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The Gaming Moguls episodes

  • Episode 59: A Tale of Four Hours

    We’re Back! After a lovely extended summer break – the Gaming Moguls rip into Season Two. We spend the episode catching up on the best games that we’ve played since the last episode and our favorites of the year so far. We also compare and contrast a group of four heavy hour-long games (Shinkansen Zero Kei, Bear Raid, Furnace and Nusfjord)

    00:00:00 Intro

    00:04:20 Games We Played!

    00:05:48 Nusfjord

    00:13:08 Bear Raid

    00:23:46 Furnace

    00:30:49 Shinkansen: Zero Kei

    00:39:01 Res Arcana

    00:51:49 Ark Nova

    01:17:30 1849: The Game of Sicilian Railways

    01:21:08 The Old Prince 1871

    01:26:25 Wrap Up & Outro

    The Mogul Scale Living Document

    1 hr 28 min
  • Episode 58: The Blunder in the Top Hundred

    It’s Moguls Unfiltered tonight – where we discuss our unplayed games in the BGG Top 100 and what we think about them.. good, bad, or otherwise. This episode is full of rapid-fire hot takes and bad opinions.. or are they?

    00:00:00 Intro

    00:02:20 Top 100-91 Games

    00:11:28 Top 90-81 Games

    00:17:18 Top 80-71 Games

    00:21:18 Top 70-61 Games

    00:25:06 Top 60-51 Games

    00:29:15 Top 50-41 Games

    00:34:44 Top 40-31 Games

    00:41:15 Top 30-21 Games

    00:47:38 Top 20-11 Games

    00:52:43 Top 10-1 Games

    00:58:04 Recap

    01:09:12 Wrap Up & Outro

    The Mogul Scale Living Document

    1 hr 11 min
  • Episode 57: Jake’s Top 20 of 2021

    Jake takes his shot at listing his top 20 games of all time as of Fall 2021. We count them down from 20-1 and talk about some of the things that didn’t make the list. Who is more correct on their list – Jake or Mark?

    00:00:00 Intro

    00:04:22 Jake’s Top 20 of 2021!

    00:04:41 Number 20

    00:08:11 Number 19

    00:12:27 Number 18

    00:16:11 Number 17

    00:19:15 Number 16

    00:23:09 Number 15

    00:26:29 Number 14

    00:30:08 Number 13

    00:34:42 Number 12

    00:39:22 Number 11

    00:41:31 Number 10

    00:45:46 Number 9

    00:48:47 Number 8

    00:52:44 Number 7

    00:59:15 Number 6

    01:03:59 Number 5

    01:07:30 Number 4

    01:10:10 Number 3

    01:12:41 Number 2

    01:16:22 Jake’s Number 1 of 2021!

    01:18:06 Jake’s Runner Ups

    01:27:49 Wrap Up & Outro

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    The Mogul Scale Living Document

    1 hr 30 min
  • Episode 56: Mark’s Top 20 of 2021

    It’s the holiday season again – that means it’s time to recap what our favorites are for the year and discuss them. Mark had a back to basics year – and the average age of the games is older than it has ever been. What will be #1?

    00:00:00 Intro

    00:04:30 Mark’s Honorable Mentions

    00:05:38 Mark’s Top 20 of 2021!

    00:05:58 Number 20

    00:08:43 Number 19

    00:11:14 Number 18

    00:15:25 Number 17

    00:19:19 Number 16

    00:22:21 Number 15

    00:26:27 Number 14

    00:32:09 Number 13

    00:36:20 Number 12

    00:41:51 Number 11

    00:45:53 Number 10

    00:49:24 Number 9

    00:52:16 Number 8

    00:55:30 Number 7

    00:58:54 Number 6

    01:00:48 Number 5

    01:04:07 Number 4

    01:08:48 Number 3

    01:11:37 Number 2

    01:16:24 Mark’s Number 1 of 2021!

    01:24:03 Wrap Up & Outro

    1 hr 26 min
  • Episode 55: The Hot Oldness

    Jake and Mark continue their homage to the great games of years gone by and why they are better games than the new ones being released in 2021. We talk about several games with an average release date of 2009 – and give you our thoughts and experiences playing them.

    00:00:00 Intro

    00:01:48 Scout

    00:04:40 Games We Played!

    00:05:09 Wind the Film!

    00:13:51 Saint Petersburg

    00:20:49 Import / Export: Definitive Edition

    00:39:05 Age of Steam

    00:44:04 Iberian Gauge

    00:52:40 Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King

    01:00:39 Wrap Up & Outro

    The Mogul Scale Living Document

    1 hr 3 min
  • Episode 54: 3C or Not 3C

    Jake and Mark double down on the Old Hotness this week to discuss an amazing set of midweight games from over a decade ago. We ponder why all of these games have stood the test of time and examine what they all have in common. We also ponder why games that play well with 5 players aren’t more common.

    00:00:00 Intro

    00:04:32 Games We Played!

    00:05:09 Die Macher

    00:17:15 Ginkgopolis

    00:25:24 Hansa Teutonica

    00:31:28 Keyflower

    00:40:25 Yokohama Duel

    00:48:49 Bruxelles 1897

    00:54:56 Wrap Up & Outro

    57 min
  • Episode 53: Cubes, Cubes, Cubes. So Many Cubes.

    Jake and Mark have an episode chock full of game plays – and a shocking number of them involve a lot of cubes. Whether for workers, resources, trains, or routes – it’s all so many cubes. We talk about Hallertau, Brass Lancashire, Gulf Mobile & Ohio, Indonesia, Erie Railroad, Mombasa, Reykholt, Viticulture, and lots more.

    00:00:00 Intro

    00:04:29 Games We Played!

    00:04:52 Mombasa

    00:17:53 Hallertau

    00:28:09 Erie Railroad

    00:32:09 Ninja Catfoot and the Covert Action

    00:36:22 Gulf, Mobile & Ohio

    00:41:21 Scout!

    00:44:01 Indonesia

    00:47:55 Brass: Lancashire

    00:52:21 Lorenzo il Magnifico

    00:59:30 Viticulture

    01:06:24 Wrap Up & Outro

    1 hr 8 min
  • Episode 52 – Nemesis Games

    Jake’s back and he’s got games to talk about. We run through the games we’ve played including Decrypto, Cribbage, Trade on the Tigris, Santa Monica, Burano, Great Western Trail and Sleeping Gods. After that we run a lot of short topics up the flagpole – including those bedeviling games that we love but can’t win to save our lives. We also ponder as to if 18xx has jumped the shark?

    00:00:00 Intro

    00:01:42 Games Played!

    00:02:23 Decrypto

    00:06:54 Cribbage

    00:10:49 Trade on the Tigris

    00:15:16 Santa Monica

    00:20:25 Burano

    00:26:35 Great Western Trail

    00:30:34 Sleeping Gods

    00:48:38 Main Topic: Grab Bag of Mini Topics!

    00:50:36 1846: The Race for the Midwest

    00:53:41 geekGroup

    01:13:28 Wrap Up & Outro

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    1 hr 15 min
  • Episode 51 – Craig Returns and Makes a List!

    It’s guest host time at the Gaming Moguls – we’ve got Craig Taylor from The Train Rush joining us once again. This time, he’s doing something he vowed never to do – make a Top 20 list. We even get him to (mostly) not talk about trains for a while.

    00:00:00 Intro

    00:02:25 The Train Rush Podcast

    00:14:27 Craig’s Top 20 Games!

    00:14:43 #20

    00:22:38 #19

    00:29:34 #18

    00:34:54 #17

    00:40:27 #16

    00:45:52 #15

    00:50:22 #14

    00:55:54 #13

    01:00:54 #12

    01:05:15 #11

    01:09:48 #10

    01:15:18 #09

    01:21:43 #08

    01:25:54 #07

    01:29:56 #06

    01:34:14 #05

    01:38:55 #04

    01:44:01 #03

    01:47:29 #02

    01:53:22 #01

    01:58:53 The Train Rush Podcast

    02:02:02 Wrap Up & Outro

    The Mogul Scale Living Document

    2 hr 4 min
  • Episode 50 – The Moguls 5-0 Quinquagenary

    We made it to Episode 50.. and we’ve decided to do a new “About Us” episode. We originally did this back in Episode Zero – but that’s now two years out of date and our audio quality is much better. We review our tastes in games and gaming, our goals for the Gaming Moguls, and restate our favorite games.

    00:00:00 Intro

    00:17:06 The Mogul Scale Living Document

    00:53:02 Current Top 5 Games

    00:53:58 18MEX

    00:54:22 Brass: Lancashire

    00:54:28 Brass: Birmingham

    00:54:50 1846: The Race for the Midwest

    00:56:00 Age of Steam

    00:56:39 Gaia Project

    00:57:43 Le Havre

    00:58:25 1832: The South

    01:00:02 Gloomhaven

    01:00:36 Age of Steam

    01:01:39 Tichu

    01:15:23 Wrap Up & Outro

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    The Mogul Scale Living Document

    1 hr 7 min

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Mark and Jake are the Gaming Moguls. We discuss aspirational board gaming topics for those board gamers that want to get deeper into the hobby. We discuss a variety of topics and offer our opinions…