Mile High Game Guys: Boardgaming Podcast

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Episode 28 - 2 Player Abstracts Ft. Santorini, Patchwork, & Druids Jan 11, 2017

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2 player game showdown!

This episode starts out with Adrian complaining about the heat. Then, the hosts begin their weekly gameplay recap, including a Terraforming Mars Game with Jeff’s new GameTrayz, a “lovely” game of Werewolf, and a new game, Fury of Dracula. In the kickstarter section, anew abstract game called “Tao Long” is ogled at and the creators of Myth give it another try with “Myth: Dark Frontier.” In the News section, Bohanza’s 20th anniversary and a Dead of Winter version of Flick ‘Em Up, amongst other things, are discussed. The hosts decide to try something different this week and review 3 different games with something in common. This time it is in the realm of 2 player abstract games: Santorini, Patchwork, and Druids. They spend some time talking about the pros and cons of each before putting them together to find out which is the best(?). Another email closes out the show.

00:00:32 Banter! Featuring: Weather, Terraforming Mars, RoboRally, Sheriff of Nottingham, Hanabi, 7 Wonders Duel, Santorini, Splendor, Ultimate Werewolf and Fury of Dracula!

00:23:16 News and Kickstarter Round-Up!

00:26:18 Tao Long
00:29:00 Myth: Dark Frontier
00:32:44 Bonanaza 20th Anniversary Edition
00:33:55 Khan of Khans
00:35:17 Flick 'Em Up: Dead of Winter
00:37:23 Dominion (Back) Online
00:40:09 Charterstone

00:42:37 MHGG Review Trifecta - Santorini, Patchwork, and Druids

00:44:04 Santorini Review
00:59:21 Patchwork Review
01:10:51 Druids Review

01:25:20 MHGG Discuss - 2 Player Abstract Games

01:38:32 Emails, Contact and Episode Wrap-Up

Episode 27 - Mystic Vale and 2016 Boardgame Stats Jan 04, 2017

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Mystic Vale and 2016 Stats

For the first episode of 2017, our hosts start out talking about their New Year’s Eve and the backlog of games they have played since the last regular episode. Zach expresses his joy in finally getting some Crokinole, Jeff finally got a chance to play Le Havre, and Adrian endured a game of Bloodborne. In Kickstarter, Kingdom Death: Monster continues to make money. In a Jam-packed news section, a bunch of new games are announced, including Lovecraft letter and Fuse: Flatline. In the review of the week, 2016’s Mystic Vale is discussed. Does the game have more to it than it’s Card Crafting System? Listen and find out! In the discussion, Adrian and Jeff bring out some HOT 2016 stats from CoolStuffInc and BoardGameGeek. Another email closes out the show.

00:00:20 Banter!! - Featuring: New Years Eve activities, Crokinole, Le Havre, Mystic Vale, Bloodborne, #pandEpic, Legendary: Alien xpansion, Santorini, and more!

00:25:03 - The Bloody Minute

00:28:49 News and Kickstarters

00:29:03 Kingdom Death Monster: highest funded KS game EVER!
00:30:03 Lovecraft Letter
00:31:03 Agricola Mini Expansions
00:32:14 RoboRally 2016 edition
00:33:33 Dominion 2nd Edition Big Box
00:34:34 Fuse: Flatline
00:35:17 Asmodee aquires 3 more boardgame companies
00:37:35 Dice Tower IndiGoGo
00:39:17 Our Gamenight Group's 4yr Anniversary

00:41:58 MHGG Review - Mystic Vale

01:08:07 MHGG Discuss - End of year stats from BGG and CoolStuffInc

01:27:43 Episode Wrap-up

Episode 26 - 2016 Year End Review and Best Of Lists Dec 28, 2016

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In the Year 2016....

In this episode, our hosts discuss , dissect, and “dissomething” 2016. After a light banter, they head into a few categories they wanted to used to highlight certain games, including Best Art and Best Components. Zach gives out some Year-End Awards and then they look back on the year as a whole, including how their views on the gaming industry have changed since starting this podcast 6 months ago. Everyone mentions their favorite “Older” game that they first played in 2016 and they finish up with a list of their Top 3 Favorite games from 2016.

00:00:45 - 00:08:20 Banter!!

00:08:39 - 2016 Best-of Categories

00:11:27 - Best Art
00:14:49 - Best Components
00:17:47 - Best Mechanic/Mechanism
00:22:21 - Most Disappointing

00:27:07 - Zach's Year End Awards

00:27:32 - The "Dead Inside" Award
00:27:55 - "Would You Please Shut Up, I Have Something to Say!"
00:28:31 - "Oh God, Everything Has Gone Wrong So Fast!"
00:28:41 - "Now I Can Finally Play Out My Own Fan-Fiction!"
00:29:06 - "Beating An Undead Shoggoth"
00:30:05 - "A Place For Everything And Everything In It's Place"
00:30:30 - "Yo Dawg, I Heard You Like To Game, So I Put A Game In Your Game, So You Can Game While You Game"

00:32:25 - 2016 Year-End Look-Back

01:05:28 The Best Games of 2016

01:06:24 Best New To Us Games of 2016
01:13:24 Adrian, Jeff and Zach's Top 3 Games of 2016
- 01:14:16 Number 3
- 01:16:18 Number 2
- 01:23:00 Number 1

01:32:47 Episode Wrap-Up

Episode 25 - Great Western Trail and Seafall first impressions Dec 21, 2016

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Great Western Trail

This Holiday Filled* episode starts with some topically off-topic banter, before diving into Jeff’s Bloody Minute and some of the host’s newly played games, including the new Pandemic Iberia and Adrian’s KS copy of Druids and Zach finally regales us with his triumph in Legendary Encounters: Predator. They then move on to a very light News and Kickstarter segment before diving into the game review of the week, Alexander Pfister’s Great Western Trail. Is this game’s path filled with strategy, cruelness, and cattle herding, or will it get lost in a stampede of mechanics? Find out! After the end of the episode is a First Impressions bonus discussion on Rob Daviau’s Seafall Legacy, talking about the prologue and first play of the game.

00:00:15 - Banter! Featuring: Star Wars, Blood Bowl, Panemic: Iberia, more Terraforming Mars, Power Grid Card Game, Druids, Legendary Encounters: Predator 00:09:53 - Bloody Minute 00:34:05 - News and Kickstarters 00:35:36 - MHGG Review: Great Western Trail 01:08:17 - End of Episode Wrap Up! 01:11:51 - Seafall first impressions WITH SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Episode 24 - A Feast for Odin Dec 14, 2016

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A Feast for Odin

This very long episode starts out with a brief Bloody Minute from Jeff, before the weekly game sessions are recapped, including Adrian’s “lovely” time with The Oregon Trail and a rousing game of Werewolf. In the Kickstarter section, Zach finally gets a chance to own a Crokinole Board. A short news section talks about GenCon staying in Indy, and the soon to be released Doom: The Board Game. This week’s game review is Uwe Rosenburg’s newest game, A Feast for Odin, and the hosts try not to get stuffed as they mentally chow down on all the mechanics that make up this game. Do these mechanics mesh into a fine stew, or is it overstuffed and convoluted, leading to bloating and gas? Listen and find out… Two new emails close out the show.

MHGG Twilight Imperium 3rd - Post Game Discussion Dec 07, 2016

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Twilight Imperium 3rd Ed Play Report

Your hosts discuss their most recent playthrough of the epic 4x game: TI3. Listen in as they discuss the politics, battles, and interactions that tore a galaxy apart before one race rose above the others to take ultimate control.

Episode 23 - Twilight Imperium Dec 07, 2016

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Twilight Imperium

This episode starts off with the weekly recap of our hosts’ game sessions, including first plays of The Great Western Trail,more plays of a Feast for Odin, and Jeff gloats about his latest win in the Bloody Minute. In the news section, CMON’s public trading is discussed as well as AEG’s expansion triple pack. Kingdom Death: Monster continues to crush its enemies in the Kickstarter roundup, and Adrian introduces a new Euro KS, Fuedum. Twilight Imperium Third Edition is the review of the week, and our hosts try to discuss this monument to Ameritrash style games, barely able to get through its countless mechanics and game pieces. Numerous emails close out the show.

00:00:30 Banter!!! Featuring Inis, Great Western Trail, Blood Bowl recap, Feast for Odin, Seven Wonders: Duel, 00:06:09 Bloody Minute! 00:17:55 News and Kickstarter Roundup 00:18:04 Pandemic Iberia 00:21:33 Cool Mini or Not now publicly traded in Hong Kong 00:23:00 AEG announces Destination Fun 00:26:34 Mountains of Madness from Rob Daviau 00:27:32 Email from Andrew RE: Kickstarter coverage 00:28:13 Kingdom Death Monster 00:29:24 Quodd Heroes 00:32:53 Feudum 00:36:46 MHGG Review: Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition 00:39:45 Game Overview 00:40:53 Initial Thoughts 00:44:54 Components 00:51:18 Rules and Rulebooks 00:56:34 Gameplay 01:08:08 Final Thoughts 01:17:23 Emails, Contact Info, and Wrap Up

Episode 22 - Cry Havoc and the Unstoppable Hype Train Nov 30, 2016

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Episode 22 - Cry Havoc and the Unstoppable Hype Train

The episode kicks off with the many games our hosts have played over the week, include first impressions of Feast for Odin, the continuing coverage of how great Terraforming Mars is, and Adrian’s experience at Heavy Cardboard’s game day. In the news section, A hole was dug by Cards against Humanity, because it was Black Friday, and a Terminator licensed board game was announced. They then move onto Kickstarters, mainly discussing the huge hit, Kingdom Death: Monster and Vast! The Crystal Cavern’s PayPal woes. Cry Havoc is the weekly review, where the hosts do battle on how the game’s many mechanics fit together and if it’s more than the sum of its parts. The Hype Train then departs(Choo-Choo Motherf**ker!) as our discussion topic delves into Hype and ways to avoid its pitfalls. Two new emails close out the show.

Banter! Featuring Sportsball, Board Games, and Jeff's Bloody Minute 00:29:18 News! and Kickstarter! 00:29:23 - CAH Holiday Hole 00:33:12 - Terminator: The Boardgame 00:35:45 - Kingdom Death: Monster 1.5 00:39:34 - Vast: The Crystal Caverns 00:42:20 - Wordsy by Gil Hova 00:43:00 - MHGG Review: Cry Havok 00:43:21 - Rules Overview 00:44:21 - Initial Thoughts 00:47:41 - Components 00:50:39 - Rules and Rulebook 01:04:41 - Final Thoughts 01:10:51 - Discussion of the Day: Boardgame HYPE!!! 01:29:52 - Emails, Contact Info, and Closing Thoughts

Episode 21 - Last Will Nov 23, 2016

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Episode 21: Last Will

Opening up the episode, our hosts catch up on all the gaming they have been doing, including Adrian’s game-filled Snowboarding trips and a trio of newly played games, Inis, Cry Havoc, and Concordia. Jeff finally gets himself a win in this week’s Bloody Minute. They then move onto the news, including a new edition of Aye, Dark Overlord! and the recent BGGCon. In recent Kickstarters, a bunch of interesting ones are currently active, including Wordsy from Gil Hova and the highest funded Tiny Epic game, Tiny Epic Quest. In the review section, our hosts try and figure out the worst way to spend money and see if Last Will and its expansion is worth it. The show closes out with another email. 00:00:47 - Banter! Games discussed include: Space Cadets, D&D 4th Ed, Jeff's Bloody Minute, Hero Realms, Inis, Cry Havok, Concordia

00:09:53 Bloody Minute

00:21:04 News and Kickstarer Round up

00:21:10 Munchkin X-man & Munchkin CCG
00:23:41 X-Com Expansion
00:25:23 Aye, Dark Overlord
00:26:47 BGGcon is over, future convention plans.
00:31:11 Mythic Battles: Pantheon
00:33:34 Bears Vs Babies is wrapped up
00:34:53 MegaMan Pixel Tactics
00:35:34 Tiny Epic Kingdom
00:36:21 Wordsy
00:37:17 Lisboa
00:38:36 Feudum
00:40:18 Man vs Meeple

00:41:29 MHGG Review: Last Will

00:41:50 Game Overview
00:42:41 Initial Thoughts
00:46:29 Components and Art
00:47:37 Gameplay
00:53:34 Rules
00:55:20 Expansion: Getting Sacked
01:02:11 Final Thoughts

01:04:54 Listener Email, Closing Thoughts and Contact Info

Episode 20 - Top 10 Game Mechanics Nov 16, 2016

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00:01:01 - List Criteria Number 10s 00:04:30 - Adrian 00:07:29 - Jeff 00:10:59 - Zach Number 9s 00:12:45 - Jeff 00:14:55 - Zach 00:16:22 - Adrian Number 8s 00:18:57 - Zach 00:21:15 - Adrian 00:23:47 - Jeff Number 7s 00:26:21 - Adrian 00:27:57 - Jeff 00:30:07 - Zach Number 6s 00:32:24 - Jeff 00:33:45 - Zach 00:36:04 - Adrian Number 5s 00:39:14 - Zach 00:41:14 - Adrian 00:43:00 - Jeff Number 4s 00:45:58 - Adrian 00:48:39 - Jeff 00:51:43 - Zach Number 3s 00:54:49 - Jeff 00:58:41 - Zach 01:00:06 - Adrian Number 2s 01:03:53 - Zach 01:07:44 - Adrian 01:09:05 - Jeff Number 1s 01:11:25 - Adrian 01:13:54 - Jeff 01:19:54 - Zach

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