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Are you "Team Buttons" or "Team Maximum Effort" when you first play a board game?  We answer this question and dive into the topic on why some board gamers are happy to explore without consequence and why others punish themselves on getting a great first game experience.

FIRST PLAYER: JP
OTHER PLAYERS: Dan, Adrian & Kerley

In this episode you'll learn:
- whether Adrian combo'd any castles in Castle Combo by Catch Up Games
- how Dan got on with his first play of Nucleum by Board & Dice
- more about the "edge" as JP experiences his first play of Andromeda's Edge by Cardboard Alchemy
- that Kerley is re-visting some of his favourites including Perseverance Episode 1 by Mindclash Games
- our take on board gamers who fall into two categories as they approach new games, whether you just there to push buttons and pull levers not worries about the outcomes or punishing yourself for not having the perfect first game.

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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
3:57 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
4:14 - Adrian - Castle Combo
11:59 - Dan - Nucleum
14:43 - Kerley - Perseverance Episode 1
19:33 - JP - Andromedas Edge
27:44 - TURN 3 - Main Event: You get once chance to make a first impression
29:34 - Team Buttons vs Team Maximum Effort
39:14 - What are the pros & cons of both teams?
48:41 - Do we feel competitiveness and creativity plays a role here?
53:10 - Winning pressure vs teaching pressure
1:00:31 - Demos are different to first play experiences
1:03:54 - TURN 4 - Would you rather...have the perfect first game but never know your score or know your score but have to experience everything the game has to offer
1:11:07 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:22:08 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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