Game Brain: A Board Game Podcast About Our Gaming Group

Trey and Dmitry review the 2014 classic "Panamax" then revisit the subject of "metagaming."0:00:00 Introduction0:05:05 Game Night-  Quest-  Versailles 191900:09:41 Game News-  Avatar Legends RPG on Kickstarter-  Descent: Legends of the Dark released-  Boonlake by Alexander Pfister pre-orders available-  Maricaibo: The Uprising expansion-  Pilgrim: Piety & Penitence-  Rolling Realms by Jamey Stegmaier-  Weather Machine by Vital Lacerda-  Tulpenfieber by Uwe Rosenberg-  Dune: Betrayal by Don Eskridge0:47:50 Games on the Brain-  Quest-  Tichu-  Generation Analog Conference    -  Scott Nicholson    -  Elizabeth Hargrave01:03:39 Game Review - Panamax01:40:15 Member Segment: Revisiting Metagaming-  Resistance: Avalon-  Diplomacy

0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Jennifer, the Board Game Pioneer0:07:41 - Game Night: Babylonia, Merchant's Cove, Terraforming Mars, Quest, El Grande,  Panamax, Estates, Paris0:23:25 - This Week's Board Game News - GI Joe Deck Builder; Architects of the West Kingdom: Works of Wonder; Divinus; Hunt or Be Hunted: Cryptid Urban Legends; Maharaja; Cardboard Creations: Andean Abyss.0:41:03 - Games on the Brain: Astroneer, No Man Sky, Quest, Battlestar Galactica, Avalon, Alubari, Snowdonia0:56:02 - Review of Babylonia1:21:11 - Getting Competitive: Hallertau, Agricola, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Le Havre, Terraforming Mars1:51:45 - Board Game Sommelier: Netrunner, Santorini, War Chest, Arboretum, The Grizzled, Red 7, Through the Desert, Samurai, Watergate, Res Arcana, 7 Wonders. 1:56:10 - Sign Off: Mayveena You Tube Channel

Trey, Matt, and Paul Jake review "Summoner Wars" and conjure up some thoughts on the "games that divide us."0:00:00 Message from Trey0:00:40 Introduction0:09:31 Game Night-Anno 1800-Crescent City Cargo-Quest0:24:42 Game News-MicroMacro: Crime City wins Spiel de Jahres-Paleo wins Kennerspiel des Jahres-Downfall: Conquest of the Third Reich on GMT P500-Voidfall-Wingspan on iOS-Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King-Top Pop on Kickstarter-Ravensburger announces Echoes series-Oranienburger Kanal is the title of the next Uwe Rosenberg games.0:44:20 Games on the Brain-Quest-Ankh: Gods of Egypt-Imperium: Classics0:57:40 Game Review: Summoner Wars 2nd Edition1:28:23 Member Segment: "Games that Divide Us"1:56:48 Game Sommelier-The Gallerist-Avalon-Kanban-Viticulture-Super Skill Pinball 4-cade-BattleStar Galactica

0:00:00 Introduction: Welcome Jesse, the Analytical Gamer0:06:25 This Week’s Game Night0:12:51 This Week’s Game News0:28:30  Games on the Brain0:42:12 - Review of The Initiative1:14:41 - One-Off Games1:46:33 - Board Game Sommelier1:51:00 - Sign Off

Trey and Jake cuddle up for some "Calico" and patch together some thoughts on "ethics in games."0:00:00 Introduction0:04:16 Game Night0:12:32 Game News0:23:50 Games on the Brain0:27:35 Game Review - Calico0:46:41 Member Segment - Chapter 10 Ethics in Games1:09:10 Game Sommelier1:18:52 Outro

0:00:00 - Welcome Alfred, the Rules Lawyer Monopoly, Risk, Twilight Imperium, Witches of the Coast, Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Ed., 4th Ed., Champions0:15:00 - This Week's Game NightBGA, Hearthstone, Russian Railroads, Santorini, Agricola, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Terraforming Mars, Sagrada, Terraforming Mars Ares Expansion, Alubari and Snowdonia 17:57, Warlord 18:30, Age of Steam Germany 23:250:24:46 - This Week's NewsYellow & Yangtze, Ra, Modern Art, Babylonia, Samurai, Through the Desert, Blue Moon City, Grail Games and Reiner Knizia; Pipeline: Emerging Markets Expansion at Capstone-Games.com 28:08; Die Macher 31:12; Curious Cargo 32:10; Carnegie changes on BGA 32:44; Zombie Princess and the Enchanted Maze 34:32; Power Grid, Faiyum, Fearsome Floors, 36:35; Orleans picked up by Capstone from Tasty Minstrels 36:550:38:36 - Games on the BrainThe aesthetics of the sound and heft of game pieces: Warlord, Santorini, Food Chain Magnate, Trickerion, Lords of Waterdeep, Taverns of Tiefenthal; Diplomacy; Terraforming Mars, Ares Expansion 46:07, Race for the Galaxy, Roll for the Galaxy0:51:51 - Review of Santorini01:15:21 - Reviving Old and Out of Fashion GamesFaiyum, Settlers of Cataan; Warlord 1:23:56; Talisman, 1:27:53, Merlin, Apocalypse; Junta, 1:29:30, Paranoia; Scotland Yard,1:35:38, Letters from Whitechapel, Fury of Dracula;  Wiz War 1:39:29, Dominant Species; Master Mind, 1:42:08, Mysterium; Polarity, 1:43:23; The Gallerist, 1:46:10; Diplomacy, 1:48:25; Illuminati, the Card Game 1:54:021:58:40 - Sign Off, Barrage

00:00:00 Introduction - Catching up with Elder's gorgeous bodywww.diamondgame.comEpic MegaGrants00:13:38 Game NightMedusa UnleashedRiccochet RobotsTribuneTerraforming Mars: Big Box00:20:55 Game NewsAgricolaTerra Mystica: Fire & IceTichuHardbackConcordia: Digital EditionCaptstone picks up OrleansDragomino wins Kinderspiel des JahresKingdominoIsle of Cats: Kittens & BeastsNow or NeverCrafting Arzium6-minute TeaserMasters of the Universe: Fields of EterniaSquaring Circleville00:31:28 Games on the BrainPower GridGame Studio StackerPeacemaking 1919: The Peace Conference at VersaillesExterminate All the Brutes00:42:47 Game Review - Bruxelles 189301:08:35 Member Segment - What Games Teach UsThe Campaign for North Africa01:35:30 Game SommelierViticultureVinhosOra et LaboraMadeiraGrand CruBus

Tom and Dmitry take in a new version of an old fave: Tribune! And they discuss kind vs wicked environments and what that might mean for gaming.                                                                                <p>0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Dmitry, The Philosophical GamerTribune, Die Macher<p>0:04:23 - This Week's Game NightTribuneSantiago (4:57)Avalon (6:37)Coffee Traders (9:54)Terraforming Mars (10:50)0:14:47 - This Week's News HungerThe Bloody Inn2021 BGG Con (18:12)Unfathomable (21:12)Battlestar GalacticaSleuth, The ResistanceNow or Never (25:36)Near and Far, Above and BelowTrails (26:11)ParksIn the Shadow of Demos (27:07)Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue MarsCardboard Creations: Mystic Vail (29:51)<p>0:30:31 - Games on the Brain<p>0:44:36 - Review of Tribune<p>1:33:00 - Kind and Wicked Games<p>2:14:40 - Sign Off

00:00:00 Introduction - Throttling your play with Paul and Ben00:02:17 Game NightIKITribuneAvalonDecryptoCubitosRail Pass Toot Toot!Menara00:16:43 Game NewsGaia Project on SteamTussie MussieTriumvir on GMTs P500Isle of Cats: Kittens + BeastsSavannah Park1840Mosaic on Kickstarter00:26:42 Games on the BrainThe CircleSecret HitlerSquaring CirclevilleCrescent City Cargo00:44:41 Game Review - Nations: DynastiesThrough the Ages01:42:25 Member Segment - Throttling your play

0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Candice, the Omni Gamer.MadeiraMysteriumDixitTable TopMonopoly, Sorry, Trouble, UnoMagic MazeKing of TokyoGreat Western TrailBattlestar GalacticaVoyages of Marco PoloRootBrass: BirminghamIndonesia18xxTwilight Imperium0:16:44 - This Week’s Game NightCoffee TraderChurchill (17:22)Versailles 1919 (19:15)Distant Plane (21:42)Pipeline (22:57)Faiyum (23:58)Avalon (25:48)Tichu, Coimbra, Gaia Project0:28:30 - This Week's NewsThe Witcher: Old WorldLost Ruins of Arnak: Search for Professor Kutil (31:24)Dune ImperiumArydia (34:30)Zia: Legends of the Drift SystemParis (38:38)El Grande, Tekhal Mexica, AzulFrancis Drake, LignumMaharajahStatement by David Turczi about Prisoner Architect: Cardboard County Penitentiary (45:34)0:48:51 - Review of Coffee TradersWildcatters1:39:35 - War GamesComanchuriaCuba LibreIlluminati, Wiz WarCivilization, Diplomacy, Republic of RomeComplete StrategistBreakout NormandyApocalypseWarlordRoot, Star Wars Rebellion, War of the RingCampaign for North AfricaAll Bridges BurningLiberty or DeathHannibal: Rome v CarthageBattle CryFire on the LakeTop 5 Gateway Games x 2 (2:03:07)Undaunted Normandy, Undaunted North AfricaWallenstein, ShogunTsekigahara: Unification of JapanFriedrichMaria1775: RebellionBreakout Normandy Cuba LibreWar of the RingLabyrinth: the war on terror 2001-?Wilderness WarTwilight Struggle2:14:12 - Sign Off