Game Brain: A Board Game Podcast About Our Gaming Group

Latest Episodes:

#186 War of the Ring: The Card Game Jun 05, 2023

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Matt and Trey are joined by the newest member to our podcast, Jordan Sayyah, to review The War of the Ring: The Card Game

0:03:00 Intro to Jordan
- JSaysYeah on Discord
0:08:00 Games we played this week
0:30:00 Review: War of the Ring: The Card Game

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#185 Games On Our Brains, May 2023 May 29, 2023

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Tom, Trey, and Ben talk about everything from the Spiel des Jahres, to gaming in Japan, to all their recent discoveries.

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#184 Wayfarers of the South Tigris May 22, 2023

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Trey and Elder review Wayfarers of the South Tigris.

0:00:00 Introduction
0:02:13 Games on the Brain
0:20:45 Review: Wayfarers of the South Tigris
- Scholars of the South Tigris

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#183 Hegemony: Lead Your Class To Victory May 01, 2023

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Tom and Ben talk about our recent Golden Geek Nomination and deconstruct the special sauce that makes Hegemony so great!

#182 Tragedy Looper Apr 17, 2023

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Tom, Ben, and Trey circle back to the review the new edition of Tragedy Looper.

0:00:00 Introduction
0:04:00 Twilight Imperium Fourth Edition
0:12:10 Hegemony
- The Cost
0:38:00 Great Western Trail: Agentina
0:49:20 Fast Sloths
0:59:05 Foundations of Rome
- Ra
1:09:10 Tragedy Looper: New Tragedies
- BGG First Edition
- Whiz Kids Pre-order

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#181: Games Vs. Puzzles Apr 10, 2023

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Tom, Ben, and Dmitry discuss game night drama, whether or not they'll ever receive Hegemony, and the difference between games and puzzles.

#180: Our TOP Board Games of 2022! Mar 27, 2023

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Tom, Matt, Trey and Ben gather to reveal their Top 5 Games of 2022!

0:00:00 Introduction
0:05:40 Games we played this week
0:32:20 Top Games of 2022
- Lacrimosa
- Deal with the Devil
- Guards of Atlantis II
- Ready Set Bet
- 56:30 Weather Machine
- Mosaic: A Story of Civilization
- Autobahn
- 1:22:30 Blood on the Clocktower
- Ben's #1: Carnegie
- Trey's #1: The Transcontinental
- Tom's #1: Tiletum
- Matt's #1: John Company, 2nd Ed.
2:02:45 Honorable Mentions

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#179 The Red Cathedral + Contractors Mar 13, 2023

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Ben, Trey, Elder, and Paul discuss the 2020 game The Red Cathedral and its 2022 expansion The Red Cathedral: Contractors.
00:02:40 - Ramen Fury
00:07:01 - Scholars of the South Tigris
00:13:30 - Hegemony
00:19:27 - Tzolkin
00:20:26 - Robotech Reconstruction
00:38:23 - Woodcraft
00:43:40 - Imperial Steam
00:59:34 - Red Cathedral + Contractors

#178 A First Look At Stationfall Mar 06, 2023

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#177 The Blanket Episode Feb 27, 2023

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Ben lost power in the great LA blizzard of 2023, but just because his house was dark didn't mean the podcast had to be. And so Ben and Paul bravely wrapped themselves in blankets and churned out an episode in a heatless house, sharing their gaming stories of the past two weeks: Mosaic, Deal with the Devil, Crisis, Red Cathedral and several others.
Time codes:
Mosaic: 05:54

Santiago 18:14

Wiz War: 25:53

Glory to Rome, Import/Export: 31:35

Deal with the Devil: 34:38

Tragedy Looper: New Tragedies 49:16

Crisis: 50:23

Red Cathedral: 01:05:10

Horseless Carriage: 01:20:57