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

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Alex from BoardGameCo joins Candice to discuss a variety of adventure games and why they find them so appealing.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:01:40 PAX Unplugged Highlights (Great Western Trail: El Paso, Azul Duel, Crafting the Cosmos)
• 00:09:10 Fresh Plays
  • 00:09:48 Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread
  • 00:14:43 Re;Act - The Arts of War 
  • 00:22:57 Unconscious Mind
  • 00:27:38 Star Trek: Ascendancy
  • 00:33:58 A Gentle Rain
• 00:36:40 Exploring Adventure Games
  • 00:44:43 Kingdom Death: Monster
  • 00:46:55 Oathsworn
  • 00:48:28 Vagrantsong
  • 00:49:48 Primal: The Awakening
  • 00:52:54 Rogue Dungeon, Mini Rogue
  • 00:54:11 Mage Knight, Gloomhaven, Frosthaven
  • 00:55:20 Cthulhu: Death May Die
  • 01:00:55 Iron Helm
  • 01:02:30 Fateforge
  • 01:05:12 Agemonia
  • 01:07:40 Call of Kilforth
  • 01:09:11 Kreel Manor
  • 01:15:02 Thorgal
  • 01:15:48 Dragons Down
  • 01:17:22 Unsettled
  • 01:19:12 Purple Haze
  • 01:20:14 The Witcher: Old World
  • 01:22:10 Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread
  • 01:22:28 Dungeon Degenerates, Fallen Land, Earthborne Rangers, The 7th Citadel, Paupers' Ladder, Tamashii
  • 01:24:55 Rise of Moloch, Lands of Galzyr, Tales of the Arthurian Knights, Elder Scrolls, 20 Strong, Shadows of Malice, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Slay the Spire, Robi

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Rolling Reggie joins Candice to discuss a variety of board and card games that are great for traveling.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:05:00 Fresh Plays
  • 00:05:17 Favor: Gods of Oethera
  • 00:11:44 Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game
  • 00:22:26 Tapple
  • 00:26:46 Concordia: Solitaria
• 00:41:42 Travel-Friendly Games We Love
  • 00:44:29 IOTA
  • 00:46:34 nana (Trio)
  • 00:49:30 Sardegna
  • 00:58:58 Silver & Gold
  • 01:04:34 Age of Civilization + Age of Galaxy
  • 01:07:54 Knarr
  • 01:14:03 RNSM
  • 01:20:31 Skulls of Sedlec, Tussie Mussie, Food Chain Island, Forest Sky
  • 01:26:33 Deep Sea Adventure
  • 01:34:53 Coloretto
  • 01:40:28 Seaside
  • 01:44:33 Honorable Mentions (Insider, Sea Salt & Paper, The Crew: Mission Deep Sea, Pax Transhumanity, The Shipwreck Arcana, Mini Rogue)
• 01:47:58 Sign-off

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Steph Hodge from All the Meeples of the Rainbow joins Candice to discuss the 2024 BGG Holiday Gift Guide games, and games they played at BGG.CON 2024.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:05:49 Fresh Plays (BGG.CON '24)
  • 00:06:12 Civolution
  • 00:10:57 Pax Porfiriana
  • 00:21:35 Greenland
  • 00:25:22 Tales of the Arthurian Knights
  • 00:32:44 War of the Ring
  • 00:39:14 Sweet Lands
  • 00:43:05 Trick-Taking Games!
    • 00:43:25 Kansas City: The Trick-Taking Game
    • 00:45:25 BLOT
    • 00:49:48 FUCAZUL!
    • 00:51:29 Boo!
    • 00:52:13 Seas of Strife
    • 00:53:33 Mu & more: Revised edition
  • 00:56:29 Thorgal: The Board Game
  • 01:00:09 Décorum
  • 01:05:13 Endeavor: Deep Sea
  • 01:09:52 Katmai: The Bears of Brooks River
  • 01:16:58 What the Fog?! + Things in Rings
• 01:18:24 The 2024 BGG Holiday Gift Guide Games
  • 01:18:33 Family and New Gamers (Castle Combo, Hamster Roll, Magic Maze Tower)
  • 01:21:44 Modern Classics (Cascadia, Earth, Wingspan)
  • 01:22:47 Stocking Stuffers (Confusing Lands, Lure, Seers Catalog)
  • 01:27:12 Kids Games (Animal Upon Animal, My First Adventure: Journey to Ochre Land, Ziggurat, Monkey Palace)
  • 01:30:25 Party Games (Adventure Party: The Role-Playing Party Game, DaDaDa, The Gang)
  • 01:37:07 Solo Games (Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, Legacy of Yu, Sherlock Solitaire)
  • 01:38:54 Candice's Bonus Mentions (Aqua ROVE, For Northwood!, Kreel Manor, Cyberion, Spirit Island)
  • 01:40:25 Two-Player Games (Chu Han, The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth, Pagan: Fate of Roanoke)
  • 01:46:38 Co-operative Games (Astro Knights: Eternity, Bomb Busters, Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan)
  • 01:54:04 Midweight Games (Looot, River of Gold, Stonespine Architects)
  • 01:57:50 Heavy Games (Kutná Hora: The City of Silver, SETI, Marrakesh, Yokohama)
• 02:04:16 Sign-off

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Emily from Man vs Meeple joins Candice to discuss some of their favorite deduction games.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:03:57 Fresh Plays
  • 00:04:12 Unconscious Mind
  • 00:07:48 Snowcrest
  • 00:22:38 The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth
  • 00:30:31 Operation Barclay
• 00:41:42 Deduction Games We Love
  • 00:48:16 Hooky
  • 00:52:04 Tragedy Looper: New Tragedies
  • 00:56:29 Fiction
  • 01:01:22 Black Sonata
  • 01:05:27 Cryptid
  • 01:10:29 The Shipwreck Arcana
  • 01:18:44 The Search for Planet X, The Search for Lost Species, The Search for UAPS
  • 01:25:51 Pagan: Fate of Roanoke 
  • 01:32:13 Turing Machine
  • 01:35:07 Kronologic
  • 01:37:32 Bomb Busters
  • 01:48:50 Honorable Mentions (Revolver Noir, Belratti, Alchemists, Little Alchemists, Accuse!, Message from the Stars, The Crew, Décorum)
• 02:02:25 Sign-off

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Johannes from Board Gaming Ramblings joins Candice to discuss recent plays of a variety of new games, including SPIEL Essen '24 releases.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:03:25 5 Games for Doomsday (Spirit Island Cheat)
  • 00:05:19 Revisited For the Queen
  • 00:06:10 BGG SPIEL '24 Videos
• 00:06:45 Extended Fresh Plays
  • 00:07:50 Civolution
  • 00:13:45 Speakeasy
  • 00:17:55 XOK
  • 00:24:32 The Yellow House
  • 00:29:21 Captain Flip
  • 00:36:56 Flip 7
  • 00:43:40 AI: 100% Human
  • 00:53:01 Sweet Lands
  • 01:02:00 DerrocAr: The Week of Five Presidents
  • 01:18:30 Dirt and Glory
  • 01:24:10 SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
  • 01:37:09 Tea Garden
  • 01:43:46 Red Dust Rebellion
• 01:56:44 Sign-off

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