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Clear the card table and the bookshelf - we’ve got to make room for this game. An impulse buy has led to new gems in our board game collection and library. Tune in as we clear our minds and steel our resolve in the cooperative limited communication card game, Embers of Memory: A Throne of Glass Game, published by Osprey Games and based upon the bestselling series by Sarah J. Maas.

In this episode we cover:

• Two trips to the auto repair shop are decidedly not better than one
• Actually reading the source material is a good way to avoid spoilers
• Our hope that our listeners are very nice people… or at least tolerable 

Game Details:

• Name: Embers of Memory: A Throne of Glass Game
• Medium: Board Game
• Publisher: Osprey Games
• Year: 2019

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To pair with Embers of Memory, we recommend:

• Bailey’s Recommendation
  • Read the books! Sounds obvious, huh? Take it from us as newcomers to the series, you will get more out of the game by reading the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. Bailey is already hooked!
• Rob’s recommendation
  • Play this while watching or listening to something else! The solitaire-like pace and limited communication allow you to play while splitting your attention

Creative, unique, and shrouded in mystery, Moon Hunters by Kitfox Games is unlike other games we’ve covered. Tune in as we study up for a personality test game and struggle to determine if the results are reflective of the game or of ourselves.

In this episode we cover:

• Longing to be ambushed by enemies
• The irony of a Dark Souls fan wishing for more in-game explanation
• A solution to character envy

Game Details:

• Name: Moon Hunters
• We played it on: PC
• Also available on: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One 
• Developer: Kitfox Games
• Year: 2016

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To pair with Moon Hunters, we recommend 

• Bailey’s recommendation
  • Listen to They Might Be Giants “The Mesopotamians” - the final song in their album The Else
  • Shout out to Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh!
• Rob’s recommendation
  • Star cocktail 
    • 1.5 oz apple brandy 
    • 1.5 oz sweet vermouth 
    • 3 dashes peychaud’s bitters
    • 2 dashes simple syrup 
    • Lemon twist garnish 
    • Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice, stir, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass 

Sun’s up and the clock is ticking - it is time to get to work. And boy, we have never enjoyed chores this much! Join us as we gush about our agricultural exploits, romantic foibles with NPCs, and confusing James Taylor for Uncle Iroh in Stardew Valley by ConcernedApe.

In this episode we cover:

• How well clapping comes across on microphones 
• Soulslike farming simulators 
• The objectively correct order of the seasons 
• Is Stardew Valley worth breaking up over? 

Game Details:

• Name: Stardew Valley
• We played it on: Nintendo Switch
• Also available on: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC
• Developer: ConcernedApe and publishing by Chucklefish
• Year: 2016

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• Spirit of the game is getting to know the small town and be a part of it sooooo…. 
• Bailey’s recommendation
  • Visit a local farmers’ market
• Rob’s recommendation
  • Visit a local brewery or distillery - vaccinated, outdoors, masked and distanced as needed! 
    • Shout out Fulltilt brewing and Baltimore Spirits company

Sickness cannot stop Ours, Played; all it can do is delay it for a while. We’re back from our summer colds and ready for true love and high adventure in the cooperative match-3 board game with true to life minis in The Princess Bride Adventure Book Game published by Ravensburger.

In this episode we cover:

• How colds hit harder after a year of isolation
• Our Discord debut
• Miracle cures for board game minis
• The complexity of the Fire Swamp level (we’re not thinking of building a summer home there, though)

Game Details:

• Name: The Princess Bride Adventure Book Game
• Format: Board Game
• Publisher: Ravensburger
• Year: 2020

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To pair with The Princess Bride Adventure Book Game, we recommend

• Bailey’s recommendation
  • Watching the 1987 movie, The Princess Bride, of course!
  • Reading Carey Elwes’s (Wesley) book, As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
• Rob’s recommendation
  • Vodka Martini - the original colorless, odorless poison! 
    • 2 oz good Vodka 
    • ½ oz dry vermouth 
    • Lemon twist
    • Stir liquid ingredients over ice, strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with Lemon Twist.

The game room is nearly set up, so it is time to return to the table top! Join us at the tabletop in the next installment of our miniseries as we continue to explore Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion by Cephalofair.

Spoiler Alert - this ep will cover scenarios 2 and 3 in the game, so we do include general descriptions of what occurs in the scenario book. If you are at all concerned about spoilers in this long-term campaign, please play before listening.

Game Details:

• Name: Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion
• Medium: Board game
• Developer: Cephalofair
• Year: 2020

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Theme Song Credits: 

"Oppressive Gloom" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

We put one foot in front of the other and managed to beat a game and get an episode out on time despite our move! That was no small….feet. Partner up and join our team of helper bots as we bobble through 3D puzzle platforming challenges in NExT Studios’ Biped.

In this episode we cover:

• Our short careers as speedrunners
• Sacrificing marital and in-game harmony for laughs
• Our recommendations for the Biped sequel

Game Details:

• Name: Biped
• We played it on: PC 
• Also Available on: Playstation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch
• Developer: NExT Studios
• Year: 2020

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To pair with Biped, we recommend 

• Bailey’s recommendation
  • Summer is coming, and I'm looking forward to baking in our new kitchen. 
  • I’m recommending a dessert that has two prominent flavors, so, I’m suggesting homemade strawberry lemonade bars.
  • Ingredients
    • Crust
      • ½ cup of butter (room temp)
      • ¼ cup of sugar
      • 1 ½ cups of flour
      • ¼ tsp of vanilla extract
      • A pinch of salt
    • Filling
      • 1 cup of fresh lemon juice
      • 1 tsp lemon zest
      • ¾ cups of diced strawberries
      • 1 ¼ cups of sugar
      • 4 large eggs
      • ¼ cup of flour
      • ½ tsp of baking powder
      • A pinch of salt
      • Powdered sugar (for dusting)
  • Instructions (Crust)
    • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
    • Line baking pan with parchment paper
    • In a bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy
    • Add flour and salt and continue beating until dough forms
    • Bake in the oven for 18 mins or until edges are golden brown
  • Instructions (Filling)
    • In a blender, add lemon juice, lemon zest, diced strawberries, and sugar, blend until smooth
    • Add eggs and blend again
    • Add flour, baking powder, and pinch of salt and blend for another 15 seconds
    • Pour mixture on crust and bake in the oven for 35-40 mins
    • Let cool completely
    • Dust with powdered sugar
• Rob’s recommendation
  • Left hand
    • 1 1/ 2 ounces bourbon
    • 3/ 4 ounce sweet vermouth
    • 3/ 4 ounce Bruto Americano
    • 2 dashes Xocolatl Mole Bitters
    • Cherries, for garnish
    • All mixing glass with ice and stir. Strain and garnish with cherries
  • Right Hand
    • 2 oz rum 
    • 1 oz sweet vermouth 
    • 1 oz campari 
    • 2 dashes mole bitters
    • All in mixing glass with ice, stir, strain, orange twist garnish

Packin’s takin’ up our time,  we’re stressed and wanna shout. Life’s boxed up in cardboard ‘cuz we’re…..movin’ out. Not sure if Billy Joel inspired this co-op game, but in this episode, we blur the lines of reality and gaming by playing the hilariously frantic moving simulator, Moving Out, by DevM Games and SMG Studio while also packing for our real life move. Don’t just stand there - everything’s gotta go! 

In this episode we cover:

• The benefits of children’s educational games played by adults
• Farts. Yes, really.  
• Which part of speech is fart. Again, yes, really.  
• The efficiency of chucking possessions rather than carefully moving them

Game Details:

• Name: Moving Out
• We played it on PC.
• Also available on: PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch
• Developer: DevM Games, SMG Studio. Published by Team17 (same folks who bring you Overcooked and Overcooked 2)
• Year: 2020

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To pair with Moving Out, we recommend moving out of your home - just kidding!

• Home decor shows - there’s a million of them out there, but two that got me through getting ready to move were Tidying Up with Marie Kondo and Get Organized with the Home Edit - both on Netflix!
• Moving liquor and beer is a pain… so our suggestion is just drink whatever is left. 
  • For us that was tequila, pineapple juice and a lime wedge. It gets the job done.

The Wizard of Oz gave the Cowardly Lion courage, and in this episode, we muster up our own bravery to finally start our campaign in the epic adventure board game named for the king of the forest. Join us at the tabletop in the first part of our miniseries as we begin to explore Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion by Cephalofair.

Spoiler Alert - this ep will cover the first scenario in the game, so we do include general descriptions of what occurs in the scenario book. If you are at all concerned about spoilers in this long-term campaign, please play before listening.

Game Details:

• Name: Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion
• Medium: Board game
• Developer: Cephalofair
• Year: 2020

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Theme Song Credits: 

"Oppressive Gloom" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Step right up, young wizards - think you have what it takes to master the Chaos Trials? As it turns out, it takes quite a lot. Come join us as we battle our way through dungeons of elemental enemies and frantically search for the health-potion-bestowing relic merchant in Wizard of Legend by Contingent99.

In this episode we cover:

• The fact that ice is also water   
• How anthropomorphized objects soften the blow of losing  
• Cooperative capitalism vs deceptive advertising     
• Marriage interrupting time for video games   

Game Details:

• Name: Wizard of Legend 
• Medium: We played on PC, also available on Playstation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch 
• Developer: Contingent 99
• Released: May 2018

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To pair with Wizard of Legend, we recommend:

• Playing Big Book of Madness
  • We thought we’d pair one element-slinging wizard game with another. This one is tabletop, however.
  • Check out our previous episode on BBOM.
• Delayed Blast Fireball 
  • Delayed blast fireball straight from the D&D cookbook:
  • 1.5 cups bourbon 
  • ½ tsp crushed red pepper flakes 
  • 5 cinnamon sticks broken in half
  • ¼ cup packed light brown sugar 
  • ⅓ cup hot water 
  • Fill glass jar with bourbon, red pepper flakes, and cinnamon, shake and sit for 5 days. Shake once per day. After infusing, combine brown sugar and water and strain bourbon into the mixture
  • Enjoy neat or as a part of another whiskey cocktail that could benefit from some heat! 

Extra extra, read all about it! We’re bringing you the latest in Ours, Played news in our first ever Patch Notes episode. We’re super excited to announce some new content ideas, and we can’t wait to share them with you.

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