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Luis and Joonas add more games to their fantasy collection.

08:03 Race for the Galaxy
20:57 The Castles of Burgundy
26:31 Calimala
36:41 Decrypto

Joonas and Luis tried to play every game released in 2025 but failed miserably. These are some of the games they missed.

03:02 Games we were looking forward to in 2025 13:56 Games we missed from 2025 14:06 Old King's Crown 19:01 Vantage 20:56 Toy Battle 24:01 The Gang 26:49 Moon Colony Bloodbath 29:46 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Trick-Taking Game 32:03 The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship 35:10 Eternal Decks

Luis lists the top 10 troops-on-a-map games of all time and Joonas tries to guess the order.

12:08 Ikusa/Samurai Swords/Shogun
16:43 Cyclades: Legendary Edition
20:26 Dune: War for Arrakis
24:17 A War of Whispers
28:09 Small World
32:34 Cthulhu Wars
36:45 Kemet: Blood and Sand
40:33 Ankh: Gods of Egypt
46:26 Root
49:35 Inis
56:41 Final list

Luis and Joonas enter the Spiel Essen Shark Tank! Which game will get investment and which games will go to the cull pile?

02:07 ANTS
11:15 Recall
20:36 TOSSIT
28:14 Duel for Cardia
41:01 Formidable Farm
49:42 Night Soil

Luis and Joonas are back from Essen. What were the highlights of the con?

03:42 Orloj: The Prague Astronomical Clock
06:24 Feya's Swamp
08:15 Nature
10:13 Coming of Age
12:38 Sanctuary
16:47 Echoes of Time
18:37 The Voynich Puzzle
21:04 The White Castle Duel
22:53 Tax the Rich
25:03 Theocratia
29:02 Forestry
36:11 The Druids of Edora
41:05 Little Soldiers
43:35 Tag Team
47:02 Wispwood
48:11 JOYRIDE: Full Throttle
50:32 Furnace Duel
52:41 Carnival of Sins
57:36 Calimala
01:02:34 Night Soil
01:04:35 Wispwood
01:06:46 Tag Team

Joonas and Luis are going to Spiel Essen 2025. But which games are they most excited about?

04:19 Feya's Swamp
09:05 The Druids of Edora
11:13 Bid Coin
14:20 Night Soil
16:30 Animal Rescue Team
19:37 Severton
22:32 Formidable Farm
24:58 ARDEVUR: The Game of Resources
27:07 Peak Team
29:40 Light Speed Arena
32:31 Oliva
37:22 Surprise picks
37:53 Orloj: The Prague Astronomical Clock
40:19 Tax the Rich

Luis tries to convince Joonas that top 10 lists are the single best way to convey information of any kind in any setting.

01:03 3 Chapters
12:50 6 Nimmt
25:04 For Sale
38:19 The Merits of Top X Lists

Joonas and Luis go through the LARPs and RPGs they played at Ropecon 2025.

Larps from the Factory book: https://larpfactorybookproject.blogspot.com/p/welcome.html

05:27 The Kids Are Not All Right
10:11 A Mother's Heart
19:06 The Fall of Delta Green/Delta Green
26:28 Dungeons & Dragons
38:07 Beyond One and Zero
49:48 Inheritance

Joonas and Luis go through the board games they played together at Ropecon 2025.

00:44 Ropecon 2025
05:36 Tigris & Euphrates
11:43 Bomb Busters
17:51 Combo Up
23:09 Ethnos
31:48 Capital Lux 2: Generations
36:22 Samurai
43:15 Friedrich
51:41 Battle Line
01:03:01 Lata + Lure + Chinatown + PUSH + FTW?!

Do competitive games strain friendships?

Luis and Joonas will also talk about Regicide, The Anarchy, and Skara Brae.

The research papers referred to in the episode are:
Gaining a competitive edge: Longitudinal associations between children’s competitive video game playing, conduct problems, peer relations, and prosocial behavior
https://awspntest.apa.org/record/2017-36453-001\ The influence of competitive and cooperative video games on behavior during play and friendship quality in adolescence
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0747563218305132

Timestamps:
00:33 Regicide
12:02 The Anarchy + Skara Brae
14:34 The Anarchy
24:18 Skara Brae
28:41 Winning and Friendship

Joonas and Luis rank their favorite games from the past six months.

04:58 Faraway
05:23 Misfits: The Tactical Stacking Game
06:24 Nusfjord: Big Box
08:19 Pandemic Legacy: Season 1
10:44 All Bridges Burning: Red Revolt and White Guard in Finland, 1917-1918
12:37 John Company: Second Edition
14:58 Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases
17:14 Zoo Vadis
19:09 The Bottle Imp
21:24 Food Chain Magnet
24:18 EXIT: The Game – Kidnapped in Fortune City
26:39 Biblios
29:19 Ra
31:18 MicroMacro: Crime City
34:00 7 Empires
35:34 The Quest for El Dorado
38:52 Sidereal Confluence
42:04 Scrawl
44:33 Brass: Lancashire
47:04 Regicide
49:17 Guilty: Monaco 1955
52:18 Splendor Duel
55:12 Joonas's top 10
55:40 Luis's top 10

What do you need to do to get a permit to start a board game podcast?

Joonas and Luis will also talk about Pax Pamir: Second Edition, John Company: Second Edition and Molly House.

02:23 Pax Pamir: Second Edition
08:57 John Company: Second Edition
21:55 Molly House
29:05 Who Gets to Be a Critic?

How to run a successful board game cafe according to the two non-experts, Joonas and Luis.

We will also talk about The Bottle Imp, Harmonies, and Hanamikoji.

00:45 The Bottle Imp
10:18 Harmonies
19:22 Hanamikoji
27:22 Perfect Board Game Cafe

We debate whether board games are art or not. You can vote who made the better argument!

Luis and Joonas also talk about Tinners' Trail, FateFlip: Washed Ashore, and War Story: Occupied France.

Vote here: https://forms.gle/1xyx3sNKLfAcM2HE7

00:38 Tinners' Trail
10:38 FateFlip: Washed Ashore
17:26 War Story: Occupied France
24:24 Debate: Are Board Games Art?

Luis teaches Joonas the teach. The two also talk about Sardegna, Splendor: Duel and Faraway.

00:38 Sardegna
09:53 Splendor: Duel
19:47 Faraway
28:36 The Teach

Who got the Golden Geeks 2024 winners right: Luis or Joonas?

What's the impact of the tariff war on the board game industry? Joonas and Luis also talk about Twilight Struggle, All Bridges Burning and Root.

00:39 Twilight Struggle
11:32 All Bridges Burning: Red Revolt and White Guard in Finland, 1917-1918
13:29 Root
31:43 Intermission
32:38 Tariff Apocalypse

Luis and Joonas bet which one of them is able to predict the Golden Geek 2024 winners better.

You can find all the nominees for the Golden Geeks at https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3496262/19th-annual-golden-geek-awards-nominees-announced

04:23 2-Player Game
08:17 Cooperative game
09:47 Wargame
12:08 Artwork & Presentation
14:27 Expansion
17:10 Light GOTY
21:00 Solo Game
25:24 Innovative
28:34 Heavy GOTY
30:49 Medium GOTY
31:47 Party Game
34:22 Thematic Game
40:23 Picks

Do we have enough Reiner Knizia tile-laying games and Uwe Rosenberg farming games? Speaking of Knizia and Rosenberg, Luis and Joonas also talk about Rebirth, Black Forest, and Nusfjord: Big Box.

There's also talk about a mysterious image of Rebirth. You can find the image here: https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8495199/rebirth

00:38 Rebirth
10:53 Black Forest + Nusfjord: Big Box
33:57 Should Knizia and Rosenberg stop?

Many games are fantastic but which ones deserve a place in our shared fantasy collection? Joonas and Luis also talk about 7 Empires, Undaunted: Normandy, and El Grande.

00:52 7 Empires
11:36 Undaunted: Normandy
21:56 El Grande
33:45 Fantasy collection
39:40 Ra
42:09 7 Wonders Duel
47:36 El Grande
48:53 Kutná Hora: The City of Silver
54:47 Strike
57:09 Final Girl

We have used the term eurogame in the podcast but what do WE mean by it? Luis and Joonas also talk about The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth, Misfits: The Tactical Stacking Game, and Hamster Roll.

00:38 The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth
10:08 Misfits: The Tactical Stacking Game + Hamster Roll
27:31 What is a eurogame?

What games do we and our partners recommend for other couples to try? Joonas and Luis also talk about Guilty: Houston 2015, Sky Team, and Final Girl.

00:48 Guilty: Houston 2015
11:41 Sky Team
19:54 Final Girl
30:44 Game recommendations for couples
31:56 Patchwork
36:39 Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
44:20 Exit: The Game – Advent Calendar: The Silent Storm
47:15 Dinosaur Island: Rawr 'n Write
51:59 Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
01:01:08 Summoner Wars
01:01:40 Sleeping Gods

Joonas gets Luis to tell us what's the best rating system for board games. Before that, the both talk about Café, Wilmot's Warehouse, and Bus.

00:36 - Café
09:26 - Wilmot's Warehouse
23:24 - Bus
37:35 - What's the best rating system

Luis and Joonas go through the games they are looking forward to in 2025. Before that, they talk about Fishing, Cyclades, and Galileo Galilei.

00:54 - Fishing
14:14 - Galileo Galilei
33:05 - Cyclades
48:25 - Games we are looking forward to in 2025
48:44 - If Then
52:03 - The Queen's Dilemma
56:16 - Molly House
59:43 - The Dark Quarter
01:02:24 - The Anarchy
01:08:15 - Ministry of Lost Things: Case 1 – Lint Condition
01:10:11 - Junk Art
01:13:27 - Avalon: The Riven Veil
01:17:48 - Dogs of War
01:21:43 - EGO
01:25:10 - Puerto Rico 1897: Special Edition
01:25:35 - World Order
01:25:55 - Speakeasy
01:26:35 - SILOS
01:27:07 - Cyclades: Legendary Edition
01:27:49 - Assyria: Second Edition
01:28:35 - Kemet: Rise of the Gods
01:29:08 - The Republic of Rome: Remastered
01:29:53 - Tend

Welcome to the Board Game Okay podcast! A podcast about board games and the hobby of board gaming. The hosts Joonas and Luis introduce themselves and tell you what were their top 10 games they played together in 2024.

00:30 - Luis's introduction
02:37 - Joonas's introduction
06:19 - Top 10 games we played in 2024
08:41 - nana
11:14 - Kemet: Blood and Sand
13:23 - Dune: Imperium
16:17 - Rebel Princess
18:04 - Strike
20:07 - Arcs
23:25 - Sidereal Confluence
26:11 - Robotrick
28:24 - Ra
30:59 - Through the Desert
32:32 - Monikers
35:19 - Abluxxen
37:56 - El Grande
40:47 - Sidereal Confluence
43:00 - Food Chain Magnate
47:44 - Strike
49:11 - Galileo Galilei
55:13 - Concordia
57:46 - Kutná Hora: The City of Silver
01:06:35 - Wonder Bowling