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As Adrian prepares to hand over "First Player" to Becky he brings forward a topic of worker placement mechanics and how games have evolved upon that core concept since they became so popular.

FIRST PLAYER: Adrian
OTHER PLAYERS: JP & Davey

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- JP's first impressions of the new Mindclash big box game "Voidfall"
- Davey apparently is being bullied into buying Hamlet...hmmm sure
- Adrian is finally getting through his shelf of opportunity in Paladins
- about some of our favourite examples of worker placement mechanics which have unique twists
- our nonsense chat about would we rather play games in the heat with sunburn or in a fridge with a cold
- that The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon is literally next weekend and we're running a LIVE episode at 22:00 on Saturday 22nd July for the first time.  We'll be playing a nice relaxing game of The Resistance: Avalon....hmmmm relaxing sure.

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
The team are still looking forward to the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon this year which is being held at the Shrubbery Hotel in Ilminster on 22nd July at 9am.  Get your tickets and more information here - https://www.the24hourboardgamemarathon.co.uk/

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
3:48 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
4:01 - JP - Voidfall
12:51 - Davey - Hamlet
18:30 - Adrian - Paladins of the West Kingdom
23:36 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Workers Union
24:46 - What do we like about the worker placement mechanic?
29:13 - What don't we like about the worker placement mechanic?
32:29 - Mixing deck building with worker placement in Dune Imperium & Lost Ruins of Arnak
34:53 - Variable workers and multi-layered spaces in Anachrony
37:52 - Bag drawing auctioning in Pillars of the Earth
41:08 - The sheer number of workers in Architects of the West Kingdom
43:49 - Snake placement of Instanbul, Dwellings of Eldervale / Andromeda's Edge
47:00 - The flexibility of Grande workers in Viticulture
50:03 - Dice can be workers too in Bitoku and Perseverance
53:18 - Paying to use your opponents workers in Ora et Labora
56:28 - Rewarding placement and retrieving workers in Raiders of the North Sea
1:00:28 - TURN 4 - Would you rather?
1:00:38 - Would you rather play in the heat with sunburn or in a fridge with a cold?
1:05:21 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?
1:05:35 - ALL - The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon
1:08:09 - JP - Our first ever LIVE episode!!!!
1:10:13 - Davey - Visiting a Banksy owned restaurant (we think!!!)
1:10:55 - Adrian - Cracking through his shelf of shame
1:13:33 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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It's the episode that no one has asked for and it's back for it's forth volume where we take clips from episodes 19 - 24 with more cock-up's, silly moments and general nonsense.

THE PLAYERS: All of us
 
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You've heard of the film "Gone in 60 Seconds" right? Well this episode is nothing like that, but we do concentrate on games that play under 60 minutes.  Adrian continues as our first player to talk about those little gems in our collections and why every gamer should have them.

FIRST PLAYER: Adrian
OTHER PLAYERS: Becky & Ian

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- How the new hotness "Earth" is landing within the group
- Ian is celebrating a win at Endless Winter recently
- Adrian is on a culling mission getting rid of 25% of his collection
- all about games that play under an hour and why they are key in anyone's collections
- whether we would rather play the same game 8 times or 8 different games in one day
- more about the excitement levels for The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon. 

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
The team are still looking forward to the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon this year which is being held at the Shrubbery Hotel in Ilminster on 22nd July at 9am.  Get your tickets and more information here - https://www.the24hourboardgamemarathon.co.uk/

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
0:40 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
0:53 - Becky - Earth
2:44 - Ian - Endless Winter
7:55 - Adrian - Culling my collection
14:08 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Game in 60 Seconds
14:28 - Why should you have games that play under an hour?
21:04 - Cubitos, Las Vegas Royale, Barenpark
25:04 - Dominion, 7 Wonders, Camel Up, Netrunner
29:57 - Railroad Ink, Strawopolis, Under Failing Skies
32:31 - Coup, Love Letter, Citadels
34:23 - Furnance, It's a Wonderful World, Roll Player, Dice Hospital, Quadropolis
37:23 - All the Azul's
40:11 - What do we think the main difference between these games and a party game?
42:25 - What do we think are the negatives of games that play shorter?
43:56 - Final thoughts
47:56 - TURN 4 - Would you rather?
48:17 - Would you rather play a 1 hour board game 8 times or 8 different games on a gaming day?
51:40 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?
51:53 - Becky - The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon
53:40 - Ian - More 24 Hour Board Game Marathon and lighter games
55:08 - Adrian - Getting into roll / flip 'n' writes
57:02 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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Board games aren't just a form or entertainment, they can really develop your real world skills and the Whose Turners come together to chat through which skills they've learnt and put into practice in this 3D world we call life.

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

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- The aftermath of the "Rumrush" scandal and did that Dune Imperium copy survive?
- What happens when JP hit's his 100th play of Too Many Bones (he's on 73 plays)
- How Adrian has been enjoying recreating WW2 scenarios in The War Room
- how board games have developed real world skills that have helped us in life, seriously they have
- our continuation of our "Would you rather?" questions where board games can't be purchased using normal currency
- how excited the team are in attending The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon this year

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
The team are looking forward to the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon this year which is being held at the Shrubbery Hotel in Ilminster on 22nd July at 9am.  Get your tickets and more information here - https://www.the24hourboardgamemarathon.co.uk/

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:39 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
1:58 - Becky - Clank Catacombs
3:43 - Davey - Clank Legacy
6:44 - JP - Riffle & Too Many Bones
12:12 - Adrian - War Room
15:45 - TURN 3 - Real board games, real skills
16:17 - Dealing with failure
21:46 - Dealing with confrontation
26:50 - Learning to win gracefully
31:49 - Risk management & mitigation
35:40 - You never have to settle
41:20 - Negotiation
45:31 - Time management & planning
49:01 - The consumption of detailed information
53:55 - TURN 4 - Would you rather?
54:28 - Would you rather have a one in one out system to acquire games or spend board gaming time to acquire games
58:36 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?
1:10:52 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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We're back from our exploits at the UK Games Expo 2023 with another expansion pack episode covering ALL the games (well most of them).  Don't let the croaky voices and tiredness fool you, we had the best time ever with most of the podcast team covering the event.

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

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- Becky (Dolly Parton) & JP (Kenny Rogers) did their own version of carpool karaoke which Kerley was thankful to not be in the same car as them
- We covered the Thursday preview event for the first time so check out our thoughts and experiences on that
- From battle royale shooters in Apex Legends, to drawing Disney characters in Lorcana, writing your own pages in Books of Time or sporing new mushrooms in Mycelia we've played a whole bunch of games during our 3 days at Expo
- Our experiences of 2023 and what we liked and didn't like before finally getting some rest from a cracking weekend

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Find out more about the UK Games Expo here - https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/
JP & Adrian we're talking about their game of Apex Legends on Gaming Rules, you can find it here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAgenhGVshQ
We spent the weekend with Dan Apsey from The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon - https://www.the24hourboardgamemarathon.co.uk/

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:52 - Meeting some of our listeners
5:07 - TURN 2 - UK Games Expo 2023
5:21 - Travelling up to the Expo
8:16 - Arriving at the Expo & visiting the Press Event (Thurs)
9:36 - Strong Point & MaxxRas
11:14 - The Expo Awards Ceremony
12:34 - The Main Show (Fri-Sun)
12:49 - Dice Realms
14:19 - Earth, Flamecraft & back to Earth
19:42 - Fire Tower
24:28 - Lorcana
28:40 - Mycelia
34:53 - Hegemony
39:38 - Ocean Pods
41:22 - Becky's Granny Trolley & Adrian's Bag Incident
44:35 - Apex Legends
53:27 - Port Royal
57:06 - The Old Kings Crown
1:06:27 - Kung Fu Panda
1:09:00 - Senjutsu: Battle for Japan
1:13:18 - Fateforge & Lost Ruins expansion
1:19:13 - A few demos & All On Board VR Gaming
1:28:11 - Books of Time
1:30:51 - Our individual experiences
1:42:07 - Meeting old friends and new
1:47:03 - The Shop & Drop and the Bring & Buy
1:53:36 - How much for ice cream???
1:58:00 - TURN 3 - We're off to get some sleep & thank you

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Adrian takes to the mic again "like a vandal" as he channels his inner Vanilla Ice in an episode focused all about those clicky clacky chance cubes in Dice Dice Baby.

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

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- That JP literally retcons his own Agricola explanation in Episode 27 and goes into more detail after picking up a copy
- The group have been enjoying the coronation of our new king, by avoiding it and playing games all day
- Adrian's love for tile laying games increases with Glen More II
- The gang talk about dice in boardgames, how they're used and their feelings on them
- We've scrapped our Badly Hexplained Games and now have a re-occurring "Would you rather section"
- Chris is looking forward to a "date night" with Rob when he returns from Scotland
- Tambo's new gaming table from Ironside is going to be delivered very very soon

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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:24 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
1:58 - JP - Agricola
8:57 - Chris - Sushi Go
11:02 - Tambo - Clank! Catacombs
14:54 - Adrian - Glen More II Chronicles
21:30 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Dice Dice Baby
21:54 - Our general opinions on dice in games
25:40 - Target Number Dice
33:03 - Action Dice
43:17 - Strength Dice
50:19 - Roll & Move Dice
52:27 - Accounting Dice
56:32 - Other unique ways dice are used
1:01:36 - TURN 4 - Would you rather?
1:02:45 - Would you rather have to listen to Vannila Ice for dice games or Poker Face for card games?
1:06:34 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?
1:06:50 - Adrian - UK Games Expo 2023
1:11:16 - Chris - Ashes & Heroquest
1:12:49 - Tambo - Nemesis & Ironside Gaming Table
1:14:41 - JP - Viticulture World
1:16:45 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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In this expansion pack we're joined by Joe "Fritz" Paull the designer of Prestige: A City Building Game

UPDATE: Prestige is no longer supported by Oak Lounge Games as of 25th May 2023 and Fritz now has found a new publisher so you can support the campaign in 2024 - check out the link below.
https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/530bc777-f673-4c97-8c3a-739dbaf52e53/landing

GUEST PLAYER: Joe "Fritz" Paull from Oak Lounge Games
THE PLAYERS: JP & Davey

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- How Fritz got into the hobby and designed his first game
- Fritz recreates the opening scene of the film "Glass Onion: Knives Out" through his crafting skills
- A deep dive conversation about Prestige: A City Building Game
- JP's experiences of playing Prestige throughout the episode
- Fritz's answers to some of our Niche Number 1's

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
If you want to learn more about Fritz and Oak Lounge Games check out the links below
- Oak Lounge Games Prestige Page - https://www.oakloungegames.com/prestige
- Joe "Fritz" Paull's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fritz.paull/

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - An announcement about Prestige
0:28 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:13 - TURN 2 - Introducing Joe "Fritz" Paull
3:36 - How did Fritz get into the hobby?
6:33 - The transition from gamer to designer
9:43 - What's Fritz's favourite game and which ones is he enjoying these days?
15:52 - TURN 3 - Main Interview - Prestige: A City Building Game
17:35 - What made you choose the theme?
21:30 - What made you lean towards semi co-op?
29:42 - How do the unit cards impact the game?
31:38 - Do the tribes work differently?
32:47 - How does the game scale with player count?
34:55 - What's Fritz's favourite aspect of Prestige?
36:46 - How big can the city get?
38:01 - How do the events interact with the game?
40:24 - What's the difficult / accessibility like in the game?
41:35 - How would you explain the art direction in this game?
44:26 - How can our listeners get their hands on Prestige?
45:49 - What kind of gaming group do you play Prestige with?
49:26 - Are there any variants in the game to explore?
50:15 - Fritz's Niche Number 1's
55:31 - TURN 4 - What's coming up?
1:04:33 - TURN 5 - The Final Turn

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---AUDIO DISCLAIMER--- Apologies for the audio quality not being as up to scratch on this episode, we've cleaned it up as much as possible.

Prepare for Dr Davey to enter the house as he and the team personifies board games to understand which ones would fair in a variety of situations.  Are you confused? Don't worry everyone else was.

FIRST PLAYER: Davey
OTHER PLAYERS: Rob, Chris & Tambo

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- How our dungeon crawler loving group members have been dabbling into more thematic games
- Dr Davey gets everyone on his "questionable" sofa to see what would happen if board games where people and which games are a good fit for different situations.  Is it random...absolutely
- Just Three gets an downgrade to Just Two again
- The group are looking forward to all of the upcoming conventions and make sure you look out for us at the UK Games Expo this year.

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
0:34 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
1:01 - Rob - Civilization New Dawn
2:31 - Chris - Star Wars Outer Rim
3:18 - Tambo - Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion
6:24 - Davey - Dune Imperium
8:50 - TURN 3 - Main Event - Board Game Relations
9:52 - The rules of the episode...there are no rules
10:10 - What game would you take out on a date?
14:36 - What game would you like to be trapped on a desert island with?
19:12 - What game would you use to help you cover up a murder?
23:42 - What game would you take to meet your parents?
26:27 - What game would you play a boardgame with?
31:59 - What game would you trust your life with?
35:48 - What game would you bet on in a fight?
40:03 - TURN 4 - Badly Hexplained Games - Just Two Edition
40:34 - Just Two - Game 1

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We take a bit of a departure from our non serious episodes of late and we focus on the Uwe Rosenberg games that we've played along with our thoughts and why some of those games end up becoming staples within collections and the hobby in general

FIRST PLAYER: Davey
OTHER PLAYERS: Becky & JP

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- How the team are doing after our sad news of Kris passing away
- Davey & JP recall their first play experience on Vital Lacerda's new hotness "Inventions: Evolution of Ideas" - Spoiler Alert: it's great and a massive thank you to Scott from Scott Plays for the teach and previewing it with us
- That Davey struggles to say "Caverna" seriously check out the bloopers in a future expansion pack episode
- About our groups experiences with Uwe Rosenberg designed games from Arigcola to Atiwa.
- Why Uwe games just feel comforting and a general joy to play
- Just Two gets an upgrade to Just Three (as there's only three of us on the show)
- JP is looking forward to his birthday games day which is any excuse just to play back to back games

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
As mentioned on the show we're supporting the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon this year so if you fancy the challenge, get yourself down there.  You can get your tickets right here.
https://www.the24hourboardgamemarathon.co.uk/

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
0:44 - Checking in after our friend Kris has passed away
3:40 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
4:04 - JP - Skymines
10:32 - Becky - Scout
16:01 - Davey - Inventions: Evolution of Ideas
21:13 - TURN 3 - Main Event - Puzzle by name, puzzle by nature
25:03 - Agricola
27:29 - Caverna
32:06 - Patchwork & Framework
36:38 - Reykholt
39:49 - Feast for Odin
42:26 - Who do we think Uwe games are for?
45:12 - Atiwa & accessibility of this games
50:24 - Discussing our favourites
52:52 - What do you think are the pitfalls are?
59:52 - TURN 4 - Badly Hexplained Games - Just Three Edition
1:01:11 - Just Three - Game 1
1:03:11 - Just Three - Game 2
1:05:51 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?
1:06:11 - Skymines & JP's Birthday Games Day
1:08:01 - JP - My Birthday Games Day
1:10:22 - Becky - Trip to Germany
1:12:56 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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We keep making episodes and we keep messing them up, so this can only mean we've lined up in our 3rd round of bloopers from episodes 13 - 18, including laughing fits and GRIMCON...apparently

THE PLAYERS: All of us
 
OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn...nothing, seriously you should probably skip this and move onto the next main episode

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EPISODE CHAPTERS
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