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Have you ever wanted to listen to a "Come Dine With Me" special merged with a games day?  Thought not but that is exactly what you have in the second of JP's episodes of this run.  Expect nonsense, expect backstabbing comments, expect drama as we played "Come Game With Me"

FIRST PLAYER: JP
OTHER PLAYERS: Becky, Rob, Tambo

In this episode you'll learn:
- about JP's experience with Undaunted 2200 Calisto and also Undanted Stalingrad by Osprey Games
- that Split Stone Games gets another mention with Becky's take on Mycelia
- how Tambo has become a Starship Captain in his latest game by CGE
- Rob has finally had a proper playthrough of Gloom of Kilforth by Hall or Nothing Games
- what a mashup of "Come Dine With Me" centred around a games day sounds like

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Becky mentions her experiences with The Enchanted Needle which you can find right here - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/EnchantedNeedleThe

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:31 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
1:44 - Tambo - Starship Captains
7:14 - JP - Undaunted Stalingrad & 2200 Calisto
19:21 - Becky - Mycelia
25:45 - Rob - Gloom of Kilforth
33:52 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Come Game With Me
38:08 - Game Day 1 - Becky's World of Tomorrow
44:28 - Game Day 1 - Scoring
47:25 - Game Day 2 - Tambo's Horror House
51:52 - Game Day 2 - Scoring
54:27 - Game Day 3 - JP's Thunderstruck 80's Arcade
57:51 - Game Day 3 - Scoring
1:00:15 - Game Day 4 - Rob's Gaming Express
1:08:19 - Game Day 4 - Scoring
1:11:24 - The Reveal & Winner
1:16:10 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:21:29 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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THIS WAS RECORDED VIRTUALLY DUE TO ADRIAN'S FOOT INJURY WHICH WAS COVERED IN PART ONE WHICH HAS IMPACTED OUR USUAL QUALITY

You thought we had ran out of Essen chat right? Well fear not we've only just got going as Adrian, JP & Davey return to talk through Saturday and Sunday's shenanigans so expect games, games and more games along with our closing thoughts on the show and will we be returning for 2025?

OUR PLAYERS - Adrian, JP & Davey

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Essen SPIEL Part One - https://www.whoseturn.co.uk/1930456/episodes/15905855-expansion-pack-essen-spiel-2024-part-one

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
3:31 - TURN 2 - Returning back to Essen SPIEL 2024
6:26 - DAY 3: SATURDAY - JP learning David Turczi's secrets...which we can't share
8:47 - Atoll by Albi
18:46 - Monumental Duel by Funforge
28:00 - Men-Nefer by Ludonova
36:04 - Meet & Play event & catching up with other content creators
46:03 - SETI by Czech Games Edition
1:02:56 - Beyond the Horizon by Cranio Creations
1:16:48 - DAY 4: SUNDAY - JP's free day to roam the halls
1:18:54 - Suna Valo by The Game Builders
1:33:46 - Revenant by Mindclash Games
1:55:48 - Kronologic: Paris 1920 by Origames
1:59:40 - Roaring 20's by Deep Print Games
2:03:17 - DAY 5: MONDAY - Travelling Home, Back Stories by La Boîte de Jeu & AI: 100% Human by Explor8
2:07:31 - The awesome people we met during our trip
2:10:57 - TURN 3 - Our wrap up of Essen 2024
2:11:14 - What did we miss out on?
2:14:46 - What lessons did we learn from 2023 into 2024?
2:19:31 - What lessons are we taking into next years Essen 2025?
2:23:07 - Are we going back to Essen 2025?
2:29:45 - Our overall highlights of the show

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THIS WAS RECORDED VIRTUALLY DUE TO ADRIAN'S FOOT INJURY WHICH YOU'LL LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS LATER WHICH HAS IMPACTED OUR USUAL QUALITY

The boys are back in town, Essen that is with part one of their adventures with so much content we've had to cut it in half.  This episode covers the journeys to the show, our experiences across Day 0 (Weds) to Day 2 (Friday) and also discussing what we've learned from ourselves and each other on the trips.  Part two will be along shortly.

OUR PLAYERS - Adrian, JP & Davey

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Gaming Rules Pre-Essen Stream - https://www.youtube.com/live/QKbBw7DZJNs?si=1FAHvGVOLDnyAlgP

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
2:43 - TURN 2 - Welcome to Essen SPIEL 2024
3:31 - Davey's journey by rail & Postmark Games - Aquamarine
7:31 - JP's & Adrian's journey by car & plane
10:22 - DAY 0: WEDNESDAY - Davey's experience of the press event
15:19 - Davey's 3 games of SETI back to back
17:56 - How does a bed eat a person?
22:29 - DAY 1: THURSDAY - JP supporting Mindclash Games demoing Ironwood & Septima
28:59 - Adrian goes scouting and Duck & Cover catches his eye
31:12 - Pre-order pick ups of Daitoshi, Salton Sea & Civolution
34:09 - More pre-order pick-ups of Faraway expansion, Castle Combo & AI: 100% Human
36:20 - Meeting Tom Heath from Slickerdrips
37:32 - Dead Cells by Scorpion Masqué
45:07 - Ada's Dream by Alley Cat Games
56:38 - JP picks up his Nucleum: Court of Progress pre-order
58:07 - Avatar The Last Airbender: Aang's Destiny by The Op Games
1:05:51 - DAY 2: FRIDAY - Adrian starts the day with a bang
1:08:00 - Terrorscape by Ice Makes Games
1:10:01 - Canopy: Evergreen by Weird City Games
1:11:13 - March of the Ants: Evolved Edition by Weird City Games
1:12:16 - Fall by Little Rocket Games
1:17:47 - Golden Demon - Warhammer painting competition
1:22:58 - Eternitium by Haumea Games
1:29:51 - Endeavor Deep Sea by Burnt Island Games
1:36:38 - Shackleton Base by Sorry We Are French
1:52:19 - Unconscious Mind by Fantasia Games
2:00:54 - TURN 3 - What did learn about ourselves and each other?
2:12:18 - TURN 4 - The Final Turn

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After a bit of a break in our recording schedules JP takes first player again and directs the spotlight internally to our players for a change as voted by our Ko-Fi supporters.  In this episode we go beyond the board gamers and talk about what makes us tick.

FIRST PLAYER: JP
OTHER PLAYERS: Adrian, Kerley & Chris P

In this episode you'll learn:
- how JP's excitement on going on holiday last episode was replaced with disappointment
- about Adrian's experience with an older but goodie in Underwater Cities by Delicious Games
- how dungeon crawling cubes can be a lot of fun in Dark Tomb: Bloodthorn Island by Kozz Games
- that Kerley is enjoying being mother mushroom in the new Mycelia by Split Stone Games
- about JP's thoughts on the latest release from Leder Games which is of course the box of banter...Arcs
- more about us as your hosts, we put aside the board game chat for a bit and dive more into about our lives

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Adrian mentions the pre-Essen show on Gaming Rules which you can find here - LINK TO SHOW

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
3:49 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
4:06 - Adrian - Underwater Cities
14:18 - Kerley - Mycelia
18:09 - Chris P - Dark Tomb: Bloodthorn Island
21:46 - JP - Arcs
34:21 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Beyond the board gamers
35:47 - What do we all do as jobs whilst we're not making content for you guys?
47:24 - Other than board games what are our other passions?
1:04:06 - Quick fire favourite films & video games
1:17:37 - TURN 4 - Would you rather...wipe your mind to experience your favourite films, games all over again at the cost of 2 years exit of the board game hobby...or not
1:22:28 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:29:31 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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Don't adjust your sets we've handed the mic to one of our listeners to give them a turn on the podcast in this experimental episode.  Please give a warm welcome to Stewart Ennew who actually is part of our Loaded Dice Gaming Group and has been asking us for AGES about doing an episode around solo gaming, so we thought why not give him the mic and run it himself...enjoy

GUEST PLAYER: Stewart Ennew
OTHER PLAYERS: Rob, JP & Tambo

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- that this episode is a bit of an experiment for us
- more about one of our regular listeners and the favourite games they like to play
- some good old fashioned chat about solo games but with the four of us...sort of a paradox really

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
We've mentioned some content creators that help produce content for solo gaming which include:
- Not Bored Gaming - https://www.youtube.com/@NotBoredGaming
- Slickerdrips - https://www.youtube.com/@slickerdrips
- Gaming Rules - https://www.youtube.com/@GamingRulesVideos
- Punchboard UK - https://punchboard.co.uk/

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:10 - Welcome to an experiment
3:12 - TURN 2 - Welcoming Stewart & learning about his favourite games
7:01 - TURN 3 - Me, Myself & I - Solo Gaming
8:03 - Why did we start solo gaming and what was my first one?
16:46 - Do we buy games if they don't have solo modes?
20:30 - The different types of solo modes and our favourite examples
32:04 - Have we used apps to help drive solo bots?
34:24 - Some examples of our solitaire only games
40:13 - Are there games we just prefer to solo or really change the multiplayer experience?
51:18 - The importance of solo play in our hobby
56:46 - Have we tried fan made solo modes?
1:08:26 - TURN 4 - Stewart's Niche Number 1's
1:14:59 - TURN 5 - The Final Turn

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Chris wraps up his run by diving deep into when games get storage solutions right...or so very very wrong.

FIRST PLAYER: Chris
OTHER PLAYERS: Kerley, Becky & JP

In this episode you'll learn:
- how Fire Tower by Goliath Games fuels aggro behaviour in kids
- that Nucleum from Board & Dice gets a second shot at redemption with JP and stays in the collection
- that Kerley actually likes a roll & write game (well a draft & write) in Draft & Write Records by Inside Up Games
- about Chris' continuation of Skyrim: The Adventure Game by Modiphius Entertainment
- on when publishers get inserts right and when they don't included some of our examples
- Kerley's unorthodox storage method akin to storing DVD's in the wrong case...cue sick noises

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
N/A

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:57 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
2:09 - Becky - Fire Tower
6:20 - JP - Nucleum
15:46 - Kerley - Draft & Write Records
19:55 - Chris P - Skyrim Dark Brotherhood Mini Campaign
27:23 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Big Fish, Little Fish, Cardboard Box
28:18 - Eclipse 2nd Edition Faction Trays
29:49 - Septima Deluxe Box
32:05 - Dice Forge Horizontal Only Insert
35:31 - Eagle-Gryphon Games Big Box Games & Art Society Flocked Lining
37:23 - Everdell & Wingspan Big Box Editions
41:07 - The classic FFG trench
44:56 - Some games that fell short on their storage solutions
55:41 - An ode to the Too Many Bones Trove Chest
1:01:35 - Kerley's unorthodox solution
1:03:10 - Folded Space returns again...no we're not sponsored
1:07:15 - TURN 4 - Return of Question Time from our listeners
1:16:43 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:29:29 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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In Chris' second episode of his run he wants to know why we suck at board games, well when we say we we mean us specifically as we can't comment on general gamers.  Do we abandon games we suck at? Do we stick with it in the vain hope we'll become better? Listen to our latest episode to find out.

FIRST PLAYER: Chris
OTHER PLAYERS: Adrian, Rob & Dan

In this episode you'll learn:
- what the hell desk cycling means and why Chris has been doing a lot of it? no it's not a board game
- about Rob's experience of managing stealthy robots in Burncycle by Chip Theory Games
- how Dan has gone back to the 90's in the retro-like point and click adventure of Cantaloop by Lookout Games
- that White Castle by Devir Games keeps getting mentioned and a lot of love from Adrian
- which games the gang ultimately suck at and why

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:05 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
1:17 - Chris P - No games just desk cycling...what the hell is desk cycling?
2:54 - Rob - Burncycle
3:45 - Dan - Cantaloop
6:33 - Adrian - The White Castle
16:41 - TURN 3 - Main Event: It's not you...it's me
17:20 - Magicians, Dinosaurs, Red Planets & Trading in the Med
25:51 - Adrian can't lie and he can't barter
35:07 - Worker placement makes an evil return for Chris
43:04 - Do you purposely avoid playing these games or would you still be willing to give it a shot
52:09 - What is the turning point which stops you from playing a game full stop
1:06:14 - TURN 4 - Would you rather...be amazing at a game everyone else hates, or rubbish at a game everyone loves
1:09:35 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:17:11 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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In this expansion pack the Whose Turn gang attended the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon 2024 which is a charity board gaming event ran by our very own Dan.  This year we return with a similar format of recording snippets as the gang went through the event, have a listen to what they played.

THE PLAYERS: All of us

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- more about the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon
- about the games being played at the event
- why the hell JP was there when he should have been on holiday
- who got lucky on the epic raffle
- who was the last person standing this year...

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
- Find our more about the event - https://www.the24hourboardgamemarathon.co.uk

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:16 - TURN 2 - Welcome to the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon 2024
2:08 - 10:36 - Becky returns from her Art Society Live Stream
2:57 - 10:37 - Kerley chatting about Dice Forge and sorting out Adrian's cheekiness
6:14 - 11:40 - Becky chats about Wits & Wagers with Joel from Devon Dice Podcast
7:32 - 12:56 - Chris P checks in after a successful Nemesis game
7:51 - 14:15 - JP & Joshua (JP's son) turn up unexpectedly
9:54 - 16:30 - Becky returns and discusses 10 Clues
11:13 - 16:42 - Chris P talks all about his Zombie afternoon
12:05 - 17:55 - Chris P comes back for more party games
12:29 - 18:03 - JP & Josh return and say goodbye for this marathon
14:37 - 18:50 - Chris chats about Molehill Meadows and announcing the raffle draw
15:04 - 20:17 - The raffle completes with Chris winning a few items
15:21 - 21:15 - Tambo breaks down his experiences so far
18:19 - 22:00 - Becky debriefs on the raffle and Adrian became a Chaser for the evening
19:48 - 23:15 - Adrian & Kerley update on their play on Slay The Spire board game & Adrian debriefs being a Chaser
36:59 - 01:30 - Tambo saying farewell and recalling his Outer Rim experience
38:02 - 01:40 - Chris' experience on Outer Rim
38:43 - 03:55 - Fallout Atomic Bonds co-op and fuelling up on coffee
39:18 - 04:00 - Becky is broken...
40:02 - 04:08 - A fair well from the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon 2024

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Prepare for a brand new first player as Chris takes the token and brings us his first of three episodes starting with "Does size matter...in board games?". 

FIRST PLAYER: Chris
OTHER PLAYERS: JP & Adrian

In this episode you'll learn:
- all about JP's experiences with Beyond The Suns expansions Leaders of the New Dawn by Rio Grande Games
- more about Reiner Knizia's latest release of Cascadero by Bitewing Games and Adrian's thoughts on his game of it
- how Marvel Zombies by CMON differs from standard Zombicide in Chris' playthroughs
- All about games shapes and sizes, what makes a big game? what makes a small game? and ultimately who cares

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
N/A

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:46 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
2:02 - JP - Beyond The Sun: Leaders of the New Dawn
10:10 - Adrian - Cascadero
19:50 - Chris - Marvel Zombies
25:42 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Does size matter...in board games?
26:21 - What makes a game big or small?
37:02 - Exploring the smaller games
48:59 - When smaller footprints can feel like a big experience
54:18 - What about games that have bloat or take a while to play
59:27 - Product factoring in the size of the game
1:06:57 - TURN 4 - Would you rather...carry your biggest game around with you once a month or carry your smallest game everywhere you go?
1:16:30 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:23:15 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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We're back with more bloopers from more recent episodes Episodes 49 - 54.  In this batch Davey struggles in just talking about Hex, we discuss the worst lyric in any song ever, why the word lozenge makes Dan go wild and will Kerley stop scratching himself mid-recording?

THE PLAYERS: All of us
 
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