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This weeks guest Tim Dolloff from Board Game Hottakes

https://boardgamehottakes.com/

00:00 INTRO

00:47 Euphoria Essential Edition (Morten Monrad Pedersen, Jamey Stegmaier, David J. Studley Stonemaier Games 2026)

05:56 The Waste of Parts (Evan Duda Sky Kingdom Games 2026)

10:57 Aquaria (Tomáš Holek Delicious Games 2025)

16:19 No Loose Ends (Taiki Shinzawa GameHead 2025)

18:33 Reforest (Sébastien Bernier-Wong Board Game Circus 2024)

24:05 Marshmallow Test (Reiner Knizia Gamewright 2020)

25:50 Nature (Dominic Crapuchettes NorthStar Game Studio 2025)

30:45 Flip 7: With A Vengeance (Eric Olsen, Alyssa Swatek The Op Games 2026)

33:58 Medici: The Dice Game (Reiner Knizia Grail Games 2020)

37:52 Subjective (Andrew Wolf Spin Master Ltd. 2023)

40:40 NEWS

46:05 Moon Colony Bloodbath (Donald X. Vaccarino Rio Grande Games 2025)

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This weeks guest:

Jake Frydman https://www.decisionspacepodcast.com/

Blueberry jam not jelly........ don't be gross

00:00 INTRO

01:33 Cysmic (Jason Blake Star Reach Games 2026)

04:43 Bomb Busters (Hisashi Hayashi Pegasus Spiele 2024)

07:03 Crits & Tricks (Pete Wissinger Inside Up Games 2026)

10:47 Baghdad: The City of Peace (Fabio Lopiano, Nestore Mangone Alley Cat Games 2025)

15:25 Taj Mahal (Reiner Knizia Ravensburger AG 2000)

18:30 The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship (Matt Leacock Z-Man Games 2025)

23:05 Santiago (Claudia Hely, Roman Pelek AMIGO 2003)

26:45 The Glorious Guilds of Buttonville (Christian Kudahl, Erik Andersson Sundén Ravensburger AG 2025)

29:54 NEWS

40:34 Topic: That's my jam.

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This weeks guest:

5 Games 4 Doomsday

Ben Maddox

https://5g4d.com/

00:00 INTRO

02:06 Moon Colony Bloodbath (Donald X. Vaccarino, Rio Grande Games 2025)

06:01 Ghost Blitz Junior (Jacques Zeimet Zoch Verlag 2018)

06:56 Paku Paku (Antoine Bauza Ravensburger 2017)

11:07 Imperial Elegy: The Road to the Great War 1850-1920 (Michael Lorino VUCA Simulations 2025)

17:12 Cysmic (Jason Blake Star Reach Games 2026)

20:15 Stationfall (Matt Eklund Ion Game Design 2023)

24:37 Nippon: Zaibatsu (Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro, Paulo Soledade CrowD Games 2026)

28:11 Cosmic Encounter (Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge, Bill Norton, Peter Olotka, Kevin Wilson Fantasy Flight Games 2008)

31:24 Demon Worker (Shogo Kuroda cosaic 2016)

33:35 NEWS

42:12 TOPIC The Looming Shadow of the Golden Age of Gaming

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This weeks Guest Charlie Theel

https://playerelimination.com/

Something smells tricky

00:00 INTRO

01:01 Dark Pact (Thomas Lehmann Trick or Treat Studios 2026)

05:21 Excalibur (Manny Trembley Roxley 2026)

08:48 Don't Mess with Cthulhu (Yusuke Sato New Board Game Party 2014)

10:59 Galaxy Trucker (Vlaada Chvátil Czech Games Edition 2007)

15:25 Railroad Tiles (Hjalmar Hach, Lorenzo Silva Horrible Guild 2025)

17:25 World of Wrestling (Brent Spivey Bombshell Games 2025)

23:02 How to Save a World (Yuval Grinspun Burnt Island Games 2025)

25:28 Black Orchestra (Philip duBarry Game Salute 2016)

34:54 The Hobbit: There and Back Again (Reiner Knizia Office Dog 2025)

36:48 NEWS

49:19 Main Review Fishing (Friedemann Friese 2F-Spiele 2024)

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What's that smell?

https://spacebiff.com/

This weeks guest Dan Thurot from Space-Biff

00:00 Intro

00:45 WENDYBUXXX (Jo Kelly Miasma Corp Games 2026)

02:58 Compania (Yog Akase, Level 99 Games 2025)

05:45 Inkwell (Jasper Beatrix, Lewis Graye, Joey Palluconi DVC Games 2026)

07:35 Eternal Decks (Hiroken Tricktakers Games 2025)

11:20 Dark Pact (Thomas Lehmann Trick or Treat Studios 2026)

14:15 Fearless (Friedemann Friese 2F-Spiele 2025)

16:24 Cthulhu: Dark Providence (Travis R. Chance, Martin Wallace CMON Global Limited 2025)

21:28 Railroad Tiles (Hjalmar Hach, Lorenzo Silva Horrible Guild 2025)

26:16 Cozy Stickerville (DesignerCorey Konieczka Unexpected Games 2026)

29:35 Lands of Galzyr (Seppo Kuukasjärvi, Sami Laakso Snowdale Design 2022)

35:15 News

45:07 Main Review:Night Soil

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Telling ME Calimala is good the nerve

00:00 Intro

00:58 Calimala (Fabio Lopiano Alley Cat Games2017)

04:59 Railroad Tiles (Hjalmar Hach, Lorenzo Silva Horrible Guild 2025)

08:15 Regicide Legacy (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, Andy Richdale Badgers from Mars 2025)

12:04 Movie Tricks (Vegard Eliassen Stillerud, Eilif Svensson, Åsmund Svensson Chilifox Games 2025)

15:35 SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Tomáš Holek Czech Games Edition 2024)

18:34 Robo Rally Dice (Kane Klenko Renegade Game Studios 2026)

21:27 Gùgōng (Andreas Steding Game Brewer 2018)

25:20 Night Soil (Jon Moffat Grail Games 2025)

29:08 News

36:51 WROTH

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00:00 Intro

01:25 Star Trek: Captain's Chair – To Boldly Go (Nigel Buckle, Dávid Turczi, Adam Turczi WizKids 2026)

02:53 Feya's Swamp (Helge Ostertag, Anselm Ostertag Fractal Juegos 2025)

07:07 Puerto Rico 1897: Special Edition (Andreas Seyfarth Awaken Realms 2025)

09:50 Compania (Yog Akase Asobition 2025)

12:00 Voidfall: Resurgence (Nigel Buckle, Marcel Dragomir, Dávid Turczi Mindclash Games 2026)

15:16 Recall (Helge Meissner, Kristian Amundsen Østby, Kjetil Svendsen, Anna Wermlund Alion – by Dr Ø 2025)

20:08 News

27:08 Main Topic Can the success of a game be determined by how good the rule book is

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Going to have to post a guard to the studio....

Can't keep letting riff raff stroll in. (unless its the rapper)

00:00 Intro

04:03 Innovation Deluxe (Carl Chudyk Asmadi Games 2017)

07:28 Tír na nÓg (Isaac Shalev, Jason Slingerland Grand Gamers Guild 2024)

09:59 Azul (Michael Kiesling Plan B Games 2017)

15:27 Coalitions (Andrew Rourke PHALANX 2026)

24:44 The Crew: Mission Deep Sea (Thomas Sing KOSMOS 2021)

28:29 OffShoots (Self-Published 2024)

32:00 NEWS

36:05 Burned (Jon Moffat Stone Circle Games 2025)

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This weeks guest Chris from Liege of Games https://www.youtube.com/c/Li%C3%A8geofGames

00:00 Intro

00:48 Torchlit (David Spalinski Allplay 2024)

03:51 The Hobbit: There and Back Again (Reiner Knizia Office Dog 2025)

06:31 Soar (Max Anderson, Zac Dixon, Austin Harrison IV Studio 2026)

12:08 Riftforce (Carlo Bortolini 1 More Time Games 2021)

13:57 Penguin Party (Reiner Knizia AMIGO 2008) NOT a dexterty game....

16:28 Winnie the Pooh: Serious Detective (Aleksei Kuznetsov, Oleg Meleshin, Yury Yamshchikov CrowD Games2025)

17:58 Pokémon GOITA (The Pokémon Company 2025)

21:32 Knarr: Skali (Thomas Dupont Bombyx 2026)

24:47 News

35:18 Crowdfunding Bubble

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This weeks special guest Efka from No Pun Included

https://www.youtube.com/c/NoPunIncluded/videos

00:00 Intro

Games we played last week

01:11 Cena (A.I. Lab 2025)

04:40 Wine Cellar (Andrew Stiles 25th Century Games 2025)

05:29 Movie Tricks (Vegard Eliassen Stillerud, Eilif Svensson, Åsmund Svensson Chilifox Games 2025)

08:09 Sweet Takes (Hisashi Hayashi Hasbro 2023)

10:40 Inis: Nemed (Christian Martinez Matagot 2026)

16:31 Star Trek: Ascendancy – Borg Assimilation (Aaron Dill, John Kovaleski, Sean Sweigart Gale Force Nine 2017)

19:50 Speakeasy (Vital Lacerda Eagle-Gryphon Games 2025)

26:46 Black Forest (Tido Lorenz, Uwe Rosenberg Feuerland Spiele 2024)

32:49 The Presence (Sam Gullman Purple Lantern Games 2025)

38:46 Duplik (William Jacobson, Amanda Kohout Braincog, Inc.2005)

News 41:28

Galactic Cruise (T.K. King, Dennis Northcott, Koltin Thompson Kinson Key Games 2025)

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This week's guest Don from The Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast

00:00 INTRO

Games We Played Last Week

01:52 Soothsayers (Jeff Grisenthwaite, Play to Z 2026)

05:45 Orléans (Reiner Stockhausen, DLP games 2014)

08:56 Xenology (Dan Manfredini, Play to Z 2025)

13:16 XenoShyft: Onslaught (Keren Philosophales, Michael Shinall, Cool Mini Or Not 2015)

16:30 Puerto Rico 1897: Special Edition (Andreas Seyfarth, Awaken Realms 2025)

23:17 Flip Pick Towers (Rob Fisher, Adam Porter Osprey Games 2026)

26:53 Tapestry (Jamey Stegmaier, Stonemaier Games 2019)

31:29 Gods & Mortals (William Borg Barthet, Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa 2026)

News and why it doesent matter.

35:53 NEWS

Gods and Mortals -crowdfunding starts end of March

Dark Pact (2026)

Viva La Dirt League Presents: NPC Rivals!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vldl/viva-la-dirt-league-presents-npc-rivals

Main Review

39:58 Sweet Lands

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