Brawling Brothers Boardgaming Podcast

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Episode 140 :: New Year, New You Jan 26, 2021

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Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 1/26/21

This episode is brought to you by Grand Gamers Guild & PowerToTheMeeple.com. Our expectations were that 2021 would start with a bang, and boy were we right! Find out why the Brawling Brothers have been MIA at the turn of the year, then hang out to hear about some of the games we have been playing recently, including Flamme Rouge, Dune Imperium, Wingspan and more. We also offer up our Endangered Review, as well as relive the excitement of Joshs' most recent Axis and Allies campaign! Noel and Jordan join us to discuss the best (and worse) of 2020 and we collectively look ahead and make some predictions on 2021.

Technical Notes: We somehow managed to prove that 2020 lingers - a dead hard drive sends the end of our NOW segment and our entire TOMORROW segment into a tailspin, as a result we lost For Glory (Spielcraft Games) and Cult of the Deep (B.A. Games). Stay tuned for our recut of that content in Episode 141.

Episode 139 :: Christmas Bonanza 2020 Dec 22, 2020

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Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 12/22/20

This episode is brought to you by PowerToTheMeeple.com. Thanks to the great pandemic of 2020, this years holiday celebration is particularly important. Join Josh and Brandon as they look at favorite holiday traditions, including favorite Christmas movies! A quick call on the War Room Red Phone insures that the North Pole has Christmas COMPLETELY under control. Our recent plays have included some of the best games of the year - check out our thoughts on Detective Modern Crime Board Game - Season 1, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Dune Imperium and The Kringle Caper are all discussed at length - then we discuss some exciting upcoming releases, like: Darwin's Journey, SOS Titanic DELUXE and Vindication + The Chronicles Expansion. We wrap the show up with a Christmas celebration of our own! Join us as we open our Secret Santa gifts, and revisit our favorite Brawling Brothers Christmas carols from years past.

Episode Timeline:

0:00:00 - Intro / Banter 0:07:25 - BoredOfflineBoardOnline Giveaway 0:10:45 - The Professors Lab 0:15:10 - Red Phone Call to the North Pole 0:28:31 - TNT - Then -- Fave Christmas Movies! 0:56:11 - TNT - NOW 1:49:00 - TNT - Tomorrow 2:06:30 - Feature Segment : 5th Annual Christmas Bonanza Gift Opening! 2:19:00 - Christmas Hits Medley 2:19:14 ---- Brandon Baby 2:22:03 --- It's Beginning to Look A lot like Game Night 2:24:38 --- Let it Roll 2:26:31 ---- Do You Hear What I Hear? 2:29:12 ---- 12 Nights of Brawling Christmas

Board Game Timestamps:

Darwin's Journey -1:49:00 Detective Modern Crime Board Game S1 - 0:56:11 Dune Imperium - 1:27:45 Lost Ruins of Arnak - 1:12:00 SOS Titanic - 1:53:20 The Kringle Caper - 1:41:20 Vindication Chronicles - 1:58:00

Episode 138 :: Mystery Beef Van Nov 24, 2020

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Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 11/24/20

This episode is brought to you by PowerToTheMeeple.com and Thunderworks Games. Josh and Brandon have a host of contests to wrap up, but none will ever be as fun as Brawlers insulting Josh for prizes! Don't forget to sign up for Brawling Brothers Christmas Bonanza - our gift exchange is always exceptional, and we love seeing happy Brawlers! We take a deep dive look with our Rococo Deluxe Review! Tune in to find out if we think Rococo Deluxe should be on every gamer's shelf. We also look at Bites, Unlock: The Tonipals Treasure, Star Wars: Unlock! and Polis. We wrap up this action packed episode with a rare treat - a video game review! Listen in to find out what we think of Phasmophobia, the hot new indie game that has you hunting ghosts and cowering in corners!

Episode Timeline:

0:00:44 - Introduction 0:05:00 - Hitster Giveaway 0:07:00 - Curmudgeon Giveaway 0:08:00 - The Brawlers insult Josh (Featuring Grant Lyon) 0:25:31 - TNT: Then 0:45:55 - TNT: Now 1:14:39 - TNT: Tomorrow 1:22:55 - Feature Segment - Phasmophobia

Board Game Timestamps:

Rococo Deluxe Review - 0:26:00 Bites - 0:46:10 Unlock : Tonipals Treasure - 0:56:13 Star Wars: Unlock! - 1:08:08 Polis - 1:10:55 Dive - 1:15:00 Carpe Diem - 1:18:30 Phasmophobia - 1:22:55

Episode 137 :: Laughter is Our Tonic Nov 10, 2020

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Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 11/10/20

This episode is brought to you by PowerToTheMeeple.com and Thunderworks Games. JAM PACKED full of board game reviews! We give our thoughts and opinions on Qwinto, Red Cathedral, QE, Cindr, Honeybuzz and more! We look into the future and tell you that Hitster, Kokopelli and Townfolk Tussle are all hot, hot, hot! We wrap up the show with a hilarious discussion with comedian, Grant Lyon. Join along and laugh with us as we discuss the life of a comic and Grant's transition to boardgame designer!

Episode Timeline:

0:00:00 : Intro / Banter 0:22:45 : TNT - THEN 0:23:55 : TNT - NOW 1:23:20 : TNT - TOMORROW 1:22:05 : Feature Segment : Interview with Grant Lyon

Board Game Timestamps:

Cindr - 0:47:50 Curmudgeon - 1:51:00 Hitster - 1:00:36 Honey Buzz - 0:53:35 Kokopelli - 1:07:25 QE - 0:35:50 Qwinto - 0:23:55 The Red Cathedral - 0:29:45 Townfolk Tussle - 1:16:22

Episode 136 :: Horror in the War Room (6E) Oct 27, 2020

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Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 10/27/20

This episode is brought to you by PowerToTheMeeple.com and Thunderworks Games. 2020 continues to provide the horror around here - learn all about our newest SCARE in our annual Halloween Episode - Welcome to the Horror in the War Room! Josh and Brandon get an unexpected voicemail from a seasonal favorite. Josh spends an evening at 13 Dead End Drive and lives to tell about it. Spooky games is always the theme around here for Halloween - this year we experienced Paranormal Detectives, The Shining, Mystery House, and the beautiful werewolf game - Armata Strigoi. Our look to the future is an exciting one, featuring Shadow Network, Concordia Digital and Descent: Legends in the Dark. No Halloween celebration would be complete without a spooky story - Happy Halloween, Brawlers!

Episode Timeline:

0:00:00 : Intro / Banter 0:09:15 : VM with Dracul and Eyegore 0:14:35 : TNT - THEN 0:26:23 : TNT - NOW 1:13:41 : TNT - TOMORROW 2:07:50 : Feature Segment : Ghost Story

Board Game Timestamps:

13 Dead End Drive - 0:14:35 Armata Strigoi - 1:11:18 Concordia Digital - 1:38:35 Descent :Legends in the Dark - 1:43:20 Mystery House - 0:59:35 Paranormal Detectives - 0:26:23 Shadow Network -1:13:41 The Shining - 0:39:50

Episode 135 :: Roll & Flip Oct 13, 2020

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Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 10/13/20

This episode is brought to you by PowerToTheMeeple.com, Thunderworks Games and Unforgiven: The Lincoln Assassination Trial. Josh and Brandon discuss excitement 20 years in the making, the Baldurs Gate III Early Access! You can't count back 20 years without tripping over Tribune (2007) and Josh is delighted to have Brandon discuss his plays! Majority of our "big game plays" over the last month have involved Tekhenu, and we are excited to talk about it. We plugged in some filler games, around our Tekhenu plays, and can wait to talk about Point Salad, Lanterns and Silver and Gold! Our TOMORROW segment is jam packed - we'll leave some of it as a surprise, but want to mention our Cartographers Heroes Review as well as our kickstarter preview of Unforgiven: The Lincoln Assassination Trial. We close out the show with an intimate chat with Tim Virnig, Pitchman extraordinaire for Thunderworks Games.

Episode Timeline:

0:00:00 - Intro / Banter 0:02:58 - More Digital Gaming (Baldurs Gate III) 0:14:17 - Shop Power to the Meeple 0:19:02 - TNT - Then 0:37:17 - TNT - Now 1:12:10 - TNT - Tomorrow 1:39:18 - Feature Segment : Conversations with Tim Virnig of Thunderworks Games

Board Game Timestamps:

Catographers Heroes - 1:29:10 For Sale Autorama - 1:12:10 Frostpunk: The Board Game - 1:14:00 Grand Austria Hotel: Let's Waltz - 1:17:25 Lanterns: The Harvest Festival - 1:00:50 Point Salad - 0:57:57 Silver & Gold - 1:04:05 Tekhenu - 0:37:17 Tribune - 0:19:02 Unforgiven: The Lincoln Assassination Trial - 1:21:20

Episode 134 :: Digital Gaming Goodness Sep 22, 2020

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Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 9/22/20

This episode is brought to you by PowerToTheMeeple.com. In this episode, our grumpy old man gets new neighbors and Jay Winter sends us an outstanding voicemail! We conclude our discord giveaway of Glen More II, thanks to The Professor - and we talk about all sorts of digital gaming goodness, including a full fledged Monster Train Review! We flash back to a boardgame of yesteryear with a in depth look at Kingsburg (2nd Edition), then discuss our plays of Barrage, Illusion, The Game: Quick & Easy, New York Zoo and Out of This World. Our TOMORROW segment is filled to the brim with goodness, including discussion about the upcoming Chronicles of Crime expansions, Anno 1800, The Princess Bride Adventure Book Game, Cloudage, Dinosaur World and the new Anachrony expansion, Future Imperfect.

Episode 133 :: JessupCon 2020 Sep 09, 2020

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Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 9/9/20

This episode is brought to you by PowerMeeps.com. With the lack of conventions this year, we've decided to host 2 or 3 "mini-cons" for our local game group. The last weekend of August saw us invade the beautiful and mysterious town of Cloudcroft, NM - JessupCon 2020... In the clouds! Tune in and join special guests Jordan (Boardgame Bella), Johnny and Mo as they discuss our ridiculous accommodations, hordes of delicious food and days upon days of games! We talk about our first plays of games like Trade on the Tigris, The Magnificent, Barrage and Medici.... And it would be a weekend full of games if we didn't pull out some Brawling Brothers favorites - we revisit Railways of the World, Brass, Stick 'em, Great Western Trail and so much more! Join us and some of our best friends as we retell the epic weekend that was JessupCon 2020! We also announce the upcoming Horror in the War Room, Halloween script contest - we want you to contribute!

Episode Timeline:

0:00:00 - Intro / Banter 0:03:18 - The War Room Welcomes the Great American Hero 0:08:35 - Giveaway - and new Giveaway announcement (Hint: Join Our Discord) 0:18:10 - Horror in the War Room Submissions 0:23:50 - Power to the Meeple - Summers End 0:25:21 - Feature Segment : JessupCon 2020

Episode 132 :: The Brawlers Blend 2020 Aug 25, 2020

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Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 8/25/20

This episode is brought to you by PowerMeeps.com. Last year the Brawlers (our mixologists!) put together the finest blend of board games ever created. It was dubbed the Brawlers Blend 2019 and became the standard for user-curated board game lists, all while boasting after-notes of vanilla and brown-sugar. Enter 2020 - the year of the BEAST. We knew we had to do something big - something even bigger than previous, so we scoured the countryside for those most capable of creating a delicious blend that could supplant the amazingly delicious work that we had previously created. Enter Mix Master Baker and Data-Lord Noel. Charged with creating something truly unique - something refreshing yet breathtaking. Mix Master Baker and Data-Lord Noel worked day and night to gather the information needed to create such a unprecedented experience, and we are here today to present the finest yet - The Brawlers Blend 2020! Join us in episode 132 to discover all of the Brawlers very favorite boardgames!

Episode 131 :: The Stefan Feld Collection Aug 11, 2020

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Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 8/11/20

This episode is brought to you by PowerMeeps.com and Van Ryder Games. Well folks, our power problems are fixed thanks to Brawlers Kevin, ULF, Tim Root, Sal and Baker (ALLL THE BAKERS!). We discuss our upcoming adventures in Camp Capstone and learn about a nasty injury that Josh mysteriously received. Thanks to recent plays by Brandon and Jordan, THEN is a flashback to a true classic - Agricola! The NOW segment is full of gaming goodness, including a new Crossroads title from Plaid Hat Games, Forgotten Waters. We wrap the show chatting with Travis Reynolds of Queen Games. Travis schools us in the ways of Craft Beer before he tells us all about the upcoming Feld Collection that will be hitting Kickstarter in mid-August.

Episode Timeline:

0:00:00 Intro / Banter 0:08:45 Check in with the BB Guild 0:14:00 Gifts to WarRoom Studios 0:19:02 Camp Capstone 0:23:40 TNT - Then -- ft. Agricola 0:40:35 TNT - NOW 1:42:00 TNT - TOMORROW -- Hero Quest, Fuzzies and Fantasy Flight (OH MY!) 2:02:45 Van Ryder Games - Final Girl Pledge Manager 2:04:55 Feature Segment : Travis from Queen Games - Stefan Feld Collection

Board Game Timestamps:

Agricola - 0:23:40 Dealt - 1:01:01 Descent: Legends of the Dark - 2:00:20 Forgotten Waters - 1:24:38 Hero Quest Legacies - 1:51:58 Key Forge: Dark Tidings - 1:57:00 Key to the Kingdom - 1:47:30 Marvel Champions - 1:58:00 RallyMan GT - 1:06:40 Tapple - 0:56:52 Teotihuacan Expansion : Late Preclassic Period - 1:16:20 The Alpha - 0:40:35 The Fuzzies - 1:42:00 The Menace Among Us - 0:47:55 Twilight Imperium: Prophecy of Kings - 1:55:14 XMEN: Mutant Insurrection - 1:59:25

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