Decision Space Geekway Plays and Large Player Count Games Feat. Blood on the Clocktower, Guards of Atlantis II, and Challengers!
First In-Person Meeting
- Jake and Brendan met in person for the first time after two years of podcasting together.
- The meeting exceeded Brendan's expectations, and they played over 30 hours of board games.
Games Played at Geekway
- Jake and Brendan played 13 of the 20 games they planned to play at Geekway to the West.
- In total, they played 25 different game titles during the convention.
Bamboo Review
- Bamboo, a spatial puzzle Euro game, underwhelmed both Jake and Brendan.
- It was compared to Calico and Living Forest but considered less enjoyable.
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Episode 121 - Geekway Plays and Large Player Count Games Feat. Blood on the Clocktower, Guards of Atlantis II, and Challengers!
We did it. Jake and Brendan have final met and gamed together in person, and, good news, we aren't ending the podcast. In this episode we briefly touch on all the games we played that we said we wanted to play on last weeks episode, then we pivot. In the second half, we discuss some large player count games we got to try at geekway, including Blood on the Clocktower, Guards of Atlantis II, and Challengers! We are leaving room here to talk more in depth about all the other awesome games we played at Geekway in future episodes. We'll see you there, but before them, suit up decisionaughts and let's ride!
Pre-Planners
Troyes and Chicago Express (Wabash Canonball) are likely to be our next deep dive episodes!
Timestamps
Intro - 0:00
Bamboo - 6:56
Findorff - 8:40
Challengers! - 10:39
Millenium Blades - 10:58
Blood on the Clocktower - 12:41
Samurai - 12:59
Imperial 2030 - 14:29
My City Roll & Write - 16:58
Pokemon TCG - 17:58
Monolith Arena - 18:52
Solforge Fusion - 19:56
Ra - 20:58
Babylonia - 22:04
Zoo VAdis - 24:06
Tikal - 25:07
Hansa Teutonica - 25:52
Unrest - 26:15
Blood on the Clocktower - 30:50
Guards of Atlantis II - 41:03
Challengers! - 54:13
Music and Sound Credits
Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s
You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.
Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA
Rules Overview Music:
Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI
Contact
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