It’s that time again – time to revisit the games that spark joy in the Gaming Moguls! This time we examine Mark’s Top 20 of 2020 to see what’s new on the list and what games have lost their shine. The game names have been hidden in the show notes to preserve the surprise!

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:35 Main Topic: Mark’s Top 20 of 2020!

00:03:43 Pub Meeple Ranking Engine

00:11:02 Number 20

00:13:39 Number 19

00:16:54 Number 18

00:18:40 Number 17

00:21:03 Number 16

00:25:51 Number 15

00:28:11 Number 14

00:31:12 Number 13

00:34:09 Number 12

00:37:23 Number 11

00:41:07 Number 10

00:43:20 Number 9

00:46:34 Number 8

00:50:42 Number 7

00:52:32 Number 6

00:52:32 Number 5

00:55:04 Number 4

00:57:56 Number 3

01:00:00 Number 2

01:03:53 Mark’s Number 1 of 2020!

01:15:23 Wrap Up & Outro

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Jake and Mark are back with an episode that looks into what it takes to ease people into the next level of heavy game. We also discuss some of our favorite transitional games to help gamers take the next step towards meatier games. We also discuss some of our favorite expansion trends around packaging and rules. We talk about the games we have been playing lately – which involved re-visiting some of our absolute favorites.

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:42 Gùgōng: Pànjūn KS has landed!

00:06:07 Games Played This Week!

00:06:11 Age of Steam

00:16:26 1862

00:22:50 1880

00:26:58 High Frontier

00:33:10 Barrage

00:36:24 Unlock Game Series

Exit Game Series

00:43:54 Orléans

00:46:34 Main Topic: Introductory Heavy Games

00:49:18 Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King

00:51:15 Keyflower

00:54:01 Le Havre

00:57:02 Concordia

00:59:33 The Gallerist

01:03:03 Clans of Caledonia

01:07:21 Wrap Up & Outro

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It’s a PLUS-SIZED EPISODE with fan favorite Craig Taylor! Ow. Ow! STOP PUNCHING ME! It’s all the games with the sharp elbows where the interaction is direct, it’s painful.. and it’s mean. Are we still friends? We also recap the games we’ve played – and it actually includes Jake this time!

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:46 Guest Mogul: Craig Taylor returns!

00:07:50 Games Played This Week!

00:08:07 Santa Monica 

00:15:35 Empyreal: Spells & Steam

00:24:39 Root

00:31:37 Air, Land & Sea

00:40:52 Kansas Pacific

00:48:30 In the Hall of the Mountain King

00:53:27 Fort

01:01:31 The Cost

01:10:32 Airship City

01:14:43 Main Topic: Sharp Elbow Games

01:16:26 Age of Steam

01:18:22 Bus

01:22:54 Barrage

01:27:45 Food Chain Magnate

01:29:39 Tammany Hall

01:34:03 The Estates

01:36:27 18xx

01:40:14 Vanuatu

01:46:40 Troyes

01:55:39 Wrap Up & Outro

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Jake and Mark ponder as to which games would we keep if we had to winnow our collection down to 15 games.. as if we were off to a desert island.. with just our games. Well, maybe some canned SPAM too. We also review the games we’ve been playing since the last episode.

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:43 Games Played This Week!

00:02:12 Heul doch! Mau Mau

00:08:08 1848: Australia

00:13:30 Antiquity

00:21:28 1846: The Race for the Midwest

00:24:26 Yokohama

00:28:19 Kingdomino

00:28:39 Queendomino

00:30:17 Blue Lagoon

00:35:27 Main Topic: Our Top 15 Desert Island Games

00:38:39 Metro X

00:40:05 Gloomhaven

00:42:20 Tichu

00:45:05 Power Grid

00:47:01 Age of Steam

00:48:09 Brass: Birmingham

00:49:17 Agricola

00:52:04 Ra

00:54:09 1830: Railways & Robber Barons

00:56:15 Root

00:57:44 Azul

00:59:42 Orléans

01:01:20 Crokinole

01:03:09 Acquire

01:10:32 Wrap Up & Outro

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Mark and Jake are back with another Gaming Moguls podcast. As students of the game, they deep dive on their thoughts and tricks for teaching board games effectively. As ever, there is a lengthy chat about the games they played including Brass: Lancashire, Root, The Castles of Burgundy, Tribune, the Crew, Dairyman and Ride the Rails. Bonus: Ever get a major rule wrong?!?

00:00:00 Intro

00:10:21 Games Played This Week!

00:10:43 Brass: Lancashire

00:20:19 Root

00:25:00 The Castles of Burgundy

00:29:15 Tribune: Primus Inter Pares

00:32:17 The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine

00:38:31 Dairyman

00:41:24 Ride the Rails

00:46:45 Main Topic: Teaching Board Games

01:22:15 Wrap Up & Outro

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Jake and Mark return to have some mid-summer musings about their gaming adventures during the month of June. They talk about the games they played – including what seems like a bumper crop of 18xx games. The main topic is a recap of the print-n-play projects that Jake and Mark have the in the works.

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:25 BGG Game Patches

00:04:13 1822: The Railways of Great Britain Kickstarted!

00:06:38 Games Played This Week!

00:06:51 18xx.games

00:10:30 Yokohama

00:16:09 Ride the Rails

00:24:19 Across the United States

00:27:51 1832: The South

00:36:56 Pax Porfiriana

00:49:17 Wildcatters

00:51:27 Main Topic: Print-n-Plays

00:55:40 boardgamesmaker.com

01:06:26 Wrap Up & Outro

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In this plus-sized episode, we stretch out for two main topics. The first main topic is a deep-dive into system games. What’s a system game? A game that has a lot of extra content or variants based on one ruleset. Next up – we talk about the ultimate system game, Dungeons and Dragons.

We discuss our role playing experiences, background, and favorite memories. Of course – no Gaming Moguls episode is complete without a lengthy discussion of the games we played.

00:00:00 Intro

00:04:27 Games Played This Week!

00:05:02 Airship City

00:11:38 18CZ

00:21:20 Tiny Towns

00:25:17 Crokinole

00:30:05 Glory to Rome

00:32:37 Twins

00:34:23 Castles of Mad King Ludwig

00:43:56 Orléans

00:49:41 Main Topic: System Games

00:52:49 Power Grid

00:53:27 Concordia

00:55:44 Age of Steam

00:57:38 Memoir ‘44

00:59:59 18xx

01:04:45 Dungeons & Dragons

01:30:26 Wrap Up & Outro

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No doubt about it – expansions are red hot and some games have a LOT of expansions available! The problem is that we don’t often play games enough for it to matter.. and that’s for the really good ones.

So – what are our favorite expansions.. and why?

Despite no in-person game nights, lots of games hit the table and Jake and Mark all about the games they played.

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:37 Pax Viking & Pax Renaissance on Kickstarter

00:05:18 Frosthaven

00:06:48 Ankh: Gods of Egypt

00:07:44 1840 Vienna Tramways

00:08:45 Mini Express

00:10:34 Games Played This Week!

00:11:43 Air, Land & Sea

00:17:05 Innovation

00:21:05 Le Havre

00:26:39 Stick ‘Em

00:29:13 Raiders of the North Sea

00:32:24 Yokohama

00:33:31 Keyflower

00:34:18 1848: Australia

00:40:29 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle – The Monster Box of Monsters Expansion

00:44:30 Main Topic: Expansions

01:05:14 Near and Far: Amber Mines

01:06:36 Roll for the Galaxy: Ambition

01:07:46 A Feast for Odin: The Norwegians

01:08:45 Great Western Trail: Rails to the North

01:09:29 Orléans: Trade & Intrigue

01:10:34 MetroX: Sendai & Hakata & Nagoya

01:11:25 Raiders of the North Sea: Fields of Fame

Raiders of the North Sea: Hall of Heroes

01:13:01 Leaving Earth: Outer Planets

01:15:53 Root: The Riverfolk Expansion

01:16:46 Wrap Up & Outro

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In Episode 39, Jake and Mark talk about some of the ways they keep their gaming habits going during the great quarantine of 2020. They deep dive on their two favorite tools – Tabletop Simulator and Board18. Then, they discuss the Games they Played since the last episode, and comment how well they work virtually.

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:25 News & Thank You!

00:02:38 The Mogul Scale BGG Geeklist

00:04:18 geekGroup

00:06:31 1882 Preorder!

1882

00:09:45 Main Topic: Socially Distanced Gaming

00:10:44 Tabletop Simulator

00:14:27 Discord

00:30:56 BOARD18

00:35:55 Games Played This Week!

00:36:08 Great Western Trail

Great Western Trail: Rails to the North

00:39:55 Eggs of Ostrich

00:44:48 Barrage

00:48:02 Root

00:49:12 Root: The Riverfolk Expansion

00:51:54 18Chesapeake

00:55:26 Agricola

00:56:19 Reykholt

00:59:26 Wrap Up & Outro

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This is the 4th and last in our series examining the 4 quadrants of the Mogul Scale. This time we are looking at the heaviweight champions – and talking about what makes a heavy game! We also discuss the games that we played before the onset of “social distancing”. Even this episode is XL!

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:57 Special Guest: Craig Taylor!

00:02:12 Games Played This Week!

00:02:35 Age of Steam

00:10:07 Gùgōng

00:15:11 Keyflower

00:17:54 1862

00:28:00 TOKYO METRO

00:39:22 Paladins of the West Kingdom

00:50:40 Main Topic: The Blue Quadrant (4D-5E)

01:11:32 Gia Project

01:12:07 18xx Games

01:12:52 Antiquity

01:14:37 Trickerion: Legends of Illusion

01:16:50 Food Chain Magnate

01:16:50 Lisboa

01:19:26 Arkwright

01:22:32 Barrage

01:27:12 Dungeon Petz

01:28:35 The Gallerist

The Train Rush Podcast

01:31:16 Wrap Up & Outro

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