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Trey and Matt welcome Lumin Sperling and look at the numbers that drive competitive Agricola play.Agricola Revised EditionLumin_S on TwitchAgricola on BoardGameArenaplay-agricola.comAgricola 15Stats on BGA-  Find Etamar at kirbooloni.com-  Game Brain Facebook Group-  Twitter-  Instagram

Ben, Trey, and Paul review "Arkwright: The Card Game" and then discuss what they look for and want from "card games."0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Trey, the Game Designer, and Paul, the Game Breaker0:02:51 - This Week's Game Night: Agricola, Panamax, Hegemony, Le Havre, Evil Stepmother Playtest, Ark Nova, DC's Labyrinth Games FLGS, Roads and Boats, Secret Hitler, Forged in Steel, Messina 1347Agricola Tutorial0:15:23 - This Week's Game News: Oak, Stroganoff, Hanse Teutonica, Gugon, Scythe, Tigris and Euphrates, Dune Imperium, Concordia, Panamax, Barrage; Hamlet, Oak, Small City Deluxe on Tabletopia, Kickstarter and blockchain0:28:38 - Games on the Brain: Reacting to the Past: Athens Besieged, Rage against the Machine; Impact Earth; Our School of Avalon; 18USA (1817); 18 Chesapeake Off the Rails (After Dark); London Necropolis Railway (Diluvia Project, Tribune, Brutii);0:42:12 - Review of Arkwright: The Card Game: La Granja, Smartphone, Imperial, Age of Steam1:46:50 - Card Games2:13:45 - Sign Off: kirbooloni.com

INTROS: 0:00GAME NIGHT: 09:07 Ark Nova, Messina 1347, Red Flags Over Paris, Taverns of Tiefenthal, Avalon, Panamax, Wingspan, Imperial Struggle.GAME NEWS: 21:16 Cardboard Creations, Ukranian Game Designers, Tamashii, Twin Palms, Explorers, Eastern Empires.GAME REVIEW: 44:51 Poetry for Neanderthals, Stay Cool, Letter Jam, Inhuman Conditions, So Clover.MEMBER SEGMENT: 1:33:34 Games where you play the player more than the game. SIGNOFF: 2:08:25

Ben, Candice, and Dmitry review "Civilization: A New Dawn" with the "Terra Incognita" expansion and then discuss "Ferrari Games."0:00:00 - Intro: Welcome Candice, the Omni Gamer and Dmitry, the Philosophical Gamer0:04:48 - This Week’s Game Night: Ark Nova, Messina 1347, So Clover, Just One, Code Names, Decrypto, Avalon, Burn Cycle, Der Spiegelstadt, (Jorgen) Nicea, Barrage, (The Great Zimbabwe) Hegemony, Terraforming Mars Prelude, 1848 Australia, Ark Nova0:43:24 - This Week’s Game News: Red Flag over Paris, Rear Window (Jaws), Voices in my Head, Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney, High Treason: The Trial of Louis Real, Memphis Falls, Houston We Have a Dolphin, Shinkansen Zero K, SHASN, Tales from the Loop0:57:36 - Games on the Brain: Tichu on BGA, Enemy Action: Arden, Arkwright, Arkwright the Card Game, Gingkopolis, Fortress of Steel1:07:24 - Review of Civilizations: A New Dawn: Tapestry, Nations, Through the Ages2:15:00 - Ferrari Games: (Food Chain Magnet) Anachrony, (Cerebrea) Eclipse, (Forbidden Stars,) Railways of the World, CloudSpire, Tzolkin, Praga Kaput Regni, Underwater Cities, Lisboa, Indonesia, Grasp the Ring, Menora, Pulsar 2849, Yokohama, Hanse Teutonica, Pax Pamir 2nd Ed, AnkhEverdell, Wingspan, Stroganof2:40:09 - Sign Off

0:00:00 - Intro: Welcome Tom and Jennifer, the Game Pioneer0:08:57 - This Week’s Game Night: Bitoku, Ark Nova, Gaslands, Watch What Crappens, Barrage, Tichu0:17:06 - This Week's Game News: Overisles; Unsettled; Trey Parker's Top Ten - Western Legends, Merchants and Marauders, Abomination, Fury of Dracula, Robinson Crusoe, Auztralia, Alchemists, Star Wars Rebellion/War of the Ring, Sub Terra, Summit; Jennifer's VLOG on her Video Channel - Mayveena0:36:40 - Review of Advanced Civilization: Catan, Western Civ, 1870, Twilight Imperium, Campaign for North Africa1:09:19 - Negative Game Descriptions: Cosmic Encounter, Ark Nova, Acquire, Dominant Species, Primordial Soup, 18xx, Food Chain Magnate, Teotihuacan, Hanse Teutonica, Twilight Imperium 3&4, Port Royal.1:34:57 - Board Game Sommelier: Games that are good to play with bad sports - Port Royal, Dominion, Bohnanza, any Roll and Write, Samurai, Babylonia, Splendor, Everdell, Hanse Teutonica1:40:01 - Sign Off

Trey, Paul, and Matt review "Terra Mystica" and ask "What makes a game competitive?"00:00:00 IntroductionWatch What Crappens00:05:15 Game Night-  Agricola   -   EconSean   -   RaniorGames   -   Lumin Sperling -  Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory-  Can't Stop-  Gaia Project-  Clans of Caledonia-  Ark Nova-  Through the Ages-  Modern Art-  Show Manager00:30:22 Game News-  Rolling Heights Kickstarter-  Weimar: The Fight for Democracy-  The Snow Queen-  Kickstarter pumps the breaks on Blockchain00:38:25 Game Review - Terra Mystica 01:30:30 Member Segment - What Makes a Game Competitive?-  World Boardgame Championships-  Find Etamar at kirbooloni.com-  Game Brain Facebook Group-  Twitter-  Instagram

Ben, Dmitry, and Paul look at the 2019 game "Art Decko" and then discuss games as social experiences.0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Ben, the Opinionated Gamer, Dmitry, the Philosophical Gamer, and Paul, the Game Breaker0:08:39 - This Week’s Game Night: Tichu, Gaia Project, Can’t Stop (Just One, Code Names) Wordle, (Terra Mystica) Hegemony0:23:30 - Game News: Concordia on Nintendo Switch, Avalon, Crystal Palace, Wingspan, Leaving Earth,; Pandemic App withdrawn 0:33:56 - Games on the Brain: Sagrada, Underwater Cities, Great Western Trail, Gallerist, Modern Art, Azul, Splendor, Parks, Photographers, King Domino, Deep Sea Adventure, Welcome To, The Crew, Decrypto, Quacks of Quedlinburg0:46:04 - Review of Art Decko1:41:27 - The Social Uses of Gaming2:14:10 - Sign Off: Watch What Crappens live in LA and San Diego, Kirbooloni.com, gamebrainpod.com

0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Tom, Jake, the Casual Gamer, and Dmitry, the Philosophical Gamer.0:09:36 - This Week’s Game Night - Alien Fire Team Elite, Tichu on BGA, Wordle0:29:01 - This Week’s Game News, Wavelength App, Barrage New Map, (Hanse Teutonica) Pilgrim, (18xx, Age of Steam, Tokyo Metro, Underground) Libertalia: Winds of Gale Crest (Vasco deGama, Ethnos)0:42:00 - Review of Furnace: Brian Boru, Pipeline, Brass, Arkwright.1:05:30 - Games Ben Will Not Play with His Friends: (Age of Steam, Ark Nova, Terraforming Mars, On Mars, Boonlake, Lisboa) Sagrada, Azul, Ricochet Robots, Res Arkana, Glory to Rome, Innovation, Wiz War, (Battlestar Galactica) Through the Desert, Bus, (Food Chain Magnate) Modern Art, Cartehena, Sleuth, Dune, A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy, Quacks of Quedlinburg, Ricochet Robots, Fresh Fish. Santiago, Sheriff of Nottingham, Love Letter, Santorini, Bohnanza, El Grande.1:16:37 - Sign Off

Trey, Alfred, and Candice get on track with "Asian Railroads" and ask "How are games like music?"00:00:00 Introduction00:02:32 Game Night - Santorini - Connect 4 - Wordle - Pax Viking - Arkham Horror LCG - Acricola00:17:34 Game News - La Granja Deluxe Master Set - Fire in the Lake, the Sovereign of Discord Expansion - P500 at GMT - Game Brain BGA group LINK Post your username in Facebook group!  - Gamefound00:35:44 Game Review - Asian Railroads - Russian Railroads01:13:00 Member Segment - How are games like music? - Daedelus - The Mars Volta-  Find Etamar at kirbooloni.com-  Game Brain Facebook Group-  Twitter-  Instagram

1Ben, Jennifer, and Paul discuss the 2021 game "Bitoku" and discuss what they look for and enjoy in a game group.0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Ben, the Opinionated Gamer, Jennifer, the Game Pioneer, and Paul, The Game Breaker. The Game of Life. Blue Peg, Pink Peg. 0:08:55 - This Week’s Game Nights: Messina 1347, Ark Nova, and scheduled for Essen Day: Golem, Bitoku, Squaring Circleville, Tavanusi, Boonlake, Tokyo Market, Tokyo Metro expansions, Teotihuacan and Tekhenu expansions, Imperial Steam, Brian Boru, Stroganoff. (Stone Age, On Mars); Arnak, Gaia Project on BGA (Terra Mystica) , Hegemony on TTS (Die Macher, Avalon, New Angeles) Oath, Junta , Republic of Rome, 1848 Australia, (18mx, 18 Florida,) 1882,0:42:05 - This Week’s News: 4000 year old board game unearthed in Milan, Everdell for Everyone, Cards Against Humanity: Pride Pack, Wordle, Past and Present Podcast, (Mahjong, Scrabble, Backgammon) 0:53:41 - Review of Bitoku: Praga Kaput Regni, Feast for Odin, Voyages of Marco Polo, Blue Moon City, Great Western Trail, Pulsar1:41:38 - What We Look for in a Game Group2:13:24 - Sign Off