It’s time to attack the “simple rules/deep gameplay” quadrant. Are these the purest games or are they too chess-y?

Jake and Mark have a lengthy discussion about these games and point out some favorites in this style. They also have a long conversation about the many games they played since the last podcast.

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:11 Mogul Name Contest WINNER!

00:03:49 Games Played This Week!

00:04:12 1882

00:10:13 1832

00:12:09 TOKYO METRO

00:19:27 TOKYO JIDOHANBAIKI

00:25:34 Yokohama

00:26:29 Concordia

00:31:24 Barrage

00:41:55 Heul doch! Mau Mau

00:44:29 Sticheln

00:47:06 Keyflower

00:50:53 Container: 10th Anniversary Jumbo Edition!

00:55:06 Main Topic: The Red Quadrant (1D-2E)

00:58:12 Go

00:58:45 Chess

01:00:07 GIPF

01:03:00 Bus

01:05:20 Age of Steam

01:06:35 Pax Pamir (Second Edition)

01:11:44 Wrap Up & Outro

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In this episode, Jake and Mark examine the most controversial area of the Mogul Scale – the high rules, low decision space quadrant. Is it where Ameritrash lives? Or.. role playing? Or is it just plain fiddly? What’s not fiddly are the Games We Played this week and the spicy discussion around them.

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:29 Mogul Name Contest Update

00:02:42 Games Played This Week!

00:03:19 World Without End

00:07:30 Mini Rails

00:10:58 Bus

00:20:04 Container: 10th Anniversary Jumbo Edition!

00:29:27 Fafnir

00:34:40 Innovation

00:40:02 Main Topic: The Green Quadrant (4B-5A)

00:52:16 Arkham Horror

00:53:14 Zombicide

00:53:40 Lisboa

00:54:12 Feudum

00:54:55 Gloomhaven

01:01:13 Warhammer 40,000

01:01:37 Pax Transhumanity

01:02:38 Wrap Up & Outro

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Simple rules and straightforward strategy? Not just the land of the party games and fillers.. hear Jake and Mark discuss these great lightweight but not entry-level games. We tell what characterizes this sector and what our favorite games of the genre includes. As usual, we also have an extensive discussion about the games we played this week.

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:06 Games Played This Week!

00:02:43 Teotihuacan: City of Gods

00:09:04 Biblios

00:14:50 Q.E.

00:19:19 Condottiere

00:21:38 Tribune: Primus Inter Pares

00:27:55 The Pyramid’s Deadline

00:34:13 Main Topic: The Best Light Games!

00:53:20 Crokinole

00:54:11 Lost Cities

00:55:13 No Thanks!

00:56:57 6 nimmt!

00:59:02 Kingdomino

01:00:39 Acquire

01:02:06 Azul

01:04:23 The Grizzled

01:07:25 Wrap Up & Outro

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It’s been a great 2019 of gaming – Mark and Jake reflect on their year of gaming and call out some high points and low points of the year. No proper New Year episode would be complete without some gaming resolutions!

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:27 Moguls’ 2019 Personal Summary

00:01:34 Board Game Stats App

00:06:48 Moguls’ 2019 Hobby Summary

00:09:25 Games of the Year From Any Year 

00:10:09 Age of Steam

00:11:12 Gùgōng

00:11:56 Clans of Caledonia

00:13:40 Ra

00:14:30 Container

00:16:13 Leaving Earth

00:17:44 Agricola

00:18:38 Games of the Year From 2019

00:21:21 18NewEngland

00:23:06 In Front of the Elevators

00:24:10 Nine Tiles Panic

00:26:40 Bus

00:27:45 Across the United States

00:20:10 Pax Pamir (Second Edition)

00:32:27 Snowdonia: Deluxe Master Set

00:34:04 Name Our Mogul Contest!

00:35:04 Disappointing Games of 2019

00:36:27 Dual Clash Poker

00:38:40 Corinth

00:39:48 Fantastic Factories

00:41:41 Black Angel

00:43:29 Noctiluca

00:45:57 Edge of Darkness

00:48:10 Games We Want to Play in 2020

00:49:18 18NewEngland

00:50:28 Kraftwagen

00:51:15 Stephenson’s Rocket

00:52:37 Underwater Cities

00:54:17 Indonesia

00:56:13 Le Havre

00:58:36 City of the Big Shoulders

01:01:02 Age of Steam

01:01:49 18XX…All of them!

01:02:13 2020 Gaming Resolutions

01:09:08 Wrap Up & Outro

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This episode, Jake and Mark welcome the third Mogul to the microphone – Dennis! They discuss the games they played over the holidays and their thoughts on them. They ponder the idea of a “Bag of the Month” where the games for a calendar month are curated and replayed. Lastly, they talk about Family Games that DON’T suck.. which they hope they play over the holidays.

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:06 Special Guest Mogul: Dennis Zerwas (aka “The 3rd Gaming Mogul!)

00:05:30 Mogul Scale Revamp

00:06:05 Name Our Logo Mogul Contest!

00:07:24 Games Played This Week!

00:08:14 Snowdonia: Deluxe Master Set

00:18:54 Bosk

00:24:43 1824: Austrian-Hungarian Railway

00:28:48 Ora et Labora

00:34:00 All Systems Go Games

00:34:52 SHŌBU

00:39:30 Biblios

00:42:12 Targi

00:47:36 Main Topic: The Bag of the Month Club

00:57:28 Main Topic 2: Family Games That Don’t Suck

00:59:00 The Climbers

01:00:52 Quacks of Quedlinburg

01:02:22 Biblios

01:02:36 Paris Connection

01:03:43 Camel Up (Second Edition)

01:05:14 Lanterns: The Harvest Festival

01:06:44 Wrap Up & Outro

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It’s been a year! 32 Episodes later the Gaming Moguls are still at it. We reflect on a few of our favorite moments from the past year. We spend most of the episodes discussing the games we played and finish it out making out our wishlist for holiday gaming with our families.. because we’ve been very nice this year.

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:21 First Anniversary Retrospect

00:05:53 Name Our Logo Mogul Contest!

00:08:34 Games Played This Week!

00:09:17 Let’s Make a Bus Route

00:14:43 Pax Transhumanity

00:24:44 World Without End

00:29:46 Maskmen

00:36:02 Twilight Struggle

00:42:01 Fantastic Factories

00:47:50 Main Topic: Holiday Gaming

00:51:21 Sushi Go Party

00:53:19 Dune

00:54:41 Tichu

00:56:03 Crokinole

00:58:20 Ra

01:00:58 Nertz

01:03:08 Caverna: The Cave Farmers

01:04:21 Pax Transhumanity

01:06:17 Wrap Up & Outro

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It seems like a lot of games are starting to bubble-wrap the play experience leading to low interaction and no in-game meanness. Mark and Jake have a long discussion about their thoughts about mean games and discuss some of their favorite games with sharp elbows.

They also review some of their recently played games including Wingspan, Ra, Bus, Underwater Cities, Age of Steam and Sticheln

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:56 Games Played This Week!

00:02:13 Underwater Cities

00:07:12 Underwater Cities: New Discoveries

00:08:41 Bus

00:14:45 Ra

00:21:22 Age of Steam

00:26:50 Sticheln

00:32:03 Wingspan

00:39:15 Main Topic: Meanie Games

00:51:51 Agricola

00:53:18 18xx Games

00:56:48 Age of Steam

00:59:06 The Estates

01:01:33 Arboretum

01:03:48 Chicago Express

01:08:54 Wrap Up & Outro

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The Millennial Mogul gets his day in the sun to discuss his favorite games as of Fall 2019. Jake breaks down each of his top twenty and why he loves each of them. We thought Mark’s and Jake’s lists would be pretty similar – but they turned out to be interestingly different! We used the ranking tool at PubMeeple.com to help us compare all of our games to make our list. And.. if you don’t hear your favorite game, it was probably #21.

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:05 Jake’s Top 20 Games: Fall 2019

00:04:07 Azul

00:07:02 The Great Zimbabwe

00:10:35 Antiquity

00:14:32 Age of Steam

00:18:38 Caverna: The Cave Farmers

00:21:22 Glory to Rome

00:24:44 The Estates

00:29:15 Race for the Galaxy

00:31:40 Imperial Settlers

00:37:46 Crokinole

00:42:34 Tichu

00:46:43 Yokohama

00:51:08 Pax Pamir (Second Edition)

00:56:27 Great Western Trail

00:59:16 Arboretum

01:01:14 Indonesia

01:05:14 Roll for the Galaxy

01:08:08 Gaia Project

01:12:52 Leaving Earth

01:17:49 18xx Games

01:21:01 1846: The Race for the Midwest

01:21:31 18MEX

01:22:01 18NewEngland

01:22:15 1822MX

01:22:36 1889

01:22:40 1817

01:25:06 Wrap Up & Outro

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Who’s a fanboi? As Jake and Mark approach the one year anniversary of the Gaming Moguls, they revisit their top 20 using the PubMeeple.com ranking engine. This time, it’s Mark’s top 20 – as it turns out Jake doesn’t agree with all of the choices. As it turns out.. Mark is a massive fanboi of a certain designer.

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:36 Pub Meeple Ranking Engine

00:06:33 Mark’s Top 20 Games: Fall 2019

00:08:18 Fields of Arle

00:11:06 Glass Road

00:14:48 Age of Steam

00:19:00 The Gallerist

00:22:35 Dungeon Petz

00:26:08 Twilight Struggle

00:31:07 The Grizzled

00:33:48 Near and Far

00:36:42 Troyes

00:39:17 Root

00:43:12 Power Grid

00:45:45 Agricola

00:48:49 Orléans

00:50:59 Leaving Earth

00:55:39 Caverna: The Cave Farmers

00:59:20 Great Western Trail

01:02:08 A Feast for Odin

01:05:17 Le Havre

01:08:44 Yokohama

01:12:20 Brass:Birmingham

01:16:13 Wrap Up & Outro

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“I thought that game was pretty tactical” – we’ve heard it a bunch so we muse on what implications a game being partly or mostly tactical has on player perception and playtime. Is it an invective? We also review a Mogul Scale ranking and talk about some of the awesome games we played this week.

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:07 Mogul Scale Umbrage

00:03:23 Games Played This Week

00:03:50 Black Angel

00:09:44 Pueblo

00:13:45 Blue Lagoon

00:19:18 18NewEngland

00:32:04 1846

00:34:57 Gold West

00:37:28 Age of Steam

00:44:23 Rhino Hero

00:47:30 Main Topic: Is “Tactical” a Pejorative? 

00:49:40 Lisboa

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• Scythe
• Dominant Species
• The Estates
• Caverna: The Cave Farmers

01:02:38 Wrap Up & Outro

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