Meeple Mountain board game reviewer Justin Bell joins Candice to discuss their recent plays of new releases from SPIEL '23 and more.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:02:43 Historical Board Game Conventions (GMT Weekend at the Warehouse + SD Hist Con)
• 00:06:00 Extended Fresh Plays
  • 00:07:15 Kutna Hora: The City of Silver
  • 00:16:17 Rebel Princess
  • 00:27:14 StegegetS Moomin
  • 00:32:51 Septima
  • 00:55:03 Zhanguo: The First Empire
  • 01:06:52 Land and Freedom
  • 01:22:54 Nucleum
  • 01:35:28 Border Reivers
  • 01:52:35 Rats of Wistar
  • 02:02:28 Arcs
  • 02:20:48 Quicksand
  • 02:26:07 Evacuation 
• 02:33:44 Sign-off

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Game designer Elizabeth Hargrave joins Candice to discuss family-friendly games they love.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:05:33 Fresh Plays
  • 00:05:47 Leaf
  • 00:09:02 Kutná Hora: The City of Silver
  • 00:22:58 Undergrove
  • 00:30:06 Arborea
• 00:47:05 Family-Friendly Games We Love
  • 00:51:39 Just One
  • 00:55:19 Pit
  • 01:01:05 Telephone Pictionary (Eat Poop You Cat)
  • 01:06:20 Can't Stop
    •  01:09:29 Spicy Farkel
    •  01:10:10 Las Vegas
  • 01:11:27 Junk Art
    •  01:14:44 Nuts a GoGo!
  • 01:16:15 How Dare You?
    •  01:19:40 Fun Facts
  • 01:24:49 Illusion
  • 01:28:24 Just One...more time
    •  01:30:23 Wits & Wagers
  • 01:31:32 MonsDRAWsity 
    •  01:35:04 Tattoo Stories
  • 01:36:51 Insider
  • 01:43:22 Romi Rami
  • 01:44:38 Ready Set Bet
• 01:46:01 Sign-off

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Paula Deming from Things Get Dicey! joins Candice to discuss their SPIEL '23 experiences.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:03:46 Paula Leveled Up in Pathfinder
  • 00:04:29 Pathfinder Adventure Card Game
  • 00:05:49 Paula's Dice Curse
  • 00:08:48 We completely missed each other at SPIEL
• 00:11:52 Fresh Plays
  • 00:12:05 Acquire
    • 00:16:57 Big Boss
  • 00:19:52 Battlecrest
  • 00:27:44 nana/Trio
  • 00:34:03 Discordia
• 00:48:21 Our SPIEL '23 Experiences
  • 00:48:38 Vibe of the show
  • 00:52:08 Traveling to Essen
    • 00:53:02 Castles of Mad Ludwig
  • 00:57:56 Bumping into people at the show + designer encounters
  • 01:03:03 La bâtarde
  • 01:03:42 Jonathan Cox's climbing/shedding games (Peaks & Valleys and Spring Cleaning) 
  • 01:05:22 Romi Rami
  • 01:05:43 Zong-Hua Yang (Taiwan Night Market, Vegetable Stock, Christmas Tree)
  • 01:06:34 Content Creator Encounters
  • 01:08:15 Impressive Booths
    • 01:08:42 ttRPG demo booth
    • 01:10:10 The Gerhard’s booth
    • 01:11:28 Triad
    • 01:12:42 Board&Dice booth decked out for Nucleum
    • 01:13:15 Nightmare Before Christmas: Take Over the Holidays!
  • 01:13:51 Memorable Demos
    • 01:14:15 MLEM: Space Agency
    • 01:16:34 Sankoré: The Pride of Mansa Musa
  • 01:21:05 Game Discoveries
    • 01:21:36 Rebel Princess
    • 01:26:23 Stich für Stich
    • 01:30:49 Fruitoplay
    • 01:37:05 Faraway
  • 01:41:42 Other Games Played
    • 01:42:00 General Orders: World War II
    • 01:44:55 Accuse!
    • 01:47:57 Tipperary
    • 01:49:50 Evenfall
    • 01:54:45 Wizards Cup
  • 01:57:32 Future Releases on Our Radars
    • 01:57:52 Blueprints of Mad King Ludwig
    • 02:00:59 Nemesis: Retaliation
• 02:04:31 Sign-off

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It's our first anniversary! BGG Owner Scott Alden (aka Aldie) joins Candice to discuss the SPIEL '23 games they're most excited for.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:08:10 Memories from Year 1
  • 00:15:13 Reflecting on our Top 5 SPIEL '22 Anticipation Games
• 00:21:58 Fresh Plays
  • 00:22:40 World Wonders
  • 00:25:59 Star Trek: Discovery – Black Alert
  • 00:41:41 Unlock!: Heroic Adventures
  • 00:43:49 Voidfall
• 00:58:04 SPIEL '23 Releases We're Most Excited For
  • 00:58:48 Perspectives
  • 01:01:25 Wizard’s Cup
  • 01:03:52 The Cathedral of Orléans
  • 01:06:22 1902 Méliès + The Battle of Versailles
  • 01:12:33 The Fox Experiment
  • 01:15:39 Nucleum
  • 01:21:31 Comet
  • 01:25:40 Kutná Hora: The City of Silver
  • 01:30:40 Evenfall
  • 01:34:50 Evacuation
  • 01:39:01 Aldie's Honorable Mentions (Trio, FTW?!, Freaky Frogs From Outaspace)
  • 01:41:47 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Triad, Voidfall, The White Castle, Expedition to 5X, Havalandi, Cyberion, Jekyll & Hyde vs Scotland Yard)
• 01:50:01 Sign-off

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Game designer Corey Konieczka from Unexpected Games  joins Candice to discuss board games with unique themes.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:03:44 Fresh Plays
  • 00:04:08 Forbidden Jungle
  • 00:06:41 Quirky Circuits: Penny & Gizmo's Snow Day
  • 00:13:14 Make the Difference
  • 00:16:33 Savage Bowl
• 00:25:52 Board Games with Unique Themes
  • 00:27:32 Tak
  • 00:31:36 Petrichor
  • 00:40:55 Blood Bowl
  • 00:44:26 Fort
  • 00:50:01 Hostage Negotiator
  • 00:53:50 Stonewall Uprising
  • 01:01:03 Sky Team
  • 01:04:40 Heading Forward
  • 01:13:30 X-Bugs
  • 01:21:08 Castell
  • 01:28:59 Honorable Mentions (Votes for Women, Molly House, The Cost, An Infamous Traffic, Cerebria, Voices In My Head, High Treason, Baseball Highlights: 2045, Tragedy Looper, Comanauts, Holding On: The Troubled Life of Billy Kerr)
• 01:37:27 Whoops! Corey's audio wasn't fully uploaded when he left the call, so we missed his "bye and thank you" on the recording.
• 01:37:37 Sign-off

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Ryan from Man vs Meeple joins Candice to discuss game designer Vital Lacerda and their favorite Lacerda games.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:06:12 Fresh Plays
  • 00:06:43 Sky Team
  • 00:09:57 Making up for lost time...games "I'm not going to talk about"
    • 00:10:22 Nemesis
    • 00:11:29 Frosthaven
    • 00:11:59 Great Western Trail: New Zealand
    • 00:12:20 Gaia Project
  • 00:13:45 Here I Stand
  • 00:22:02 Barcelona
  • 00:28:48 Lands of the Mesozoic
• 00:38:59 Vital Lacerda Games
  • 00:39:30 What are Lacerda games all about?
  • 00:41:31 Ian O'toole Artwork
  • 00:43:58 Lacerda-Lite Games
    • 00:44:23 Mercado de Lisboa
    • 00:45:01 Bot Factory
    • 00:46:26 House of Fado
• 00:47:17 Our Favorite Lacerda Games
  • 00:47:47 Kanban EV
  • 00:55:17 On Mars
  • 00:59:46 Lisboa
  • 01:05:58 Inventions: Evolution of Ideas
  • 01:10:48 CO₂: Second Chance
  • 01:23:08 Weather Machine
  • 01:29:08 Vinhos
• 01:38:01 Sign-off

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Monique from Before You Play joins Candice to discuss some of their favorite board games that are 15+ years old.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:01:55 Gen Con Recap
• 00:08:14 Fresh Plays
  • 00:08:30 Oranienburger Kanal
  • 00:15:12 Romi Rami
  • 00:22:14 Inheritors
  • 00:28:10 Terra Nova
  • 00:33:27 Age of Innovation
  • 00:40:23 Veilwraith
  • 00:45:23 Kreel Manor
• 00:49:11 Oldies but Goodies
  • 00:50:20 Monique's Honorable Mentions (The Princes of Florence, Goa)
  • 01:02:54 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Tichu, Battlestar Galactica, Hansa Teutonica, Twilight Struggle)
  • 01:05:19 Modern Art (1992)
  • 01:09:23 Santiago (2003)
  • 01:18:38 Bohnanza (1997)
  • 01:22:02 Dahlias (new version of Bohnanza)
  • 01:24:01 Tigris & Euphrates (1997)
  • 01:28:04 Yellow & Yangtze/HUANG
  • 01:31:32 For Sale (1997)
  • 01:36:11 El Grande (1995)
  • 01:44:48 The Downfall of Pompeii (2004)
  • 01:49:45 Polynesia
  • 01:51:29 Dune (1979)
• 01:58:07 Sign-off

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Rob Oren from Rob’s Tabletop World joins Candice to discuss Gen Con '23 releases they're most excited to play.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:06:21 Fresh Plays
  • 00:06:35 Awakening The Bear (Third Edition)
  • 00:13:19 21Moon
  • 00:19:39 Shadows of Brimstone: Gates of Valhalla
  • 00:27:40 1815: Scum of the Earth
    • 00:35:28 Veilwraith
    • 00:38:29 Ricky Royal (Box of Delights) Shout-out
• 00:40:42 Gen Con '23 releases we're excited to play
  • 00:41:02 Race to the Raft
  • 00:44:19 Expeditions
  • 00:52:26 Legendary Encounters: The Matrix
  • 00:55:26 Castle Panic: Deluxe Collection 
  • 01:02:54 War of the Ring: The Card Game – Against the Shadow
  • 01:04:20 Cosmic Frog: Find Muck
  • 01:07:52 Spirit Island: Nature Incarnate
  • 01:09:10 IKI: Akebono
  • 01:11:06 Monster Pit
  • 01:12:17 Table Golf Association
  • 01:17:44 Sky Team
  • 01:19:35 Too Many Bones: Unbreakable
  • 01:28:19 Age of Innovation
  • 01:32:57 Tales of the Red Dragon Inn
  • 01:42:20 Great Western Trail: New Zealand
• 01:49:44 Sign-off

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Spielworxx owner Uli Blennemann joins Candice to discuss their favorite card-driven games.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:04:04 PGC Con (trick-taking game convention)
  • 00:06:17 Robotrick
  • 00:07:42 Trick-taking in Black and White
  • 00:08:51 The Barracks Emperors
  • 00:10:51 Le Plateau
  • 00:11:07 Touchdown Heroes & Savage Bowl
  • 00:11:14 Inside Job
  • 00:11:58 Diamonds
  • 00:12:46 Bridge City Poker & Five-Three-Five
  • 00:13:48 Bacon
  • 00:14:10 Dual Gauge: Denmark
  • 00:14:50 An Infamous Traffic
  • 00:17:28 Blood on the Clocktower
• 00:21:55 Fresh Plays
  • 00:22:11 Land and Freedom
  • 00:25:59 Peak Oil: Profiteer
  • 00:35:27 Votes for Women
  • 00:38:57 Moonrakers
• 00:50:54 Card-driven Games (CDGs) We Love
  • 00:51:04 What CDGs are all about
  • 00:55:49 We the People (Mark Herman)
  • 00:58:50 Forged in Steel
  • 00:59:22 No Motherland Without
  • 00:59:54 Twilight Struggle
  • 01:02:02 1979: Revolution in Iran
  • 01:03:46 Paths of Glory
  • 01:05:53 Twilight Struggle: Red Sea
  • 01:08:42 Clash of Monarchs
  • 01:11:08 Clash of Sovereigns
  • 01:11:57 Brotherhood & Unity
  • 01:18:39 Washington's War
  • 01:21:04 Labyrinth: The War on Terror, 2001 – ? 
  • 01:25:25 Here I Stand & Virgin Queen
  • 01:30:58 Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory
  • 01:34:29 Empire of the Sun
  • 01:40:47 Wir sind das Volk!
  • 01:47:46 Uli's Honorable Mentions - No Motherland Without, Twilight Struggle, Wilderness War, Unhappy King Charles, For the People, Pursuit of Glory
  • 01:49:24 Candice's Honorable Mentions - Dual Powers: Revolution 1917, Red Flag Over Paris, 13 Days, Watergate, Successors, Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno, Europe Divided, Siege of Vienna
  • 01:52:43 Weimar: The Fight for Democracy
• 01:55:41 Sign-off

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Ben Mandelker from the Game Brain podcast joins Candice to geek out about the 18xx genre of railroad-themed stock market and tile-laying board games, in addition to sharing their initial impressions of 1880: China (2022 Lookout Games edition). 

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:06:12 Fresh Plays
  • 00:06:26 ZhanGuo
  • 00:11:15 Imperial Struggle
  • 00:27:30 Skymines
  • 00:27:59 Gold West
  • 00:37:03 Undaunted: Stalingrad 
    • 00:44:32 Mind MGMT
  • 00:48:55 Twilight Imperium (Fourth Edition)
• 01:06:44 Why 18xx Might Be Your Next Obsession 
  • 01:07:02 What 18xx games are all about
  • 01:19:48 What we love about 18xx games
  • 01:25:34 The challenges/barriers of getting into 18xx
  • 01:32:55 New ways to think about 18xx to demystify it and embrace it
  • 01:39:44 Dipping your toes in 18xx:
    • 01:40:07 Dual Gauge
    • 01:40:35 18Chesapeake
    • 01:41:07 18xx.games
    • 01:42:49 City of the Big Shoulders
    • 01:43:25 Shikoku 1889
  • 01:43:30 Diving a little deeper:
    • 01:43:37 1846: The Race for the Midwest
    • 01:44:17 18 Los Angeles
    • 01:44:24 18MEX
    • 01:44:37 1882: Assiniboia 
    • 01:45:12 1848: Australia 
    • 01:45:33 1849: The Game of Sicilian Railways
    • 01:46:01 18Ireland
    • 01:46:40 1817
    • 01:47:08 1822: The Railways of Great Britain
  • 01:47:21 If trains aren't your thing:
    • 01:47:37 City of the Big Shoulders
    • 01:47:45 21Moon
    • 01:48:14 Rolling Stock Stars
    • 01:48:35 Poseidon
    • 01:49:20 18Mag: Hungarian Railway History
• 01:51:30 Our initial impressions of 1880: China
• 02:12:17 Sign-off

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