This week we celebrate making it to EPISODE 1000!!!

Thanks to Bezier Games for their support.

Thanks to Bezier, AMIGO, and Pandasaurus for their sponsorship with games for the contest!

You can sponsor the podcast directly by going to www.patreon.com/garrettgames or check out our extensive list of games that no longer fit on OUR shelves, but belong on your table:

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First we talk Kennerspiel des Jahres - which do we want to win, and which do we think WILL win?

Then we GIVEAWAY SOME GAMES to three lucky winners/viewers! Be sure to contact me at [email protected] if you're a winner!

Finally, we spend some time reflecting on the year so far, picking our TOP 10 GAMES of the first part of 2025.

Doug's Top 10 for first part of 2025:

1. Fromage by Matthew O'Malley, Ben Rosset from Road to Infamy Games - Episode 981

2. Draft and Write Records by Bruno Maciel from Inside Up Games - Episode 981

3. Bone Wars by Wim Goossens from Game Brewer & Cranio Creations - Episode 999

4. Looot by Charles Chevallier, Laurent Escoffier from Gigamic - Episode 997

5. Explorers of Navoria by Meng Chunlin from Qiling Games & Dranda Games & GaGa Games Episode 990

6. Castle Raisers by Erwan Le Minous, Anthony Perone from Wonderful World Board Games - Episode 997

7. Cargo Empire by Alexander Bogdanovsky, Pini Shekhter from Moaideas Game Design - Episode 978

8. Sparks by Adrian Adamescu, Kristian Amundsen Østby, Florin Purluca, Kjetil Svendsen from Alion – by Dr Ø - Episode 985

9. Endeavor: Deep Sea by Carl de Visser, Jarratt Gray from Burnt Island Games, Grand Gamers Guild and Cranio Creations - Episode 996

10. Azul Duel by Michael Kiesling from Next Move Games - Episode 993

Honorable Mentions:

Only Murders in the Building by Aaron Donogh, Prospero Hall, David Iezzi from Funko Games and Goliath Games - Episode 987

3 Chapters by Joe Hout from Amigo - Episode 991

Faraway by Johannes Goupy, Corentin Lebrat from Pandasaurus Games and Catch Up Games - Episode 995

Shelley's Top 10 for the first part of 2025:

1. Fromage by Matthew O'Malley and Ben Rosset from Road to Infamy Games - Episode 981

2. Atlantis Exodus by George Halkias, Konstantinos Karagiannis from dlp games - Episode 986

3. Resafa by Vladimir Suchy from Delicious Games - Episode 982

4. Looot by Charles Chevallier, Laurent Escoffier from Gigamic - Episode 997

5. Barcelona with the Passeig de Gracia Expansion by Dani Garcia from Board&Dice - Episode 994

6. Bone Wars by Wim Goossens from Game Brewer & Cranio Creations - Episode 999

7. Calcada by Vangelis Bagiartakis and Konstantinos Karagiannis from Piatnik - Episode 983

8. Castle Raisers by Erwan Le Minous, Anthony Perone from Wonderful World Board Games - Episode 997

9. Azul Duel by Michael Kiesling from Next Move Games - Episode 993

10. Only Murders in the Building by Aaron Donogh, Prospero Hall, David Iezzi from Funko Games and Goliath Games - Episode 987

Honorable Mentions:

Faraway by Johannes Goupy, Corentin Lebrat from Pandasaurus Games and Catch Up Games - Episode 995

River of Gold by Keith Piggott from Office Dog and KOSMOS - Episode 998

Big Easy Busking by Joshua J Mills from Weird Giraffe Games - Episode 976