More isn't always better, but that's sometimes a hard lesson to learn in the world of board games - we dig into an intriguing listener suggestion about how games (and gamers) can often fall into this trap. Also ... I guess we've got to plan some games for our funerals? It's a double hit of listener questions! Before we dress in black, we talk about Keydom's Dragons, Sagrada Artisans, and Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory.

01:49 - Keydom's Dragons
11:30 - Sagrada Artisans
18:51 - Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory
30:57 - Draft winner
33:56 - More isn't always better
35:25 - Rising Sun
39:18 - A Feast for Odin
39:24 - Patchwork
46:02 - Games for funerals
46:38 - Biblios
46:53 - Time's Up!
47:54 - True Colors
48:18 - Fuji Flush

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It's back, and it's spicier, more harrowing, and more lucrative than ever before! It's the Fantasy Draft, and this time we're changing things up by asking you not to vote for favourite games, but for the set that you think will still be relevant ten years from now (AKA the far flung future). Vote to stand a chance to win a gift card for one hundred dollars! Before we say things we'll regret in a decade, we also talk about London (Second Edition), and Spectral.

02:58 - London (Second Edition)
12:51 - Spectral
22:10 - Drafting games to last a decade
26:05 - Ark Nova
28:08 - Dune: Imperium – Uprising
29:34 - Cascadia
30:55 - Blood on the Clocktower
32:18 - Heat: Pedal to the Metal
33:56 - Sea Salt & Paper
35:26 - John Company: Second Edition
35:53 - So Clover!
37:08 - Zoo Vadis
38:39 - Stationfall
39:50 - Age of Innovation
42:16 - Caesar!: Seize Rome in 20 Minutes!
43:11 - The White Castle
44:11 - Guards of Atlantis II
46:52 - Sky Team

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And by guess, I of course mean predict. Okay, you all know whether we're right or not by now, but cast your imagination back to a time where we had only the nominees for the 2023 Golden Geeks, and had to use nothing but our wits to determine the winners. How naïve/prescient we were! Before we divine the future, we talk about Ironwood, Kutná Hora: The City of Silver, and Slay the Spire: The Board Game.

02:41 - Ironwood
10:39 - Kutná Hora: The City of Silver
22:07 - Slay the Spire: The Board Game
37:52 - Golden Geek Awards for 2023

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What? Your podcasters are evolving! While we're certainly steadfast in some of our opinions (ahem, Biblios) we were curious to reflect on how we've changed - nay, grown - in the years since we started. What do we feel differently about with regards to the games we like, and how we approach the hobby? Before we moult, we also talk about Twinkle Starship, Pirates of Maracaibo, and Skyrise.

01:45 - Twinkle Starship
12:42 - Pirates of Maracaibo
23:16 - Skyrise
35:23 - How we've changed
39:42 - Diplomacy
47:43 - Nucleum

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Sometimes a game has a conceit so good, that it's the only description you need to sell someone on it. Let's call it the hook. Do all games have them, or is it something that only a certain subcategory of game can get away with - and why don't they all just print that on the box cover? Before we get the hook, we talk about Havalandi, Courtisans, 12 Chip Trick, and Dune Imperium: Uprising.

02:55 - Havalandi
11:25 - Courtisans
18:59 - 12 Chip Trick
26:10 - Dune: Imperium - Uprising
41:09 - Games with a hook
41:34 - Of What's Left
45:05 - Everdell
47:09 - QE
47:28 - 12 Chip Trick
48:09 - A Feast for Odin
52:25 - Skull

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Oh man, oh man, I always love this one. It's the latest edition of the Listener Top 20! We asked you all to submit your lists of your favourite board games, and we collected, collated, and compiled all of that beautiful beautiful data using a magical formula to get THIS: The definitive rankings of your collective taste in board games. Before we throw it to you, we talk about Shuffle and Swing, Mythwind, and Cat Blues: The Big Gig!

02:17 - Shuffle and Swing
14:11 - Mythwind
27:07 - Cat Blues: The Big Gig
35:46 - Listener Top 20 2024
38:00 - The Quest for El Dorado
39:00 - Azul
39:14 - Tigris & Euphrates
40:51 - A Feast for Odin
41:26 - Terraforming Mars
42:05 - Agricola
42:13 - El Grande
42:37 - Pax Pamir: Second Edition
43:56 - Inis
44:30 - Race for the Galaxy
44:46 - Dune: Imperium
46:16 - Concordia
46:53 - The Castles of Burgundy
47:25 - Ark Nova
47:50 - Innovation
48:39 - Ra
51:05 - Spirit Island
51:35 - Root
51:46 - Hansa Teutonica
52:00 - Brass: Birmingham

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We made it all the way to Dice Tower West in Las Vegas (and some of us made it out), and we're ready to talk about all of the amazing games we played over there, between outings for pinball and sushi. If you were there, thanks for hanging out with us! Stick around for talk about Faraway, MLEM: Space Agency, ito, Cascadero, and more!

01:08 - Faraway
12:20 - Medici
19:33 - MLEM: Space Agency
26:48 - ito
35:24 - Cascadero
44:09 - Mino Dice
49:54 - Unboxed
54:36 - Beowulf
55:55 - Of What's Left
59:53 - Hold Your Horses

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We're back with the terrible acronym and the branding nightmare that is BGBDOG - I don't even know what it stands for to be honest, but this week we're turning the spotlight on an incredible force in the industry, Vlaada Chvátil, touring his incredible games all the way through to the true modern classic that is Codenames. Before we check in on our favourite Czech, we talk about Wyrmspan, 3 Ring Circus, and La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War.

02:01 - Wyrmspan
12:29 - 3 Ring Circus
23:29 - La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War
39:39 - Vlaada Chvátil
42:32 - Arena: Morituri te salutant
47:47 - Prophecy
50:09 - Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization
52:58 - Galaxy Trucker
54:44 - Mage Knight
56:13 - Codenames
57:26 - Space Alert
58:03 - Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game

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