Dads on a Map

Description: Today on Hittin' Dits James, Mike, Zach and Joe talk about games that have been misses for them and their plan to revisit and stream these games in the month of June.  Come along for the ride as the Choo Choo Crew plays games they don't like (CCPGTDL)!

 

0:00 Open

8:35 Intro

12:50 London & NorthWestern

20:00 18Chesapeake

28:30 Union Station

38:00 Iberian Railways

45:07 Italian Railroads

53:30 Outro

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Watch out, it's a big boy! The Choo Choo Crew dissects one of the new 18xx kids on the block: The Old Prince 1871. A live opening auction, a full breakdown of how this game ticks, what we're using to our advantage, and our favorite positions to play. Get up to speed on this new 18xx offering, or follow along if you're already all in on T.O.P. Enjoy!

(0:00) Intro 
(:58) Quad Jumps: Worst Rule Ever?
(9:12) Overview
(13:30) Opening Auction: The Old Prince 1871
(29:03) Auction Begins
(52:44) Breaking down The Old Prince
(54:05) The PEIR
(74:25) Union Bank
(104:52) Train Roster & Train Rush
(125:32) Tranches, Splitting, and New Companies
(149:06) Track, Tiles, Tokens
(165:42) Variability & Final Thoughts

Follow along with our game of The Old Prince:
https://18xx.games/game/83387

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Join the COIN Collectors as we review one year of podcasting, including games played, highlights, and look towards new games and episodes in the coming year.

:57 - Introductions
2:37 - First game as a group
4:34 - List of COIN games covered
5:48 - Other games covered (Robotech Reconstruction, Bayonets and Tomahawks, Imperial Struggle)
7:52 - Gaming with the DOAM discord
9:13 - Favorite gaming memories
13:47 - Games that we're excited about
21:08 - How to encourage people to play historical games?
24:03 - How to market historical games to non-gamers?
26:52 - Introductory scenarios to help onboard non-gamers
29:49 - Learning videos by Rodney
30:00 - Is Root a COIN game?
34:05 - What do we have planned for the next year?
36:52 - Wrap-up

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James & Sanchez are joined by DoaM Correspondent Xander after his trip to GMT's Weekend at the Warehouse convention. We also talk recent plays of a trio of trick takers - Plotters Inc, Black Swan, and Aggretsuko, as well as Sanchez' first play of 1841: Lite. Enjoy the show!

(6:49) Plotters, Inc
(12:12) Black Swan
(17:33) Aggretsuko: Work/Rage Balance
(26:14) 1841: Lite
(42:15) Carolus Magnus
(48:20) Xander joins the show to talk GMT's Weekend at the Warehouse
  
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Today on Hittin' Dits the Choo Choo Crew talks about the upcoming 1870 league on 18xx.tools as well as recaps the past season of the 1830 league.

0:00 open
6:00 intro
9:00 1870 league look ahead
25:20 1830 league review 
40:50 outro

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It's arts & crafts time with James & Sanchez! We talk Proxying games & components and dive into our successes and failures Print & Playing games, specifically our 18xx adventures. Also recent plays of Home Worlds, Die Macher, Nana, Tammany Hall, and Jekyll v Hyde. Enjoy the show!

(5:43) Die Macher
(12:47) Home Worlds
(21:38) Tammany Hall
(26:13) Tinners' Trail
(29:08) Nana
(37:06) Jekyll v Hyde
(42:21) Haggis
(50:30) Proxying Games & Components
(65:50) 18xx Print & Play
  
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The Choo Choo Crew takes a detour down a seldom talked about road for us: Operational Games. What makes them tick, what makes them different, how to succeed and why you should play them. Also a live auction of 1880 China and recent plays of Harzbahn, 1836, and diving into the PNP world.

(:34) Intro
(2:18) Quad Jumps: Favorite Fictional Train
(10:45) Live Auction: 1880 China
(32:40) Recent Plays: Harzbahn 1873
(38:11) 1836
(43:00) Teaching 1841
(45:29) James' PNP Ups & Downs
(53:20) Main Topic: Operational Games
(91:45) Where's the Negativity?

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On Episode 61 we reveal the winner of the DoaM Madness Tournament & Prediction Contest, and James takes Sanchez to task over his controversial voting motives. Also recent plays of Bridge City Poker, Butterfly, & King of Tokyo - and the best travel games to take on the road. Enjoy the show!

(:30) DoaM Madness Champion
(4:21) Prediction Contest Winner & Prize Choice
(7:36) #BlameSanchez
(23:16) New Patrons & DoaMcoN Dallas Upcoming!
(25:30) Bridge City Poker
(36:56) King of Tokyo
(42:11) Northern Pacific
(46:40) Butterfly
(53:46) Travel Games
 

http://www.challonge.com/DoaM22 - See the final bracket!

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To celebrate a year of COIN Collectors episodes, we interview Jason Carr, the director of game development at GMT games. We discuss Jason's background, what makes a COIN game a COIN game, the future of COIN and Irregular conflict series, and many other topics. This interview was a ton of fun, and we hope that you enjoy the discussion as much as we did.

00:00:53 – Introduction
00:01:54 – Background and Game Development at GMT
00:12:50 – What makes a COIN a COIN?
00:19:05 – Upcoming Releases: Fire in the Lake, Fall of Saigon; People Power.
00:23:48 – Selecting conflicts for COIN games
00:26:51 – Expansions for COIN games
00:29:20 – Best first COIN game
00:37:35 – New mechanisms for COIN games
00:40:57 – 2p COIN games
00:48:10 – The COIN experience and attracting new players
00:50:56 – App integration
01:01:15 – Best fictional COIN setting?
01:03:50 – Final thoughts and Outro

Live thoughts and impressions from DoaMcoN Jr - a midwest mini meetup of DoaMers. Join James, Zach, Phil, and Mark and many special guests as we chat about the event, the food, the games we played, and the hilarity that ensued. Enjoy! 

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