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  • Episode 20: Space-Biff!s Cinderella Game Night

    Jake and Mark welcome Dan Thurot – the writer at the gaming opinion site SPACE-BIFF! Dan writes some of the best written and thought-out critical reviews on the internet. Dan can be found at http://spacebiff.com.

    They talk about our perfect “Cinderella” game night – one small, one medium, and one large that showcases a particular theme. As usual, they talk about the games they played recently.

    00:00:00 Intro

    00:00:30 Special Guest: Dan Thurot aka Space-Biff!

    00:06:36 Space-Biff’s Review of Pax Pamir (Second Edition)

    00:12:35 Games Played This Week!

    00:12:38 1828

    00:15:35 Northern Pacific

    00:18:20 Downfall

    00:23:00 Here I Stand (500th Anniversary Reprint Edition)

    00:26:17 Arboretum

    00:27:27 Firefly: The Game

    00:30:53 Champions of Hara

    00:35:58 Sushi Roll

    00:38:14 geekGroup Tool 

    00:38:40 Main Topic: Goldilocks Game Night

    • 00:44:15 13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis
    • 00:46:03 The Expanse Board Game
    • 00:51:23 Twilight Struggle
    • 00:58:42 The Grizzled
    • 01:07:37 SEAL Team Flix
    • 01:14:54 Star Trek Ascendancy
    • 01:22:24 Dice Fishing: Roll and Catch
    • 01:25:04 The Estates
    • 01:29:19 Indonesia

    01:34:16 Wrap Up & Outro

    01:35:05 Really Useful Knowledge Podcast

    The Mogul Scale Living Document

    1 hr 37 min
  • Episode 19: The Old Hotness

    Jake and Mark examine some of their favorite games that were first published more than 10 years ago. These include Le Havre, Ca$h ‘n Gun$, Galaxy Trucker, Lost Cities, Tribune, and 1846. They talk about the awesome geekGroup.app tool by Phil Carty. And, as usual, they talk about the games they played this week including Tichu, Arboretum, Leaving Earth, Ethnos, Millennium Blades, and the Great Zimbabwe.

    00:00:00 Intro

    00:01:19 Games Played This Week!

    00:02:21 Tichu

    00:05:56 Arboretum

    00:08:44 Leaving Earth

    00:09:10 GenCon 2019!

    00:14:42 Ethnos

    00:19:40 Millennium Blades

    00:25:24 The Great Zimbabwe

    00:35:30 geekGroup Tool

    00:42:32 Main Topic: The Old Hotness

    00:43:31 Le Havre

    00:47:18 Ca$h ‘n Gun$

    00:50:47 Galaxy Trucker

    00:52:58 Lost Cities

    00:58:32 Tribune: Primus Inter Pares

    01:02:05 1846: The Race for the Midwest

    01:06:51 Wrap Up & Outro

    The Mogul Scale Living Document

    1 hr 9 min
  • Episode 18: Theme Fever Dream

    Jake and Mark have a discussion about Euro games that are surprisingly thematic despite being somewhat abstract. They argue about whether 18Lilliput has a theme at all. They start the episode by reviewing the games that they played since the last episode.

    00:00:00 Intro

    00:01:03 Games Played This Week!

    00:01:37 Container: 10th Anniversary Jumbo Edition!

    00:11:47 Tichu

    00:14:27 Caper

    00:18:02 Gentes

    00:19:52 Concordia

    00:21:45 Clans of Caledonia

    00:27:20 Town Center

    00:33:02 Glory to Rome

    00:34:44 Main Topic: Surprisingly Thematic Games

    00:36:02 Town Center

    00:38:08 Viticulture

    00:42:37 The Gallerist

    00:46:32 Camel Up

    00:49:42 18Lilliput

    00:55:10 Agricola / Caverna

    00:59:15 Dungeon Petz

    01:03:02 Wrap Up & Outro

    The Mogul Scale Living Document

    1 hr 5 min
  • Episode 17: Level Up Your Game Group

    Jake and Mark have a discussion about running a gaming group and the issues surrounding how to run it, choose games, location, and membership. They have a “Collection Corner” discussion about Games as travel souvenirs and as usual recap the games they played.

    00:00:00 Intro

    00:01:35 Gaming Moguls Startups Giveaway!

    00:02:42 Mark’s New Oink Games

    • Duel Clash Poker
    • Mr. Face

    00:05:29 Games Played This Week

    00:05:36 At the Gates of Loyang

    00:10:45 Gentes

    00:12:32 Town Center

    00:16:51 MetroX: Sendai & Hakata & Nagoya

    00:20:49 Rolling America

    00:23:23 Twins

    00:30:18 Grand Austria Hotel

    00:33:11 Imperial Settlers

    00:36:21 Game Collection Topic: Games About Locations

    00:37:53 Burano

    00:38:08 Bruxelles 1893

    00:38:55 Le Havre

    00:39:16 Yokohama

    00:39:57 Orléans

    00:40:08 Glory to Rome

    00:40:24 Castles of Mad King Ludwig

    00:41:02 Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King

    00:43:18 Main Topic: Running a Game Group

    00:48:06 Fantasy Flight Game Center

    01:01:38 Wrap Up & Outro

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    The Mogul Scale Living Document

    1 hr 4 min
  • Episode 16: Dusty Gems of Opportunity

    Jake and Mark talk about our struggles with managing a gaming addiction and a gaming collection in a world that doesn’t allow them to play everything they want.

    They each discuss their top three games that have been pushed to the sidelines by the opportunity cost of playing newer titles. They also discuss the games played this week including Arboretum, Railroad Revolution, Welcome To.. Zombies, Isle of Skye, Northern Pacific, Gugong, and Chicago Express.

    00:00:00 Intro

    00:01:12 Gaming Moguls News:

    Startups Giveaway!

    00:02:50 MogulCon & T-shirt Updates

    00:04:13 Games Played This Week

    00:04:27 Arboretum

    00:06:40 Railroad Revolution

    00:11:29 Welcome to… andWelcome to… Second Printing + New Neighborhood Expansions

    00:17:30 Isle of Skye

    00:20:39 Northern Pacific

    00:24:53 Gùgōng

    00:28:16 Chicago Express

    00:34:04 Main Topic: Game Opportunity Cost

    00:37:52 Roll for the Galaxy,Roll for the Galaxy: Ambition, Roll for the Galaxy: Rivalry

    00:43:48 Orléans

    00:48:13 The Castles of Burgundy

    00:52:31 Troyes

    00:58:10 Imperial Settlers

    01:02:21 Near and Far,Near and Far: Amber Mines

    01:08:42 Wrap Up & Outroi

    The Mogul Scale Living Document

    1 hr 11 min
  • Episode 15: Punching Above Their Weight

    Jake and Mark are joined today by very special guest Craig Taylor. Craig is one of the hosts of “The Train Rush” podcast – an awesome podcast about 18xx and train games. He joins us today to talk about “Games that Punch Above Their Weight” – or games that have high strategic complexity relative to their amount of rules.

    We talk about The Estates, Power Grid, Hanamikoji, Brass Lancashire, Arboretum, Indonesia, Glass Road, The Climbers, and Stephenson’s Rocket.

    Also – check out our live archive of Mogul Scale ratings at https://gamingmoguls.com/mogulscale

    00:00:00 Intro

    00:00:52 Gaming Moguls now on Facebook and Youtube!

    00:01:32 The Mogul Scale Living Document

    00:02:22 Special Guest: Craig Taylor from “The Train Rush” Podcast!

    00:04:46 More Exciting News!

    18Chesapeake

    18Chesapeake on Kickstarter

    00:09:06 Games Played This Week

    00:09:43 Imperial 2030

    00:15:38 Glass Road

    00:16:40 Underwater Cities

    00:23:00 Kobayakawa

    00:25:53 Tiny Epic Galaxies

    00:27:39 The Bloody Inn

    00:32:32 Glowforge 3D Laser Printer

    00:39:10 Main Topic

    00:40:09 The Climbers

    00:43:36 Hanamikoji

    00:47:33 Arboretum

    00:53:40 Stephenson’s Rocket: Eastern USA & China

    00:58:19 Glass Road

    01:01:40 The Estates

    01:08:07 Indonesia

    01:15:32 Power Grid

    01:20:00 Brass: Lancashire

    01:26:35 Wrap Up & Outro

    1 hr 29 min
  • Episode 14: A Dumb Feud over a Glass of Agri-Cola

    Jake and Mark (The Gaming Moguls) are back with another lively chat about medium and medium-heavy boardgames.

    Besides talk about some of the games they played (including Clans of Caledonia, Azul, and Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done), they deep dive into a couple of hotly anticipated games.

    After promising it for many episodes, the Gaming Moguls review the Old Hotness “Agricola” by Uwe Rosenberg. Next, they talk at length about the oddest of odd birds – the Epic “Feudum” which is perhaps the prettiest board game in the land.

    1 hr 25 min
  • Episode 13 – Darling Cant You Hear Me S.O.S.

    The Gaming Moguls are back after a Spring Break hiatus to talk about their medium and heavy boardgaming hobby – and deep dive on their Shelf of Shame. They talk about what games they are dying to play and why they are so enthusiastic about them.

    As usual, Jake and Mark also talk about all games they played since the last episode.

    Games discussed this episode: Tichu, Twins, Mint Delivery, Azul, Food Chain Magnate, Grand Austria Hotel, Stephenson’s Rocket, Feudum, Space Empires 4x, Agricola, Imperial 2030, Harzbahn 1873, Commands and Colors: Ancients, Wildcatters, Deca Slayer, Brass: Lancashire, Seal Team Flix, CO2: Second Chance, Vinhos, Arkwright, Ora et Labora, Troll

    1 hr 1 min
  • Episode 12 – Three Mississippi

    Jake and Mark spend an episode talking about the games they played since they last episode – Grand Austria Hotel, Pulsar 2849, Stephenson’s Rocket, Millennium Blades, Keyforge, Turin Market, Oh My Goods, Brass: Birmingham, Metro-X, Nine Tiles, Kobayakawa, Startups, Tokyo Highway, Troll, Deep Sea Adventure, and The Grizzled: Armistice Edition.

    They also talk about MogulCon 2020 to be held in the Twin Cities Metro Area in January 2020.

    Show Notes:

    00:00:00 Intro

    00:01:41 Mogul Con January 2020! Interested? Stay tuned!

    00:05:16 Games Played This Week

    • Grand Austria Hotel Jake: 3C
    • Pulsar 2849 J&M: 3C
    • Stephenson’s Rocket: Eastern USA & China Jake: 2C/D
    • Millennium Blades J&M: 3B
    • Keyforge
    • Turin Market Mark:2C Jake:1B
    • Oh My Goods! J&M: 2B
    • Brass: Birmingham J&M: 3D
    • メトロックス (MetroX) 
    • Nine Tiles 
    • Kobayakawa
    • Startups
    • Tokyo Highway
    • Troll
    • Deep Sea Adventure
    • The Grizzled: Armistice Edition J&M: 2B

    01:03:47 Wrap Up & Outro


    1 hr 6 min
  • Episode 11 – Scaly Moguls from 1A to 5E

    In this episode, Mark and Jake consider improvements to BoardGameGeek’s difficulty rating system and they propose the Mogul Scale – a way to differentiate between strategic complexity and rules complexity. They then talk about a ton of games that they’ve played in the past week including Leaving Earth, Dungeon Petz, Welcome To, Imperial Settlers, Yokohama, 18Lilliput, 18Ireland, 18Scan, 18Mex, and Wingspan

    00:00:00 Intro, Games Played/Want to Play

    Con of the North

    00:03:50 Mogul Con

    Early 2020?! Interested? Stay tuned!

    00:05:07 Introducing the Mogul Scale

    BGG Complexity Scale

    Insider – 1A

    Azul – 1B

    Telestrations – 1A

    King Domino – 1B

    Lords of Waterdeep – 2B

    Concordia – 2C

    Ethnos – 2B

    Caverna – 3D

    (Most Splotter Games) – 3E

    Yokohama – 3C

    Roll for the Galaxy – 3C

    Great Western Trail – 4D

    Gaia Project – 4D

    (Most 18xx Games) – 4E

    Lisboa – 5D

    High Frontier – 5E

    00:15:00 Games Played This Week

    Leaving Earth J&M: 3D

    Welcome to… Jake: 2B Mark: 2C

    Dungeon Pets Jake: 4C Mark: 4D

    Keyforge Jake: 2/3D Mark: 2B

    Moneybags J&M: 1B

    Imperial Settlers J&M: 3C

    Go 7 Gaming Imperial Settlers Insert 

    Meeple Source Imperial Settlers Upgrades

    Wingspan Jake: 2B/C

    Meeple Source Wingspan Upgrade Kit

    18Lilliput J&M: 3D

    Yokohama J&M: 3C/D

    Yokohama Duel Deluxified! Kickstarter

    18Scan

    18MEX

    18Ireland

    01:06:48 Wrap Up & Outro

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    1 hr 9 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…