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BGBBOB is back, and it's been long enough that you might need a reminder. Ten game designers enter the ring, and through the arduous process of one vs one battles, we arrive at our (and not just our, but the) definitive ranked list of ... these particular designers. It's science. Before we fight it out, we talk about Iliad, The Old King's Crown, and Franchise.

03:29 - Iliad
13:56 - The Old King's Crown
34:01 - Franchise
42:04 - BGBBOB: Game designers

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This episode is not about Bananagrams (at least, I don't think so), but it is about the price of things (though not Bananagrams specifically, shut up about Bananagrams). In a world where everything costs more, we're talking about the value of games, and how far a game has to go to justify its price. Before we decide if the price is right, we talk about The Presence, and River of Gold.

02:08 - The Presence
17:32 - River of Gold
27:03 - Board Game Pricing
27:59 - Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition - Thunder's Edge
33:20 - Biblios
34:15 - Agricola

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It's time again to turn the tables and get your take, to feel out the collective tastes of you, the listeners of the show. It's the annual Listener Top 20! You've been sending in all of your lists (thank you!), I've been compiling all of the data (you're welcome!) - and here it is, in a convenient list format. Before we ask the audience, we talk about Flip 7, Hot Streak, and Kolejka.

02:37 - Flip 7
10:40 - Hot Streak
19:47 - Kolejka
27:42 - Listener Top 20
29:05 - Agricola
29:55 - Gloomhaven
31:26 - Guards of Atlantis II
32:20 - Blood on the Clocktower
33:20 - Arcs
34:40 - Tigris & Euphrates
35:21 - Terraforming Mars
35:54 - Marvel Champions: The Card Game
36:42 - Inis
37:24 - Innovation
38:13 - Race for the Galaxy
39:02 - Root
40:04 - Concordia
41:00 - The Castles of Burgundy
41:41 - Ark Nova
42:03 - Dune: Imperium
43:19 - Ra
43:35 - Brass: Birmingham
45:11 - Spirit Island
46:27 - Hansa Teutonica

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What good would going to a convention be if we didn't play a lot of games? We're back from our trip, and it was filled to the brim of fine games played with fine people, and we're here to tell you about all of them, the good, the bad, and perfunctory. Before we return to Vancouver, we talk about Village Rails, The Guild of Merchant Explorers, and Puzzle Strike 2.

01:51 - Village Rails
12:43 - The Guild of Merchant Explorers
20:59 - Puzzle Strike 2
34:14 - Ghost Turkey!
34:41 - Games we played at SHUX
34:58 - Master Word
40:05 - Sidereal Confluence: Trading and Negotiation in the Elysian Quadrant
42:12 - Leaf
43:32 - Fit to Print
45:11 - Bumúntú
48:38 - Nitro Glyxerol
51:14 - Bridge City Poker
54:16 - Cubitos
57:54 - Blood Rage
1:01:27 - Photograph
1:02:20 - Arboretum

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We're at SHUX! Well, we were, and while we were there, we tricked Tom Brewster of Shut Up & Sit Down to take time away from his busy schedule to join us on stage. This episode was recorded live, and we talk about games that are in some ways, a little bit weird. Before things get odd, we talk about Dungeons, Dice & Danger, Fun Facts, Turncoats, and Flick Fleck.

03:52 - Dungeons, Dice & Danger
09:07 - Fun Facts
15:03 - Turncoats
20:58 - Flick Fleck
27:39 - Weird games
28:36 - Mord im Arosa
31:03 - Nyctophobia
31:26 - Tajuto
34:21 - The Field of the Cloth of Gold
36:01 - Cosmic Frog
36:58 - Turing Machine
40:45 - Chaosmos
42:50 - XCOM: The Board Game
43:52 - Now Boarding
44:39 - Flowerfall
45:30 - Who Soiled the Toilet?

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It's convention season, which means we're on the way to one convention, while talking about another. Every year a lot of new games get showed off at Essen SPIEL in Germany, and these are the ones we're most excited to hear more about! Before we start messin' with Essen, we talk about Plutocracy and Finca.

01:56 - Plutocracy
09:54 - Finca
19:09 - Essen SPIEL 2022 Preview
19:39 - The Great Split
21:57 - Time Capsules
23:45 - Heat: Pedal to the Metal
25:45 - La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War
27:49 - Applejack
29:22 - Rise & Fall
31:13 - Sauscharf
33:29 - Oros
35:08 - Tribes of the Wind
36:23 - Shark
38:34 - Tindaya
41:07 - Lacrimosa
42:43 - Virtù
46:38 - Revive
48:51 - Pilgrim

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We're in and out quick and breezy, with a h-h-hot question about player counts. All things equally considered, how many people do you want at the table? Before we boot people from the game, we talk about Bitoku, San Francisco, and Caesar's Empire.

01:28 - Bitoku
12:21 - San Francisco
20:11 - Caesar's Empire
28:46 - Favorite Player Counts
36:08 - Star Trek: Ascendancy
37:04 - Churchill

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The best thing about being part of a team is even when things go wrong, your team is there for you. And boy, did things go wrong this week ... but I'm getting ahead of myself. This week we're talking about team games! Twice! Before we make the dream work, we talk about Art Decko, Feed The Kraken, and War of the Ring: The Card Game.

02:47 - Art Decko
09:03 - Feed The Kraken
20:08 - War of the Ring: The Card Game
32:51 - Team games
35:26 - Guards of Atlantis II
39:20 - Ingenious
40:10 - Tichu
43:32 - Concordia Venus
47:43 - Shadow Hunters
49:33 - Inkognito
51:27 - Between Two Cities
52:06 - Ladies & Gentlemen
53:16 - Space Cadets: Dice Duel
53:16 - Captain Sonar

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Not every game makes the best first impression, but some stick in your mind enough to warrant a second try. So fittingly, the first and second best hosts are here to tell you about the games that they think deserve a revisit. Before we repeat stuff, repeat stuff, we talk about Mille Fiori, Rise of the Metro, and Turing Machine.

02:05 - Mille Fiori
05:57 - Rise of the Metro
12:48 - Turing Machine
22:29 - Games that need a second chance
24:01 - Gaia Project
26:39 - Space Station Phoenix
28:34 - Twilight Imperium: Third Edition
31:01 - Root
33:15 - Ankh: Gods of Egypt
35:16 - An Infamous Traffic
35:16 - Panamax
35:16 - Maria
37:09 - Dune: Betrayal
38:10 - Beyond the Sun
40:06 - XCOM: The Board Game
41:56 - Quantum

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Okay, this end of the BGG top list starts to get weird. Regardless, we must draft. Who's going to end up with the best selection of five games from this chunk of one hundred? That's up to you - vote and you could win a $50 gift voucher! Before we pick a peck of paper products, we talk about Town 66, Akropolis, and Pampero.

02:09 - Town 66
08:24 - Akropolis
16:51 - Pampero
27:38 - Drafting BGG's #601-700
29:40 - Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation
31:11 - So Clover!
32:49 - 6 nimmt!
34:19 - Bus
35:56 - The Oracle of Delphi
37:11 - The Estates
38:50 - Long Shot: The Dice Game
40:44 - Yellow & Yangtze
42:06 - Undaunted: North Africa
43:05 - Between Two Cities
44:02 - City of the Big Shoulders
47:05 - Merv: The Heart of the Silk Road
48:05 - QE
49:47 - Civilization: A New Dawn
52:18 - Fort

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