It’s a little late, but better late than never as they say. Speaking of late, we talk about Jeff Bezos planning to go to space, but in the time since recording, he’s been, oh and so has William Shatner.

Today we talk about LIFE: In space and on other planets, GAMES: Terraforming Mars and BEYOND: Terraforming - It's a long one so buckle in.

LIFE - 0:45

Movie: The Martian

Adam’s up for trying to live on another planet. 

Distance to Mars. - Rob thinks about three years to Mars, but it looks like he was a little high.

Kyle throws us off topic talking about Venus

Stuff You Should Know - A great podcast!

Movie that Kyle talks about from grade school: All Summer In A Day

Rob brings us back to Mars

Book: War of the Worlds

Movie: Space Jam

Movie: Total Recall

Kyle might, possibly, maybe live on Mars if all other options are exhausted.

Rob is fascinated with living on another planet.

GAMES - 9:46

Terraforming Mars

Kyle gets a negative interaction with a publisher off his chest.

Splotter Games

Adam’s Rating: 22

Rob’s Rating: 222

Kyle’s Rating: 22

BEYOND -  29:51

(You may hear some panting in the background. It’s just Princess Leia the Boxer.)

International Space Station

Rob becomes the most outraged he’s ever been on the podcast when Kyle and Adam say we’re behind in space exploration. - 32:44

December 2020 - 1/2 of the Mass on Earth is Human Made

Movie: The Day The Earth Stood Still — Spoiler Alert

TV Show: The Expanse

Movie:  ? - Adam refused to divulge what movie he was talking about. What's the secret? We don't know.

BTW - All the movies mentioned in today's podcast have newer versions than we linked, but you know, feeling nostalgic.

The Expanse Board Game

All music this episode by Adam Lavazza or Lavazza and Layne.

We have some Amazon links in these notes, but as of publication we are not an affiliate. Just trying to be convenient.

Hosts: Adam, Kyle, Rob

All music this week by: Adam Lavazza and Lavazza & Layne

This week we talk about water parks, Barrage, and societal water management. Rob studied water engineering stuff at West Point.

Phoenix Area Water Parks: Hurricane Harbor, Big Surf, Sunsplash

Arizona "Natural" Water Parks: Fossil Creek, Wet Beaver Creek, West Clear Creek, Sycamore Canyon, Aravaipa, Slide Rock

Barrage

Board Game Geek: Barrage

YouTube Barrage Overview by the Dice Tower

Barrage Ratings: Rob - 222, Kyle - 22, Adam - DNP

Central Arizona Project

Book: Cadillac Desert

Hosts: Adam, Kyle, Rob

Today we talk about the first two games in the Iron Rails Series by Capstone Games and begin a discussion on Capitalism.

Irish Gauge

Ride The Rails

18xx Games

Ticket to Ride

Iberian Gauge

(Please note we have received and played Iberian Gauge and are looking forward to reviewing it as well.)

Ratings

Rob - Irish Gauge - 2222 - Ride the Rails - 2222

Adam - Irish Gauge - 222 - Ride the Rails - 222

Kyle - Irish Gauge - 222 - Ride the Rails - 222 Combined - 2222

Capitalism

Socialism

California Gold Rush

Current World Population as of the publishing of this podcast - 7.753 Billion and rising

Adam Smith

Magna Carta 

Many of the links in today's notes are to Wikipedia articles. While Wikipedia is a great place to start, we remind you that it is not a completely accurate source for information. Do your research!

Music today by: Adam Lavazza, Lavazza and Layne, and the song Shrutie Pie is by Zachariah Hickman

Hosts: Adam, Kyle, Rob

In today's episode Adam asks Rob and Kyle if they prefer bad news or good news first; we review Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia, and then we discuss the dystopian future, sort of.

Book: When

Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia

We mention "AP." In board gaming terms, and perhaps in other areas of our lives, it means "analysis paralysis." It's when one has too many decisions to process, and so things slow way down as the person attempts to parse out the absolute best decision to make. We all suffer from it at times, but poor Adam gets it a lot, because he's an Enneagram 7. (We'll talk about the Enneagram at some point.)

Scythe

Watch It Played

Our Euphoria ratings:

Adam - 22 - He hasn't played it yet, and there is no way he would give it a 22. He'll change his mind.

Rob - 222

Kyle - 222

Brave New World

1984

Animal Farm

The Handmaid's Tale

Fahrenheit 451

Catch 22

The Hunger Games

Divergent

V for Vendetta

The Circle

(Lord only knows what the algorithms must think of us for looking up all the links to these dystopian novels.)

Music in today's episode from: Adam Lavazza, Lavazza & Layne, and ELPHNT

Hosts - Adam, Kyle, Rob

Today the hosts look at the two player card game Lost Cities, even though it's not Two-Player Tuesday. They also talk about the Cursed City controversy at Games Workshop, (it was relevant when this was recorded, but a bit old news) and also talk about the Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras. 

Cursed City Controversy

The Honest Wargamer

Warhammer Weekly - Vince Venturella 

Lost Cities

Rob and Adam also mention the games - Spades, Phase10, and Uno, but as Kyle does the show notes and hates all of those games, you'll have to find your own information.

Lost Cities Ratings - Rob 222, Adam 222, Kyle 22

Pythagoras

Fibonacci Sequence

The Theory of Everything - Movie

Euclid's Elements

C.S. Lewis

Music this episode: Adam Lavazza, Lavazza & Layne, and "Sonora" by Quincas Moreira

As always remember Wikipedia is a good place to start, but it's not an academic source. Do your research!

Hosts: Adam, Kyle, Rob

In today's episode Adam asks us what we like, we look at the game Tokaido, and Rob takes us into Philosophy 101 again looking at Tao (or Dao).

Music in this Episode:

So Far Away - Adam Lavazza

Lazy Walk - Cheel

How Long - Lavazza and Layne

Tokaido

Tokaido on Board Game Geek

Tao

The Big Lebowski

Winnie the Pooh

Hosts: Adam, Kyle, Rob

SHOW NOTES:

Opening & Closing Music - "So Far Away" by Adam Lavazza, used with permission.

Game Overview Music - "Despair and Triumph" by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Source & Artist

Beyond Section Music - "Expectantly" by Adam Lavazza & Kyle Layne, used with permission.

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Kwity Paye - Indianapolis Colts 2021 1st Round Draft Pick

Zaven Collins - Arizona Cardinals 2021 1st Round Draft Pick

We're not sure what basketball board game Adam was talking about, or what games Rob was talking about playing with his dad, but if we figure it out we'll drop it in a future show's notes.

Petrichor

Adam's Rating: 22

Rob's Rating: 222

Kyle's Rating: 22

Philosophy 101 - Thales of Miletus 

The body is actually roughly 60% water.

71% of Earth's surface is covered by water.

@catch2222gaming - Twitter and Instagram

www.catch2222.com

Hosts: Adam, Kyle, Rob

Turns out that Kyle also likes miniatures games, and he's thinking about trying out the old standby Warhammer. (Now, it's Warhammer: Age of Sigmar.)

Join him as he begins his journey.

Music: When Gods Pontificate by Dan Bodan 

Hosts: Kyle

Just a quick update on what is happening with the podcast.