Kickin' It Creative

In this episode, I kick it with 1822PNW designer Ken Kuhn to discuss our 2026 26x5 Solo Gaming Challenge. We're both super pumped about it and had a great time discussing several awesome games we've been and/or are planning to play solo this year. Any and all are welcome to jump on this 1-"man"-bandwagon with us. Thanks so much for listening!

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:03:13 Board Game Arena
• 00:14:05 Fresh Plays
  • 00:14:28 Cross Bronx Expressway (Land & Freedom, Hegemony)
  • 00:30:21 Legendary Encounters: The Matrix (Earthborne Rangers)
  • 00:40:56 The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship
• 00:52:25 Our 26x5 Solo Gaming Challenge for 2026
  • 00:53:12 Our Game Selection Process
  • 00:58:56 Our Attack Plans
  • 01:11:50 Short Games
    • 01:12:39 52 Duels
    • 01:15:44 Turing Machine
    • 01:17:27 Banned Books
    • 01:19:07 Fortitude
    • 01:20:35 Resist! (Witchcraft)
    • 01:22:12 The Dreadheart
    • 01:22:36 Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs
    • 01:26:10 Skytear Horde: Monoliths
    • 01:32:41 Sylvion
    • 01:34:37 Wallet Games (ROVE, Food Chain Island, Palm Island, Dragons of Etchinstone)
    • 01:35:19 Sonic Roll
    • 01:36:38 Warp's Edge
    • 01:37:17 The Lost Expedition
    • 01:38:32 20 Strong
    • 01:39:57 Onoda
  • 01:41:22 Medium Games
    • 01:41:39 Spirit Island: Nature Incarnate
    • 01:42:02 One Deck Dungeon
    • 01:47:56 Coffee Roaster
    • 01:49:37 Space Hulk: Death Angel
    • 01:51:13 Terra Mystica
    • 01:53:04 Paperback: Adventures
    • 01:54:52 Escape from Hades
    • 01:55:31 Nemo's War
    • 01:56:13 This War of Mine
    • 01:57:13 Halls of Hegra
    • 01:58:08 Lanzerath Ridge
    • 01:58:42 Kreel Manor
    • 01:59:58 Deckers
  • 02:01:29 Beasty Games
    • 02:02:07 Civolution
    • 02:06:55 Fields of Fire: Deluxe Edition
    • 02:11:24 Mage Knight
    • 02:12:35 Leaving Earth
    • 02:14:07 Hoplomachus: Victorum
    • 02:15:24 Dragons Down
    • 02:16:53 Comanchería & Navajo Wars
    • 02:18:37 Roads & Boats
    • 02:19:29 Hill of Doves
    • 02:21:02 Infernal Machine
    • 02:22:06 D-Day at Omaha Beach
    • 02:22:40 The Mission (The Plum Island Horror, Space Empires 4x)
• 02:28:26 Sign-off

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In this episode, I kick it with Kimberly from Tabletop Tolson. We gush about our favorite games we played in 2025 that weren't released in 2025. Considering we're both omni-gamers, we had a laughter-filled chat about a diverse group of awesome games. Sadly, I realized after the fact, that I skipped over mentioning Argent: The Consortium (?!?!) in my top 10. **facepalm** ...but we did at least put "new" games on each others' radars. Hope you enjoy the episode! 

Thanks so much for listening!

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:01:16 Firstimer BGG@SEA Twinsies!
• 00:06:32 Fresh Plays
  • 00:07:11 Blood on the Clocktower
  • 00:13:08 Super Auto Pets Card Battle (also mentioned Challengers & Tag Team)
  • 00:23:52 Lords of Baseball
  • 00:28:07 Super Mega Lucky Box
• 00:32:50 Our Top 10 "New to Me" Games of 2025
• 00:36:31 Kimberly's Honorable Mentions (Knarr, Nature, Sanctuary)
• 00:44:56 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Don Quixote: The Ingenious Hidalgo, Blue Moon Legends, Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space, Not Alone, Yunnan, Thunder Alley)
  • 00:54:54 Confusing Lands
  • 00:57:15 The Witcher: Old World
  • 01:01:41 The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game
  • 01:05:15 ito
  • 01:09:07 Neko Syndicate
  • 01:12:32 Tales of the Arthurian Knights
  • 01:16:30 Spirits of the Wild: Awakening
  • 01:19:36 The Defence of Procyon III
  • 01:24:16 ERA
  • 01:28:23 The LOOP
  • 01:30:40 Age of Galaxy
  • 01:34:42 Imperium the Contention
  • 01:36:57 The Anarchy
  • 01:40:06 Leaving Earth
  • 01:43:40 Obsession: Characters
  • 01:47:57 Iwari
  • 01:53:00 Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West
  • 01:56:16 Primal: The Awakening
  • 01:34:06 TEMBO: Survival on the Savanna
  • 02:05:39 Black Rose Wars: Rebirth
• 02:12:57 Sign-off

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Welcome to Kickin' It Creative with Candice! In this episode, I share some personal updates, my plans for KIC, and I talk about a few of the games I played on my fall Con "CRAWL" (BGG@SEA, SPIEL Essen, SDHistCon, NamandaCon, and BGG.CON). Thank you for listening! 

• 00:02:07 Life & Stuff
• 00:05:26 Con Crawl
• 00:05:42 BGG@SEA
• 00:07:00 Import/Export
• 00:07:33 Quartermaster General: WWII
• 00:08:04 Wroth
• 00:08:38 Dune: Imperium - Uprising
• 00:10:28 Galactic Cruise
• 00:12:32 Dragons Down
• 00:14:03 SPIEL Essen
• 00:15:49 Kingdom Crossing
• 00:16:45 Mongoose
• 00:17:15 Rowdy Partners
• 00:18:24 Belgium
• 00:19:44 Tea & Rum
• 00:21:06 SDHistCon
• 00:21:52 Seljuk
• 00:23:16 Jibber Jabble
• 00:24:51 A Very Civil Whist
• 00:25:36 Striking Flint
• 00:26:52 Cross Bronx Expressway
• 00:28:32 NamandaCon
• 00:29:19 Not Alone
• 00:30:28 Capital Lux 2
• 00:31:06 Colossal Arena
• 00:31:37 Dokmus
• 00:32:38 Iwari
• 00:33:36 Belratti
• 00:36:02 Fromage
• 00:36:51 Seeker Chronicles
• 00:42:56 BGG.CON
• 00:44:50 Kickin' It Creative Plans

This episode is also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny1JDfcHHSc

Thank you to Spielworxx for sponsoring this ad!

Click the links below to grab yourself a copy of Québec:

• German edition available from Spielworxx
• English-French edition available from Capstone Games

Thanks so much for listening and for your support! 

For more content crafted by Candice, visit kickinitcreative.com

We've got official merch now! Be one of the first to rock the first run of KIC swag!