Edward from Heavy Cardboard joins Candice to discuss the appeal of heavy board games, the ones they've been diggin, and the ones where the juice is worth the squeeze.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:15:38 Fresh Plays
  • 00:16:35 Ayar: Children of the Sun
  • 00:25:38 Cosmic Frog
  • 00:31:54 Speakeasy
  • 00:40:23 Dungeon Degenerates
• 00:54:25 Heavy Games: When the Juice is Worth the Squeeze
  • 00:56:15 The Heaviness in Board Games
  • 01:16:59 Age of Steam
  • 01:22:22 Leaving Earth
  • 01:26:20 Crystal Palace
  • 01:30:52 Black Rose Wars: Rebirth + Age of Innovation
  • 01:34:04 Stress Botics: Odyssey
  • 01:40:25 Feudum
  • 01:42:53 Edward's List of Games Worth the Squeeze (Stress Botics Odyssey, Age of Steam, Antiquity, Pax Transhumanity, Reef Encounter, Weimar: The Fight for Democracy, Tales of the Northlands: The Sagas of Noggin the Nog, Mr. President, Die Macher, John Company, Dilluvia Project, The Colonists, For-Ex, Sekigahara)
  • 01:46:24 Candice's List of Games Worth the Squeeze (Feudum, Too Many Bones, Spirit Island, Mage Knight, COIN & ICS series, War of the Ring: Second Edition, TI4, Cerebria, Here I Stand, Fields of Fire)
• 01:51:08 D-Day at Omaha Beach
• 01:55:38 Sign-off

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Game Designer Johnny Chin joins Candice to discuss Game Market West and a variety of indie board games.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:07:12 Fresh Plays
  • 00:07:28 My Favourite Things
  • 00:11:10 Alice is Missing
  • 00:20:21 Mot Coin (Cryptrick & Trick and Trade)
  • 00:27:53 Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest
• 00:37:16 Game Market West + Indie Games Appreciation
  • 00:46:25 Golpher
  • 00:49:23 Kansas City: Trick-taking Game
  • 00:53:06 We Need to Talk
  • 00:58:02 Oishii: Food Stall Clash (Hotpot Havoc)
  • 01:02:28 Trickarus
  • 01:07:42 Juven Isle
  • 01:11:06 Tag You're It!
  • 01:18:49 Dungeon Post
  • 01:21:08 FUCAZUL! + Spring Cleaning/Haunted Mouse
  • 01:25:08 Matcha
• 01:30:18 Sign-off

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Jamie from Foster the Meeple joins Candice to discuss some of their favorite board games to play with 6 players.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:01:22 Foster the Game-a-thon
  • 00:06:46 Circle DC
• 00:14:21 Fresh Plays
  • 00:15:18 Crafting the Cosmos
  • 00:22:43 Argent: the Consortium
  • 00:36:49 Silver Fang
  • 00:43:32 Molly House
  • 00:59:22 Grunling: Fantastic Fruit
• 01:02:16 Awesome Board Games for 6 Players
  • 01:03:18 Deception: Murder in Hong Kong
  • 01:08:01 Lovestruck
  • 01:11:10 Dune: Imperium - Uprising + Dune
  • 01:15:19 Camel Up (Second Edition)
  • 01:19:41 Border Reivers
  • 01:23:07 Leaping Lemmings
  • 01:24:56 Challengers!
  • 01:30:06 Sidereal Confluence
  • 01:33:52 Awkward Guests
  • 01:37:57 Dûhr: The Lesser Houses
  • 01:49:33 Cursed Court
  • 01:55:56 Guards of Atlantis II
• 02:09:54 Sign-off

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Ben from Five Games For Doomsday joins Candice to discuss some of their favorite midweight euro games.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:01:34 Five Games for Doomsday
• 00:10:45 Fresh Plays
  • 00:12:15 Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game
  • 00:16:58 Tip of the Diceberg
  • 00:27:13 Tricky Time Crisis
  • 00:32:42 Skull Queen
  • 00:40:21 Board Game Burnout, Black Rose Wars: Rebirth, & Cold Teaches
• 00:56:24 Midweight Euro Games We Love
  • 01:03:35 Fresco
  • 01:07:27 Pirates of Maracaibo + GWT: El Paso
  • 01:14:27 Lancaster
  • 01:18:44 IKI
  • 01:26:21 Nusfjord
  • 01:29:20 Whistle Mountain
  • 01:37:32 Hansa Teutonica
  • 01:41:46 River of Gold
  • 01:53:13 Concordia
  • 01:59:07 Bonus Mentions (Windmill Valley, The Artemis Project, Galileo Galilei, Shakespeare, Lewis & Clark, Glass Road, Spyrium, Castles of Burgundy, Heaven & Ale)
• 02:06:54 Sign-off

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Jenna from The Board Game Garden joins Candice to discuss some of their favorite cozy games.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:05:36 Fresh Plays
  • 00:06:06 Raiders of Scythia
  • 00:12:02 Whistle Mountain
  • 00:24:58 Reforest
  • 00:30:57 Black Rose Wars: Rebirth
• 00:48:16 Cozy Games We Love
  • 00:52:30 Mind Space
    • 00:55:40 Finding Calm
    • 00:56:44 River Valley Glassworks
  • 00:58:17 A Gentle Rain
  • 01:00:33 Rivages
  • 01:04:31 Patchwork
  • 01:06:55 Creature Comforts
  • 01:08:48 Chakra
  • 01:13:10 Nusfjord
    • 01:15:28 Le Havre
  • 01:17:17 Tangram City
    • 01:20:50 Beer & Bread 
    • 01:21:32 Hamlet: The Village Building Game 
    • 01:22:33 Fountains
  • 01:23:15 Conservas
  • 01:27:33 Bonus Mentions (Flamecraft, Everdell, Meadow, Lands of Galzyr, Tokaido, Let's Go to Japan, Three Sisters, Fleet: The Dice Game, Coffee Roaster, Café, Harmonies, Paupers' Ladder)
• 01:35:23 Sign-off

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Banzainator joins Candice to discuss to share a bunch of games they've been enjoying recently.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:01:16 Manor Lords (video game)
  • 00:08:48 Cult of the New + Revisiting Older Games
• 00:12:50 Extended Fresh Plays
  • 00:13:08 Azul Duel
  • 00:17:07 BGG Pod "Total Recall" (Whitehall Mystery, Road to Canterbury, Rock Hard: 1977, Downfall of Pompeii, Serenissima)
  • 00:30:00 Ready Set Bet: High Roller Edition
  • 00:35:12 Banana Boy VS Uni-Cone + Sky Towers
  • 00:45:17 Holiday Hills (Christmas Tree, Gingerbread House)
  • 00:51:31 Kaosball
  • 00:57:57 Tea Garden + Galileo Galilei + SETI
  • 01:09:41 Innovation Ultimate
  • 01:18:30 Village: Big Box
  • 01:25:25 Vagrantsong
  • 01:38:11 Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition
  • 01:45:40 Guards of Atlantis II
• 01:58:17 Sign-off

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Twitch Streamer Amanda Panda joins Candice to discuss co-operative games they've recently been diggin' into.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:05:18 BGG@Sea WestMex
• 00:08:44 Fresh Plays
  • 00:09:00 Darwin's Journey
  • 00:12:31 Fives
  • 00:18:20 Dice Cards
  • 00:21:08 Bullet♥︎
• 00:23:49 Awesome Co-op Discoveries
  • 00:24:20 Unstoppable
  • 00:30:36 Defenders of the Wild
  • 00:42:04 Buffer Time
  • 00:44:50 Conquest Princess: Fashion is Power 
  • 00:47:13 The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game
  • 00:53:26 Burgle Bros 3: Future Flip
  • 00:56:17 Sail
  • 01:01:47 Epilogue
  • 01:05:28 Leviathan Wilds
  • 01:13:03 Good Dog, Bad Zombie
  • 01:16:37 The LOOP
  • 01:27:18 Apropos: Of Board Games
  • 01:29:36 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Cthulhu: Death May Die, Purple Haze, Peacemakers: Horrors of War, Bomb Busters, Décorum, Eternal Decks, Fateforge)
  • 01:33:02 Amanda's Honorable Mentions (The Night Cage, The Spill, Corps of Discovery, Horrified: Greek Monsters & World of Monsters, Sky Team)
• 01:38:59 Sign-off

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Jack from The Cardboard Herald joins Candice to discuss some of their favorite hidden movement games.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:08:29 BGG's 25th Anniversary + Hall of Fame
  • 00:13:23 TrickTakeuary (Mü & more: Revised Edition)
• 00:16:40 Fresh Plays
  • 00:17:55 Star Wars: Unlimited
  • 00:21:13 Crown of Ash
  • 00:32:27 Mistborn
  • 00:39:20 Panda Spin
• 00:50:09 Hidden Movement Games We Love
  • 00:52:23 Scotland Yard
  • 00:56:41 Mind MGMT
  • 01:00:34 Star Wars: Rebellion + Liberation
  • 01:05:03 Ninja: Legend of the Scorpion Clan
  • 01:11:39 Sniper: Elite
  • 01:16:25 Hunt for the Ring
  • 01:22:07 Sabotage
  • 01:26:47 Beast
  • 01:32:29 Kelp
  • 01:33:32 Black Sonata
  • 01:40:07 Whitehall Mystery
  • 01:44:55 Atlantic Chase
  • 01:51:52 Narcos: The Board Game
• 01:54:09 Sign-off

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Dan Thurot from Space-Biff! joins Candice to discuss some of their favorite board and card games that hit different.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:05:28 Fresh Plays
  • 00:05:48 The 7th Citadel
  • 00:09:22 The Lost Expedition
  • 00:20:07 Kinfire Chronicles: Night's Fall
  • 00:25:04 Mage Knight: Ultimate Edition
• 00:38:20 Board & Cards Games That Hit Different
  • 00:40:53 Propaganda
  • 00:51:29 Witch's Shot Delivery Service
  • 01:00:28 Endurance
  • 01:05:56 Heading Forward
  • 01:09:52 Bronze Age
  • 01:14:36 Pariahs
  • 01:17:48 Peacemakers: Horrors of War (interview w/ Sami Laakso)
  • 01:28:34 Scape Goat
  • 01:34:07 Doubt Is Our Product
  • 01:39:04 For-Ex/For-Ex II: She Made Another One 
  • 01:40:57 The Road to Canterbury
  • 01:46:08 Zimby Mojo
• 01:53:49 Sign-off

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Maggie from ThinkerThemer joins Candice to discuss the best games they played in 2024.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:05:35 Fresh Plays
• 00:06:02 Slay the Spire
• 00:09:29 Gosu X
• 00:17:14 Disney Lorcana (Pokémon...and other TCG rabbit holes)
• 00:31:13 I’m Kind of a Big Dill
• 00:35:35 That Escalated Quickly
• 00:37:52 The Best Games We Played in 2024
  • 00:39:14 Bottle Imp
  • 00:42:52 Attack on Titan: Deck-Building Game
  • 00:45:23 Life of Amazonia
  • 00:48:22 Tyrants of the Underdark
  • 00:51:08 Ginkgopolis
  • 00:53:00 Unsettled
  • 00:56:38 DroPolter
  • 00:58:08 Dune: Imperium - Uprising
  • 01:00:44 Le Havre
  • 01:05:46 Cthulhu: Death May Die
  • 01:13:48 Mü & more: Revised Edition 
  • 01:16:20 Our Top 10 2024 Releases
  • 01:18:07 Maggie's #10
  • 01:20:04 Candice's #10
  • 01:21:16 Maggie's #9
  • 01:23:52 Candice's #9
  • 01:26:18 Maggie's #8
  • 01:30:11 Candice's #8
  • 01:33:19 Maggie's #7
  • 01:35:05 Candice's #7
  • 01:39:43 Maggie's #6
  • 01:43:56 Candice's #6
  • 01:47:27 Maggie's #5
  • 01:51:38 Candice's #5
  • 01:53:22 Maggie's #4
  • 01:55:49 Candice's #4
  • 02:00:07 Maggie's #3
  • 02:02:25 Candice's #3
  • 02:03:57 Maggie's #2
  • 02:07:01 Candice's #2
  • 02:09:09 Maggie's #1
  • 02:13:04 Candice's #1
• 02:19:05 Sign-off

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