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We can't quite believe it's happened and we're extremely excited to present a very special expansion pack episode where we get to chat with the one, the only Dávid Turczi to mainly geek out about Star Trek Captain's Chair which is coming out later this year

GUEST PLAYER: Dávid Turczi
OTHER PLAYERS: JP & Kerley

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- what are Dávid Turczi's favourite games right now
- how Dávid enjoys a collaborative design experience recently
- to "make it so" in Star Trek Captain's Chair a game designed by Dávid and Nigel Buckle published by Wizkids
- what answers to some of our Niche Number 1's Dávid has

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
- Star Trek Captains Chair BGG Link - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/422541/star-trek-captains-chair
- Dávid Turczi BGG Page - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/76227/david-turczi

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:01 - TURN 2 - Dávid Turczi's Turn
2:29 - Dávid's favourite games of all time
8:32 - Do you favour collaborations in your designs rather than on your own?
17:42 - TURN 3 - Star Trek Captain's Chair
24:20 - The rationale for making it 1-2 players
32:31 - Did it change your way of designing this being such a great Star Trek fan?
39:10 - How can captains from different eras compete against each other thematically?
47:38 - Did you find this design more free compared to it's mechanical predecessor Imperium
53:04 - Leaning into the diversity of Star Trek and gaming
1:01:47 - What's your favourite deck you like playing the most from this box?
1:03:00 - When can we "engage" on picking up a copy?
1:10:01 - TURN 4 - Dávid's Niche Number 1's
1:13:52 - Thanking Dávid
1:14:38 - TURN 5 - The Final Turn

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Guess who's back...back again? It's Becky as she returns as first player to talk about one of her favourite subjects "The second hand market" and the importance of that in the hobby space.

FIRST PLAYER: Becky
OTHER PLAYERS: JP, Rob

In this episode you'll learn:

- about Rob's first experiences on Primal: The Awakening by Reggie Games
- how JP got on with the new Eclipse species in Seekers & Outcasts by Lautapelit
- whether Becky survived the madness that is Mansions of Madness by Fantasy Flight Games
- all about our groups perspectives of second hand games, where we buy them from, what we look for and whether we actually sell them...yes we're looking at you Bex.

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
2:50 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
3:07 - Rob - Primal: The Awakening
9:08 - JP - Eclipse Second Dawn (Seekers & Outcasts)
16:26 - Becky - Mansions of Madness
22:51 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Second hand scores
27:03 - What do we look for in our second hand games?
35:16 - What are our favourite second hand arena?
45:14 - Are we general sellers of our collections?
52:10 - What do we think buyers look for when we sell games?
1:00:15 - Closing thoughts on second hand games
1:02:20 - TURN 4 - Would you rather...Always be able to buy the games you want second hand and not be able to sell, or always sell at the price but never buy them at the price you want?
1:10:43 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:18:09 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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It's time for some more footage from the archives again from Episodes 43 - 48 and some of our expansion packs such as GRIDCON 2023, Christmas and our birthday episode.  In this batch we have an uncontrollable Dan, Kerley, Adrian and Davey trying to get through an episode, some strange twists and turns and Tambo trying to say Hoplomochapus.  As always you've been warned.

THE PLAYERS: All of us
 
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
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With our UK Games Expo 2024 content still flowing this expansion pack now focuses on our live show which we recorded on the Friday 31st May in Piazza 4 as well as a handful of interview captured during the show with many of our friends and exhibitors.  A massive thank you for all that attended the live show, it was great to see you there and we can't wait to do it all over again next year.

OUR PLAYERS - JP, Rob, Davey, Adrian, Kerley, Becky, Tambo & Dan
 
OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- all about our live show that we recorded at the UK Games Expo so if you missed it...no worries it's right here
- all about the origin of Time Troopers from Lee Miller at Molinarious Games
- why JP got cosy with Devon from Lucky Duck Games in the middle of a stock room
- about what it takes to be a Luthier with Dave Beck from Paverson Games
- why fishing can sometimes yield many regrets with Judson Cowan from Tettix Games
- that JP could have chatted to Viktor Peter from Mindclash Games for about another 4 hours
- our the educational nature of World Order from Vangelis Bagiartakis and Hegemonic Project Games
- about our catch up with Chris Priscott from Unfringed to not talk about zoos this time, but moles instead
- all about the latest game from Cardboard Alchemy from Peter Vaughan which is of course Andromeda's Edge

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Find out more about the UK Games Expo here - https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
0:45 - Welcome to Whose Turn Is It Anyway LIVE at the UK Games Expo
5:27 - INTERVIEW 1 & 2: Molinarious Games (Time Troopers) & Devon Norris (Flames of Fafnir)
14:03 - LIVE EPISODE: Djinn Davey (Section 1)
19:48 - INTERVIEW 3: Dave Beck from Paverson Games (Luthier)
22:07 - LIVE EPISODE: Djinn Davey (Section 2)
31:22 - INTERVIEW 4: Judson Cowan from Tettix Games (Deep Regrets)
34:55 - LIVE EPISODE: Djinn Davey (Section 3)
39:51 - INTERVIEW 5: Mindclash Games (Ironwood)
47:39 - LIVE EPISODE: Battleground Intro & Battles 1-3
56:08 - INTERVIEW 6: Hegemonic Project Games (World Order)
1:00:06 - LIVE EPISODE: Battles 4-7
1:09:59 - INTERVIEW 7: Unfringed (Molehill Meadows)
1:11:55 - LIVE EPISODE: Battles 8-10
1:19:16 - INTERVIEW 8: Cardboard Alchemy (Andromeda's Edge)

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It's our biggest UK Games Expo episode yet and there's so much UK Games Expo content we've had to split it into two parts.  Part One is our usual debrief around the table around the show, what we've played, what we've experienced so strap yourself into all of the UKGE goodness.

OUR PLAYERS - Davey, Adrian, Becky & JP

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- that Rob is pretending to be Bilbo Baggins in "There & Back Again: A Rob's Tale" by forgetting his UKGE pass (doh)
- Our debrief from our live episode we presented at the show for the first time
- how JP's first preview of Ironwood went at Mindclash Games
- why Davey keeps going into limos with billionaires in Vampire: The Masquerade - Milan Uprising
- that Becky didn't purchase all of the bring & buy this year...well done Becky
- how Adrian gets excited for more route planning shenanigans in Terminus
- more about the latest hotness and games we've played
- that if we met you at the show it's likely we've given you a shout out and thank you for everyone who came and supported us and said hi, it really means loads to us.

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Find out more about the UK Games Expo here - https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:55 - TURN 2 - UK Games Expo 2024: Part One
5:52 - THURSDAY: THE PREVIEW SHOW
6:48 - Rock Hard
9:24 - Kiri-Ai: The Duel
12:44 - The Enchanted Needle - Craft Shop
14:05 - Redwood
16:15 - Necropolis
19:19 - Avant Carde
21:13 - Cheeky Nandos & Kerley Cold Showers
28:13 - FRIDAY: DAY 1
29:59 - Ironwood
39:22 - Manic Minute
41:30 - Whose Turn Is It Anyway LIVE!!!! Round Up
45:03 - Bushido
49:59 - Becky's Encounter with Folded Space
52:46 - Our Bring & Buy experiences
57:30 - Deep Regrets
1:07:39 - SATURDAY: DAY 2
1:09:10 - Time Troopers
1:16:59 - Kutna Hora
1:21:41 - DroPolta & Tinderblox
1:25:45 - Rebirth
1:32:05 - Teburu & Vampire: The Masquerade - Milan Uprising
1:43:26 - Luthier
1:50:41 - Tiny Epic Western
1:51:57 - Our annual Las Iguanas traditional visit
1:54:26 - Civolution
2:08:01 - Bag of Dungeon 2
2:09:12 - SUNDAY: DAY 3
2:11:00 - Stocking up on t-shirts from Lonely Red Planet & Shirts & Merch
2:12:58 - World Order
2:22:54 - Rove
2:28:00 - Terminus
2:34:22 - Wrapping up & shout outs
2:40:25 - TURN 3 - The Final Turn

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Adrian signs off his first player run but allowing us all to get our board gaming gripes off our chests in a second round of great hexpectations.  It's time to take off our shoes, jump back onto the chez lounge and dive into the inner conscious minds of our players...you have been warned.

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

In this episode you'll learn:

- that JP has been digging a small boxed light game for a change which crossed deck building and an Uno style game in Avant Carde by Resonym
- Adrian continues his Sinister Fish trilogy by playing the latest game in the series Moon
- Becky decides to not talk about board games but her new found love of Walkabout Mini Golf on the VR (MetaQuest)
- Tambo goes back in time to talk dinos in Dinogenics by Ninth Haven Games 
- that Adrian is giving the group another chance to offload their board gaming woes with a return to great hexpectations

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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:52 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
2:24 - JP - Avant Carde
7:07 - Becky - Walkabout Mini Golf VR...that's not a board game?
11:24 - Tambo - Dinogenics
19:33 - Adrian - Moon
25:40 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Great hexpectations - Return to the chez lounge
26:15 - Getting stuck in roll & move hell in Batman Talisman
33:31 - Dog Park can keep its new tricks
40:57 - There's a Mindclash Game which I think might not be for me
48:33 - I just don't like Uwe Rosenberg games
54:56 - Getting punished in Hallertau by having zero card combos
59:02 - My husband just isn't interested in playing Earth anymore
1:03:17 - I no longer have the capacity to go on lengthy big adventures in my board games
1:11:04 - It feels bad that I don't have a corner of the hobby which feels like mine
1:18:45 - TURN 4 - Would you rather...everyone around the table talked through all of their thought processes or play silent
1:26:35 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:33:09 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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The team are back and sounding fresh with their new podcast recording equipment thanks to our amazing listeners who regularly support the show.  Adrian dons his Sith like cloak and tries to turn the players to the Dark Side by taking a board gaming journey in which fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering and suffering leads to the Dark Side...wish us luck...

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

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:

- that thanks to our Ko-Fi supporters we've now levelled up our recording equipment...hurray
- Rob jumps back into the heavy by learning Anachrony along with Fractures of Time by Mindclash Games
- JP revisits a game he's not properly played for 18 months in Annunaki: Dawn of the Gods by Cranio Creations
- Chris takes an arrow to the knee in Skyrim The Adventure Game by Modiphius Entertainment
- Adrian makes bus routes sound like fun in Get On Board by IELLO
- that Adrian is trying to corrupt the rest of the players by discussed games they fear, makes them angry, ones they hate and ones that make them suffer.

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
2:42 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
3:17 - Rob - Anachrony: Fractures of Time
7:57 - JP - Annunaki: Dawn of the Gods
17:29 - Chris P - Skyrim The Adventure Game
25:12 - Adrian - Get On Board
30:47 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Turned to the Dark Side
32:30 - FEAR leads to...
42:53 - ANGER leads to...
55:09 - HATE leads to...
1:07:52 - SUFFERING leads to the Dark Side
1:21:26 - TURN 4 - Would you rather...With our two finalists from our board game battleground, would you rather force everyone to play one of the finalists every year or banish one from being played
1:28:46 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:38:44 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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Adrian takes the mic as first player and celebrates all those little things in board gaming when the publishers get it right.  The players around the table recall those little things which make a big difference

FIRST PLAYER: Adrian
OTHER PLAYERS: Dan, Becky & Kerley

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- Becky just can't get enough of Ark Nova on BGA and can now give Kerley a kicking every now and then
- Dan's getting his kids into board gaming with Ticket to Ride First Journey by Days of Wonder
- whether sheep are better than cows in the latest Great Western Tail New Zealand by Eggertspiele
- more about Adrian's flip & write journeys in Next Station: Tokyo
- more about the players round robin experiences of those small things that publishers do which brings a smile to board gamers faces.

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
4:19 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
4:34 - Becky - Ark Nova on BGA & Opening Dog Park New Tricks
6:05 - Dan - Ticket to Ride First Journey
9:35 - Kerley - Great Western Trail New Zealand
15:24 - Adrian - Next Station Tokyo
19:29 - TURN 3 - Main Event: All the small things...
20:00 - It's a Wonderful World's turn counter
23:24 - Publisher inserts that are actually quite good
28:10 - The player trays in Eclipse Second Dawn
30:41 - When animeeples really elevated Agricola
35:09 - The textured feel of Wingspan's rulebook
38:54 - The squidgy berries and resources in Everdell
41:48 - When games don't just pick standard player colours
46:07 - Transparent cards in Fallout Shelter & Canvas
48:23 - The rubber hats in Viticulture World
50:36 - Adding that second layer to player boards
57:17 - Creating randomness through inventive dice towers
1:01:06 - TURN 4 - Would you rather play a game which was slightly too small or slightly too big
1:05:12 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:05:25 - Dan - Terraforming Mars
1:05:52 - Kerley - Kerley - Heroes of Might & Magic III & Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods
1:07:28 - Becky - JP's Birthday Games Day
1:09:15 - Adrian - Trying an upgraded 3D printer & creating inserts
1:12:27 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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Davey gets us over the line with one of his innovative episodes where he pretends to be a genie *Djinn Davey" and grants the gangs board game related wishes...but with consequences.

FIRST PLAYER: Davey
OTHER PLAYERS: Becky, Tambo & Dan

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- Becky's take on the new Wyrmspan by Stonemaier Games and how she compares it to Wingspan
- that Dan still can't bloody win at Frostpunk by Glass Cannon Unplugged but still comes back for more
- about Tambo's duality in Jekyll & Hyde, a head to head trick taking card game by Mandoo Games
- about Daveys experiences in the second edition of Great Western Trail by Eggertspiele
- that rubbing Djinn Davey's lamp can lead to your board game wishes being manipulated into something far worse

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Get your tickets to the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon - https://www.the24hourboardgamemarathon.co.uk/

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:37 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
1:51 - Becky - Wyrmspan
7:50 - Dan - Frostpunk
11:06 - Tambo - Jekyll vs Hyde
15:12 - Davey - Great Western Trail Second Edition
20:06 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Wish upon a faux-pah
20:28 - Wish 1 - What game do you wish would be a travel game?
26:21 - Wish 2 - What type of game do you wish had more games?
29:52 - Wish 3 - What game do you wish would be more affordable?
34:54 - Wish 4 - If you can any designer design any type of boardgame theme & type, who would it be?
36:32 - Wish 5 - Pick a board game to own throughout time & space, what game do you wish you could get hold of but you can't at the moment?
40:47 - Wish 6 - What crowdfunding game would you want to have right now?
46:15 - Wish 7 - What board game do you wish was never invented?
54:31 - TURN 4 - Would you rather...have one wish for yourself with consequences, or infinite wishes with no consequences but can only be for other people that you can't benefit from
57:26 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
57:46 - Davey - Dragons Dogma 2
1:00:32 - Becky - Dog Park New Tricks
1:02:58 - Tambo - Lost Ruins of Arnak Lost Expedition
1:04:31 - Dan - The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon
1:07:21 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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Back in late February we attended another convention called the Devon Board Game Weekend which was hosted at the Fox & Hound Country Hotel in Eggesford and jointly ran by the hotel and Meeples Corner. 

THE PLAYERS: JP, Adrian & Davey

In this episode you'll learn:
- all about the cosy and intermit convention that is Devon Board Game Weekend
- JP & Robs misfortunate mistake in hotel room bookings
- that there was no rum spilling incidents this year
- more about the games we played across the weekend
- what makes this convention different to others we've attended

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Devon Board Game Weekend Website - https://foxandhoundshotel.co.uk/devon-board-game-weekend/
Fox & Hound Country Hotel Website - https://foxandhoundshotel.co.uk/
Meeples Corner Website - https://meeplescorner.co.uk/

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
4:59 - TURN 2 - The Devon Board Game Weekend 2024
9:53 - Dog friendly atmosphere
11:37 - Dune Imperium Uprising
19:32 - Point City & Tussi Mussie
23:22 - Furnace
25:20 - Ticket to Ride Europe
28:31 - Merlin
34:50 - Dice Forge
40:40 - In the Hall of the Mountain King
44:31 - A brief aside on JP & Robs loveshack
48:06 - Viking See-saw
49:00 - The Gallerist
59:10 - Senjutsu: Battle for Japan
1:04:18 - Cosmoctopus
1:08:22 - Paladins of the West Kingdom
1:15:20 - The Saturday Night Event Dinner
1:23:05 - Imperium: Horizons
1:30:19 - Brass: Lancashire
1:35:24 - War of the Ring The Card Game
1:43:08 - TURN 3 - Final thoughts on Devon Board Game Weekend 2024
1:47:09 - TURN 4 - The Final Turn

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