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Join us on the open seas as we sail our freighters around the Bermuda Triangle, trying to earn our fortunes by collecting precious cargo. Wait... is that a storm brewing? Highlights include:
- I want to watch Captain Power
- Colour-coding the FRAG page has highlighted some major concerns
- I've learned some geography
- When in doubt, get some oil
- You're not even safe in port
- Oil is worth more than sugar, yeah?
We were just going about our daily business in Starfleet, making some general repairs on the USS Enterprise, when we get hijacked by a bloody Klingon! Hate it when that happens! Can we get the ship back in time? Highlights include:
- It's not filmed in actual space, sorry
- You must go clockwise - it's the law of board games
- There has been a major lapse in security
- I finished the game in unnecessary stasis
- Get ready for Bij
- Sarah is an extremely 'thoughtful' player
- Nobody wants a low powered beave
- Made locally don't you know
- Amanda pulls rank
- Why are all the good guys human? Racist!
- Munchkin has really traumatised us
Patrick and I were just doing some casual caving when we fell down a hole and got stuck. I hate it when that happens! Can we avoid tremors, floods and toxic cave gas to escape before our torch batteries run out? Oh, and I don't think we're alone down here... Highlights include:
- Nobody in this cave is fit
- There's no action tokens, so please never mention them again
- It's a right cave of shittery
- Has anybody seen Steve?
Patrick and Meriel join me for an epic 15 game campaign of war, in which our world will be forever changed! Highlights include:
- Pat is a total villain
- It's all about the packs, baby
- Which shitty mangled world shall we play on today?
- Narratively speaking, I screwed myself over
- If you're not an alien or a mutant, you're basically trash
- Riots... pfff
- Unsurprisingly, there's no reward if you die
- Naming things is an immense pressure
- Some continents are just... shit
- The dice are incredibly unforgiving
- There was one day where I had the rage
- Sometimes you just have to be a bastard
- This will severely alter the victory stats
- Alaska is like, literally gone
- Jump to 3:84 for a completely out of time experience
- The highs were high and the lows were low
- You might get Risk Fatigue
Riley joins us as we all gather round and... dunk fake biscuits into fake tea. Why are we doing this? To avoid the sludgy cup, of course! Highlights include:
- The board did what??
- Now you can find your favourite guest's episodes!
- The rules seem to think we were doing something quite different...
- Once again, Mark forgets all the main elements of how these episodes work
- Do you like a girthy biscuit?
- Tony, what have you done?
- Do YOU know what 'The Biscuit Game' is?
- It's a tea related breakdown
- Brackets are important
Thanks to Cynthia Whipshaft's lies, Grace has been taken away! Can the others collect enough evidence to prove her innocence and get her back, and what will she discover up in the Welsh mountains?
School's out and the kids have got to get home. Trouble is, the town is full of aliens! Literally hate it when that happens! Highlights include:
- We got a rule wrong last week. What you gonna do about it?
- Now you can play Monopoly FOREVER
- Half the fun is naming the kids
- You might get stuck with a handful of bus
- Got a problem? Ask Holiday Jones
- You'll be safe at the prom, surely?
- They're not aliens, they're 'strangers'
- American bins don't typically have 'US Mail' on the side
- Why would I kill my own twins?
- Ben Stoll: King of Cryptozoic
- Mark gets confused between Marvel and DC
- Who froze?
Our robots are enjoying a lovely swim when a shark starts chasing them. I hate it when that happens! Who will make it to safety, and who will get bit? Highlights include:
- 'Tabletop' is just not inclusive enough... what about games you play on a lawn?
- Hey baby, wanna come play flat surface games with me?
- Congratulations to Tim!
- They have to be robots otherwise it would be a massacre
- How many bits can you break a robot into anyway?
- Hmmm... I think you can hear my tumble dryer
Ten turns. Four letters. Infinite possibilities (unless you're illiterate). Highlights include:
- It's the best selling game in the world, apparently
- Research (looking things up on the internet)
- Masterblind: You won't see it coming
- It's Wordle, innit
- You've got black and white pegs
- Mark admits that he turns the sound down when I'm talking
- Don't forget, there's black and white pegs
- It's not Stephen Hawking or anything
- It's got a board. It's got pegs (black and white)
- We hope you enjoy 70s Brown
- The 70s is not ancient
- If you can play it without the board and pieces, does it need to exist?
Chargeball is back! Now featuring slightly less shit production value, as well as some new boards, cards and tokens. Oh yeah, and a TTS version too - Woo! Highlights include:
- Throwback to Year 1
- Imagine Space Rugby. Magical Space Rugby.
- Mark talks about the hexagons like they're new, but they aren't
- Penalty cards (Copyright Riley Stock 2022)
- Get the ball. Score some points
- I Pinocchioed it
- Mark frequently forgets that he's presenting this one
- Ugh, if you want to play it yourself? Eeewww!
- Coming soon - all the games Mark hated, from worst to best worst
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