Brawling Brothers Boardgaming Podcast

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Episode 80 :: Board Game Expansion Reviews + Ignacy Trzewiczek Interview Aug 28, 2018

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Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 8/28/18

This episode brought to you by Inside Up Games, Tasty Minstrel Games, Arcane Wonders & Meeple Realty. The lovely Jordan - Board Game Bella - joins us to discuss some of the things she was most impressed by at #GenCon18, including Sovereign Skies from Deep Water Games We are excited to present our Board Game Expansion Review segment - Featuring Kingdomino: Age of Giants, Terraforming Mars: Prelude, Clank! Expeditions: Gold & Silk as well as Sagrada: 5 & 6 Player Expansion. We close out the episode with our Ignacy Trzewiczek Interview and talk about Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game.

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Episode Timeline:

00:00:46 - Intro / Banter

00:21:00 - TNT: Then - Featuring Scythe & Summit: The Board Game

00:37:50 - TNT: Now

01:15:17 - Slice & Dice Board Game Pizzeria

01:26:30 - TNT: Tomorrow - Featuring The Ancient World (2nd Edition)

01:33:53 - Board Game Review - Kingdomino: Age of Giants

01:49:10 - Board Game Expansion Review: Sagrada 5 & 6 Player Expansion

02:03:07 - Board Game Expansion Review: Clank! Expeditions: Gold & Silk Review

02:09:50 - Board Game Expansion Review: Terraforming Mars: Prelude Review

02:29:23 - Feature Segment: Ignacy Trzewiczek Interview

Game Timestamps:

Amigo Games - 00:45:50 Ancient World (2nd Edition) - 01:26:40 Bunny Kingdom - 01:16:40 Clack - 00:51:15 Clank: Gold & Silk - 02:03:07 Deja Vu - 00:56:00 Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game - 02:39:30 Fruit Punch - 00:48:35 Kingdomino: Age of Giants - 01:36:55 Las Vegas - 01:07:19 Sagrada: 5 & 6 Player Expansion - 01:49:10 Scythe - 00:21:35 Scythe: Rise of Fenris - 00:25:55 Sovereign Skies - 00:39:35 Spring Meadow - 00:58:50 Summit: The Board Game - 00:29:15 Terraforming Mars: Prelude - 02:09:50

Episode 79 :: Pioneer Days Review + 2018 Gen Con Recap Aug 17, 2018

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Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 8/17/18

This episode brought to you by Inside Up Games, Tasty Minstrel Games & Meeple Realty. We are very late with this episode thanks to a rather vicious Ransomware attack on War Room Studios. Tune in for ALL the dirt on how we contracted this nasty bug, and laugh away at the misery that the Brothers have endured while trying to get our systems back up and running. Brandon reports back from Gen Con 2018 with news on all the exciting new games, including War Chest, Root, Everdell, Keyforge, Orbis, Forbidden Sky, Comanauts, Tidal Blades, Gen7 and many more. No episode of Brawling Brothers would be complete without food talk: We'll tell you a few of the very best places to eat in Indianapolis (including the legendary St. Elmo Steak House). We present our Pioneer Days Review - a dice drafting game from Tasty Minstrel Games that takes place along the perilous Oregon Trail.

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Episode Timeline:

00:00:44 - Intro / Banter

00:16:40 - TNT: Then - Featuring Crude: The Oil Game

00:31:15 - TNT: Now

00:56:25 - TNT: Tomorrow - Featuring Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid

01:08:35 - Pioneer Days Review

01:28:32 - Pioneer Days Review - Final Thoughts

01:34:35 - Feature Segment: 2018 Gen Con Recap

Game Timestamps:

Archmage - 01:57:10 Burgle Bros - 00:36:30 Comanauts - 02:11:20 Container - 00:48:35 Critical Mass - 00:31:48 Crude: The Oil Game - 00:18:10 Discover: Lands Unknown - 02:01:50 Everdell - 01:56:50 Forbidden Sky - 02:08:10 Gen7 - 02:18:30 Grimm Masquerade - 01:42:18 Gunkimono - 00:57:18 Keyforge - 01:58:08 Lords of Hellas - 00:42:35 Orbis - 02:06:45 Pioneer Days - 01:08:35 Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid - 01:02:45 Root - 01:55:00 Tidal Blades - 02:15:10 War Chest - 01:45:55

Episode 78 :: 2018 GenCon Preview + Questions from a Hat with Cat (and Jordan) Jul 24, 2018

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Recorded in War Room Studios - Albuquerque, NM : 7/24/18

This episode brought to you by Inside Up Games, Tasty Minstrel Games, Arcane Wonders & Meeple Realty. Brandon is another year older and has a handful of exciting stories to share about his birthday weekend! We kindly remind EVERYONE who has EVER listened to one of our episodes to FILL OUT THIS SURVEY (and get entered to win free things!). We highlight some of the upcoming titles that we are most excited about in our GenCon Preview, including: Detective (Portal Games), Tidal Blades (Druid City Games), Terraforming Mars: Prelude (Stronghold Games) and many more! We close the episode with a hilarious Questions from a Hat with Cat... But this time we add another incredible ingredient - Jordan (Boardgame Bella).

Episode Timeline:

00:00:47 - Intro / Banter

00:17:20 - TNT: Then

00:19:20 - TNT: Now - Featuring Star Trek Ascendancy & Imaginarium

00:56:25 - TNT: Tomorrow - Featuring Rurik & Pumpkin Patch: Bad Seeds

01:13:29 - Join us at the Inside Up Games booth at GenCon!

01:15:30 - 2018 GenCon Preview

02:20:40 - Feature Segment: Questions from the Hat with Cat (and Jordan)

Game Timestamps:

1960: The Making of the President - 00:23:35 Deck of Justice - 01:02:15 Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game - 01:33:50 Don't Mess with Cthulhu - 01:24:45 Downforce: Danger Circuit - 01:37:35 Imaginarium - 00:50:32 Imhotep - 00:33:50 Imhotep: A New Dynasty - 00:38:50 Indictment - 01:47:50 Pumpkin Patch: Bad Seeds - 00:59:30 Rise of Queensdale - 01:52:08 Role Quest - 00:57:00 Rurik: Dawn of Kiev - 01:05:40 Shipshape - 01:44:05 Song of Ice & Fire - 01:31:30 Star Trek Ascendancy - 00:43:10 Star Trek Fluxx - 01:43:30 Symphony #9 - 01:49:55 Terraforming Mars: Prelude - 01:29:35 Tidal Blades - 01:45:55 Tower of Madness - 01:27:30 Treasure Island - 01:39:30 Victory & Glory: Napoleon - 01:49:00

Episode 77 :: Who Goes There Review + Top 20 Board Games Jul 10, 2018

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Recorded from War Room Studios in Albuquerque, NM : 7/10/18

This episode brought to you by Inside Up Games, Tasty Minstrel Games & Meeple Realty. Something strange is going on in the War Room.... It appears that Cat and Jordan have taken over! We pose some interesting questions of the Brawlers - please let your voice be heard and fill out our survey (all who fill it out are automatically entered for our survey giveaway). We dive deep into Who Goes There?! from Certifiable Studios, talk about The Mind, Castles of Burgundy The Dice Game and describe our recent experiences with Senshi from Arcane Wonders. We wrap up the show with our much anticipated - newly updated - Top 20! Check out what we each think are the 20 finest boardgames in all the land!

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Episode 76 :: Carthago Review + Origins 2018 Recap Jun 26, 2018

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Recorded from War Room Studios in Albuquerque, NM : 6/26/18

This episode brought to you by Inside Up Games, Tasty Minstrel Games, Arcane Wonders & Meeple Realty. Josh makes some lofty claims about Brandon's catch phrase and then proceeds to educate everyone on the Mandella Effect. Willy Wonka and his motives are questionable, but Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory would make an EXCELLENT designer board game! We highlight some incredible kickstarters, including Gorus Maximus from Inside Up Games - Our Carthago Review highlights one of our favorite games of Origins 2018, but the convention coverage doesn't stop there! Tune in as we highlight Escape Plan, The Mind, Coimbra, Luxor, Decrypto and more hotness from our recent trip to Columbus, Ohio for Origins 2018! We wrap things up with a brief recap of our Origins EXPERIENCE, so much great talk - from food, to drink, friends and fun... and don't you dare forget highlights from one of the greatest meetups EVER! Tune in and relive Origins 2018 with us!

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Episode 75 :: 3 Year Anniversary + Man vs Meeple Interview Jun 11, 2018

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Recorded from War Room Studios in Albuquerque, NM : 6/11/18

This episode brought to you by Tasty Minstrel Games & Meeple Realty. In this episode we happily celebrate our 3rd anniversary by interviewing David and Jeremy of Man vs. Meeple, we relive some of our favorite moments from the last 12 months (and beyond) and discuss Brandon's trip to Heavy Cardboards HeavyCon (4). The episode is sprinkled with call-in's from loyal listeners, other content creators and some of our good friends and we tie a nice bow on everything with outtakes from the last 12 months (make sure you stick around for the outtakes!). #SlapTheDarkTower

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Episode Timeline:

00:00:41 - Intro / Banter

00:51:00 - Heavy Cardboards HeavyCon

01:18:00 - Giveaway (Game Surplus / Drawlab Ent)

01:28:00 - Feature Segment : Man vs Meeple Interview

02:14:30 - Feature: Man vs Meeple Questions BB

02:33:10 - Feature: Rapid Fire with Man vs Meeple

03:02:35 - Year 3 Outtakes

Game Timestamps:

Calimala - 00:52:00

Keyper - 00:55:00

Episode 74 :: Our Favorite Board Games (21-50) + Origins Meetup Discussion May 29, 2018

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Recorded from War Room Studios in Albuquerque, NM : 5/29/18

This episode brought to you by Tasty Minstrel Games, BoardGameTables.com, Arcane Wonders & Meeple Realty. In our first ever "make-up" / extra episode We discuss fashion sense (and Joshs' lack thereof), U2, Void VR: Secrets of the Empire, the newest offering from the New Mexico Escape Room - Bombshell. We take the time to finally hand out some of the details of the Mashup Meetup that we are hosting at Origins 2018 with Blue Peg Pink Peg and Man Vs Meeple, and then we discuss our opinions on the BEST board games of all time (#21-50).

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Episode Timeline:

00:00:52 - Intro / Banter

00:16:02 - Anniversary Episode Requests

00:19:08 - Brawling Brothers Guild Checkin

00:24:40 - Mashup Meetup Discussion

00:35:30 - An unexpected gift from Game Surplus

00:37:38 - Feature Segment : Best Board Games (#50-41)

01:26:50 - Feature Segment : Best Board Games (#40-31)

02:16:35 - Feature Segment : Best Board Games (#30-20)

Game Timestamps:

1775: Rebellion - 02:44:20 7 Wonders Duel - 02:39:00 7 Wonders Duel - 02:52:30 Archipelago - 01:04:30 Arkham Horror - 01:38:30 Azul - 02:38:10 BattleTech - 01:10:00 Blood Bowl - 01:33:00 Blood Rage - 01:51:40 Bohnanza - 01:12:30 Camel Up - 01:08:30 Camel Up - 01:34:40 Carcassone - 00:54:10 Carcassone - 02:39:30 Carson City - 02:33:31 Castle Panic - 01:48:55 Caverna - 02:31:00 Chameleon - 02:29:00 Clank - 02:46:00 Codenames - 02:23:30 Crude - 02:20:45 Dominion - 00:47:50 Downforce - 02:17:05 Eldritch Horror - 01:59:55 Euphoria - 01:26:50 Fields of Arle - 02:52:45 Firefly - 01:21:10 Five Tribes - 02:08:40 Ginkgopolis - 01:57:50 Glory to Rome - 02:25:15 Hanabi - 01:02:05 Jamaica - 01:03:30 Kanban - 02:17:30 Karuba - 01:14:45 Mare Nostrum - 01:44:30 Memoir 44 - 02:11:00 Mice & Mystics - 01:46:00 Nations The Dice Game - 00:51:50 Orleans - 02:48:30 Pandemic - 01:06:15 Pillars of the Earth - 02:06:20 Puerto Rico - 01:35:50 Resistance - 00:55:20 Scythe - 02:28:10 Secret Hitler - 01:55:20 Star Wars: Edge of the Empire - 02:02:15 Star Wars: Rebellion - 02:41:10 Stockpile - 00:45:15 Targi - 00:57:07 The Civil War - 02:31:00 The Grizzled - 01:53:10 Thunderstone - 02:04:50 Ticket to Ride - 00:58:45 Tobago - 00:49:40 Trickerion - 01:41:30 Twilight Imperium - 01:30:00 Twilight Struggle - 01:17:10 War of the Ring - 01:01:13 Xwing - 01:07:02 Yokohama - 02:50:30

Episode 73 :: Castell Review + Top Board Games according to BGG Rankings May 15, 2018

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Recorded from War Room Studios in Albuquerque, NM : 5/15/18

This episode brought to you by Tasty Minstrel Games, BoardGameTables.com & Meeple Realty. A peek behind the scenes as Josh warms up his voice with his typical tongue twisters. A mystery is investigated and the answer is revealed on the air! A #TeamBrandon theme song exists - on paper. Will someone answer the call and make this a thing? We had an incredible time celebrating International Tabletop Day 2018, and we share all the details - including our favorite game (that Brandon swears isn't really a game) of the day. There are endless amounts of awesome kickstarters out right now, include Hellboy, Omen Saga & Brook City.... Also you MUST check out the video for ORC STABR. We finally present our much anticipated Castell Review - Does Renegade Games hit another one out of the park??! We wrap up with a quick glance at the top board games on BGG... What do we think about the risers and fallers? What will be the next BIG hits? Tune in and we'll break it down!

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Episode Timeline:

00:00:45 - Intro / Banter

00:18:30 - Then: War Room Redux - Featuring: Mysterium, Kemet & Captain Sonar

00:30:00 - Now

00:58:40 - Tomorrow: Featuring Hellboy, Omen Saga & Brook City

01:14:05 - Castell Review

01:37:54 - Castell Review - Final Thoughts

01:44:50 - Episode Giveaway - Courtesy of Meeple Realty & Game Surplus

01:50:08 - Feature: Top BGG Games

Game Timestamps:

7 Wonders Duel - 02:05:40 7th Continent - 01:53:50 Brook City - 01:03:40 Captain Sonar - 00:25:10 Castell Review - 01:14:30 Castles of Burgundy - 00:24:00 Explorers of the North Sea - 00:43:07 Fake News - 00:31:45 Feudum - 02:11:10 Gaia Project - 02:02:30 Gloomhaven - 00:21:05 Great Western Trail - 02:03:30 Hellboy: The Board Game - 00:58:40 Kemet - 00:27:00 My Little Scythe - 02:12:40 Mysterium - 00:22:45 ORC STABR - 01:07:20 Pandemic: Season 2 - 01:52:00 Railways of the World - 00:22:15 Rising Sun - 02:07:45 Salem 1692 - 00:48:15 Scythe - 01:59:00 Star Wars Rebellion - 01:57:35 Stockpile + Continuing Corruption - 00:37:45 Terra Mystica - 02:01:15 Terraforming Mars - 01:56:00 The Mind - 02:09:30 The Omen Saga - 01:06:15

Episode 72 :: Grimm Forest Reivew + IP's in Board Games May 01, 2018

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Recorded from War Room Studios in Albuquerque, NM : 5/1/18

This episode brought to you by Tasty Minstrel Games, BoardGameTables.com, Arcane Wonders & Meeple Realty. A bet is paid, Brandon runs from noisy car doors and our the MASHUP MEETUP at Origins 2018 is announced with Blue Peg Pink Peg! Josh takes Sea of Thieves for a test drive with High Admiral Brandon. Josh and Brandon talk about Homesteaders 10th Anniversary Edition with Seth Jaffee of Tasty Minstrel Games, finally drop their Grimm Forest Review and wrap up the show discussing IP's in board games.

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Episode Timeline:

00:00:42 - Intro / Banter

00:19:00 - Then: Fortress America

00:33:35 - Now

00:51:30 - Tomorrow: Featuring Homesteaders 10th Anniversary

01:09:15 - Grimm Forest Review

01:38:35 - Grimm Forest Review - Final Thoughts

01:39:56 - Giveaway (Courtesy of Van Ryder Games and Meeple Realty)

Game Timestamps:

Cahoots - 00:46:43 Explorers of the North Sea - 00:42:00 Explorers of the North Sea: Rocks of Ruin - 00:42:00 Fortress America - 00:20:04 Grimm Forest Review - 01:09:15 Homesteaders 10th Anniversary - 00:53:30

Episode 71 :: Court of the Dead: Mourners Call Review Apr 17, 2018

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Recorded from War Room Studios in Albuquerque, NM : 4/17/18

This episode brought to you by Tasty Minstrel Games, BoardGameTables.com & Meeple Realty. Josh is (relatively) healthy and back at the controls. We have an impressive and exciting list of games we've recently been playing including City of Kings, Feudum and Microscope. We preview some exciting kickstarters like The Estates, Railroad Revolution and the incredible Graphic Novel Adventures from Van Ryder Games. We wrap up the episode with our Court of the Dead: Mourners Call Review and a nice discussion with James Hudson of Druid City Games (who is running the Mourners Call kickstarter). Tune in and hear about one of the hottest games you've never heard about!

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Episode Timeline:

00:00:42 - Intro / Banter

00:14:35 - Then: Yokohama

00:23:00 - Now: Featuring City of Kings & Feudum

01:05:20 - Tomorrow: Featuring Graphic Novel Adventures

01:18:40 - Giveaway (Game Surplus and Van Ryder Games)

01:27:10 - Feature Segment - Court of the Dead: Mourners Call with James Hudson

Game Timestamps:

City of Kings - 00:37:55 Court of the Dead: Mourners Call Review - 01:32:35 Feudum - 00:25:15 Graphic Novel Adventures - 01:07:19 Grizzled - 00:31:00 Grizzled: At Your Orders - 00:31:00 History of the World - 01:05:30 Microscope - 00:48:45 Railroad Revolution - 01:12:30 The Estates - 01:15:40 Yokohama - 00:15:15

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