Friendly Ties

This is the audio taken from the Q&A July 2020 Vlog which can be found here: https://youtu.be/i0FWAobgetQ

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This is the audio taken from a recent Games Radar Vlog which can be found https://youtu.be/OCV3Pu5CPJQ

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Games discussed in the following order:

Alhambra: Roll & Write

Anno 1800

Blätterrauschen

Brick & Mortar

Carnegie

Corsica

Cosmic Colonies

Curious Cargo

Flourish

Indus 2500 BCE

Lost Ruins of Arnak

Matchi

Mercado de Lisboa

Night Market

Oymyakon

Pandoria Merchants

Pendulum

PESSOA

Praga Caput Regni

Scents and Sensibility

Star Fall: First Contact

Tasty Humans

The Emerald Flame

The Field of the Cloth of Gold

Tichu Deluxe

Vela

This is the audio taken from the July 2020 Update Vlog which can be found https://youtu.be/WRJLVaei6iI

This podcast was created due to the help of the numerous Patreon supporters of the channel. If you appreciate the option of listening to my vlogs in podcast form, please consider directly supporting their creation by going to Patreon.com/JonGetsGames.

Episode Timestamps:

General Updates

Brief Patreon General Update - 0:51

Something has to change - 1:09

Shifting shelf - 4:01

Upcoming schedule - 9:05

This is the audio taken from my Top 10 Polyomino games list which can be found here: https://youtu.be/LSOFUbOMcnw

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Episode Timestamps:

What is a polyomino? - 0:45

List methodology - 1:23

10. Queenz: To bee or not to bee? - 2:11

9. Miyabi - 3:33

8. Realm of Sand - 5:27

7. NMBR 9 - 7:26

6. Spring Meadow - 9:41

5. Patchwork - 12:03

4. Bärenpark - 14:15

3. Cartographers - 17:42

2. A Feast for Odin - 21:02

1. Isle of Cats - 24:51

This is the audio taken from the Q&A June 2020 Vlog which can be found here: https://youtu.be/LQwi916OWYI

This podcast was created due to the help of the numerous Patreon supporters of the channel. If you appreciate the option of listening to my vlogs in podcast form, please consider directly supporting their creation by going to Patreon.com/JonGetsGames.

Questions in order:

How did you find your current board gaming group?

I know you said July but do you have a date for when you are doing a video for Tekhenu?

Hello, any chances for Barrage tutorial?

Not a question but just a thank you, that behind the scene video was really amazing to watch.

Any remote gaming yet?

Have you done, or do you plan to do any of the Virtual Cons?

Are there any games you would LOVE to do a playthrough for, but never get the time to?

I watched your Make a Plathrough with Me and was wondering if you ever have to learn several games at once especially if you're waiting to hear back from publishers.

Does you girl friend like playing games with you? What is her favorite game to play with you?

I just moved to the San Jose area With no collection, I’ve been renting games from a store in town. Thoughts on rentals as service?Would you use it?

Did You meet Ignacy Trzewiczek?

Will you do Nevada City? There are no videos on it

Have you tried the Through the Ages expansion?

Do you have a go to filler? or a preferred one that you keep pushing?

You must learn your good share of BAD games when doing KS videos... how do you handle that, isn't it a bit frustrating?

Have you ever tried designing your own game? Does board game designing interest you or are you more interested in playing and content creating?

What you think about Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion?

When you make sponsored play through's does that help you get an idea of whether you'd like a game or do you need the game night with friends to really know?

I’m designing a city building game like Caylus. Are there any games similar to Caylus that you’ve enjoyed?

Apps, Tabletop Simulator or Tabletopia?

I am trying to design some of my own games, currently a deck-building workerplacement game.

What would your dream game room look like?

What would you consider the most underrated game that is a favorite of yours?

Thanks for covering Mandala. Your impressions convinced me to pick it up, and my wife and I have been obsessed with it since the day it arrived. Have you had a chance to return to it?

What is your favorite mechanism that would draw you to that game right away?

Do you think you're in your forever home?

Do you stack your games horizontally or vertically?

What do you do that annoys people that you play with? :)

Have you ever considered doing playthroughs for older games that might not be on people's radars?

Do you have any rule book pet peeves, or gaming pet peeves?

Am I a bad person if I count plays on my BGG tracker when I play all the players like you do on your play through's?

Are there any games on your "Railroad Revolution" radar? Meaning you're currently hoping for an expansion or updated version in order to fix things?

Are there any games that you just want a graphical or component upgrade to and nothing else?

What is your favorite Berkeley restaurant? Specifically pizza.

Is there a "friendly competition" friendly to be the first you tuber to review new games quicker than each other?

Have you ever attended Tokyo Game Market? How familiar are you with Japanese/Taiwanese games?

Favourite Lacerda?

Have you considered having someone help you with the channel?

Since you often review prototypes for kickstarters, has there ever been a game where you did not like it initially but then loved the post production copy? Sorcerer city perhaps?

This is the audio taken from a recent Impressions Vlog which can be found here: https://youtu.be/be5zG-Na-Ug

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Episode Timestamps:

Pax Pamir 2nd Ed - 0:44

Rosetta: The Lost Language - 14:51

The King's Dilemma - 21:20

This is the audio taken from the June 2020 Update Vlog which can be found here: https://youtu.be/ekj-gKhvSM4

This podcast was created due to the help of the numerous Patreon supporters of the channel. If you appreciate the option of listening to my vlogs in podcast form, please consider directly supporting their creation by going to Patreon.com/JonGetsGames.

Episode Timestamps:

General Updates

Brief Patreon General Update - 0:44

New Backdrop - 1:09

Acoustic Improvements - 2:54

Black Lives Matter ad donation - 4:42

Shifting shelf - 6:03

Upcoming schedule - 9:50

This is the audio taken from the Q&A April 2020 Vlog which can be found here: https://youtu.be/POsmhoAEegU

This podcast was created due to the help of the numerous Patreon supporters of the channel. If you appreciate the option of listening to my vlogs in podcast form, please consider directly supporting their creation by going to Patreon.com/JonGetsGames.

Questions in order:

1. Thanks for Pret-a-Porter video, greetings from Poland - Krzysztof Kaczmarek

2. How does your schedule look like now? - Alex Maklai

3. Describe your perfect sandwich. - Shorty Dancer

4. Do you keep a count on the number of games you have played? Do you log those in BGG? - Ross Quijano

5. When is in the halls game going live? - Ross Quijano

6. What is your favorite polyomino/tetrisy game? - Alan Ali

7. Do you play any online boardgame platforms? Recently got on BGA and I love it! - Shorty Dancer

8. You mentioned you enjoyed the game "The Magnificent", any plans for a play-through video? - Alan Ali

9. What's your main criterion for culling a game from your collection? - Michael Newsome

10. What upcoming Kickstarter are you most excited about? - Alex Maklai

11. You said once you rarely play a game more than 3 or 4 times. What is a non-party/family game that came out recently that broke that rule. - Robert Richardson

12. What's your most played game of the year so far? Is that necessarily a game you like? - Ross Quijano

13. What are your favorite dice driven Euros? What dice mechanisms do you think work best and what are some common design pitfalls? - Jesse Lefkowitz

14. Do you have a favorite board game designer? - Shorty Dancer

15. What is your favorite tower defense boardgame? If you do not have one, do you have any recommendations? BTW Great job on teaching how to play games. - Marco Gutierrez

16. Have you revisited your best games of 2018 lately? MvM revisited theirs this week and some of the hosts didn't change their order. - Ross Quijano

17. I always hear “this game shows its age”. How would you define when a game does? - Shorty Dancer

18. Are you still enjoying Ring Fit Adventure? Are there any other video games you’ve been playing? - Mike Bloom

19. For the videos you play games solo, but outside this, Do you play Solo and what is your favorite sologame - Geert van der Slacht

20. How do you tell someone "kindly" that they are taking WAY too long making a move. - Ross Quijano

21. Most anticipated game for this year? - Jace Williams

22. What breed of dog do you have? We have a bulldog. - Denis Giles

23. Do you enjoy team vs team games? - Alan Ali

24. Hey Jon, have you ever visited Belgium? - Davy Claes

25. Is there a theme you haven't seen in a game that you would like to see? - Denis Giles

26. Do you try to show as many different strategies as you can during your 3 player tutorial / playthroughs or do you just play each player however you can as the game goes along? - Jace Williams

27. Play any roleplaying games? - hoser40k

28. Not really a question - but do you think you could mention at the beginning of each of your tutorials the player counts of the game you're about to do a playthrough for? - Ross Quijano

29. At what point is a game too long (hours-wise) for you to want to play? - Doug Lloyd

30. Tea or coffee? - Alan Ali

31. Favorite "Legacy" game? - hoser40k

32. Which board game designer would you play a game with? - aliplaysalot

33. How do you decide how many players you'll film when doing your playthroughs? sometimes, you do 3 or 4, which is awesome. other times, you do only 2, but completely understandable. - Ross Quijano

34. Do you play Print&Play games? - RonaldVdW

35. Not this year, but do you want to visit pax unplugged one year? - furinkazan88

36. Favourite podcasts, boardgame related or not. - Joe Chang

This is the audio taken from my latest Impressions Vlog which can be found here: https://youtu.be/bcbtAeR2XGE

This podcast was created due to the help of the numerous Patreon supporters of the channel. If you appreciate the option of listening to my vlogs in podcast form, please consider directly supporting their creation by going to Patreon.com/JonGetsGames.

Episode Timestamps:

Bandido - 0:50

Little Town - 5:04

Mandala - 11:11

This is the audio taken from the May 2020 Update Vlog which can be found here: https://youtu.be/gji8gMFl_-Q

This podcast was created due to the help of the numerous Patreon supporters of the channel. If you appreciate the option of listening to my vlogs in podcast form, please consider directly supporting their creation by going to Patreon.com/JonGetsGames.

Episode Timestamps:

Brief Patreon General Update - 0:46

Next Q&A scheduled - 1:11

Behind the Scenes vlog - 2:10

Shifting shelf - 3:20

Upcoming schedule - 7:05