Game Brain: A Board Game Podcast About Our Gaming Group
Game Brain
A podcast about Board Games and friendship, and a real life board game group! Join us every week for an in-depth look at the board gaming hobby, including board game news, reviews and much, much more.
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Feb 11, 2024 • 1h 22min
#206 Thunder Road: Vendetta
Special guest Jennifer Schlickbernd joins Trey to review Thunder Road: Vendetta and discuss starter modes in boardgames.0:00:00 Introduction0:02:35 Recent PlaysMerkatorArboreaPirates of Maricaibo20 StrongkCaloria launches on Kickstarter0:27:10 Game Review: Thunder Road: VendettaCar Wars (1981)Thunder Road (1986)The White Castle (2023)0:56:45 Discussion - Learning Modes in GamesEvacuationThinkerThemer's reviewReviveVoidfall- Find Etamar at kirbooloni.com- Game Brain Facebook Group- Instagram
Jan 29, 2024 • 1h 21min
#205: How to Choose a Game for Game Night
Ben and Paul discuss recent plays of Bloodstones, Bruxelles 1893, and Apiary. Then they try to figure out what's the best way for a group to select a game to play. Is it a democratic process? A dictatorial one? Or maybe just a roll of the dice.15:47 - Apiary19:22 - Horseless Carriage23:20 - Bruxelles 1893: The Belle Epoque36:03 - Bloodstones51:55 - How to choose a game?
Jan 22, 2024 • 1h 54min
The Best Boardgames of 2023!
Hosts Matt, Tom, Trey, and Ben unite for our list of the best boardgames of 2023!0:00:00 Introduction0:05:10 Contest ResultsSol: Last Days of a Star0:18:35 Game Brain's Top Boardgames of 20230:20:04 T16 Great Western Trail: New Zealand0:25:20 T16 Inferno Guelphs and Ghibellines Vie for Tuscany, 1259-12610:27:30 T13 Bloodstones0:29:00 T13 Scholars of the South Tigris0:32:00 T13 Thunder Road: Vendetta0:34:35 12 Apiary0:37:10 11 Horseless Carriage0:43:15 10 Rats of Wistar0:46:15 9th Stationfall0:50:08 8th Earthborne Rangers0:54:50 7th White Castle0:59:05 6th Kutná Hora: The City of Silver1:03:10 5th Voidfall1:09:28 4th Nucleum1:16:05 3rd Age of Innovation1:24:45 2nd Evacuation1:33:40 1st Hegemony: Lead your class to victory- Find Etamar at kirbooloni.com- Game Brain Facebook Group- Instagram
Jan 8, 2024 • 2h 2min
#203 Dude, Where's My Keshi?
Ben and Paul catch up on the games they played over the 2023 holiday break. Afterwards they reflect on their favorite play sessions and new-to-them games. Strangely enough, they seem to gravitate towards their favorite meltdowns, which is a commentary on something, not sure what.Games discussed include Marrakesh, Dude, K2, Age of Steam, and Manhattan Project 2: Minutes to Midnight.Timestamps to come...
Dec 18, 2023 • 1h 56min
#202: Evacuation
The podcast discusses a range of interesting topics such as playing board games while traveling, a review of the game 'Evacuation', New Year's resolutions related to learning games, and exploring the mechanics and optional modules of 'Evacuation'. They also discuss the intricacies of resource management and actions in board games.
Dec 11, 2023 • 2h 1min
#201: Kutna Hora: The City of Silver
Ben, Trey, and Jordan discuss the city-building, dynamic economy game Kutná Hora: The City of Silver. Plus recent plays of Horseless Carriage, Nucleum, and more.
Dec 4, 2023 • 1h 57min
#200 Our 200th Episode Extravaganza!
Hosts Matt, Tom, Trey, and Ben unite for our 200th episode and revisit our favorite games from our time on the podcast.0:00:00 Introduction0:05:45 BGGCon ReportSol: Last Days of a StarTabletop NetworkDaimyo: Battle for JapanRats of WistarKutná Hora: The City of SilverApiary Space BEES!EvacuationWhite CastlekCaloria0:58:00 Other PlaysUr: 1830 BCSeptimaEvenfall1:16:05 Our Favorite Games of the PodcastBen #3 - Red CathedralMatt #3 - Ark NovaTrey #3 - Imperial SteamTom #3 - BarrageBen #2 - Hegemony: Lead Tour Class to VictoryMatt #2 - Age of InnovationTrey #2 - War of the Ring: The Card GameTom #2 - Imperial SteamBen #1 - BarrageMatt #1 - BarrageTrey #1 - The TranscontinentalTom #1 - Pipeline- Find Etamar at kirbooloni.com- Game Brain Facebook Group- Twitter- Instagram
Nov 27, 2023 • 43min
Solo Mode #8: Earthborne Rangers and the Co-Op LCG Renaissance
A new Solo Mode has arrived, just in time for Matt to take you down the rabbit hole of Earthborne Rangers and the current LCG renaissance.
Nov 13, 2023 • 2h
#199: Chatting with Ken Kuhn of GMT Games
Ben catches up with Ken Kuhn of GMT Games, who talks about his company, what's coming down the pipeline, and of course 18XX (and war games too!). They also chat about recent plays of Sky Team, Evacuation, 535, Kutná Hora, The Plum Island Horror, Arborea, and 1880.Time codes to come!
Oct 30, 2023 • 1h 41min
#198: The White Castle
Tom and Trey review The White Castle, discuss what makes a game "elegant," and they each give their top 10 Elegant Games. 0:00:00 IntroductionHarold & Kumar Go to White CastleBGGConTabletop NetworkRats of Wistar0:16:50 Quick Discussion of EleganceThe GalleristThunder Road: Vendetta0:25:45 Game Review: The White Castle0:56:30 Our Top 10 Elegant Games- Find Etamar at kirbooloni.com- Game Brain Facebook Group- Twitter- Instagram
