This week, our hosts decided to see if the Kennerspiel des Jahres Winning Game Series, Exit: The Game, was worthy of its' 2017 win over show favorite, Terraforming Mars. Is this something that can bring people into the hobby and yet still satisfy veteran gamers? Does it ACTUALLY feel like an escape room in-a-box? Or Do you feel like you are just cutting things with scissors and comparing cards to each other? Find out inside! The first half of the episode is dedicated to how our hosts feel about the game system as a whole(spoiler-free), whereas the second half is chock full of spoilers as they dive deep into each of the three first games, The Abandoned Cabin, The Pharaoh's Tomb, and The Science Lab.

00:00:43 Introducing MHGG Ruins!

00:02:44 An aside about Escape Rooms

00:09:42 MHGG review - Exit: The Game

• 00:10:06 Rules overview
• 00:11:17 Initial Thoughts
• 00:15:29 Components Review
• 00:21:54 Rules Review
• 00:27:11 Gameplay Review
• 00:37:38 Final Thoughts
• 00:46:21 Our Personal Favs

00:51:08 Spoiler-free Episode Wrap-up

Beyond Here There Be SPOILERS!!!

00:55:22 MHGG Ruin Exit: The Game Here There Be SPOILERS!!!

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Jeff Makes a Pun

Our hosts start off the episode with some good ole banter, before talking about recently played games. Zach keeps mispronouncing Ethnos, and Adrian talks first impressions with Pandemic Legacy Season 2. Jeff gives us a double dose of Blood bowl, before moving onto news and Kickstarters. In News, Mondo announces a Jurassic Park game and Catan makes an edible version for Christmas. In Kickstarters, War room tries to suffocate you with components and Stumped brings building a tree into deckbuilding. A couple emails and a BGG response close out the show.

• 00:00:27 - Intro Banter! Featuring: Adrian's Favorite team - The Broncos, Assassin's Creed Origins, Shadows of Mordor, Ethnos
• 00:19:46 - Pandemic Legacy Season 2 First Impressions(including how the game plays in prologue starting 20:46)
• 00:27:20 - The Bloody Minute
• 00:38:27 - What are We Drinking?
• 00:41:07 - News: Mondo announces Jurassic Park: The Chaos Gene
• 00:44:25 - News: Catan - Chocolate Edition
• 00:46:38 - News: Boardgame Finder
• 00:49:45 - News: Portal Games 2018 announcements
• 00:51:04 - News: Murder on the Orient Express Cast playing Werewolf on set
• 00:53:57 - News: Isle of Skye iOS
• 00:55:01 - KS: War Room
• 00:59:48 - KS: Board Game Bowls
• 01:03:07 - KS: Stumped
• 01:06:30 - Emails!
• 01:18:04 - BGG Responses!

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MHGG Review - Twilight Struggle

Our hosts are joined once again by Katie, from Katie’s Game Corner, and they all go into the wayback machine into the Cold War with GMT Games’ Twilight Struggle. This card-driven area control game features two superpowers fighting for “control of the world,” so it is super low stakes, don’t worry. Does the theme and simple yet deep play structure make you want to attempt to coup BGG for letting this amazing game fall from number one, or does the thought of having to learn a bunch of cards to play with veteran players make you want to shout “Gorbachev tear down that wall! So I can literally play anything else!”? Find out inside! A BGG response closes out the show.

00:00:33 Intro

00:01:17 MHGG review - Twilight Struggle

• 00:01:32 Rules overview
• 00:03:23 Initial Thoughts
• 00:06:14 Components Review
• 00:15:55 Rules Review
• 00:24:39 Gameplay Review
• 00:51:27 Final Thoughts
• 01:00:25 Listener Responses

01:03:21 Episode Wrap-up

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This week, our hosts get another new guest, Katie from Katie’s Game Corner! After asking her all the new guest questions, they all dive into some recently played games.

Adrian goes head first into 1889, Zach tries to trick his way through Indulgence, Jeff tries out the new Hero Realms Campaign, and Katie goes out into space with The Expanse. Moving onto news, Fantasy Flight adds a computer game division, and the Jack Vasel Memorial Fund is live. In Kickstarters, Folded Space tries to give you some low cost gaming insert solutions, and Leder Games’ Root comes out strong. Adrian remembers to talk about beer, and then a BGG response closes out the show.

• 00:00:27 - Intro Banter! Featuring: New guest- Katie! with all related new person questions, 1889, Indulgence, Hero Realms Campaign, Super Mario Odyssey, The Expanse Board Game, Clans of Caledonia
• 00:28:07 - News: Fantasy Flight Interactive
• 00:29:21 - News: Jack Vasel Memorial Fund
• 00:30:18 - News: The Thing - Infection at Outpost 31 Deluxe Edition Announcement
• 00:34:27 - KS: Speakeasy Blues
• 00:36:32 - KS: Folded Space
• 00:39:18 - KS: Root
• 00:42:29 - What are we drinking? Super Late edition
• 00:49:54 - Listener Feedback!

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Well, after the dense, heavy game of Lisboa, we all needed a palate cleanser. Something lighter, sillier perhaps. Maybe where your success doesn't depend on how many moves ahead you have planned, but rather on if you can make this thing balance on that thing, or how well you can flick a piece of wood around a table? Having the ability for everything you created to be destroyed because you exhaled a LITTLE too hard? It's time for dexterity games!

Some of the games mentioned include Suspend, Rampage(Terror In Meeple City), Pitch Car, Rhino Hero, Rhino Hero: Super Battle, Ice Cool, and others.

00:00:28 MHGG Discu-view / Re-scuss dexterity games 00:04:17 What do we mean when we say dexterity games 00:06:25 Why do we like dexterity games 00:11:30 Suspend 00:16:39 Rhino Hero & RH Super Battle 00:24:36 Pitch Car 00:28:30 Rampage/ Terror in Meeple City 00:37:34 Besides player interaction what is the appeal of the dick-move type of dexterity games 00:39:27 Which type of dexterity game do we prefer, flicking or stacking/balancing 00:43:13 What we don't like about these types of games 00:53:54 Games that don't quite fit 00:58:28 Final Thoughts 01:01:46 Listener feedback 01:06:33 Episode Wrap-Up

BGG Blog post - On the Value of Dexterity Games

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Pronouncification

After Adrian Laments about the Broncos’ current season, our hosts give a rundown of some recently played games, board or otherwise. Zach made a commercial empire in Card City XL, and Adrian tried to kill some kids and failed in Last Friday. In News, a self Taught Go AI destroys the competition, Eclipse 2nd edition is announced, and Sony pictures wants to make a Catan Movie. In Kickstarters, Dice Hospital wants you to treat the pips off some dice, Downfall gets deluxified, and Legends of Sleepy Hollow from Dice Hate Me Games is revealed. One long email and a couple bgg responses close out the show

• 00:00:27 - Intro Banter! Featuring: The Broncos!, Shadow of War, South Park: The Fractured but Whole, Spec Ops: The Line,  Biblios, Card City XL,  Last Friday,
• 00:28:22 - The Bloody Minute
• 00:30:09 - News: Feast for Odin Mini Expansions
• 00:31:22 - News: AlphaGo Zero self taught Go AI Destroys previous version
• 00:33:02 - News: Eclipse: 2nd Dawn for the Galaxy
• 00:35:00 - News: Wizkids and Games Workshop partnership announced
• 00:36:26 - News: Blade Runner 2049 Nexus Protocol
• 00:39:47 - News: Catan Movie Franchise by Sony Pictures
• 00:42:01 - KS: Champions of Midgard Official Wooden Insert
• 00:45:22 - KS: Dice Hospital
• 00:48:30 - KS: Monster Lands
• 00:51:00 - KS: Downfall Deluxified
• 00:54:48 - KS: Legends of Sleepy Hollow
• 01:00:18 - Listener Emails!
• 01:05:27 - BGG Responses!

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MHGG Review - Lisboa

00:00:35 Intro

00:01:14 MHGG review - Lisboa

• 00:01:32 Rules overview
• 00:03:04 Review Copy Disclosure
• 00:04:13 Initial Thoughts
• 00:08:56 Components Review
• 00:23:28 Rules Review
• 00:35:09 Gameplay Review
• 01:00:10 Final Thoughts
• 01:13:33 Listener Responses

01:38:15 Episode Wrap-up and Contact Info

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Our hosts welcome Kyle from Sounding Board Games onto the podcast, and after finding out how he got into games, they all dive into recently played games. Just fought over a card skyscraper in Rhino Hero: Super Battle, Kyle tried to survive in EVO, Zach collected some dolls in Matryoshka, and Adrian wrote down some words in Wordsy. Moving into News, more Game Apps are introduced and more info is announced for Legacy of Dragonholt! In Kickstarters, Joan of Arc adds dragons and Devils, Detective tries to get you to outsmart your friends, and Our hosts got to try out Dinogenics and make the best Dinosaur Park. An Email and BGG Response close out the show!

• 00:00:28 - Intro Banter! Featuring - New Guest! Kyle from Sounding Board Games, New Guest Questions, What are we drinking?, Rhino Hero: Super Battle, Concordia Salsa, EVO, Oasis, Matryoshka, Wordsy, Sol: Last Days of A Star      
• 00:32:27 - The Bloody Minute!
• 00:34:02 - News: Warhammer Underworlds - Shadespire
• 00:36:31 - News: Tsuro/Cottage Garden/Smash Up Apps
• 00:40:10 - News: Legacy of Dragonholt
• 00:45:51 - KS: Time of Legends - Joan of Arc
• 00:51:02 - KS: Detective - City of Angels
• 00:55:16 - KS: Dice of Unusual Size
• 00:58:27 - KS: Dinogenics
• 01:09:14 - Emails!
• 01:13:28 - BoardGameGeek Responses!

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In this week's discussion we follow up on our discussion about boardgame ethics with a discussion about bias and objectivity! Enjoy!

Extra Credits' Video on Anchoring

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Back from illness, our hosts are joined once again by Wesley, and after some talk of drinking-related events, they dive into some recently played games. Jeff played a less intense version of Hanabi, Zach swindled an office building in Burgle Bros, Welsey found the right letters in Paperback, and Adrian got overwhelmed by money in For-Ex. Jeff gets caught up in the Bloody Minute, and then it is on to News and Kickstarters. In News, Eldritch horror and Inis get more expansions. Then in Kickstarters, the 7th Continent does its second printing and adds another expansion, Near and Far does the same, Tiny Epic Defenders gets a second edition AND an expansion, and our hosts complain about poker chips in GameChips. Our Contest winner for Seven7s is announced and a couple emails close out the show.  

• 00:00:29 - Banter Intro! Featuring - Guest Wesley, Sickness, GABF, What are we drinking?, Hanabi, Burgle Bros, Paperback, Kobayakawa, St. Petersburg, For-Ex    
• 00:37:55 - The Bloody Minute
• 00:44:34 - News: Eldritch Horror New Expansion
• 00:48:13 - News: Inis Expansion
• 00:50:40 - KS: The 7th Continent - What Goes Up Must Go Down
• 00:57:22 - KS: Near and Far: Amber Mines
• 01:00:06 - KS: Tiny Epic Defenders 2nd Edition and The Dark Wars
• 01:05:41 - KS: Amazon SmasHers
• 01:08:53 - KS: GameChips
• 01:14:47 - Contest Winner Announced!
• 01:18:49 - Listener Feedback!
• 01:31:08 - Zach's Alcohol related bloopers

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