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Episode 64: Discussion of the Golden Geek Awards or Joel and Jason Have a Root Fetish and This Episode Should be Marked as Explicit


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Episode 64 - Golden Geek Award Reactions

Introduction:   

  • Zany Banter!!!

News:  

  • Paradise Lost- deduction and worker placement game from Tom Butler. 26 days to go.
  • Valley of the Kings Premium from AEG. Three days left.
  • Games played:

    • Jason - Famiglia
  • Joel -  Dice Throne
  • Jason - Sonar
  • Joel -  Bunny Kingdom
  • Golden Geek Winners:

    • Board Game of the Year - Root
      • Brass Birmingham and Architects of the West Kingdom
  • Two Player Game - Keyforge
    • War Chest and Duelosaur Island
  • Artwork/Presentation - Root
    • Everdell and Brass Birmingham
  • Card Game - The Mind
    • Keyforge and Thunderstone Quest
  • Cooperative Game - The Mind
    • Chronicles of Crime and Detective
  • Expansion - Scythe: Rise of Fenris
    • Terraforming Mars: Prelude and Root: The Riverfolk Expansion
  • Family Game - The Quacks of Quedlinburg
    • Welcome To and The Mind
  • Innovative - Root
    • Chronicles of Crime and Keyforge
  • Party Game - The Mind
    • Decrypto and Just One
  • Solo Game - That’s Pretty Clever
    • Welcome To and Chronicles of Crime
  • Strategy Game - Brass Birmingham
    • Root and Teotihuacan
  • Thematic Game - Root
    • Rising Sun and Western Legends
  • Closing:

    Looks like the only games we really need on our collection are Root and The Mind. All other games are inferior.

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