It’s so great to be behind the microphone again talking about something you love! Especially when the thing you love is pancakes. But we also spend a good amount of time talking about what’s fresh in board games, including a sleeper solo hit Resist! from the people that brought you Undaunted, the little asymmetric arena battler Knight Fall and the somewhat sprawling choose your own adventure on a map game Lands of Galzyr.

Today’s bonus feature is the three contenders for Efka’s game of the year title that didn’t quite make the cut.

If you have personal experiences to share about any games discussed in this episode or any topic that's dear to your heart - we’d love to hear from you. Please write to: [email protected]

On to the timestamps:

9:00 Resist!

32:52 Knight Fall

48:30 Meaty Questions

1:04:18 Efka's Runners Up for GOTY 2022

1:12:22 Lands of Galzyr

1:27:26 More Write-ins

Welcome back to the newly named board game podcast from the duo at No Pun Included! In this new iteration we're starting small and building up each episode, so if you've enjoyed this - there's more to come every second Friday. Today we're taking you through Efka's most anticipated board games of 2023, four board game reviews and lots of words from our listeners.

If you'd like to write in about any of the games discussed or any topic that's dear to your heart: [email protected]

On to the timestamps:

2:13 Scout

19:14 Evergreen

29:03 Efka's Most Anticipated Games of 2023

45:13 Artisans of Splendent Vale

1:02:47 Write-ins

1:15:52 Ostia

Hey everybody - it’s a calculator party! Bring out your Casios and we’ll get down with spreadsheets like it’s 1799. On today’s podcast not only do we tackle the mini-beast that is Arkwright: The Card Game but give an early scoop on Mind MGMT and a brief glance at Murano: Light Masters.

Timestamps:

Murano: Light Masters - ( 03:04 )

Arkwright: The Card Game - ( 20:00 )

Mind MGMT - ( 37:35 )

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Three board games enter, one board game leaves. But only having endured the harsh nature of Elaine’s and Efka’s critique. That’s the No Pun Included podcast and it’s back once again for the twenty ninth time.

Timestamps:

Dinosaur World - ( 06:50 )

Exit Advent Calendar: Mystery of the Ice Cave (no spoilers) - ( 28:31 )

Magnate: The First City - ( 41:16 )

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Cult of the new? More like “cult of the game that I’ve already played but haven’t played in ages and now there’s a new version so I bought it again just so I could play it and not play the copy I already had!” That’s right, today we discuss three board games that are renditions, re-editions, reimplementations or maybe just second editions.

Timestamps:

A Brief Note on our Too Many Bones Video - ( 00:55 )

Dinosaur Island: Rawr'N Write - ( 07:56 )

Mobile Markets: A Smartphone Inc Game - ( 30:59 )

Great Western Trail: Second Edition - ( 45:53 )

If you enjoyed this episode and would like to discuss any of the games featured on this episode, you can always leave a comment on our website: https://nopunincluded.com/podcast

Ah, rulebooks. Don’t you just love sitting down with a cup of hot beverage and an arcane manual written by what you assume is a “game wizard” and spend four hours of your day trying to understand what exactly phrases like “spend your faucet token to activate the hyrdraulics action space” actually mean, to only inevitably give up and desperately search YouTube for a Watch it Played video?

Well, this episode of the No Pun Included podcast is delivered to you by this exact feeling. Not all games in today’s episode have bad rulebooks - but the ones that do excel at it.

Timestamps:

Sheepy Time - ( 04:00 )

Beast - ( 18:21 )

The Great Wall - ( 40:19 )

For more of the No Pun Included podcast visit https://nopunincluded.com/podcast where you can leave a comment if you'd like to discuss any of the games featured in this episode, or any terrible rulebooks you've encountered in your life.

What two things would you miss if you were to live on the moon? That’s right, it’s coffee, and the ability for sound to echo whilst you’re doing a moonwalk in vacuum. With that tenuous link between this episode’s board games established, I can tell you a little bit more what to expect from each. Luna Capital is yet another spin on the tableau building formula, Echoes brings something fresh by giving us our very first audio mystery game, and Coffee Traders is this episode’s chunky boy, giving most euro games a run for their money in terms of complexity.

Timestamps:

Luna Capital - ( 08:35 )

Echoes - ( 24:23 )

Coffee Traders - ( 38:45 )

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Toot toot, the No Pun Included boat has docked, ready to unload three stormy board games into your harbour. Are these board games fresh as the fruit of the sea, or do they perhaps smell a bit fishy? Quick, someone take away the analogies from me because I’ll starting waxing on about how we spill the board game guts. Oh no. It’s too late - the board game guts - they are everywhere.

Timestamps:

Fleet: The Dice Game - ( 02:39 )

The Crew: Mission Deep Sea - ( 19:59 )

The Adventures of Robin Hood - ( 36:05 )

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Following from our Reiner Knizia Special video, here's more Knizia games, this time, all out of print and all (hopefully) coming back soon.

07:51 - Tigris & Euphrates + Yellow & Yangtzee

32:57 - Ra

43:24 - Winner's Circle

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In todays episode we'll talk about two games that share a common ancestry: Destinies and Descent: Legends of the Dark.

Fun fact, we mention comparing these two games at the end, and then totally forget to do that. But the comparison points should be clear as we go along.

Timestaps:

Destinies - ( 02:43 )

Minor Mechanical Destinies Spoilers - ( 16:29 )

Spoilers end at - ( 17:50 )

Descent: Legends in the Dark - ( 41:24 )

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