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Episode 120 :: Top 20 Board Games Feb 11, 2020

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Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 2/11/20

This episode is brought to you by PowerMeeps.com, Academy Games, Arcane Wonders and Van Ryder Games. This episode is full of so many awesome surprises - After 2 years worth of episodes since we have revisited our Top 20 board games, and we feel like it's well past due. Hot off the presses, this episode includes Josh and Brandon's (revised) Top 20 Board Games! We also have the pleasure of an IN STUDIO interview with none other than ULF - you won't want to miss this one. Also discussed: Cooper Island, Bees, Taverns of Tiefenthal, Cultist Simulator. We also preview some hot kickstarters, including: For Glory and Vampire: The Masquerade - Chapters. It's a long one, but its packed with board game goodness! Tune into see what titles have fallen into Josh and Brandon's Top 20 Board Games!

Episode Timeline:

0:00:00 - Intro and Banter 0:26:00 - TNT - Then -- ATBCON with ULF 0:41:30 - TNT - Now (Featuring Cooper Island, Bees & more!) 1:16:00 - TNT - Tomorrow (Featuring For Glory, Vampire: Chapters & more!) 1:38:00 - Feature Segment - Top 20 board games of all time

Board Game Timestamps:

1960: Making of the President - 2:36:55 878 Vikings - 1:54:31 A Feast for Odin - 2:41:30 Alma Mater - 1:16:00 Axis and Allies - 2:33:40 Azul - 2:12:00 Azul Summer Pavillion - 2:12:00 Bees: The Secret Kingdom - 0:51:30 Brass - 1:50:10 Castles of Burgundy - 2:38:18 Churchill - 2:27:45 Civilization - 2:15:25 Clank Legacy Aquisitions Inc - 2:10:28 Clash of Cultures: Monumental Edition - 1:20:50 Codenames - 1:56:20 Concordia - 2:21:45 Container - 2:23:45 Cooper Island - 0:41:30 Crokinole - 2:25:25 Crytpid - 1:47:42 Cultist Simulator - 1:06:30 Dead of Winter - 2:34:30 Descent V1 - 2:33:40 Detective City of Angels - 2:19:45 Detective: City of Angels - 2:05:08 Eldritch Horror - 1:46:45 Fields of Arle - 1:53:11 For Glory - 1:27:40 Gingkopolis - 2:06:03 Gloomhaven - 2:02:35 Glory to Rome - 1:55:25 Grand Austria Hotel - 2:00:45 Great Western Trail - 1:51:05 Junta - 2:33:40 Kemet - 2:13:40 Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition - 2:17:30 Modern Art - 1:43:42 Mysterium - 1:45:45 Orleans - 1:44:30 Paladins of the West Kingdom - 1:57:15 Pipeline - 2:08:50 Railways Across the World - 2:39:50 Samurai Swords - 2:33:40 Santa Maria - 1:49:10 Snowndonia - 1:52:05 Star Wars Rebellion - 2:31:15 Supremacy - 2:33:40 Terra Mystica - 2:34:30 The Civil War - 2:33:40 The Taverns of Tifenthal - 0:56:50 Through the Ages - 2:43:18 Twilight Struggle - 2:36:55 Underwater Cities - 1:59:00 Vampire the Masquerade: Chapters - 1:23:00 War Chest - 2:01:37 War Chest - 2:29:35 Zombicide Black Plauge - 2:35:45 Zombicide Green Horde - 2:35:45

Episode 119 :: ATBcon 2020 Recap Jan 28, 2020

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Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 1/28/20

This episode is brought to you by PowerMeeps.com, Academy Games, Arcane Wonders and Van Ryder Games. Josh, Jordan and Brandon ventured to the FROZEN TUNDRA of Nebraska in the middle of January to attend ATBcon 2020! This episode focuses on the fun that we had at ATBcon; including discussion of many of the boardgames we played, most of the incredible people we met and ALL of the excitement that a small convention can offer! Thanks to many Brawlers, ULF was flown in from Sweden to attend the convention and we discuss just how great it was to finally meet ULF, the President of the #TeamJosh fanclub. If you're interested in games - FEAR NOT! We cover plenty, including AuZtralia, Wavelength, Carson City, Memoir 44 (Operation: Overlord style) as well as a handful of other boardgames.

Episode Timeline:

0:00:00 Intro 0:05:05 Enigma Emporium 0:11:30 ATBcon 2020 Recap 1:52:15 Tony Lighting?!? 1:53:15 ATBcon Thank You's

Board Game Timestamps:

AuZtralia - 1:26:10 Carson City - 0:34:30 Crokinole - 1:08:05 Darts - 1:16:15 Don't Mess with Cthulhu - 1:36:40 Incan Gold - 0:22:15 Loopin' Louie - 1:13:40 Memoir 44 : Operation Overlord - 0:53:40 Public Market - 1:51:10 Time's Up Title Recall - 0:42:43 Twilight Struggle - 1:43:20

Episode 118 :: Board Games in 2020 Jan 14, 2020

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Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 1/14/20

This episode is brought to you by PowerMeeps.com, Academy Games, Arcane Wonders and Van Ryder Games. With 2019 coming to a swift and decisive end, the Brawling Brothers reveal their plans for Board Games 2020. Lots of exciting news in this episode about what we plan to do with the show in 2020, including but not limited to MANY more reviews and HOTSEAT episodes! We made a point of playing some of our Christmas gifts, and this is the episode to talk about them! Azul Summer Pavilion, Five Tribes and War Chest: Nobility all get the after Christmas treatment! We also glance back at a few games we've previously talked about - Tapestry and Five Tribes. EXCITING new games on Kickstarter this week, including Crimes in History: HH Holmes' Murder Castle, which we had the pleasure of playing, PLUS a look back about 10 years at Junta: Viva El Presidente!

Episode Timeline:

0:00:00 Intro 0:14:46 Power to the Meeple - Capstone Games Highlight 0:16:27 TNT - THEN 0:28:45 TNT - NOW 1:29:30 TNT - TOMORROW 1:45:16 - Feature Segment : Whats to come in 2020

Board Game Timestamps:

Azul Summer Pavillion - 0:28:45 Carpe Diem - 0:57:01 Cover Your Assets - 0:41:00 Crimes in History: HH Holmes' Murder Castle - 1:29:30 Five Tribes - 0:46:35 Junta : Vive El Presidente - 0:16:27 Tapestry - 1:08:36 War Chest: Nobility - 1:21:54

Episode 117 :: 2019 Holiday Celebration Dec 24, 2019

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Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 12/24/19

This episode is brought to you by PowerMeeps.com, Academy Games and Van Ryder Games. Our annual Holiday Celebration is filled with laughs, idiocy and some wonderful singing. Tune in to hear Josh, Brandon and Cat wish you a very Merry Christmas in our 2019 Holiday Celebration Episode! Everyone loves Questions from the Hat with Cat, but we decided to mix it up a bit in this episode - don't miss our liveplay of "Weird Things Humans Search For"! And ov course, we give you our thoughts on exciting NEW (and old) board games such as: Paladins of the West Kingdom, Bus, Carnival of Monsters, Empires of the North, Expedition to Newdale, Hamsterrolle, Just One and Galaxy Trucker. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to ALL the Brawlers in Brawling Land.

Episode 116 :: BGGcon 2019 Recap Dec 10, 2019

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Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 12/10/19

This episode is brought to you by PowerMeeps.com, Academy Games and Van Ryder Games. Year and year out, BGGCon is one of our favorite boardgame conventions.... We look forward to it so very much, even calling it our "Home Con". We had some concerns going into BGGcon 2019 because of a new downtown venue, but a little bit of alcohol and a whole bunch of gaming have washed our worries away. BGGcon 2019 was absolutely outstanding and we spend this entire episode telling you WHY! Despite our 25+ games played, we've narrowed down our discussion to our 12 favorites - tune in and hear all about: Marco Polo 2, Ragusa, Discworld: Ankh-Morpork, Smartphone Inc, Deep Blue, Skull King, Babylonia, Paris: New Eden, Bora Bora, Bruxelles 1897, Egizia: Shifting Sands and Crystal Palace.

Episode Timeline:

0:00:50 - Intro and Banter 0:13:42 - BGGcon 2019 Discussion 1:19:04 - FOOD! at BGGcon 2019 1:58:33 - BGGcon 2019 SHOUTOUTS

Game Timestamps:

Babylonia - 1:05:50 Bora Bora - 1:37:25 Bruxelles 1897 - 1:44:54 Crystal Palace - 2:01:05 Deep Blue - 0:51:17 Discworld: Ankh-Morpork - 0:34:00 Egizia : Shifting Sands - 1:53:18 Marco Polo 2 - 0:24:48 Paris New Eden - 1:29:32 Ragusa - 0:18:11 Skull King - 0:57:45 Smartphone Inc - 0:42:01

Episode 115 :: Age of Dirt Board Game Review Nov 12, 2019

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Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 11/12/19

This episode is brought to you by PowerMeeps.com, Academy Games and Van Ryder Games. We are trying out a new format for the remainder of the year - Please take the time to chime in and let us know what you think! We talk about our experiences with Rune Stones, ClipCut Parks, Crusader Kings, Fresco, Ft. Sumter, Bloom Town and Paladins of the West Kingdom. We give you the full fledged review experience with our Age of Dirt Board Game Review, and take a glance at Honey Buzz and Forgotten Depths now on Kickstarter.

Episode Timeline:

0:00:00 - Intro 0:01:35 - Jordan joins us for the Intro! 0:08:30 - VM from Kevin! 0:12:05 - Check in with the Guild : How to deal with AP 0:23:40 - ULF comes to AMERICA! 0:31:25 - TNT NOW 1:48:35 - TNT TOMORROW

Game Timestamps:

Age of Dirt - 0:31:25 Bloomtown - 1:31:10 Clip Cut Parks - 0:54:07 Crusader Kings - 1:01:47 Forgotten Depths - 1:48:35 Fresco - 1:09:55 Ft Sumter - 1:19:42 HoneyBuzz - 2:00:10 Paladins of the West Kingdom - 1:39:18 Rune Stones - 0:42:00

Episode 114 :: Horror in the WarRoom Bonus Episode - Featuring Dracula and the Churro Zone Oct 29, 2019

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Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 10/27/19

Episode 114 :: Horror in the WarRoom Bonus Episode - Featuring Dracula and the Churro Zone

This episode commercial free episode is brought to you by Van Ryder Games.

Enjoy an entire episode dedicated to the "Radio Drama-esque" Churro Zone Horror Board Game themed stories. All story submissions submitted by Brawling Brothers listeners. Presented in chronological order over a five year period and hosted by Dracula.

Happy Halloween!

Episode Timeline: Intro Featuring Dracula 0:00:00 Churro Zone Story : By Dr T 0:06:20 Churro Zone Story : The Gates of Horn and Ivory : By Nick Mclure 0:35:15 Churro Zone Story : "Mysterium" By Cat 0:58:51 Churro Zone Story : Fury of Dracula : By Bod Brown 1:13:55 Churro Zone Story : a Proper Ending : Jaci Szczepanski 1:29:58 Churro Zone Story : Final Twilight : Evan Derrick 1:41:16

Episode 113 :: Abomination Board Game Review Oct 25, 2019

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Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 10/25/19

This episode is brought to you by PowerMeeps.com, Academy Games, Arcane Wonders and Van Ryder Games. Year in and year out our "Horror in the War Room" episodes are a huge favorite - both to us and the Brawlers in Brawling Land. This year is no different, as we took the opportunity to produce a radio drama written by Evan Derrick of Van Ryder Games. No Halloween episode would be complete without a visit from Dracul and Igor - but this year we take the visit to Transylvania! Our deep dive Abomination Board Game review is the center of our board game talk - we also discuss our recent plays of: Gates of Delirium, Horrified, What Came First and Slide Quest. We briefly highlight a few of our favorite kickstarter projects, including the Fresco Mega Box, The Shores of Tripoli, Calico and Rome & Roll.

Episode Timeline:

0:00:00 -- Intro 0:08:10 -- Cat joins us for the Intro! 0:18:41 -- Dracula and Igor Show Part 1 (Intro) 0:28:05 -- TNT - Then -- BB Announcments (Josh's Scary Story, ULF, ATBCON2020) 0:38:33 -- TNT - NOW -- ft Gates of Delirium. Abomination, Horrified & more! 1:05:43 -- Dracula and Igor Show Part 2 (Wolfman Call-in) 1:52:30 -- TNT - TOMORROW -- ft Fresco, Rome & Roll, The Shores of Tripoli 2:08:12 -- Dracula and Igor Show Part 2 (Best Games to Play on Halloween) 2:16:14 -- The Churro Zone - The Final Twilight (by Evan Derrick)

Game Timestamps:

Abomination - 1:27:11 Calico - 2:04:30 Fresco Mega Box - 1:52:30 Gates of Delirium - 0:38:33 Horrified - 1:11:28 Rome & Roll - 2:05:05 Slide Quest - 0:54:18 The Shores of Tripoli - 1:58:03 What Came First? - 0:48:35

Episode 112 :: LockUp Review Oct 08, 2019

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Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 10/8/19

This episode is brought to you by PowerMeeps.com, Academy Games and Van Ryder Games. The artwork that surfaced for the upcoming RE-release of Castles of Burgundy causes quite the stir in the war room. Speaking of stirs, Wil Wheaton and Geek & Sundry are locked in legal battle and of course, the guys have an opinion! We've finally reached 5,000 twitter followers - this means we are going to have an EPIC giveaway! We receive multiple gifts that we open live on the air - a huge thank you to The Notched Nerd and Josh at Power to the Meeple for incredibly thoughtful gifts! Tapestry has spent a lot of time on our table lately, we take a look at that as well as La Isla, Irish Gauge and MORE Snowdonia! We wrap our episode up with a look at LockUp: A Roll Player tale, in our feature review.

Episode Timeline:

0:00:00 :: Introduction 0:29:40 :: TNT - THEN ft. YIPES! 0:39:07 :: TNT - NOW ft. Tapestry 1:31:01 :: TNT - TOMORROW ft. Joan of Arc 1:47:42 :: Introducing our newest sponsor - Academy Games! 1:50:53 :: Giveaway Van Ryder 1:59:48 :: Feature Segment: LockUp Review 2:08:12 :: LockUp Board Game - Artwork 2:11:17 :: LockUp Board Game- Theme 2:14:15 :: LockUp Board Game - Variability 2:16:37 :: LockUp Board Game - Strategy 2:28:17 :: LockUp Board Game Review Final Thoughts - Josh 2:31:07 :: LockUp Board Game Review Final Thoughts - B

Game Timestamps:

Irish Gauge - 0:44:50 Joan of Arc - 1:34:31 La Isla - 1:00:00 LockUp - 1:59:48 Nouvelle France - 1:31:23 Snowdonia - 0:39:07 Tapestry - 1:10:29 Time of Legends: Destinies - 1:39:45 YIPES - 0:31:00

Episode 111 :: Best Board Game Designers Sep 24, 2019

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Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 9/24/19

This episode is brought to you by PowerMeeps.com, Arcane Wonders and Van Ryder Games. Tune in for news on the Bake Off, Colonel Jessup TShirts and the wonders that are ATBcon 2020! Josh and Ludie flashback to yesteryear and discuss the rise and fall of Star Wars Miniatures. The NOW segment is jam packed with goodness, like Masters of Commerce, Brikks, Star Wars Outer Rim, Pipeline, Snowdonia and more! A surprise call on the Red Phone gives us a special guest for TOMORROW, Mr. Evan Derrick discusses Detective: Smoke & Mirrors and then we look at Mint Cooperative. We wrap up the show with a discussion on the best board game designers of all time.... Tune in to see who makes our list! #boardgames

Episode Timeline:

0:00:00 - Intro 0:05:28 - VM Bake Off from Tennesse Baker 0:08:00 - Check in with the BGG guild 0:14:00 - Colonel Jessup TShirts 0:15:30 - ATBcon 0:22:10 - TNT - Then -- ft. Ludie & StarWars Miniatures 0:48:10 - TNT - NOW -- ft. Pipeline, Snowdonia & Star Wars Outer Rim 1:44:02 - TNT - TOMORROW -- ft. Evan Derrick & Detective: Smoke & Mirrors 2:07:28 - Feature Segment : Best Board Game Designers of All-Time

Game Timestamps:

Brikks - 0:58:05 Detective: Smoke and Mirrors - 1:44:02 Festival of 1000 Cats - 1:11:20 Masters of Commerce (Panic on Wall Street) - 0:48:10 Mint CoOperative - 2:00:29 Pipeline - 1:17:25 Reigns the Council - 1:57:00 Snowdonia - 1:29:52 Star Wars Outer Rim - 1:00:55 StarWars Miniatures - 0:22:10 Through The Ages - 1:54:05

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