1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,840 Welcome to Meeple to Meeple, uniting players around the 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,640 world. A 30 minute exploration of TJ 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:08,200 and Gareth's four-game experiences from across both 4 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:11,480 sides of the Atlantic. Each episode they share their 5 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,440 thoughts and opinions on the World of War games, including 6 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:18,320 their favorite themes, games, hot topics, and much, much more. 7 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:23,520 Hey, and welcome to episode 77. That's right, 77 guys. 8 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:28,200 We are getting closer to a 100 and today is gaming with your 9 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:30,400 family. We're going to talk about family 10 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,439 games. As always, I am PJ. 11 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:35,840 And I'm Gareth and I'm back. You are back. 12 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:39,520 This episode. You missed a really good episode 13 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,360 last week too, if I might say so. 14 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:42,640 I know. Yeah, I was. 15 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:45,560 I was reasonably gutted. But so you, you know, I got to 16 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:48,320 say, in your absence, I'm getting really good at this 17 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:52,240 hosting thing. You get go so more often. 18 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,480 I mean I'm lucky to be here today because obviously I wasn't 19 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:59,080 wasn't I had a lot on last week and then I crashed my bike on 20 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:03,680 Tuesday and have a pretty serious bruise and I can't sit 21 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:08,360 down on my bottom at the moment. So don't go riding, don't do 22 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:09,200 exercise. It's really. 23 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:10,520 Bad it is. It is bad for. 24 00:01:11,320 --> 00:01:14,600 But we have a cushion with a a doughnut cushion has arrived. 25 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:20,280 So all it's getting better, only four weeks I believe to recover 26 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,800 from it. Apart from my pride, the bike is 27 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:24,680 fine. I was not going to bring it up. 28 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,040 OK, so you brought it up. I'm glad you did because I 29 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,760 wasn't going to say anything. But so we're going to we're 30 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,680 going to talk about family games today and it it's kind of 31 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:35,400 interesting how we came about this topic, right? 32 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:40,160 Yeah. So I think, I mean we don't 33 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,320 often talk about family games. We often talk about the heavier 34 00:01:43,320 --> 00:01:47,640 or the medium weight games. But anyone on the Instagram 35 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:52,040 community would will certainly seen the game, toss it appear in 36 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:56,320 many social channels, yes, maybe before Christmas, maybe four or 37 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,040 five months ago, and then you've picked up a copy. 38 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:02,520 I did and thought we'd reach out. 39 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:07,760 And yeah, and with that in mind, we posted because we were going 40 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:10,680 to, we were going to, we have our guest on who I'll introduce 41 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,520 in just a minute. We were talking about toss it. 42 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:16,320 And it's like, OK, it's a family game and it's also a party game. 43 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:19,680 So we took it to you, our listeners, and let you vote. 44 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:24,080 And it was 48 to 31. I don't know if that's 45 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:28,560 overwhelming, but thank you for participating in our poll. 46 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:32,640 And y'all chose Family Games. So we decided that Family games 47 00:02:32,640 --> 00:02:34,520 is going to be the context. And like you said, it's 48 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:38,920 something we don't talk about. And we are lucky enough today to 49 00:02:38,920 --> 00:02:44,200 have the head community manager for Tosset, Nikki Bejew. 50 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:48,880 Nikki, how are you? Hello, what an instruction. 51 00:02:49,640 --> 00:02:50,600 I'm great. Thank you. 52 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:52,680 That was. Great, welcome to the show. 53 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:54,600 Thanks for joining us. This is great. 54 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:57,960 It's so nice to be here. Thank you for having me. 55 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:00,520 Absolutely. So we had your, we, we talked 56 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,560 about your game a couple episodes ago with another guest 57 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:09,840 and then I think it you were, you were very enthusiastic about 58 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:15,080 our talking about toss it. And so I reached out to you and 59 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:19,320 you sent me a copy. And pretty much my wife and I, 60 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,800 when we get home every night after dinner, we'll play a few 61 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:27,080 rounds right there in the living room on the on the floor, which 62 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:28,960 has been great. And so I was like, Gareth, we 63 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:32,280 need to we need to have Nikki on and talk about toss it. 64 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,000 And so here we are. This is great. 65 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:36,480 That's awesome. Nikki, would you like to 66 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,040 introduce yourself, your role is and how long you've been with 67 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:40,240 Toss It? Yes, of course. 68 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:44,080 So yes, I'm Nikki and yeah, I'm the head community manager for 69 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:48,720 Toss It and I have been with toss it since October. 70 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,760 So time really has flown. It really has flown. 71 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:55,080 It hasn't felt, you know, like that duration, but I I love it. 72 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:59,320 I I also do content creation as well and a few other things in 73 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:01,040 the background and I absolutely love it. 74 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,400 I really do. And you know, before we go any 75 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,560 further, I want to have a big shout out to Nick as well, 76 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,920 because obviously he was the one from board game reviews who 77 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,080 mentioned dexterity game that toss it is. 78 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:14,840 So thank you so much, Nick. You know, if it wasn't for you, 79 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:16,399 I wouldn't be here. So thank you. 80 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:19,800 I just want to really say that. Don't, don't encourage, don't 81 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,600 encourage him. He's, he's great. 82 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:27,960 And and that he is great. He's he is Nick, and he made us 83 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:29,400 all laugh. And. 84 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,520 What I think a lot of channels like, a lot of like, I guess our 85 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:37,080 friends and people we I guess work with or communicate to or 86 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:41,000 chat to play games with have seen toss it across socials that 87 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:42,520 one of the things that you you brought in. 88 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:46,200 So when you joined back in October, I'm sure it must have 89 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,320 been around then that we started to see this game appear in 90 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:51,360 various Instagram channels. Yeah. 91 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:54,960 Well, actually the game was originated in France about a 92 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:58,080 couple of years ago and it went viral then it went absolutely 93 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:00,240 viral. And since then we expanded in 94 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,760 Europe and it went also went viral in Germany and in Spain. 95 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:06,280 And now we're basically, we're trying to just basically take 96 00:05:06,280 --> 00:05:08,160 over the whole world. That's, that's just to be honest 97 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:10,880 with you. And that's why you see all it's 98 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:12,280 true. That's why you see all of the 99 00:05:12,280 --> 00:05:15,080 content from various countries, you know, see America, Japan, 100 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:18,200 Australia, the founder at the moment, he's doing an actual 101 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:21,480 tour across all of Asia, literally all of Asia. 102 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:24,440 So we just want to bring this game to everybody, every 103 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:25,920 country. That's what we want to do. 104 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:29,720 And obviously and into UK as well in the UK market. 105 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:33,440 And This is why I'm here. And do you look after the UK or 106 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,680 do you look after the is it global or is it UK role you 107 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,120 have? For me it's UK. 108 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:41,200 OK. Yeah. 109 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:45,240 And then is, so is it, how's it gone in the UK? 110 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,720 Is it really launched back in October or had it been around 111 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:48,840 before then? No, no, no. 112 00:05:48,840 --> 00:05:51,280 It was literally in October. So I would say we're absolutely 113 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:54,000 brand new to the market here in the UK and, you know, it's 114 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:57,640 largely positive reception and it's just been really, really 115 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:01,560 fun to obviously canvas out in the streets and just get to 116 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,240 introduce the game. Lots of people are very curious 117 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:05,920 as well. And it's it's lovely. 118 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:09,240 I mean, just to make people smile, especially in this day 119 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,240 and age and everything that you know, everything that's going on 120 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:14,320 in the world, let's be honest, just to have a nice game like 121 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:18,720 toss it is, is something, you know, personally means a lot to 122 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,200 me. So I love it and I'll do it as a 123 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,920 job and it's just, it's amazing. That's a pretty good job. 124 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:25,920 That's a really good job. I love it. 125 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,160 And what for those who haven't seen any of the socials or 126 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,560 haven't seen Toss it in the shops, do you want to do a quick 127 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:34,920 overview of how the game plays? Yeah, of course. 128 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,760 What sort of game it is. So yeah, it's a silicone dart 129 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:41,160 game and it mixes the principles of the Tonk. 130 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:46,320 So basically like the UK version of lawn bowls darts and the 131 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,800 Spirit of Mulkey, which is a finished game. 132 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,080 And essentially, I mean, it sounds complicated, but it's 133 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,320 really not. I mean, the whole idea is that 134 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:58,120 you have silicone darts, you have a blackjack, and then in a 135 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:02,240 set you'd have two colours of darts and you know, you play 136 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:05,080 against your opponent, You can also play in teams, and then you 137 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,000 throw your darts. The closest to the Jack 138 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:11,280 obviously wins, but also it's first to reach 13 points wins. 139 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:13,360 So there's lots of different game plays, there's lots of 140 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,280 different modes. That's like the basic one. 141 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:20,520 So yeah, that's basically. That's awesome. 142 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:26,000 So in the context of family games, how would you say like 143 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:30,920 what, what sets toss it? What would make it a family 144 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:33,960 game? You know, it's a really, it's a 145 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:36,720 wonderful question and I think it's quite multifaceted. 146 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:40,600 And the main thing is that it, it kind of the whole idea of the 147 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:43,680 game is that you, you have to participate. 148 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:45,480 If you want to win, you have to be in it. 149 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:49,440 And it's kind of like there's a there's a dexterity aspect, 150 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:53,360 obviously, but it brings the family together on a social and 151 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:57,440 a personal level for developing child mind, you know, building 152 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:01,160 the confidence. It's just you can't basically, 153 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:02,640 let me, let me let me rephrase it. 154 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:04,480 You can't not play the game and not smile. 155 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,720 You can't. It's landing on a smooth 156 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:10,320 surface. It has that little wiggle 157 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:12,400 action. I mean, I dare you to play it 158 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:16,800 and not smile and not laugh. Honestly, it's it just. 159 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:18,840 Maybe that's a challenge like that could be a. 160 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,600 Yeah. That was how you know what try. 161 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:23,800 And keep a try and keep a straight face, yeah. 162 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:25,920 It's not possible. It's not possible. 163 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:27,600 Actually, I think I've seen it on Instagram. 164 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:28,920 Like people are doing these challenges. 165 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,919 They fill their mouths with water and Oh yeah, you've seen 166 00:08:32,919 --> 00:08:34,000 that, right? And they try not to laugh. 167 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,840 How do I do that? Actually I want to see if I. 168 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:38,679 Can do that. There you go, give you give you 169 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:40,559 some content creation. Ideas. 170 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:43,039 Thank you so much. It reminds me of I mean, as a 171 00:08:43,039 --> 00:08:47,520 kid, I remember going holiday to the beach or we'd go camping and 172 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,760 we always had a set of balls, you know, which is the water 173 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:55,600 filled plastic with the Jack and but I kept it entertained for 174 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,680 hours as a as a kid when the origin in the garden playing 175 00:08:58,680 --> 00:09:00,200 games. I've got loads of full memories 176 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,200 of playing. I guess what would have been an 177 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:05,600 an older version of toss it back in the day. 178 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:08,800 So I agree, we always just had great fun. 179 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:12,160 It's just, you know, one more go, one more go, one more go. 180 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:14,000 So. It's addictive. 181 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:14,960 It's. Easy. 182 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,840 It's addictive and there's lots of different manoeuvres that you 183 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,120 can do. Like we have something called a 184 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,880 kiss when the two darts are sticking together at the bottom. 185 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,600 We have something called a jackover which is really hard to 186 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:28,480 do, which is the other dart landing on top of the other 187 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,200 darts. So like there are so many things 188 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,480 that you can do and, and obviously the way to get to 189 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,520 those moves is practising again and again and again. 190 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:38,840 And that's how it can bring families together. 191 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:43,240 It's easy to play, it's easy to play and just Chuck it in the 192 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,440 canvas bag that's provided and literally just take it with you 193 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:47,560 everywhere. That's it. 194 00:09:47,560 --> 00:09:52,000 No fuss, no small pieces, nothing's going to get lost. 195 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,200 I really don't. Boost them, that is. 196 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:55,120 That is it. Yeah, it is. 197 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,200 It is like going to the beach, going camping, just going down 198 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:01,640 the park. It, it reminds me, it reminds me 199 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,920 of horseshoes here in the United States where you have like a 200 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:09,640 metal peg that you kind of hammer down into the soil, two 201 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:12,440 of them right on either end and you're throwing, you're throwing 202 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:15,040 metal horseshoes. So naturally, if you're a kid, 203 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:17,280 you don't get to play. You watch the adults. 204 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:21,320 And so you really want to play and then you see toss it and 205 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:23,360 it's like, well, now you can play it anywhere. 206 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:26,520 It's right linoleum floor, wood floor. 207 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:29,760 You can do it on the table, the window, if you got a big Bay 208 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:33,480 window that only has like one big pane, that works too. 209 00:10:33,560 --> 00:10:41,160 And apparently, and apparently, according to the Instagram 210 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:48,560 content that you create, the airport, the bathroom, the 211 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:53,200 garden. I mean, tell me about some of 212 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:56,120 the more exotic places that y'all have filmed. 213 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,360 Toss it on Instagram lately because it's awesome. 214 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:03,760 Well, thank you very much. Yeah, when you said bathroom, 215 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:07,000 that just kind of threw me. But yes, look, I mean, you can, 216 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:09,240 you can, you absolutely can, yes. 217 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:12,840 I mean, as I said before, we're trying to bring tosser globally, 218 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:14,520 right? And that includes every country 219 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,840 that we can possibly get to. The founder at the moment is as 220 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:20,880 we speak is in China. But before then you see the 221 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:25,240 locations that you see now that includes Thailand, Vietnam, 222 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,800 Dubai. And that's just a few, that's 223 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,960 just a few that I've mentioned. And it's so we're, we're so 224 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:36,000 fortunate to be able to do that. But I think it's, it's a way to 225 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:38,640 just show everybody wherever you are in the world, there is an 226 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,320 opportunity to play. And that's just the beauty of 227 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:42,720 it. And that includes, yeah, as 228 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,600 somewhere as humble as the bathroom all the way to the, to 229 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,640 the hot beaches of Bangkok that, you know, like that. 230 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:51,520 It's just versatile. So that that was our goal. 231 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:54,160 But obviously it's nice to have a nice background as well and 232 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:55,640 playing somewhere it's beautiful. 233 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:58,640 And if you're on holiday, you're on holiday mode if you're more 234 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,280 inclined to play and just relax and have a nice time. 235 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:06,520 That is the advantage, isn't it? It is unlike a ball game that 236 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:09,480 we'd normally talk about with always bits and pieces. 237 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:13,920 This one really is portable. Is there what's the biggest 238 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:20,280 market and is there anyone playing toss it at like a 239 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:22,480 competition level? We got like. 240 00:12:22,680 --> 00:12:24,440 Not yet. Leaks going. 241 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:27,840 Not yet, but I think that would be something that we could 242 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:29,400 definitely explore. But I think it's just because 243 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:33,120 it's so new, especially in Europe and in UK especially. 244 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:35,720 But I think why not? That would be quite cool. 245 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:39,040 Because I guess one day, maybe even Olympic sport. 246 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:41,120 Look, man, they're. Really pushing us. 247 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:43,360 Why is the limit? OK? 248 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:47,240 Come on, you never know. But The thing is, this game was 249 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,920 actually invented during, like, COVID time where we would try to 250 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:54,400 kind of bring some positivity and some light into those dark 251 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:56,560 days. And we'd had no idea that it was 252 00:12:56,560 --> 00:12:59,240 going to be as viral as it was, especially in France. 253 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:03,800 I mean, the game stopped in Decathlon in over there, so, you 254 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:05,320 know, yeah. OK. 255 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:08,000 Yeah, proper. It's on the shelves. 256 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,920 And it's like obviously it's a, it's a, it's different kind of 257 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:12,760 market out there. They take their games very 258 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:17,440 seriously in terms of kind of Molky and Patonk and those kind 259 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:19,240 of games. And so obviously it took off 260 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:22,400 there and, and that's what we hope to achieve around the 261 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:26,040 world. So who knows, it could become an 262 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:28,720 elite game in the future. I mean, we didn't expect it to 263 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:31,320 go viral like it has. So let's see I. 264 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:35,240 Guess it's that it's that social and again, you know, the French, 265 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:39,080 French lifestyle is, you know, upside drinking, socialising, 266 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:43,240 having a game with you that they can play either in the squares 267 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:46,520 or, you know, camping into the beach really does work. 268 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:47,640 It does. And they really take that 269 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:49,720 culture very seriously. And it's, it's nice. 270 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:52,120 It's nice to see that you know, they, they're so passionate 271 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:54,840 about it and it's just lovely really. 272 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:58,960 Where? Where can I buy in the UK or US? 273 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,560 Where's so decathlons in France? Where? 274 00:14:01,560 --> 00:14:03,600 Where that's what's? Who stocks the game or is it 275 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:04,200 online? Yeah. 276 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,760 So at the moment you're able to buy it from the E shop or from 277 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:09,760 Amazon. So it's nice. 278 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,080 You know at the time of this recording you could buy the game 279 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:14,280 and it can be with you tomorrow by 1:00 PM. 280 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:15,480 Tomorrow there. You go. 281 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,080 That's the beauty of Amazon. We love and hate it at the same 282 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:20,880 time. Yeah, you're so right. 283 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:23,320 Fully available. Basically, it's just the right 284 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:24,800 time of year now, isn't it? Because it's a lot. 285 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:25,760 The evenings are getting lighter. 286 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:28,600 People are thinking about holidays, think people are going 287 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:29,640 to. I mean, I saw some friends on 288 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:32,720 the beach today in the UK. So it must be summer now. 289 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:35,120 People are on the beach and it wasn't even that. 290 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:39,720 It wasn't even that warm today. But but yes, I guess lighter 291 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:41,320 evenings. Are on their way and the good 292 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:43,440 thing as well for like going on holiday and travelling is that 293 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,440 it's actually quite a light game in terms of weight and weight 294 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:48,920 distribution. So you know, that's not the plus 295 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:50,600 as well. It's just a very light game. 296 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:55,480 It's not heavy, so I like that. I I am kicking myself now for 297 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:59,080 having not brought it with me to the UK because it's, it's so 298 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:03,960 portable, you know, you try to think of everything and that, 299 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:06,520 that would have been a great opportunity, yeah. 300 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:10,520 Next time we'll have the To Me pool and yeah, you. 301 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:12,160 Just have to come back. Competition. 302 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,360 Oh yeah. We're already planning on it. 303 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:17,040 He's planning already. Yeah. 304 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:20,800 Oh nice. Yeah, my, my wife and I have 305 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:23,800 decided that we are no longer back in Kickstarter projects. 306 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:27,360 We're done completely because we got to save money so we can go 307 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:30,560 travel every year and Cajun Con will be in April every year in 308 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:34,360 Southampton. So I got to, I got to go to 309 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:37,280 that, right? I mean, you can't have Cajun Con 310 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:40,600 without the Cajun Gamer, right? Yeah, it's it's had a rebrand 311 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,960 already for next year. Yeah, I was wondering. 312 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:49,080 Yep. So again and Peter, how have you 313 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:50,520 found it? So you've had a, you've, you've 314 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:53,800 been playing it with Katie, you've played with friends. 315 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:58,560 Or no, we've only we've only just played it together, I guess 316 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:00,960 because we don't, we don't. Well, we've been is we've been 317 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,880 so crazy, right? So we we got a copy and then we 318 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:06,560 got sick and then we travelled and then we were in England. 319 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:09,840 And so this is like we had, we haven't really got a chance to 320 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:13,560 play with just other than the two of us, but it's addictive. 321 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:18,280 Like every night we get home, we have dinner, we play a few 322 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:22,720 rounds of toss it and then, you know, we go to the bed for the 323 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,360 evening or whatever. But like it hits, it hits our 324 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:29,840 floor, not our table. It hits our floor, 'cause we 325 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:32,760 have wood floors and it hits our floor every. 326 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:36,520 It's so. Satisfying the sound, like the 327 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:39,080 ASMR, like to the Max, It's the sound. 328 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:40,280 I love it. I love. 329 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:41,920 It it is. It is. 330 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:44,160 I will, I will. But I have to admit that I'm 331 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:47,640 rubbish. Katie's just so good. 332 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:51,720 PJ, you're not rubbish. It is all in the technique. 333 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:53,200 It is I. Promise you. 334 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:55,480 I promise you it's just one thing. 335 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:57,200 OK? If I can just say one thing that 336 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:02,040 anybody will remember from Plus it, you have to hold the dart at 337 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:04,800 the back. That is the way you're going to 338 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:06,440 make it stick. A lot of people they kind of 339 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:10,359 throwing it just like darts. Just hold it from the base, hold 340 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:12,800 it from the back and it will stick every time. 341 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:14,359 I promise you. I promise. 342 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:20,280 Well, it does look convinced. No, because it says that on the 343 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:24,119 box and I'm really attentive to doing that and it's like boop 344 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,359 and it falls down. I just, I, I can't get it. 345 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,480 I'm definitely doing something wrong because I'll catch myself 346 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:33,800 trying to throw it like a dart and go Nope, you got to throw it 347 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:36,760 from the back. And arch it as well. 348 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:39,400 That's. Sort of sport games when it's 349 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:43,240 yeah, arch it. Yeah, arch it, throw it above 350 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:46,480 your head and just give it the best chance of possible. 351 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:48,360 Yeah, that's it. Grenade. 352 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:50,160 OK. Grenade. 353 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:53,760 Well, I'm going to. I'm going to try tonight and see 354 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:55,960 if I can finally beat my wife. It'd be great. 355 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:59,960 Peter, what we need is video content of you, you know? 356 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:02,880 Yeah. And then tomorrow with the on 357 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:06,640 Tuesday, Tuesday with the with the live, we'll have a little 358 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:09,440 bit of you and Katie. OK, I'll give it. 359 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:12,800 Well, she doesn't like to be on camera, so it's just going to be 360 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:16,520 me. Yeah, you just don't do us do 361 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:19,640 just do like them landing. Yeah, you'll you'll think of a. 362 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:23,240 Way I'll figure it out. I get the sound thing. 363 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:29,760 I was thinking about obviously family games based on the pole. 364 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:33,960 And then I guess I was I was thinking, oh, here we, you know, 365 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:35,800 do we talk about Wingspan? But then I thought about, well, 366 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:40,840 what are the games fall into that kind of set of games where 367 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:44,280 like toss it, I can throw it in the bag, put it in my pocket and 368 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:46,960 take it and make it movable and have that gaming experience on 369 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:49,480 the go. And the one that sprung to mind 370 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:52,880 straight away was Hive. So that's in the bag. 371 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:56,000 There's small pieces. And that does go everywhere with 372 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:57,280 us. And we played it on the beach, 373 00:18:57,280 --> 00:18:59,920 we played it in the park, We play it on airplanes. 374 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:03,440 So if you haven't played, I think we've talked about the 375 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:07,240 show before, but it's it's little insects like Baker, like 376 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:12,160 plastic tiles where you're hopping or moving your insects 377 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:14,040 around the hive to surround the queen. 378 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,080 But you've got a copy now, haven't you? 379 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:21,480 Yeah, you sent me a copy back in September, so and it's hit the 380 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:22,680 table quite a bit. It's. 381 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:25,840 Because that's that is one of our best played family games. 382 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:28,640 But it doesn't play. But the whole family can't play 383 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:31,680 it because it's two player so. Well, that that's some people 384 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:33,160 only got a family of. Two, OK, that's fair. 385 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:36,560 We have a family of two. So OK, I got, I guess when I 386 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:39,560 think of family, I'm thinking about it more than just two, but 387 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:41,760 So what I was thinking. About. 388 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:43,960 Children, yes. Yeah. 389 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:48,280 So interestingly enough, when when Katie and I were in England 390 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:51,520 and we went to the British Museum, we made a point of going 391 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:55,600 to the Babylonian exhibit and we saw the original copy of the 392 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:59,720 royal game of or in the in the gallery. 393 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:03,040 And so it's like the first board game ever, which I think there 394 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,440 was a recent Kickstarter. Yeah, it was. 395 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:09,240 Yeah, and I was wondering completely independent of this 396 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:14,680 episode, I was like, was this a family game or was this more of 397 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:19,440 a, or was this game in the, you know, the intellectual arena of 398 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:22,680 a of a male only we are talking about ancient Babylon, right? 399 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:29,840 So how accessible was this game 4400 year, 4004 thousand years 400 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:33,560 ago or whatever? And then how board games have 401 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:35,120 evolved. We talked a little bit about 402 00:20:35,120 --> 00:20:38,200 this before the episode the evolution of family board games, 403 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,400 right? You started with Monopoly and 404 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:46,200 Clue or Cluedo in England and now we're, you know, now we're 405 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:50,400 at toss it, right? So it's it's, it's really 406 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:54,680 interesting how board games evolve, and I find that 407 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:56,560 fascinating. Me too. 408 00:20:57,360 --> 00:21:01,400 You know, and the, and the fact that our hobby goes back almost 409 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:06,680 5000 years is incredible, you know, so that's what I was 410 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,720 thinking about. Yeah, there was. 411 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:13,880 I mean, there are a lot of a lot of games that have evolved like 412 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:16,160 that haven't I guess. I mean bull, like you said, bull 413 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:20,760 lawn, lawn bowls, darts have come to this. 414 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,120 And then you say PJ, like, you know, when you do say family, 415 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,520 family games, you do think of Monopoly, everything that you 416 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,320 started off as a child and everything evolves. 417 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:33,520 Well, have you got any other family games? 418 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:37,080 Yeah. So when we whenever we get 419 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:40,360 together with Katie's extended family, we always grab a copy of 420 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:41,960 Stool Pigeon. And I know we've had the 421 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,960 designer on and we've talked about it before, but you know, 422 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:49,000 because it plays up to six, it's really popular with my 423 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:50,240 sister-in-law and brother-in-law. 424 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:53,240 And so like the family can sit around the table because playing 425 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:56,800 cards also, right? Just generic playing cards like 426 00:21:56,960 --> 00:22:03,440 Canasta, spades, bridge, rummy, all these card games and now we 427 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:07,880 have these more refined card games in our hobby. 428 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:10,680 So I was thinking about that as well. 429 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:15,080 I was like so stupid. It was the top of my list as a 430 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:19,320 family game that we always take to my sister in law's house 431 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:23,560 constantly. Because only I had. 432 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,680 So I was asked the family before we started recording and they 433 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:33,200 all said Dixit, which which does end up at most Christmas parties 434 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:37,240 or most even work events. And Nikki, it's just a, it's a 435 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:43,040 box of cards all illustrated and you get 6 cards in your hands 436 00:22:43,120 --> 00:22:44,960 and you have to, they're all unique. 437 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:49,600 And I would describe the picture but maybe one word or maybe 438 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:54,440 through song or through rhyme. But it can't be so obvious that 439 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:55,920 people could pick it out straight away. 440 00:22:56,080 --> 00:23:01,800 And all the other players then try to find a card in their own 441 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:03,600 hand that matches the statement I've made. 442 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:07,760 All those get shuffled up, then laid out on the on the board and 443 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:09,880 everyone votes who they think is yours. 444 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:15,840 But the number of times that similar cards come out from 445 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:20,240 whatever my definition of that was, makes of again, it's I 446 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:25,400 guess it's slightly educational. It, it's everyone's involved the 447 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,960 whole way through the game and it has loads of stand out 448 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,200 moments when you just start going, you, everyone just laughs 449 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:34,080 because you do have those moments at one statement. 450 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:36,760 It comes out with like 5 different images that all could 451 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,280 mean the same thing. It's a really creative game. 452 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,560 So if you, yeah, if you're looking for a, a game for the 453 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:46,240 summer or game for Christmas, definitely check out Dixit has 454 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:48,600 tons of expansions. It's even the Disney expansion. 455 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,520 There is a Disney. Yeah, yeah, Disney. 456 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:51,880 OK, I'm sold. I'm sold. 457 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:52,800 Yeah, yeah. Yep. 458 00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:54,120 Check it. Check it out. 459 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:54,880 It's not. It's not. 460 00:23:55,080 --> 00:24:00,160 An expensive game, it is worthy. So we have a we have an upcoming 461 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:04,400 work conference this summer. And part of my role is the 462 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:09,160 social chair, being the gregarious Southerner in the 463 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,960 profession. I'm in charge of like social. 464 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,560 So, so we have a game night. Dixit is one of the games that 465 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:16,880 we'll play. Grant, it's not family, but it's 466 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:21,360 like a large group and it's, you know, it's acceptable, you know, 467 00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:24,680 for a professional setting, you want to try to, you know, like 468 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:27,080 an icebreaker kind of thing, get people connected. 469 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:32,320 And Dixit is one of the three games that I'm taking up to to 470 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:35,160 play. Another one is code names which. 471 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:38,400 Also which? Also has a Disney version. 472 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:42,680 Yeah, I mean Disney's, I mean code names is great, 'cause you 473 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:47,480 just you, you break up into two teams and those teams can the 474 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:51,000 size of the teams can be as big as yeah, yeah, as your group. 475 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,120 Like it doesn't have to be 3 on three, it could be 11 on 11 or 476 00:24:54,120 --> 00:24:56,920 whatever. And you have two masterminds who 477 00:24:56,920 --> 00:25:01,280 can see the configuration, like red team, several of the, you 478 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,080 got a grid of words on the table. 479 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:09,920 And he has to get his team, the red team to guess the words that 480 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,640 are printed on the table that are highlighted in red on this 481 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,840 little grid in front of him. And the blue team, same thing, 482 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:17,840 right? And so they're trying to do 483 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:24,520 that, but you can only give one word clue and one number. 484 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:30,160 So if you're trying to lead your team to one or two or three 485 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:35,880 words on the grid, I can give you one word and say three that 486 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:39,080 lets you know that my clue is applicable to three words. 487 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:43,320 But then you're like 01 of the blue team's words is really 488 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:46,440 similar. And if my team guesses, it helps 489 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:48,920 them instead. But that's a really good family 490 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,520 game too, I think. Yeah, I think it's a great one. 491 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:55,080 It's what we play last thing on a Friday is you get the team 492 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:57,120 together, work team together. There's a really good online 493 00:25:57,120 --> 00:26:02,160 version that plays for free. And yeah, with it's it works a 494 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,560 treat. So yeah, again, team game good 495 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:07,760 for the mind. And again, there's moments where 496 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:11,520 you take out the enemy spy and everyone loses because of the 497 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:16,120 one, the one word you can't say. Those are too great. 498 00:26:16,360 --> 00:26:18,040 Make two games. Really good games, yeah. 499 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,200 Yeah, good games. Nikki, what about you? 500 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,240 What about your family? Do you have anything that hits 501 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,400 your table at your in at home for you? 502 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:27,800 For us, it's yeah, it's very traditional. 503 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:31,880 In my house it's literally Monopoly and Ludo as well. 504 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:34,840 Actually Ludo. OK, OK. 505 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:38,480 That is, I know, I know it's really, really basic, but it's 506 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:41,840 one of those games that we come back to it, I suppose the 507 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:45,040 nostalgic kind of factor, because we have so many lovely 508 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,040 memories tied in with these games. 509 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,440 So they're just that kind of family. 510 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:53,200 I know, it's I know it's weird. Like I'm open to new games. 511 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,400 I mean, those games that you just mentioned, I've written 512 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,040 them all down, especially because you saw me with the 513 00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,800 Disney. But they they're not open to 514 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:02,000 that. They're like, no, if I bring a 515 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:06,480 new game home, they'll be like, OK, we'll play this and then can 516 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:10,080 we go back to the Monopoly? It's like, OK, yeah. 517 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:14,000 So it's just cool and. Then we have friends, we have 518 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:15,440 friends or PJS. You're the same when you have 519 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:16,960 friends over who aren't who aren't gamers. 520 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,360 And then, well, they look at they look at the games 521 00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:22,880 collection and they just go, what? 522 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,000 But the next time I've seen them and we've played a couple of 523 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,840 games like code names, they'll go, I've got code names. 524 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:32,120 So I've been and bought another. Another great one is just one. 525 00:27:32,120 --> 00:27:36,040 It's a party game. Really good to get the word 526 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:38,800 guessing game that Oh, I like that again, is not expensive. 527 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,360 Definitely check out just one because once you get once you 528 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:45,080 get kind of hooked, maybe looking forward to come around 529 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,200 again. But it it's a fine balance 530 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,160 because you go too far. Some of the games are so 531 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:50,960 complicated. You you taught us that game 532 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:52,440 while we were in England and that. 533 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:54,760 Had you not played? Have you not played? 534 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,520 It before I hadn't you, I was I was a little leery. 535 00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:00,520 I was like, I don't know if this is, you know, and I'm like, wow, 536 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:01,920 this is awesome. You. 537 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:03,120 Yeah, you love. It love. 538 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:05,840 It you are throwing yourself around. 539 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,000 We do. We do well guesses. 540 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:11,720 So yeah, just one's another. But then there's a, there's not 541 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:13,400 a reskin. It's got plenty of Disney 542 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:14,320 references. It does. 543 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,120 So, but not exclusively Disney, but. 544 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:19,960 No, no, it's got loads, Yeah, loads of yeah, video game 545 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:22,280 culture. So it's like you, you have a 546 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:24,440 clue, right? Walk us through that game. 547 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:28,400 Just one. Yeah, so, so there's it's a 548 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,560 cooperative game, so you all have to to win together. 549 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:36,880 You pick up a card, 13 cards. First player picks up a card and 550 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,080 they show it to everyone else apart for themselves and it's 551 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:45,240 got 5 words on it. So the word could be weather. 552 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:48,760 Everyone has. Everyone has to write down a 553 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:53,360 word related to the weather onto their little like on a dry white 554 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:56,480 pen. I shut my eyes and everyone 555 00:28:56,480 --> 00:29:01,280 reveals their words. If any words are the same, they 556 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:04,760 are removed from the clues I'm about to see. 557 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,400 So if PJ wrote rain and you wrote rain, Nikki, they will be 558 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:11,160 vanished. So you're trying to pick words 559 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:17,200 that are not, Yeah, that are not going to be too common, But the 560 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:20,280 same time, need to keep it, you know, allow me to guess the 561 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:22,520 word. So weather is quite easy because 562 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:28,880 you've got sun, you've got rain, you've got clouds, rainbow, 563 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:32,040 whatever it might be. I'm running out of words myself. 564 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:34,360 There's mostly many of them, but there's a the the art is he's 565 00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:36,120 trying not to get the common ones. 566 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:38,040 And there's a, there's a fine balance, right? 567 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:42,280 So we're all trying to come up with a word that's related to 568 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:45,640 weather, but I'm trying to think of a word that Nikki is not 569 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,520 going to write down or anyone else in our team. 570 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:50,960 And then we're all trying to do the same thing. 571 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:54,440 So then when? So then we what could be worse? 572 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:56,240 And this, I think this happened once or twice to us. 573 00:29:56,800 --> 00:30:02,320 No one duplicated a word. So then Gareth opens his eyes 574 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:06,480 and there's six different words and it's like. 575 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:08,120 And they're all a bit abstract, right? 576 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:09,880 People have gone, yeah. There's no obvious. 577 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:12,200 There's no rain or cloud. Yeah. 578 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:15,280 Or sound. It'll be like precipitation. 579 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:19,800 Or. You know, Cumulus or and then 580 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:22,120 you're trying to figure out, well, what is going on here? 581 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:24,120 Right. And someone's got really off 582 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:28,080 piece and written like AI don't know a song title because it's 583 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:29,880 got weather and it's. Raining. 584 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:30,720 That's. Really. 585 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:33,320 One word, right? But it's yeah. 586 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:37,800 Then you work through 13 cards, and the more cards you solve and 587 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:40,560 you get right, the better collectively you get. 588 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:44,440 But again, that's a small box that can definitely get thrown 589 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:46,360 in the bag. Don't even need the box. 590 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:48,960 Really need a great game. That's a great family game. 591 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,640 We played, we played with our phones because we played it more 592 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:56,880 than this, the player. So it is released mobile. 593 00:30:57,640 --> 00:30:59,880 Wow. So yeah, check out just One as 594 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:01,600 well. Has three games for you. 595 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:05,400 For your previous list anyway. So Nikki is putting together a 596 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:07,760 shopping list as we speak. I literally. 597 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:11,080 Am on Amazon yeah I watch out for. 598 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:13,640 Fakes on Amazon I watch out for. Oh yeah, you got to be careful, 599 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:16,360 yeah. Oh, trust me, I'm well, well 600 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:19,400 versed with fakes. Yeah. 601 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:21,120 Especially trying to get a trainer. 602 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:25,560 Yeah, I can. I can spot the fakes, yeah. 603 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:30,720 So so before we wrap up, it's where can so people can find it 604 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:36,960 on Amazon in the store. Are you at any Expos UK Games 605 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:38,240 Expo this year? Or you? 606 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:40,000 We're hoping to be. Expos. 607 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:43,760 Yes, yes, we're hoping to be this year and also we're trying 608 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:47,400 to get into Decathlon UK and some other stores as well. 609 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,440 So watch this space for some announcements on our social 610 00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:53,320 media channels. Cool. 611 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:55,360 Yeah, we'll keep an eye out. I mean, I mean, I'll be at the 612 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:58,520 Games Expo. PJ, if you can find some work, 613 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:01,000 get yourself over here. Might. 614 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:04,080 Be pushing up a holiday allowance might might be taken a 615 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:07,400 hit. What about So Nikki? 616 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:10,640 Nikki, if there are any content creators, anyone on Instagram 617 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:14,160 that wants to do a collaboration, are you open to 618 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:19,000 that and where should they go? Yes, that is thank you very much 619 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,360 for bringing that up. We are always looking for 620 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:24,920 content creators and collabs on on Instagram because, you know, 621 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:27,760 we want to get the game out there and for people to have an 622 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:29,520 awareness. So yeah, just please on 623 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:32,320 Instagram, just drop us a line send Adm. 624 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:36,360 So the Instagram is just toss it.uk also on TikTok as well 625 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:39,720 which is just a handle toss it UK very original. 626 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:42,960 Easy to find. That's what you want. 627 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,720 Easy. Yes, easy to find. 628 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:49,320 OK. Well, thank you, Nikki. 629 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:51,680 That was really fun. I'm glad we talked about both 630 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:54,240 Saucy, but also share with us, share with you some of the games 631 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,160 that we find good for families. Yeah. 632 00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:58,720 Anything to wrap up with PJ? No, I don't. 633 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:00,960 I think that's that takes care of us. 634 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,200 This week. I think we did a good job, some 635 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,800 family games and we introduced them to our guests. 636 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:09,640 So I love that she shared her game with us and we shared more 637 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:13,480 games with her and that is what we do, right, Right, Gareth? 638 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:15,200 That's what we do. I love it. 639 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:16,640 Thank you, Nikki. Thank you. 640 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:19,040 It's such a wholesome feeling I have right now. 641 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:20,800 Really. I love it. 642 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:23,920 Thank you. And yeah, just for giving me 643 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:26,640 this chance to just come on and join you guys. 644 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:29,360 It's really, really special. So thank you. 645 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:32,840 That's OK, Thanks. Listen everyone, see you soon. 646 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:38,000 Thanks everyone for listening, please subscribe and as always, 647 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:42,000 we'd love to hear your thoughts and ideas, so make sure to leave 648 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:46,160 those in the comments and don't forget you can also chat with us 649 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:48,880 both on Instagram at Meeple to Meeple.