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    Game Brain: A Board Game Podcast About Our Gaming Group

    A podcast about Board Games and friendship, and a real life board game group! Join us every week for an in-depth look at the board gaming hobby, including board game news, reviews and much, much more. 

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    Copyright: ℗ & © 2020 Game Brain: A Board Game Podcast with Matthew Robinson and his Gaming Group

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    #166: Games, Games, Games Nov 07, 2022
    Show notes
    • 00:00:00 Introduction
    • 00:09:15 Maricaibo: The Uprising
      • Francis Drake
    • 00:23:00 Let's Go! To Japan
      • Note: Josh Wood is NOT the designer of Isle of Cats - that's Frank West
      • Josh Wood's best known games are Cat Lady and Santa Monica
    • 00:32:30 Ready, Set, Bet
    • 00:45:45 Autobahn
    • 01:01:45 Oak
    • 01:08:50 Revive
    • 01:15:40 Federation
    • 01:35:15 Discussion: Narrative and the move toward Baroque design
    • 02:03:10 Thank you and outro

    #165: Space Station Phoenix Oct 31, 2022
    Show notes

    Tom, Paul, and Elder talk about recent plays of "Food Chain Magnate" and "Space Station Phoenix" and then games they would play for the rest of their lives. Plus, Tom has more news from Essen.


    #164: Skymines Oct 17, 2022
    Show notes

    Matt, Tom, Ben and Dmitry discuss the 2022 release "Skymines" (aka Moon-basa) as well as preview their most anticipated games of Essen 2022 and give four Essen games a brief "rulebook review".


    #163: Western Empires Oct 10, 2022
    Show notes

    Tom, Trey, Paul, and Ben discuss the 2019 release "Western Empires" as well as "On Mars," "Ticket to Ride," "Viticulture," and "Food Chain Magnate."


    #162: John Company Second Edition Oct 03, 2022
    Show notes

    Ben and Matt revisit Grand Austria Hotel with the Let's Waltz expansion before doing a deep dive with their initial impressions of the 2022 release John Company, Second Edition by Cole Wehrle. Afterwards, they discuss the expectations they carry — perhaps unfairly — into a game night.


    #161: Revisiting The Transcontinental and Carnegie with Ben, Tom, and Trey Sep 26, 2022
    Show notes

    Now that we've finally notched some in-person plays The Transcontinental and Carnegie, we share our thoughts about what's changed in person versus online. Plus, we talk about the modular game boards that pique our interest and recent plays of Tzolkin, Fresh Fish, and Ethnos.


    #160: "Stroganov" with Trey, Ben, Tom, and Dmitry Sep 19, 2022
    Show notes
    • 00:00:00 Introduction: A discussion of Cossacks and the Steppe
    • 00:04:30 Avalon Poll results and discussion
      • Tom calls our listeners "trolls" and compares them to the "Silent Majority."
    • 00:08:20 Game Night
      • Highly abbreviated Avalon discussion
    • 00:09:30 Wormholes
      • Trajan
      • More highly abbreviated Avalon talk wiithout talking about the actual game.
      • Underwater Cities
      • Ben does a Paul impression. Tom does a Mike impression
      • The first of many discussions about minks, ermines, sables, stoats, and ferrets
    • 00:24:25 Great Western Trail: Argentina
      • 18Chesapeake
    • 00:43:00 Lacrimosa
    • 00:47:45 Daybreak
      • Pandemic: Rising Tide
    • 00:58:30 Vegas Showdown
      • Lords of Vegas
      • James Ernest / Cheapass Games / Crab Fragment Labs
      • Block and Key
    • 01:13:30 Review: Stroganov - designed by Andreas Steading
      • apologies to Andreas Steading for calling him Andreas Steadling
      • Darwin's Journey
      • The Transcontinental
    • 01:58:40 Outro

    #159: How We Spent Our Summer Vacation Sep 12, 2022
    Show notes

    Round 16, Turn 7: "1848: Australia" with Ben, Candice, and Paul Jun 27, 2022
    Show notes

    Ben, Candice, and Paul review "1848: Australia" and then discuss how to demystify the 18xx genre.
    0:00;00 - Introduction: Welcome Ben, Omnigamer Candice and Gamebreaker Paul: Railways of Australia, 1848, 18xx, Avalon, Tank Duel, TI4, Die Macher, Tribune
    0:09:07 - This Week’s Game Night: Eclipse; Eclipse: Second Dawn; (TI) Tzolk’in (Tribes expansion) Pax Pamir 2nd ed, The Climbers, (Santiago) Railways of the World Async on BGA (Eastern America Map) Pictomania, 2nd ed, (Through the Ages, Pictionary) Telestrations after Dark, Top Ten, Destinies, (Sagrada, Clank, Clank: Legacy) 18 Ireland, 1817,
    0:41:41 - Game News: Village Big Box, Stonewall Uprising,(Twilight Struggle)
    0:46:37 - Games on the Brain: Hegemony, Stonewall Uprising, 1979: The Iranian Revolution, Free at Last, 1941: The Race to Moscow, Black Orchestra, Labyrinth: The War on Terror, Wings for the Baron, Wonderland Tour (Quacks of Quedlinburg Heaven and Ale)
    1;07:42 - Review of 1848 Australia: 1822 PNW, 1846, 1830, 1889, 1817, 18 Chesapeake
    2:02:22 - Falling in love with 18xx: Agricola, Ticket to Ride, 18 Ireland, 18 Chesapeake,
    18 Los Angeles, 1822, Railways of the World, Brass, 1846, 1817, Age of Steam, 1882, 1840, Vienna, 1829, 1889, 1849, 1862, 1872, 18xx.games
    2;48:22 - Sign Off: Taking a Break


    Round 16, Extra Turn: Game Sommelier Roundup with Paul Jun 20, 2022
    Show notes

    Ben and Paul make up for episodes of neglected game sommelier segments with this mega roundup of questions we're overdue to answer.
    0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Ben and Paul
    0:04;39 - This Week’s Game Night: 1848, Dice Realms, Taverns of Tiefenthal, (Russian Railroads) 18Ireland
    0:23:11 - Board Game Sommelier
    0:24:10: Games for an Adult Community: Scrabble, Catan, Wavelength, Tichu, Telestrations, Ticket to Ride, 6 Nimmt, A Fake Artist Goes to New York, Just One, Concordia, Mahjong
    0:32:10 - Games for Newish Players who value Player Interaction: Fresh Fish, Innovation, Concordia, Crisis, Gunkimono, Voluspa, Santorini, Twilight Struggle
    0:44:20 - Games/Designers that Suggest a Player who likes them is a good or bad fit for the group: Sagrada, Catan, Arkwright, 18xx, Brass, Twilight Imperium, Foundations of Rome, Cards Against Humanity, Werewolf, Mafia, Avalon, Secret Hitler, Code Names, Decrypto, Ticket to Ride, 18Chesapeake, Age of Steam, Otello, Exploding Kittens
    1:03:05 - Economic Games with Player-Driven Economies (for train game and Splotter enthusiasts): Lowlands, Hegemony, Modern Art, Bohnanza, Navagador, Clans of Caledonia, Food Chain Magnate, Brass, Kraftwagen, Art Decko
    1:11:28 - Games that Hold Up: Taverns of Tiefenthal, Carnegie; and that don’t: Art Decko, Bitoku; and maybe both; Russian Railroads; Brick and Mortar
    1:17:30 - Six Player Games: (like Architects of the West Kingdom and Libertalia, but not Dune) Quartermaster General, Railways of the World, Tribune, Keyflower, Key to the City: London, Medici, Viticulture (Tuscany), Thunder Alley
    1:24:26 - Shag, Marry, Kill: Barrage, 18xx, Avalon
    1:31:09 - Sign Off: @kirbooloni.com


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