Game Brain: A Board Game Podcast About Our Gaming Group

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#176: Mosaic A Story of Civilization Feb 13, 2023

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Ben, Tom, and Trey deep dive Mosaic: A Story of Civilization and discuss what makes a civ game... a civ game? Plus, recent plays of Dune and Cosmic Frog.

#175 Horseless Carriage First Impressions Jan 29, 2023

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Trey gets it in gear with Tom and Dmitry and their first impressions of Splotter's Horseless Carriage.

0:00:00 Introduction
0:06:45 Traitors Talk
0:21:10 Games on the Brain
- Dmitry's 5x5 List: Tichu, Barrage, Indonesia, Panamax, Autobahn
- Mosaic
- Western Empires
- Through the Ages
- Nations
- Trey's 5x5 List: Mosaic, Autobahn, Imperial Steam, On Mars, Horseless Carriage
- Trickerion
0:45:20 Endurance
0:46:45 Tragedy Looper
0:47:50 WizWar Kickstarter
0:55:10 Heat: Pedal to the Metal
0:59:45 First Impressions: Horseless Carriage

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#174 The Joy of Splotter Jan 23, 2023

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Talking about our favorite Splotter games in anticipation of "Horseless Carriage." Plus, The Traitors, which blends social deduction party games with reality TV.

#173 Lords of Vegas Jan 16, 2023

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Ben and Paul talk about Lords of Vegas as well as fairness and games and the new reality series "The Traitors."
00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:55 - The Traitors

00:17:47 - Fairness + Winning Discussion

00:47:41 - Vast: The Mysterious Manor

00:53:56 - Weather Machine

01:01:19 - 18Mag

01:11:41 - Mind MGMT

01:15:44 - Lords of Vegas

#172 Back from Break! Jan 09, 2023

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We're back from a busy holiday season, and we have games to talk about: Woodcraft, Imperial Steam, Wayfarers of the South Tigris, and Matt's first ever game of Twilight Imperium!

#171: Tiletum Dec 18, 2022

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Tom, Candice, and Ben talk about Tiletum. Plus, Candice tells us all about the games she played and people she met from five back-to-back conventions!

#170: Autobahn Dec 12, 2022

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Ben, Trey, and Dmitry discuss the 2022 game, Autobahn. Plus, recent plays of Deal with the Devil, Lacrimosa, and Atiwa. Plus, they discuss a recent piece in the New York Times about strategy games.

Solo Mode #6: The State of Solo Modes in 2022 Dec 05, 2022

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Matt discusses the state of the solo mode in 2022 by looking at the solo modes from this season's top Essen games.

Bats and Turkeys Nov 21, 2022

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Ben, Tom, and Paul chat about recent plays of Atiwa, Tiletum, Fracis Drake, and Maria. Plus, recommendations for good games to play at Thanksgiving.

Revive Nov 14, 2022

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All four hosts are here this week to talk about a whole mess of hot Essen releases, as well as a deep dive on one of the season's biggest games, Revive.

00:05:30 Ready Set Bet
00:10:30 Oak
00:19:50 Autobahn
00:30:30 Tiletum
00:57:30 Revive

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