Rahdo Talks Through

Chris, Ruel, myself and the gang from Legendary Tactics discuss the six best games to replace this classic card game! :)

Here's the audio version of grants latest 5 game countdown, and i'm pretty jealous of some of these games that I haven't played yet!

Hey everybody, here's a new episode ranking all the games we played in the month of September!

0:00 Neotopia (sponsored by Arcane Wonders) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/360359/neotopia

5:27 Intro

6:06 21. Express Route https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/388718/express-route

8:58 20. Spellbook https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/391834/spellbook

11:50 19. The Perfect Wave https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/388683/perfect-wave

16:08 18. Sky Rockets https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/398684/skyrockets

19:58 17. Dragonkeepers https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/383109/dragonkeepers

26:38 16. Forest Shuffle https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/391163/forest-shuffle

32:33 15. Knarr https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/379629/knarr

38:32 14. Nucleum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFezSfErQnQ

42:45 13. Leaf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKOLCW2zTUA

47:11 12. Art Society https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/395375/art-society

53:42 11. Cargo Empire (sponsored) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1PrkS1eKis

57:04 10. Rolling Realms Expansions https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/354212/rolling-realms-rolling-realms-promo-pack

59:43 9. Philharmonix (sponsored) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuJ5G4sJKbg

1:00:41 8. Nocturne (sponsored) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/393175/nocturne

1:04:41 7. Faraway https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/385761/faraway

1:09:55 6. Printing Press https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/390606/printing-press

1:13:50 5. House of Cats https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/386436/house-cats

1:20:20 4. Humanity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIKvhR2wo3w

1:25:35 3. Ezra & Nehimaiah (sponsored) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkRbkYhKbpU

1:28:44 2. Shipyard 2nd Edition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUJBrjZsMAE

1:30:28 1. The White Castle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6SWQrGSPfU

1:33:46 Special Thanks

Hey everybody, here's a new episode where I talk about my 20 most anticipated titles for Essen Spiel 2023 :)

0:00 Intro

1:31 Already-played games

1:50 10. House of Cats https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/386436/house-cats

3:15 9. Ahau: Rulers of the Yucatan https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/321140/ahau-rulers-yucatan

5:02 8. Arborea https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/371077/arborea

6:23 7. Printing Press https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/390606/printing-press

7:42 6. Humanity https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/379633/humanity

8:58 5. Barcelona https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/383607/barcelona

10:17 4. The White Castle https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/371942/white-castle

11:39 3. Apiary https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/400314/apiary

12:25 2. Sagrada Artisans https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/369751/sagrada-artisans

13:22 1. Evenfall https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/396989/evenfall

14:30 Games I haven't played

15:57 10. Walking in Burano: Roll & Write https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/385417/walking-burano-roll-write

17:53 9. Djinn https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/384150/djinn

20:00 8. Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/381297/unmatched-adventures-tales-amaze

22:14 7. Aldebaren Duel https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/383175/aldebaran-duel

24:05 6. Bruxelles 1893 Belle Epoque https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/345155/bruxelles-1893-belle-epoque

25:34 5. Evacuation https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/382843/evacuation

26:53 SURPRISE TWIST!! http://rnr.rahdo.com

28:47 4. Orleans: The Plague https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/398047/orleans-plague

29:54 3. Boonlake: Artifacts https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/398052/boonlake-artifacts

31:46 2. Discordia: Magna https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/390482/discordia-magna

33:34 1. Hippocrates: Agora https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/371872/hippocrates-agora

36:19 But wait there's more!

0:00 Intro

•••Games Q&A►►►

0:46 How to deal with frustrating moments in co-ops?

11:45 Playing war games?

15:17 Best games I don't like in the BGG top 100?

26:45 Re-theming the "feed your workers" mechanism

31:42 Why more complexity than depth in recent game design?

44:32 Are co-ops inherently solo games?

49:45 Conflict better in abstracts?

57:01 How much money do I make off YouTube Premium views?

1:02:30 How best to learn a game?

1:13:42 Pandemic style game about managing a city?

1:14:52 Enhancing the trashing mechanism?

1:18:57 What games should get the roll & write treatment?

1:25:12 Videogame themed boardgames?

1:33:30 AI art in boardgames?

1:56:40 Fave nation in civ games?

1:59:03 Ranking the 4 x's of 4X gaming?

2:02:07 Roll & writes vs flip & fills?

2:15:43 How to pick which games to save from a wildfire?

•••Personal Q&A►►►

2:20:34 White fragility part II?

2:26:18 Words losing meaning?

2:28:25 Kasparian, Rittenhouse and bonus holes?

2:30:27 Define right wing?

2:31:37 Centrist response to progressive ideals?

2:36:10 Ship of Theseus & immortality?

2:44:49 Fave foreign language TV/movies?

2:48:47 Why talk about white privilege?

2:54:03 Jen and AAE?

3:00:08 Syphon Filter vs Metal Gear Solid?

3:02:19 Jen's words of wisdom & doggos!

In addition to the countdown and the contest, there's a lot of bonus content here: a new top3, a this or that, and honorable mentions, plus the normal banter with the live audience :)

This week we're counting down our 12 most anticipated games for Essen Spiel PLUS giving away free tickets to PAX UNPLUGGED! :)

In addition to the new top 12 game about keeping your game buying to under $300, we get an update on Chris's adventures, there's discussion about other recent game experiences, plus a bunch of honorable mentions for the main list :)

Chris, Ruel and I come up with a list of 12 games to get if your budget is under $300, and things quickly go off the rails!

8 new games to tell you about this time, including my new #1 most anticipated evar!!!! :)