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The Vengabus was fuelled up to take the Whose Turners on a road trip to Essen for this years SPIEL 2023 and what a packed show it was.   With so many memorable moments this expansion episode is our longest one yet with over 2.5 hours of hot game chat and gaming group moments to share with you all.   "Danke fürs Zuhören"

OUR PLAYERS - Becky, JP, Adrian, Kerley & Tambo

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll simply learn about our Essen adventures from arriving Weds 4th October and leaving Sunday 8th October.

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
After catching up with loads of people, you can check out their socials and webpages right here.
Paul Grogan (Gaming Rules) - https://www.youtube.com/@GamingRulesVideos
Luke Hector (Broken Meeple) - https://www.youtube.com/@TheBrokenMeeple
Joel (Devon Dice Podcast) - https://devondice.co.uk/
Chris Priscott (Unfringed / Zuuli) - https://unfringed.co/
Jack Neville (Split Stone Games) - https://splitstonegames.com/
Mark Monk - https://www.youtube.com/@NinjaGeekGames
Dan Wiseman - https://thedetectivesociety.com/
Will Brasher (Board Game Wizard) who gave us a cracking Galactic Cruise teach - https://www.instagram.com/theboardgamewizard/
Dome Koch - https://www.instagram.com/dome_pay_tribute_to_boardgames/

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
2:02 - The Vengabus is coming!!!!
18:20 - TURN 2 - Essen SPIEL 2023
18:39 - Elder Scrolls Betrayal of the Second Era
26:32 - Art Society
30:30 - Nemesis Retaliation
33:51 - Accidental queue jumping shenanigans
38:27 - Kabuto Sumo
42:04 - Folded Space Inserts
44:35 - Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods
51:28 - Forest Shuffle
55:25 - Star Wars Unlimited
1:02:58 - Garden Guests
1:10:00 - Pax Illuminatem
1:15:12 - Septima
1:22:37 - Dying Light
1:32:42 - A secret envelope from Chris Priscott (Unfringed - Zuuli designer)
1:36:18 - Heeeeeeeeeeey...aaaaaay...Baby!!!!
1:37:57 - Perseverance Episode 3
1:43:35 - Gay Sauna
1:49:19 - Adrian got star struck
1:54:10 - Nucleum
2:00:24 - Gem Forge
2:04:46 - Catching up with NinjaGeekGames & Davey summoning demons
2:07:09 - Satori
2:09:26 - Galactic Cruise
2:16:30 - Next Station: London
2:20:26 - Missing out on Planta Nubo...for now
2:22:51 - Faraway
2:28:43 - Closing thoughts on the show
2:39:48 - TURN 3 - The Final Turn

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Kerley ends his episode run by taking us back to the dawn of time where all we have is the knowledge to make fire, our wits and the urge to play civilization style board games. 

FIRST PLAYER: Kerley
OTHER PLAYERS: JP, Davey & *NEW PLAYER* Dan

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- that we have a new player Dan joining the Whose Turners
- that JP is going solo in his latest round of games including Hoplomachus Victorum
- Davey's thoughts on Age of Innovation and how it compares to Gaia Project and Terra Mystica
- that long time listener Marcus is taking over the gaming group....or just playing Netrunner with Kerley
- all about our takes on civilization style board games, why we like them, what makes them a civ game and much more

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:54 - Introducing our new player Dan
5:59 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
6:08 - JP - Hoplomachus: Victorum
12:23 - Davey - Age of Innovation
19:27 - Kerley - Netrunner
23:14 - Dan - Tapestry
29:13 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Civilizations - Beyond the sword
35:28 - What defines a civilization game?
40:01 - What do we like the most about civ games?
45:29 - What are our favourite civ games?
56:05 - What's our least favourite civ games or mechanics?
1:00:46 - TURN 4 - Would you rather?
1:01:06 - Would you rather be rich and powerful in ancient rome or poor in the modern era
1:07:49 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:08:02 - JP - Full games of Voidfall
1:09:24 - Davey - Building his office / games room
1:12:19 - Kerley - Holiday to Florida
1:15:13 - Dan - Starfield and Septima
1:16:37 - Our upcoming Essen Trip
1:19:23 - TURN 6 - Final Turn

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In this expansion pack we go deeper underground to explore the mycelium network only to find a brand new board game called Mycelia, designed, developed and produced by Jack Neville from Split Stone Games.

GUEST PLAYER: Jack Neville from Split Stone Games
THE PLAYERS: JP & Kerley

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- How Jack got into board gaming and how it compares to the classic old days of playing Mario Kart
- What Jack's favourite games are right now
- all about Mycelia: the strategic mushroom game designed and developed by Jack
- all about Jack's answers to some of our historical Niche Number 1's

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
If you want to learn more about Mycelia and Split Stone Games then check out the links below
- Mycelia Kickstarter Page - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/splitstonegames/mycelia-the-strategic-mushroom-board-game
- Split Stone Games Web Page - https://splitstonegames.com/
- Split Stone Games Instagram Page - https://www.instagram.com/splitstonegames/

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
0:35 - TURN 2 - Introducing Jack Neville designer of Mycelia
2:03 - What is Jack's favourite game of all time?
4:38 - What games has Jack been enjoying lately?
7:44 - How did Jack get into the hobby?
11:24 - TURN 3 - An introduction to Mycelia: A strategic mushroom game
12:41 - What made you go for the theme of mushrooms?
17:52 - How does the gameplay loop work?
22:50 - How has the game changed from it's first iteration?
26:54 - How long ago did you start the design?
31:30 - What do you think people will enjoy about the game?
35:06 - How can people get their hands on Mycelia?
36:51 - What is your favourite player count & how does the solo work?
40:23 - When does the crowdfunding run to?
42:36 - Jack's Niche Number 1's
48:28 - TURN 4 - What are you excited about in the future?
52:03 - TURN 5 - Final Turn

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Kerley keeps the competitive themes throughout his run with this episode focusing on one of his favourite style of games....the 1v1 games pitching players head to head.

FIRST PLAYER: Kerley
OTHER PLAYERS: JP, Tambo & Adrian

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- about Star-Lords helmet...it's not as bad as it sounds
- how the Century game series fares with Adrian when they are combined together
- how Tambo got on playing Trickerion for the first time
- how Viticulture World is as hard as playing Dark Souls, co-operative wine making is tough people
- about Kerleys first experience in playing games on Board Game Arena (BGA)
- all about our groups position on 1v1 games, why we like them, why people don't and some of our favourites
- whether we would rather lose to a bad winner or win against a bad loser

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
3:18 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
3:33 - Adrian - Century Series
10:45 - Tambo - Trickerion
18:23 - JP - Viticulture World
27:11 - Kerley - Board Game Arena
32:14 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Grudge Match
35:09 - What makes a good 1v1 game?
39:45 - What makes a higher player count game work at 2 players?
44:18 - Why do people not like 1v1 games?
49:19 - Kerley's favourite - War of the Ring
54:23 - JP's favourite - Hoplomachus: Remastered
57:02 - Tambo's favourite - Kapow!
59:38 - Adrian's favourites - A mix
1:02:54 - TURN 4 - Would you rather?
1:03:20 - Would you rather lose to a bad winner or win against a bad loser?
1:10:21 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:10:36 - JP - A new player is coming....
1:11:42 - Adrian - Smartphone Inc
1:14:03 - Tambo - Brass Birmingham and Star Wars Rebellion
1:16:36 - Kerley - Backing the new Terraforming Mars Prelude 2
1:21:45 - TURN 6 - Final Turn

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We're back again from the archives of episodes 25 - 30 and including some behind the scenes laughs with Kris on the Board Game Battleground episode before he sadly passed away this year.  We'll keep churning these out as we continue to make mistakes...which is every episode.

THE PLAYERS: All of us
 
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
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Kerley takes the first player throne for his first time and rounds everyone into the ring to talk about the super middle-weight division of board gaming....the mid-weight game

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

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- how the team are excited that Kerley has taken the first player token
- JP gives us his thoughts on Voidfall by Mindclash Games after playing it 4 times
- Tambo discusses his win in the latest Twilight Imperium game by Fantasy Flight Games
- that Kerley has a dinosaur fetish and that Becky doesn't like using her posh Crokinole board in front of people
- about our thoughts on mid-weight games, what they are, why we like them and some of our favourites
- about the new "would you rather" which is deciding whether we would learn only by video / google OR by the rulebook alone.

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Shirts & Merch Etsy Store - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ShirtsAndMerchStudio?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1329895984
Shirts & Merch Kickstarter Campaign - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shirtsandmerch/exclusive-limited-edition-heat-t-shirts
Voidfall playthrough with JP on Gaming Rules - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUU0_ZiKXyM&t=26s
Ascendancy playthrough with Kerley & Adrian on Gaming Rules - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQInaRtWrq8&t=209s

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
2:00 - Shout out to "Shirts & Merch"
3:58 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
4:12 - Welcome to Kerley's first time as First Player
4:55 - JP - Voidfall
14:46 - Tambo - Twilight Imperium 4th Edition
21:37 - Becky - Crokinole
25:01 - Kerley - Perseverance Episode 2
29:05 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Super middle-weight
31:22 - What is a mid-weight game?
38:42 - What are the biggest advantages of mid-weight games?
44:50 - Do we think the BGG complexity ratings are relevant?
54:46 - What are our top 2 favourite mid-weight games?
1:01:26 - TURN 4 - Would you rather?
1:01:44 - Would you rather learn to play a game through video and google during the game or from the rulebook only?
1:09:53 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:10:09 - JP - Imperium: Classics
1:12:34 - Tambo - Twilight Inscription
1:14:07 - Kerley - Ascendancy
1:16:22 - Becky - Orleans
1:21:14 - TURN 6 - Final Turn

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Becky winds down her run of episodes to talk about her favourite game, the game that changed everything, the game that's all about that red planet in our solar system...no not the one by Vital Lacerda the other one...Terraforming Mars.

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

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- Kerley has had a chance to play the new ultimate fantasy 4X game on Kickstarter right now "Ascendancy".  Listen to hear his thoughts
- JP talks about his 4am Scythe experience at the recent 24 Hour Board Game Marathon
- Davey breaks down social economic structures in Hegemony...for 7 hours
- Becky devotes an episode to Terraforming Mars which is an important game in our gaming group
- about the new "would you rather" which is settling for a complete bad knock off game of Terraforming Mars or a extremely well produced "ok" game.

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Ascendancy Kickstarter Link as mentioned by Kerley - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/matthewmeeple/ascendancy-0

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
5:18 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
5:42 - JP - Scythe
13:32 - Davey - Hegemony
18:17 - Kerley - Ascendancy
25:38 - Becky - Dice Forge
28:41 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Martian Tales...a focus on Terraforming Mars
32:12 - "CEO's Favourite Project" - What's the appeal?
42:47 - "Lunar Exports" Our favourite expansion
44:06 - "Deimos Down" The downsides of TM
47:49 - "Spin-Off Department" What do we think about Ares Expedition?
50:57 - "Sponsors" Who do we think it's aimed at?
55:35 - "Search For Life" Our closing thoughts
59:54 - TURN 4 - Would you rather?
1:00:11 - Would you rather play knock-off Terraforming Turnips or a beautifully produced OK game?
1:04:23 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:04:36 - Kerley - Darwins Journey & Kerleys Birthday
1:05:53 - Davey - Pagan: Fate of Roanoke & Terra Mystica: Age of Innovation
1:09:13 - JP - Mindclash Bonanza (Voidfall & Septima)
1:12:14 - Becky - Potion Explosion
1:14:57 - TURN 6 - Final Turn

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Becky asks an all important question in the board gaming hobby which is "can your board gaming collection be too big?".  Is there a limit, what are the factors that determine whether the collection is too much or too little.  Join the Whose Turners for a good chat through all things collections

FIRST PLAYER: Becky
OTHER PLAYERS: JP & Adrian

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- Becky bags another win against her husband Kerley in Wild Serengeti
- JP channels his inner Geralt of Riveria in The Witcher the Old World and shares his initial thoughts.
- Adrian finally escapes the Star Wars Unlock series and tells us his thoughts
- all about board game collections and whether size matters, also discussing the limiting factors which keeps board game collections the sizes they are.
- about the new "would you rather" which is not being able to own a collection and be reliant upon others or only have access to your own small collection of 5 games in 3 Kallax cubes.

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:43 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
2:56 - Becky - Wild Serengeti
8:09 - Adrian - Star Wars Unlock
14:34 - JP - The Witcher: The Old World
24:10 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Can your board game collection get too big?
29:12 - Collecting is a hobby as much as playing
33:35 - What do we think the magic number is?
40:44 - The limiting factors that contains your collection
45:38 - Having access to games can change your collection sizes
54:46 - TURN 4 - Would you rather?
55:07 - Would you rather only play other peoples collections or only play your own collection of 5 games capped at 3 kallax cubes?
1:02:49 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:03:01 - Adrian - Warhammer 40K Epic Series
1:06:40 - JP - Holiday in Florida with family / friends
1:09:25 - Becky - Also holidaying and playing games with family
1:11:55 - TURN 6 - Final Turn

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In this expansion pack episode all of the Whose Turners attend The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon in Ilminster, Somerset to see how long they can last gaming 24 hours straight from 9am Saturday to 9am Sunday.

THE PLAYERS: All of us

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- how our first ever LIVE episode went on the live stream
- that Dan Apsey not only runs great board gaming events he does voiceovers...just keep listening through
- more about the event from the mouths of the Whose Turners recording snippets from Friday evening all the way through to the end on Sunday morning.  Who survived, who didn't and whose soul could you see into by the early hours of the morning

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
- Find our more about the event - https://www.the24hourboardgamemarathon.co.uk
- Youtube Highlights Reel for the 2023 event - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hMUfH5i9QU
- Catch our LIVE episode here - https://youtu.be/8hc_EWZ0L34
-Brian from Always Play Blue - https://alwaysplayblue.com/
-Paul from Gaming Rules - https://www.youtube.com/@GamingRulesVideos
- Luke from The Broken Meeple - https://www.youtube.com/@TheBrokenMeeple
-Jimmy from BoardgameJimmy - https://www.instagram.com/boardgamejimmy/
-Ben from No Rolls Barred - https://www.youtube.com/@NoRollsBarred

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - Introducing The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon 2023
2:17 - Friday 21st July - 16:52
4:16 - Friday 21st July - 23:30
7:10 - Saturday 22nd July - 07:50
7:58 - Saturday 22nd July - 08:30
8:59 - Saturday 22nd July - 09:11
10:19 - Saturday 22nd July - 11:30
11:14 - Saturday 22nd July - 13:45
11:58 - Saturday 22nd July - 14:00
12:27 - Saturday 22nd July - 14:15
13:10 - Saturday 22nd July - 15:47
13:45 - Saturday 22nd July - 17:00
15:28 - Saturday 22nd July - 17:20
19:01 - Saturday 22nd July - 18:35
19:59 - Saturday 22nd July - 19:00
20:16 - Saturday 22nd July - 21:39
22:46 - Saturday 22nd July - 22:00 - Introducing Our Live Episode
22:57 - LIVE EPISODE TURN 1 - Player Count
32:31 - LIVE EPISODE TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
44:12 - LIVE EPISODE TURN 3 - Fights of the Round Table & Social Deduction
1:14:14 - LIVE EPISODE TURN 4 - Would you rather?
1:25:46 - LIVE EPISODE TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn (What's Coming Up In The Event)
1:34:14 - Sunday 23rd July - 00:02
1:37:11 - Sunday 23rd July - 00:45
1:38:15 - Sunday 23rd July - 01:00
1:38:40 - Sunday 23rd July - 03:58
1:39:51 - Sunday 23rd July - 06:00
1:41:17 - Sunday 23rd July - 09:05 - The End!!!

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The first player crown has been passed to Becky who is pleased to be back for some more gaming chat.  This time we talk about those gems in the gaming calendar where we organise all day gaming sessions, the promises, the pitfalls, the plans and the free for alls, we all love a gaming day.

FIRST PLAYER: Becky
OTHER PLAYERS: Kerley & JP

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- JP takes a nostalgic trip back to the 80s in Fighting Fantasy Adventures the new Martin Wallace design bringing Deathtrap Dungeon vibes
- Kerley's thoughts on Caverna and improving on each play he has with some debates around whether it replaces Agricola or not
- all about aspects of all day gaming sessions, what they are, some key pitfalls and recommendations but also why they are an important part of our hobby
- about the new "would you rather" which is would you rather play a 4 hours game with snacks / drinks that has constant analysis paralysis or no snacks / drinks with no AP
- the Whose Turners next line of games hitting the tables very soon

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
00:00:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
00:02:43 - Podcast Update
00:04:18 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
00:04:25 - JP - Fighting Fantasy Adventures
00:13:49 - Kerley - Caverna
00:22:01 - Hot tubs & Iron Maiden
00:23:50 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Hex, Mugs & Sausage Rolls
00:25:21 - What do we qualify as an all day gaming session?
00:30:19 - What are the key ingredients for a good gaming day?
00:38:48 - How important is food at an gaming day? 
00:44:45 - Should an all day gaming session just be with people you know? 
00:46:42 - What are the pitfalls in running a gaming day? 
00:51:42 - Top recommendations for running a successful gaming day? 
00:55:31 - Final thoughts
00:56:30 - TURN 4 - Would you rather? 
00:56:46 - Would you rather have snacks / drinks for a game night with AP, or no snacks / drinks with no AP? 
01:00:43 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up 
01:00:51 - Kerley - Hallertau, Darwins Journey & Weather Machine (really?) 
01:04:23 - Paladins of the West Kingdom, Viticulture World (Asia) & Twilight Imperium 
01:09:20 - Becky - Photosynthesis, Port Royal & Becky's Birthday 
01:11:03 - TURN 6 - Final Turn

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