1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,840 Welcome to Meeple to Meeple, uniting players around the 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,680 world. A 30 minute exploration of PJ 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,880 and Gareth 4 game experiences from across both sides of the 4 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:11,480 Atlantic. Each episode they share their 5 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:14,440 thoughts and opinions on the World of War games, including 6 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:18,480 their favorite themes, games, hot topics, and much, much more. 7 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:23,680 And welcome to another exciting episode of Meeple to Meeple. 8 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:30,640 It is episode 84 and we are going to do a UKGE 2024 Games 9 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,440 recap. As always, I am PJ. 10 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:36,680 And I'm Gareth back from the UK Games Expo. 11 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:39,600 Oh my goodness. And you are just. 12 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:45,840 You wore out, man. It's a busy, I mean, it was two 13 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:49,880 days, well, an evening in a day. And I've decided that if you 14 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:52,600 really work hard and you do a lot of steps and a lot of 15 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:57,600 mileage, you can squeeze in buying, playing games, demoing 16 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:02,640 and Instagramming into a day. But then I had two days of 17 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:07,680 ultimate FOMO as I left Saturday morning and all of our friends 18 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:13,640 played games. So yeah, I definitely would do. 19 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:16,160 We've we've already booked for next year and we are doing the 20 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:19,400 four days. But it is, it was good. 21 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,760 It was good. Can't believe it's been a week 22 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:24,080 since we went. I know, right? 23 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:27,360 I've got a few clips we can play from the Instagram crew. 24 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:31,240 I've got a couple of overviews for a couple of games that I 25 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,520 saw. You, you, you missed a good 26 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:36,960 episode last week. Mr. Bosni. 27 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,400 Yeah. Very interesting. 28 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:43,960 Very nice artwork. Thank you to Adam for covering. 29 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:49,880 He did a splendid job. You recorded that on the Friday? 30 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:51,120 Yeah. When I was at the show. 31 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,040 You guys, you. Were at the show, yeah. 32 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:56,640 And then we released it Tuesday. That worked nicely as well. 33 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:57,640 That was good. That was good. 34 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,760 No, that was good. So as you're testing out our 35 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:03,720 fill in Co hosts? Working. 36 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:06,880 Is still out if. Anyone else wants in? 37 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:10,960 What was from your side of the Atlantic? 38 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:17,600 What did you see on your Instagrams of the UKUK Games 39 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:19,040 Expo that you thought was interesting? 40 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,360 Oh man. So there were, there were two 41 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,920 things I think that stood out for me. 42 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,240 The first one was just the stories. 43 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:33,800 There were a lot of stories and and most of the stories centred 44 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,960 around John. From. 45 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,920 Trying in games. Yeah, John is always, wait, 46 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,360 John, you could never lose. So the thing I liked about John 47 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:44,760 is that he had his rucksack, not on his rucksack. 48 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:46,680 He had a notice board. I had notice. 49 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,520 Board a notice. For like schedules, of course, 50 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:52,880 we had Instagram bingo going on. So every day, Friday, Saturday, 51 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:56,120 Sunday, there was a different 9:00 to 12:00. 52 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:58,160 I think it was Instagram Mr. Hunt. 53 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:01,760 And he had the little pins that he could stick things in and 54 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:05,600 where he was supposed to be like for photo photo meet ups. 55 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:07,360 It was really useful if you weren't quite sure what to be 56 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:11,320 doing. And then he had like, I think it 57 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:14,080 was a telescopic fishing rod, but it probably wasn't that with 58 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:17,840 a red plunger. So when he was sat down in open 59 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,000 gaming up with the plunger and they were ah, it's John. 60 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:23,440 So. We talked. 61 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:27,160 About that, we talked about it last year, a couple of us in the 62 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:28,240 community. We were a Gen. 63 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:29,960 Con. We talked about putting up a 64 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:33,120 like a little flag. Is it happens a lot in the UK? 65 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:35,400 With like the people to people logo on it. 66 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,040 So if I'm walking the vendor hall, you can see me and you can 67 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,040 come run up and get a sticker or whatever, you know? 68 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:46,320 So yeah, that's a good idea. The second The second thing that 69 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:52,120 stood out from this side of the Atlantic was the game SETI by 70 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,560 CGE. I've just posted on my 71 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:55,880 Instagram. Yeah, you did. 72 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:00,080 I've seen a lot. It looks amazing. 73 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:05,760 Yes, it was my, I mean for the heavy gamer in US, it was at all 74 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:09,760 the meetings I had the one game I was just like, man, this, this 75 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,920 is good for the rotating boards and it's kind of got two halves 76 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:14,520 of the game. The first half you're kind of 77 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,640 preparing. So you're upgrading your your 78 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:22,400 different parts of the player board and at some point you will 79 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:27,840 make contact with ET, but ET may not be nice. 80 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:32,000 ET could be bad. So you're never quite sure what 81 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:35,160 you're going to encounter. And I think one of the ones, so 82 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,600 I didn't get a full play because I had to have a time, but I got 83 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:42,280 an overview was I think you make contact and they send you some, 84 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:44,720 I don't know, messaging which you decode. 85 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:47,520 But it, it's actually really bad. 86 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:51,320 And so you, the you, we accelerate our technology 87 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,960 capability, but it has a huge detrimental impact on the earth 88 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:57,160 and the Earth, Oh, starts to go really. 89 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:59,840 So it's really, I mean, I didn't want to get too much into them, 90 00:04:59,840 --> 00:05:02,720 but I was like some different scenarios that play out. 91 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:07,640 I think the surprise, maybe not the surprise, it's a pleasant 92 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:11,480 surprise, was to find out that they continue to use that 93 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,800 reward. Yes, like. 94 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,040 Kutnahora. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 95 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:20,120 I love that. All of the demo staff had this 96 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:24,280 wonderful purple Kutnahora T-shirt. 97 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:28,040 And I asked. I said could I have AT shirt 98 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,000 because I love the game and I got this look of know that for 99 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,040 stuff. What a silly question that was. 100 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,600 But if anyone was listening from Czech games Republic, I still 101 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,800 would love a purple Kunora T-shirt because they were 102 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:44,040 they're very purple and had the had the the print on the front. 103 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:49,320 So so that was good. So yeah, that's I think everyone 104 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:54,760 who I've seen who got to play it went straight into their in 105 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:56,960 their top three. I know Luke from Broken Meeple 106 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:01,120 put it into his top three hotness again. 107 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:05,640 It's much more on the heavier side, but Essen release 2024. 108 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:10,000 Yes. So you got to meet, you got to 109 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,440 meet a lot of people and you did it. 110 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,680 You did it in a short amount of time. 111 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,920 Yeah, so we, so we rocked up Thursday after I had my epic 112 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:24,280 work meeting, grabbed a beer and then hung around, hung around 113 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:26,120 just waiting for the press event. 114 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:31,680 So pumped into some new Instagram friends who I hadn't 115 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:35,320 met before. And then we wandered around the 116 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:38,600 press event. I think it's like 6:30 till 6:00 117 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,960 till 738. There's always too much to see. 118 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:48,440 Yeah, but I picked out a couple one one of the new releases at 119 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:56,160 the show was Loot LOO OT and that's from the designer Charles 120 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,600 Chevalieri. Oh, they can't print out my 121 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:04,920 French who also designed Abyss. So that was a Hashtag Games 122 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,920 release. I did get to play a game of it, 123 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:13,000 but shall I play a short recording I had from Charles? 124 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,120 Sound quality was at the press event, so he's a little bit 125 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:17,560 tight. So I have tried to edit the 126 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:19,560 audio, but let's listen to Charles. 127 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,600 Yeah. My name is Charles. 128 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,120 I'm one of the two outers of lute. 129 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:26,480 OK. The other one is Laurence 130 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:29,440 Copier. That is not here, unfortunately. 131 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:32,400 I'm coming from France. It's. 132 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,880 You can hear it. So my English is not perfect, I 133 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:41,200 do my French OK so. Lute is is we we work with Lohan 134 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:46,440 on a lot of coloring game years ago and it was the centre of 135 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:48,120 this game. It means that here you have 136 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:51,160 something very tactic opportunistic, OK. 137 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,320 It means that you place 1 Viking here. 138 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:59,120 You can place it near the sea, near the landscape or near 139 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,720 another Viking. So it means that when you place 140 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:05,000 here Viking, I open new territories for the other 141 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,440 places. So then when I place it here, I 142 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:11,000 can take for example, wood because it's a wood there. 143 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:15,920 I can take some forts, buildings, tower, etcetera. 144 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:18,680 And I put it here on my fuel, OK? 145 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:23,360 Because the idea is that we are all achieved withdrawals of a 146 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:29,360 clown of Viking, but we we are rooting England, for example, 147 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:31,440 here together. OK. 148 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,120 And then when I place it here, if I have, for example, a 149 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:40,520 landscape that asks me some fights here, 3 fights, I can do 150 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:44,240 it here. And it means that the power, the 151 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:49,960 the points from this building, OK, are upgrading OK. 152 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:55,960 It means that at the start the points are here very lower and 153 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:59,840 then more and more. So if you are good to choose the 154 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:03,920 good resource, the good building and the good landscape, you can 155 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:07,600 make it really great. And you becomes the child, the 156 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:08,680 king. Of the weekend. 157 00:09:08,680 --> 00:09:09,760 Amazing. When is it? 158 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,280 When's this released? Now, now, now, here. 159 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:15,800 Yeah. You come here to see Flavia or 160 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:23,960 me on the on the the Bruce and I can show you, make some turn of 161 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:26,920 the game. It's very rapid because it means 162 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:30,920 that you play only 12 times. OK, so 12 times. 163 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:35,000 Yeah, but in 12 times you can this. 164 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:39,360 Yeah, the ball is full. And then you will see the 165 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:44,200 difference between a good week if we can, not the bad one, the 166 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:46,840 medium one. Just see how we get on with the 167 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:48,160 weekend. Yeah, OK. 168 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:50,200 Thank you for your time. Yeah, thanks. 169 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:56,800 So I had a game, the designer came over and said I was a bad 170 00:09:56,800 --> 00:10:02,680 Viking, wanted really badly. Now it turns out because I got 171 00:10:02,680 --> 00:10:05,200 halfway through and I was like, I'm not sure this is right, 172 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:08,400 we're playing it right. But we had a teach from somebody 173 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,440 else and I was like, you know, you feel a game is not being 174 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,240 played. And I was like, these rules 175 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:18,400 aren't quite for anyway. So we finished designer Charles 176 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,200 said. Those are poor Vikings, Viking 177 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:24,560 scores. However, once I saw Sony bought 178 00:10:24,560 --> 00:10:26,440 the game and I was chatting to them, they're playing it and we 179 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:28,120 realised we did one of the scoring elements role. 180 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:33,840 But it's it's quite nice. You you only turn you put a 181 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:37,280 Viking out, like Charles said. And then you either gathering 182 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:40,800 resources or you're raiding and you pick those tiles up to put 183 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:45,120 onto your own tile zone with its own specific scoring criteria. 184 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:51,560 So it really it's pretty quick. Game looks pretty and game was 185 00:10:51,560 --> 00:10:53,880 released at the expert. I've never heard of it until I 186 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,760 got to the show. Wouldn't even know know nothing 187 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:59,840 about it. So that was quite interesting. 188 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:03,440 What else is it? A show. 189 00:11:03,680 --> 00:11:06,440 So I think what's interesting is that it's it's loot. 190 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:12,120 Loot L00 0T loot. So it's interesting, 'cause I 191 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,320 was like, is there a, is there a loot and then a loot? 192 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:18,360 Or is it, or is it like there's, there's quite a few loot, LOOT, 193 00:11:18,680 --> 00:11:23,160 yeah, but it could be loot LUTE. But it isn't his loot, loot, 194 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,120 loot 'cause. You're playing as Vikings, not 195 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:27,200 Pirates, right? Yeah. 196 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:31,920 Yeah, playing as Vikings and you're working your way across 197 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:35,760 the board and then you play some meatball next to any other or 198 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,320 Viking. So as other people raid, it 199 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:42,400 opens up more lands. So it's quite a bit of tactical 200 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:46,240 movement where if I put this down, I'm now one step closer to 201 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:50,520 probably something I need. So you don't put a Viking there, 202 00:11:50,560 --> 00:11:54,200 you wait to try. And so that that's probably the 203 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,360 the I guess the game of it is trying strategically, 204 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:58,840 particularly four players get it right. 205 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,200 But yeah, so that that was one, one game. 206 00:12:02,560 --> 00:12:05,600 So the other game go. Before, yeah, before you go any 207 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:09,240 further, I think it's worth noting for everyone is that all 208 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:11,400 these stories that you're telling us and that you're going 209 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:14,120 to continue tell us you had your daughter in tow with you the 210 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:18,480 whole time too. Yeah, we had Kira who whose job 211 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:20,760 was to carry bags. She was a mule. 212 00:12:22,680 --> 00:12:24,400 But she did, She did. She did good. 213 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:26,440 She played all these games with us. 214 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:31,640 Well, I'm trying to think what Cures Hollow would be. 215 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:33,360 We should ask her. I should have got her to record 216 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:34,840 a clip, which I haven't. You should. 217 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:38,080 You should have. But yeah, there she she went off 218 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:40,920 a couple of times and played games on a with some other other 219 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:42,520 Instagrams that she knew out of the group. 220 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:46,640 So yeah, she's always, always welcome, always comes along. 221 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:51,560 It's always good to have father daughter bonding sessions with 222 00:12:51,560 --> 00:12:53,360 gaming. So she's certainly like 223 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:56,200 Lukasetti as well. Yeah, which is, which is good 224 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,200 because it's a space game and Carrie might not play. 225 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:01,720 Misses ball game. So you're going to need. 226 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:03,560 You're going to. Need you're backup. 227 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:08,760 Going to need backup. So after loot you saw what? 228 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:13,160 So I can say to my plays, so there was a Kickstarter a while 229 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:20,560 ago called Warfarers Tale, which was a print and play game that 230 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:25,640 again walking through the hall was they've turned that into 231 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:29,120 full scale four-game, right? Which is coming out, I think 232 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:30,680 Kickstart, I think later later this year. 233 00:13:30,680 --> 00:13:34,720 I've got a very short clip again, audio permitting, right? 234 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:39,520 Hey James here, designer of the Wayfarers tale we've taken. 235 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:41,920 The original, award-winning. Print and play, We've made it. 236 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:43,880 Bigger. We've split it. 237 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:46,320 Up with his massive component. It's really tactile. 238 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:49,320 It's got expansion material, it's got quests, it's got minis. 239 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:53,280 Go back in. Told you it was short, the widow 240 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:57,800 packet. So the game, the artist is 241 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:01,320 Tristan Rossin. So just look up the art. 242 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:03,520 It's really driving, really bright and colourful. 243 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:05,200 The print and play was excellent. 244 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:09,120 Rule funded really well, loads of extras to it. 245 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:13,480 And this comes out it's just Kickstarter soon. 246 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:15,720 I haven't even got a date. How useless of me. 247 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:19,480 But yeah, that's that's Wayfair, that's Wayfarer's Tale. 248 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:24,160 So that was that was and then we played open gaming till about 249 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:29,400 midnight and a game that we played a lot that evening, which 250 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:32,280 again, I didn't know much about. I'm just going to go and get 251 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,920 some details on. It was a game called Slide, 252 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:40,760 which I didn't slide, which I didn't buy but wish I did. 253 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:47,560 So it's it's a simple card game where everyone you got agreed of 254 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:51,400 I think it's 4 by 4 all face down randomised. 255 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:55,640 And then you reveal all the players, reveal one and then 256 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:58,680 depending on the player order. Oh yeah. 257 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:02,920 If you get rotates, you take one of the cards and you slide it in 258 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:08,000 one of the grids and if you have a card with the same number next 259 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,680 to it, by the end of the 12 cards sliding in, you don't get 260 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:13,680 any zero points. You want to get zero points, so 261 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:17,320 you're trying to get pairs or triplets or quadruple cards 262 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,680 together. So the end of game, you take 263 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:21,360 those away. Anywhere where you've got a 264 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:26,360 single digit or or diagonals, you score those and that's bad. 265 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:28,960 It's really clever. Check it out. 266 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:32,040 Slides. OK, I think it's Hachette. 267 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:33,440 I think it was another Hashette game. 268 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:36,440 He says, looking here. Yeah, he's Gigamick. 269 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:38,640 Yeah, which is Hashette in the UK anyway. 270 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,120 Slide. So he played that quite a few 271 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:44,280 times in the evening. What's the player count on 272 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:47,600 slide? Slide is 2:00 to 6:00. 2:00 to 273 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:49,880 6:00. Yeah, we played six players. 274 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:50,760 It was fun. It's good. 275 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,400 And that's what you look. It's a filler game, probably 15 276 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:56,360 minutes. So this would be this would be a 277 00:15:56,360 --> 00:16:00,320 great game for like if you were at a work conference and you 278 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:01,520 have to. Throw out conference. 279 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:03,760 Right. And they're not gamers, but 280 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:06,080 they're looking for a. Little yes, absolutely. 281 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:08,360 I'm going to look for this. Check it out. 282 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:09,840 I got a work. I got a work conference this 283 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:12,440 summer. Yeah, yeah, we had a lot of fun 284 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:17,040 and they saw it's the box is like burgundy probably didn't 285 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:21,040 stand out to me too much. But then so Max Broadrunner came 286 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:25,040 along with it, who demos for her Shep, and said check this out. 287 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:26,600 And we're like, yeah, this is really good. 288 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:29,280 I think Kira said that's the one game I wish we'd bought. 289 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:31,680 Oh, wow. So. 290 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:34,320 There's high praise right there. Next. 291 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:35,760 That's Yeah, that is high praise. 292 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:39,240 She really enjoyed that game. I think that's probably just 293 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:41,360 going to look at my stats and see what other games we played 294 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:46,560 that day. Yeah, we played that. 295 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:52,480 Was it just a lot games of slide and then it was Friday day of 296 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:54,200 the show? There it is. 297 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:56,800 So let. Me. 298 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:00,880 Let me ask you a question. OK, So I've heard you and other 299 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:04,400 friends of ours who went to the Expo and they talk about it. 300 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:06,960 You just. So everything you just shared 301 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,560 with us was Thursday? Thursday. 302 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:13,319 And you're saying that's not the start of the show? 303 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,560 That's that's press event. And then there's open gaming. 304 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:21,400 So open gaming is I think it was 11:00 on the Thursday. 305 00:17:22,839 --> 00:17:25,440 Obviously if some people go back to hotels, but we're all in 306 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:30,200 different hotels, so. So, OK, so the reason I, the 307 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:34,000 reason I'm, I'm, I'm harping on this is that both at Origins and 308 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,320 at Gen. Con, the first day is Thursday. 309 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:40,080 It starts 8:00 AM Thursday morning. 310 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:45,480 Yeah, So, so at the UK Games Expo on Thursday, you have a 311 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,760 press pass and you do everything you did, and then there's open 312 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:50,680 gaming separately, just for everyone. 313 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:52,840 So yeah, everyone could because everyone could come and get 314 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:56,160 tickets from high 5 S So people were collecting because what you 315 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:59,000 don't want to do is on a Friday morning, collect your tickets 316 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,200 because that might be an LQ. Yeah. 317 00:18:01,360 --> 00:18:04,720 And then the bring and buy opens as well, which this year was 318 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:07,440 limited in terms of what you could drop off because I wasn't 319 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:08,760 there a weekend I didn't drop off. 320 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,560 But right. I hear lots of people saying it 321 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:13,280 wasn't as good because it was limited. 322 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:16,840 A lot of people didn't bother or people are trading them on on 323 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:18,720 Facebook groups, you know, those kind of things. 324 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:22,880 So yeah, it was busy. People kept in tickets. 325 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:28,320 And then we got to Friday. Usually Friday was a day where 326 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:30,200 you could you could wander around. 327 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:34,880 It wasn't too crazy compared to Saturday, which is mega, mega. 328 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:39,400 And Friday was busy. Like, yeah, like, you wear your 329 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:41,920 bags and, you know, people are in the way. 330 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:44,760 It really was busy. So that's for every day. 331 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:46,960 That is every day at Gen. Con like that. 332 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:48,320 Yeah. Yeah. 333 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:49,760 It's interesting to hear you say that. 334 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:53,200 Yeah. So basically what I'm hearing is 335 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:57,000 that the games Expo is 3 days with Thursday. 336 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,440 It's kind of a press day if you've got a. 337 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:01,360 Yeah, pre, pre, pre. It's like a warm up, a warm up, 338 00:19:01,360 --> 00:19:03,560 OK. The Friday I would say was 339 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:07,600 people go to get the games and then by the afternoon it 340 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:10,560 definitely quieten down. So I think you've got your 341 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:14,200 gamers who have got in, got some stuff and then going to sit 342 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:16,920 down. And then the Saturday is more 343 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:20,600 the general public and it's I mean, I wasn't there, but I 344 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:23,920 heard he was epic. And then someday he's always 345 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:27,520 he's always the quietest day. And that's probably I think I'm 346 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:30,920 saying this to Nick at Broad Game of UK next year press event 347 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:35,440 Open gaming. Do what I did this year, work 348 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:40,080 and do some Instagram stuff, meet some gay people for demos, 349 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:42,240 played. We were up to about 2:00 AM on 350 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:44,400 the Saturday morning and play games. 351 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:47,920 And then Saturday, if I was there, I would have just played 352 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:49,360 games, open gaming or in the hotel. 353 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,360 That's it. No shopping or no wandering to 354 00:19:52,360 --> 00:19:55,400 shut the trade halls. And then someday I'd go back in 355 00:19:55,400 --> 00:20:01,000 and do those interviews I did, but where it's much quieter so 356 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:05,720 you get a bit more time. So do I guess Instagram or? 357 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,200 Check out some games I just couldn't get anywhere near in 358 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,640 terms of demo stands because he's just so he was so busy on 359 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:14,600 the Saturday. So when you were when you were 360 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,960 talking to these guys and doing these recordings, I know you've 361 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:23,240 got the two wireless lapel mics, were you using those? 362 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:28,040 Yeah, that's yeah. But it was so noisy, yeah, that 363 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:31,480 you hear me? You hear the recordings from the 364 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,720 Instagramers where they they weren't in the in a press event, 365 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:38,440 the quality is so much better. So I need to think about because 366 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:42,000 in a, in the press event, the space is just like literally 367 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:45,200 lines of tables and you're about a metre apart from the next 368 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,960 person. So there's so much interference, 369 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:49,800 which is why I've been, you know, tried to remove some 370 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:51,920 noise. But again, a good a good 371 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:55,480 experiment, but separately it's much easier on the. 372 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:59,000 Stands I I bring that up because at the last, at the last 373 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:03,520 conventions where I had recordings, I had people record 374 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:05,520 when they came home where it was quiet. 375 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:06,200 It's a good. Idea. 376 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:08,880 Yeah, yeah. I've never tried to do what you 377 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:09,880 did. Yeah. 378 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:12,880 So it's interesting. Yeah, it's good. 379 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:16,200 Yeah. Let's see, I've got a few clips 380 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:19,280 from Instagramers, so we've got some short ones. 381 00:21:19,360 --> 00:21:27,520 So I just asked some Instagram community to say what they were, 382 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:30,040 what was the highlight of the game's Expo? 383 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:31,760 And this is a code. This is only on Friday evening, 384 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,720 Friday afternoon, what they thought of the Expo. 385 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:37,960 So first up, we've got Cassie from Spooky Meeples. 386 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:42,120 Cassie. Hello, this is spooky meeples. 387 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:45,680 My best thing about the show so far has been seeing all my 388 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,320 friends. Beautiful. 389 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:52,400 You see, I love friends. I love Cassie, she's so. 390 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:54,520 Amazing. And I think you're, I think we 391 00:21:54,520 --> 00:22:00,280 said this last year, but you'll pick up a theme throughout these 392 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,520 recordings. I've got another one. 393 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:11,480 Let's do looking for the recording which I cannot even 394 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:13,440 see. I've found it to a person and 395 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:17,440 Damian from Maples Abroad. Hey everyone, meatballs abroad 396 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:20,640 here, Captain and Damian. We've had a great time walking 397 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,520 around UKGE. And it's been great catching up 398 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:26,760 with all the board game content creators, board game companies, 399 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,840 seeing old friends and new. Our best part has to be sitting 400 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:34,680 at the Open Gaming Arena playing board games with our Instagram. 401 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,040 Crew. Beautiful in it. 402 00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:41,120 Those are two guys I really would like to meet I. 403 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:43,280 Oh, they're awesome. Yeah. 404 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:46,560 Just doing when everyone I met has been awesome. 405 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:50,280 I mean, they have got some epic giveaways. 406 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:53,240 If you're not on Instagram or you go and follow Meeples 407 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:57,440 abroad, they have a lot of gift ways that they've arranged on 408 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:00,600 the back of that show. It was really it was really, 409 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:05,800 really good. I was trying to think what out 410 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:12,560 of the games I brought home the the game we've that's been the 411 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:17,320 biggest surprise is Salton Sea. So it's a De Vere game. 412 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:20,240 Yeah. Which which on the box, it looks 413 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:24,400 so innocent. It's about Geo geothermal energy 414 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:28,480 production in the Salton Sea, which is between like the US and 415 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:32,640 Mexico. And man, he is heavy. 416 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,840 I mean crunchy. Like I sat up and talk, talk 417 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:38,560 Carrie. And then she was like, I don't 418 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:42,080 know if I like this, not in a bad way, but like it was so 419 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:44,960 because you have this mechanic where so it's worker placement 420 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:47,680 looks all very nice, lots of work in lots of different zones 421 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:51,360 and you have money, but the money's on the back of the card. 422 00:23:51,360 --> 00:23:54,440 Also an action that's a worker placement. 423 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:58,880 So you can, you've got you've, I mean, money's hard to have. 424 00:23:59,120 --> 00:24:00,880 So you're obviously running a business. 425 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:03,960 So you play the card as an action, which you do get back at 426 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:05,880 the end of the round. But that's, and the, the good 427 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:09,960 one's like $5, it's gone $5,000,000, whatever it might 428 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:11,880 be. So you're going now if I spend 429 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:13,800 this money, then I'd use the action. 430 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:16,040 But if I use the action, I haven't got any money. 431 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:18,000 So you're just trying to eke out. 432 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,680 It's like it's, it's, it's a really a workplace with economic 433 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:22,600 game. You've got share slides and 434 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:26,080 investments. It's beautiful, absolutely 435 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:28,880 beautiful. Highly recommend if you want a 436 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:35,760 crunchy crunchy economic worker placement game Salton Sea and as 437 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:43,200 ever but a devere game small box Rams Rams they bring with wooden 438 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:47,320 components and. Which is going to be an episode 439 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,560 we're going to talk about, we're going to talk about. 440 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:53,360 Small games in. Small boxes, big. 441 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:55,760 Games in small boxes. Yeah, yeah. 442 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,680 So be on the lookout for that. That's coming up. 443 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:00,000 That's not going to talk about it. 444 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:07,000 And Devere is like the master, a big game in a small. 445 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:12,400 Box yeah, the the other game that I saw at the Hashette 446 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:17,080 stands and at the press event was Middle Ages now. 447 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:19,320 Tell me more. I didn't think it. 448 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:22,360 I thought it was an awesome release because I saw it and 449 00:25:22,360 --> 00:25:25,080 then now I didn't get to play it because the key was massive and 450 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:28,520 I was like, no, it wasn't on the hashette that stands. 451 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:30,800 So I was like. So I crossed it off my list of 452 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:34,720 not wanting it and in front of Hachette was Waterstones which 453 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:37,680 is a big book shop who have gone heavily into games over the last 454 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:41,160 12 months. Big stand and right on their 455 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:43,320 very front was Middle Ages and I was like. 456 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:47,120 So I think it might have been a Waterstones exclusive for the 457 00:25:47,120 --> 00:25:49,800 show. Anyway, grabbed it because AI 458 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:52,840 love Middle Ages are one of my favorite themes and it just 459 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:54,480 looked beautiful. He's made it. 460 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,400 I think it's the same designer as Splendor and his first game 461 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:03,360 since Splendor, and we played it three times at the show. 462 00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:05,480 We played it about five times this week. 463 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,880 It's it plays. Is it two to five? 464 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:10,920 I think it's two to five. I'll have to go and check. 465 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:14,280 I think it's might be two. I think it's 2:00 to 5:00. 466 00:26:17,360 --> 00:26:19,520 He goes and gets the stats. I'm prepared for today. 467 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:23,880 Yeah, two to five plays in about 30 minutes and about 2.25 wait. 468 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:26,320 Each player's got a player board. 469 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:29,600 There's I think there's 12 zones across it. 470 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,720 So on the left hand side you've got your fields, then you've got 471 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:35,160 like your windmill and then you've got like a village and 472 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,040 then you've got I think the walls. 473 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:41,800 Then you've got your your marketplace, you've got your 474 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:45,200 barracks, the church and the palace. 475 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:49,160 So you're basically drafting tiles. 476 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:51,760 So in a like four player game, there's five tiles. 477 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:55,800 You put your your feudal Lord on the on the space. 478 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:57,960 You pick the tile a bit like king domino. 479 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:02,400 You're moving you're kind of mechanic 44 tiles per round, 480 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:06,640 four rounds, end of each end of each four cards is a is a an 481 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,840 event and you're basically trying to build it up. 482 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:13,120 But when you play that tile, it will give you something like 483 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,560 maybe the fields. It gives you a coin for every 484 00:27:16,360 --> 00:27:21,280 every villager when you play the barracks, if anyone has got less 485 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:24,160 walls in you then they have to give you 2 coins and they 486 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:28,000 destroy the furthest the tile furthest out from the village 487 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,960 which often needs your fields. Which just like I guess you were 488 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,680 going to go raiding, they would be the first things that get 489 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:37,720 destroyed right to the palace, which gives you lots of money 490 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,880 and gives you little upgrades to attach to your player board. 491 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:45,480 Absolutely brilliant. Like everyone I've talked it to 492 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,480 has just gone really enjoyable game. 493 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:51,240 It plays fast. Yeah, we've played it 2-3 and 494 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:54,000 five players, John try win games. 495 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:58,320 Played it on the evening of the the Friday night and went all 496 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:00,600 out. I'm just going to build loads of 497 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:02,800 barracks and we haven't really learnt the strategy, any 498 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,520 strategy. So everybody just goes, oh, I've 499 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:07,080 got a barracks. No one thought about maybe 500 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:10,920 stopping John getting barrack tiles or maybe building walls is 501 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:13,000 a good idea. So he's like every album he's 502 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,760 getting 10 coins and you go, well, the game's broken. 503 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,800 Well, no, no, it's not. I mean, just like in if you 504 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:23,760 didn't build a wall and you let people raid, then they they're 505 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:27,840 going to take your stuff. So I tried it again in the two 506 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:32,520 player game and I got my ass whooped because Carrie went all 507 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:35,480 over Palace's upgrade and just outscored me even though I was 508 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:39,240 trying to raid. So yeah, thematically brilliant 509 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:42,040 art works great. I hope there might be some 510 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:43,520 expansions. You can see the opportunity 511 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,280 there is Middle Ages. I hope. 512 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:47,880 I hope it's out of Gencom for you guys. 513 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:53,360 I hope so. According to Hashet Games US, 514 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,600 it'll be released July 24th. That's. 515 00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:59,000 Not long. That's OK. 516 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:00,440 So Gen. Con, it'll be OK, wouldn't it? 517 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:02,360 Yeah, basically Origins. Well. 518 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:05,640 Pre-orders will ship July 24th 2024. 519 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:09,440 The origins is in two weeks, which is June it. 520 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:11,800 Won't be for that. June 19, Yeah, but it should be 521 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:13,160 there for Gen. Con, hopefully. 522 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:17,960 Yeah, so, yeah, so. So that was Middle Ages. 523 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:22,440 Who else can we listen to? Right, because met a lot of 524 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:24,040 people during open games. Got a few. 525 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:30,400 So there's Jack. So Jack is the son of May, which 526 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:34,640 I think is play together board gaming Jack. 527 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:38,280 I asked Jack what his highlight was and this is what Jack had to 528 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,360 say. We had a few false starts on the 529 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:42,720 recording. This these are these are the 530 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:45,960 highlights of the recording I've had to edit, but it was good. 531 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:52,040 OK. What was the highlight of UK 532 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:55,080 Games Expo today? Best thing? 533 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:58,040 Best thing? Yeah, I know what highlight 534 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:00,960 means. I do a flashback instead. 535 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,280 Terraria of award games. Why? 536 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:06,480 Why? Because. 537 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:17,520 Because, well, I like to Terraria and and just the 538 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:21,520 gameplay seemed interesting. Pretty good summary. 539 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:24,240 I mean. Terraria is on is on Kickstarter 540 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:28,520 right now. The game they had a a big 541 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,480 presence. I mean, he did look, I mean, if 542 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,920 you've played the computer game, then he had a good, you know, 543 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:37,440 replication of it. Jack was super excited for 544 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,880 Terraria and said what you said. Brilliant. 545 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:43,440 I love it. Who's our youngest? 546 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:50,280 Then we met Alex Pink Meeple. So here's some of the the new 547 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:52,120 Instagramers who I hadn't met before. 548 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:55,800 So for the first time this year. So let's hear what Alex had to 549 00:30:55,800 --> 00:31:00,360 say. I'm Alex. 550 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:05,560 I'm pink Meeple. My absolute highlight has been 551 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:09,320 meeting all the Instagramers. I've loved walking around all of 552 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:13,080 the stools and things. Alley Cat has been absolutely 553 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:16,000 beautiful. Been meeting all the 554 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,960 instagramers and playing games and I'm so sad that PJ isn't 555 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:23,240 here. I'm, I'm, I really wish I I've 556 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:27,960 met him. Well, thank you, Alex. 557 00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:32,640 I wish I had to meet you too. That was nice of her. 558 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:35,000 It was nice of her I didn't, and I didn't pay her either. 559 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:36,800 I mean, it was not. There's no charges there. 560 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:40,520 And then straight after meeting Alex, could you play Han or you 561 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:43,160 got some guy golf? I've got an Alex story. 562 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:47,560 So Thursday press day, she was waiting for her ride to pick her 563 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:50,120 up from the hotel. So I'm guessing this is 4:00 in 564 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:53,240 the afternoon. And she's like, I'm just so 565 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:54,520 nervous. And I'm like, make sure you 566 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:56,320 drink. You drink plenty of water. 567 00:31:56,680 --> 00:32:01,800 She she get that? She sends me a photograph of her 568 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,880 holding, like it's just her hand holding a bottle of water. 569 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,000 She goes, I got it covered. I was like, you're going to be 570 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,360 fine. I really am. 571 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:09,360 I am. I am such a. 572 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:11,440 Wound, Sir. He's the he's the fuel of an X, 573 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:13,200 an expert. It's good. 574 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:19,320 And then with Alex was Hannah. So Hannah has games. 575 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:22,320 Let's see what Hannah had to say. 576 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:25,520 I'm Hannah. I'm Han. 577 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:29,640 Han plays games on Instagram, and the highlight for me was 578 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:33,120 meeting all of the Instagramers at the preview, especially pink 579 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:36,640 meeple Alex, who buddied up with me for the evening, and then 580 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,080 actually introducing my sister to everyone. 581 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:41,680 She isn't in the online community, so we need to drag 582 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:43,560 her in. But yeah, playing games with 583 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:47,360 everyone, it's been amazing. Perfect, you see. 584 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:50,600 That's awesome. I told Alex I was like, you need 585 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,680 a buddy because it's her. It was her first convention. 586 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,160 I was like, find a buddy that you could just connect with and 587 00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:59,320 you know, you know, take your time, pace yourself. 588 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:02,680 I've been getting a lot of questions on Instagram about, 589 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:04,120 hey, this is my first Gen. Con. 590 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:05,360 What do I do? What do I do? 591 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:08,000 And of course, I tell every people, go listen to episode one 592 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:10,400 of Meeple to Meeple. Go wow, that. 593 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:12,320 Is what we. Pop on episode. 594 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:17,800 That is what we talk about. But yeah, I tell everyone just 595 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:23,000 to pace yourselves, take time. If you've got to step away, you 596 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:28,040 don't have to see everything and visit with everyone all at one 597 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:29,800 time. Unless you're Gareth, who's 598 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:33,840 trying to do it all in a day. And I absolutely would spread it 599 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:36,000 out if I was. I was exhausted. 600 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:40,560 So there was. So there was one stand that you 601 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:43,000 all know well. So there was Paverson games, 602 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:46,760 yes, which of course is one of your favorite games is the 603 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:48,080 still. The still. 604 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:53,840 Dave or Dave Beck, who's the designer of that game is also 605 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:58,760 demo was demoing showing Luthier with the show which is coming to 606 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:02,280 Kickstarter sometime this year this. 607 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:03,880 Year. This year. 608 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:06,800 So Dave, give me an overview of luthier. 609 00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:09,239 Would you like to listen? I would love to listen. 610 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:11,760 Are you kidding? Because like, I was super 611 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:14,040 excited. I love the art, the print, the 612 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:18,400 colours are so bold. All about musical instruments. 613 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:23,920 Let's see what Dave had to say. Luthier is all about crafting 614 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:25,920 instruments. In the golden age of classical 615 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,239 music. You play as a luthier, head of a 616 00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:31,320 luthier family, where you are going to be working and helping 617 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:35,080 patrons, crafting instruments for them using a unique mechanic 618 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:37,880 we like to call a hidden bidding worker placement, where all of 619 00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:40,560 your different workers or your family members on the bottom 620 00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:44,000 side of their disk has a number that kind of attributes to their 621 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:45,880 skill. So you get to place that out on 622 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:47,920 the board. You know what it is, but others 623 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:49,280 don't. So there's some hidden bidding 624 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:51,760 worker placement. There's some area control with 625 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,480 putting instruments in the orchestra itself, as well as 626 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,320 some resource management in the engine building. 627 00:34:57,160 --> 00:34:59,840 It's a really heavily thematic game, just like this still was 628 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:02,040 for us at Pay Version Games. This one, of course, is all 629 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:05,160 about music researching, being historically accurate with over 630 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:07,760 40 different people from music history as well. 631 00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:12,120 Launches on Kickstarter on July 16th, and Vincent Du Trade is 632 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:14,080 the artist. We're really excited. 633 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:16,600 We're going to offer some really deluxe upgrade options for those 634 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:18,160 Kickstarter backers that like to see that too. 635 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:19,640 Absolutely. Stunning up, right? 636 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:20,640 Yeah. Thank you. 637 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:23,440 Thanks for your time. Thanks a lot. 638 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:26,120 It's good. So we're going to do an episode 639 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:29,240 one day and see if you can say it with me. 640 00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:36,040 Hidden bidding worker placement. Hidden bidding worker placement. 641 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:39,240 Oh my God, that just. Sounds cool. 642 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,880 I mean I've it's the game that closest resembles it is a game 643 00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:47,360 called Francis Drake, which is a schemes is discs where you you 644 00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:50,480 put out where you're going to visit, which is kind of like 645 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:53,720 when the order and I was like, that's feels like Francis Drake. 646 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:57,760 But then it was you put them out on I think it was a it was a 647 00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:01,760 violin strings and then you flip them over. 648 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:04,760 I mean artwork. It's so bold, colourful. 649 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:08,240 The gameplay looked looked really nice. 650 00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:10,720 Lots of different ways of scoring points, like get going 651 00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:13,280 somewhere 1st and getting being kicked out right. 652 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:19,080 We will try and get them on the show, so we'll try and get that 653 00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:20,280 in before. Well, we got a month. 654 00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:23,320 Was it 16th of July? 16th of July. 655 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:26,920 Two months ago and then. I will definitely see them at 656 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:28,840 Gen. Con, so we should probably 657 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:33,120 connect that quickly. So so Craig, Craig get into 658 00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:35,840 games. Him and his wife, they did an 659 00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:40,680 Instagram Live where they had just finished visiting with 660 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:44,920 Patterson looking at luthier and you chimed in. 661 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:49,760 You you came in on his Instagram Live while you were at a table 662 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:54,720 and it was very noisy. It it was impossible. 663 00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,640 I was like, that didn't work. I couldn't hear a thing. 664 00:36:58,040 --> 00:36:59,680 But. We could hear you because I was 665 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:03,000 watching from home. So you were playing a game. 666 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:05,840 It looked like you were three-dimensional like. 667 00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:08,000 Yes, Yeah. I'm just going to get the image 668 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:11,120 because I've never forgotten. So it was from Hashtag Games. 669 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:22,760 OK, you were cats. Nekojima, NEKOJIMAIIMA, 670 00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:26,480 Nekojima, basically your cats. I'm sorry. 671 00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:30,840 You are building these wooden poles which are like Telegraph 672 00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:34,600 wires. And then there's wires, string 673 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:37,680 in different colours and you roll the dice and you have to 674 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:41,280 put, you pick up one of the two bits of string, bits of string 675 00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:43,480 with two poles on it, all different lengths and you stack 676 00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:45,080 them up. So it's the dexterity game. 677 00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:47,880 I'm a nightmare for it. And then sometimes you've got to 678 00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:52,440 hang the cats on the string. But like the strings can't touch 679 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:55,680 other strings, you can't touch the ground, they can't hang out. 680 00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:59,480 It's a that's like buckaroo basically, but with bits of 681 00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:02,560 string and wood. And I really enjoyed it, but I 682 00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:03,720 couldn't hear what they were saying. 683 00:38:03,720 --> 00:38:07,480 So I decided to abandon abandoned my Instagram live with 684 00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:10,600 them. I wish, I wish people could see 685 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:12,840 you. I'm sitting here watching you 686 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:15,320 describe this game and your body is. 687 00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:20,600 These games are like, they're my nemesis. 688 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,280 Like I'm not very good at dexterity games, but it turns 689 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:25,160 out I won something else. Well, there you go. 690 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:31,160 Looked it all over. So yes, Alicia, go check it out. 691 00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:35,080 Yep, If you remember the last Be Fair episode for last that we 692 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:38,320 had the raffle right at the end and I won a copy of Heat on the 693 00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:40,560 Sunday. I want a fixed raffle and I want 694 00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:42,760 a copy of distilled. So I was like, yes. 695 00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:47,280 So I then sent all of the friend Gareth to get the bits of promo 696 00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:48,880 that I didn't have on the Sunday for me. 697 00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:50,080 So I had the complete collection. 698 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:53,920 I love how I've I've backed distilled. 699 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:57,640 I've been Greg and I have both been trying to get you to play 700 00:38:57,640 --> 00:38:59,680 distilled. I'll just go win a copy. 701 00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:04,240 Yeah, you win a copy and then you got an autographed card. 702 00:39:04,240 --> 00:39:06,160 But that will be. That's Gareth, Yeah, Yeah. 703 00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:09,160 So you got me on by because I said to Gareth, go and see what 704 00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:11,360 promos there were and he got there and there was one promo 705 00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:16,840 left and the coins and then the new slightly more complex cards. 706 00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:20,240 Yeah. So yes, it was the last pack of 707 00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:23,800 cards until they was signing. Just signed it for Gareth. 708 00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:27,160 So that's nice. So I haven't played it yet, but 709 00:39:27,240 --> 00:39:30,600 I got to say punching that game put it away. 710 00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:33,520 That is some awesome storage. You. 711 00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:35,320 It is. Yeah, it is. 712 00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:37,400 It's a beautiful game, the artwork's beautiful. 713 00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:39,240 You. Need you need to play. 714 00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:42,080 Yeah. It is, it is fantastic. 715 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:46,480 It is fantastic. Well, ah, we've got another 716 00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:50,960 clip. So board game Weymouth and 717 00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:54,080 that's BORED that's. Dan and Page. 718 00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:57,920 Dan and Page, what a beautiful couple. 719 00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:05,640 Let's see what Bev got to say. So we are Paige and Dan from 720 00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:09,240 Boredom Games Weymouth. Boredom dot games dot Weymouth. 721 00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:10,480 You should probably get the handle right. 722 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:15,560 So this has been our first UK games Expo. 723 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:19,160 We've only been able to do the 1 1/2 days, the Thursday night and 724 00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:22,040 the Friday. It's been brilliant, really, 725 00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:24,360 it's been good fun. Yeah, what's the hike? 726 00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:28,520 I think everybody's going to say it. 727 00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:32,160 But I think it's the people. We met some great people at Air 728 00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:35,800 Con and then we've met some great people again here. 729 00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:40,520 We met people at Cajunton and it's just growing that community 730 00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:44,200 and everybody's so friendly and welcoming and we've had a great 731 00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:47,840 time bumping into people and seeing, seeing lots of new 732 00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:49,640 friends. Yeah, I'd agree with that. 733 00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,240 Yeah, Sitting down and playing games with people. 734 00:40:52,240 --> 00:40:53,160 It's been really nice this evening. 735 00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:58,040 It's been brilliant. They squeeze it in on a day and, 736 00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:02,640 well, a day and evening as well. Yeah, yeah, Super top. 737 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:09,440 Dan and Paige are some of the most delightful folks ever. 738 00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:14,880 I I had the the they were kind enough to transport Katie and I 739 00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:18,000 from the hotel. That's right, Yeah. 740 00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:19,800 And. And so it gave us it gave us a 741 00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:21,680 little bit of time. I mean, how much time do you 742 00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:25,640 really get to just kind of visit before the chaos of the gaming? 743 00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:30,440 But yeah, I did get to play. I got to play Terror Scape with 744 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:34,520 Dan at Cajun Con. I don't think I got to play 745 00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:36,960 anything with Paige. So that's disappointing. 746 00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:40,480 I think I played Kundora. I'm pretty sure. 747 00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:43,600 I'm pretty sure I did. I'm really thrilled, I'm 748 00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:46,200 thrilled that they made it and I hope more people get to meet 749 00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:49,680 them because they are lovely. Yeah, we've got games today with 750 00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:51,960 them coming up here so. Good. 751 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:57,760 Then late evening I sat with Brad. 752 00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:04,640 So of my under score shelf life. If you know Brad's account, he 753 00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:08,720 goes off a little tangent. So this is what Brad had to say. 754 00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:12,240 Random. Getting a tossit suit from the 755 00:42:12,240 --> 00:42:14,240 Tossit Germany. No that hasn't happened yet 756 00:42:14,240 --> 00:42:16,960 because I haven't jumped them, but that will be my highlight 757 00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:17,440 tomorrow. I. 758 00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:22,720 I don't know whether he jumped somebody for a tossit suit or 759 00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:25,200 what the tossit suit looks like. Or whether there was. 760 00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:29,760 Even a tossit suit at the venue. But I don't know that that was 761 00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:33,360 Brad. So if you want some comedy in 762 00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:36,640 your life, go check out Brad at My Under Score Shelf Life. 763 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:40,520 Shelf life. And we have one more from the 764 00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:44,200 other Gareth. Oh, so there's 2O GS, there's 765 00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:46,320 the original Gareth, and then there's the other Gareth. 766 00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:49,480 So they're both called the OG. So it makes it really confusing. 767 00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:53,840 It's here what Ice and Dice Games had to say. 768 00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:59,440 Hi, I'm the preferable Gareth, also known as Ice and Dice 769 00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:03,040 games. I've just had a great time 770 00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:05,800 walking around meeting great people doing their favorite 771 00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:08,520 thing. Amongst everyone else doing 772 00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:11,480 their favorite thing. Playing games. 773 00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:18,120 Playing games beautiful. You know, that's that's that's 774 00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:23,320 definitely what everyone says. You hear that more and more as 775 00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:28,800 we really are as the tagline of our podcast, right as uniting 776 00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:32,040 players around the world. You definitely see that. 777 00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:38,400 I think Gen. Con to a little bit and Essen 778 00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:43,200 for sure don't. So the reality is, while we're a 779 00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:46,440 community and this is a hobby, it's also a business. 780 00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:47,960 Yeah, yeah. And and Gen. 781 00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:51,360 Con and Essen are not necessarily the best place for 782 00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:54,400 us to connect and celebrate. It's business. 783 00:43:54,840 --> 00:43:57,840 It's business and IT. It's the business. 784 00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:03,120 Based on what I saw here on this side of the Atlantic, I think 785 00:44:03,120 --> 00:44:07,440 Origins, which I'll be at in two weeks, is really similar in 786 00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:13,160 terms of size and the crowd and everything as the Games Expo. 787 00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:15,840 So and I'm really looking forward to that. 788 00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:17,880 It's also going to be Katie's first Origins. 789 00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:20,200 She's never been. Oh, really? 790 00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:24,120 Yeah, I didn't know that. So here's the funny part. 791 00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:27,160 She was a gamer before we met, right? 792 00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:31,120 So it's. Origins last year, didn't you? 793 00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:33,640 I did. I worked for Wise Wizard games. 794 00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:36,080 Oh yeah, that's fun. Yeah, OK. 795 00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:40,240 'Cause I worked with Treasure Bell and Danielle Reynolds, who 796 00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:41,880 I will see. OK, so that's exciting. 797 00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:45,160 Danielle Reynolds, her game caution signs. 798 00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:48,000 Oh yeah. It was a pre release at the 799 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,240 Games Expo. It's going to be released at 800 00:44:50,240 --> 00:44:51,640 Origin. So we're going to try and get 801 00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:54,680 her on this summer. I saw her at Geek Way. 802 00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:58,440 She's got a busy summer so we're going to try to get her on the 803 00:44:58,440 --> 00:45:01,760 show soon as well, but it'll be Katie's first origins and I 804 00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:03,760 think it's going to be lovely. Yeah, I think you should have a 805 00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:05,480 great time. It's going to be a lot of fun, 806 00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:08,560 so yeah. It's worth Danny Stranding 807 00:45:08,720 --> 00:45:13,360 posted and how different the UKGE was to US events. 808 00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:19,600 And then walking back on the Friday night midnight, there's 809 00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:23,040 about a 10 minute walk back to hotels and I was minding my own 810 00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:25,360 business talking to Kira and then with a couple of other 811 00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:27,080 friends. And then my friend goes, Hey, 812 00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:29,200 your other friend just walked past. 813 00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:32,400 And this other friend was now with about a minute away and, 814 00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:35,920 and who was he? So it was Carly and Ross. 815 00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:39,560 And I was like, ah, it was just like, it was, I'll be running 816 00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:43,240 off them. So I think Carly spent the 817 00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:45,760 entire weekend just playing games and didn't get into the 818 00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:49,200 show and just chilled out. So everyone did their own thing. 819 00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:50,800 And I think that's that's important. 820 00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:55,160 You do what you want to do. You know, I tried to get a bit 821 00:45:55,160 --> 00:45:58,320 of everything in, but if I had the other three days, I 822 00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:00,400 definitely would have had a day just chilled out in the hotel or 823 00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:05,480 chilled out in the open gaming, playing games to make the most 824 00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:08,600 of I guess the time we had there the. 825 00:46:09,240 --> 00:46:14,920 The thing that I noticed is for people who've never been to 826 00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:21,240 conventions before, there's a perception for whatever reason, 827 00:46:21,240 --> 00:46:23,960 ill or bad, that you have to do everything. 828 00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:27,280 And I really like somebody posted it. 829 00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:29,200 I know that this community is so big. 830 00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:32,840 I wish there were more of me to go around just so I could keep 831 00:46:32,840 --> 00:46:35,880 in touch with everyone. It's a real challenge. 832 00:46:35,880 --> 00:46:39,360 I spend most of my weekends just touch and base with everyone and 833 00:46:39,360 --> 00:46:44,200 it's like, but you can experience the convention at 834 00:46:44,200 --> 00:46:47,800 your own pace. You can do whatever you want. 835 00:46:47,880 --> 00:46:53,680 It doesn't make you a bad gamer, a good gamer, one is better than 836 00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:57,080 the other. I think our community is coming 837 00:46:57,080 --> 00:47:02,880 around to that more and not succumbing to the pressure of I 838 00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:09,400 have to do everything now. You and I are sadists and we 839 00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:13,800 must enjoy pain so we try to do as much as we can in a short 840 00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:19,360 period of time as possible. Which I guess makes me kind of a 841 00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:21,400 hypocrite because I tell people they don't have to and then I 842 00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:25,800 try to do it so. You just you just test it to 843 00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:28,960 make sure that your advice is sensible because you've got 844 00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:32,320 first hand experience and how silly is to try and do to try 845 00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:33,360 and do all of it. I think it. 846 00:47:33,360 --> 00:47:36,800 Really is. I certainly, I guess because we 847 00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:40,720 did squeeze a day in. I then saw pictures of stands 848 00:47:40,720 --> 00:47:44,640 and games that I just must have missed, which is often what the 849 00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:46,880 Sunday is like. You then start reading the 850 00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:48,560 socials, you read people's reviews. 851 00:47:48,560 --> 00:47:50,160 You're like, man, where was that? 852 00:47:50,160 --> 00:47:52,000 And you've like, we'll pass it three times because either it's 853 00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:55,120 been surrounded by people or just you can't, you know, 854 00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:56,440 there's so much to look at and see. 855 00:47:56,760 --> 00:47:59,280 It is a fantastic, you know, few days. 856 00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:04,280 So what was the highlight for you? 857 00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:11,360 What's so let me? Let me let me say I didn't. 858 00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:13,240 Play many games with the highlight. 859 00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:17,320 So I hadn't played a game. In fact we didn't play. 860 00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:19,160 I didn't play any games on Thursday. 861 00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:24,360 It was five was on Friday. I left Thursday without playing 862 00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:28,440 games because I was spending too much time talking to people and 863 00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:29,760 watching other people play games. 864 00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:33,080 So Kira's playing games. But at one point Flavian from 865 00:48:33,080 --> 00:48:35,640 Hachette called me over to look at a game that's that's not 866 00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:37,000 released yet and got my opinions on. 867 00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:38,520 So I spent half an hour talking about that. 868 00:48:39,040 --> 00:48:42,520 So I just end up socialising and I found that throughout the 869 00:48:42,640 --> 00:48:44,440 throughout the weekend and it's what everyone else said. 870 00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:48,920 So not weekend of the Thursday, Friday, even in the press event, 871 00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:52,960 I kept bumping into people who we knew and just spent to spend 872 00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:55,360 time catching up. And that's the highlight is 873 00:48:55,360 --> 00:48:57,440 still the community. I think I said it last year, 874 00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:03,480 it's crazy that a lot of people we met through Instagram, 875 00:49:03,480 --> 00:49:06,840 through COVID times and we've stayed close, whether they're 876 00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:10,560 from this country or from it's from Holland's or from Germany 877 00:49:10,560 --> 00:49:15,440 or from from Belgium or from the UK, you know, we've got a great 878 00:49:15,440 --> 00:49:18,880 community on Instagram and long may it continue. 879 00:49:19,080 --> 00:49:23,560 Yes, Yep. So for those of those of you who 880 00:49:23,560 --> 00:49:26,840 are listening to this, I know a lot of you wait and binge a 881 00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:29,480 bunch of episodes on the way to some of the conventions. 882 00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:32,440 So those of you who are going to Origins and are listening to 883 00:49:32,440 --> 00:49:35,840 this at that time, I will be at Origins on Friday. 884 00:49:36,560 --> 00:49:39,040 We will be there probably about 8:00 in the morning. 885 00:49:39,520 --> 00:49:42,400 We're there for the whole day. We've only got one event 886 00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:51,520 scheduled, so be on the lookout. I have, I have new stickers, 887 00:49:54,560 --> 00:49:57,800 yes, because I knew I was going to be at Origins for one day. 888 00:49:57,800 --> 00:49:59,600 So I've got new stickers to give out to everyone. 889 00:50:00,240 --> 00:50:02,400 And then whatever's left over, I will be giving out a Gen. 890 00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:05,080 Con. I'll be there on the Sunday of 891 00:50:05,080 --> 00:50:06,320 Gen. Con, the last. 892 00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:07,080 Day. Oh, see. 893 00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:08,400 Is. There bingo? 894 00:50:08,400 --> 00:50:09,600 Is there a bingo at Gen. Con? 895 00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:11,560 Because I was like Friday surprise. 896 00:50:11,640 --> 00:50:18,560 No, so that's, that's something unique in the UK, America, at 897 00:50:18,560 --> 00:50:22,160 least in what I've seen so far make it we could do the bingo. 898 00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:24,680 You could do it. Well, I think the bingo should 899 00:50:24,680 --> 00:50:27,080 be is that everyone has to find me and take a picture with me. 900 00:50:27,080 --> 00:50:27,560 This. Year. 901 00:50:27,640 --> 00:50:29,880 Oh yeah, I had that. People are hunting me down. 902 00:50:29,880 --> 00:50:33,280 PJ told me to find you. Where are you? 903 00:50:33,440 --> 00:50:37,040 I'm hiding here. It was fun. 904 00:50:37,120 --> 00:50:40,320 It was really good fun. So when to Origins is next? 905 00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:42,960 Two weeks away. Origins Origins is 2 weeks away. 906 00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:44,000 And you're there. Which day? 907 00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:46,600 That is the Friday. You're there this Friday, and 908 00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:49,200 there's Jenkins. You're there on the Sunday. 909 00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:52,160 I'm there on the Sunday, August 4th. 910 00:50:52,520 --> 00:50:55,480 We do have a hotel room, so we're staying overnight just for 911 00:50:55,480 --> 00:50:57,040 the sun. So we'll be there all day 912 00:50:57,040 --> 00:51:01,240 Sunday, but we'll be available Sunday evening for anyone that 913 00:51:01,240 --> 00:51:05,040 you're still around, and then we're going to drive home that 914 00:51:05,160 --> 00:51:07,680 day, so. Yeah, we we talked about maybe 915 00:51:07,680 --> 00:51:10,160 staying the Sunday night every day. 916 00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:11,920 Oh. You it's it's worth. 917 00:51:11,920 --> 00:51:15,040 Like, like people, people say to me, they're playing games right 918 00:51:15,040 --> 00:51:18,160 till like 11:00 on Sun on Sunday evening and then they went home 919 00:51:18,160 --> 00:51:22,080 Monday morning and I was like, actually it's not a bad idea. 920 00:51:22,160 --> 00:51:26,080 Absolutely squeeze the most. Because you have what? 921 00:51:26,200 --> 00:51:28,520 It's a three hour drive. Right, two hours. 922 00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:32,640 Two hours. Yeah, See, I think you should do 923 00:51:32,640 --> 00:51:33,440 that. Yeah. 924 00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:36,520 You should definitely do that. So I hope you enjoyed the 925 00:51:36,520 --> 00:51:38,520 episode. Thank you PJ for listening to my 926 00:51:38,520 --> 00:51:42,080 Tales of the UK Games X-ray. Thank you for sharing everybody. 927 00:51:42,520 --> 00:51:45,240 Hearing your tales from origins in a couple of weeks time. 928 00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:50,000 And so one last piece of housekeeping, of course, we have 929 00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:52,720 a, we have a bonus episode that's going to be dropping 930 00:51:53,480 --> 00:51:57,520 after this one same day. So when you're done listening to 931 00:51:57,520 --> 00:51:59,960 this episode, there's a bonus episode that I recorded a few 932 00:51:59,960 --> 00:52:04,960 days ago on my own. I talked with Ren Multimacki 933 00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:09,560 from Dragon Dawn Publications. We're talking about his new game 934 00:52:09,560 --> 00:52:12,560 that's coming to Kickstarter this summer, Verdun. 935 00:52:14,080 --> 00:52:18,400 He was kind enough to give me. And so we're sharing it with all 936 00:52:18,400 --> 00:52:24,280 of our listeners now. If you go to ddpgames.com, 937 00:52:25,080 --> 00:52:29,360 ddpgames.com. 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