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Carla and Melanie discuss their most played games of 2022.

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        Facebook: Mel's Board Game Room 
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[00:02:46] Rebuilding Seattle
[00:05:45] Light in the Mist
[00:06:25] Forge
[00:12:16] Kingdom Builder
[00:14:44] Framework
[00:16:44] Pina Pirata
[00:19:13] Ark Nova
[00:22:50] Cash & Guns
[00:26:18] Yinsh
[00:28:53] Pizza Party
[00:31:10] Istanbul Dice game
[00:34:44] Impact
[00:37:04] Ten
[00:41:43] Vampire Queen
[00:45:04] Color Addict
[00:47:38] Klask
[00:50:35] Five Crowns
[00:55:18] Tempura
[00:58:45] Bandida
[01:01:49] Love Letter
[01:05:25] Dice Miner
[01:09:46] Skull

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Carla and Melanie discuss their favorite route building games.

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        Facebook: Mel's Board Game Room 
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[00:01:02] Destinies
[00:04:28] Curious Cargo
[00:07:54] Magic Maze
[00:11:55] Atiwa
[00:18:58] Terra Mystica
[00:21:00] Trek 12: Himilaya
[00:26:08] Carcassonne
[00:27:58] Village Rails
[00:31:53] Super Motherload
[00:34:23] In the Hall of the Mountain King
[00:38:45] Catan
[00:41:43] Clans of Caledonia
[00:44:57] Ticket to Ride 
[00:47:59] Carcassonne
[00:49:25] Smartphone Inc
[00:51:17] Pandemic Iberia
[00:53:09] Railways of the World the card game 
[00:57:01] On Tour
[01:01:33] Ride the Rails
[01:03:56] The Guild of Merchant Explorers
[01:06:59] Watergate
[01:09:41] Trails of Tucana

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Carla and Melanie discuss the games played at Carla's Game weekend.

You can find Carla on
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You can find Melanie on
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       Facebook: Mel's Board Game Room 
       YouTube: Mel's Board Game Room 

Come say Hi on Discord
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[00:05:40] Detective Society:The cursed Exhibition
[00:08:08] Escape the Crate: Fountain of Youth
[00:10:23] Blackout Hong Kong
[00:14:36] Mysterious Forest
[00:17:49] Color Addict
[00:21:17] Swindler
[00:25:51] Astra
[00:28:31] Cat in the Box
[00:33:08] Honeybuzz
[00:34:40] London
[00:38:46] Galaxy Trucker
[00:42:50] Habitats
[00:46:17] Scout
[00:50:15] Wayfarers of the South Tigris
[00:54:07] Endeavor Age of Sail
[00:57:59] Board Royale: The Island
[01:03:23] Wonderlands War

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Carla and Melanie along with special guest Colin Auschrat from Games and Couples and Auschrat Counseling gives their tips to make Game Night into Date Night in this Valentine's Day Special. 

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Come say Hi on Discord
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[00:03:10] Themed night
[00:05:43] Geo caching
[00:08:05] 5 Languages of Love
[00:13:25] play a campaign game together
[00:15:20] Murder mystery/Cold case files game with take out
[00:16:46] Know your intamacy levels
[00:18:47] Put special thought into evening: fancy food 
[00:20:11] Out for dinner and then going to do an escape room
[00:21:44] Checking in at the end
[00:25:12] Take the game night out! game cafe
[00:27:26:] Abstract Strategy Marathon with pasta!
[00:30:05] Communicate: decide to play co-op or competative
[00:35:51] Just us: a game night without friends & kids
[00:39:50] Dinner Theatre murder mystery
[00:42:05] Make the final condition be to have fun together!

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Carla and Melanie list their top 50 games of all time. They are on 10 to 1.

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You can find Carla on
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You can find Melanie on
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      Facebook: Mel's Board Game Room 
      YouTube: Mel's Board Game Room 

Come say Hi on Discord
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[00:01:11] Wayfarers of the South Tigris
[00:07:38] Cat in the Box
[00:11:37] Ultimate Railroads
[00:15:43] Star Realms
[00:18:12] Wingspan
[00:20:44] Lords of Waterdeep
[00:23:34] Lost Ruins of Arnak
[00:27:18] Mansions of Madness 2nd edition
[00:30:56] Anno 1800
[00:34:57] Ashes Reborn Rise of the Phoenixborn
[00:39:52] Castles of Mad King Ludwig
[00:44:03] Dicethrone
[00:49:04] Concordia
[00:53:42] Champions of Midguard
[00:58:05] Grand Austria Hotel
[01:03:00] Memoir 44
[01:06:03] Viticulture
[01:11:27] Bloodrage
[01:14:50] Castles of Burgundy
[01:18:53] Chronicles of Crime
[01:24:50] Everdell
[01:29:00] Legendary Encounters Alien

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Carla and Melanie list their top 50 games of all time. They are on 30 to 21.

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    Facebook: Mel's Board Game Room 
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[00:01:39] Amsterdam
[00:05:49] Adrift
[00:08:32] Nova Luna
[00:09:23] Parks
[00:10:11] Alien Fate of Nostromo
[00:11:43] Encyclopedia
[00:17:06] Happy Pigs
[00:21:32] Rajas of the Ganges
[00:25:07] Awkward Guests
[00:28:17] Parks
[00:31:10] Legends of Novus
[00:35:34] Great Western Trial 2nd edition
[00:39:49] Quarriers
[00:42:35] Teotihacan 
[00:46:55] Clank
[00:50:20] Kingdomino Origins
[00:52:47] Pandemic
[00:55:30] Woodcraft
[00:58:48] Word Slam
[01:01:20] Ohanami
[01:05:33] Mystic Vale
[01:08:40] Dice Miner
[01:12:15] Super Motherload
[01:14:53] Glen More Chronicles 2
[01:19:04] Five Tribes
[01:23:03] All Inclusive Board Game Retreat

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Carla and Melanie list their top 50 games of all time. They are on 40 to 31.

You can find Carla on
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   Facebook: Mel's Board Game Room 
   YouTube: Mel's Board Game Room 

Come say Hi on Discord
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[00:01:06] Alien Fate of Nostomo
[00:03:05] Grounds for Murder
[00:03:58] Orleans
[00:08:46] Escape from Alcatraz
[00:13:20] The Captain is Dead
[00:15:59] Unfair
[00:19:40] Bang the Dice Game
[00:23:29] Seikatsu
[00:27:39] Imhotep
[00:31:12] Chinatown
[00:35:49] Gugong
[00:39:26] Tiletum
[00:44:59] The Transcontinental
[00:50:37] Great Western Trail Argentina
[00:55:42] Edritch Horror
[00:58:22] Castles of Tuscany
[01:01:40] Civilization a New Dawn
[01:04:48] Framework
[01:07:25] Fallout
[01:12:47] Planet Unknown
[01:17:59] Viticulture
[01:20:07] Istanbul Dice Game
[01:22:52] Camel Up
[01:26:29] Astra

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Wow can you believe this is episode 50 already?!?? To celebrate Carla and Melanie are listing their top 50 games of all time. In this episode they will go from number 50 to 41.

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  Facebook: Mel's Board Game Room 
  YouTube: Mel's Board Game Room

Come say Hi on Discord
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[00:01:40] Cathedral
[00:03:12] Woodcraft
[00:05:05] Turing Machine
[00:07:03] Terraforming Mars Aries Expedition
[00:09:08] Land vs Sea
[00:10:31] Botanik
[00:13:46] Century: A Ne World
[00:15:52] The Gallerist
[00:18:40] Galaxy Trucker
[00:21:54] Hallertau
[00:25:34] Foundation of Rome
[00:29:46] Fields of Arle
[00:33:07] Subdivision
[00:34:47] Carpe Diem
[00:38:49] Smart Phone Inc
[00:41:57] Tzolkin the Mayan Calendar
[00:44:28] Century Eastern Wonders
[00:47:13] Barenpark
[00:49:37] Heaven & Ale
[00:53:12] Targi
[00:57:24] Le Havre Inland Port
[01:01:09] Turing Machine
[01:02:02] 7 Wonders Architects
[01:06:48] Lost Cities
[01:09:10] Castle Panic

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Carla and Melanie discuss their gaming related resolutions for the year 2023.

[00:01:16] Barking kitten
[00:01:30] Endangered
[00:01:40] 3000 Soundrels
[00:01:45] Parks
[00:02:27] Furnace
[00:04:20] Thebes
[00:07:20] Wolf
[00:09:03] Green Team Wins
[00:09:22] Poetry for Neanderthals
[00:10:35] Chameleon
[00:12:32] Azul Chocolatier
[00:12:40] Wayfarers of the South Tigris
[00:12:50] Astra
[00:13:33] Cathedral
[00:13:58]Longboard
[00:14:04] Photograph
[00:14:13]Mamma Mia
[00:14:20] Winter
[00:15:02] Exit
[00:15:34] Paris
[00:15:39] Annapurna & Momiji
[00:16:08] Akropolis
[00:16:12] Mr. Jack New York
[00:16:16] Suspects
[00:19:58] Better game organization solution
[00:21:04] Play first RPG
[00:24:30] Take better game pictures
[00:27:09] Keep shelf of shame at 2% of collection
[00:29:35] Do not get more games then I have room for
[00:30:47] Play the whole T Series
[00:33:15] Play old favorites
[00:35:05] Play through the alphabet, one game per letter
[00:36:35] Do not buy every version of a single game
[00:38:18] Keep shelf of shame at 20%
[00:40:08] Play all my Uwe Rosenburg games
[00:42:10] Create more and better content for youtube channel
[00:45:42] Play with 10 new people on board game arena
[00:47:07] Play more with family and regular game group
[00:49:19] Stop buying every expansion
[00:51:17] Get more people into board games
[00:54:54] Play more puzzle/crime solving/escape room games
[00:56:45] Emerald Flame
[00:56:51] Adrift & Light in the Mist
[00:57:35] Murder Mystery party game
[00:57:40] Cold case files
[00:57:47] Hunt a killer Nanct Drew

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

You can find Carla on
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  Facebook: Red Deer Board Game Fanatics 

You can find Melanie on
  Instagram: mels_boardgame_room 
  Facebook: Mel's Board Game Room 
  YouTube: Mel's Board Game Room

Come say Hi on Discord
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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)