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This week we discuss recent gaming experiences including Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective (0:40), Glux with the BGG promo (9:54), playing the Ganz Schon Clever app (13:22) and Scythe: Rise of Fenris (15:49). We tap into our escape room experience to give tips and tricks (19:01) and we end with another book recommendation from Stephanie (32:55). Thanks for tuning in this week to Hooked on Geek! Enjoy!

This week we get caught up on reviewing games. We discuss many games we enjoy but especially highlight the following titles: T.I.M.E. Stories: Brotherhood of the Coast (2:00), Wildlands (8:30), Unfinished Case of Holmes (12:07), Who Goes There? (19:20), Dead Last (24:47), GoodCritters (27:02), and War Chest (33:07). We also end with a twist on Stephanie's book recommendation. This time she recommends a particular episode of a particular podcast. Thanks for tuning in this week to Hooked on Geek, enjoy!

We start by discussing our latest tandem gaming (1:22). We also go over recent plays of Tzolk'in with our recently acquired expansion, Tribes & Prophesies (8:47) and Brass: Lancashire (14:51). We also come back to last week's topic of expansions but this time we dream up expansions we would like to see in our Top 5 games that need expansions run down (18:09). Stephanie gives her book recommendation (47:17) and we end with a movie review of the new Paul Feig film, A Simple Favor (53:13), in theaters now.

In episode 37 we recap what we have been playing recently, including the latest Tandem Gaming session and Stephanie's first impressions of Journal 29, a collection of puzzles she has been soloing. We then proceed to discuss what makes an expansion essential and give our top 5 essential expansions (18:24). We wrap up the episode with a book recommendation, well, maybe the recommendation of several essential books (40:33). Enjoy!

In episode 36 we discuss games we have been playing recently including Unlock: House on the Hill, Starship Samurai, and Yellow & Yangtze (3:00). We also discuss filler games and give our top 5 filler games (19:35) and then end with yet another book recommendation (1:07:08). Enjoy!

In episode 35 we discuss some of the games we have been playing recently including Illusion, Lucidity and Prowler's Passage (5:12). As it is Labor Day where we live in this episode we discuss our Top 5 Worker Placement Games (19:41). We also give another book recommendation (46:55) and finish the episode with a review of the new movie in theaters now, the thriller, starring John Cho, Searching (50:16). Enjoy!

We discuss the new Disney themed game, Villainous (2:08), and our experience with the Deckscape games, Test Time and The Fate of London (5:55). We also discuss two tandem gaming sessions (10:28) where we simultaneously played Lost Cities, Pinata and Quadropolis and another with Ethnos, Tzolk'in and Luxor. Stephanie just had a birthday which leads to, "By The Time You're 35..." a top 5 list of gamer related accomplishments (22:06) to achieve by 35 or else!... and a book recommendation (31:38)!

We begin by discussing what we have been playing recently including The Tea Dragon Society, Acquire, Starship Samurai and Bruxelles 1893. We also discuss a recent game night that included Hail Hydra, Trap Words, GoodCritters, Dude, More Dude, The Brady Bunch Party Game and Cryptid (14:27). We also sum up our latest round of tandem gaming where we play 3 games simultaneously (27:05). We then dive into an improv game, Develop This! (29:48). We end with another book recommendation (49:39). Enjoy!

In episode 32 we discuss Stephanie's recent Vegas weekend at a Star Trek convention as well as Greg's Gen Can't festivities. We also ask the question, what percentage of games are crap (16:15)? We give another book recommendation (34:45) and we review the critically acclaimed coming of age movie, Eighth Grade (39:30). Thanks for tuning in this week to Hooked on Geek. Enjoy!

In Ep. 31 we follow up on our "tandem gaming" method for fitting lots of gaming into busy lives (4:16) which includes discussions of Blue Lagoon, Luxor, and Domaine. Enjoy our spoiler free reviews of the brand new games, Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game by Portal Games and Exit: Dead Man on the Orient Express by Kosmos (11:50). We then present Game vs Game match ups where games in similar categories go head to head (26:04). We finish up with another book recommendation (55:13) and much more!