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Round 16, Turn 6: "Time of Crisis" with Tom, Candice, and Mike Jun 12, 2022

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0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Tom, Candice and Mike
0:09:57 - This Week’s Game Night: Carnegie Deluxe (Gingkopolis, Carson City, Troyes,) Time of Crisis, (Railways of the World) Battle for Rokogon, Dale of Merchants, (El Grande, Babylonia, Wiz War)
0:30:00- Game News: BGG Con 2022, (Ark Nova, Messina) Cat in the Box, Undaunted: Stalingrad, Undaunted: Reinforcements, (Undaunted: Normandy, Undaunted: Africa) San Francisco, War of the Ring: The Card Game (Hunt for the Ring, Successors)
0:49:34 - Time of Crisis Review: Age of Iron and Rust Expansion, Twilight Imperium
1:35:45 - The Joys of Hand Management: Dominion, Dune Imperium, Terraforming Mars, Ark Nova, Race for the Galaxy, Twilight Struggle, Undaunted Normandy; Everdell, Scout, Bohnanza, Glory to Rome, Hand in the Sea, Arboretum, (Art Decko, Modern Art) Time of Crisis, Mumbasa/Sky Mine, Friedrich, Maria, Terraforming Mars: Prelude, Dual Powers (Labyrinth, Twilight Struggle,) Pax Porfiriana, Twilight Struggle, (Agricola, Gloomhaven) Star Wars: the Card Game, Taj Mahal
2:21:36 - Sign Off: Kirbooloni.com

Round 16, Turn 05: "Root" with Trey, Tom, and jim pinto Jun 06, 2022

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Trey is joined by Tom and RPG designer jim pinto to review Root and explore asymmetry in games.

0:00:00 Message about audio quality
0:01:08 Introduction
- jim pinto at Post World Games
- A Good Book for Bad GMs
- Dogs in the Vinyard
0:20:50 Game Night
0:30:00 Game News
- Terra Nova
- Terraforming Mars: Dice Game
- Praxis / Protocol
- Atiwa
- BGG on Great Western Trail: Argentina
- Tigris and Euphrates in beta on BGA
- Century Spice Road and Copenhagen on BGA
0:44:19 Games on the Brain
- History of the World
- Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory
- Blood on the Clocktower
  - No Rolls Barred plays youtube link
0:57:08 Game Review: Root
1:27:34 Member Segment: Beyond Asymmetry
- Twilight Struggle
- Android: Netrunner
- History of the World
- Dune
- The Great Zimbabwe
- Here I Stand
- Watergate
- Star Wars: Rebellion
- Crescent Moon
- Oath
- Vast
- Time Agent

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Round 16, Turn 4: Ginkgopolis May 30, 2022

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Ben, Dmitry, and Paul discuss the 2012 game "Ginkgopolis" as well as its expansion "Ginkgopolis: The Experts." Plus, what makes us want to give a game a second chance.
0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Ben, Philosophical Gamer Dmitry, and Game Breaker Paul.
0:04:29 - This Week’s Game Nights: Avalon, Lowlands, Ark Nova, Time of Crisis, (Food Chain Magnate) Caesar!, (Blitzkrieg!) K2, Healthy Heart Hospital (Jaws, Top Gun) (Dice Hospital, Clinic) 18 Ireland, 1848, Scout, Mafia, (Bohnanza) Carnegie (Teotihuacan) (Black Angel) Agricola, Lorenzo, (Werewolf) Blood on the Clocktower
1:11:11 - News: Spiel de Jarre nominations: Cascadia, Scout, Top Ten (Wavelength); Seven Wonders: Architects, Echoes: Thr Dancer, Magic Rabbit, My Goldmine, So Clover, Track 12 Hamilayas, Kennerspiel: Cryptid, Dune Imperium, Living Forest; Ark Nova, Cora: Rise of the Empire; Witchstone; Bureau of Investigation (Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective) Decorum, Wavelength
1:21:40 - No Games on the Brain
1:22:23 - Review of Gingkopolis: Troyes, Black Angel, Carnegie, Expancity, Underwater Cities, Arboretum, Eclipse
2:08:17 - What Makes Us Give a Game a Second Chance: (Barrage) Age of Steam, Avalon, Beyond the Sun, Lowlands, Tzolkin, Ankh, Merv, Embarcadero, Coimbra, Great Western Trail, Faiyum, Mind Mgmnt, Dinosaur Island, Terraforming Mars, Fields of Arle, Heaven and Ale, Gaia Project, Terra Mystica
2:37:33: Sign off

Round 16, Turn 3: Perseverance May 23, 2022

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0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Game Enthusiast Matt #1, Game BreakerPaul and Game Designer Trey.
0:03:45 - This Week’s Game Night: Perseverance, Crescent Moon (Root, Oath, Pax games) Agricola
0:13:03 - This Week’s Game News: Azul, Master Chocolatier; Origins reinstates mask requirements; Awaken Realms Castles of Burgundy (Castles of Mad King Ludwig); Evergreen (Photosynthesis)
0:28:50 - Games on the Brain: Reacting to the Past (Argent); Burn Cycle (Cloud Spire, Too Many Bones)
0:37:21 - Review of Perseverance Chronicles Episodes One and Two: Trickerion, Cerebrea, Anachrony, Brass, Brass Lancashire, Age of Steam, Coimbra, Twilight Struggle, Troyes, El Grande, CO2, Archipelago, The Great Wall, Le Havre
1:18:57 - Complexity
1:39:42 - Board Game Sommelier: Panamax,
1:49:17 - Sign Off; kirbooloni.com, gamebrainpod.com

Round 16, Turn 2: "Crisis" with Tom, Ben, and Paul May 18, 2022

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0:00 INTRO
10:33 GAME NIGHT
Perseverance
Avalon
Crescent Moon
Crisis
Scapegoat
Letter Jam
Foundations of Rome
Nemesis: Lockdown
56:00 GAME NEWS
Cardboard Creations
Trailblazer
The Thing
Dragonlance
1:10:00 REVIEW: CRISIS
1:42:48 MEMBER SEGMENT: THE SEMI-COOP GAME
2:09: 30 WRAP-UP

Round 16 quick note May 16, 2022

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Just a quick note that this week's episode will drop on Wednesday instead of the usual Monday. Thanks for your patience!

Round 16, Turn 01: "Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest" with Trey, Tom, and Dmitry May 09, 2022

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Trey is joined by Tom and Dmitry to review Libertalia:Winds of Galecrest and discuss Simultaneous Action Selection.

0:00:00 Introduction
0:05:02 Game Night
- Avalon
- Crisis
- Lignum (Teotihuacan, Caylus)
0:29:10 Game News
- Terraforming Mars FREE
- Desperation (Fiasco, Durance, Winterhorn)
- Orenberger Canal (Ora et Labora, Le Havre)
- Ra
- Sleeping Gods,: Distant Skies
- MCDM Monster Book
- Autobahn
- Age of Steam Deluxe Expansion Maps
- Catherine: The Cities of Tzarina
- Stranger Things: Attack of the Mind Flayer
0:49:20 Games on the Brain
- Crisis (Crystal Palace),
- NY Times Magazine April 15 AI and Language article (The Gallerist, Panamax, Kanban, Tank Duel)
1:03:10 - Game Review - Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest
1:24:52 Member Segment Simultaneous Action Selection
- Yomi; Lorenzo, Risk, Diplomacy, Agricola, Twilight Struggle, Die Macher, Fresh Fish, Wallenstein, Shogun, Dune, Cash and Guns, Last Stand, Maharajah, Race for the Galaxy, Robo Rally, Captain Sonar

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Round 15, Turn 11: "Railways of the World" with Ben, Paul, and Candice May 02, 2022

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Ben, Paul, and Candice review "Railways of the World" and then discuss what makes a game "fun-forward."

00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:02 - Game Night
—00:05:21 - Lorenzo il magnfico
—00:09:15 - Avalon
—00:09:58 - Crisis
—00:15:57 - Forged in Steel
—00:18:49 - Survive: Escape from Atlantis
—00:20:58 - Tapestry
—00:21:43 - 18Ireland
00:23:47 - Game News
—00:24:00 - Oranienburger Kanal
—00:26:35 - Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods
—00:28:00 - Skymines
00:33:12 - Games on the Brain
—00:35:23 - No Retreat
—00:44:44 - Autobahn
—00:50:50 - Feudem (& Arkwright)
00:55:49 - Review: Railways of the World
—01:36:49 - Age of Steam
01:54:09 - Discussion: Fun Forward Games
—02:04:32 - Catan
—02:05:24 - Twilight Imperium
—02:07:06 - Santiago
—02:09:43 - Jaws
—02:12:29 - Automobiles
—02:16:28 - Carson City
—02:20:12 - Quartermaster General
—02:24:13 - Smartphone Inc.
—02:26:52 - Tank Duel!!
—02:30:27 - Citadels!!!
—02:33:47 - Castles of Mad King Ludwig
—02:35:07 - Dead of Winter

Round 15, Turn 10: "Messina 1347" with Tom, Matt, and Dmitry Apr 25, 2022

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0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Your Host Tom, Matt, the Game Enthusiast, and Dmitry, the Philosophical Gamer: Agricola, Avalon
0:10:10 - This Week’s Game News: Golden Geek Best Podcast Nomination, Thinker Themer and Viniculture, Autobahn (Kanban, Hanse Teutonica, Calimali, Newton, Darwin’s Journey) Arcs (Oath, John Company, Pax Pamir, El Grande, Taj Mahal, Conduttier) Septima (Brian Boru, Libertalia, Wallenstein, Shogun, Perseverance, Anachrony, Trickerion) Monopoly
0:37:33 - This Week’s Game Night: Winds of Gale Crest, Hanse Teutonica: Brittania Map, Ark Nova, Railways of the World (Age of Steam, Steam) Anno 1800, So Clover!
0:53:30 - Review of Messina 1347: Yokohama, Agricola, Lorenzo, Marco Polo, Troyes, Western Empires, Advanced Civilization, Santiago, El Grande, Food Chain Magnate, Praga Kaput Regni, Underwater Cities, Shipyard
1:27:40 - Backsies: Diplomacy, Die Macher

Round 15, Extra Turn: "Hegemony" with Paul and Elder Apr 10, 2022

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Ben, Paul, and Elder give their first impressions of the upcoming release, "Hegemony."
0:00:00 - Intro: Welcome Ben, Paul, and Elder: Perseverance, Anachrony, Cerebrea, Trickerion, Iberian Gauge, Crisis,Brick and Mortar, City of the Big Shoulders, New Amsterdam, Dinogenics, Dino Island,
0:21:53 - Early Impressions of Hegemony
1:54:20 - Sign Off: kirbooloni.com
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