Harvest Phase

We are back for what we hope isn’t a one off episode. Our goal is an episode a month as we get our sea legs with parenthood, playing games, and just the day to day drudgery of the 9-5. What a way to make a livin’. We spit ball about games that we have played over the past three months in “Quick Fire” fashion. Some we liked, some we didn’t, and one was a surprising disappointment. I used Craiyon to generate the cover by typing the phrase, “Ark Nova is not our jam.” Feel free to jump over there...

We’re back, and more Tarnished than ever. In this episode, that is longer than the Odyssey, we regale you with tales from House Crocs to Dune Stories, and then get into the games that have found their way into our silly lives. We follow that with an Off-Brand segment all about Elden Ring. Retrieve those runes and shake off the heebie-jeebies from whatever that “guard dog” was. Ain’t no party like a tower party, but BYOP(Palantir). Games We’ve Been Playing:38:08 Res Arcana (Thomas Lehmann...

New “season”. New intro tune. Same off-the-cuff board game conversation. As usual, we start chatting about some of the latest stuff that we have been diggin’, including the new Big Thief record, Pokémon Legends Arceus, the Batman Calzone, and Ted Lasso, and then we dive into the games. Crowdfunding Roundup:24:20 Bloc by Bloc: Uprising26:47 Tindaya28:55 EarthGames We’ve Been Playing:32:25 Trails (Henry Audubon, Keymaster Games)36:10 Caper: Europe (Unai Rubio, Keymaster Games)42:12 Fo...

Let’s call it the end of the first season. We recap the things we did this year. All of ‘em. In a couple hours. It is definitive, absolute, and unwavering. Tender men unite and gather on the fields of valor during Boy’s Craft Night. Rejoice, for Craft-halla awaits us!11:15 - Best Game We Didn’t Like15:30 - She’s So Heavy Award20:55 - I Want You (She’s So Heavy) Award28:45 - Top 3 New To Us Games48:26 - 2021 We Don’t Own But Want to Play1:06:15 - 2021 We Own and Want to Play1:27:12 - 2021 Game...

Saddle up, Mariners! We talk about our continued love of treadmill gaming, enter zen states while polyominoes rain down from the heavens, and the perfection that is Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure. We talk about some real doozies this week. Tell ‘em Large Marge sent ya!Featured Games:14:14 Luna Capital (Jose Ramon Palacios, Devir)35:50 For Sale Autorama (Stefan Dorra, Eagle-Gryphon Games)47: 40 Trek 12: Himalaya (Bruno Cathala, Corentin Lebrat, Pandasaurus Games)57:40 On Tour (Chad DeShon, BoardGameT...

We mostly stick to board games this week, but have a brief detour to discuss how Tetris Effect Connected soothes the soul and a succinct but fulfilling quest for the Lost in Translation Soundtrack on vinyl. We then discuss all of the Kickstarters we are interested in, our featured games of the week, and then take a rapid fire approach to the games of 2022 that we most anticipate. Sorry for one more drop in the deluge of board game content. Kickstarter Convo:20:30 Skate Summer (Randy Reim...

Welcome to 2022! We herald in the new year by diving into dungeons(that likely were produced by sinkholes), stacking cards, stacking fuzzy balls, stacking roads and rails, and getting frustrated at games that make us act against the best interest of the party. We also have our first top five in a segment we dubbed “Five in Five”. Five minutes to create a top five. Simple. Keep smilin’ in 2022, and don’t let the bastards get you down. Intro:Dungeon Encounters (Square Enix, Nintendo Switch...

Welcome back! After a brief hiatus, we attempt to figure out how to do this in real time even though we never really had any clue, and I am making a New Years vow to never say, “We already talked about this on the podcast.” We discuss some Nintendo Switch games we have been playing including, Golf Story(again), The Messenger, and Katana Zero before diving into board games. We conclude with our final thoughts on Survivor Season 41 and its controversial(?) ending.Correction: During our conversa...

Sorry that this ends abruptly, we had some weird tech issues toward the end. Somehow a conversation about Metroid Dread and Golf Story lead to a celebration of emergent narrative. I reveal my most hated game (T.I.M.E. Stories, sorry). Somehow we briefly mention the Dave Matthews Band playing a gig at my manor in Victorian England while Mary Shelly, Percy Shelly, and Lord Byron canoodle in the manor’s “conversation” pit. It was a long two weeks off. Giddy up. Featured Games:35:30 Wits and Wage...

The episode where we finally talk about Terraforming Mars, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition and Race for the Galaxy, while also discussing Olivia Rodrigo and the fine line of influence. Needless to say, while playing Ares Expedition I was feeling a lot of deja vu. No time stamps this week as it is all one conversation. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but try as I might I was unable to land the “Terraforming Lars” joke that was in my head the entire time. Cite your sources, smash that ho...