Game Brain: A Board Game Podcast About Our Gaming Group

0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Tom, Candice and Mike0:09:57 - This Week’s Game Night: Carnegie Deluxe (Gingkopolis, Carson City, Troyes,) Time of Crisis, (Railways of the World) Battle for Rokogon, Dale of Merchants, (El Grande, Babylonia, Wiz War)0:30:00-  Game News: BGG Con 2022, (Ark Nova, Messina) Cat in the Box, Undaunted: Stalingrad, Undaunted: Reinforcements, (Undaunted: Normandy, Undaunted: Africa) San Francisco, War of the Ring: The Card Game (Hunt for the Ring, Successors)0:49:34 - Time of Crisis Review: Age of Iron and Rust Expansion, Twilight Imperium1:35:45 - The Joys of Hand Management: Dominion, Dune Imperium, Terraforming Mars, Ark Nova, Race for the Galaxy, Twilight Struggle, Undaunted Normandy; Everdell, Scout, Bohnanza, Glory to Rome, Hand in the Sea, Arboretum, (Art Decko, Modern Art) Time of Crisis, Mumbasa/Sky Mine, Friedrich, Maria, Terraforming Mars: Prelude, Dual Powers (Labyrinth, Twilight Struggle,) Pax Porfiriana, Twilight Struggle, (Agricola, Gloomhaven) Star Wars: the Card Game, Taj Mahal2:21:36 - Sign Off: Kirbooloni.com

Trey is joined by Tom and RPG designer jim pinto to review Root and explore asymmetry in games.0:00:00 Message about audio quality0:01:08 Introductionjim pinto at Post World GamesA Good Book for Bad GMsDogs in the Vinyard0:20:50 Game Night Clank: A Deck-Building AdventureThe HungerRicochet RobotsThe Resistance: AvalonShadows over CamelotGlass RoadTime of Crisis: The Roman Empire in Turmoil0:30:00 Game NewsTerra NovaTerraforming Mars: Dice GamePraxis / ProtocolAtiwaBGG on Great Western Trail: ArgentinaTigris and Euphrates in beta on BGACentury Spice Road and Copenhagen on BGA 0:44:19 Games on the BrainHistory of the WorldHegemony: Lead Your Class to VictoryBlood on the ClocktowerNo Rolls Barred plays youtube link0:57:08 Game Review: Root1:27:34 Member Segment: Beyond AsymmetryTwilight StruggleAndroid: NetrunnerHistory of the WorldDuneThe Great ZimbabweHere I StandWatergateStar Wars: RebellionCrescent MoonOathVastTime Agent-  Find Etamar at kirbooloni.com-  Game Brain Facebook Group-  Twitter-  Instagram

Ben, Dmitry, and Paul discuss the 2012 game "Ginkgopolis" as well as its expansion "Ginkgopolis: The Experts."  Plus, what makes us want to give a game a second chance.0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Ben, Philosophical Gamer Dmitry, and Game Breaker Paul.0:04:29 - This Week’s Game Nights: Avalon, Lowlands, Ark Nova, Time of Crisis, (Food Chain Magnate) Caesar!, (Blitzkrieg!) K2, Healthy Heart Hospital (Jaws, Top Gun) (Dice Hospital, Clinic) 18 Ireland, 1848, Scout, Mafia, (Bohnanza) Carnegie (Teotihuacan) (Black Angel) Agricola, Lorenzo, (Werewolf) Blood on the Clocktower1:11:11 - News: Spiel de Jarre nominations: Cascadia, Scout, Top Ten (Wavelength); Seven Wonders: Architects, Echoes: Thr Dancer, Magic Rabbit, My Goldmine, So Clover, Track 12 Hamilayas, Kennerspiel: Cryptid, Dune Imperium, Living Forest; Ark Nova, Cora: Rise of the Empire; Witchstone; Bureau of Investigation (Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective) Decorum, Wavelength1:21:40 - No Games on the Brain1:22:23 - Review of Gingkopolis: Troyes, Black Angel, Carnegie, Expancity, Underwater Cities, Arboretum, Eclipse2:08:17 - What Makes Us Give a Game a Second Chance: (Barrage) Age of Steam, Avalon, Beyond the Sun, Lowlands, Tzolkin, Ankh, Merv, Embarcadero, Coimbra, Great Western Trail, Faiyum, Mind Mgmnt, Dinosaur Island, Terraforming Mars, Fields of Arle, Heaven and Ale, Gaia Project, Terra Mystica2:37:33: Sign off

0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Game Enthusiast Matt #1, Game BreakerPaul and Game Designer Trey.0:03:45 - This Week’s Game Night: Perseverance, Crescent Moon (Root, Oath, Pax games) Agricola0:13:03 - This Week’s Game News: Azul, Master Chocolatier; Origins reinstates mask requirements; Awaken Realms Castles of Burgundy (Castles of Mad King Ludwig); Evergreen (Photosynthesis)0:28:50 - Games on the Brain: Reacting to the Past (Argent); Burn Cycle (Cloud Spire, Too Many Bones)0:37:21 - Review of Perseverance Chronicles Episodes One and Two: Trickerion, Cerebrea, Anachrony, Brass, Brass Lancashire, Age of Steam, Coimbra, Twilight Struggle, Troyes, El Grande, CO2, Archipelago, The Great Wall, Le Havre1:18:57 - Complexity1:39:42 - Board Game Sommelier: Panamax, 1:49:17 - Sign Off; kirbooloni.com, gamebrainpod.com

0:00 INTRO10:33 GAME NIGHTPerseveranceAvalonCrescent MoonCrisisScapegoatLetter JamFoundations of RomeNemesis: Lockdown56:00 GAME NEWSCardboard CreationsTrailblazerThe ThingDragonlance1:10:00 REVIEW: CRISIS1:42:48 MEMBER SEGMENT: THE SEMI-COOP GAME2:09: 30 WRAP-UP

Just a quick note that this week's episode will drop on Wednesday instead of the usual Monday. Thanks for your patience!

Trey is joined by Tom and Dmitry to review Libertalia:Winds of Galecrest and discuss Simultaneous Action Selection.0:00:00 Introduction0:05:02 Game Night AvalonCrisisLignum (Teotihuacan, Caylus)0:29:10 Game NewsTerraforming Mars FREEDesperation (Fiasco, Durance, Winterhorn) Orenberger Canal (Ora et Labora, Le Havre)RaSleeping Gods,: Distant SkiesMCDM Monster BookAutobahnAge of Steam Deluxe Expansion Maps Catherine: The Cities of TzarinaStranger Things: Attack of the Mind Flayer0:49:20 Games on the BrainCrisis (Crystal Palace), NY Times Magazine April 15 AI and Language article (The Gallerist, Panamax, Kanban, Tank Duel)1:03:10 - Game Review - Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest1:24:52 Member Segment Simultaneous Action SelectionYomi; Lorenzo, Risk, Diplomacy, Agricola, Twilight Struggle, Die Macher, Fresh Fish, Wallenstein, Shogun, Dune, Cash and Guns, Last Stand, Maharajah, Race for the Galaxy, Robo Rally, Captain Sonar-  Find Etamar at kirbooloni.com-  Game Brain Facebook Group-  Twitter-  Instagram

Ben, Paul, and Candice review "Railways of the World" and then discuss what makes a game "fun-forward."00:00:00 - Intro00:03:02 - Game Night—00:05:21 - Lorenzo il magnfico—00:09:15 - Avalon—00:09:58 - Crisis—00:15:57 - Forged in Steel—00:18:49 - Survive: Escape from Atlantis—00:20:58 - Tapestry—00:21:43 - 18Ireland00:23:47 - Game News—00:24:00 - Oranienburger Kanal—00:26:35 - Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods—00:28:00 - Skymines00:33:12 - Games on the Brain—00:35:23 - No Retreat—00:44:44 - Autobahn—00:50:50 - Feudem (& Arkwright)00:55:49 - Review:  Railways of the World —01:36:49 - Age of Steam01:54:09 - Discussion: Fun Forward Games—02:04:32 - Catan—02:05:24 - Twilight Imperium—02:07:06 - Santiago—02:09:43 - Jaws—02:12:29 - Automobiles—02:16:28 - Carson City—02:20:12 - Quartermaster General—02:24:13 - Smartphone Inc.—02:26:52 - Tank Duel!!—02:30:27 - Citadels!!!—02:33:47 - Castles of Mad King Ludwig—02:35:07 - Dead of Winter

0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Your Host Tom,  Matt, the Game Enthusiast, and Dmitry, the Philosophical Gamer: Agricola, Avalon 0:10:10 - This Week’s Game News: Golden Geek Best Podcast Nomination, Thinker Themer and Viniculture, Autobahn (Kanban, Hanse Teutonica, Calimali, Newton, Darwin’s Journey) Arcs (Oath, John Company, Pax Pamir, El Grande, Taj Mahal, Conduttier) Septima (Brian Boru, Libertalia, Wallenstein, Shogun, Perseverance, Anachrony, Trickerion) Monopoly0:37:33 - This Week’s Game Night: Winds of Gale Crest, Hanse Teutonica: Brittania Map, Ark Nova, Railways of the World (Age of Steam, Steam) Anno 1800, So Clover!0:53:30 - Review of Messina 1347: Yokohama, Agricola, Lorenzo, Marco Polo, Troyes, Western Empires, Advanced Civilization, Santiago, El Grande, Food Chain Magnate, Praga Kaput Regni, Underwater Cities, Shipyard1:27:40 - Backsies: Diplomacy, Die Macher

Ben, Paul, and Elder give their first impressions of the upcoming release, "Hegemony."0:00:00 - Intro: Welcome Ben, Paul, and Elder: Perseverance, Anachrony, Cerebrea, Trickerion, Iberian Gauge, Crisis,Brick and Mortar, City of the Big Shoulders, New Amsterdam, Dinogenics, Dino Island, 0:21:53 - Early Impressions of Hegemony1:54:20 - Sign Off: kirbooloni.comHegemony late pledges