Board Game Hot Takes

In Episode 317 we give our hot take review on Wondrous Creatures covering the mechanisms, the production, and our overall feelings of the game.
We discuss a poll on discovery vs. mastery and also discuss some games that have ALMOST been on our table including World Order and Distilled: Cocktails.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:31 Poll Time: Which do you enjoy most about enjoying board games - Discovery or Mastery?
10:20 Wondrous Creatures Description
12:28 Gameplay and Mechanisms
30:07 Production and Theme
37:12 Final Thoughts
44:39 World Order
51:32 Distilled: Cocktails
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In Episode 316 we play and discuss many of our favorite party games and you can play along with us.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
03:37 Balderdash
11:04 Wavelength
18:05 Green Team Wins
22:59 Skull
27:18 Poetry for Neanderthals
31:12 Scattergories
35:57 Flip 7
39:57 Hot Streak
43:59 Heads Up!
48:58 Mad Gab
53:48 Scattergories: Categories
56:17 Subjective
1:01:33 Wits and Wagers
1:04:31 Challengers!
1:10:41 Codenames
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In Episode 315 we discuss our top 3 resource economies in board games.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:25 Beat The Expert Contest Winners
04:43 Top 3 Resource Economies in Board Games (Brass: Birmingham, Clans of Caledonia)
13:12 Tinner's Trail
19:33 Power Grid
24:02 Modern Art
28:05 Keyflower
34:51 Creature Comforts
40:58 Smartphone, Inc.
44:58 M.U.L.E. The Board Game
51:19 Arborea
56:33 Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy
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In Episode 314 we give our hot take review on Entropy covering the mechanisms, the production, and our overall feelings of the game.
We discuss a poll on how other people's experience at the game table impacts you and also discuss some games that have been on our tables including Pokemon Modern Art, Wavelength, and Duel of Meloch.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:24 Poll Time: Does another player's bad experience impact your enjoyment of a board game
09:00 Beat the Experts Contest Update
11:50 Entropy Description
13:45 Gameplay and Mechanisms
31:54 Production and Theme
41:06 Final Thoughts
51:36 Pokemon Modern Art
53:26 Wavelength
58:32 Duel of Meloch
1:10:17 Listener Shoutout
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In Episode 313 we discuss a bunch of recent games that we've been playing. We also catch listeners up on the BGHT Beat The Expert Contest.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
08:52 Dawn of Madness
24:18 Trio / nana
29:23 Wingspan Pocket
48:17 Sanibel
46:30 Mister Diamond
51:07 Gunsen: The Battle for Toshi Ranbo
1:01:22 Stationfall
1:10:37 Dominant Species
1:14:46 Railroad Tiles
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