Game Brain: A Board Game Podcast About Our Gaming Group

0:00:00 Introduction in which the hosts interact as human beings and discuss eating Guinea Pigs0:05:43 Game NightYokohamaPan Am0:13:14 Game NewsNPR articleQuest + Avalon KSArkwright Card GameSantorini New YorkApollo0:34:00 Games on the BrainGreat Western TrailThe Cost0:47:05 Game Review - Tichu1:27:19 Co-host segment - Fun games when you're playing badlyFlow1:59:54 Game Somellier

0:00:00 IntroductionThe Cost by Armondo Canales0:04:57  Game NightYokohamaTekhenuFort0:10:40 Game NewsArcana RisingUndaunted: North Africa Designer DiaryCairnSagrada on SwitchEnnie Awards 2020AlienMÖRK BORG0:35:28 Games on the BrainCO218Chesapeake0:43:44 Top 50 Games#5 Avalon#4 Barrage#3 Gaia Project#2 Lorenzo il Magnifico#1 Great Western Trail1:02:40 Game Review - The Cost1:55:30 Member Segment - What keeps us coming back? 2:17:37 Sign-off

00:00:00 Intro with all the co-hosts.This round's theme is "As you wish..."The Cost 00:13:33 Game NightTawantinsuyu: The Inca Empire TeotihuacanLa GranjaTichuImperial StruggleTom's New Book: The Year of the Rabbit (tentative title)00:21:45 Game NewsPictures Spiel des JahresThe Crew Kennerspiel des JahresJordan Draper KickstarterUnder Falling SkiesDead Reckoning KickstarterDungeons & Dragons Adventure Begins00:44:43 Games on the BrainTawantinsuyu: The Inca Empire Factory TownThe Lesser Players Tale - by Jason Morningstar and Lizzie StarkReacting to the PastOnline GenCon00:56:00 The Game Brain Top 5010 The Gallerist9 Tzolk'in8 Terraforming Mars7 Tichu6 Age of Steam01:05:02 Game Review TekhenuCandice Harris BGG PreviewTrismegistus: The Ultimate Formula01:32:51 Host Segment - Conflict in board gamesAdvanced CivilizationMega CivilizationCaylus 1303Eclipse18ChesapeakeFood Chain MagnateRoads & Boats01:56:45 Game SommelierSpirit Island

00:03:57 Game NightMarco Polo https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171623/voyages-marco-polo(Johannes Caprini is actually the weakest character, Tom)Tichu https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/215/tichu00:08:55 Game NewsStefan Feld City Collection - https://twitter.com/real_QueenGames/status/1284155650713571330Fort https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/296912/fortDaimyo https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237145/daimyo-rebirth-empirePandemic Legacy: Season 0 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/314040/pandemic-legacy-season-0Elizabeth Hargrave https://twitter.com/elizhargrave00:32:36 Games on the BrainImperial Struggle https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/206480/imperial-struggleSorry (no link available :(   )00:51:00 Top 50 Games15 Brass https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/206480/imperial-struggle14 Madiera https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28720/brass-lancashire13 Die Macher https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1/die-macher12 Concordia https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/124361/concordia11 Twilight Struggle https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12333/twilight-struggle00:55:23 Game Review - In the Year of the Dragonhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31594/year-dragon01:11:02 Host Segment - Your group's game culture01:39:44 Game SommelierBoardGameArena recommendations:Russian RailroadsKeyflowerCity of Big ShouldersNipponTroyesClans of CaledoniaSantoriniHawaii

00:00:00 "The Greatest Three-some"00:10:10 Game NightPan Am https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/303057/pan-am00:17:54 Game NewsPendulum https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/312804/pendulumPerseverance https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mindclash/perseverance-castaway-chroniclesEscape the Night https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playescapethenight/escape-the-night-board-gameDead Reckoning https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/276182/dead-reckoningLost Ruins of Arnak https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/312484/lost-ruins-arnakFiasco https://bullypulpitgames.com/games/fiasco/Protocol https://postworldgames.com/protocol-game-series/Hoplomachus https://chiptheorygames.com/hoplomachus#section-twoSouthern Rails https://www.riograndegames.com/2020/07/southern-rails-announced/Pandemic Legacy: Season 000:42:10 Games on the BrainLast of Us 2Game Brain Top 5020 Teotihuacan https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/229853/teotihuacan-city-gods19 Through the Ages https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/182028/through-ages-new-story-civilization18 Agricola https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola17 Ricochet Robots https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/51/ricochet-robots16 Eclipse https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/72125/eclipse00:49:40 Game Review - Imperial Strugglehttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/206480/imperial-struggle01:40:57 Host Segment - Weight02:00:04 Game SommelierTicket To Ride https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9209/ticket-rideCockroach Poker https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11971/cockroach-pokerGulo Gulo https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6351/gulo-guloRat A Tat Cat https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3837/rat-tat-catCha Cha Chicken https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3570/chicken-cha-cha-chaChateau Roquefort https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28089/chateau-roquefort10 Days https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5867/10-days-europeThrow Throw Burrito 

00:01:40 Game NightLove Letter https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/129622/love-letterKeyflower https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/122515/keyflower00:06:38 The NewsOur Family Plays Games https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1f1NKE51FG5MeYchzVbXcACards Against Humanity https://www.vox.com/2020/6/26/21301488/cards-against-humanity-allegations-ironic-humor-racismRavensburger Game Inventor Days https://www.ravensburger.de/start/inventor-days/index.html#englishhttps://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/105813/roll-player-gets-deeper-fiends-familiarshttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/292564/back-future-dice-through-timehttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/294484/unmatched-cobble-foghttps://shop.explodingkittens.com/products/poetry-for-neanderthals00:33:20 Games on the Brainhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/291457/gloomhaven-jaws-lionGame of Thrones LCG https://theironthrone.net/playhttps://agot.cards/Imperial Struggle https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/206480/imperial-struggleTOP 50 Game Countdown25 Fresh Fish https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1017/fresh-fish24 Lisboa https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/161533/lisboa23 Trickerion https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/163068/trickerion-legends-illusion22 Indonesia https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/19777/indonesia21 18xx games https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamefamily/19/series-18xx00:59:55 Game Review - Russian Railroadshttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/144733/russian-railroads01:32:45 Host Segment - "Racing"01:54:00 Game Sommelier https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/111341/great-zimbabwehttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/185343/anachronyhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/246684/smartphone-inchttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/55952/greed-incorporatedhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/105551/archipelago

0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Professor Elder0:01:30 - This Week's Game NightLottery GamesOculus Quest v The Rift (0:09:17)Madeira (0:14:41)Stone Age: Wildlife, Harsh Winters Expansions (0:14:56)Tichu (0:17:44)Wavelength (0:18:20)Libertalia, For Sale, Tzolkien, 6 Nimmt! (0:18:54)0:19:18 - This Week's Game NewsEverything Board Games: Black Lives Matter resignations (0:19:55)Anno 1800 German Language Edition, from PhilbertNet.com (0:33:45)Godspeed, from Pandasaurus Games (0:36:51)Pan Am, from Prospero Hall (0:39:07)The Mind: Extreme (0:41:51)HanabiTekhenu, Taiwantinsuyu (0:45:56)Teotihuacan, Lorenzo, Marco Polo, TzolkienCurious Cargo, from Capstone Games (0:49:32)Pipeline, Barrage, Crystal PalaceIntrepid, from Tim Fowers Games (0:52:20)Burgle Bros, Burgle Bros 2, Sabotage, Hardback, Paperback, Getaway Driver0:54:13 - Games on the BrainBarrageLegends of Runeterra from Riot  (0:57:52)League of LegendsMadeira (1:00:15)High Frontier (1:00:43)1:01:12 - 8x8 Challenge UpdateAvalon, Gaia Project, Splotter, Age of Steam, Great Western Trail, Lorenzo, Pax Games, Concordia, Pax Pamir1:06:17 - Game Brain Top 50 - #29-261:10:10 - Review of Madeira, from What's Your GameNippon, Panamax, Lude Island, GuangzhouThe Harvester and The Ambassadors Madeira ExpansionsNew Deluxe Expansion to come this fall1:40:25 - Transitioning to Virtual GamingTabletopia, Board Game Arena, Table Top Simulator (TTS)Discord Audio, Board Game Arena Audio/VideoClans of Caledonia, LaGrange, Stone Age, Puerto Rico, Tzolkien, Terra Mystica, Troyes, Nippon - On Board Game ArenaTeotihuacan to come on Board Game ArenaOn Mars, Viscounts of the West Kingdom, Flotilla, Isle of Cats, Pandeme (Bread Baron,) Blackout Hong Kong, Barrage, Pharaon, Glass Road - on TTSNew Amsterdam - Elder's Mod for TTS coming soonLock-UpTTS on NBR HeadsetThe MIndCatan on Oculus2:03:09 - Board Game SommelierSagrada, Carcassonne, Terraforming Mars, Mice and Mystics, Twilight Imperium, Last FrontierTARGET GAMES:IcusaCalamalaLignumFrancis DrakeSidereal ConfluenceLeHavreDungeon LordsYellow and YangtzeTigris and EuphratesPillars of the EarthSanta MariaTroyesLaGrajaReworldThrough the DesertDokmusAzulPan AmOn Mars2:15:51 Sign Off

0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Jake, the Casual Gamer, and Dmitry, the Philosophical Gamer0:03:00 - This Week’s Game NightElfenland, The Crew, Tichu, Twilight Struggle, Phaeron, Clans of Caledonia, Russian Railroads, Race for the Galaxy. Neverwinter XBox RPG0:08:55 - This Week’s NewsOrigins Online Game Convention and Black Lives Matter (0:09:20)Blood RageDisney Jungle Cruise: A Voyage of Mystery and Misfortune (0:15:57)Jaws, Top Gun, The Shining, Back to the FutureWonder Woman: Challenge of the Amazons (0:22:49)Monumental (0:23:34)TapestryThe Night Cage (0:27:51)Der Nichte der Magir (0:33:12)Charles S Roberts Awards Resume (0:34:50)Fire Tower: Reprint and Rising Flames Expansion Kickstarter (0:37:56)Martin Wallace's Anno 1800 (0:42:08)Brass, Age of SteamRed Dead RedemptionH.iO Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality (0:48:07)Walden0:52:07 - Games on the BrainNeverwinterWavelength, One Word, Time's Up0:59:06 - Game Brain Top 50 Games 35-301:02:42 - Elfenland ReviewEl GrandeDune: Duel and Spice HarvestGaia ProjectMarco Polo, ConcordiaBus1:28:04 - How to Tell a Game is Not for YouFood Chain Magnate18xxWiz WarIndonesiaBarrageEclipseEverdellCaptain SonarAge of SteamPret a PorterThe GalleristMarco PoloConcordiaHanse Teutonica1:53:42 - Board Game SommelierTroyesConcordiaEverdellCoimbraLorenzoTeotihuacanMarco PoloCrystal PalaceTribune1:59:05 - Sign Off

0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Alfred, the Rules Lawyer0:04:46 - This Week's Game NightClans of Caledonia, Race for the Galaxy, Smartphone, Inc. (0:05:15)Russian Railroads, Elfenland (0:05:34)Kanban EV, Mah Jong, Elfenland (0:06:14)0:09:50 - This Week's Game NewsCandice Harris joins the Board Game Geek Team (0:09:58)Friedrich, Maria (0:11:00)1822: The Railways of Great Britain Reprint Kickstarter (0:11:44)Terraforming Mars: The Big Box with Minis! (0:15:46)Traveler (0:18:21)Merchants of the Dark Road Kickstarter (0:19:33)Through the Ages: New Leaders and Wonders Expansion (0:21:56)Back to the Future: Back in Time (0:26:56)The Shining, JawsScotland YardCatan, WingspanTop GunAlice is Missing Kickstarter (0:32:02)Avalon, Captain Sonar, Blood on the ClocktowerSpace AlertPrimitiveGertz: Prehistoric0:38:26 - Games on the BrainWingspan, Asmodee, Wizards of the Coast, Magic, The Gathering: welcoming African-American gamers and designers (0:41:30)0:45:25 - Game Brain Top 50: 40-360:57:45 - Review of Kanban EVVinhosThe GalleristElfenland (1:34:18)Lisboa, On Mars1:36:30 - Bringing Out the Best in GamersAvalon, Mah JongClans of Caledonia1:58:24 - Board Game SommelierAnachrony, Indonesia, Container, Wildcatters, Masters of Venice, Manila, Havet et GutSkeegee Market (2:00:10)Chesapeake & OhioTerraforming Mars (2:01:30)Isle of Wight, a Brass: Duel Game (2:02:25)2:06:13 - What Bonds Won't BreakiTunes, Spotify, Bandcamp2:09:27 - Sign Off