Patrick and Eric in the Morning

Recorded 5/2/2020

Patrick and Eric discuss recent on line plays

• Hawiaii
• Pompei
• Tobago
• Targi 

Main show topic is a recent play of Fiasco with Chris Whitpan @gameallniteshow

Module: Murder on the Disorent Express

Guests: Us, Pep McDonald, BJ of Boardgame Gumbo, Victor Schwartzmiller.

Also mentioned is a game of Just one about to be played with other Punch Board Media creators.

Fiasco capture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx4K89gNzzA

Fiasco https://bullypulpitgames.com/games/fiasco/

Just One Game - https://youtu.be/B8ZlAUv1BFA

In lieu of playing games lately Patrick & Eric do an Ask Me Anything episode:

Music

• Rolling Stone article on Playing for Change: 
• Playing for Change website

Cooking

• Instapot
• Sous Vide
• Slow Cooker

Puzzles 

• Ravensburger Escape Puzzle - “The Forbidden Basement”

LEGO 

• LEGO Hidden Side - “The Lighthouse of Darkness”

Movies/TV

• Star Wars
• Twilight Zone/Outer Limits
• Star Trek: Picard
• Mindhunter
• Tiger King
• Hunters
• The Boys

Comics

• Iron Man
• Watchmen
• The Boys

Magic 

• Penn and Teller: Fool Us
• Richard Turner
• Shen Lim
• Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed
• 101 Easy to Learn Magic Tricks

Recorded a Granite Game sumit with special guests Daniel Newman, Brandon Rojas, Jason Lees, Christ Michaud, and Jared Hunnefeld.

General discussion topic was top 10ish things to do at a convention.

Patrick and Eric in the Morning: Episode 23 - Culling

This episode Patrick and Eric discuss latest news and how they chose and cull games from their collection.

Recorded 2/29/2020

Getting ready for Granite Game Summit

Plaid Hat News

What inspires you to cull?

What do you cull?

How do you cull?

• Give it away to charity
• Give it to friends 
• Math trade
• Selling at a VFM

Do you pay BGG?

This episode Patrick and Eric discuss favorite games played in 2019.  Recorded 2/2/2020

Dedication

• Patrick - 2019 and new to me
• Illusion - 2018
• Circle the Wagons (2017) NTM
• Jamaica (NTM)
• Quacks (2018)
• Mall Madness (1989)
• Slide Quest (2019)
• Era (2019)
• Just One (2018)
• Horrified (2019) Patrick’s Game of the Year

Honorable Mention

• Snail Sprint
• Wingspan

Eric

• Copenhagen
• Exceed: Street Fighter
• Silver and Gold
• Point Salad
• Escape Plan
• Roam
• Taverns of Tiefenthal
• SHŌBU
• Tiny Towns 
• Cartographers

Honorable Mention

• Lockup: A Roll Player Tale
• Quirky Circuits
• Megacity Oceania

Granite Game Summit https://www.granitegamesummit.com/

@ericbuscemi

@overthehillier

www.punchboardmedia.com

Episode 21 - Patrick and Eric discuss their favorite games beyond 500 in the BGG rankings.

Christmas Gifts

Villainous

Parks / Trekking the National Parks

Patrick and Eric Hidden gems over 500 on the BGG listing

Game Rank

Get Bit! 2159

Crystal Clans 2210

Pastiche 1364

Longhorn 2077

La Boca 1200

Custom Heroes 1681

The Great Heartland Hauling Co. 1170

Artifacts Inc. 1135

Arctic Scavengers 1127

Odin’s Ravens (2nd ed) 1076

The Golden Ages 849

Ulm   929

Sid Meier's Civilization: A New Dawn 670 2017

Dice Town 796

Honshu 792

The Pursuit of Happiness 646

Hawaii 630

Adrenaline 617

Ex Libris 613

Scott Nicolson Pillars of the Earth bit https://youtu.be/Lv-Q1S_ToaE

Granite Game Summit https://www.granitegamesummit.com/

@ericbuscemi

@overthehillier

www.punchboardmedia.com

Patrick and Eric in the Morning Episode 20 - Dexterity Games

Recorded 12/1/19

Knives Out banter

Classic

• Operation
• Topple

Flicking/Throwing

• PitchCar
• Coconuts
• Ice Cool
• Crokinole
• Flip Ships
• Table is Lava
• Flick Em Up
• Mars Open

Stacking/Balancing/Building

• Junk Art
• Rhino Hero / Rhino Hero: Super Battle
• Riff Raff
• Hamsterole
• Rock me Archimedes
• Catch the Moon
• Meeple Circus
• Brick Party

Removing

• Jenga
• Tok Tok Woodman

Manipulating

• Fold It
• Slide Quest
• Shaky Manor
• Chopstick Mega Dexterity Challenge 3000
• Flying Sushi Kitchen
• Maze Racers
• Loopin Chewie
• KLASK
• Drop It

Drawing

• Looney Quest/Doodle Quest
• Obligatory: Carcassonne Catapult mention, Coaster Park

Episode 19 - Solo games recorded 11/9 

Purely Solo

• Friday
• Pentaquark
• Deep Space D-6
• Hostage Negotiator
• Coffee Roaster Saashi (Stronghold reprinting)

Should only be played solo

• SOS Titanic
• Sprawlopolis
• Nemo’s War
• One Deck Dungeon
• Cooperative games (per Eric) — Burgle Bros
• The Game

Solo Designers

Shadi Torbey:

• Onirim
• Castellion
• Sylvion
• Nautilion
• Aerion

Todd Sanders:

• Aether Captains
• The Draugr
• Pulp Detective
• Mr. Cabbagehead

Can be played Solo

• Roll and Writes
• Rolling America
• Ganz Schon Clever
• Welcome to Dino World
• Exit, Unlock Games (see episode 6)
• Cooperative games (per Patrick)
• Spirit Island
• Terraforming Mars
• Clank! - with App
• Viva Java Dice
• Scarabya
• NMBR9

Not great (not bad games just bad solo versions)

• Spell Smashers
• Star Trek: The Dice Game — reimplemented as Astroforce
• Sagrada

This episode is an audio capture of a recent appearance of Patrick and Eric on BJ's Boardgame Gumbo Facebook live talk show.

https://www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo/

Episode 17

Patrick & Eric discuss favorite and less than ideal board game expansions.

Board Game Gumbo upcoming show www.facebook.com/boardgamegumbo Tuesday 10/29/19 at 9:30 EST.

Meeple Overboard sent out a tweet asking for your top 5 expansions. Their response was that they had only played one of mine - so I guess we need to talk about them here.  

Discuss Extensions vs Expansions, Expand alone (such as Ticket to Ride Europe)

Patrick:

• Power Grid: any map. More of the best game ever.
• Pandemic: On the Brink added roles & play modes.
• Ticket to Ride: USA 1910. Bigger cards & more routes
• Flash Point: Fire Rescue Urban Structures & 2nd Story. More options & characters & tokens.
• Lord of Vegas UP
• Wits and Wagers - Vegas playmat - expands  Wits & Wagers Party 

Eric:

• Marvel: Legendary -- Most of them, as the base game is FAR too easy without any of the expansion masterminds.
• Jamaica: The Crew -- Actually makes the game easier to teach as it simplifies the treasures.
• Raiders of the North Sea: Hall of Heroes -- Love the addition of the mead hall, great for adding a little extra to the game.
• Sprawlopolis: Beaches -- Love the added spatial restrictions and that it makes the city a bit bigger.
• Lords of Waterdeep: Scoundrels of Skullport -- Basically, the blueprint for how to make a good expansion. Adds interesting decisions without adding too much complexity and very little rules overhead.
• Clank -- New maps are great if you play a lot. Keeps the game from getting stale.
• Summoner Wars -- But this gets away from the true meaning of expansions, as any two factions play standalone. This is more of the serialized LCG content model.

Mixed Bag:

• Kingdomino: Age of Giants -- Like the additional scoring bonuses, meh on the actual Giants
• King of Tokyo: Power Up -- Yay, the monsters are now all unique! Boo, now some of them seem much stronger than others!
• Carcassonne: The Catapult - stupid fun
• El Grande - King and Intrigue are for experienced players only

Dislike:

• 7 Wonders: Leaders -- I don’t feel this adds enough to the game to justify the extra draft in the beginning of the game.
• Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Secrets -- I love the base game, but it doesn’t need this extra stuff. Tracking swans isn’t adding fun to the game.
• Can't Stop: Rolling down the highway - why does this need to exist?

Francis Tresham memorial