Tim from the Board Game Hot Takes podcast joins Candice to discuss their gaming highlights from BGG.CON 2023.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:01:28 Board Game Hot Takes
  • 00:05:22 The BGG.CON Vibe
    • 00:07:59 Hot Games Room + HUGE Game Library
    • 00:10:18 Exhibit Hall + Open Gaming Areas 
    • 00:12:43 Panels + Special Guests 
    • 00:14:29 "Board Game Celebrities"
• 00:17:20 Fresh Plays
  • 00:17:54 Ark Nova: Marine Worlds
  • 00:26:55 Raising Robots
  • 00:38:49 Grand Austria Hotel
  • 00:46:53 Forest Shuffle
• 01:01:50 Our BGG.CON '23 Gaming Highlights
  • 01:02:25 New Games Played - (Evacuation, Kutna Hora, Arboretum)
    • 01:03:20 Federation
    • 01:11:13 Arboretum
  • 01:12:55 Prototypes & Unreleased Games Played
    • 01:13:31 Martin Wallace prototypes (Steam Power, Animal Rules Football, "Chinese Whist")
    • 01:24:15 Raas: A Dance of Love
    • 01:28:13 Galactic Cruise
    • 01:31:17 Wilmot's Warehouse
  • 01:35:19 Teaching Games I Love (Scythe, Voidfall, Outlive)
    • 01:37:35 Clank! Catacombs
  • 01:41:22 Shifty Eyed Spies
  • 01:46:11 Late Night Party Games - (Challengers!, Letter Jam, Ricochet Robots)
    • 01:46:48 Fun Facts
  • 01:50:34 KeyForge (Winds of Exchange)
• 01:58:53 Sign-off

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November 19-23, 2025
Hyatt Regency Dallas (Downtown)

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