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Carla and Melanie list the games they most look forward to play from their shelf of shame.

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[00:03:13] Gartenbau
[00:05:27] Habitiats
[00:08:13] Magic Block(Frame It)
[00:10:43] D6 Tabletop Cafe
[00:11:49] Glasgow
[00:12:42] Chinese Checkers
[00:13:58] Pillars of the Earth
[00:16:09] Innovation
[00:18:04] Seasons
[00:19:38] Lost Cities Rivals
[00:21:18] Board Game Geek the board game
[00:22:55] Lovelace & Babbage
[00:26:27] Concordia
[00:29:23] Valparaiso
[00:31:08] Its a Wonderful World
[00:32:38] Sierra West
[00:34:15] Destinies
[00:38:14] Santa Maria
[00:40:00] Heros of Air Land & Sea
[00:42:50] Weather Machine
[00:45:21] Too Many Bones
[00:48:09] THe Game of Wolf
[00:51:30] Terraforming Mars Aries Expedition
[00:53:48] The Emerald Flame
[00:57:27] The Key series, (Keyper,Key Harvest, Key Market, Key to the City London)
 

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Carla and Melanie list their favorite stockin  stuffer games.

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[00:01:30] Alma Mater
[00:03:17] Shadows Amsterdam
[00:07:43] In the Hall of the Mountain King
[00:11:34] Shobu
[00:13:40] Christmas Lights
[00:13:45] Kites
[00:13:52] Green Team Wins
[00:13:57] Arch Ravels
[00:14:01] Dont Get Got
[00:15:56] Set of Dice & Meeple Coasters
[00:17:44] Bandido
[00:18:26]Silver & Gold
[00:19:20] Timeline
[00:21:37] Ten
[00:24:25] Dig (Packo games)
[00:27:47] Kites
[00:30:15] Cover Your Assets
[00:34:09] Enchanted Plumes
[00:37:30] Chrononaughts
[00:40:44] Scout
[00:42:48] Bag of Chips
[00:48:27] Inkling
[00:51:06] Cutthroat Ninja
[00:53:39] The Game Face to Face
[00:55:32] Ohanami
[00:59:07] Village Rails
[01:01:57] Abandon All Artichokes
[01:04:53] Scout (Oink Series)
[01:07:45] Ohanami

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Carla and Melanie list their favorite party games.

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[00:01:54] Brazil Imperial
[00:04:24] Kites
[00:06:38] Christmas Tree
[00:08:56] Holly Jolly
[00:11:22] Heart of Crown
[00:12:35] Project L
[00:13:10] Poop the game
[00:15:03] Box of Things
[00:17:31] Telestrations
[00:19:55] Bang the Dice Game
[00:20:37] Long Shot the Dice Game
[00:23:12] Codenames
[00:25:36] So Clover
[00:28:24] Anomia
[00:30:15] Word on the Street
[00:33:17] Wits and Wagers
[00:36:18] Chameleon
[00:40:08] Scribblish
[00:43:01] Just One
[00:46:01] Secret Hitler
[00:50:16] Taboo\Trapwords\Banned Words
[00:53:35] Word Slam
[00:56:14] Codenames
[00:58:04] Just One
[00:59:03] Green Team Wins
[01:04:20] Cash and Guns
[01:07:30] Times Up Title Recall/ Monikers
[01:10:30] Phantom Ink

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Carla and Melanie list their favorite games to give as gifts.

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[00:02:04] Chronicles og Crime 1900
[00:03:32] Crave
[00:04:59] Birdwatchers
[00:08:50] Sleuth
[00:11:21] Christmas Tree
[00:14:10] Crokinole
[00:14:48] Pandemic Rapid Response
[00:15:56] Cribbage 
[00:18:28] Codenames Duet
[00:2032] Bang the Dice game
[00:24:13] Dice Miner
[00:26:13] Dr. Eureka
[00:28:20] Isle of Cats
[00:29:34] Patchwork
[00:32:00] Cascadia
[00:33:36] Exit/Unlock/Escape room games
[00:36:42] Cascadia
[00:38:00] Las Vegas Royale
[00:39:45] Project L
[00:42:08] Parks
[00:44:11] Stranger Things: Attack of the Mind Flare
[00:46:21] Michaud Games
[00:50:05] Dice Throne
[00:52:19] Azul

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In this podcast Carla and Melanie talk about their favorite games played during the KefCon weekend.

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[00:14:00] Everdell
[00:16:09] Regency
[00:17:25] Love Letter
[00:19:06] Hippocrates
[00;22:35] Ingenious Challenges
[00:25:30] Dinogenics
[00:31:25] Corinth
[00:36:11] Break the Cube
[00:40:47] Sacred Rites
[00:45:57] Little Flower Shop
[00:46:54] Port Royal
[00:50:50] Colloseum
[00:56:53] Fantasy Realms
[00:59:21] Woodcraft
[01:04:34] Pina Pirata
[01:07:26] Castles of Mad King Ludwig
[01:10:05] Danger Park
[01:13:53] Tiletum
[01:19:34] 8bit box: Outspeed
[01:23:54] Encyclopedia
[01:30:50] Arch Ravels

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In this episode Carla and Melanie list their favorite real time games.

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[00:00:44] Tempura
[00:02:46] Framework
[00:03:07] Cacao
[00:05:02] Trek 12
[00:08:02] Delicious
[00:11:04] Verdant
[00:15:01] Beyond Baker Street
[00:19:24] Endless Winter
[00:25:30] Bullet
[00:27:16] Magic Maze
[00:32:02] Dutch Blitz
[00:35:23] Pandemic Rapid Resonse
[00:38:25] Color Addict
[00:41:25] Kitchen rush
[00:43:58] Stay Cool
[00:46:52] Escape Room the Game
[00:50:45] Nine Tiles Panic
[00:54:45] Ricochet Robots
[00:57:12] Word Slam
[01:00:40] Sorcerer City
[01:03:19] Pictomania
[01:06:35] Galaxy Trucker
[01:10:20] Word on the Street
[01:14:00] Escape Curse of the Temple
[01:18:41] Railpass
[01:21:58] Sorcerer City
[01:25:09] Kero
[01:29:00] Times Up Title Recall/ Monikers

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See which Race games made it onto Carla's and Melanie's top 9.

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{00:01:59] Broom Service
[00:05:13] Circadians First Light
[00:07:56] Fun Facts
[00:10:10] Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle
[00:11:45] Flickem Up Dead of Winter
[00:13:11] Nictophobia
[00:15:13] Pocket Detective
[00:18:50] Tempura
[00:19:03] Miaui
[00:19:11] Kodoma the Tree Spirit
[00:21:17] GIPF Series
[00:21:45] Abandon All Artichokes
[00:22:40] dale of Merchants
[00:26:27]Piraten Kapern
[00:28:57] Girating Hamsters
[00:32:49] Can't Stop
[00:35:58] Dr. Eureka
[00:37:40] Euphoria
[00:41:28] Jamaica
[00:45:56] Port Royal
[00:49:03] Long Shot yhr dice game
[00:51:05] Space Base
[00:56:23] Camel Up
[00:59:15] The Quest for El Dorado
[01:02:40] Formula Motor Racing
[01:05:03] New York Zoo
[01:08:31] Steampunk Ralley
[01:14:06] Nova Luna/Framework
[01:16:35] Downforce
[01:19:46] Istanbul/Istanbul the dice game
[01:23:50] Formula D

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This week we do not have a top 9. We are about to attend a boardgame convention this month in a few short weeks and wanted to have a Q&A episode with Arsan instead who is running this event.
How did it come to be? What's involved in running a Con.

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[00:01:15] Tickwt to Ride
[00:01:48] Wonderlands War
[00:02:45] Planet Unknown
[00:04:39] Merlin
[00:06:20] Nicodemus
[00:08:00] inkling
[00:09:47] Abandon All Artichokes
[00:11:48] Just One
[00:12:52] Cash and Guns
[00:13:59] NoThanks
[00:15:24] Stupid Death

Questions for Arsan
[00:18:00] How you got into the gaming hobby
[00:23:50] Favourite mechanism
[00:25:46] Favourite game
[00:27:35] Where the name kefcon comes from
[00:28:50] How kefcon got started
[00:34:57] the year kefcon started and attendence
[00:35:40] What to expect at kefcon/canteen options/vendors
[00:45:10] Tips for starting your own convention
[00:53:16] Any other events planned
[00:55:14] Library or bring your own games
[00:58:58] The future of Kefcon
[01:05:26] How to register for Kefcon

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Carla and Melanie list their favorite spooky themed games.

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[00:01:27] Everdell Newleaf
[00:04:08] Dog Park
[00:06:52] Creature Comforts
[00:07:03] Foundations of Rome
[00:07:22] Bag of Chips
[00:10:26] New York Slice
[00:11:46] Tempura
[00:14:37] Pina Pirata
[00:16:06] Miaui
[00:18:13] The legend of the Cherry Tree
[00:21:08] The Walls of York
[00:23:95] Wooly Wars
[00:23:35] Pizza Party
[00:24:05] Fleet the dice game
[00:25:49] Naramata
[00:26:17] Ghost Blitz the dice game
[00:29:43] Noctophobia
[00:33:13] Nightmare Horror Adventures:Welcome to Crafton Mansion
[00:36:32] Medium
[00:39:56] Mysterium
[00:43:44] Deception Murder in Hong Kong
[00:45:40] Flickem up Dead of Winter
[00:49:35] Crave
[00:52:06] Fallout
[00:56:39] Run Fight or Die Unloaded
[01:00:05] Arkham Horror the card game
[01:03:33] Broom Service
[01:07:22] Terror Below
[01:09:38] Dead of Winter
[01:14:53] Pandemic Reign of Cuthulu
[01:19:46] Phantom Ink
[01:23:56] Alien Fate of the Nostromo
[01:25:53] Mysterium Park
[01:29:21] Mansions of Madness 2nd edition
[01:33:15] The Bloody Inn
[01:37:16] Betrayal at House on the Hill

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Carla and Melanie discuss their favorite games from board game designer Reiner Knizia.

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[00:01:55] The Deadlies
[00:04:25] The horse racing game
[00:06:54] The Transcontinental
[00:10:20] Village Green
[00:13:34] Obsession
[00:16:17] Genotype
[00:18:48] Thebes the card game
[00:22:35] Lost Cities the board game
[00:24:13] Ingenious the dice game
[00:25:32] Colossal Arena
[00:27:51] Blue Lagoon
[00:30:25] Schotten Totten\Battle line
[00:32:40]Pickomino
[00:35:23]High Society
[00:39:12] Marshmallow Test
[00:40:37]Blue Lagoon
[00:41:42] Ingenious
[00:43:45] Hollywood Blockbuster
[00:47:09] Modern Art the card game
[00:51:20] Formula Motor Racing
[00:54:01] My City
[00:57:06] Ingenious
[00:58:22] Schotten Totten
[01:00:20] Lost Cities
[01:03:03] The Quest for El Dorado
[01:08:02] Blue Moon City
[01:10:23] Lost Cities