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Your ears don't deceive you...three years has passed since Rob has secured the first player and he's back to talk all about solo gaming, why we do it, why some of us don't and everything in between.

FIRST PLAYER: Rob
OTHER PLAYERS: JP & Kerley

In this episode you'll learn:
- JP likes to go "off road" in Restoration Games' version of Thunder Road Vendetta
- Kerley's latest adventures into Dungeons and Dragons having been away for a long long time
- Rob is collecting all the Hall or Nothing Games with the latest purchase of Kreel Manor
- about our experiences with solo gaming, whether we enjoy it, why we don't do it and a chin wag about the subject

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS

0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count

2:37 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex

3:00 - Kerley - Dungeons & Dragons

12:08 - JP - Thunder Road Vendetta

19:05 - Rob - Kreel Manor

23:16 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Playing with yourself

25:38 - Kerley's flirtation with solo gaming

33:59 - JP's deep delve into solo gaming

41:54 - Using solo modes to help learn games for multiplayer sessions

50:54 - How solo play aligns nicely to campaign style games

1:04:37 - The fulfilment factor has to be worth the payoff

1:11:29 - TURN 4 - Konn4ct F4ur

1:19:08 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Next?

1:29:06 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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In Becky's last episode of her run she and the gang do a deeper dive on games and mechanisms which have changed the hobby forever. 

FIRST PLAYER: Becky
OTHER PLAYERS: Adrian & Tambo

In this episode you'll learn:
- all about the latest T game Tianxia from Board & Dice from Adrian with his recent experiences
- whether Nemesis: Retaliation is the best version of the game after Tambo has been un-aliving aliens whilst staying frosty in Awaken Realms latest iteration of the game
- that Becky has finally got her copy of Power Vacuum to the table by Keen Bean Studio
- about an exploration of games and mechanisms which have fundamentally changed the hobby space

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count

2:09 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex

2:20 - Adrian - Tianxia

11:36 - Tambo - Nemesis: Retaliation

22:46 - Becky - Power Vacuum

29:49 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Games that Changed the Hobby

39:31 - Games that brought in mechanics which were never seen

46:52 - The importance of engine & tableau building in games

49:58 - The surge of worker placement games

52:54 - How have story driven & narrative games evolved?

1:00:20 - The impact of Zombicide on the industry within crowdfunding

1:04:56 - Stepping into the modern age with accessibility and asthetics

1:16:45 - Raising the bar in party games to influence wider games

1:22:31 - TURN 4 - Konn4ct F4ur

1:25:08 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?

1:28:42 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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After hearing on social media about how to get new board gamers to play Lacerdas in quick progression Adrian conducts a light hearted thought experiment on how this "could" be achieved through different genres and styles of board games.

FIRST PLAYER: Adrian
OTHER PLAYERS: Becky & Tambo

In this episode you'll learn:
- that JP has sneaked onto Let's Talk About Hex to chat about his recent play of Andromeda's Edge: Genesis expansion by Cardboard Alchemy 
- about war and what is it good for by Adrian in Quartermaster General by Griggling Games
- whether Becky has lost all hope destroying the one virus (ahem) ring in Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship by Zman Games
- that Tambo has gone back to the 90's in Console Wars: The Card Game by Booth Babe Games
- all about Adrian's thought experiment about progression through light to heavy board games

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Andromeda's Edge: Genesis Gamefound - https://gamefound.com/en/projects/cardboard-alchemy/andromedas-edge-genesis
NinjaGeekGames overview of Andromeda's Edge: Genesis - https://youtu.be/l8aqHuCGD1w?si=Yhmy9iHfHS4tiQLs

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count

2:35 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex

3:29 - JP - Andromeda's Edge: Genesis

12:10 - Tambo - Console Wars

17:57 - Becky - Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship

22:49 - Adrian - Quartermaster General

30:17 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Levelling Up

32:31 - CO-OP GAMES - Marvel United > Pandemic > Spirit Island

44:23 - NATURE - Barenpark > Wingspan > Ark Nova

56:53 - WORKER PLACEMENT - Lords of Waterdeep > Caverna > Anachrony

1:04:13 - A ROAD TO LACERDA - Splendor > Viticulture > Kanban EV

1:11:15 - ANOTHER WORKER PLACEMENT - Lords of Water Deep > Lost Ruins of Arnak > Septima

1:15:48 - DUNGEON CRAWLER - HeroQuest > Mansions of Madness > Gloomhaven

1:21:23 - TURN 4 - Konn4ct F4ur

1:26:21 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?

1:31:20 - 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?

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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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THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED BEFORE OUR RECENT BEREAVEMENT NEWS

Davey's tyrannical reign continues and introduces a light hearted episode of "Would you rather" but centred around our hobby, gaming and all sorts of nonsense.  Thanks to lots of people around the community for sending in these tough questions, it was a blast.

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

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- How Rob is now getting deep into Ashes Reborn: Rise of the Pheonixborn
- Davey fixes a previous episode mistake by devoting his "Let's Talk About Hex" segment to one of our listeners
- How the group are wired up with various "would you rather" questions pitched at them centred around our wonderful hobby
- how well the players continue to do with their "Badly Hexplained Games: Just Two" edition
- that Davey & JP are getting a sneak preview on Inventions: Evolution of Ideas which is Vital Lacerda's upcoming game...more on this in a future episode

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
0:57 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
1:12 - Rob - Ashes Reborn: Rise of the Pheonixborn
6:41 - Becky - Lost Ruins of Arnak
10:50 - JP - Star Wars Rebellion
15:03 - Davey - Thank you Marcus for lending us Atiwa
16:14 - TURN 3 - Would you rather...tabletop edition
17:51 - Would you rather play On Mars on planet earth or Earth on the planet Mars?
19:01 - Would you rather stand on 4 D4's in bare feet or swallow a meeple whole?
21:51 - Would you rather live forever (playing one game) or live for 6 months (play every game)?
26:51 - Would you rather play a game your luc warm about with friends or introduce a new game to strangers?
28:52 - Would you rather have a phenomenal game with a bad rule book, or an ok game with a perfect rule book?
32:29 - Would you rather play Exploding Kittens or explode a kitten?
34:55 - Would you rather go first in a game thats new to you or go last in your favourite game?
36:44 - Would you rather only play one game for a week with your mates or every day with your spouse / family?
40:41 - Would you rather play a character class you hate or teach your favourite character so you can't play it?
43:48 - Would you rather have one big box that stores all games or little boxes all unmarked?
48:13 - Would you rather play Battlestar Galactica with all the cylons or none of the cylons?
49:45 - Would you rather play the same game for the rest of time or play a different game but only once?
53:33 - Would you rather play with sticky sleeves or sticky board after a fizzy drink incident?
55:10 - Wrapping up
56:03 - TURN 4 - Badly Hexplained Games - Just Two Edition
56:51 - Just Two - Game 1
59:04 - Just Two - Game 2
1:01:32 - TURN 5 - The Pen

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