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

Welcome to the PREMIER Pax Game, and our 70th game! Pax Pamir 2nd Edition was designed by Cole Wherle and produced by Wherlegig Games. Special Guest John (Bott_Bott) joins the Decoy and Skwid crew as we discuss one of the most interesting history games we've talked about on the show thus far. This is a highly anticipated game and episode! Come Hang.

Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder.

Art for the show produced by Tin the Foil.

Box Art⁠ [9:30]⁠

⁠⁠Pick a Faction! [16:45]⁠

⁠⁠Cloth Map [39:05]⁠

⁠⁠Candy Markers ⁠[39:25]⁠

⁠⁠Our Favorite Cards [57:45]⁠⁠⁠

Charm Offensive [1:11:30]⁠

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. Mahjong
16. Skyteam
17. Azul
18. Bus
19. Fromage
20. Apiary
21. Jo Co
22. JOTL
23. Gest of Robinhood
24. Vijayanagara
25. Watergate
26. Mind MGMT
27. Tokaido
28. Skull
29. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
30. Turncoats
31. Go
32. Fort
33. Sea Salt and Paper
34. Quoridor
35. Betrayal
36. Cosmic Frog
37. Flamecraft
38. Chess
39. Catan
40. Scythe
41. Quacks
42. Disney Villainous
43. Sheepy Time
44. Ticket to Ride
45. Hnefatafl
46. Royal Game of Ur
47. Incan Gold
48. Red Dragon Inn
49. Scrabble
50. Poker
51. Cat in the Box
52. Mancala
53. Greed
54. Dominoes
55. Parcheesi
56. Fireball Island
57. Cluedo
58. Guess Who?
59. Checkers
60. Stratego
61. Discworld: Ankh Morpork
62. Risk
63. Chinese Checkers
64. Battleship
65. Trivial Pursuit
66. Monopoly
67. Backgammon
68. Kerplunk!
69. Mouse Trap

At long last, we may have an answer to the burning question! ... The Official Board Game Academy has a game in its curriculum ala Decoy edition. Welcome to one of few that Decoy has gone on record saying he owns and enjoys. This one is worth your time.

Music of the show produced by Francis Snyder.

Art of the show produced by Tin the Foil.

Box Art⁠ [7:10]⁠

Tile Art [53:30]⁠

⁠⁠Phil Poker [1:01:40]⁠

⁠⁠⁠Decoy the Moocher [1:33:40]⁠

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. Mahjong
16. Skyteam
17. Azul
18. Bus
19. Fromage
20. Apiary
21. Jo Co
22. JOTL
23. Gest of Robinhood
24. Vijayanagara
25. Watergate
26. Mind MGMT
27. Tokaido
28. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
29. Turncoats
30. Go
31. Fort
32. Sea Salt and Paper
33. Quoridor
34. Betrayal
35. Cosmic Frog
36. Flamecraft
37. Chess
38. Catan
39. Scythe
40. Quacks
41. Disney Villainous
42. Sheepy Time
43. Ticket to Ride
44. Hnefatafl
45. Royal Game of Ur
46. Incan Gold
47. Red Dragon Inn
48. Scrabble
49. Poker
50. Cat in the Box
51. Mancala
52. Greed
53. Dominoes
54. Parcheesi
55. Fireball Island
56. Cluedo
57. Guess Who?
58. Checkers
59. Stratego
60. Discworld: Ankh Morpork
61. Risk
62. Chinese Checkers
63. Battleship
64. Trivial Pursuit
65. Monopoly
66. Backgammon
67. Kerplunk!
68. Mouse Trap

Welcome to Hotel Splotter-Spellen, where you will have a good time, be forced to be mean to your fellow players across the table, and experience a masterclass of design. Our first night at the hotel we decided to take the Bus for a spin.

Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder.

Art for the show produced by TinTheFoil.

Box Art⁠ [10:35]

⁠Decoy Skill Level⁠ [39:00]

⁠Skwid Skill Level [39:00]

⁠Old Map ⁠[1:04:45]

⁠New Map [1:04:45]

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. Mahjong
16. Skyteam
17. Azul
18. Fromage
19. Apiary
20. Jo Co
21. JOTL
22. Gest of Robinhood
23. Vijayanagara
24. Watergate
25. Mind MGMT
26. Tokaido
27. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
28. Turncoats
29. Go
30. Fort
31. Sea Salt and Paper
32. Quoridor
33. Betrayal
34. Cosmic Frog
35. Flamecraft
36. Chess
37. Catan
38. Scythe
39. Quacks
40. Disney Villainous
41. Sheepy Time
42. Ticket to Ride
43. Hnefatafl
44. Royal Game of Ur
45. Incan Gold
46. Red Dragon Inn
47. Scrabble
48. Poker
49. Cat in the Box
50. Mancala
51. Greed
52. Dominoes
53. Parcheesi
54. Fireball Island
55. Cluedo
56. Guess Who?
57. Checkers
58. Stratego
59. Discworld: Ankh Morpork
60. Risk
61. Chinese Checkers
62. Battleship
63. Trivial Pursuit
64. Monopoly
65. Backgammon
66. Kerplunk!
67. Mouse Trap

Toss a coin to your witcher, unless you're Decoy - he will gamble them away from you. Every. Single. Turn. Join us for this lovely deck builder and lore-infused RPG!

Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder.

Art of the show produced by ⁠TinTheFoil.

Shout out to @peachyparfait!

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Ranking

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. Terraforming Mars
13. Wingspan
14. Mahjong
15. Skyteam
16. Azul
17. Fromage
18. Apiary
19. Jo Co
20. JOTL
21. Gest of Robinhood
22. Vijayanagara
23. Watergate
24. Mind MGMT
25. Tokaido
26. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
27. Turncoats
28. Go
29. Fort
30. Sea Salt and Paper
31. Quoridor
32. Betrayal
33. Cosmic Frog
34. Flamecraft
35. Chess
36. Catan
37. Scythe
38. Quacks
39. Disney Villainous
40. Sheepy Time
41. Ticket to Ride
42. Hnefatafl
43. Royal Game of Ur
44. Incan Gold
45. Red Dragon Inn
46. Scrabble
47. Poker
48. Cat in the Box
49. Mancala
50. Greed
51. Dominoes
52. Parcheesi
53. Fireball Island
54. Cluedo
55. Guess Who?
56. Checkers
57. Stratego
58. Discworld: Ankh Morpork
59. Risk
60. Chinese Checkers
61. Battleship
62. Trivial Pursuit
63. Monopoly
64. Backgammon
65. Kerplunk!
66. Mouse Trap