NOW -- Featuring Concordia, Tiny Towns, Wingspan & more 1:28:57 - Game "Wits End" with Noel and Ludie and Kailey 1:40:41 - TNT - TOMORROW -- Featuring God of War, Space Race & Bosk 2:02:19 - VM Shoutout from Chris Game all Night 2:02:53 - Power to the Meeple Giveaway 2:12:23 - VM Shoutout Jay Winter 2:13:05 - Feature Segment : Man vs Meeple Interview 3:02:05 - VM Shoutout Nathan 3:13:22 - Feature Segment : Wits End with Jeremy and David

Arkham Horror 3rd Edition - 0:56:48 Bosk - 1:52:35 Concordia - 0:34:40 God of War - 1:40:41 Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth - 2:42:30 Space Race - 1:47:55 Tiny Towns - 0:49:02 Water Deep Dragon Heist - 1:09:57 Wingspan - 1:12:47 Wingspan - 2:50:00