Episode 45: Can we keep it family friendly please?

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It's Tambo's first ever time as first player and brings us all to the fireside to chat about family friendly gaming and what successes and failures we've had when introducing games to our loved ones.
FIRST PLAYER: Tambo
OTHER PLAYERS: JP, Rob & Dan
OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- all about the JP's first impressions of Imperium: Horizons designed by Nigel Buckle and Dávid Turczi
- Dan's still on a Stonemaier kick with plenty of Rolling Realms over the festive period
- Rob's been delving into dungeons but this time this one comes in a bag
- all about backstabbing and horrible shenanigans in Nemesis and the dreaded Carnomorphs expansion.
- our takes on family friendly games, what to do, what not to do
- about Rob's excitement to watch Strictly Come Dancing Live and it's not for the dancing
- whether you would let your family take control over your gaming hobby and life in this episodes "Would you rather"
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:39 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
1:51 - Rob - Bag of Dungeon
5:49 - Dan - Rolling Realms
10:29 - Tambo - Nemesis Carnomorphs
18:38 - JP - Imperium: Horizons
26:55 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Keepin gllg it family friendly
32:48 - Family friendly mechanics: Co-op & head to head
36:41 - Family friendly mechanics: Luck & dexterity
46:23 - Family friendly mechanics: Hidden role / accusations
49:26 - Family friendly mechanics: Comfort / living room play
54:58 - Family friendly mechanics: Simpler worker placement
58:31 - Our favourite games to play with our families
1:02:28 - Games we really want to play with our families but haven't approached them yet
1:07:57 - TURN 4 - Would you rather?
1:08:06 - Would you rather give all your power to the family on buying, selling, what you play OR never add to your collection again
1:12:26 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:12:38 - The Devon Board Game Weekend
1:14:19 - Tambo - Ironside Gaming Table Update
1:16:31 - JP - Moving house and gaming again
1:19:19 - Dan - Surviving the permafrost in Frostpunk
1:21:06 - Rob - Unboxing Marvel Zombies
1:23:06 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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Chapters

1. TURN 1 - Player Count (00:00:00)

2. TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex (00:01:59)

3. Rob - Bag of Dungeon (00:02:11)

4. Dan - Rolling Realms (00:06:09)

5. Tambo - Nemesis Carnomorphs (00:10:49)

6. JP - Imperium: Horizons (00:18:58)

7. TURN 3 - Main Event: keeping it family friendly (00:27:15)

8. Family friendly mechanics: Co-op & head to head (00:33:08)

9. Family friendly mechanics: Luck & dexterity (00:37:01)

10. Family friendly mechanics: Hidden role / accusations (00:46:43)

11. Family friendly mechanics: Comfort / living room play (00:49:46)

12. Family friendly mechanics: Simpler worker placement (00:55:18)

13. Our favourite games to play with our families (00:58:51)

14. Games we really want to play with our families but haven't approached them yet (01:02:48)

15. TURN 4 - Would you rather? (01:08:17)

16. Would you rather give all your power to the family on buying, selling, what you play OR never add to your collection again (01:08:26)

17. TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up (01:12:46)

18. The Devon Board Game Weekend (01:12:58)

19. Tambo - Ironside Gaming Table Update (01:14:39)

20. JP - Moving house and gaming again (01:16:51)

21. Dan - Surviving the permafrost in Frostpunk (01:19:39)

22. Rob - Unboxing Marvel Zombies (01:21:26)

23. TURN 6 - The Final Turn (01:23:26)