Gettin' Gamey

Some games are good because they are special to us. Others are good because of something specific, like a new mechanic, or a great theme. Some games are good just because they are good. And then theres this game...

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Art for the show produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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T1000 or how we used to get internet.[2:55]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Box Art. [7:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Artist rendition of Decoy at the end of the game. [52:20]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠Art. [1:00:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠More Art [1:00:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠Scythe art for comparison. [1:04:00]

⁠⁠Decoy IRL. [2:03:10]⁠

The List.

1. Arcs
2. Root
3. Dominion
4. Brass Birmingham
5. Twilight Struggle
6. Nemesis
7. Dune Imperium
8. Barcelona
9. Spirit Island
10. Feast for Odin
11. Witcher Old World
12. Terraforming Mars
13. Ark Nova
14. On Mars
15. Bus
16. Apiary
17. Pax Pamir 2e
18. Mahjong
19. Wonderland's War
20. Stationfall
21. Azul
22. Skyteam
23. Pandemic Legacy
24. Fromage
25. Wingspan
26. Jo Co
27. JOTL
28. Gest for Robin Hood
29. Vijayanagara
30. Watergate
31. Tokaido
32. Skull
33. Mind MGMT
34. Heat: PTTM
35. Turncoats
36. Go
37. Connect 4
38. Fort
39. Sea Salt and Paper
40. Quoridor
41. Betrayal
42. Cosmic Frog
43. Flamecraft
44. Chess
45. Catan
46. Scythe
47. Quacks
48. Disney Villainous
49. Sheepy Time
50. Ticket to Ride
51. Hnefatafl
52. Royal Game of Ur
53. Incan Gold
54. Ricochet Robots
55. Red Dragon Inn
56. Scrabble
57. Poker
58. Cat in the Box
59. Mancala
60. Greed
61. Dominoes
62. Parcheesi
63. Fireball Island
64. Cluedo
65. Guess Who?
66. Checkers
67. Stratego
68. Discworld: Ankh Morpork
69. Risk
70. Chinese Checkers
71. Battleship
72. Trivial Pursuit
73. Monopoly
74. Backgammon
75. Kerplunk!
76. Mouse Trap

Welcome Back to Gettin Gamey! We are excited to be back in the production seats, and wanted to start off this season with one that is certain to get a few eyes to jump our way. You've heard of it, likely seen it, played it, or heard someone else play it...Join us for a non-spoiler discussion about this, the first to popularize a genre that Decoy and I have both enjoyed quite a bit . Special guests Rudi and Sandbox.

Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder.

Art for the show produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link Click! Good Show! [0:55]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Decoy shaking with anger IRL. [1:20]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Box Art. [7:20]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Not exactly a hot take actually. [47:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠Live look in at Sandbox. [2:30:45]⁠

The List

1. Arcs
2. Root
3. Dominion
4. Brass Birmingham
5. Twilight Struggle
6. Nemesis
7. Dune Imperium
8. Barcelona
9. Spirit Island
10. Feast for Odin
11. Witcher Old World
12. Terraforming Mars
13. Ark Nova
14. On Mars
15. Bus
16. Apiary
17. Pax Pamir 2e
18. Mahjong
19. Wonderland's War
20. Stationfall
21. Azul
22. Skyteam
23. Fromage
24. Wingspan
25. Jo Co
26. JOTL
27. Gest for Robin Hood
28. Vijayanagara
29. Watergate
30. Tokaido
31. Skull
32. Mind MGMT
33. Heat: PTTM
34. Turncoats
35. Go
36. Connect 4
37. Fort
38. Sea Salt and Paper
39. Quoridor
40. Betrayal
41. Cosmic Frog
42. Flamecraft
43. Chess
44. Catan
45. Scythe
46. Quacks
47. Disney Villainous
48. Sheepy Time
49. Ticket to Ride
50. Hnefatafl
51. Royal Game of Ur
52. Incan Gold
53. Ricochet Robots
54. Red Dragon Inn
55. Scrabble
56. Poker
57. Cat in the Box
58. Mancala
59. Greed
60. Dominoes
61. Parcheesi
62. Fireball Island
63. Cluedo
64. Guess Who?
65. Checkers
66. Stratego
67. Discworld: Ankh Morpork
68. Risk
69. Chinese Checkers
70. Battleship
71. Trivial Pursuit
72. Monopoly
73. Backgammon
74. Kerplunk!
75. Mouse Trap

Welcome back to Gettin Gamey! It's Season 5, and we are very excited for you to join us on our journey this year through the board games we have drafted for this season. Here is a little taste!

See you on October 19th for the Season Premier!

Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder.

Art for the show produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

The List

1. Arcs
2. Root
3. Dominion
4. Brass Birmingham
5. Twilight Struggle
6. Nemesis
7. Dune Imperium
8. Barcelona
9. Spirit Island
10. Feast for Odin
11. Witcher Old World
12. Terraforming Mars
13. Ark Nova
14. On Mars
15. Bus
16. Apiary
17. Pax Pamir 2e
18. Mahjong
19. Wonderland's War
20. Stationfall
21. Azul
22. Skyteam
23. Fromage
24. Wingspan
25. Jo Co
26. JOTL
27. Gest for Robin Hood
28. Vijayanagara
29. Watergate
30. Tokaido
31. Skull
32. Mind MGMT
33. Heat: PTTM
34. Turncoats
35. Go
36. Connect 4
37. Fort
38. Sea Salt and Paper
39. Quoridor
40. Betrayal
41. Cosmic Frog
42. Flamecraft
43. Chess
44. Catan
45. Scythe
46. Quacks
47. Disney Villainous
48. Sheepy Time
49. Ticket to Ride
50. Hnefatafl
51. Royal Game of Ur
52. Incan Gold
53. Ricochet Robots
54. Red Dragon Inn
55. Scrabble
56. Poker
57. Cat in the Box
58. Mancala
59. Greed
60. Dominoes
61. Parcheesi
62. Fireball Island
63. Cluedo
64. Guess Who?
65. Checkers
66. Stratego
67. Discworld: Ankh Morpork
68. Risk
69. Chinese Checkers
70. Battleship
71. Trivial Pursuit
72. Monopoly
73. Backgammon
74. Kerplunk!
75. Mouse Trap

After just the short delay for us to fully prepare for this seasons gauntlet episode, we give you the long awaited re-evaluation of the list as it sits with 75 games on it. Sandbox, as usual, joins for mediation, and to tell us just how wrong we are!

Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder.

Art for the show produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our personal rankings. [5:50]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out the Pubmeeple ranking engine we used for that! [6:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Artist rendition of Decoy on a bicycle. [12:50]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠I'll say it now :D [1:09:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠Final S4 Rankings! [End of the season!]⁠

The List Before Revision

1. Arcs
2. Root
3. Dominion
4. Twilight Struggle
5. Brass Birmingham
6. Nemesis
7. Ark Nova
8. Dune Imperium
9. Barcelona
10. Spirit Island
11. Wonderlands War
12. Feast for Odin
13. The Witcher: Old World
14. Terraforming Mars
15. Stationfall
16. On Mars
17. Wingspan
18. Pax Pamir 2e
19. Mahjong
20. Skyteam
21. Azul
22. Bus
23. Fromage
24. Apiary
25. Jo Co
26. JOTL
27. Gest of Robinhood
28. Vijayanagara
29. Watergate
30. Mind MGMT
31. Tokaido
32. Skull
33. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
34. Turncoats
35. Go
36. Connect 4
37. Fort
38. Sea Salt and Paper
39. Quoridor
40. Betrayal
41. Cosmic Frog
42. Flamecraft
43. Chess
44. Catan
45. Scythe
46. Quacks
47. Disney Villainous
48. Sheepy Time
49. Ticket to Ride
50. Hnefatafl
51. Royal Game of Ur
52. Incan Gold
53. Ricochet Robots
54. Red Dragon Inn
55. Scrabble
56. Poker
57. Cat in the Box
58. Mancala
59. Greed
60. Dominoes
61. Parcheesi
62. Fireball Island
63. Cluedo
64. Guess Who?
65. Checkers
66. Stratego
67. Discworld: Ankh Morpork
68. Risk
69. Chinese Checkers
70. Battleship
71. Trivial Pursuit
72. Monopoly
73. Backgammon
74. Kerplunk!
75. Mouse Trap

Welcome to our final new game of Season 4! This one is a strange one, with perhaps the starkest personal ranking feelings between the panelists we've had in recent memory. Come join us for the monkey with a gun, the telepathic rat, and the NDAs. The NDAs!!

Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder.

Art for the show produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Also check out the best Arcs content in the galaxy! Victory in Reach!

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Favorite Characters [0:00:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Box Art! [1:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Teeth! [19:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠What Skwid was trying to say here. [49:10]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

The Doctor [54:25]⁠

The List

1. Arcs
2. Root
3. Dominion
4. Twilight Struggle
5. Brass Birmingham
6. Nemesis
7. Ark Nova
8. Dune Imperium
9. Barcelona
10. Spirit Island
11. Wonderlands War
12. Feast for Odin
13. The Witcher: Old World
14. Terraforming Mars
15. On Mars
16. Wingspan
17. Pax Pamir 2e
18. Mahjong
19. Skyteam
20. Azul
21. Bus
22. Fromage
23. Apiary
24. Jo Co
25. JOTL
26. Gest of Robinhood
27. Vijayanagara
28. Watergate
29. Mind MGMT
30. Tokaido
31. Skull
32. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
33. Turncoats
34. Go
35. Connect 4
36. Fort
37. Sea Salt and Paper
38. Quoridor
39. Betrayal
40. Cosmic Frog
41. Flamecraft
42. Chess
43. Catan
44. Scythe
45. Quacks
46. Disney Villainous
47. Sheepy Time
48. Ticket to Ride
49. Hnefatafl
50. Royal Game of Ur
51. Incan Gold
52. Ricochet Robots
53. Red Dragon Inn
54. Scrabble
55. Poker
56. Cat in the Box
57. Mancala
58. Greed
59. Dominoes
60. Parcheesi
61. Fireball Island
62. Cluedo
63. Guess Who?
64. Checkers
65. Stratego
66. Discworld: Ankh Morpork
67. Risk
68. Chinese Checkers
69. Battleship
70. Trivial Pursuit
71. Monopoly
72. Backgammon
73. Kerplunk!
74. Mouse Trap

Welcome to the Season 5 preview episode, where we draft next season's games for the list! A few surprises abound!

Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder.

Art for the show produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠⁠⁠

Secret Family Photo :D [8:05]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nemesis Comparison Options [1:03:20]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Decoy's Picks [1:14:40]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Skwid's Picks [1:26:55]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of Nihm [1:28:50]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Possible Community Picks [1:39:40]⁠

Welcome back to Mars, except this time, we aren't terraforming it, but colonizing it. Our first Vital Lacerda game on the list, and with the production quality, complexity, and general positive nature of this game and designer, it will not be our last!

Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder.

Art for the show produced by ⁠⁠⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠⁠⁠

Box Art [12:10]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cheat Sheet 1 [19:10]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cheat Sheet 2 [19:10]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dice on the other hand :D [1:30:50]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Board Example [1:36:20]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Picard Stare [1:55:00]⁠

The List

1. Arcs
2. Root
3. Dominion
4. Twilight Struggle
5. Brass Birmingham
6. Nemesis
7. Ark Nova
8. Dune Imperium
9. Barcelona
10. Spirit Island
11. Wonderlands War
12. Feast for Odin
13. The Witcher: Old World
14. Terraforming Mars
15. Wingspan
16. Pax Pamir 2e
17. Mahjong
18. Skyteam
19. Azul
20. Bus
21. Fromage
22. Apiary
23. Jo Co
24. JOTL
25. Gest of Robinhood
26. Vijayanagara
27. Watergate
28. Mind MGMT
29. Tokaido
30. Skull
31. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
32. Turncoats
33. Go
34. Connect 4
35. Fort
36. Sea Salt and Paper
37. Quoridor
38. Betrayal
39. Cosmic Frog
40. Flamecraft
41. Chess
42. Catan
43. Scythe
44. Quacks
45. Disney Villainous
46. Sheepy Time
47. Ticket to Ride
48. Hnefatafl
49. Royal Game of Ur
50. Incan Gold
51. Ricochet Robots
52. Red Dragon Inn
53. Scrabble
54. Poker
55. Cat in the Box
56. Mancala
57. Greed
58. Dominoes
59. Parcheesi
60. Fireball Island
61. Cluedo
62. Guess Who?
63. Checkers
64. Stratego
65. Discworld: Ankh Morpork
66. Risk
67. Chinese Checkers
68. Battleship
69. Trivial Pursuit
70. Monopoly
71. Backgammon
72. Kerplunk!
73. Mouse Trap

Welcome to Spirit Island, a co-op game featuring game elements that both Decoy and myself have gone on record saying we absolutely love. However...there is a slight discrepancy, that will lead to some interesting chatter and dealmaking during The Gauntlet. As amazing as it is to type, this could be a new S-Tier game for Decoy, the proverbial hater!

Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder.

Art for the show produced by ⁠⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠⁠

Skwid and Decoy IRL [7:10]⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Deep Cut Right Here [10:50]⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cheat Sheet [1:37:45]⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Favorite Art [1:37:25]⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Why are we talking about Arc Nova? [1:48:50]⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Oh boy here we go [2:06:10]⁠

The List

1. Arcs
2. Root
3. Dominion
4. Twilight Struggle
5. Brass Birmingham
6. Nemesis
7. Ark Nova
8. Dune Imperium
9. Barcelona
10. Wonderlands War
11. Feast for Odin
12. The Witcher: Old World
13. Terraforming Mars
14. Wingspan
15. Pax Pamir 2e
16. Mahjong
17. Skyteam
18. Azul
19. Bus
20. Fromage
21. Apiary
22. Jo Co
23. JOTL
24. Gest of Robinhood
25. Vijayanagara
26. Watergate
27. Mind MGMT
28. Tokaido
29. Skull
30. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
31. Turncoats
32. Go
33. Connect 4
34. Fort
35. Sea Salt and Paper
36. Quoridor
37. Betrayal
38. Cosmic Frog
39. Flamecraft
40. Chess
41. Catan
42. Scythe
43. Quacks
44. Disney Villainous
45. Sheepy Time
46. Ticket to Ride
47. Hnefatafl
48. Royal Game of Ur
49. Incan Gold
50. Ricochet Robots
51. Red Dragon Inn
52. Scrabble
53. Poker
54. Cat in the Box
55. Mancala
56. Greed
57. Dominoes
58. Parcheesi
59. Fireball Island
60. Cluedo
61. Guess Who?
62. Checkers
63. Stratego
64. Discworld: Ankh Morpork
65. Risk
66. Chinese Checkers
67. Battleship
68. Trivial Pursuit
69. Monopoly
70. Backgammon
71. Kerplunk!
72. Mouse Trap

Its party time! This puzzle-game is one that is difficult to put into words, and it is also our first (skull i guess counts?) party game on the list. Sandbox returns!

Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder.

Art for the show produced by ⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠

TFM Final Score :( [4:40]⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠Game Board [6:05]⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠Set Box Art [19:40]⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠Us Playing RR [34:00]⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠He's laughing is what he's doing [1:45:40]⁠

The List

1. Arcs
2. Root
3. Dominion
4. Twilight Struggle
5. Brass Birmingham
6. Nemesis
7. Ark Nova
8. Dune Imperium
9. Barcelona
10. Wonderlands War
11. Feast for Odin
12. The Witcher: Old World
13. Terraforming Mars
14. Wingspan
15. Pax Pamir 2e
16. Mahjong
17. Skyteam
18. Azul
19. Bus
20. Fromage
21. Apiary
22. Jo Co
23. JOTL
24. Gest of Robinhood
25. Vijayanagara
26. Watergate
27. Mind MGMT
28. Tokaido
29. Skull
30. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
31. Turncoats
32. Go
33. Connect 4
34. Fort
35. Sea Salt and Paper
36. Quoridor
37. Betrayal
38. Cosmic Frog
39. Flamecraft
40. Chess
41. Catan
42. Scythe
43. Quacks
44. Disney Villainous
45. Sheepy Time
46. Ticket to Ride
47. Hnefatafl
48. Royal Game of Ur
49. Incan Gold
50. Red Dragon Inn
51. Scrabble
52. Poker
53. Cat in the Box
54. Mancala
55. Greed
56. Dominoes
57. Parcheesi
58. Fireball Island
59. Cluedo
60. Guess Who?
61. Checkers
62. Stratego
63. Discworld: Ankh Morpork
64. Risk
65. Chinese Checkers
66. Battleship
67. Trivial Pursuit
68. Monopoly
69. Backgammon
70. Kerplunk!
71. Mouse Trap

Okay, Hear us out!

Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder.

Art for the show produced by Tin the Foil.⁠

Average Weight[11:00]⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠Builder Jim! [40:00]⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠Strategy Example 1 [52:45]⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠Example 1 continued ⁠[52:45]⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠Example 1 End game [52:45]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠Strategy Example 2 [52:45]⁠

The List

1. Arcs
2. Root
3. Dominion
4. Twilight Struggle
5. Brass Birmingham
6. Nemesis
7. Ark Nova
8. Dune Imperium
9. Barcelona
10. Wonderlands War
11. Feast for Odin
12. The Witcher: Old World
13. Terraforming Mars
14. Wingspan
15. Pax Pamir 2e
16. Mahjong
17. Skyteam
18. Azul
19. Bus
20. Fromage
21. Apiary
22. Jo Co
23. JOTL
24. Gest of Robinhood
25. Vijayanagara
26. Watergate
27. Mind MGMT
28. Tokaido
29. Skull
30. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
31. Turncoats
32. Go
33. Fort
34. Sea Salt and Paper
35. Quoridor
36. Betrayal
37. Cosmic Frog
38. Flamecraft
39. Chess
40. Catan
41. Scythe
42. Quacks
43. Disney Villainous
44. Sheepy Time
45. Ticket to Ride
46. Hnefatafl
47. Royal Game of Ur
48. Incan Gold
49. Red Dragon Inn
50. Scrabble
51. Poker
52. Cat in the Box
53. Mancala
54. Greed
55. Dominoes
56. Parcheesi
57. Fireball Island
58. Cluedo
59. Guess Who?
60. Checkers
61. Stratego
62. Discworld: Ankh Morpork
63. Risk
64. Chinese Checkers
65. Battleship
66. Trivial Pursuit
67. Monopoly
68. Backgammon
69. Kerplunk!
70. Mouse Trap