Best Carcassonne Podcasts (2024)

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Special Episode 02 - Descent: Journeys in the Dark (2nd Edition) - Save the Villager, Save the World 53:33

3d ago53:33

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Welcome to our second special episode, where we look at niche, small or out of print games to sit alongside our regular content. In this episode we look back on one of our formative boardgames, the modern classic dungeon crawler that is Descent 2nd Edition. We appraise it in our usual fashion, chat about expansions, rules and miniatures and look at…

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Episode 146: Dorfromantik The Board Game, The Golden Ticket Game, Fractured Sky, DryPolter/Rafter Five, The White Castle 27:49

8d ago27:49

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Hello friends and welcome to The Five By. Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Justin - Introduction 00:49 Sarah - Dorfromantik The Board Game 06:34 Ruel - The Golden Ticket Game 11:29 John - DroPolter/Rafter Five 16:19 Jose - Fractured Sky 22:02 Justin - The White Castle (The Red Cathedral) 27:07 Aaron - Outro…

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Episode 13 - Mansions of Madness: There's an App for That 51:48

16d ago51:48

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In this episode Al and Hannah examine the app driven dungeon crawler / co-op adventure Mansions of Madness. As big fans of the Arkham Horror universe and Call of Cthulhu TTRPG we were very excited to get to grips with this one. We look a the game itself and how it plays, the integration with the app and as always how well it plays with two. Apologi…

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Boardgames To Go 226 - Dice Tower West 2024 1:49:20

17d ago1:49:20

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Opener: The final winners for Mark Madness! Castles of Burgundy and eryn roston @baditude Closer: A specific call for feedback to the podcast. Tell me what you like me to do more of, or do less. Session Report & Feedback episodes, like the old days? All About shows (more old days)? Something else? Over the years I've been to many game conventions, …

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Boardgames To Go 225F - Mark Madness 2024 Championship Match (with Patrick Pence) 16:13

23d ago16:13

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Go vote for the championship! (And the 3rd/4th place consolation match) https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/328714/boardgames-to-go-season-20-2024?itemid=10561730&commentid=12087718#comment12087718

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A Study in Pink(ertons) - USA, 19th Century 1:06:57

22d ago1:06:57

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In a factory in Homestead Pennsylvania, thousands of steel workers have downed tools and striking - their boss Andrew Carnegie is about to lower their wages and they have had enough. Then down the river the workers see three barges coming towards them - bristling with agents of the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Hired by Carnegie, they are here to bre…

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Boardgames To Go 225E - Mark Madness 2024 The Final Four (with Patrick Pence) 13:03

25d ago13:03

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It's the Final Four. Go vote now at https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/328714/boardgames-go-season-20-2024?itemid=10561730&commentid=12083072#comment12083072

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Boardgames To Go 225D - Mark Madness 2024 The Elite Eight (with Patrick Pence) 14:42

28d ago14:42

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It's the Elite Eight! Get your votes in before March 24 at https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/328714/boardgames-go-season-20-2024?itemid=10561730&commentid=12079786#comment12079786

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Boardgames To Go 225C - Mark Madness 2024 The Sweet Sixteen (with Patrick Pence) 12:25

1M ago12:25

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Get your Sweet Sixteen votes in now! https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/328714/boardgames-go-season-20-2024?itemid=10561730&commentid=12074798#comment12074798

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Boardgames To Go 225A - Mark Madness 2024 (with Patrick Pence) 54:48

1M ago54:48

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Please join us on the Boardgames To Go discord server where you can chat online with other podcast listeners. Play along and predict the winners at https://challonge.com/3abpsej6 Predictions must be submitted by March 12 to be in the contest Mark Johnson @MarkEJohnson Patrick Pence @Farsol Last year I ran my first "March Madness" style, 64-game, si…

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Boardgames To Go 225B - Mark Madness 2024 Round of 32 (with Patrick Pence) 15:57

1M ago15:57

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Micro-episode for the next round of voting. Vote here! https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/328714/boardgames-go-season-20-2024?itemid=10561730&commentid=12070025#comment12070025

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Episode 145: Challengers! Beach Cup, Boop, Tag City, Castle Itter: The Strangest Battle of WWII, Trio 26:57

1M ago26:57

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Hello friends and welcome to The Five By. Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Aaron - Introduction 01:11 Justin - Challengers! Beach Cup 06:14 Meeple Lady - Boop 11:02 Geraldine - Tag City 15:59 Ben - Castle Itter: The Strangest Battle of WWII 21:16 Aaron - Trio (Episode 139) 26:08 John - Outro Special Guests: Ben O'Ste…

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Episode 12 - Radlands: Punks are People Too! 38:44

2M ago38:44

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In this Episode of Board With Each Other we appraise the 2-player card based duel that is Radlands. Set in a vibrant post-apocalyptic environ, this is a classic card battler with a number of interesting twists that plays relatively quickly. But how good is it? Does the substance live up to the style? And where does it stand on tactics and replayabi…

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The Duel and the Duke - London, 1829 1:01:02

2M ago1:01:02

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In the misty dawn of a March morning in 1829 a duel is about to take place in Battersea. Whilst duels were still fairly common at the time, they were frowned upon by most and especially by army generals like the Duke of Wellington. Wellington had outlawed duelling during the Napoleonic wars because he kept losing good officers to duels. And yet, it…

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Episode 144: The Mirroring of Mary King, Food Chain Island, Chicken, My Shelfie, Scholars of the South Tigris 27:08

2M ago27:08

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Hello friends and welcome to The Five By. Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Ruel - Introduction 00:33 Jose - The Mirroring of Mary King 05:24 Sarah - Food Chain Island 10:51 Meeple Lady - Chicken 15:29 Ruel - My Shelfie 20:29 John - Scholars of the South Tigris 26:17 Justin - Outro…

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Episode 11 - Nemesis: Not-Stromo 1:00:30

3M ago1:00:30

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In this bumper episode of Board With Each Other, Al & Hannah review the smash hit semi co-op survival horror Nemesis through our normal lens - namely how well does it play with 2? We discuss its ability to tell an immersive story, the difference between playing it co-operatively or semi co-op and wax lyrical about a pretty spectacular set of compon…

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Boardgames To Go 224 - Year in Review 2023 1:04:33

3M ago1:04:33

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Please join us on the Boardgames To Go discord server where you can chat online with other podcast listeners. Opener: Daybreak Last year was a great year of boardgaming for me. Apparently I played more games than ever, whether you include online plays or not. In this episode I go over the ones I played the most, the ones I liked the most, and some …

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The Dutch Corsair - Barbary Coast, 17th Century 1:02:56

3M ago1:02:56

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A pirate, a president and a Dutchman are the last things a humble fisherman on the shores of Iceland might expect to see sailing in on the evening tide. But on one fateful night in 1627, all three rolled in in a single pair of boots. And the tale of the man that filled those boots, is a tale worth telling… The Cloak & Dagger Podcast is back with a …

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Episode 143: Rebuilding Seattle, Obsession, Alice's Garden, The Princes of Florence, Voidfall 28:03

3M ago28:03

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Hello friends and welcome to The Five By. Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Meeple Lady - Introduction 00:40 Ruel - Rebuilding Seattle 05:45 Jose - Obsession 11:20 Aaron - Alice's Garden 16:30 Justin - The Princes of Florence 22:12 Meeple Lady - Voidfall 27:19 John - Outro…

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Boardgames To Go 223 - Season 20 and the BGGcon Recap 2:30:00

4M ago2:30:00

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Please join us on the Boardgames To Go discord server where you can chat online with other podcast listeners. Opener: Welcome to Season 20(!!!) of this little podcast I didn't make it to BGGcon last November, but several of my buddies did. Two of them, Greg Pettit and Dave O'Connor, join me on the podcast to talk about their experience there. For a…

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Episode 10 - Planted: The Hobby Venn Diagram 34:48

4M ago34:48

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Welcome back to our tenth full episode! This month we review Planted, the houseplant collection game by Sushi Go designer Phil Walker-Harding. We talk about Hannah's excitement at combining two of her hobbies, wax lyrical about some components and apply our usual scoring criteria. As always we round off at addressing how well it plays as a two play…

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Episode 142: Snakes & Lattes: Chicago, Guildhall, Atomic Empire, Silver Key Lounge, Game Haus 26:34

4M ago26:34

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Hello friends and welcome to The Five By. Your favorite source of fast and friendly board game reviews, in this episode reviewing board game cafes and bars. 00:00 Meeple Lady - Introduction 00:52 Ruel - Snakes & Lattes: Chicago 05.45 Jose - Guildhall 10:44 Sarah - Atomic Empire 16:00 Meeple Lady - Silver Key Lounge 21:30 John - Game Haus 25:51 Aaro…

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Episode 09 - Dune: Imperium - A Spicy Time 41:23

5M ago41:23

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Welcome to another episode of Board With Each Other! In this month's episode we discuss the exceptional worker placement / deck builder with a pinch of engine building that is Dune: Imperium. We appraise it using our usual criteria, talk about how it functions as a game, what it does well and whether it's worth your time as a 2 player experience. W…

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Boardgames To Go 222 - The Curmudgeon Show 1:24:11

5M ago1:24:11

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Please join us on the Boardgames To Go discord server where you can chat online with other podcast listeners. Opener: Sea Salt & Paper eryn roston @baditude Darryl Boone @booned I'm a pretty positive guy, and I hope that normally comes through on my podcast. While I have distinct preferences for the kinds of games I play, I try to be willing to pla…

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Episode 141: Power Rangers: Deck-Building Game, Race to the Raft, Artifacts Inc., Revive, Inheritors 28:16

5M ago28:16

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Hello friends and welcome to The Five By. Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Justin - Introduction 00:47 Jose - Power Rangers: Deck-Building Game 06:24 Geraldine - Race to the Raft 11:46 Aaron - Artifacts Inc. 17:20 Meeple Lady - Revive 22:57 Justin - Inheritors 27:43 Ruel - Outro Special Guest: Geraldine S..…

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Episode 08 - Mystic Vale: Natural Druidic Enhancements 40:32

6M ago40:32

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Welcome to episode 8 of Board With Each Other! In this episode we look at a slightly less well known proposition in the form of AEG's card crafting deck builder Mystic Vale. The gameplay is definitely a unique proposition in comparison to standard deck builder fare, but is it any good, does it play well with two and can we ever stop mixing up the w…

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Boardgames To Go 221 - Old Dogs, New Tricks (with Dave Arnott) 1:17:51

6M ago1:17:51

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Please join us on the Boardgames To Go discord server where you can chat online with other podcast listeners. Openers: • Mark: Basketboss • Dave: Istanbul David Arnott @Arnott After hearing Ken Tidwell in last month’s podcast, both Dave Arnott and I were impressed with his enthusiastic, optimistic, and forward-looking perspective on the boardgame h…

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Episode 140: Legacy of Yu, Sea Salt & Paper, Fit to Print, Flamecraft, Rise 28:48

6M ago28:48

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Hello friends and welcome to The Five By. Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Aaron - Introduction 00:58 John - Legacy of Yu 06:40 Aaron - Sea Salt & Paper 11:55 Meeple Lady - Fit to Print 17:26 Ruel - Flamecraft 22:31 Jose - Rise 27:56 Justin - OutroBy The Five By

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Episode 07: Carcassonne - Hot Take Barony 40:24

7M ago40:24

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Welcome to another episode of Board With Each Other! In this episode Al & Hannah take on a true classic of modern boardgaming, the tile laying, worker placement monolith that is Carcassonne. We talk about its role as a gateway game, some of its many expansions, and discuss the topic of playing without your gaming buddy on apps and its impact. It al…

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Boardgames To Go 220 - Ken Tidwell and The Game Cabinet 1:53:41

7M ago1:53:41

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Please join us on the Boardgames To Go discord server where you can chat online with other podcast listeners. Opener: Hammer of the Scots Ken Tidwell @Ken Tidwell If you entered the hobby as I did pre-2000, you didn't have BGG, podcasts, YouTube, or even a good way to buy games online. You often didn't have English rules in the box for what games y…

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For Love or Money? Montreal 1642-1692 1:01:51

7M ago1:01:51

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This one is a special case, that's for sure. Jacques Bizard - a Swiss Calvinist mercenary - met a French Catholic general called Louis de Frontenac. Their bond might well have gone from friendship to something more. Make your own mind up after listening!By Will Davis-Coleman and Patrick Courtney

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Episode 139: GAP, Meeting Memos for the Modern Mage, nana/Trio, 3 Ring Circus, Sky Team 27:37

7M ago27:37

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Hello friends and welcome to The Five By. Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Ruel - Introduction 00:35 Aaron - GAP 05:48 Sarah - Meeting Memos for the Modern Mage 11:05 Ruel - nana/Trio 15:59 John - 3 Ring Circus 22:11 Justin - Sky Team 26:57 Meeple Lady - OutroBy The Five By

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Special Episode 01: Star Realms & Codenames Duet - In Space, No One Can Hear You Guess 37:56

7M ago37:56

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Alongside our usual monthly content, we will occasionally put out special episodes which either double up some smaller, lighter games, or look at things slightly outside the norm of our usual content (for example old out of print games, board gaming adjacent topics). In this first of our special bonus episodes, Hannah takes the reigns of hosting du…

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The Great Peace - Montreal, 1701 1:08:44

7M ago1:08:44

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After reading the histories of civilisation (or just by listening to this podcast) you may get the idea that war is humanity’s natural state. But the truth is that we fight just as hard to forge peace as we do to start a war. And while we have racked up a shockingly small number of years where no one has been at war (268, or just 8 percent of recor…

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Episode 06: Gloomhaven - Two Mercenaries Walk Into a Pub... 1:08:32

8M ago1:08:32

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Do you have a lot of time on your hands? Do you think that marriage is not quite enough of a commitment between two people? Then do we have a recommendation for you! In our biggest episode to date and after an epic 3 year journey, we offer our final thoughts on Isaac Childres' game-changing, sprawling dungeon crawler / RPG Gloomhaven. (and a bit of…

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Boardgames To Go 219 - Game Conventions 1:21:16

8M ago1:21:16

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Patrick Pence @Farsol Eric Brosius @Eric Brosius Joe Huber @huber Opener: Britannia Once again, I've been fortunate to gather a panel of smart gamers from my Discord server to chat on this episode. Patrick, Eric, and Joe joined me to discuss game conventions. We talk about large ones, small ones, and how I think "invitationals" and games days are s…

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Defending the Faith - Carcassonne, 1209 1:15:34

8M ago1:15:34

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Will and Patrick delve deep into the purge of the Cathar faith in Southern France. Sanctioned by the Pope and supported by the King of France, crusading knights and templars threw themselves against the walls of Cathar Carcassonne - attempting to crush the so-called heretics. But killing an idea is much harder than the destruction of a city. Tune i…

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Episode 138: Carcassonne Big Box, Akropolis, The Quiet Year, Mille Fiori, Union Stockyards 27:53

8M ago27:53

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Hello friends and welcome to The Five By. Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Sarah - Introduction 00:39 Sarah - Carcassonne Big Box (Episode 100) 06:16 Meeple Lady - Akropolis 11:32 Jose - The Quiet Year 16:41 John - Mille Fiori 22:04 Justin - Union Stockyards 27:11 Aaron - Outro…

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Father to an Empire - Kabul, 1504 1:45:36

8M ago1:45:36

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How far would you go to live up to a family name? If your ancestry included not one but two founders of empires, do you really have much choice in what life you are destined for? Afghanistan has seen the rise of dozens of empires over the course of the thousands of years people have called it home. And at the dawn of the 16th century, one of these …

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Go to your God - Kabul, 1842 1:10:35

9M ago1:10:35

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War is hell. Unfortunately however, when an empire grows large enough it starts to forget that fact. Which makes it all the more horrifying when that harsh reality comes crashing down upon the poor foot soldiers of said empire. By the mid 19th century, Britain was rapidly growing into the largest empire in history, so conquering one small city in C…

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Episode 137: Golem, Books of Time, Eleven: Football Manager Board Game, Mystic Vale, Sabika 27:25

9M ago27:25

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Hello friends and welcome to The Five By. Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Justin - Introduction 00:41 Meeple Lady - Golem 06:01 Ruel - Books of Time 10:28 Jose - Eleven: Football Manager Board Game 16:11 Aaron - Mystic Vale 21:41 Justin - Sabika 26:40 John - OutroBy The Five By

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Boardgames To Go 218 - Solo Boardgaming 1:37:00

9M ago1:37:00

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Joe Berger @arnodestang Adam Brocker @abrocker @Gregarius Opener: Stockpile Closer: Ennui about the SdJ, which is surprising/disappointing Solo boardgaming is big, and getting bigger. At least, that’s my impression. It’s not something I know a bunch about myself. I’ve dabbled in solo boardgames for many years, and I’ve done solo wargames extensivel…

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Episode 05 - Aeons End: Straight Outta the Breach 32:18

9M ago32:18

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Welcome back to another episode of Board with Each Other - the board gaming podcast where we discuss games through the lens of playing as a pair. On this episode, we discuss the spell chucking deck builder Aeon's End. A firm staple in our collection, and one that adds some truly tasty mechanics to the standard deck builder tropes. But is it good wi…

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Dictator for a Day - Rome, 458 BC 53:21

9M ago53:21

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Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Or that's at least how the saying goes. And a cursory glance at the last 12,000 years of human history would seem to confirm this rather bleak outlook. But is it always true? Can one hold absolute power and still maintain a modicum of civic virtue? Ask a Roman this question, and they might jus…

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A Martyr to Science - Rome, 1600 1:15:32

10M ago1:15:32

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Are Science and Religion perhaps the oldest of rivals? Reason vs faith. Scripture vs hypothesise. Maybe, or maybe it’s just the power-hungry people who live their life by one or the other who perpetuate this eternal rivalry. This week’s episode follows a man who epitomises this rivalry. A man of science whose flagrant disregard for ecclesiastical t…

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Episode 136: Troyes Dice, Sleeping Gods, Stonewall Uprising, Challengers!, Wormholes 29:04

10M ago29:04

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Hello friends and welcome to The Five By. Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 John - Introduction 00:35 John - Troyes Dice 06:23 Sarah - Sleeping Gods 11:32 Meeple Lady - Stonewall Uprising 17:07 Ruel - Challengers! 22:17 Jose - Wormholes 28:13 Justin - OutroBy The Five By

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Episode 04: Calico - Kitten Mittens 30:08

10M ago30:08

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In this episode of Board with Each other, Al & Hannah tackle the brain burning abstract puzzler Calico. We talk through the gameplay, components and complexity as well as bringing our usual 2-player / couples lens to it. Al waxes lyrical about charity shops and Hannah talks about cats. A Lot. We hope you enjoy! Find us on Social Media Facebook Twit…

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Boardgames To Go 217 - Moving to New Places...and Boardgaming (with Dave Gullett) 1:20:04

10M ago1:20:04

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David G. @davebo Openers: • Mark: Maquis and Canopy • Dave: Earth My friend Davebo has been on the podcast many times, but not for a while. During the time he's been away he decided to sell his California home and relocate to North Carolina, both to be by his oldest kid, now married, as well as to start a new chapter in life. In the podcast he talk…

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A Crisis of Cod - Reykjavik, 1958 - 1976 1:08:45

10M ago1:08:45

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Icelanders are a people forged in the fires of volcanoes and tempered in the frosts of glaciers. They are the descendants of Vikings who found the freezing winters of Norway too gentle. And they are masters of a land and sea which the gods themselves think twice about before entering. So when a foreign power dares to lay claim to the treasures of I…

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The Lesser of Two Hitlers - Dublin 1900 1:12:10

11M ago1:12:10

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Long before the rise of his brother Adolf Hitler to Fuhrer of the Third Reich, Alois Hitler left his home in Austria and landed on the Emerald Isle to start a new life. Tune in to find out what happened in this odd twist of history.By Will Davis-Coleman and Patrick Courtney

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