Board Game Barrage

There are big spiky moments that happen in the meta that is the board game hobby, and the Brass: Pittsburgh crowdfunding campaign feels like one of them. It is after all, a successor to the #1 ranked game on BGG. That's something! Enough so that it sent Mark into a bit of an existential spiral, and we're here to talk him down. Before we catch a falling Wallace, we talk about Hummingbirds, Fendo, and Soothsayers.
06:59 - Hummingbirds
14:44 - Fendo
18:53 - Soothsayers
29:23 - Brass: Pittsburgh crowdfunding
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Oh man, oh man, it's time that we ask you (yes, you) to tell us (yes, us) what your favourite games are, because for one time a year, it doesn't matter what we think about games, but you better be ready to tell us what you think about games. A lot of you did, so here it is, the listener top 20! Before we ask you to do all the work, we talk about Emberheart, Gods & Mortals, and Feya's Swamp.
01:30 - Emberheart
14:11 - Gods & Mortals
23:46 - Feya's Swamp
37:14 - A Feast for Odin
37:55 - Agricola
38:32 - Terraforming Mars
39:17 - Guards of Atlantis II
40:09 - Concordia
42:05 - Tigris & Euphrates
43:16 - Blood on the Clocktower
44:00 - El Grande
44:47 - The Castles of Burgundy
46:12 - Inis
47:38 - Race for the Galaxy
48:06 - Arcs
49:08 - Ark Nova
49:30 - Root
50:06 - Innovation
51:11 - Spirit Island
52:05 - Ra
52:51 - Brass: Birmingham
53:26 - Dune: Imperium
54:04 - Hansa Teutonica
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We made it back in one piece, and all told I think we did pretty well! We got through a heck of a lot of what we wanted to play, and we're here to tell you all about it - including Dark Pact, Totally Human, and Banana Governance, and more!
02:36 - Totally Human
14:04 - Dark Pact
20:56 - Gold Country
28:21 - Staked!
32:58 - Secret Tribe
41:34 - Habemus Papam
50:11 - 3 Chapters
55:22 - Banana Governance
01:02:29 - Hellapagos

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By the time you're listening to this, we're probably already in Vegas for Dice Tower West! We're going to hang about all day playing games - which naturally leads to the question of what we're going to play? These are the games we came up with! Before we bite off more than we can chew, we talk about Ghost Lift, Cities, and I, Napoleon.
02:31 - Ghost Lift
08:13 - Cities
14:06 - I, Napoleon
24:40 - Dice Tower West anticipated games
26:05 - Biblios
27:04 - Feya's Swamp / Kaivai
28:26 - Cheese Thief
29:03 - Habemus Papam
31:15 - Wroth
33:33 - Greed Incorporated
35:39 - Dark Pact
38:45 - Secret Tribe
39:52 - Eternal Decks
41:03 - All In: Predictions
42:04 - Cthulhu: Dark Providence
44:14 - Robo Rally Dice

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I think it's fair to say that we crushed this last year (although some of us better than others), so it's only correct and right that we should return to do it again. What are the best games of 2026 going to be? Well, only we know, but we're willing to part with that information. Get your fat stacks ready. Before we set ourselves up for failure, we talk about Alibis, Mosaic: A Story of Civilization, and Cyclades: Legendary Edition.
03:02 - Alibis
09:18 - Mosaic: A Story of Civilization
23:25 - Cyclades: Legendary Edition
36:27 - Anticipation Auction 2026
41:18 - The Game Makers
44:25 - Cozy Stickerville
46:39 - Brass: Pittsburgh
50:35 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Trick-taking Game
54:04 - Revenant
56:21 - World Order
59:31 - Dark Pact
1:02:28 - The Great Library
1:03:56 - Spirited
1:05:25 - Realm of Reckoning
1:08:55 - Avalon: The Riven Veil
1:12:57 - La Pâtisserie Rococo
1:14:24 - Nippon: Zaibatsu
1:17:24 - Rewild: South America
1:18:44 - Movers & Shakers

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