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

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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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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

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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!

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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

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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.

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

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.

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

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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

Con of the North

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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

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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Mark and Jake continue our discussion about all the accessories that make a gaming experience better. This time they examine the gaming upgrades that don’t fit inside the box. There’s a lot of cool games coming up in 2019 – and Mark and Jake pick out their top 5. They also talk about the games that they want to play this week. Jake wants to get better at using BoardGameGeek and discusses how to leverage it.

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• Nine Tiles

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• Dungeon Lords
• Dungeon Petz
• Dungeon Petz – Dark Alley Expansion
• 18Scandinavia
• Root
• Root: Riverfolk Expansion
• Commands and Colors: Ancients
• Memoir ’44
• Twilight Struggle
• Gugong
• Leaving Earth
• Yokohama

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• Gaming Moguls BGG Guild

• Honorable Mention (Mark) – 1880 China
• Honorable Mention (Jake) – 1850
• Honorable Mention #2 (Mark) – 18Chesapeake
• #5 (Mark) – Pax Pamir (Second Edition)
• #5 (Jake) – New Frontiers
• #4 (Mark) – The City of Big Shoulders
• #4 (Jake) – Roll for the Galaxy Rivalry
• #3 (Mark) – The Expanse RPG
• #3 (Jake) – Keyforge – Age of Ascension
• #2 (Mark) – Escape Plan
• #2 (Jake) – Root: The Underworld Expansion
• #1 (Mark) – Tokyo Tsukiji Market
• #1 (Jake) – Roads and Boats

Jake’s Ultimate Poker Chips Quest

The Mint Poker Chips

Mark’s Custom Gaming Table

Laminators

Quartet Dry-Erase Markers

BGG Bit Bowls

Padded Jewelry Trays

01:09:52 Wrap Up & Outro

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In Episode 9, Mark and Jake talk about our favorite “in the box” gaming upgrades. They talk about component upgrades, inserts, metal coins, and lots of other bling. As usual, they discuss games they played including Through the Ages, The Estate, Troyes, Bohnanza, Doppelt So Clever, and many more.