We start this episode off like we will every episode going forward talking about our favorite played games we played. Then we cover some games that we picked up at some conventions and finish it off by talking about what we have planned for the year so far.

2:05- Mythical Dice

8:14- Embers

16:06- Dragonlings

25:28- Ultimatch

34:07- Arch Ravels

44:39- Enthrone

55:57- What's coming up

The episode you've all been waiting for is finally here. Our top games of 2025. Now we've talked about some of these games in past episodes so you'll see the dates of those episodes next to the timestamps of each game. The rest of them we will of course go into more detail. So if you want to spoil it for yourself you can see both of our top 10s below in the timestamps or you can listen. We also have a bonus of 2 reviews from Pax Unplugged. Pillars of Fate and Dust Busters. This is over an hour of goodness you don't want to miss.

4:02- Mind MGMT (Jan 29th)

4:34- Harrow County (March 6th)

5:24- Castles of Mad King Ludwig (May 31st)

5:52- Sheriff of Nottingham 2nd edition (July 21st)

6:44- MicroMacro Crime City (Nov 11th)

7:30-SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Dec 14th)

8:41- A Place For All My Books

11:08- Critter Kitchen (Dec 5th)

11:22- Roam (Nov 11th)

12:09- Rock Hard 1977 (Dec 5th)

12:53- Ohanami (Nov 11th)

15:39- Hot Streak

19:21- Fistful of Meeples

23:43- Dune Imperium

28:14- Isle of Cats

30:30-Inferno

36:14- Tricky Kids

39:30-Tea Garden

43:04- Finspan

45:53- Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship

51:34- Pillars of Fate

1:01:46- Dustbiters: Pocket Edition

We had a blast at Pax Unplugged again and couldn't wait to tell you all about it. If you were unable to go you don't want to miss this one and even if you went you should listen because there might be something you missed. We also talk about all the games we played as well as some games we picked up for reviews. This is over an hour of content that you don't want to miss.

12:42- 20 Strong

19:49- It's Obvious

23:11- SETI and ARCS

26:09- Gary's top 2 played at Pax: Point Galaxy and For Sale

32:34- Adam's top 2 played at Pax: SETI and Noctiluca

35:27- Speed Colors

41:56- Locus

49:40- Cat Says Moo

57:34- 3-2-1 Countdown

In this episode Gary continues to tell me about some games he played in Germany. I also tell him about some of the games I enjoyed playing while he was away. We also could've called this the colon episode since almost all the games we talk about have a colon in the title for some reason. We also review The Fog: Escape from Paradise from Grand Gamers Guild. This is a short and sweet episode where we just talk about a bunch of games and you don't have to listen to all our banter!

2:32- Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Crypt Hunters

7:49- Critter Kitchen

13:57- Arena: For the Gods!

18:38 Rock Hard: 1977

24:10- The Fog: Escape from Paradise

Gary left the country again but this time he played a ton of games when he visited Germany. He tells me about some of his favorites and I also tell him about some of my favorite games I played while he was away. There's a lot of games you don't want to miss in this episode.

8:13- Aethermon Collect

10:50- Waffle Time

14:18- Captain Flip

18:29- Micro Macro Crime City

25:01- Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game

33:03- Kelp: Shark vs Octopus

35:56- Roam

39:52- Goryo

43:49- Ohanami

48:49- Maki Master

We get to sit down with Paul Shoemaker one of the co founders of Captain Con! We talk to him about what they have planned for the next convention as well as things we enjoyed from the past year. We also get to learn a little history of Captain Con and what it takes to put a convention together. If you have any interest in going to Captain Con or any convention or just want to know what goes on at conventions you need to listen to the episode!

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Gary and Adam went camping recently and of course played some games. We had some trouble with playing some of the games so we thought to make a list of games that would be good to play while camping and share them with all of you! We also will have our review of Shikoku (not a game to play camping). So get ready to hear about the best games to play while enjoying the outdoors!

5:14- Hive

10:11- Fluff (Liars Dice)

13:59- Bananagrams

20:32- Cobra Paw

22:49- Games we've covered in past episodes

25:53- The Chameleon

32:49- Billionaire Banshee

37:28- Other games we've covered in past episodes

40:21- Shikoku

Can you guess what games we talk about in this episode? Hint: they're all in the title. With Gary headed out of the country again, this time to Ireland, we wanted to just talk about some games we played recently with no real theme for this episode. Although Gary does go on a small rant but what's new? In case you haven't guessed it we talk about Sheriff of Nottingham, Loony Quest, Fishing, Telepathy, and we do our newest review from Grand Gamers Guild of an older game by them called Gorinto! I think one of these games might be on our new to us game of the year list so don't miss this one!

3:47- Sheriff of Nottingham

13:05- Loony Quest

21:17- Fishing

28:48- Telepathy

33:56- (Gary's Rant)

38:53-Gorinto

It's board game award season! In this episode we talk about the big 3 awards Spiel Des Jahres, BGG (Golden Geek), and Dice Tower and the games that we've played in the different categories. There are so many games that we couldn't cover them all but luckily we covered some of them in past episodes. We also have our review of The Belgian Beers Race Dice game the newest retail release by Grand Gamers Guild!

4:15- Bomb Busters

7:53- Flip 7

11:53- Faraway

16:28- The Gang

20:55- Harmonies

23:34- Caution Sign (covered in Reviews and reveals episode)

24:44- Harrow County (covered in Railways, Witches, and Weekends episode)

27:51-Things in Rings (covered in Gary in Japan and Adam at Tabletop Utopia episode)

28:16- Let's Go To Japan (covered in Top 10 New To Us Of 2024 episode)

29:10- Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth

31:59-The Belgian Beers Race Dice

This episode took a long time to come out but Gary was in a different country so we have an excuse. In this episode Gary talks about his trip to Japan and Star Wars celebration and how he used cards from Let's Go To Japan as a scavenger hunt. I talk about bringing our friends to Tabletop Utopia for their first convention and Gary talks about his time at a 24 hour game day at a local game store. Also we finally review Pack the Essentials a game that we spoke about a long time ago! We also talk about Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Cabanga, Things in Rings, and Tokaido. Finally Gary issues a new challenge will I accept?

0:13-Gary bragging about his Japan trip

5:24-Star Wars Celebration

11:48-Pack the Essentials review

24:32-Friends first convention Tabletop Utopia

25:41-Castles of Mad King Ludwig

30:30-24 hour game day and Cabanga!

34:09-Things in Rings

36:23-Tokaido

43:20-Gary issues a new challenge

45:38-What's coming up in our next episode