Game Brain: A Board Game Podcast About Our Gaming Group

0:00:00 - Introduction0:03:02 - This Week's Game NightBarrage (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 NewsTapestry (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 BrainBarrage (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 ChallengeGreat Western Trail Expansion0:31:38 - City of the Big Shoulders ReviewLe Havre, Troyes, Tokyo Metro1:07:50 - Games v Simulations, Arbitrary v Robust1:39:34 - Board Game SommelierGameBrainPod.com, Matthew@gamebrainpod.comShut 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)

0:00:00 - Introduction0:02:03 - This Week's Game NightNew 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 NewsMaracaibo (0:16:17)Blackout: Hong KongHalf 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 BrainTapestry (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 Challenge0:36:57 - Super Filler ReviewsAir, Land, and Sea (0:37:19)Watergate (0:42:30)Q.E. (0:52:03)1:09:31 - Kingmaking DiscussionThe Great ZimbabweGreat Western Trail1:32:42 - Sign Off

0:00:00 - Introduction0:05:05 - This Week's NewsIocane Productions (0:05:10)Root Digital (0:05:45)Struggle of Empires Deluxe Edition Kickstarter (0:06:14)Princes of the Renaissance, CavernaBurgle Brothers 2: The Casino Caper Kickstarter (0:10:55)Fugitive, Paperback, No Pun Included, Now Boarding0:13:07 - All About LARPs1:50:18 - Sign Off

0:00:00 - Introduction0:05:35 - The Rules Lawyer takes down his shingle0:07:50 - This Week's Game NightBlack Angel (0:08:08)Megacity: Oceania (0:08:40)Architects of the West Kingdom (0:11:16)Q.E. (0:11:36)Avalon (0:12:40)Warlord (0:17:15)0:18:04 - News of the WeekNew Look and Logo for BGG (0:18:20)Puerto Rico New Edition (0:21:15)Sleeping Gods Kickstarter (0:22:39)Fiasco Card-Based Edition (0:23:46)Tapestry (0:25:35)Dune Dicetower Unboxing (0:28:35)0:29:19 - Games on the BrainADA (0:30:32)City of the Big Shoulders (0:34:07)Cerebria: The Inside World (0:38:39)0:40:30 - 8X8 Challenge UpdateConcordia0:42:00 - Review of Black AngelTroyes1:16:11 - To Snivel or Not To Snivel Debate1:36:36 - A Personal Statement From Alfred1:37:49 - Board Game SommelierKemet (1:38:40)Lords of Hellas (1:39:16)Pandemic, Ticket to Ride, Castle Panic, Sushi Go, Dead of Winter, (1:39:42)Splendor, Century Spice Road, Patchwork, Haba Games, Rhino Hero (1:40:22)Concordia, Gloomhaven, Spirit Island (1:41:35)Two Rooms and a Boom, Just One, Ricochet Robots, Cockroach Poker, The Mind, Mysterium, Time's Up Title Recall, Wits & Wagers, Blood in the Clocktower (1:42:50)1:43:50 - A Sign Off and Farewell

0:00:00 - Introduction0:03:16 - This Week's NewsRosenberg/Lacerda Final Vote Count (0:03:20)Dora and the Lost City of Gold (0:04:57)The Second Situation Room Experience at Mount Vernon (0:05:29)Through the Ages: New Leaders and Wonders (0:07:11)Raiders of the North Sea Digital (0:08:04)Zombicide 2nd Ed. (0:08:35)Arkham Horror: Final Hour (0:09:46)Marvel Champions: The Card Game (0:11:30)Sentinels of the Multiverse (0:12:23)Cyberpunk 2077: Afterlife (0:16:47)Ankh (0:17:49)0:19:10 - Games on the Brain0:20:21 - This Week's Game NightThe Manhattan Project: Energy Empire (0:20:09)Tokyo Metro (0:20:33)Qwirkle and Village (0:21:00)0:21:41 - Inside GenCon Mondo Games, Alamo Drafthouse (0:24:31)Dan O'Hanlon's Deep Space Ten Larps (0:25:45)Victorian Londoner Sufragette Sherlock Holmes Villain (0:28:45)Toil and Trouble LARP, Iocane Productions (0:34:30)Casablanca: Here's Looking at You, Squid - Cthulu LARP (0:36:44)Titanic Lovecraft LARP (0:37:43)American Pre-Revolutionary War Harry Potter LARP (0:42:20)0:47:05 - Matt's Gen Con Top Ten The City of Big Shoulders Black Angel Megacity: Oceania Teotihuacan Late Pre-Classic Era Letter Jam Q.E. (0:48:19) Unmatched: Battle of Legends, Vol. 1 (0:48:45) Ragusa (0:50:47) Ishtar: Gardens of Babylon Watergate (0:51:20) 0:52:50 - GEN CON or GEN CAN'T Debate1:15:35 - Review of Tokyo Metro1:37:30 - Sign Off

0:00:00 - Introduction0:01:38 - Elder's Origin StoryDungeon! (0:05:26)Hero Quest (0:08:51)D&D without rules (0:09:15) Star Frontiers (0:10:16)Judge Dredd, Gamma World, Marvel Superheroes (0:12:39)Puerto Rico (0:13:33)Altiplano (0:14:34)God of War, Twisted Metal (0:20:49)California Extreme (0:25:20)0:26:20 - Last Week's Debate Results0:26:53 - Our YouTube Channel0:27:14 - Dora and the Lost City of Gold0:27:54 - This Week's Game NightArchitects of the West KingdomThunderstone Quest Tokyo Metro0:29:09 - This Week's NewsJust One (0:29:42)Wingspan (0:30:24)Horrified (0:31:04)Trudvang Legends (0:33:42)Import/Export Definitive Edition (0:34:08)Smartphone Inc. (0:34:47)Single Card Game (0:35:48)0:36:55 Games on the BrainWatergate and Ragusa (0:37:22)Too Many Bones (0:38:20)0:39:12 - Review of Architects of the West KingdomPaladins of the West Kingdom (0:39:52)Raiders of the North Sea (0:50:15)0:56:57 - Debate of the Week: Whitewashboarding HistoryPuerto Rico - Slave Meeples (0:57:38)Scramble for Africa (1:00:30)Mombasa (1:17:49)Five Tribes (1:18:47)Train and more by Brenda Romero (1:21:49)1:26:50 - Game SommelierWhat to expect at a gaming convention (1:27:33)Sagrada (1:31:03)City of Gears (1:31:34)Pinball Tournaments: Team Pinball (1:32:40)Dominion set-ups and combos (1:33:40)Thunderstone Quest (1:35:53)1:36:43 - Sign Off

0:00:00 - Group Check-In 0:13:54 - Introduction to Episode 1 0:18:56 - NewsTeburu (0:19:30)Funkoverse Strategy Game (0:24:52)Gloomhaven Early Access on Steam (0:25:43)The End of Lucky Hammers' Terraforming Mars App (0:30:35)Quest for El Dorado (0:31:42)Taj Mahal (0:32:40)Samurai (0:32:55)High Society (0:33:05)Through the Desert (0:33:14)Tigris and Euphrates (0:33:35)No Pun Included and Shut Up and Sit Down: Pipeline and Pax Pamir (0:34:54)Love Letter (0:36:11)Citadels (0:36:45)0:38:04  - This Week's Game NightPipeline (0:38:06)The Climbers (0:38:15)Gaia Project Just One (0:39:30)0:40:13 - Games on the BrainTokyo Metro (0:40:53)Willy Wonka Pinball (0:47:55)Three If By Air (0:52:58)Thunderstone Quest, Too Many Bones (0:55:17)Magicians Language-Learning RPG (0:56:55)1:00:35 - 8X8 Challenge1:01:12 - Review of Res Arcana1:26:53 - Debate: Uwe Rosenberg v. Vital Lacerda 1:50:55 - Boardgame SommelierArkham Horror LCG, Thunderstone Quest (1:51:37)Solution to flattening warped game boards (1:52:47)Century: Spice Road (1:54:29)Istanbul (1:55:55)Castles of Mad King Ludwig (1:56:27)Bohnanza (1:57:52)Watergate (1:58:42) Spirit Island (2:02:10)Impulse (02:03:09)02:03:53 - Sign-Off

0:00:00 - Introduction0:03:45 - This Week's Game NightRoads and Boats (0:04:50)The Climbers (0:06:00)Century Spice Road (0:06:05)0:06:46 - The NewsEtherfields (0:07:10)Underwater Cities (0:08:00)Santorini (0:08:46)Pret a Porter 3rd Edition Kickstarter (0:09:38)Deep Blue (0:10:30)Vast (0:10:56)Ticket to Ride Reality TV Show (0:11:45)0:12:52 - Games on the BrainWatergate (0:12:55)Ragusa (0:13:10)The Century Trilogy: A New World (0:13:20)Unmatched (0:14:10)0:16:44 - 8x8 Update0:17:00 - Pax Pamir 2nd Edition ReviewPipeline (0:36:00)Return of a King Book (0:38:50)0:39:50 - Ricky Royal Interview "Box of Delights"Renegade (0:49:00)[Dawn of the Zeds (0:49:50)]Pax Porfiriana (0:56:52)1:28:23 - Top Ten Solo GamesLord of the Rings: The Card Game (1:28:37)Gloomhaven &7th Continent (1:29:25)Too Many Bones (1:30:02)One Deck Dungeon (1:31:00)Renegade (1:31:37)Deep Space D-6 (1:32:14)Mage Knight (1:33:22)Pax Pamir 2E (1:33:58)Gaia Project (1:34:33)Arkham Horror: The Card Game (1:35:20)1:37:25 - Sign Off

0:04:32 This Week's Game NightCrusaders: Thy Will Be Done (0:04:47)Through the Ages (0:09:12)0:10:25 News of the WeekJaws (0:10:34)Die Macher (0:13:15)Isle of Cats (0:21:45)Gulf, Mobile and Ohio (0:22:08)Harry Potter: Death Eaters Rising (0:23:56)The 7th Continent (0:24:31)0:26:57 Games on the BrainPipeline Meeple Realty Inserts (0:27:16)0:30:06 Review of Twilight StruggleImperial Struggle (1:03:21)1:07:54 Top Ten Two Player GamesChess (1:08:45)Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire (1:09:45)Dominion (1:11:50)The Fox in the Forest (1:13:07)Agricola (1:13:56)Patchwork (1:15:03)Claustrophobia (1:16:25)Santorini (1:18:58)Lord of the Rings: Confrontation (1:22:15)Keyforge (1:23:38)Chronicles of Crime (1:25:16)7 Wonders: Duel (1:25:52)Lost Cities (1:28:42)Gloomhaven (1:30:15)Star Wars: Rebellion (1:30:56)Roads & Boats (1:33:16)War of the Ring  (1:36:59)Twilight Struggle (1:39:32)Paths of Glory (1:39:53)Twilight Struggle (1:42:08)War of the Ring (1:42:45)1:45:33 Game SommelierThree Kingdoms Redux (1:46:25)1:55:42 Sign Off

0:00:00 Introduction0:03:06 This Week’s Game NightPax Pamir Second Edition (0:03:17)Avalon (0:07:08)0:10:45 News of the WeekThunderstone Quest Kickstarter (0:10:53)Catan Starfarers (0:11:50) Two interviews to seek out.Ludology w/ Jeroen DoumenMartin Wallace0:15:50 Games on the BrainPipeline (0:16:00) Black Angel video (0:20:50) The perils of Kickstarter.0:24:52 8 x 8 Challenge0:25:36 Review of the WeekThe Estates 0:58:58 Top Ten Games That Create Memories.SeaFall (1:03:10)18xx (1:05:30)Friedrich (1:06:58)Kingdom Death: Monster (1:09:04)Eclipse (1:12:50) War of the Ring (1:15:18) Ricochet Robots (1:17:15) Gloomhaven (01:19:09) Battlestar Galactica (01:20:03)Cosmic Encounter (01:22:40)Kremlin (01:25:03) Quartermaster General (1:27:10)Captain Sonar (1:28:22)Marvel Dice Masters (1:30:32)Dungeons and Dragons 5E (1:33:37) Secret Hitler (1:35:58)Dune (1:37:23) Battlestar Galactica (1:40:00) The Resistance: Avalon (1:42:50) Dungeons and Dragons 5E (1:45:27)1:48:47 Board Game Sommelier Nomic How to deal with cardboard warped in shipping. Heavy games with simple rules. Carl Chudyk 1:55:45 Sign Off