1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,040 Welcome to Meeple to Meeple uniting players around the 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:06,800 world, a 30 minute exploration of TJ and Gareth's four-game 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:09,600 experiences from across both sides of the Atlantic. 4 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:12,880 Each episode, they share their thoughts and opinions in the 5 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:16,480 World of War games, including their favorite themes, games, 6 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:22,120 hot topics, and much, much more. Welcome to the Meeple to Meeple 7 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:24,720 Podcast. I'm proud to introduce two of 8 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,960 the biggest anchors I know in the board game podcast space. 9 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:32,240 Prepare to climax at their cunning linguist skills, this 10 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,920 formidable duo enjoy intercourse with one another on a regular 11 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:37,880 basis. Just for you to lustfully 12 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:40,800 listen. These two know how to handle a 13 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:43,480 massive deck and no porn is off limit. 14 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:45,360 I can confirm the rooms are true. 15 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:49,440 They both adore big packages and equally love a good insert. 16 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,960 This week we are talking about flicking, playing with bulls and 17 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,960 generally fooling around with dexterity games. 18 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:00,440 And if you hadn't guessed by all that innuendo, this is episode 19 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:04,640 69 with me Nick from Full Game Review UK. 20 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:09,560 We are working on a title and at the moment it is NSFW, but I 21 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:11,640 won't beat around the Bush any longer. 22 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:15,760 Get ready to rumble as I hand over to the new PJ and Duncan is 23 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:25,000 PJ and Gareth. 69 Dudes Who Made It Episode 69. 24 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:27,680 It is the Internet's favorite number. 25 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:31,440 Yep, that's right. And it's my last broadcast 26 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:34,720 because with that introduction I've been terminated. 27 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:41,360 It's all about dexterity games. All about Nick and. 28 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:47,520 I heard his poll, I guess F669, we've been meeting, we've been 29 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:49,560 trying to work out what we do with this episode for a while. 30 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,920 And there's Nick's NSFW. If you've got an idea that's 31 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:56,640 better than NSFW, there will be a poll the day before this 32 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:58,920 broadcast goes live. It's going to be backwards, and 33 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:02,880 that's what we decided. But it's not safe for work with 34 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:06,480 Nick at the ends. That's right there. 35 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,360 Will in fact be a poll on Instagram tomorrow. 36 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:13,400 You do vote for your favorite, and it's a. 37 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:18,160 Short poll or a long poll? That's in the eye of the 38 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,360 beholder, my friend. Nice. 39 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,280 I was trying to come a bit other innuendos and the only one I 40 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,960 came up with was my favorite worker placement ball game, 41 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,200 which is 50 culture. It is. 42 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,400 Whenever I play that game, I get to put my cock on the table. 43 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:31,800 You do. You do. 44 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:33,920 I've been. Trying to give up sexual 45 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:35,520 innuendo. It is hard. 46 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:39,240 I need a cymbal sound. Don't I have. 47 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:40,200 I have. I do. 48 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:41,760 I have. I don't think I've got one. 49 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,240 There we go. Bear with me. 50 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:47,400 Got. A Oh, so this is going to be my 51 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,040 favorite episode. There it is. 52 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:50,160 Here it. Is. 53 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:54,520 I'll keep it a little late. We're going to, we're going to 54 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:58,160 work on Gareth's timing, folks. We'll we'll get that right. 55 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:04,360 Can I just say, can I just say it is an absolute pleasure 56 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:08,240 because I couldn't think of anyone I would rather lose my 57 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:12,560 podcast virginity to the new. Thank you. 58 00:03:12,920 --> 00:03:14,280 Thank you a lot. Of love there. 59 00:03:14,920 --> 00:03:17,840 I've been waiting for this moment for a bite we've been 60 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:18,520 friends on. We've. 61 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,280 Been friends on Instagram for three years and finally get to 62 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,000 see you and chat with you. This is great. 63 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,280 So it's going. To be fun. 64 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,440 It's going to be fun. I'm just, I'm just happy to be 65 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:30,800 here. So you so you're Boom fish ready 66 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:34,000 haven't you Gareth? I was thinking you're boom tish 67 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:34,480 you're. Symbol. 68 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,400 Yeah, yeah, I've got it. Yeah, So I was thinking about 69 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:40,760 some things that you could stay at the board game table as well 70 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:44,000 as in the bedroom. So get ready with your symbol. 71 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:44,400 I'm. Ready. 72 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:45,280 I'm ready. I'm ready. 73 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:49,280 In no particular order, I'd like to try it at three. 74 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:57,400 Sorry, you can't put that there. I've looked everywhere in the 75 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:03,240 box and I just can't find it. We should probably sleeve it. 76 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:08,120 I'd rather just play solo. One for the Instagramers. 77 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,280 Are we OK to start or you still just taking photos? 78 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:15,440 And my final curveball. That was amazing, but I don't 79 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:16,560 think your parents would like it. 80 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:20,519 We were talking about dexterity games, right? 81 00:04:20,959 --> 00:04:23,560 Well, I mean, we would try. Which topic do you do? 82 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,480 And obviously I like dexterity games, and Nick, you like 83 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:30,080 dexterity games and PJ is a massive fan of dexterity games. 84 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:33,440 Oh. Yes, obviously no Sir. 85 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:35,640 So, Nick, why did we choose dexterity games? 86 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:37,280 You came up with the idea because. 87 00:04:37,280 --> 00:04:40,080 I was just looking for a different topic cover that would 88 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,680 probably fit with some innuendo candidly. 89 00:04:43,280 --> 00:04:46,520 Yeah, balancing, rubbing, flicking. 90 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,520 All the above. So. 91 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:54,880 And it's a topic that has never been covered by us before. 92 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:58,520 That's because PJ, you don't like dexterity games. 93 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:02,160 I do not. Nick wants to know why. 94 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:04,920 We all want to know why the truth. 95 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:08,760 The truth. So the truth is, the reason I 96 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,200 don't like dexterity games is the same reason why I don't like 97 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,400 solo gaming. I will play games solo, but I 98 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:16,920 don't like it. That's because as a child I 99 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:20,760 didn't have a lot of friends. I played a lot of games solo and 100 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:23,360 making up games. I was using dice and flicking 101 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,560 them. So it just kind of reminds me of 102 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,040 that lonely little child. And I'm like, yeah, you know, 103 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:32,200 I'm it's a little triggering. So I just don't play solo and 104 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:36,160 dexterity games. You asked, and now I brought the 105 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,440 crowd down, and I'm. Sorry, I was looking for like a 106 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,640 small violin sound, but no, it wasn't one. 107 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,080 That's OK, I can probably. Do a violin. 108 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:47,960 I've got probably tune it. I think you're going to find PJ 109 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:51,000 that after you've heard about the games that me and Nick play, 110 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,440 that I think it'd be OK to embrace dexterity. 111 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:55,480 So. Maybe out of these games pick 112 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,400 one you'd like to play and when you come to UK we can at least 113 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:01,400 play with friends. We'll do that. 114 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:02,520 We'll do that. Yeah. 115 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:03,440 OK. Yeah. 116 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:05,240 You know, we were talking before this. 117 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:07,240 There's a lot of dexterity games. 118 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:11,800 Like the list of dexterity games are just vast. 119 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:17,040 Oh, the vast is not a. Dexterity game, right? 120 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,520 Out of all that vast fast on this, how many of you actually 121 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:22,520 played them PK? Two and. 122 00:06:23,840 --> 00:06:26,360 What are they? Yeah, that's Jenga. 123 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,720 Was it Jenga you find in a pub or like like Jenga you find on 124 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,200 the games table? No, you'd find it on the games 125 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:38,360 table. OK, I will say using Jenga 126 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:42,400 instead of dice for a role-playing game is pretty 127 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:44,000 cool. What sort of role-playing is 128 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,200 that? No. 129 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:47,440 So instead of when you're when you're at a tabletop 130 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:51,680 role-playing game, instead of rolling dice for a skill, you 131 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,840 have to pull the brick out of the Jenga tower. 132 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:57,840 If it falls over, then your character fails their task, and 133 00:06:57,840 --> 00:06:59,480 I think that's a pretty. It's a whole new level of 134 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:01,160 dexterity games. It is. 135 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:05,320 And what was the other one? Is, oh God, stack the dice. 136 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:09,600 It was not Stack the dice. Oh, it was Galaxy Trucker, which 137 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:11,120 we sold. You're like a massive fan of the 138 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,080 game as well. Oh yeah, yeah. 139 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:16,920 But I guess if Galaxy Trucker is a dexterity game, then fit to 140 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:22,880 print is also a dexterity game. I mean, I don't know what makes 141 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:26,120 Galaxy Trucker A dexterity game. It's the grabbing in it. 142 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,040 It's it's loose. I mean, I mean it. 143 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:30,680 Yeah, it wasn't when I thought of when I went through my 144 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,800 dexterity games list. But when I looked on Board Game 145 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:35,960 Geek at the list of deck to action games, I was quite 146 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:38,880 surprised how many we'd actually played and owned. 147 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,600 But that's not about me. We're here to talk about Nick. 148 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:45,680 It's all about me. It's all about Nick. 149 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,880 So, Nick, do you, Why don't you start with your with one of the 150 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:53,000 dexterity games that you've brought to the party? 151 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:57,040 If I'm bringing a dexterity game to the party, there is only one 152 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,920 I would ever bring and that is a game called Maple Circus. 153 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:06,320 Maple Circus is basically stacking and you're fooling 154 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:08,880 around and I'm not putting innuendo in this. 155 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:14,080 It's played over 3 rounds and you are doing a performance. 156 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:20,120 You're doing a performance and in the last round everyone wants 157 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:23,840 to watch. But for that you have a dress 158 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:27,920 rehearsal and you have another where special act comes in and 159 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:31,000 you build up your circus to complete objective cast. 160 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,480 You say special act or special costume? 161 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:35,240 There's special acts. There's no there's. 162 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:37,679 Special costumes, Yeah, obviously. 163 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:41,280 And if you build your circus, so there will be something where 164 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:45,080 you have to balance something on something else or you have to 165 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:49,280 incorporate a certain token in your performance, and it is 166 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:51,600 hilarious. And then the final performance 167 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,280 has you doing things like every time you place a piece, you have 168 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:58,840 to announce the name of the performer or give them a bit of 169 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:01,760 the back story. My favorite one was my middle 170 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:05,640 son George was entering the ring and he went, this is this is 171 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:09,160 James coming into the ring. He's a vegan but secretly eats 172 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:15,880 sausages. Yeah, true story and I loved it. 173 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:17,640 But there's others where you just want your own. 174 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:19,080 That's every time you place a piece. 175 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:22,800 That's my clown. Didn't realize. 176 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:27,920 See. Contagious and it's just lots of 177 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:30,520 silly fun and if it falls over and you've got a timer that's 178 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,400 playing circus music the whole time so it adds extra pressure 179 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:38,920 and it is probably my favorite dexterity party game. 180 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:41,280 Plays on five people hard to find now. 181 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:46,360 I think it's been superseded by a slicker 4 player game called 182 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:51,080 Tiny Acrobats, also by Matago. Is that a serious one or is that 183 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:52,680 a joke? No, it's still just silly fun, 184 00:09:52,680 --> 00:09:54,880 but it just plays four and it's more streamlined, the scoring's 185 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:56,880 more streamline. Do you get to juggle? 186 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:59,680 Balls. No, there's no juggling the 187 00:09:59,680 --> 00:10:01,920 balls. If you want to play with balls, 188 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:03,840 you need to move on to a different dexterity game. 189 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:06,640 On Shanty would be my one of choice at the. 190 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:07,800 Moment. How do you spell that? 191 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:13,800 OMSHANT I I believe I'm. Well, I've never even heard of 192 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:17,280 it. So this is comes in a beautiful, 193 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:21,920 lush purple box, and when it arrived I thought my wife had 194 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,760 treated herself to a new toy. It's luxurious. 195 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:28,760 It comes in a box, inside is a stacked in silk sleeve. 196 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:33,360 Are you getting a picture of it? It it oozes luxury appeal. 197 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:37,200 And then no, it wasn't. It was a board game and you 198 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:41,920 unfurl the mat and it's sort of a mixture between, I guess it's 199 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:45,520 a bit like shuffleboard, but you have these beautiful purple 200 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:49,160 balls to hold in your hat and they've got like a clear liquid 201 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:50,760 in. So instead of like you pushing 202 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:54,320 them, they sort of glide like they've been lubed across the 203 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,040 table top. And if you want to play with 204 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:00,200 some balls, there are no finer balls to play with. 205 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,680 They are smooth, they are silky, and they are delight. 206 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:08,280 That sounds like a super slick, slippery Slidy game. 207 00:11:08,680 --> 00:11:12,480 That with two players effect for Valentine's just gone on 208 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:13,640 Valentine. Oh, I listened to your show. 209 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:17,920 You have some great suggestions. That is a two, so I'm Shanti is 210 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,920 a two player game. Yeah, one of you pushes or glide 211 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:23,720 your ball and you've got to try and get first into the one, then 212 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:26,720 the two, then the three and then to the final scoring zone. 213 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:29,400 And every time you do it you like, move up your mark, so 214 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,440 you're going for the next one and then they'll push the balls 215 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:33,640 back to you. And if you're not pulling it 216 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:35,000 with innuendo. Like shuffleboard. 217 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:37,120 Yeah, yeah. Yeah, like shuffleboard, but 218 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,920 you're opposing each other rather than next doing, doing at 219 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:42,520 the same time, and. How far really good are? 220 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:44,920 You how close our table width of park. 221 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,840 It's not intimate. No, no, it's it's not both 222 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:51,760 quarters. From I've never heard of it, but 223 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:54,240 I am intrigued. Nick, do you do you own this 224 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:55,640 game? Yeah, I own it. 225 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:57,440 We shall. You will know me when. 226 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:00,640 I we shall see you next weekend and you can show me your balls. 227 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:03,360 You can get play with my balls anytime. 228 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:07,640 Super Super Slidy. Any of these games appealing to 229 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:09,000 yet? PJ? 230 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:11,560 If you have you, like gone, I'm definitely into dexterity. 231 00:12:11,560 --> 00:12:14,920 Or shall I share one from my? No, I think you should probably 232 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:18,240 share try to convince me. So this one is one of the first 233 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:22,600 games we had with the kids. Just try and find the year of 234 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:24,240 it. This is 2015, so we've been 235 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:29,120 playing games a while. This one is Flick M up, Flick M 236 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:36,320 up, Flick M Up, which was it's a beautifully crafted wooden 237 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:41,080 pieces based in the Wild West where one player is like the 238 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:42,600 Cowboys and you've got the outlaws. 239 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:46,760 You set up the scenery, you set up the buildings. 240 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:50,480 I think there's expansions of the stagecoaches in Drumbo and 241 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:52,520 then you might have to rob the bank. 242 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:56,720 You might need to save XYZ and you basically have like cactuses 243 00:12:56,720 --> 00:13:00,040 placed strategic around the map and then you start on one one 244 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:02,080 edge. The Cowboys will flick their way 245 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:06,000 into town or the to do whatever mission it is and there's lots 246 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,680 and lots of missions. It's really good fun. 247 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:12,720 Obviously you're trying to take out the bad guys. 248 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:17,800 Incredibly light. Our kids loved it at that age. 249 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:21,000 Did Carrie like it? All that flicking. 250 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,920 Yeah, all that flicking. Carrie massively enjoyed it. 251 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:29,360 She'd often end up at the saloon doing a couple of shots 252 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:33,640 afterwards. That's what it does. 253 00:13:33,680 --> 00:13:38,040 Flick, flick, flick the dice. Flick them. 254 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:40,080 Up. I mean, that's Flick the Dice is 255 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:43,320 what our kids used to do it. That's a different game, which 256 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,520 I'll come back to, which I hadn't even remembered for this 257 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:47,240 episode. But Flick the Dice. 258 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:50,200 It's not even called that, but I'm going to write it down and 259 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:51,440 what the game is actually called. 260 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:55,720 But Flick Them Up is the game I was talking about, which I'd 261 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:58,040 highly recommend have you have. I think they did like a Dead of 262 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:03,480 Winter version, I think. Yep, they did. 263 00:14:03,560 --> 00:14:05,320 They did indeed. Do you own that copy? 264 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:06,320 PJ. No. 265 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:09,240 No, no, no, no. It's not going very well, is it? 266 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:12,120 Is influencing PJ to buy dexterity games. 267 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:13,760 You might be able to convince me at the end. 268 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:17,560 So one of the things I'm hearing so far is you both, and I know 269 00:14:17,560 --> 00:14:19,640 both of you are fathers. You've played a lot of these 270 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:22,840 games with your kids. I don't have any children. 271 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:29,320 So I'm wondering if in the future these types of games may 272 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:31,800 hit the table more. Oh, you know. 273 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:37,320 So I don't just play dexterity games with the kids Maple 274 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:39,000 circus. I'm more likely to play with 275 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,400 adults because watching a child do it and knock it down 276 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:43,280 continuously is no fun whatsoever. 277 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:47,760 Yeah. OK, so so and but some games. 278 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:49,640 I mean you were just talking about flicking. 279 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:52,440 My favorite flicking and probably my wife's favorite 280 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:56,040 flicking is pitch Car Mini. There is more the Big version, 281 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:59,120 but Pitch Car Mini plays a lot of people and unlike the big 282 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:03,200 version, it fits on a table. Also unlike the big version, the 283 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:06,000 disk that you flick aren't slightly rounded, which is a 284 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,880 shame I'll be honest. And there isn't as many 285 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:11,320 expansions for the Mini, but for us the Mini is good enough and 286 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:13,120 that's great fun. You're just running around the 287 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:17,000 table, flicking your car and. Basically a race a mini version 288 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:20,440 because I've never seen the like the full size version. 289 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:23,520 Yeah, I mean it's still big, but it's it fits on a table top 290 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:26,600 rather than you having to join tables together to try and work 291 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:30,760 it out. So that's that's my favorite 292 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,760 flicky. OK. 293 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:37,320 If I was looking, sorry. Carry on. 294 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:41,360 Thank you. If I was playing with my 295 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:44,960 children a a game, that is just to be really clear, before 296 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:48,520 operation usually get involved, I would be trying to get. 297 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:52,480 I'd get Rhino Hero out, I think, because there's nothing better. 298 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:55,000 It's a classic for a reason. There's nothing better than 299 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:58,280 building that, you know that sort of massive erection of 300 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:02,840 paths on a tabletop. And it's unusual actually, isn't 301 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:04,200 it? For three middle-aged men to be 302 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:06,160 talking about massive erections? It's a might in. 303 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:08,400 My tower that you get to build, you do. 304 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:12,960 And without any blue pills. Which is fortunate because last 305 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:17,160 time I took Viagra I got stuck in my throat, gave me a neck for 306 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:21,520 a week. Anyway, jokes aside, Rhino, who 307 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:23,920 is a really good game, they also have the Super battle version 308 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:25,720 where you roll dice and Batley out. 309 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:28,480 I actually don't like it as I. Was going to say the same 310 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:30,000 version. I think the original is. 311 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:33,960 It's just a set of cards which obviously they fold and you, you 312 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:39,400 stack them up and I've got terrible tremors these game. 313 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,040 All these games aren't games I very win very often. 314 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:45,040 But yeah, running Hero, the original was fantastic. 315 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:47,240 There's a battle. One just felt like he got over 316 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,200 complicated. He didn't need. 317 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:50,920 We didn't need all that all that extra. 318 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:53,440 Stuff, and actually interesting. The first time I played that was 319 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:57,240 AK Plays games, K under score plays under score Games on 320 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,200 Instagram. Her wedding, which was the first 321 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,440 time I met her, she had a little selection of games set out and 322 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:04,520 that was one of them. That's cool, which was great 323 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:07,760 fun. We drunk a little too much and 324 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:09,720 it was hilarious as a drunken party game. 325 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:12,599 Too. I mean these these games do get 326 00:17:12,599 --> 00:17:17,720 another edge. If you get drunk or drink then 327 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:18,920 you can't remember anything in the morning. 328 00:17:19,079 --> 00:17:20,280 They're always the best nights on me. 329 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:26,880 So, if I May is to It's not a dexterity game, but it is a 330 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:30,360 towering erection on the table is holly. 331 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,200 It's holly. Yeah. 332 00:17:35,360 --> 00:17:37,400 Holy. Holy or holly, it's. 333 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,160 Holly, it's not a holy. Erection. 334 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:40,600 It's not holy. It's not holy. 335 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,280 It's not holies with AY Holly is with an I. 336 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:44,920 OK. Like the like? 337 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:47,000 The what you got? And you mean, yes, Indian? 338 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:48,640 Festival always wants to. Play that game. 339 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:54,600 It's three different layers. It's this huge plastic tower on 340 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:58,880 the table and you're throwing colors at your opponents and 341 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:04,080 trying to get up to the top of the tower and score more points. 342 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:07,080 It's a pretty cool game. We just recently played that, 343 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:07,800 no. It's really good. 344 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:10,600 I always liked their art and the IT just looks very pretty. 345 00:18:11,360 --> 00:18:14,520 I've never played it but it looked to be doesn't and I've 346 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:16,960 always got like kind of fancied it but never thought, oh I need 347 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:18,880 to own that but the table presence look. 348 00:18:20,360 --> 00:18:23,920 It it's surprisingly good and strategic like there. 349 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,200 It's like it's it's worth more than you know. 350 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:29,040 You would think you know. Yes, again, I. 351 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:30,800 Don't think everybody got coverage. 352 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,080 It got released and come under radar. 353 00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:37,760 Yeah, I've got one called Jungle Speed, which is all about 354 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:42,960 grabbing someone's totem. So used to, if this was actually 355 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:45,120 those games, that was rather dangerous with the kids when we 356 00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:47,640 were when they were younger. Because you're just flipping 357 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:50,200 cards over to look for a match, and as soon as someone gets a 358 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,880 match then you have to grab the totem that's the middle of the 359 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,000 table. But that totem will either be 360 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:57,480 someone, someone else is grabbing their fingers or you'd 361 00:18:57,480 --> 00:18:59,240 grab the totem. It'll fly across the room. 362 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:02,280 But that's Jungle Speed. It's like 1997. 363 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:04,920 It's like an old wow. But it's a. 364 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:08,120 Great game and all the. Cards are really close, aren't 365 00:19:08,120 --> 00:19:09,200 they? They're really close to each 366 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:12,360 other, but often are different. But at first glance, you go to 367 00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:15,320 grab that that, yeah, it's. It's it's the same colour 368 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,320 different colours oh sorry, same shapes different colours. 369 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:22,640 But yeah, that's that was always one that, you know, grabbing 370 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,520 wooden poles from middle of the table need a really? 371 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:29,480 Made firm grass you do. You really do just children. 372 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:31,600 Don't. Have a firm grasp? 373 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:34,240 No, That's why it was. Always reasonably terrifying if 374 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:38,160 it was near ATV because this wooden thing would fly off 375 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:40,720 across the room. Nick, have you got any others? 376 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:42,640 I've still got a few to go, yeah. 377 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:45,800 Well, I'm I'm a big champion of class, not a champion in real 378 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:47,760 life. You have to be quite good at it. 379 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:52,560 But for if you want a little bit of two player action and again, 380 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:55,440 a little bit of a firm grasp with a a a stick. 381 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,680 And a magnet and. And a magnet and some little 382 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:02,520 flick around and a ball to play with. 383 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:04,520 I mean it's sounding perfect for episode 69. 384 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:10,040 This is last. So it's basically a bit like air 385 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:15,120 hockey in its closest form, that you've got 3 magnets, which 386 00:20:15,120 --> 00:20:17,600 you've got to avoid. You've got a ball and there's a 387 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:21,760 goal in the opponent's half and your magnet can only go halfway. 388 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:25,840 So it's it's sort of a mixed take. 389 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:29,760 Takes a bow. You can, you can only go half 390 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:32,200 the way. But yeah, there's there's three 391 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,480 magnets if they stick, if you get 2 magnets sticking to you, 392 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,560 it's not a good thing. And like in real life, magnetism 393 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,720 is not wanted in this. But it's a it's a cracking game. 394 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:45,680 You first to five or six points, I think something like that. 395 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:48,400 And it's just brilliant fun. Yeah, it's a game. 396 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:52,120 That we've had with every year. We had like some friends and we 397 00:20:52,120 --> 00:20:54,600 get together. It's like a boys weekend. 398 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:57,480 We're too old for stag Do's now, but it's a game that you end up 399 00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:59,920 playing for half an hour. You know, it's five or six 400 00:20:59,920 --> 00:21:02,440 matches. It's just, yeah, just really 401 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:04,400 good fun. But there's really. 402 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:05,960 Serious tournaments around the world aren't there. 403 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:08,720 I mean, yeah, I think the World Championships is held in 404 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:11,000 Finland, I think, right? Recently. 405 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:12,640 Really. Sure I saw it, yeah. 406 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:14,520 And they have regional championships, so you could be 407 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:18,080 like the American champion or the UK champion or or the place 408 00:21:18,120 --> 00:21:20,880 champion that PJ. You are US champion. 409 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:22,480 You can do this. We believe you can do this. 410 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:24,800 Yeah this could be your calling. This could be. 411 00:21:25,120 --> 00:21:26,880 Exactly. All that. 412 00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:30,600 All that pent up frustration of dexterity games, you're going to 413 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:34,840 release it over the class. I do fancy good air hockey, so 414 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:36,120 the air hockey then. You'll love class? 415 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:37,840 I guess so. Yeah. 416 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:40,280 I mean, is air hockey a dexterity game? 417 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:42,600 Can we add this number free to this list? 418 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:44,600 I mean, I think it is air hockey. 419 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:47,040 I. Know, but that's like you can't 420 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:48,840 exactly bring air hockey home and. 421 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:51,320 With class you can, with class you can. 422 00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:55,720 So there you go, yeah. So I want to tell you, I want to 423 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:59,840 tell you a story and it I think because Meeple Circus would 424 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:05,600 probably be accepted in our home, no matter what game we're 425 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,720 playing, no matter what game we're playing. 426 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:12,600 My wife loves to take her wooden components that are not yet 427 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:15,880 placed on the board and she enjoys stacking them into 428 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:19,960 elaborate, you know, designs. Oh yeah, that's. 429 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:22,960 Quite satisfying side side quests of any ball game, right? 430 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:25,720 Now, but this has actually. Turned that into a game. 431 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:27,720 Right, So. Here's another here's the other 432 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:31,720 side quest, my friend David and I, David's very enthusiastic 433 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:33,840 about it, but I've. I've begun to join him. 434 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:37,120 We try to use one of our components on our side of the 435 00:22:37,120 --> 00:22:43,360 table to knock down her elaborate tower of meeples and 436 00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:46,240 wooden components. So yeah, we're playing Frost 437 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:49,920 Haven, but we're, you know, knocking over all the pieces or 438 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:54,520 we're playing viticulture and knocking over all of her little 439 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:56,520 things. Sure. 440 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,040 Yes. Yep. 441 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:00,760 And. There is a game with. 442 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:03,920 Catapults isn't there, and wooden walls is. 443 00:23:04,120 --> 00:23:07,360 It Catapult feud feud, Catapult feud we've got. 444 00:23:07,360 --> 00:23:10,960 Crossbows and catapults, which is like a game in the nine 80s I 445 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:15,320 think, which was spring loaded firing things. 446 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:17,120 Do you play about 10 pin bowling? 447 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:19,800 I don't. I don't know that. 448 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,800 It's like you go to a bowling alley and throw down skills. 449 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,240 That's a dexterity game. Do you play that? 450 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:27,640 Yeah. Of course I bowl, but that's 451 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,120 more like 3 games. That's more of a sport. 452 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:32,640 That is more it's a game. It's a game. 453 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:38,520 What other games do you do on? The. 454 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:40,680 Olympic it's not sport. It's just bowl. 455 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:42,720 It's just bowls. And if, if. 456 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:44,360 Playing video games is a sport, then. 457 00:23:44,360 --> 00:23:48,160 Bowling is a sport. I mean, you know, I'm just 458 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:50,320 saying, I think. I think. 459 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:52,400 You love dexterity games. You're just in denial. 460 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:53,160 Is that what? You. 461 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:55,360 Well, maybe I am. So I've. 462 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:59,000 Mentioned Flick the Dice, which actually is a game called Cube 463 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:05,320 Quest that came out in 2013 that is one of our most played games 464 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,360 ever. Like this game has been played 465 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:11,920 huge amount, mostly by myself and Kira, where you've got two 466 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:16,440 player mats, you've got a selection of dice, got king each 467 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:18,600 and they're around. It might have some orcs and some 468 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:22,320 fighters and then you position those behind the box screen 469 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:24,880 either side so you can stack them any way you like. 470 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:30,320 And then you take turns flicking those dice across the board. 471 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:34,360 Bit like a catapult bit to basically flick the opponents 472 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:38,320 guards or orcs off of the board. It is brilliant. 473 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,080 That is my summary on the one of our most played games. 474 00:24:43,120 --> 00:24:46,040 Flick the. Dice, or as it's officially 475 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:49,960 called, Cube Quest. Cube PJ Look it up. 476 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:51,360 Cube Quest. Game. 477 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:56,520 Geek community give it an average rating of 6.8, age 478 00:24:56,520 --> 00:25:00,480 rating of eight plus community say 55. 15 minute game. 479 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:03,760 That is why it's so quick. It's. 480 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:07,600 Weighty, weighty, 1.10 we're going. 481 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:10,920 To heavy. People don't understand that one 482 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:14,200 is pretty much the lowest, 5 is the heaviest, but you know. 483 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,560 Was there not? Wasn't there a game in the 80s, 484 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:22,560 maybe the early 90s? It was like a little table and 485 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,320 it had a bunch of cubes representing ice and you're like 486 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:28,000 a little Penguin sitting on the top and you had a hammer and you 487 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:32,080 tried to. This sounds like don't, don't 488 00:25:32,120 --> 00:25:34,680 lose the Penguin or something. I don't know. 489 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:36,240 I. Know what you mean? 490 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,320 You had a little Do you have a little hammer to hammer out the 491 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,000 ice packs and? You were trying to knock the. 492 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,400 I think it might be more. Modern than that. 493 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:42,720 I think it might be newer than that. 494 00:25:43,120 --> 00:25:45,400 I don't know this this. Before my time, boy, is it 495 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:47,240 before your. Time now, Yeah, it's relative 496 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,120 recent then this. Is an old. 497 00:25:49,120 --> 00:25:51,320 This was an old game when I was a kid, yeah. 498 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:53,120 Your old. Your old PJ too. 499 00:25:54,360 --> 00:25:56,480 You know you're older than me. By you. 500 00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:01,120 You drag our average age down. I mean, I've done my. 501 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,000 I. I I think, I mean high school. 502 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,800 That was another dexterity. Dame Talk about Ice, which was 503 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,440 very popular with the leads opened up and you made rooms and 504 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:16,440 you flicked your little Penguin thing around the rooms trying 505 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:17,680 not to get myself in trouble here. 506 00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:21,280 Trying is a race, wasn't it? I think seems remember very 507 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:25,080 popular back in 2016, it would seem. 508 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:29,040 Was it high school Penguins to catch fish without getting 509 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:32,800 caught by the whole monitor? That. 510 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:35,600 Was very popular that UK game sets of that year. 511 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,160 It was everywhere. Massive stand well it. 512 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:42,040 Once spiel the yarn, right? Did it Well, there's OK, there's 513 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,080 ice. Cool, then icy cool, right? 514 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:45,600 Aren't there two? I don't know. 515 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,880 Ice cool Wizards was another that's a re skin I. 516 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:50,920 Seem to recall there was a Penguin to. 517 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:53,320 Collect lesson cards, pass exams, and cast spells. 518 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:56,280 Oh, that's 2024, that's how. This year Oh. 519 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:57,640 That's a. That's a free. 520 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:00,480 Skin so. Look forward to that, boys and 521 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:05,160 girls. Nick, I don't think I could get 522 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:09,680 away with not talking about a game called Toss it, Toss It 9. 523 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,040 Yeah, toss it. Tossed it or toss it. 524 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:14,800 Toss it. Just say again. 525 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,800 Yeah, No. Past tense here. 526 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:18,680 It's all coming. Look forward to in the few what 527 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:21,200 happens when you? Toss it so you're going to. 528 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,320 Get you have everyone has three darts. 529 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:26,360 They're about they're made of plastic. 530 00:27:26,360 --> 00:27:28,640 They're about 12 inches long, which probably means they're 531 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:33,400 actually 4 inches long. And you have a it's a dart and 532 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:37,000 you throw this, you get a Jack and you then throw your 3 darts 533 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:39,680 in turns to try and get closest to the Jack. 534 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:44,320 So it's like a mix between darts and ball or Paton, Yeah, Yeah. 535 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:45,960 Yeah. So it's a bit like that. 536 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,080 But you can play it anywhere. You can play it against a window 537 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,920 they stick, or you can play it on a coffee table or any smooth 538 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:53,880 surface. I've seen it played on train 539 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:57,360 station platforms. If it's smooth marble, yeah, So 540 00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,440 they're just really easy to carry around. 541 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:01,520 They come in different pack sizes. 542 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:07,520 I think I've got enough Posit to have a orgy of Posit players. 543 00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:10,880 I've got that many. So yeah, it's a really fun 544 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:15,040 little throwing game called Posit So. 545 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,800 I think when I'm in England, y'all should meet me in London 546 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,680 and we should play this at the British Museum and use the 547 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:22,520 Rosetta Stone and get kicked out. 548 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:26,520 Sounds like a plan. It does, I mean. 549 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:28,200 It's Face walking around, looking at all the things we've 550 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,440 stolen over the years. The other one. 551 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:32,600 Sorry, I don't want to get. Political. 552 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:38,440 No, it's fine. Speaking of throwing things, if 553 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,840 on a games day I need a breath of fresh air, which sometimes 554 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:42,640 you do, you've been sitting at the table for a long time. 555 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,280 Stretch your legs. Actually, let's go stretch your 556 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:46,360 legs. And there's a game called Moki, 557 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:52,880 which I highly recommend. MO LKY, But I think it has some 558 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:59,040 dots over the OS or something. Like, it's a really lovely game. 559 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:03,280 So you start off with this really tight, compact group of 560 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:07,000 sticks and they're all numbered, I think from 1 to 12 memory. 561 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:11,760 And you have a baton, and you lift the baton and you throw 562 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,520 that baton all the way and knock over the sticks. 563 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:18,760 If you knock down more than one stick and they're lying flat on 564 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:21,680 the ground, you get one point for each stick knocked over. 565 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:23,760 And then you stand them up where they fell. 566 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,360 And as the game goes on, they spread out. 567 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:32,160 And if you ever get one stick laying down instead of more than 568 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:34,000 one, you get the points total on the top. 569 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:37,920 And it's the first to a step point, a step number of points. 570 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:41,360 But the kicker is, if you go over that step number of points 571 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:46,840 you your score gets half. I've always seen that game. 572 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:49,760 I've always fancied it. Always looks a good outside 573 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:51,080 game. Yeah, so I got it. 574 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:52,440 For Father's Day this year, did you? 575 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,440 Last year. Sorry, my Father's Day this year 576 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,960 M. OLKKY or is it? 577 00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:59,640 Double K thank you for the over the. 578 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:03,320 O double Ki also noticed there is AI wouldn't know I. 579 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:07,440 Got the fake Jack of London. Mini table version Table 2 580 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:13,360 called finska mini FINSKA that he played in a games table but 581 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:15,320 then you're not getting your exercise and getting your fresh 582 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:18,960 air so good. So, you know, decompress after a 583 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:26,000 heavy game of flick them up or meeple circus and go and toss 584 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:33,520 some buttons, darts, darts. I've got a new game arrived just 585 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:35,400 yesterday. Oh, tell us, tell us. 586 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:36,360 Oh, yes. And. 587 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:38,920 It's a new Oink game. I think that's how you found. 588 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:40,840 I don't think you have to go, Yeah. 589 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,080 I think we can go away. Yeah, we can go away. 590 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:44,720 Good. Yes. 591 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:51,040 New oink game called Rafter 5. Now you have your the box 592 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:53,920 becomes the platform in which to start your building. 593 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:55,600 Very. Good place, the card. 594 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,240 On top so no wasted space as always. 595 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:02,360 Annoying. You have 5 rafters of various 596 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,000 shape and form. You will have seen one maybe in 597 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,200 my story on Instagram. Yeah, but. 598 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:09,560 If you haven't, they're all those photos online. 599 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:13,000 They sit at the top and then there's a sea of cards around 600 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:17,560 the edge and you take one of the rafters and AC card, flip it 601 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:19,640 over and it's a plank. And then you place the plank on 602 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,800 the top of the boxes with one of the characters as the weight. 603 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:25,200 And then you put a treasure chest, one of your colour 604 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,400 treasure chests, on top of said plank. 605 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:30,400 Now that's fine, but there's only 5 rafters, and after 606 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,880 everyone's taken, five goes. Obviously you've got to remove a 607 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:36,160 rafter to place a new rafter, and whenever you place a bit of 608 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:37,960 wood, it has to overlap one of the previous ones. 609 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,880 So you sort of get this cantilever, but quite scary 610 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:43,920 cantilever action going on if ever. 611 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:46,720 And inevitably it will happen that you take a rafter off and 612 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:51,000 some things tumble to the sea, they stay there, any opponent's 613 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,680 treasure goes onto your board, and if you get 5 treasures you 614 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:58,000 lose. My eldest son, Harrison, is 615 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:04,640 probably in the PJ camp of dexterity game loving OK, He 616 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:08,040 really enjoyed this one because he felt like there was something 617 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:10,600 he could do. It sort of felt like almost a 618 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:13,800 fancy puzzle of working out which one would take to move at. 619 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,520 And in fairness, he beat me. I'm yet to win at this game. 620 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:21,000 He beat me hands down because I was a bit gung ho and went oh 621 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:24,120 this one will definitely be for oh, I've just ruined it where he 622 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:27,120 was there thinking of all the levels and even placing his 623 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:30,120 woods so it might happen on one of the bigger meatballs and he 624 00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:32,840 was playing some clever stuff. So although it was just a small 625 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:34,800 box game we had a lot of fun with that. 626 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:37,600 That is Rafter. I've Do you like? 627 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:40,280 Do you like a game? And that does sound like a great 628 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:41,880 Oint game to have. He does. 629 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,240 Bring it down. That does. 630 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:44,640 Noted. He's just noted. 631 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,760 It's just a bit. More to it, Yeah, small box. 632 00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:50,360 It's not going to take up much room on yourself. 633 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:55,280 You said OK, so your rafter, are we talking about rafter like 634 00:32:55,440 --> 00:33:00,040 someone in a raft or you talking about rafter like the I? 635 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:03,160 Am not beams. This is the, I imagine because 636 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,000 it's OK they're building a raft, yes. 637 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,360 It's a raft, it's a. Raft from Card Piece by. 638 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:10,120 Piece using crafts to help balance the build. 639 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:11,640 OK. It looks crazy. 640 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,000 There's Advanced Setup. There's Advanced Setup so some 641 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:18,120 of the cards have like nail holes on them and joints and you 642 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:20,960 can't cover those with other bits of wood and add more 643 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,200 strategy. I haven't played that yet. 644 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:26,200 I can't see me playing with it. I don't see any reason why I 645 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,600 need to over complicate a game. I can't win out any. 646 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:31,800 Very true. Well, I'm not. 647 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:33,760 Very good at these games, so you should bring it. 648 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,200 We'll play it. You'll win, guaranteed. 649 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:37,880 And it's a small. Box game as well. 650 00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,880 Perfect, isn't it? That's cool, haven't got many 651 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:44,440 other than honourable mentions if if I've got one. 652 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:46,640 Final one, OK. Should we go first on the now? 653 00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:49,480 So my. Final one is Terror in Meeple 654 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:56,560 City but when it first came out it was called Rampage where 655 00:33:56,560 --> 00:34:01,520 basically dinosaurs or Godzilla would rampage through the city 656 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:03,600 and you'd have all the skyscrapers which would 657 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:06,760 basically light layers of board with mini meeples all stacked 658 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:10,480 under so you'd drop and throw these dinosaurs around the 659 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:13,120 board. But I think after the first 660 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:16,280 print run, because Rampage is the computer game, it got a 661 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:20,760 probably a cease and desist and got and got renamed to Terrarie 662 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:24,440 Meeple City. But a really good fun dexterity 663 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:26,880 game. Smash, stomp and chomp your 664 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:30,239 monster going to destroy it all with a flick of a finger. 665 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:35,480 Game 2013. It feels like there was a whole 666 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:38,960 couple of years of flicking. Was very popular in dexterity 667 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,320 games. Was a was a really was a real 668 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,120 thing in the game design industry. 669 00:34:44,639 --> 00:34:46,239 I'm. Going to say I'm not sure I want 670 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:49,159 to destroy anything with a flick flick. 671 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:53,880 Or the power in one digit. I think flicking games were 672 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:56,040 replaced by stacking games, I think. 673 00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:00,000 Yeah, well, this had stacking. Yeah, it's stacking. 674 00:35:01,720 --> 00:35:04,960 That's a good game. Do you still own it? 675 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:09,360 No, not that good. No, but bring it back I think. 676 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:11,320 Disappointed. I haven't got it anymore. 677 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:14,040 I I wanted to. Pay it next week, yeah. 678 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:16,200 I'm I'm annoyed. So Nick, what have you got on 679 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,360 honourable mentions? Well, we. 680 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:21,480 We spoke about building up and my big problem why these only 681 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:23,920 get honourable mentions instead of like saying rushed out and 682 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:27,640 buy these games is things like Tokyo Highway for example are 683 00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:29,120 great. They've got new Kickstarter out. 684 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:32,000 It looks delicious. My problem with it is when it 685 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:35,520 goes wrong it really goes wrong. It's basically end game. 686 00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:38,000 So I have a slight problem with that. 687 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:39,760 The same with Rhino Hero and all of those. 688 00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:42,520 Once it goes, you can't just go, Oh let's just put that back up 689 00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:44,680 there. No, this is game over and it is 690 00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:47,200 cataclysmic. Me prefer when it happens. 691 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:50,600 It's funny and it's hilarious and you get stressed and adds 692 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:53,480 excitement, but in that, the other one that handles it really 693 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:56,320 well is Men At Work. So when things collapse at Men 694 00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,280 At Work, you sort of just scoop them out and you get like a 695 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:02,160 little penalty token. But it doesn't ruin the whole 696 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:06,000 game for everybody. And I really like, admired that 697 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,360 part of my work. And other than that it's the 698 00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:13,680 quick grabby games, nearly mispronounced, that quick grabby 699 00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:16,680 games. So like Echo Cat goat cheese 700 00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:19,880 pizza, the way you match Cobra pool and it's just and a bit 701 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:23,000 like you're grabbing the totems game Jungle Speed. 702 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:26,120 They are just quick, fast and I'm going to grab, grab, grab 703 00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:29,600 and scratch people and break fingers if I have true. 704 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:31,600 Story breaking fingers. Sorry. 705 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:34,920 Actually, that was also at Kay Plays Games wedding, where we 706 00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:37,320 did break Betty's finger playing Taco Jenny's. 707 00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:39,000 Yeah. No, yeah. 708 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:39,840 Board Gaming. Family. 709 00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:41,760 We broke, I think. I'm not taking any blame for 710 00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:43,680 this. I don't want to point any finger 711 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:45,200 of blame. It wasn't me. 712 00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:51,160 Almost certainly was either. So Jenny's supposed to be a 713 00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:53,640 Cajun Con, right? Yeah, just. 714 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:57,680 Don't ask about the Taco. Cat go to the fingering. 715 00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:00,360 Instant, it will go down. Got it. 716 00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:03,520 So yeah, good to know, but it's funny story. 717 00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:05,520 She she didn't really feel anything. 718 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:08,720 She was had a one or two. I think it was it. 719 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:10,240 Was drinking. Neatly, yeah. 720 00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:13,520 I think she was either drinking neat gin or neat peeler all 721 00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:15,880 night. I mean, after you woke up with a 722 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,840 headache and a very sore finger. Yeah, people had those nights, 723 00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:22,240 haven't we? All right. 724 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:25,240 I missed the opportunity for some drums because I'll go back. 725 00:37:25,240 --> 00:37:26,120 To me it's. It's. 726 00:37:26,240 --> 00:37:26,880 Yeah. Say it again. 727 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:28,360 Nothing. Problem boy, I said. 728 00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:31,200 But it was. Don't like we've all? 729 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:34,880 Oh yeah. Yeah, oh, Timing went wrong as 730 00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,200 ever. Yeah you just you went a bit 731 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:38,760 well actually you're in fair bit early late. 732 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:40,920 A bit late. Which is, which is a result. 733 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,040 So, well, that was the episode of Chaos. 734 00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:46,240 And it was. Nick has. 735 00:37:46,240 --> 00:37:50,560 Shared with us about 20 of his favorite balancing dexterity. 736 00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:53,400 Flicking, clapping, grabbing, clutching. 737 00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:56,200 Stacking. Smoothing. 738 00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:59,360 Slippery. Erecting ball. 739 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:03,040 Grabby Games. Nick, it's, it has been a 740 00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:05,960 pleasure. Thank you for coming on the show 741 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:09,120 Breaking my. Podcast virginity When? 742 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:13,400 You think of a another episode. If anyone's got any topics that 743 00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:17,080 they'd like us and Nick to chat about, please do let us know. 744 00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:19,760 Might be allowed. Back on in 67 more episodes, 745 00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:25,640 yeah. Episode 99, just before the big 746 00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:28,520 one. 100 come on just before the big 100 your. 747 00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:30,560 Peak just before 100? No. 748 00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:31,600 No PJ. That would. 749 00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:35,040 Be That would be 99 Nick balloons. 750 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:37,400 Wow. How about that? 751 00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:39,480 Right. See, the title's already there. 752 00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:40,720 You've got the title. For that one. 753 00:38:40,720 --> 00:38:42,200 But not for this one. Not for this one. 754 00:38:42,240 --> 00:38:44,920 That's why it's. Called NSFWNSF. 755 00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:48,200 WW. N with Nick with Nick with Nick. 756 00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:50,520 Anything Nick you have to close the show with? 757 00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:53,600 Have you got to look a little closing speech you opened? 758 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:55,640 It beautifully so well, yeah, I can't. 759 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:57,560 Top that. I can't top that, so no. 760 00:38:57,800 --> 00:38:59,800 I will say thank you very much for having me, gentlemen. 761 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,720 It's always a pleasure to hang out with You Beautiful people, 762 00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:06,680 and I'm delighted to change the demographic of Maple to Maple to 763 00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:10,040 have another middle-aged man, granted, but this one with a 764 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:12,480 little bit of hair. Still, that's true, yeah? 765 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:17,920 Wiser and and cuter so. Changing, just changing the 766 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:20,200 demographic ever so slightly. The beads. 767 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:21,960 Beads are in. Didn't want to. 768 00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:23,040 Overdo it. No, no, no. 769 00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:25,080 Don't do it too hard. Still got no beard. 770 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:27,200 Thank you everyone for listening. 771 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:30,040 We'll see you again soon. Thanks everyone. 772 00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:33,400 For listening, please subscribe and it's always love to hear 773 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:37,040 your thoughts and ideas, so make sure to leave those in the 774 00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:40,160 comments. And don't forget you can also 775 00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:43,080 chat with us both on Instagram at equals to me.