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Round 4, Turn 6: "Detective" with Jesse Nov 11, 2019

Show notes

0:00:00 - Introduction
- Chronicles of Crime
0:01:42 - This Week’s Game Night
- Trismegistus (0:02:30)
- Age of Steam (0:07:00)
- Tzolkien (0:10:09)
- Marakaibo (0:12:39)
- Ricochet Robots (0:14:55)
0:18:55 - This Week's News
- Geek Buzz 2019 Essen Top Ten (0:19:08)
  - Terramara
  - Ethos: First Continent
  - Glenmore 2
    - Watergate
  - Cooper Island
  - Brussels 1897
    - Brussels 1893
  - It's a Wonderful World
    - Seven Wonders
    - Terraforming Mars
    - Agricola
  - Barrage
  - Trismegistus
  - Aquatica
  - The Magnificent
    - Big Top
    - Show Manager
    - Trickerion
    - Santa Maria
    - Meeple Circus
  - Imperial Settlers Roll and Write (0:29:10)
  - Marco Polo 2: In Service of the Khan (0:30:30)
  - Teotihuacan: Shadow of Xitle (0:32:28)
  - Spielworks + Karl Heinz Shmiel (0:34:19)
    - Die Macher
    - Tribune
  - Food Chain Magnate Expansion: Ketchup Mechanism (0:40:21)
    - Bus
    - Roads and Boats
    - Antiquity
    - Indonesia
    - Greed, Inc.
  - Detective: Season One (0:46:32)
0:47:30 - Games on the Brain
- Blood on the Clocktower (0:49:06)
- Imperial Struggle (0:49:40)
  - Twilight Struggle
- The Current Multiplayer Solitaire Trend (0:50:59)
  - Trismegistus
0:55:35 - Review of Detective
- Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective
- Chronicles of Crime
- Imperial Settlers
- Robinson’s Crusoe
- Pret a Porter
- Fifty First State
- Concordia
1:29:30 - Old School with Jesse: My Dad's Game Collection
- Campaign for North Africa
- Monopoly
- Life
  - Marvelous Mrs. Maisel edition
- Risk
- Clue
- Scotland Yard
- Crossbows and Catapults
- Broadsides and Boarding Parties
- Dark Tower
- Dungeons and Dragons
- Camelot
- Fireball Island
- Grass
- Hero Quest
- Acquire
- Civilization
- Backgammon
- Chess
- Diplomacy
- Gettysburg
- Tubruck
- Source of the Nile
- Flat Top
- Storm over Arnheim
- Field Command
- Empire
- War in Russia
- Silent Service
- Decision in the Desert
- Computer Ambush
- Computer Quarterback
- Colonial Conquest
- Nam
- Stock Market Game
- The Stock Market Game
- Stocks and Bonds
- Mr President
- Speed Circuit
- Win, Place and Show
- Win, Place, Show
- Winner Circle
- Wizard’s Crown
- Avalon Hill
- 3M
- Strategic Simulations, Inc.
- CoIn Games (Counter Insurrection)
  - Cuba Libre
  - Fire in the Lake
  - Block Games
1:51:51 Board Game Sommelier
- Board Games similar to Car Wars and Battletech
  - Warhammer
  - Gloomhaven
  - Space Hulk
  - Descent: Journeys into the Dark
  - Gas Lands
  - Kingdom Death Monster
- 1:57:31 - Sign Off

Round 4, Turn 5: "Dune" with Trey Oct 28, 2019

Show notes

0:00:00 - Introduction
0:01:47 - This Week’s Game Night
- Pret a Porter, Barrage (0:02:20)
0:08:11 - This Week’s News
- Francis Dresham has passed (0:08:20)
  - Civilization, 18xx
- Dune (0:09:51)
- Railroad Revolution Expansion (0:10:34)
  - Madeira
- Through the Ages Wonders and Leaders Expansion Postponed (0:11:15)
- Weather Machine Early Prototype? by Vito Lacerda (0:12:23)
  - Nemo’s War
- High Frontier 4 All (0:13:49)
  - - Pax Porphyriana
- Imperial Settlers: Empires in the North (0:16:57)
  - Detective, Robinson Caruso, Stronghold
- 1942: USS Yorktown (0:18:32)
  Space Alert, Captain Sonar
- Crystal Palace (0:24:23)
- Underwater Cities: New Discoveries (0:26:45)
- Terra Mystica: Merchants of the Sea (0:29:00)
  - Gaia Project
0:34:20 - Games on the Brain
- Diplomacy (0:34:56)
  Risk, Imperial
0:42:23 - Old School Games
- Mass Market Games: Monopoly, Risk, Clue, Scrabble, Stratego, Battleship, Life, Candyland
- Roll to Move for Euro Fans: Merlin (0:47:14)
- Hobby Games, Catan, Magic the Gathering (0:42:43)
- Diplomacy, Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective, Civilization, Acquire, Survive: Escape from Atlantis, Republic of Rome, Car Wars, Starfleet Battles, Magic Realm, Sleuth, Kremlin, Cosmic Encounter, Merchants of Venus, Ogre, Illuminati, Axis and Allies, 1830 Railways and Robber Barons, Advanced Squad Leader, Battletech, Brittania, Magic Realm, Rail Baron, Wiz War.
- Blood on the Clocktower, Secret Hitler
- Through the Ages (1:03:33)
1:04:20 - Dune Review
- Gloomhaven, Here I Stand, Root, Scythe, Eclipse, Spartacus: Blood and Sand
1:39:45 - Board Game Sommelier
- Grandparent Games, Uncle Bill, Trey’s Dad (1:41:08)
  - Bridge; Backgammon; Air, Land and Sea
  - Chess, Atari, Mah Jongg
- Limited Shelf Space (1:47:19)
  - Trickerion, Gaia Project, Lorenzo
    - Twilight Imperium
1:50:48 - Sign Off

Round 4, Turn 4: "Paladins of the West Kingdom" with Paul Oct 21, 2019

Show notes

0:00:00 - Introduction
0:02:35 - This Week’s Game Night
- Just One (0:02:50)
  - Flappy Birds (0:05:43)
- Newton (0:09:42)
- Avalon (0:10:20)
- Teotihuacan (0:11:44)
0:11:56 - News of the Week
- Dune (0:12:06)
- Dilluvia Project Product Recall (0:15:13)
- ***NOTE: It is our recommendation NOT to buy Dulluvia at this time
- Barrage Five Player Expansion Kickstarter (0:16:40)
- Europa Universalis (0:19:02)
  - Campaign for North Africa (0:20:42)
  - Europa Universalis: The Price of Power Kickstarter (0:23:32)
  - Here I Stand (0:25:03)
- 1861xx, 1867xx Kickstarters (0:26:41)
  - Age of Steam (0:29:41)
- Graham Nash Interview: Playing Risk with Jimmi Hendrix (0:31:00)
- Through the Ages: New Leaders and Wonders (0:32:17)
- Tribune Expansion (0:35:00)
- Terraforming Mars: Turmoil (0:35:25)
- Anachrony: Fractures in Time (0:36:43)
- The Artemis Project (0:38:15)
  - Alien Frontiers (0:38:40)
  - High Frontier (0:39:40)
- Sierra West (0:41:20)
0:44:30 - Games on the Brain
- Indonesia (0:44:52)
- Food Chain Magnate (0:47:47)
- The Void (0:49:33)
0:52:48 - Paladins of the West Kingdom Review
- Raiders of the North Sea, Architects of the West Kingdom
- Orleans (0:56:13)
- Roads and Boats (1:23:53)
1:27:53-GameBreaker/Metagamer/Gambler
- Keyflower (1:47:00)
- Wildlife (1:49:43)
1:51:04 - Game Sommelier
- Bang, Dead of Winter (1:51:32)
- Battlestar Galactica (1:52:42)
- Fury of Dracula, Letters from Whitechapel, Scotland Yard (1:53:02)
- Love Letters, Splendor, Azul (1:54:07)
- Ricochet Robots (1:54:46)
- Through the Desert (1:55:05)
- Seven Wonders (1:55:39)
- Santorini (1:55:54)
- Five Tribes (1:56:05)
- Sleuth (1:56:28)
1:57:00 - Sign Off

Round 4, Turn 3: "Concordia" with Elder Oct 14, 2019

Show notes

0:00:00 - Introduction
0:01:44 - This Week's Game Night
- Concordia (0:02:48)
- Irish Gauge (0:02:55)
0:04:11 - News of the Week
- Spirit Island Digital (0:04:25)
  - Battlestar Galactica (0:08:25)
  - Dead of Winter (0:08:41)
  - CO2 (0:08:58)
- Scott Pilgrim Miniatures (0:12:45)
  - Big Trouble in Little China (0:14:25)
  - Rick and Morty Total Rickall (0:15:05)
- Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile (0:16:15)
- The King's Dilemma (0:20:25)
- Pret A Porter (0:25:25)
  - Modern Art (0:27:10)
- ESSEN PREVIEW (0:28:00)
- On Mars (0:33:16)
- Cooper Island (0:34:50)
- Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula (0:36:50)
- Terramara (0:39:20)
0:42:45 - Games on the Brain
- Sierra West (0:43:25)
- Manchukuo (0:44:15)
- Nemo's War (0:46:15)
0:48:12 - 8X8 Challenge
- Concordia (0:49:00)
0:48::40 - Concordia Review
- Concordia: Salsa (0:49:48)
1:09:40 - Old School: Atari and Scavenger Hunts
1:28:47 - Board Game Sommelier
- Glass Road, Ora Et Labora (1:31:15)
- Village, Stone Age, Puerto Rico (1:31:45)
- Concordia (1:32:10)
- Amun Re (1:32:31)
- Architects of the West Kingdom (1:32:35)
- Five Tribes (1:32:50)
- Hawaii (1:33:05)
Games on Trips (1:33:35)
- (1:34:36) Tichu, For Sale, Race for the Galaxy, Arboretum, Codenames
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Round 4, Turn 2: "Gaia Project" with Dmitry Oct 07, 2019

Show notes

0:00:00 - Introduction
0:02:16 - This Week's Game Nights
- Dune (0:02:58)
- Tapestry (0:05:32)
- Newton (0:05:53)
- Dilluvia Project (0:07:55)
- Ora et Labora (0:10:35)
0:11:00 - News of the Week
- Paladins of the West Kingdom (0:11:19)
  - Raiders of the North Sea, Architects of the West Kingdom
- Brazil (0:15:10)
  - Madeira
- Ankh: Gods of Egypt (0:16:30)
- Terramara (0:19:12)
- Return to Dark Tower (0:23:05)
  - Fireball Island, Conspiracy
- Gloomhaven Casual Version (0:26:32)
- Wendy's RPG: Feast of Legends (0:28:26)
0:33:34 - Games on the Brain
- Orbitals (0:34:28)
- Tapestry (0:35:55)
- Dune (0:37:48)
0:39:50 - 8X8 Challenge
- Food Chain Magnate, Lorenzo Il Magnifico, Pax Games (0:40:00)
- Avalon (0:40:47)
0:43:16 - Gaia Project Review
- Clans of Caledonia, Terra Mystica
1:05:30 - The Intersection of Games and Books
1:34:45 - Board Game Sommelier
- Shogun, Wallenstein, Friedrich (1:35:35)
- Barrage, Pipeline, City of Big Shoulders, Estates (1:39:40)
1:44:50 - Sign Off

Round 4, Turn 1: "Lorenzo Il Magnifico" with Matt Sep 30, 2019

Show notes

0:00:00 - Welcome to Round 4
0:07:44 - Introduction and Hand-off
0:10:35 - Last Week's Game Night
- Indonesia (0:12:05)
0:18:10 - The News
- New Board Game Mechanics on BGG (0:16:51)
  - Building Blocks of Table Top Design: An Encyclopedia of Mechanisms (0:17:55)
- Tilt 5 Augmented Reality Table Top Gaming Simulator (0:18:37)
  - Oculus Catan (0:19:45)
- Tapestry Reviews (0:21:18)
- Parks (0:21:49)
  - Tokkaido, Wingspan, Splendor, Azul
- Sidereal Confluence New Art Package (0:24:11)
  - Traders of Genoa, Chinatown, I'm the Boss
- Dice and Ink Book of Roland Wright Games (0:29:19)
  - Lost at Sea, Celestial Stories, On Tour, Welcome To, Gun Shun Clever
- Chu Han Kickstarter, A Tom Lehman Departure (0:30:45)
  - Race for the Galaxy, Rez Arcana
- New Frontiers: Starry Rift (0:32:40)
- Res Arcana: Lux et Tenebrae (0:34:31)
- Marco Polo II (0:35:32)
  - Brass Birmingham, Brass Lancashire, Hanse Teutonica, Antica
- New Clue Movie (0:39:38)
- Conversations at the Washington Library - Situation Room: Washington's Cabinet (0:41:04)
0:41:50 - Games on the Brain
- Nemo's War (0:42:47)
- Diplomacy (0:46:26)
- 18xx (0:48:49)
- Orbitals* (0:50:45)
- ADA*
0:52:09 - 8X8 Challenge
- Pax Games, Splotter Games
0:56:06 - Lorenzo Il Magnifico Review
- Coimbra, Grand Austria Hotel, Barrage, Newton
- Great Western Trail, Princes of Florence
- Lorenzo Il Magnifico Digital on Steam (1:26:50)
- Through the Ages
1:32:13 - Tom and Matt's Old School Segment
- Legends of Zelda
- Battlestar Galactica (1:37:53)
- Pit (1:46:27)
1:49:22 - Game Sommelier
- Mysterium, Santorini, Hunt for the Ring, Fury of Dracula: Letters from Whitechapel (1:50:31)<

Round 3, Turn 8: "Tapestry" with Tom and Alfred Sep 23, 2019

Show notes

0:00:00 - Introduction
0:07:01 - News of the Week
Maracaibo (0:07:13)
Root: The Tabletop Roleplaying Game Kickstarter (0:09:54)
Everdell 2nd and 3rd Expansions Kickstarter (0:11:50)
7th Continent for sale (0:13:16)
Spiel Press Award Winners (0:14:20)
Taverns of Tiefenthal (0:15:40)
American Table Top Award Winners (0:17:40)
Concordia Venus map (0:19:11)
Barrage Component Kickstarter (0:20:18)
Obsession Upstairs, Downstairs Expansion (0:24:00)
0:25:16 - Games on the Brain
Roads and Boats 20th Anniversary Edition (0:26:11)
Barrage (0:29:32)
Solo Gaming and LARPing (0:31:34)
0:33:33 - This Week's Game Night
0:35:06 - Tapestry Review
1:34:54 - Top 5 Overrated v. Top 5 Underrated Games
Caverna (1:36:50)
Tokaido (1:39:40)
Chronicles of Crime (1:41:30)
Gloomhaven (1:42:50)
Dominant Species (1:44:42)
Blood Rage (1:46:27)
7 Wonders: Duel (1:47:39)
The 7th Continent (1:49:00)
Twilight Imperium (1:51:49)
Spirit Island (1:54:24)
Pipeline (1:56:39)
Santiago (1:57:08)
Rick and Morty: Total Rickall (1:58:11)
Ricochet Robots (1:59:26)
Nusfjord (2:00:21)
Friedrich (2:01:38)
Argent: The Consortium (2:02:48)
Tribune (2:04:05)
Madeira (2:05:28)
Fresh Fish (2:06:09)
Panamax (2:09:17)
2:11:04 - Sign Off

Round 3, Turn 7: "Barrage" with Jesse and Trey Sep 16, 2019

Show notes

0:00:00 - Introduction
0:04:20 - This Week's Game Night
- Madeira (0:05:08)
- Irish Gauge, Iron Rail Series (0:08:17)
  - Chicago Express, The Estates
0:11:32 - This Week's News
- Wingspan, Viniculture on Steam (0:11:44)
- Lord of the Rings: The Adventure Card Game (0:12:27)
  - Video Game Version on Switch (0:13:19)
- Aeon's End (0:14:54)
  - Spirit Island
- Through the Ages: Leaders and Wonders Digital Expansion (0:15:37)
- Climbers Family Edition (0:16:55)
- Yedo Deluxe Master Set Kickstarter (0:17:50)
- District 9 The Board Game Kickstarter (0:18:33)
- The Misplaced Feminism of Ms. Monopoly (0:19:33)
0:21:33 - Games on the Brain
- Marvel Champions: The Card Game (0:22:01)
  - Arkham Horror LCG
  - Team Covenant
- Game of Thrones LCG Chapter Packs Discontinued (0:24:00)
- Netrunner discussion (0:25:49)
  - Deluxe Boxes, LCG Cycles of Life and Death
  - Keyforge (0:28:38)
- Blood on the Clocktower (0:29:07)
- Burgle Bros. 2, Dune, Tapestry (0:33:30)
0:34:40 - 8x8 Challenge
- Gloomhaven
0:35:09 - Review of Barrage
- Tzolkien, Lorenzo, Journeys of Marco Polo, Newton, The Gallerist
1:21:04 - Jesse’s Debate: The Good of the Game v The Individual
1:42:33 - Sign Off

Round 3, Turn 6: "City of the Big Shoulders" with Dmitry Sep 09, 2019

Show notes

0:00:00 - Introduction
0:03:02 - This Week's Game Night
- Barrage (0:03:58)
- New Angeles (0:06:21)
- Gugong (0:10:03)
- Love Letter (0:10:38)
- Great Western Trail (0:10:55)
00:11:58 - This Week's News
- Tapestry (0:12:05)
- The Mind Extreme (0:13:50)
- Kanban EV (0:15:21)
- Madeira (0:17:05)
- Cooper Island (0:18:54)
- Gugon Panjun (0:19:45)
- Azul Summer Pavilion (0:21:46)
- Underwater Cities New Discoveries (0:22:34)
0:24:15 - Games on the Brain
- Barrage (0:24:46)
- Tapestry (0:28:33)
- Undaunted: Normandy (0:29:04)
- Dune (0:30:05)
- Irish Gauge (0:30:28)
0:31:24 - 8x8 Challenge
- Great Western Trail Expansion
0:31:38 - City of the Big Shoulders Review
- Le Havre, Troyes, Tokyo Metro
1:07:50 - Games v Simulations, Arbitrary v Robust
1:39:34 - Board Game Sommelier
- GameBrainPod.com, Matthew@gamebrainpod.com
- Shut Up and Sit Down 52 Card Games, (1:40:10)
- Tichu, Renegade (1:40:45)
- Love Letters, The Mind, Watergate (1:41:25)
- Power Grid, Brass, Troyes, Lorenzo Il Magnifico, Terraforming Mars, Journeys of Marco Polo, Teotihuacan (1:41:55)
- Mottainai, Impulse, Glory to Rome (1:44:20)

Round 3, Turn 5: "Air, Land and Sea", "Watergate" and "Q.E." with Paul Aug 26, 2019

Show notes

0:00:00 - Introduction
0:02:03 - This Week's Game Night
- New Version of Love Letter (0:02:14)
- Ragusa (0:03:15)
- Century: A New World (0:05:09)
- Black Angel (0:07:41)
- Avalon (0:08:57)
- Teotihuacan: Late Preclassic Period (0:11:12)
- Shogun (0:15:15)
0:16:06 - This Week's News
- Maracaibo (0:16:17)
  - Blackout: Hong Kong
- Half Truth (0:19:03)
- City of the Big Shoulders Rule Book Issues (0:20:34)
- Hasbro Will Stop Using Plastic (0:21:41)
- Monopoly: Socialist Edition (0:21:58)
- Why Diversity Matters in Game Design (0:23:30)
- Hansa Teutonica Big Box Edition (0:24:13)
0:24:51 - Games on the Brain
- Tapestry (0:25:10)
  - Scythe, Wingspan, Viticulture, Euphoria
- Barrage (0:32:33)
- Undaunted: Normandy (0:34:27)
- Dune New Edition (0:34:54)
0:35:42 - 8X8 Challenge
0:36:57 - Super Filler Reviews
- Air, Land, and Sea (0:37:19)
- Watergate (0:42:30)
- Q.E. (0:52:03)
1:09:31 - Kingmaking Discussion
- The Great Zimbabwe
- Great Western Trail
1:32:42 - Sign Off

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