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

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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

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Paul Grogan from Gaming Rules! joins Candice to discuss board games that use dice in clever ways.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:01:28 BGG Podcast Update
• 00:04:55 Fresh Plays
  • 00:05:08 Princes of Florence
  • 00:10:24 Hamlet: The Village Building Game
  • 00:18:14 Arkham Horror LCG - Edge of the Earth campaign
  • 00:22:43 Skymines (reimplementation of Mombasa)
• 00:36:02 Board Games That Use Dice in Clever Ways
  • 00:37:09 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Scholars of the South Tigris, Woodcraft, Nokosu Dice, Quantum, Nautilion, Roll Player)
  • 01:00:48 Paul's Honourable Mentions (Castles of Burgundy, Merlin, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Pulsar 2849, Alien Frontiers, Lorenzo Il Magnifico, Red Cathedral, Grand Austria Hotel, Sagrada, Blueprints, Dice Forge,  Rise of Tribes)
  • 00:43:17 Star Wars RPG
  • 00:47:57 Dice Realms
  • 00:51:34 Crystal Palace
  • 00:54:59 Coimbra
  • 01:01:22 Ganz schön clever 
  • 01:05:48 Tiletum
  • 01:12:11 Teotihuacan, Tekhenu
    • 01:14:01

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Game designer Erica Bouyouris joins Candice to discuss great board games for introducing people to the hobby. Erica also shares some excellent thoughts on how to ease new players in so they keep coming back.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:01:02 Dumb Ways to Die Card Game
  • 00:01:34 Candice's Quick BGG.Spring Recap 
    • 00:02:30 Stationfall with Aldie
    • 00:02:39 Tribes of the Wind with Beth
    • 00:02:50 Big Boss & Mind Up! with Eric
    • 00:04:01 Spiel des Jahres Nominees
  • 00:06:31 Erica's Thoughts on Onboarding New Players
• 00:12:41 Fresh Plays
  • 00:13:43 Sky Team
  • 00:19:16 Big Shot
  • 00:28:21 Mists over Carcassonne
  • 00:35:15 Le Plateau
  • 00:39:31 Rebuilding Seattle
• 00:51:41 Great Games for Introducing People to the Hobby
  • 00:53:32 KuZOOka
  • 01:00:48 The Quacks of Quedlinburg
  • 01:06:38 Can’t Stop
  • 01:10:24 Citadels
  • 01:16:33 Horrified
  • 01:21:21 Azul
  • 01:24:15 AMIGO Games
  • 01:27:54 Splendor
  • 01:31:52 Oink Games
  • 01:35:50 Co-operative Games
• 01:41:00 Sign-off

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Isaac Vega (game designer and CEO/Owner of Rose Gauntlet Entertainment) joins Candice to discuss board games with iconic box cover art.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:03:11 Fresh Plays
  • 00:03:25 Brindlewood Bay
  • 00:08:35 Undaunted: Battle of Britain
    • 00:15:37 General Orders: World War II
  • 00:16:39 For Science!
    • 00:20:19 The Climbers
  • 00:21:47 Green Team Wins
  • 00:26:27 Dual Gauge
• 00:31:15 Board Games with Iconic Box Cover Art
  • 00:33:34 Lost Ruins of Arnak
  • 00:37:37 Root
  • 00:41:19 Mysterium
  • 00:44:50 The 7th Continent
  • 00:50:10 Abyss
  • 00:54:49 Great Western Trail
  • 01:01:57 Tokaido
  • 01:05:33 Twilight Imperium
  • 01:15:29 King of Tokyo: Dark Edition
  • 01:20:56 Wingspan
  • 01:27:24 Bonus Mentions: Twilight Struggle, Scythe, Feudum, Sleeping Gods, Calico, High Society, Photosynthesis, Everdell, 7 Wonders Duel
• 01:31:53 Sign-off

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Board game Twitch streamer Beneeta Kaur joins Candice to discuss their favorite area majority games.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:02:38 Fresh Plays
  • 00:02:51 Fast Sloths
  • 00:05:14 Bug Council of Backyardia
  • 00:14:04 Furnace: Interbellum
  • 00:19:27 Unforgiven: The Lincoln Assassination Trial
• 00:32:29 Our Favorite Area Majority Games
  • 00:32:39 Small World
  • 00:37:30 Ethnos
  • 00:47:34 El Grande
  • 00:56:33 Nippon
  • 01:05:59 World's Fair 1893
  • 01:10:57 Battle for Rokugan
  • 01:17:42 Smartphone Inc.
  • 01:21:57 Brian Boru: High King of Ireland
  • 01:31:00 Petrichor
  • 01:39:36 Dominant Species/Dominant Species: Marine, Cerebria, Wonderland's War
  • 01:41:06 Hansa Teutonica, Shogun
• 01:42:52 Sign-off

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