1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:04,840 Hey, and welcome to episode one O 6. 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:08,320 Happy holidays everyone. Maple to Maple, we're back. 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:12,280 As always, I remain PJ. And I am still Gareth. 4 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:14,440 Houston. It's been like. 5 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:19,000 A long. Fix episode 6 One O 6 is 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,160 literally 106. One O 6. 7 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:25,000 More episodes later. I mean we we did record one O 6 8 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,200 already. We did and we had a bit of a 9 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,440 technical problem, which is supposed to be kind of our 10 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:32,840 leading up to Christmas. Yeah. 11 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:36,360 And then I, I've been off, I've been at the hospital and have 12 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:39,360 keyhole surgery and that's it. I think Christmas got, in a way, 13 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:42,600 New Year's, New Year's celebrations, and here we are. 14 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:44,560 Yeah, it's. This week. 15 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:46,600 Oh, happy New Year, by the way. Antoine's. 16 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:48,880 Everyone had a good Christmas, yeah. 17 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,800 It's been crazy. I spent a lot of it riddled with 18 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,280 worry because my friend, my brother, my mate Gareth had 19 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,040 surgery on his knee and I'm like still can't join. 20 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,840 And then you, you mentioned that, you know, so I'm thinking 21 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,200 your pain would be in your knee after a surgery. 22 00:01:05,519 --> 00:01:07,280 You were complaining about pain in your calf. 23 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:12,520 Honestly, it's so I my knee, I stopped taking pain killers off 24 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:19,040 the second day and then I think maybe a little bit too much ball 25 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:21,440 gaming because I had is. That what it is at. 26 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:25,320 Home you're supposed to keep your leg elevated and people 27 00:01:25,320 --> 00:01:28,160 just came to play games. So we and so there are a couple 28 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:31,120 of days when I think while it was elevated, it probably wasn't 29 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:34,720 elevated enough and the calf swelled up to like an elephant. 30 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,600 'S. Elephant's leg, which then I 31 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:39,280 think I pulled a muscle in my calf. 32 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:41,840 Yeah, and it's just tender. It was, yeah, really bad. 33 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:45,640 But anyway, it's been 3 weeks and I'm up and about. 34 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:47,800 We're walking around. I just can't drive for another 35 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:52,640 month. So when you told me that your 36 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:55,840 calf had swollen and you had problems so let you know where 37 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,280 my brain went, I went dark. I went dark. 38 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:00,000 I was like, Gareth's going to die. 39 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,600 He's he's got a blood clot in his legs. 40 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:06,560 At one point I thought that deep thrame, deep vein thrombosis, 41 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:10,000 Yes, I'd phoned the hospital. I was like, can you just let me 42 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,400 know whether these symptoms or anything I used to worry about? 43 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:14,480 And they went through all the questions and they said no, 44 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:15,760 you're fine. Anyway. 45 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:16,760 Yeah. So. 46 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:17,360 Yeah. So. 47 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:22,160 But I'm several 1000 miles away and I can't see you, so I worry. 48 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:24,680 Yeah, you can worry. That's what I do. 49 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:25,960 Nobody else did. I played. 50 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:32,640 I played ball games and played quite a lot of PlayStation. 51 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,560 That's relatively I couldn't sit down and play games for a bit 52 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:37,680 because I just couldn't get comfy, right. 53 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,600 So there wasn't as much game playing over Christmas or cover 54 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:44,160 games in a minute what we played, but right, But not as 55 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,680 much game playing as I would have wanted, right? 56 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:50,320 Because some days I thought Gareth, you should probably just 57 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:52,240 sit and rest. So. 58 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,160 We got in a lot of games we should get. 59 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,800 We got in time with our family, well, with Katie's family. 60 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,240 Then we had time, just the two of us, where we got in a lot of 61 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:07,160 games, and I'm happy to say that for the first time since we 62 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:10,320 started recording them, Kenny and I played every game in our 63 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:15,280 collection. 100% of our entire collection hit the table in 64 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,680 2024. Subtly checking my stats so I 65 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:22,160 could be really. Proud, I know, but but before 66 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,640 everyone starts freaking out and feeling guilty because they 67 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:31,400 haven't played all their games, we only have 270, six games in 68 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,880 our collection. So I know many of you are 69 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:37,680 listeners and Gareth included, you have a lot more games than 70 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:41,920 that. So I'm just saying for us, every 71 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:46,160 year, and the clock started back on January 1st, we want to play 72 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:48,680 every game at least one time. We could play more than that, 73 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:52,280 but we want to hit it once and we did 100% this year. 74 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,320 The year before, in 2023, we're at 98. 75 00:03:56,320 --> 00:04:02,160 In 2022, we're at 96. In 2021, when we started 76 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,920 recording these stats and made this kind of annual commitment, 77 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:11,800 we were only at 93%. So we've gotten better, and we 78 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:16,160 finally succeeded. I did 22. 22%. 79 00:04:16,959 --> 00:04:21,800 But over that collection of 800 games, that's nearly the same as 80 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:23,880 you. Right, right. 81 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,040 So. I must try harder. 82 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:31,200 You'll be good. Good news is that we're five 83 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,240 days into the year. Yeah. 84 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,080 And I've done 1%, but what are you on? 85 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:44,920 5.2% Yep, we have played 15 different games now. 86 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:47,720 This is not plays. These are just titles, right? 87 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,760 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, 15 different games 88 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,040 have hit our table in the last five days. 89 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:56,720 I've played 10. Yeah, I'm quite proud. 90 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:58,760 I should now say that out loud. That's pretty good. 91 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,040 Ten different titles 10. Different games, yeah, yeah. 92 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,800 That's that's pretty good. That's pretty good. 93 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:07,680 So that's. Only like 3 days because like we 94 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,000 didn't play games so until yesterday I think. 95 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:17,680 Yeah, I messaged you. I think it was December 27th, I 96 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:21,120 messed you to let you know that we had played 100% and it was 97 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,280 far away by Cherry 3 days. A game, Three days to go. 98 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:25,680 Yeah, three days. You could have more. 99 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,160 I did, yeah. So Cherry Pick Games Far Away 100 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,480 was our last game, and we talked about that game a lot. 101 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,640 We love that game. You sent that game to me. 102 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,360 It's several years. Ago my pile of games to get out 103 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:43,960 to play in this quarter. The problem is, I really wish 104 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:48,080 that cherry pick games would get together with folded space and 105 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:50,360 make an insert. It needs or it needs 106 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:53,040 organization. Yeah, I open the box and go, oh, 107 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:58,160 it's just Baggies and. Baggies, Baggies, yeah. 3D 108 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,080 printer. Yeah, I don't have that. 109 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:03,160 That's all my list of things I'd like to buy this year. 110 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:06,640 Oh, I've I've done my research. I know which one I want to buy. 111 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:10,320 Maybe we need to try to work on getting a sponsor for the show. 112 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,200 It's a 3D printer. Who could get us a 3D printer? 113 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:14,960 Yeah, each. Each. 114 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:16,320 Yes, each. Yeah. 115 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:18,440 Absolutely, because we have, we have two markets. 116 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:20,400 We've got a European and American market we've got to 117 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:22,560 work on. 3 printer will be quite a quite. 118 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:24,520 I'm quite interested in A3 printer. 119 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,120 Yeah, we have to. Wait and see. 120 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:31,120 Yes, not cheap. So, so we're going to, I guess 121 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:33,800 we're just going to do a recap of the last like six weeks. 122 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,800 I, I, my plan was to talk about some of the games we got for 123 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,000 Christmas. Yeah, some of the games we've 124 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,040 played over Christmas. And then we're going to do a 125 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:44,280 kind of last year we did a really good episode from our 126 00:06:44,280 --> 00:06:47,240 most popular, which was Reflex and Projects. 127 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,160 We're going to do that either next week or the week after, 128 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:53,320 which is looking back in 2024. Yeah. 129 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:56,280 And then looking forward into 2020, well into this, into this 130 00:06:56,280 --> 00:06:59,480 year and what's going up. Right, Brian, where do you want 131 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:03,280 to start then? That's a good question, because 132 00:07:03,280 --> 00:07:06,240 there's a lot, there's a lot for us to talk about. 133 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:07,920 Why don't we talk about one last thing? 134 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,120 Let's talk about culling of games. 135 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,440 We did an entire episode about it last year. 136 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:15,200 That's yeah, I think that's the last stat. 137 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:17,760 How many games did you call from your collection? 138 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:22,000 I'm going to make a guess over 50 over maybe, maybe more. 139 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:28,280 I could probably it when you fill the space, I could look on 140 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:34,520 it here I don't so. We called 35 different unique 141 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:39,240 titles last year in 2024, sold them at used game sales at Titan 142 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,800 Games here in town, maybe did trades with people, giveaways, 143 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,160 things of that nature. So there was 35 different 144 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:47,880 titles. What I like about our annual 145 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:53,320 commitment to playing all of our games every year is it gives us 146 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:58,600 an opportunity to evaluate each game and say, why is it November 147 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:00,640 and we're just now playing this game? 148 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,040 Yeah, yeah, right now. Now, sometimes that's just 149 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,600 logistics, right? All our Halloween themed games 150 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:07,360 we saved till October anyway, so that's fine. 151 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:09,960 But it's like why? Why is it not hitting the table? 152 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:11,920 Sometimes? I'll be honest with you. 153 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:15,240 Sometimes like we get into March and we're playing a game and 154 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,240 we're like, this game is no longer satisfying. 155 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:22,480 Do we want to call it? We have, We currently have. 156 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:26,720 I've taken it out of rotation. So in that 276, it's no longer 157 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,320 in there. We still own it, but we've taken 158 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:32,400 it out of our collection. We've got 12 games on the shelf 159 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:37,840 in the in the closet to sell this year. 160 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:40,360 Yeah. We just decided we just. 161 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:44,360 Yeah, I think it's over 100. Yeah, it's scanned down over 100 162 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:46,160 games are sold. I mean, we've been, I've been 163 00:08:46,680 --> 00:08:50,480 vicious and then I stood up earlier because we got a lot of 164 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:52,800 games. I've been finding rare games 165 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:54,640 I've been looking for like for ages. 166 00:08:54,680 --> 00:08:57,640 I've acquired 2 grail games just by luck. 167 00:08:57,640 --> 00:08:59,560 What I should do when you're sitting down on your Bumble day? 168 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:04,440 And so even earlier today, I was stood up and went, I've got 169 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:07,480 another Carl in me. I could just feel another 170 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,680 another purge coming. Yeah, yeah. 171 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:13,160 So I reckon, I reckon there's about 100 here. 172 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:16,400 Which reminds me, I saw one yesterday which I need to go and 173 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:17,480 box up. Oh. 174 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:22,560 Yeah, OK, I'm writing that down. I remind remind myself of my 175 00:09:22,560 --> 00:09:24,160 drop pen but. Box. 176 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:26,040 Box up. Game. 177 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:28,800 I sold yesterday, so yeah. So I think selling's been a real 178 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,160 theme. I think cleansing, cleansing out 179 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:32,960 the game collection, making space. 180 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:37,200 The games room is currently we have the floor is not visible. 181 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:40,280 That's not good. No, it's not good. 182 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:42,200 And I've just scattered them 'cause I can't bend down 183 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:43,800 properly. I'm not really tidying up. 184 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:46,360 I'm just kind of got little, little static tights, static 185 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,800 tights, mites, which I wait around, it goes tights, mites 186 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:52,560 going upwards, right? Just that anyway. 187 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:56,600 Yeah, we've done done some good selling. 188 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:00,800 So what did you of the games that you Do you want to talk 189 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:02,560 about games you played over the holidays? 190 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:05,080 Or do you want to talk about games that you purchased or 191 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:06,880 received over the holidays? Because playing. 192 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:07,840 Playing. Let's do playing. 193 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:10,520 Let's do playing. I mean, my favorite game over 194 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:14,000 Christmas was SETI. Yeah, yeah. 195 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:16,720 Yeah, not give any hints away, but it's high up my Game of the 196 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:20,840 year list. So yeah, I've played it a couple 197 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,520 of times. I've played it two and three 198 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:25,280 players I think I've played all play against now. 199 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:29,280 And then Diz, Ball Game fanatic came over. 200 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:34,560 Dizzy's really good at games and she raced ahead and I'm thinking 201 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:40,120 I'm going to get, I'm going to get trounced here anyway, came 202 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:41,360 back. Pulled out the victory, yeah. 203 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:43,960 Came back strong, strong and just showed how to head to game 204 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,640 properly. So I nearly broke the 200 point 205 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:50,400 mark, I think it was like 1199. So I was quite pleased with that 206 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:54,120 score. OK, so yes, let's see, that was 207 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,480 a good highlight. What else have you played me 208 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:57,920 looking in my list of other highlights? 209 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:02,920 OK, so let's see. So over the holidays, what do we 210 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:05,840 play? So we, we picked up, it's a game 211 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:09,360 that pretty much you and everyone in England, actually 212 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:13,280 all of UK, all of our friends in the UK, all were posting 213 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,080 pictures of this game. And I was like, man, maybe we 214 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:17,240 should get this, we should get it. 215 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:19,080 And we did. We got it at the end of 216 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,880 November. We played it probably five times 217 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,200 over the holidays as Castle Combo. 218 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:28,400 I think I'd say fromage. Not yet. 219 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:29,960 Not yet. Not yet. 220 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,840 Yeah, Castle combo is. We play also. 221 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:36,080 While my that is a well, that's a top game for us this year. 222 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:38,880 It's probably another game. It's another game you and I are 223 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:42,280 probably going to talk about when we do our top 10 of 2024, 224 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:44,760 but. Definitely so good. 225 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:48,040 It's been slept by most people when we've had like a end of 226 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:49,320 games night. What do you play? 227 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:51,400 Castle Combo? Because it's not doesn't 228 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:53,120 overstate, it's welcome. It's not quick quick. 229 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:55,440 It's just nice to. No, it's so good. 230 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:59,240 Finish off the last time we played it was the day after 231 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:01,320 Christmas. I guess Boxing Day for you, 232 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:05,520 right, the 20s and we had Thea who on Instagram is perpetually 233 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:08,000 bored. She she came up from Saint Louis 234 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,120 and she spent the day with us. And that was one of the games 235 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:15,120 that we we played was Castle Combo had three players and it 236 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:18,320 was just as good. Yeah, yeah, it scales 237 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:19,480 brilliantly. It's perfect. 238 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:22,080 It's so good. It is so good. 239 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:25,800 I don't know how else to describe it. 240 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:28,080 It's a it's again, it's worthy to own. 241 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:31,760 It is a filler game, of course, but it's satisfying. 242 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:33,560 Oh. It's just no, it's 9 cards, 243 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:35,040 nine. Yeah, nine. 244 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:36,480 Small placement job. Done. 245 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:40,840 You're just playing cards in a in a three by three grid right 246 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:44,960 in front of you, one at a time and scoring points. 247 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:49,040 It's but it, I think it's, it's squeezing out that cash is often 248 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,760 tight. So how do I get the cards to get 249 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:56,040 me the triggers to get me this to then It's there's a lot of 250 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,480 there's a lot to it, which is for one, which is my cards. 251 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:01,160 Yeah, it's yeah, that, that will be in there. 252 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:04,240 Yeah. From Alger's had a lot of plays. 253 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:08,120 I think it sneaked into my some of my most play games this year 254 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,760 and it only came out in November. 255 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,680 I think we played it. Yeah, seven times. 256 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:17,080 What in a month? Nice, nice. 257 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,440 So yeah, we've talked, we talked Nick Ball game of the UKI think 258 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:21,960 he would be out and bought himself a copy. 259 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:27,040 We played it 2-3 and four players and everyone, everyone 260 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:29,320 who's played it just goes, Oh yeah, it's just nice, you know, 261 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:32,720 it's just, it's quick, it's simultaneous gameplay. 262 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:36,320 And again, it it, it's 30 minutes, even four players, bam, 263 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:38,840 bam, bam. Yeah, so back in November, 264 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:42,160 Shelley Michiana Board Gamery reached out to me and she's 265 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:44,640 like, hey, she had just gotten a physical copy of Homage. 266 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:46,640 She's like, do you want to play on BGA? 267 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,120 And we and I did. And I'm like, I don't know what 268 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:53,080 I'm doing. I BGA for me is not the best way 269 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:56,280 to learn a new game, but I'm like, I don't know what I'm 270 00:13:56,280 --> 00:14:00,080 doing. I I see cheese and cows and I'm 271 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:02,800 like, I don't what's happening? What is going on? 272 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:05,480 Why is this thing turning on the screen? 273 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:09,080 And so I talked to Katie and I was like, why don't we buy 274 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:11,720 Fromage for each other? Put it under the tree for 275 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:12,560 Christmas, right? Yeah. 276 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:14,920 Yeah. And so we, and so fromage was 277 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:16,800 our. That was one of two games. 278 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:18,240 It was like Christmas game. Yeah. 279 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:22,360 We played it three times. I mean, you played it four 280 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:25,120 times, Crystal. No, we've just played at two. 281 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:27,120 Yeah, it's. It's shine. 282 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:29,480 It's OK at 2:00, but it's really good at 3:00 and 4:00. 283 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,720 So it's really cool because it's still new, a lot of people may 284 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,520 not know about it, but you have 3 workers, right? 285 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:40,840 And you put your little wooden cheese wedge on the turnstile, 286 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,160 the board in front of you. Lazy Susan. 287 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:44,800 Lazy Susan? Thank you. 288 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:48,040 Although mine is a retail version, it doesn't have a Lazy 289 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:49,880 Susan. It is, which I don't think you 290 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:50,640 need it. You know. 291 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:54,480 But anyway, the direction, as you know the direction that the 292 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:58,840 wedge is facing right? So if it's facing to the right 293 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:01,880 when you turn it clockwise, it'll be facing you in the next 294 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:04,080 turn, so you'll get to recall it. 295 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:08,080 But if it's facing away from you or to the left, it's going to 296 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:11,720 take long or three because you got to let the cheese age, which 297 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:16,800 I think is just an incredible, it's incredible way to think 298 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:20,760 about your worker placement strategically. 299 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:26,640 And it's also a great way to let the theme of aging cheese, yeah, 300 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:31,880 kind of come to the forefront. I mean, I think Zulkin, I try to 301 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:35,160 think of other games like it. Yeah, the aid Zulkin, I guess is 302 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:36,960 on the wheels. Yes, there's a few others I'm 303 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:38,840 sure, but that's one that springs to mind. 304 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:42,360 It's so good in. Terms of yes, it's nice, yeah. 305 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:47,120 And that's that's when I wasn't going to back and I think Gareth 306 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:50,920 Ice and Dice talks about it. It wasn't it was it wasn't an 307 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:53,520 expensive Kickstarter is relatively cheap for what you 308 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:55,520 got. So I backed it in a bit of a a 309 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:57,000 bit of a whim, but, and please I did. 310 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,400 So I made a list of all the games I wanted to play when I 311 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:01,880 was off. So this is the list of games you 312 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:04,840 wanted to play. Yeah, things that I thought 313 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:07,040 anyway. I think I did too. 314 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:09,480 I did too. Everyone, everyone, get your pen 315 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:13,040 and paper and write these down, because then Garrett's going to 316 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:14,800 tell us which games he actually did play. 317 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:18,680 Yeah, so so 1 was civilution. Civil Illusion. 318 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:20,440 Played that today. OK. 319 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:23,440 Loved it. Somebody messaged me on 320 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:26,280 Instagram about asking me about it and I replied to I'd 321 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:28,360 literally just said I love this game. 322 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:30,640 But that's my kind of game. It's heavy play. 323 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:35,520 I think I'd play 2-3 with a push for never. 324 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:38,240 OK, but that was on the list to play. 325 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:43,800 So was Trickarian the magician game, you know? 326 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:47,160 Yep. Cussing tricks apart for a 327 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:48,640 couple of rule gaffs. That was. 328 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:52,360 Very much enjoyed the game. Three hours, obviously, TI 329 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:56,200 toilet Imperium. We got through another year, 330 00:16:56,440 --> 00:17:01,160 another 10 hour slog. Wasn't a slog, it just went like 331 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:02,680 that, Yeah. It did go like that. 332 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:04,880 That's what I heard from you and Iz and George. 333 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:06,319 You all messaged me and were like it. 334 00:17:06,319 --> 00:17:09,920 Always just goes, just goes. It never tried to explain to 335 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:11,720 people that. So we got there at 11. 336 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:14,440 I was a bit late because I had a hospital appointment and we 337 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:18,319 spent 45 minutes messing about choosing like our species races, 338 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,000 which in hindsight we could have done that through an app someone 339 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,440 sent me. There's a website that you 340 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:27,560 classical for you. So we started at 1 and I think 341 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,120 we finished at about quarter past 9:30. 342 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:35,920 Yeah, so I know this is, I knew this game, right? 343 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:37,760 This is a long game. This is one where you're going 344 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:39,480 to be at the table for 10-11 hours. 345 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:42,120 So I'm messaging tis going. Would you please make sure 346 00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:45,120 Gareth Ray elevates his leg? I know that they got, they got, 347 00:17:45,120 --> 00:17:47,640 they got me a little poufet and that was kind of there. 348 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:49,080 It's all good. Yeah, That was all looked after. 349 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:50,280 Good. All looked after. 350 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:52,120 Yeah. That that was that was good. 351 00:17:52,120 --> 00:17:56,640 And they knew other games. I don't think I played, but 352 00:17:56,640 --> 00:18:00,280 they're all games like they're all 7 hour, 88 hour games. 353 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:02,760 They're all like Thief, the games that I'm never going to 354 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:05,560 get to table. Europa, you and Ivelaris up. 355 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:06,360 Here. Oh yeah. 356 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:08,840 That's three days if you play the whole thing. 357 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:12,920 So they're all it was all stuff on a bit of a wish list, which 358 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,560 will remain a. On a wish list. 359 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,880 On a wish list and one day we might even just play that game. 360 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:23,600 That's the game. Another game that I saw on 361 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,600 Instagram. Yeah, I think it was Tony Budell 362 00:18:27,120 --> 00:18:29,200 who designed of Snowdonia, right? 363 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:34,040 He has a he has a a gathering of chums of gathering about a 364 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:37,240 gathering of friends every year. And he then posts about it on 365 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:38,640 his on his blog on Ball Game Geek. 366 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:40,480 And there's a game called Steve at Stevens. 367 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:43,640 You posted something about it. Yeah, I've never even heard. 368 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:45,880 Never heard about it. This is about to. 369 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:47,800 I end up being buying niche games. 370 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:50,280 So I was like, that looks like my cup of tea. 371 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:52,200 Did a bit of research, put it on my Christmas list. 372 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:54,160 Yeah. And then, yeah, Carrie found a 373 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:57,440 copy and it's based on glass making, so fit to the whole 374 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:00,880 glass road. And, you know, and it's based in 375 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:02,760 1750s. I'm going to say I've probably 376 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:04,560 got that wrong. After the earthquake in 377 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,320 Portugal. It's it's an all true story. 378 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:10,960 A glass maker called something Stevens went across and started 379 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:12,920 making glass in Portugal. And it's still one of the 380 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:15,000 biggest classmakers I think in the world. 381 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,760 It's good. First game, no idea what was 382 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:19,920 doing. Second game kind of got it. 383 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,920 It's yeah, I'll talk about it. I think when I talk about the 384 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,120 summary of the year. But it's yeah, it's it's yeah. 385 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:29,280 Stevens, Stevens. Stevens. 386 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:32,120 So we were playing, I think you played that yesterday. 387 00:19:32,120 --> 00:19:34,720 Yes, we played it last week and then again yesterday. 388 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:37,720 So Katie and I were playing Barcelona. 389 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:40,640 Barcelona. Which is in neighbouring Spain, 390 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:43,560 of course. And I realize, you know, but 391 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:46,000 like, you had posted that and I shared that with Katie. 392 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,680 I was like, look what? Look what Garrett's playing 393 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:51,280 right now in nearby Portugal. Literally class making. 394 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:54,680 Yeah, really cool. It's got a really cool mechanic 395 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:58,000 where there's two sides, 2 furnaces and you get going to 396 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:03,240 call them assistants or master crafters on one side or on the 397 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:07,240 other side of the furnace. But I, I can put them either 398 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,480 side and other people can put their premises with them. 399 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:12,000 And then when people go to make glass and take glass out of the 400 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,600 furnaces, you trigger all the people who, who basically helped 401 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,200 race it. So you're trying to build, it's 402 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,480 kind of tableau building, but with the furnace, it's not in 403 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:23,560 front of you. It's, it's clever. 404 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:28,320 The whole economy loops together and. 405 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:31,360 Yeah, I can't explain it. It's too much for now. 406 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:34,040 But yeah, that was another highlight. 407 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:42,000 And then yeah, Wells, we played recently, I picked up Worm Span 408 00:20:42,120 --> 00:20:42,920 you. Did. 409 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:44,440 I think it's better than Wingspan. 410 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:48,360 Do you? Yeah, yeah, yeah. 411 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:50,480 I don't know. I, I didn't think I would, but I 412 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:52,880 picked the second hand copy. You know, when you're selling 413 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:54,320 games, you often end up buying games. 414 00:20:56,000 --> 00:21:01,160 And I finished playing it and thought I do like Dragons and 415 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:04,080 it's just slicker, it's faster, none of those stupid dice. 416 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:07,400 I even thought about selling my Windspan mega Megabox. 417 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:08,640 That's. Wow. 418 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:10,480 Because. It's just too big now, I can't 419 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:12,720 both get downstairs. Well, OK. 420 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:15,080 Yeah. I mean, yeah, anyway, but I 421 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:19,880 didn't, I didn't think I'd be saying that because I kind of 422 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,120 ignored it. Free however long it's been out 423 00:21:22,120 --> 00:21:24,800 for because it's. Still, yeah, I still haven't 424 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:25,640 played it. I just. 425 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:28,400 I'll check it out. If you like Wingspan, I'll check 426 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,360 out Wingspan. Okay, there you go. 427 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:34,080 If you like wingspan, check out Wingspan. 428 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:39,000 That sounds good. Well, so Katie and I went to 429 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:44,880 Ohio to spend some time with her family and there's a fantastic 430 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:48,240 board game store that we hit up. We always go visit and we picked 431 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:49,080 up. This was interesting. 432 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:51,680 We were not expecting this. So Isle of Cats dual OH. 433 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:54,040 Yeah. Which is the two player version 434 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,120 which I didn't realize was out, I didn't know about it. 435 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:59,880 And then there was the side quest, Isle of Cats. 436 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:02,240 Oh, that's yeah, that's by Borden Dice, isn't it? 437 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:05,320 Like Nemesis? Yeah, the same We series. 438 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:07,840 We have the Nemesis. We played it and it was really 439 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:08,640 cool. It's fun, yeah. 440 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:10,440 Once you play it once, you can't play it again. 441 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,400 But so there was this unintentional Isle of Cats kind 442 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:17,760 of theme. Isle of Cats Duel is superior 443 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:21,320 when playing it with two players, obviously, right, 444 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:22,760 because it's designed for two player. 445 00:22:23,360 --> 00:22:28,080 I'm like, I don't think I would play Isle of Cats at two players 446 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:31,760 ever again because I have the dual version. 447 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:37,160 That's interesting because I. But but I will keep Isle of Cats 448 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:41,760 so that I can play it with my friends at a higher player 449 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:43,120 count. Yeah. 450 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:47,560 It's so smooth. I think we played it maybe two 451 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:50,560 or three times, like back-to-back, like we played it 452 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:52,040 the first time at the table here. 453 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:54,840 And I was like, OK, that, that was great. 454 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,440 And we're like, whoa, only 25 minutes with Teach, right. 455 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:00,640 So we played it again. We're like, this is really good. 456 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:04,280 Played it a third time. It's, it's a really, it's so 457 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:08,600 much tighter than yeah. Isle of Cats, dual guys. 458 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,680 Because I am. We've got the the car, the 459 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:13,720 rolling flip and write. You know the flip and write 460 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:15,960 version. I I don't have it, but I know. 461 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,360 It as I often thought about getting rid of Isle of cats as a 462 00:23:18,360 --> 00:23:21,600 whole because that kind of again back to speediness. 463 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:24,160 But but maybe yeah, I like think I'd like to try the two player. 464 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:27,320 It's it's nice. PJ recommended. 465 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:34,120 Yes, PJ recommends Cats duel. Yeah. 466 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:38,560 Did did you buy anything else? That was the only two games we 467 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:41,360 bought while we were in Ohio. We're like, yeah, we'll just, 468 00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:45,040 you know, it was kind of a whim. They had other things where we 469 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:47,600 were like, you know, you then you got to travel back home with 470 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:50,160 it. And we knew we had fromage under 471 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,120 the Christmas tree, which we're going to play. 472 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:55,160 And we knew we had, we had at the moment when we bought those 473 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:59,400 two games, we had three games left to play to hit 100%. 474 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:00,400 Oh. Dangerous. 475 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:03,160 Yeah. Right. 476 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,240 So we bought those games, Isle of Cats dual. 477 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:07,960 It's like wow, we now we got to play those. 478 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:11,360 So it's like you got to you got to be really careful when you're 479 00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:15,320 trying to manage that. There's a whole, there's a whole 480 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:17,640 strategy behind you. Don't just play your games and 481 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,560 go, hey, I hit 100%. You sell games. 482 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:21,960 Some people think that's cheating too. 483 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:23,840 I'm like, but no, it helps me to evaluate a game. 484 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:25,920 I can get rid of it, but then you always like, do you imagine? 485 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:29,960 If I hadn't sold any games, I'll be at like a 15% or something. 486 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,000 Yeah, I would. If I had never. 487 00:24:34,120 --> 00:24:38,440 If I had never sold or called a game from my collection, I'd 488 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:42,600 probably be it. It'll be a nightmare. 55. 489 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:47,000 Percent 506 hundred games sold. Good for you. 490 00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:49,520 I think I think so. Good for you, yeah. 491 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:51,040 Over the years, it's been a long time. 492 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:52,760 Right. No, absolutely. 493 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:55,600 There's a lot of games that we've got that I, we haven't 494 00:24:55,600 --> 00:25:00,120 played. Yeah, things that have arrived 495 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:06,560 that have yet to be played. Oh, so I've got two games which 496 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:11,600 have been on my Board Game Geek wish list for a long time. 497 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:14,880 Well, tell me. And I was having a ball game 498 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:18,280 geek, you know, you go through like pre-ordered games, you got 499 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:19,720 your wish list games and you got right. 500 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,360 So I was having a cleanse because I just I think I sat in 501 00:25:22,360 --> 00:25:25,960 bed and I was going right. OK, it's on my wish list and 502 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,000 there's a game. So there's two games, one called 503 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:31,040 Alf de Waltz, which I think is German for going for a walk, 504 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:35,880 which was like an Esser release. I think it's 500 copies. 505 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:39,040 It's on board Game Geek for like $50 at the moment. 506 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,720 But shipping over here is like 80, right? 507 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:46,480 And anyway, somebody had a copy. It's just a, it's just a game 508 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:50,600 that looks interesting. You travel around Germany back 509 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:54,640 in this again, 7 hundreds or so right, gaining experience as a 510 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:57,920 journeyman crafting things. It looks just I'm just intrigued 511 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,680 by it. I think it was 120 lbs at Essen 512 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:02,120 original. I think it was really expensive 513 00:26:02,120 --> 00:26:05,040 because it was it's a it's a spill works game, so it's only 514 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,120 limited print run. Anyway, somebody had I found a 515 00:26:07,120 --> 00:26:10,600 copy on eBay in the UK and I was like on Christmas Day. 516 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:12,520 I thought I'm just going to put stupid. 517 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:13,720 You know you can do make an offer. 518 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,080 Oh, sure. I just made an offer thinking 519 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:18,720 this. This is never going to be 520 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:22,200 accepted anyway, maybe because it was Christmas the day after 521 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:23,840 they accepted my offer. So that came in. 522 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:28,360 So that's arrived, but Yatton played and then there's a game, 523 00:26:28,360 --> 00:26:31,840 as I had pronounced this, I'm going to say Yakutan. 524 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:37,280 So HYAKKATNE, it's a Japanese game released like in the 525 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:44,040 Japanese game fair, OK in 2019. It's been a well wished list 526 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:45,840 since then. Never seen a copy over here. 527 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:51,800 And and I just did a quick search ball game geek, nothing. 528 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:54,880 It's in the rule books in Japanese, but I have found an 529 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:58,160 English copy, English rule book. Somebody's somebody's made it. 530 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:00,880 And you know, my background is retail. 531 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:05,320 So you are basically you are investing. 532 00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:07,800 It's three or three to five players you're investing in 533 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:11,360 shops are going your shopping mall like a skyrise and you've 534 00:27:11,360 --> 00:27:12,960 got escalators that you position. 535 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,600 So people go up and down it just it just looks great. 536 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:19,280 And I've got a few board game ideas around retail that I've 537 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,120 that I've I'd like to explore. So it's been all wishes because 538 00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:25,280 I think just I'm interested by the mechanics and the theme, you 539 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:28,160 know, so I'm Googling it. Nothing appears second page of 540 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:33,280 search and there's a copy in a shop in Japan that sells second 541 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:38,120 hand games. And I'm like, I don't know. 542 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,760 So I, I Google them and then like on Reddit, they people say, 543 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:45,280 yeah, they're, they, they, they base yourself second hand, you 544 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:48,960 know, vinyl toys, figures pop up, that kind of thing, you 545 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,800 know, that's, you know, and I was like, OK, how much is it? 546 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:53,960 Because it's all in yen. Oh, sure. 547 00:27:54,120 --> 00:27:57,480 Yeah, so I'm like 27,000, whatever it was and it was like 548 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:02,160 £23 and, and it's free shipping. And I was like, OK, that can't 549 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,920 be free shipping. And it was free shipping to UK 550 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,120 and I was like, I don't think it was 25 LB overall. 551 00:28:07,120 --> 00:28:12,240 I was like 25 lbs free shipping through DHL Express. 552 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,360 So I am like, what's to lose apart from 25 quids? 553 00:28:16,360 --> 00:28:18,160 And they, they got loads of good reviews. 554 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:19,760 So that was Christmas Eve, right? 555 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:23,800 OK. It arrived Friday as in 24th. 556 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:28,200 Wow. For free anyway I get this 557 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:32,200 massive box the boxes like this open it up brand new copy, brand 558 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:35,920 new second hand shop brand new I mean it's only I don't know, but 559 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:39,680 it never been opened so that's arrived so whatever they're 560 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:41,880 called can't remember they're called now, but the second hand 561 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,920 games they had loads of ball games in the shop, but nothing 562 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,200 nothing else, which I would have that I really wanted. 563 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:51,640 That's I guess I don't know much about my Japanese ball games, 564 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:53,840 but anyone knows the good Japanese games let me know. 565 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:59,200 So that's so that's on the list and anything else other games or 566 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,400 my ball game geek Secret Santa. Oh yeah. 567 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:07,520 They gave me plan to Naboo, which is the kind of Rosenberg 568 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:11,680 and some other designers game, sure, which I've set up and 569 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:19,080 learnt and oh, then I won Evacuation just before Christmas 570 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:22,080 in the UK's Facebook ball game raffle group. 571 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:26,280 Evacuation. Saatchi Yeah, I go. 572 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,200 What's the designer's name? Somebody help me out. 573 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:32,200 You know, I mean, I do same design as Vladimir. 574 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:36,720 Sushi, sushi, sushi, same games as like underwater seas. 575 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,000 So yeah, we won that. And there's some other games 576 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,240 that we've not played. But yeah, we had a good, had a 577 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:43,480 good Haulover Christmas. Good, good. 578 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:47,160 So just a week before Christmas, we had a Kickstarter that we had 579 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:48,920 completely forgotten about. What was it? 580 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:51,080 What was it? Who hasn't experienced this? 581 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:54,000 Right? So we back this God, What was 582 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:55,880 this? 2022 May 2. 583 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:58,880 May 23. Tabreeze. 584 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:02,240 Tabreeze. Tabreeze. 585 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:11,080 Here this is her Tabreeze. You're you're making carpets in 586 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:15,120 the Middle East and the the board is neoprene, double sided 587 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:22,360 edge stitched standard. There's no board like yeah. 588 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:23,680 Just to. Roll it out. 589 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:26,280 And so you're moving your move. You have 3 workers. 590 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,120 You move each of them. You're trying to collect 591 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:31,280 resources so that you can make these fill these. 592 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:35,680 Feels like viticulture, but you're making rugs. 593 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:39,920 I mean, that's an oversimplification. 594 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:42,040 Yeah. Yeah. 595 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,080 But it's worker placement. But you're moving, right? 596 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:49,960 Because you have like these paths on the board, and each of 597 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:52,800 your workers can move up to three spaces, but they can't 598 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:57,400 circle back on themselves. So it's not like you take your 599 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,480 workers and then you place them. You have to move them on the 600 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:01,600 board. OK, Yeah. 601 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,360 And you have three of them. That sounds good. 602 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:07,880 And yeah, you can purchase and the each market, whatever's 603 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:11,120 left, the markets get reloaded at the end of every round. 604 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:14,560 And it's, it's cool. It's very cool. 605 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:16,800 That's pretty cool. It is a beautiful game. 606 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,640 I will probably talk about it more in our look back at 2024, 607 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:23,000 so I don't wanna talk too much about it, but it was amazing. 608 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,640 But it's like a Kickstarter shows up at your door. 609 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,000 Who hasn't experienced that right? 610 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,480 I had that yesterday when the whole loaded button shy games 611 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:35,160 appeared and it carries like oh, these arrived and I was like I 612 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:39,400 have no memory even back in it right and then I was like maybe 613 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:40,600 I misclicked this one. I don't. 614 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:42,680 I don't remember any of it. Then went, looked in game, found 615 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:43,920 and there it was. You know. 616 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:47,240 Sure, it's summer. There was the 2024 reprint, 617 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:49,240 yeah, which has got a game called Pizza Pizza. 618 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:52,440 Yum Yum Pizza Pizza. I saw you post about that. 619 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:54,040 Fantastic. Really. 620 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:55,360 Yeah, yeah, lovely too. OK. 621 00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:57,560 It's just making pizzas really good. 622 00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:01,360 Nice surprise because I don't I like button showy games. 623 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:04,600 So I just often just back it for the whatever that they're doing 624 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,200 for the crowdfunding, right. And that was when I, you know, 625 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:11,040 didn't think much of and it was very fun, perfect to go inside 626 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:13,640 the pub or restaurant there. There is a Kickstarter. 627 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:16,520 Look, it's a game found which I completely missed. 628 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:20,680 That is, now there's not, there's very little on my ball 629 00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:24,720 game geek wish list apart from I think it's two or three, but a 630 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:28,960 game called Inferno, which is around man. 631 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,600 I think it's based on Dante's 7 levels of. 632 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:33,920 Hell. Hell, it was a game game. 633 00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:38,960 Found thing that this. I'm intrigued by it but it's 634 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:43,120 deluxe copy is stunning. The retail just looks a bit meh 635 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,680 so hopefully there'll be a reprint but that's that's one 636 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:50,680 I'd completely missed. Speaking of a crowdfunding game, 637 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:52,760 I think you and I both have backed it. 638 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:56,360 The deluxe version, I think it was Nemesis Retaliation. 639 00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:59,000 That's going to be a that's going to. 640 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:01,800 When that arrives. When that arrives, you're going 641 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,480 to be like, I forgot about this. Oh my God, yeah, because it's 642 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,320 going to be. On it's been like, I mean, I 643 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:09,200 went all in. So do we. 644 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:13,360 It's Nemesis. This would be a wall of Nemesis 645 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:15,160 behind me. I mean, there was so much 646 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:18,520 content. I know Omega Omega. 647 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:21,840 I know. Uber purge. 648 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:28,120 Well, yeah, yeah. Did get tank garden finally. 649 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:31,200 Arrived. Yeah, so slowest. 650 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:35,040 UK's you You had yours months before the UK. 651 00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:36,600 I've got it sitting right over there. 652 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,680 So the day after, thanks. The day after Christmas, when 653 00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:42,680 Thea came up from Saint Louis and spent the day with us, we 654 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:45,640 introduced her to Tang Garden. So she she sent me a text 655 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:48,920 message when she got home. Hey, I made it safely. 656 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:52,840 La Dee da. She said Tang Garden is her new 657 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:54,520 favorite game because she didn't know. 658 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:56,400 Yeah. Tang Garden is. 659 00:33:57,120 --> 00:34:00,360 We we just played the base game. We didn't want to throw too much 660 00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:03,040 at her at first because it's so it's really interesting like 661 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:06,040 Tang Garden for you guys. If you don't know, get on board. 662 00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:08,320 Tang Garden is amazing. It's probably the most beautiful 663 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:11,199 game that we own in our whole collection, right? 664 00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:17,400 You take one of two options. There are 4 tiles, stacks of 665 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:21,120 tiles that you place in the center board. 666 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:25,320 So you choose one of them and you place them depending upon 667 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:27,679 the tile. You get a resource, you get 668 00:34:27,679 --> 00:34:29,560 money, whatever that that changes. 669 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:33,400 Or you draw cards which are decorations that you play in 670 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:35,920 front of you like a tableau. That's the game. 671 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:37,480 Is. It's that it's. 672 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:40,520 All the it's all the characters which you position looking at, 673 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:43,360 looking across the garden or side the garden. 674 00:34:43,639 --> 00:34:45,120 Because the game is block. You. 675 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:49,199 Yeah, the the game is 3 dimensional because at certain 676 00:34:49,199 --> 00:34:52,600 points you will set up these landscape tiles, but you don't 677 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:56,080 lay them flat. They fit like this vertically. 678 00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:58,800 You you know, so it's. Like a Vista, isn't it? 679 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,840 So when you yeah, so when you put your mini, when you put your 680 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:05,760 miniatures on the board, whenever certain things happen 681 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:10,240 to trigger them, they're looking out at that Vista. 682 00:35:10,240 --> 00:35:13,320 And those vistas have a little symbols. 683 00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:15,360 And so they get so many points for that, right? 684 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:19,800 Like the Emperor wants to look at Dragons, so I bet he plays 685 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:23,360 Wormspan. Good detail, I'm forgetting 686 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:26,960 that, but I. Mean the the Empress gets 9 687 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:30,880 points, but if she sees the emperor, it's -5 and if she sees 688 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:35,320 the lady who the emperor is having an affair with, it's -4 689 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:37,960 It was really great because Thea had the Empress and she put her 690 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:41,160 out there as close as possible. She couldn't see anybody. 691 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:42,680 She's like, I don't want to see my husband. 692 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:43,320 It's. Really clever. 693 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:45,880 It's so good. There's a lot. 694 00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:49,080 It took me about an hour and a half just to pack it all away. 695 00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:52,120 Yeah, yeah, I haven't. I haven't touched any of the 696 00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:53,240 expansion stuff. Same. 697 00:35:53,240 --> 00:35:55,240 I think we'd end up playing the bass game again because it's 698 00:35:55,240 --> 00:35:58,640 been, it's been a little while. Well the Ghost Stories is really 699 00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:00,400 cool. That's a previous expansion. 700 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,680 Yeah, so much content. There's so much content and it's 701 00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,440 so beautiful and it's 3 dimensional and you've got these 702 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:09,760 beautiful, heavy what? Dual layered cardboard. 703 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:12,800 Yeah, trees. And you got the pagodas. 704 00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:15,000 The pagodas and the pavilions and the bridges. 705 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,720 Pavilions, Yeah. There's there's a golden cat, 706 00:36:17,720 --> 00:36:21,240 there's two Black Cats to put out for bonus points. 707 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:26,520 Look, Tan Garden you've got, if you like it, our placement, if 708 00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:29,840 you like cool miniatures. Check it out. 709 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,200 Yeah, yeah. Any other games you want to 710 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:33,800 cover? I think everything else I'm 711 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:37,200 going to cover. When we talk about our top are 712 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:40,720 we doing top five games or top ten games of releases of 24? 713 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:44,000 I was thinking we would do top ten, I would choose five, you 714 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:47,560 would choose five. We'll do top 20/20/24. 715 00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:52,440 And then I'd like to try to, I'd like to talk about the games 716 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:55,240 that I plan to play. Looking. 717 00:36:55,240 --> 00:36:57,400 Forward. Yes, we look forwards. 718 00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:00,960 I'd like to make a joke about the games I plan to play OK in 719 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,120 2025 and how many. Times are good, but you're 720 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:05,240 looking forward to. Playing like like I'm looking at 721 00:37:05,240 --> 00:37:08,400 yourself now, looking at Kuna Hora, I think yeah, I am sure we 722 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:10,640 talked about that game a lot this time last year because. 723 00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:14,880 We did an entire episode. It was in my hotness but I don't 724 00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:17,200 know how many times I played it, probably from mid year onwards. 725 00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,280 I would. So what it's interesting is, and 726 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:23,640 maybe we should even do an episode about like publishers, 727 00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:27,880 because if you notice here, this is mostly CGE games and this is 728 00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:31,040 all devere games. That's my Christmas pal. 729 00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:34,160 I got so many devere games. Devere, you're in CGE. 730 00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:36,200 They're warriors. Yeah, five games is devere, 731 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:38,640 because I got that, Datoshi is it and I got the Mac. 732 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:39,760 Oh, Datoshi. Yeah. 733 00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:45,000 I got the White Castle Marshall expansion and there was nothing 734 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,120 to there was OK, which I've now forgotten. 735 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:52,480 Yeah, yeah, could do publishers, but yeah, let's do top five of 736 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:57,600 2024. So next week probably is our 737 00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:01,320 it's going to be our top ten. Look back to 2024 and we'll do 738 00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:04,400 our top ten and I'll be 5, you'll take 5 and yeah, it's 739 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:05,560 fun. That'll be good. 740 00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:09,320 No, that'll work. I've got a list to go through a 741 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:13,000 couple of things I want to talk about that games that I've 742 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:17,200 listened to you and all of our friends in the UK and games that 743 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:21,200 I finally got to the table. Middle Ages want to mention 744 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:23,640 Middle Ages we played. That Yep. 745 00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:25,800 Yes, yeah, yeah. OK. 746 00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:29,560 So OK, now that I've been called out, I have to tell you the 747 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:31,360 story. It's worth, it's a good story. 748 00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:34,360 So Katie is. Math on the same. 749 00:38:34,720 --> 00:38:37,960 Right, so Katie and I are playing Middle Ages and we've 750 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:41,560 got it set up and I want to mention that the yellow and the 751 00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:44,280 pink riders, the wooden riders, they're male. 752 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:48,040 And that just gets Katie riled up because she likes to play 753 00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:50,520 pink and if she can't play pink, she likes to play yellow. 754 00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:52,720 And neither of the writers are female. 755 00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:56,760 So she has to play a color other than her favorite because she 756 00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:59,120 wants a female. Yes, this matters. 757 00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:01,640 This matters guys. Anyway, so we're playing Middle 758 00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:04,240 Ages and we're we run out of money. 759 00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:09,960 We're running. And I'm like, is this, is there? 760 00:39:10,240 --> 00:39:13,520 Is this a flaw in the game? I think they didn't print enough 761 00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:15,120 money. We're what's going on? 762 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:19,000 So I messaged Gareth and I'm like, hey man, because I knew 763 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,360 you were sitting at home with your leg up. 764 00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:23,160 I was like, dude, we're playing Middle Ages. 765 00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:24,800 It's like, whatever. And you send me a picture 766 00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:28,880 because no, there's 10s and 50s. I was, I was like how I say how 767 00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:31,480 I looked the rules and thought either I've been plenty strong 768 00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:33,880 since I got the game or P JS done something. 769 00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:39,240 And so I got up, I hobbled from my chair, I got the box and went 770 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:45,240 photograph. OK, so if you have Middle Ages, 771 00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:49,960 you know that the cardboard insert has kind of a little flat 772 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:55,080 and that's where our 10s and 50s were and we didn't look we 773 00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:58,200 didn't look so so now we look and we know we've got enough 774 00:39:58,200 --> 00:39:59,840 money when. We say we never run out of money 775 00:39:59,840 --> 00:40:01,360 and there's a lot of money flowing around. 776 00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:04,000 So I thought, well, maybe I've scored this wrong, maybe maybe 777 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:07,440 I've missed, you know, you know. Anyway, it turns out, check 778 00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:11,800 under your flaps. You've got to find the money. 779 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:16,640 So you've got to find the money. Yeah, but it means, yeah, put 780 00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:19,440 the 50s and whatever was the 50s and the 20s, whatever it was in 781 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:22,480 the visible and the hidden ones, ones and fives, then people are 782 00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:23,720 good. Yeah. 783 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:26,320 OK, so we should we call it wraps then? 784 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:28,360 I think we should. I think we're good. 785 00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:33,560 Episode 106 in the bag. Don't forget to box up your game 786 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,120 that you need to ship that. I will I need to now should I 787 00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:41,560 need to get collected tomorrow? So you and I talked about this. 788 00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:44,560 I want to, I'd like to see what you think about it. 789 00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:49,760 And then I also want to ask our listeners for their feedback on 790 00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:51,920 this question and I'll post something on Instagram. 791 00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:55,480 So we've talked a lot about Meatball Monday. 792 00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:00,040 You've talked about and that was something that you did. 793 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:04,080 Yeah, restarting. So I was, you and I, we've toyed 794 00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:08,160 with the idea of now I don't know how this is going to work. 795 00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:11,840 And the question is to our listeners, do you want us to do 796 00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:13,680 this? And then we'll talk about format 797 00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:15,560 later. Do we want to bring people 798 00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:18,080 Monday, Mac? And then this week will be 799 00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:22,240 Gareth talking to someone from the UK or Europe. 800 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:24,840 And then next week will be me. So I'm talking to someone in 801 00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:28,120 Canada or the US. And then you and I rotate time 802 00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:30,840 zones, right? Because time zones are a thing, 803 00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:32,440 guys. The US side of things used to 804 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:34,720 kill me. It was, it was a night. 805 00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:41,240 It was either like lunchtime, so we used used to be 5:00-ish my 806 00:41:41,240 --> 00:41:44,920 time or people's lunch breaks. Right. 807 00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:48,400 And if it was in the US, if it was Australia, Oceana's side of 808 00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:51,680 things, it was like had to be Sunday and it was their 809 00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:52,920 breakfast. I can't remember. 810 00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:56,240 Well, and I think the other point too is everyone in the 811 00:41:56,240 --> 00:41:59,520 Central and Eastern Time zone, so the eastern half of the 812 00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:01,920 United States, you would be a little bit OK. 813 00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:04,680 But when you get our friends in California on the West Coast. 814 00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:06,080 Oh, it's it was. Really. 815 00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:06,960 Yeah. Yeah. 816 00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:11,160 So that's what we want. To hear from you, do episodes 817 00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:15,280 like at 11:00 at night UK time which which you haven't got an 818 00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:16,840 audience at 11:00 with dinner live. 819 00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:19,600 No, no. Yeah, let's know what people 820 00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:21,760 would be interested in. I've got I had a quite a list 821 00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:25,680 from post ukge but life has just not got got to it. 822 00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:29,560 So for those of you who are like, what are you talking 823 00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:31,040 about? Because you're doing the whole 824 00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:33,080 thing. So back during the pandemic of 825 00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:37,200 20 and into 2021, Gareth was doing every Monday. 826 00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:42,000 He was doing this like 30 minute interview, face conversation. 8 827 00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:44,560 minutes. Well, until I came along and 828 00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:46,200 then, yeah, that's I think I killed the. 829 00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:48,440 Hours. He broke me. 830 00:42:48,720 --> 00:42:52,400 But you had 10 questions you had written in advance. 831 00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:54,800 We'd send it to you and then we'd just talk about you and 832 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:58,040 getting to know you and. I've revised it. 833 00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:01,120 I've revised. The question I don't know about. 834 00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:02,360 I think Gareth would agree with this. 835 00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:05,440 I think we want to bring it back because the tagline of the 836 00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:09,200 podcast is uniting players around the world and what better 837 00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:10,720 way to do than to feature all of you? 838 00:43:10,720 --> 00:43:13,240 Nice. Honestly, but the best, it was 839 00:43:13,240 --> 00:43:14,440 really nice thing to be locked down. 840 00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:18,800 It was just really good to talk into at the time, the people 841 00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:23,720 that we just met on Instagram right and we're that 3 three 842 00:43:23,720 --> 00:43:28,120 years later must be those people AI still talk to most of them 843 00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:32,920 I've now played with I've met in real life yeah, absolutely for 844 00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:36,080 games, it's games. There's no there's not everyone. 845 00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:38,920 It's quite the US it. Would be cool if we could get it 846 00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:43,080 like a virtual map that we could like colour in where our who we 847 00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:44,880 interview. I'm gonna get it done. 848 00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:46,480 I'll go. I'll go and do the previous I 849 00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:48,160 think, right. I think there's about 40 850 00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:49,840 episodes. We've got about 40 episodes out 851 00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:52,120 the way. There was see, there's even 852 00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:55,160 season one, season 2. This was going to be Season 3. 853 00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:59,760 So Season 3 will be a little bit more organized. 854 00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:02,400 You've got a partner now in me easier. 855 00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:05,560 OK, So let us know what you think. 856 00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:09,000 Do you want us to do it? And does that sound like a good 857 00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:11,920 idea of us splitting up the globe, as it were? 858 00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:13,280 Because. I think it's a good idea. 859 00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:16,320 Yeah, I do too. Time zones are a nightmare. 860 00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:19,000 But you know, we'll figure it out, so. 861 00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:21,440 OK. So thanks for listening. 862 00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:23,440 Thanks for listening. Good to see you today. 863 00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:25,720 Happy New Year, Christmas, New Year, and I'll see you. 864 00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:29,080 Next week. Bye everyone.