1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,900 Welcome to Maple to me. People uniting players around 2 00:00:02,900 --> 00:00:05,800 the world. A 30-minute exploration of PJ 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,300 and Gareth ball. Game experiences from across 4 00:00:08,300 --> 00:00:11,200 both sides of the Atlantic each episode. 5 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:13,600 They share their thoughts and opinions on the world of war 6 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:16,700 games including their favorite themes games. 7 00:00:16,700 --> 00:00:18,800 Hot topics and much. Much more. 8 00:00:19,100 --> 00:00:26,600 Hey welcome to episode 29. I'm PJ and I'm Gareth and today 9 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:33,500 board games and focus Let the Good Times Times roll, everyone. 10 00:00:33,500 --> 00:00:36,400 Today it is Tuesday. It is Fat. 11 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:41,100 Tuesday in France. It is Mardi Gras in Louisiana. 12 00:00:41,100 --> 00:00:45,000 It is Mardi Gras, which is marking the end of Carnival 13 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:49,000 season, Carnival in in Venice Italy. 14 00:00:49,700 --> 00:00:54,100 Our friends in Rio de Janeiro and they're also celebrating 15 00:00:54,100 --> 00:00:57,400 Carnival. But in New Orleans at the end, 16 00:00:57,500 --> 00:01:01,500 the theme of Mardi, Gras Nat the theme but the motto Is laissez. 17 00:01:01,500 --> 00:01:06,400 Les Bon Temps rouler in French and has let the good times roll. 18 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:10,900 So today's focus is going to be Gareth dice games. 19 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:16,900 Yes, yes. So we have not and we're going 20 00:01:16,900 --> 00:01:20,200 to try to let the good times roll or the board games role or 21 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:22,800 the dice roll. Yeah, there's a lot of dice 22 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,500 games out there because dice games cover, you know, I thought 23 00:01:26,500 --> 00:01:29,100 about bringing Monopoly to the party but I thought maybe on 24 00:01:29,100 --> 00:01:32,600 this is with an appreciation. She ate such a such a simple 25 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:36,400 game. So I have chosen three dice 26 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:40,700 games hitting my table, or I just love to play all of these 27 00:01:40,700 --> 00:01:44,700 hit my table like yesterday and today to be fair like in 28 00:01:44,700 --> 00:01:47,300 preparation Katie and I just played them all. 29 00:01:47,300 --> 00:01:49,500 He do a little homework. I don't do enough homework. 30 00:01:49,500 --> 00:01:51,700 I bring the rule books to the table, but I'm seeing here to 31 00:01:51,700 --> 00:01:55,500 continue with you. If you have, if you hear 32 00:01:55,500 --> 00:01:58,700 ruffling of her papers then that is me reading. 33 00:01:58,700 --> 00:02:01,300 Rubik That's a great. That's what I do. 34 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,700 I tried although I know that at least one of the games that 35 00:02:04,700 --> 00:02:08,600 you're going to talk about fits this mold, but I tried to avoid 36 00:02:08,900 --> 00:02:13,300 rolling, right games for this episode, I could have bought a 37 00:02:13,308 --> 00:02:16,300 load of all the rights because it let me nice Kim's we could 38 00:02:16,300 --> 00:02:18,300 have I mean we could have done that, I think. 39 00:02:18,300 --> 00:02:21,200 Yeah, I think you just let me write down to only wrote down, 40 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,400 two of my listen. I was thinking about the most of 41 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:27,400 my, most of my games were worker displacement by kind of thing. 42 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,400 Yep. You had eight days placement or 43 00:02:31,700 --> 00:02:33,400 days workers things that I need Ria. 44 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:35,900 Something really feature or dies drafting? 45 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,600 I have a couple days drafting games. 46 00:02:38,700 --> 00:02:41,700 So yeah. Well why don't you take us away? 47 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:44,200 Tell me again, how bad he's? Yeah. 48 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:48,100 Tell me how the dice roll. So, the three games I have 49 00:02:48,100 --> 00:02:53,000 selected is rolling Realms. So that is a role of right space 50 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:57,400 base and dice hospital. And the money goes on about the 51 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:00,600 core game. So I'm going to start with 52 00:03:00,700 --> 00:03:04,400 rolling Realms. So it's a Jamie Sigma game is 53 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,600 based on what original game was based on the stone Meyer, 54 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:15,300 publications of which there's Face 11 cards in the Box. 55 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,300 Representing each card, represents one of the stone, my 56 00:03:18,300 --> 00:03:23,900 games. So everything from viticulture, 57 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:30,000 to Euphoria Scythe is covered between two castles wingspan 58 00:03:30,300 --> 00:03:35,300 Charter Stone tapestry. What I love about this game is 59 00:03:35,300 --> 00:03:40,300 that every card, every game has been distilled into one single 60 00:03:40,300 --> 00:03:42,500 card. Picking up the elements. 61 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,700 In a fantastic way that I just go. 62 00:03:46,100 --> 00:03:51,100 It's so like the game but so nothing like the game that 63 00:03:51,100 --> 00:03:54,600 Jamie's managed to basically pull out the essence of each of 64 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:56,500 the ball games into into one of the cards. 65 00:03:57,900 --> 00:04:03,200 So there's 11 in 11 in the box since its release which was 66 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:09,100 designed through the pandemic. There's been one, two, three, 9 67 00:04:09,100 --> 00:04:12,300 promo cards. And this is where Jamie has done 68 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:14,500 other games. So we have architects of 69 00:04:14,500 --> 00:04:20,000 whisking, them example, Feast for Odin Arc Nova recently, Tara 70 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:25,400 Mystic Mist mystica mr. Litton honey, buzz and rolling 71 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:29,000 Realms. So its own riding Realms card 72 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:33,000 with enrolling Realms. Each game is made up of nine 73 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,400 rounds, three rounds, three cards, three cards, three cards. 74 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,900 That's right. Rounds over covering nine cards, 75 00:04:39,900 --> 00:04:46,900 should I say, right? And you then roll a dice nine 76 00:04:46,900 --> 00:04:51,200 times and you basically write the two numbers down onto one or 77 00:04:51,207 --> 00:04:52,900 two different cards. I'm not going to cover the rules 78 00:04:52,900 --> 00:04:57,100 in too much detail, but we love it. 79 00:04:57,300 --> 00:05:00,500 It's those games that particularly know the cards. 80 00:05:00,500 --> 00:05:02,500 We teach really easily to new Gamers. 81 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,200 So we start with some easy ones and they were just dial it up. 82 00:05:05,900 --> 00:05:10,300 So, we've we played this last We can last Wednesday, our midweek 83 00:05:10,300 --> 00:05:13,900 gaming, gaming session to a couple of new Gamers and they 84 00:05:13,900 --> 00:05:17,100 picked up really well. It's very portable. 85 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:20,400 I've got mine down into those photo boxes so we can take it 86 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:24,600 anywhere with us. So two of those and they're dry 87 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:26,900 wipe cards. So they basically will last 88 00:05:26,900 --> 00:05:31,500 forever as with dry white pens. And if you're off to a roll and 89 00:05:31,500 --> 00:05:36,000 write a game to have the good times with then I always 90 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:40,700 recommend rolling realms. And I'm sure Jamie has no 91 00:05:40,700 --> 00:05:44,100 doubts. Many more foil packs that will 92 00:05:44,100 --> 00:05:46,700 be purchased to add to the collection. 93 00:05:48,100 --> 00:05:51,600 Certainly is a nice little game that can keep growing. 94 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,400 Do you own drawing rooms? I do I played it with you and 95 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,200 your friends did see. We played it. 96 00:05:57,500 --> 00:06:01,300 Yeah, 22 years ago. I'm not videos from. 97 00:06:01,300 --> 00:06:03,400 I think we met. We met face-to-face. 98 00:06:03,500 --> 00:06:04,800 Yep. On Instagram cool. 99 00:06:05,300 --> 00:06:08,100 And I think that's the, that's the beauty of this game, right? 100 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,900 I mean, like you said, he developed it over the pandemic 101 00:06:11,900 --> 00:06:15,400 during lockdown to play with his friends remotely and they said 102 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,700 you need to publish. Yeah and he did and it's I think 103 00:06:18,700 --> 00:06:21,300 you can see pick up print and play first. 104 00:06:21,300 --> 00:06:23,300 Oh yeah. If you want to try it out. 105 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:25,800 Yeah it's not a crazy expensive game. 106 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:30,200 I'd say no, the replayability as huge as well as my first first 107 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:34,300 game off my list. What have you got to cover? 108 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:35,700 And what's going to go first one? 109 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:40,200 So I've got three games as well. I'm going to talk about Sagrada, 110 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:45,400 I'm going to talk about a role player and I'm going to go back. 111 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:49,800 Go back, a ways to tabula. Never had it sounds awesome. 112 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:53,000 I'm gonna tell you all about it later but first, I'm going to 113 00:06:53,000 --> 00:07:01,200 start with Sagrada came out in 2017 by Adrian, Adam skew and 114 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:04,000 Darrell Andrews published by Floodgate games. 115 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,500 This game is great. It's dice drafting. 116 00:07:07,500 --> 00:07:12,000 I mean this is incredible. So you are fashioning a, 117 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,900 stained-glass a panel of a stained glass window from the 118 00:07:15,900 --> 00:07:21,000 Sagrada Familia in Barcelona and you're doing it with colored 119 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:25,600 translucent dice. Beautiful, do you take the 120 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:29,500 number of players plus 2? I believe plus 2? 121 00:07:29,900 --> 00:07:33,900 Yeah, and that many dice and you roll them. 122 00:07:34,900 --> 00:07:37,400 And the colors matter because you've got, you've got like this 123 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:41,100 grid that you can put your dice in, you slide a card under 124 00:07:41,100 --> 00:07:42,100 there. So there's a lot of 125 00:07:42,100 --> 00:07:47,100 replayability the colors matter but you can have the same 126 00:07:47,100 --> 00:07:49,800 colors, orthogonally adjacent. Yeah. 127 00:07:49,900 --> 00:07:53,600 The number of Pips showing matter, sometimes they matter 128 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:59,200 and you can't have like two next to a two orthogonally. 129 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:03,100 So so you can't put them to the side by side. 130 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:04,500 So you've got to be very cautious. 131 00:08:04,700 --> 00:08:09,300 This, when you're doing that, there are three public projects 132 00:08:09,300 --> 00:08:12,300 that help you, in case you don't have the colored ice or the 133 00:08:12,300 --> 00:08:18,100 number that you need for your little panel. 134 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,700 So there is a little bit of a set collection because you are 135 00:08:21,700 --> 00:08:25,300 trying to collect sets of colors of diamonds and numbers as it 136 00:08:25,300 --> 00:08:28,900 were, you also have a private objective when you're playing. 137 00:08:28,900 --> 00:08:31,900 So you're trying to do that, you're trying to match whatever 138 00:08:31,900 --> 00:08:35,000 the whatever the project says on your panel. 139 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,299 And you've got a private objectives or you're trying to 140 00:08:37,299 --> 00:08:41,400 do that, and you've got public objectives which are giving you 141 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:44,700 more points. We've played this countless 142 00:08:44,700 --> 00:08:49,600 times, Katie, and I play it a lot at two player is we could 143 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:55,700 it's a solid two player, it's better with more, I feel like it 144 00:08:55,700 --> 00:08:58,100 gives it just it you increase the number of dice that come 145 00:08:58,100 --> 00:09:04,700 out, it gets more, there's more options, but yeah, that's A 146 00:09:04,700 --> 00:09:08,600 guarana because it, because with you've got your same glass 147 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:09,900 windows that they change as well. 148 00:09:09,900 --> 00:09:11,800 Didn't they see? Not only your actual layouts 149 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:13,800 different? Yeah, you'll collect in 150 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:16,800 different numbers or different configurations of dice. 151 00:09:17,900 --> 00:09:20,500 Absolutely not. It's a lovely game where we play 152 00:09:20,500 --> 00:09:22,400 two player. I think we removed, we end up 153 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:26,400 removing half the dice, which is not a rule in the book, but it 154 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:32,000 just makes it tighter into. No, I definitely agree with that 155 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:38,000 because we had just played this This morning in prep for the 156 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,700 episode and I was like we take out half the days, right? 157 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:44,200 No, you know, the rules say, you put them in a there's a lot of 158 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:48,700 dice and it's like I think I think one Katie at one point she 159 00:09:48,700 --> 00:09:52,500 was she needed a green dye. I think to Green Dykes came out 160 00:09:52,500 --> 00:09:57,600 the entire game. Yeah you know so gotta watch out 161 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:02,400 for that but that is Sagrada. My Floodgate games pick it up at 162 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:04,700 a store near you. Fantastic. 163 00:10:05,100 --> 00:10:09,700 It's the only game that through food lockdown that a few people 164 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:14,000 played on Instagram on the lives and people joined in. 165 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,800 So again, it's a game that could be played remotely with each 166 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,100 other because you can just just the other dice pool. 167 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,200 Everyone just takes the title. They got a copy of the game. 168 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:27,300 Yep, that's a key to choice. So, Okay. 169 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,600 Number two for me. It's space base. 170 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,800 I love this game now. It's a very simple game. 171 00:10:36,100 --> 00:10:41,200 He's chucking dice activating dice a bit like Machi Koro. 172 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:43,600 If you don't match your queries, you played that we shall not. 173 00:10:43,700 --> 00:10:46,700 We had that game as your fan of this is got very similar 174 00:10:46,700 --> 00:10:50,900 mechanics, but the other. So you got a player board where 175 00:10:50,900 --> 00:10:54,800 your you have a set of ships numbered 1 to 12 and on those 176 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:59,600 ships, various Things like Gathering money, Gathering 177 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:04,000 victory points or improving the amount of wealth that you can 178 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,300 generate every Rams. So you roll two dice. 179 00:11:07,300 --> 00:11:10,200 You can either add those together or use them separately 180 00:11:10,300 --> 00:11:13,700 allocate, the dice to those ships and take the benefits. 181 00:11:15,700 --> 00:11:19,600 And then as you upgrade those ships with new tips that you 182 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,600 purchase through saving money, you took the existing cards 183 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:26,100 upside reverse, it and tuck it in face down there. 184 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:30,000 Up down words, that make sense and on that has another Power 185 00:11:30,100 --> 00:11:32,300 which you activate on everybody else's turn. 186 00:11:32,700 --> 00:11:35,700 So on your turn, you're activating the main card on 187 00:11:35,700 --> 00:11:37,200 every on it. Everybody else's tell when 188 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:39,300 they're rolling a dice, you activate the cards. 189 00:11:39,300 --> 00:11:43,000 You've previously upgraded. So you're always doing something 190 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:46,200 down time isn't too bad. This game now people the 191 00:11:46,208 --> 00:11:51,100 expansion's place six maybe seven I've only played it with 192 00:11:51,100 --> 00:11:55,500 425. It's plays reasonably fast. 193 00:11:55,500 --> 00:11:57,300 First of all day. See there's loads of cards to 194 00:11:57,300 --> 00:12:00,500 upgrade. Lots of different combos are you 195 00:12:00,500 --> 00:12:03,900 can trigger the card, next to the card your plane and there's 196 00:12:03,900 --> 00:12:09,200 been a think to box expansions, which are kind not legacy, their 197 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,700 story driven. So there's like, let's say eight 198 00:12:11,700 --> 00:12:14,000 modules in the Box. You play through all eight 199 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:15,800 stories, it unlocks more and more. 200 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,700 And then you put the whole thing into the game, or you can just 201 00:12:18,700 --> 00:12:20,300 pour the whole lot in straight away. 202 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:24,400 So we always play with, at least a first version of the game. 203 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:26,100 That's sort of the base game and the expansion. 204 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:29,400 Action because it adds a really nice little mini dice the game 205 00:12:30,100 --> 00:12:32,500 and we're just playing through the second box at the moment, 206 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:35,400 but it's really like light-hearted. 207 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:38,000 Not too complicated. You can teach it really quickly. 208 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,700 Lots of, in jokes, and Easter eggs with the different ships. 209 00:12:41,700 --> 00:12:45,600 If you can try and think back to which realm of galaxies that 210 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,800 came from. So that is space space. 211 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:53,600 Highly recommend it as a simple dice, rolling resource Gathering 212 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:57,400 game and Yeah, super fun to play. 213 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:02,400 That sounds awesome. I still have not had a chance to 214 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,600 experience that game and it looks good and I've got said he 215 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:07,700 looks Grace, not I say it's nothing. 216 00:13:08,100 --> 00:13:11,400 Nothing shattering in terms of mechanics but just I find 217 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:13,400 incredibly satisfied because you're trying to build like this 218 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:19,100 engine up by checking the dice or see you got the bell curve of 219 00:13:19,100 --> 00:13:22,100 distribution. You're trying to get the best 220 00:13:22,100 --> 00:13:25,800 possible opportunity to combo out the back of what you roll, 221 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,400 or all what everybody else wrongs was you. 222 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:32,000 You always got a chance to game resources on everybody else is 223 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:36,600 go. So anyway that's number two from 224 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:37,900 me. What's your number two? 225 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:42,900 Number two is role-player row player. 226 00:13:42,900 --> 00:13:50,900 Yeah so this is this is 2016. Keith Motika, this is a dice 227 00:13:50,900 --> 00:13:54,600 rolling Drafting and set collection game but I think what 228 00:13:54,600 --> 00:14:02,100 I really enjoy about this so much is It's a game about 229 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:07,700 creating a character that one could possibly play in a D&D 230 00:14:07,700 --> 00:14:09,900 game. Be a for any that the oh yeah. 231 00:14:10,500 --> 00:14:12,700 Right. So it's like, there's no story. 232 00:14:13,300 --> 00:14:18,000 There's no, there's no, there's no paraphernalia. 233 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,700 There's no extra. It's just you're rolling three 234 00:14:21,700 --> 00:14:26,600 dice or however many dice based on the number of players you put 235 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:29,500 each die on initiative card. And draw that initiative. 236 00:14:29,500 --> 00:14:33,000 And then you go to the market and you draw a skill, a trait, 237 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:38,200 an armor or an item, a weapon of some sort and you're basically 238 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:40,500 creating your character. And I know that they've 239 00:14:40,500 --> 00:14:43,100 expanded, right? They there's a is like 240 00:14:43,100 --> 00:14:45,900 role-player Adventures or something where you role play 241 00:14:45,900 --> 00:14:47,900 the character that you you built. 242 00:14:49,500 --> 00:14:53,300 So this is another game that we played this morning and I 243 00:14:53,300 --> 00:15:02,600 created a dark elf enchanter who Is lawful good was a guardian 244 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:08,700 who's back story was that they were emotionally damaged and 245 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:12,300 like that's all there and then you get points because you roll 246 00:15:12,300 --> 00:15:15,900 the dice and then you put them just like in D&D, you've got 247 00:15:15,900 --> 00:15:20,200 your stats right, wisdom intelligence career at mom 248 00:15:20,500 --> 00:15:22,800 Constitution and you put the cards in there and you have a 249 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:26,400 target number that you want those stats to be threw the dice 250 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:29,800 that you're putting in place. And then You're getting gold to 251 00:15:29,900 --> 00:15:33,800 purchase new items. It's just a really cool. 252 00:15:34,300 --> 00:15:41,000 Very simple concept. And well, that's the way they 253 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:43,300 haven't seen it. Done anywhere else, right? 254 00:15:43,300 --> 00:15:45,900 Just grab anything, you make, you're making a game out of 255 00:15:45,900 --> 00:15:48,700 character creation, done. Then you'll be alignment piece 256 00:15:48,700 --> 00:15:51,000 of trying to get the dice in the right place for the alignment, 257 00:15:51,500 --> 00:15:53,700 gather, the right items. And then, I think it's a couple 258 00:15:53,700 --> 00:15:55,400 expansions that adds a few bits to it. 259 00:15:55,700 --> 00:15:57,200 There are like, we've never played me. 260 00:15:57,900 --> 00:16:00,800 We have Monsters and minions do it. 261 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,800 So, what what's really interesting is for those of you 262 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:08,300 who played tabletop role-playing games in the past, one of the 263 00:16:08,300 --> 00:16:14,300 things that troubles me about the D&D world is the beginning, 264 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,800 you're all in a bar and you've never met each other or you're 265 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:20,400 going to tap Maron and there's this guy who just walks up to 266 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:23,500 you with a quest. Well, why do I care why, you 267 00:16:23,500 --> 00:16:27,400 know, by role player. So you go through all this dice 268 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:29,800 rolling and drafting You're collecting your sets, you're 269 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,600 creating your character because your backstory and everything 270 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:36,100 like my dark elf enchanter. But if you add monsters and 271 00:16:36,100 --> 00:16:39,200 minions, it's like another Market of cards, right? 272 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:43,300 Where where we the players as we're creating our characters. 273 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:47,200 Woven into our back story, is we are facing off against this 274 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:50,500 monster and we reveal things about it. 275 00:16:51,300 --> 00:16:54,500 In stages, right? That gives us bonuses. 276 00:16:54,500 --> 00:16:58,800 So I can access knowledge before you, which will make it easier 277 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:01,200 for me to defeat the monster at the end of the game. 278 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:05,200 So, presumably when we all get to the Cabe, get to the table, 279 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:10,400 for our RPG, all the characters have met each other because 280 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:14,099 we've got, you get back stories and everything and will they 281 00:17:14,099 --> 00:17:17,800 fought this giant Hydra, who terrorized the city? 282 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:21,099 And now you as a Storyteller or the game master and dungeon 283 00:17:21,099 --> 00:17:23,700 manling? That's that's where you start. 284 00:17:23,700 --> 00:17:27,900 So it solidifies the group a little bit more. 285 00:17:29,300 --> 00:17:33,400 It's, I love this game. This is such a great concept. 286 00:17:34,100 --> 00:17:36,000 It's so tight. It's so clean. 287 00:17:36,300 --> 00:17:40,000 Yeah, yeah, it's super sweet that good, right? 288 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:42,300 Which starts to grab out the draft? 289 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:46,000 Exact trying to balance it. Yeah, it's a lovely game. 290 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:49,300 Really nice cable. That is role player and is my 291 00:17:49,300 --> 00:17:51,100 number two. All right. 292 00:17:51,300 --> 00:17:55,300 So similarly, my number three is Dice Hospital, which is also a 293 00:17:55,308 --> 00:18:00,600 dice drafting game. So this game, I thought your it 294 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:05,800 was a good question, it was 2018 Kickstarter, I think originally, 295 00:18:06,100 --> 00:18:08,100 if you've got the kickstarter version, you've got lots of 296 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:12,400 plastic ambulances and items but the core game, I think is 297 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:16,400 cardboard, basically, you're running a hospital, not 298 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,000 surprisingly named as dice Hospital. 299 00:18:19,900 --> 00:18:25,300 You've got to I see the first page drafting the ambulances and 300 00:18:25,300 --> 00:18:27,400 bringing those patients into your school. 301 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:34,700 So, if you take more complex, patient, full of the dice 302 00:18:34,700 --> 00:18:39,700 represents how ill injured they are. 303 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:45,300 So, like a one is close to death sinks is basically healed. 304 00:18:46,300 --> 00:18:50,200 So if you take an ambulance for the of more injured people it's 305 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,600 obviously harder to do. But you'll get to go first and 306 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:55,400 draft. Some of the rooms you upgrade or 307 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,000 some of the Specialists can help you or you take an easier, one, 308 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,000 you'll see you can last your further round and around. 309 00:19:00,300 --> 00:19:01,800 That's the first is in your decision. 310 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:06,200 You have to make once you've got your ambulance and your your 311 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:10,600 patients, you then can look at improvements or which could be 312 00:19:11,100 --> 00:19:12,900 different ways. That activate the different kind 313 00:19:12,900 --> 00:19:14,600 of dices three-color Dyson again. 314 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,500 Or you can take a specialist who might focus on green nice or red 315 00:19:18,500 --> 00:19:22,100 do. So, you know, dice then Kind of 316 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:29,700 everyone for themselves as you start with like three standard 317 00:19:30,100 --> 00:19:33,400 nurses and then your specialist, and you allocate them to rooms 318 00:19:33,700 --> 00:19:36,100 and that makes that you manipulate advice from like a 5 319 00:19:36,100 --> 00:19:41,800 to a 6 or higher heel, all the ones to to or the specialist 320 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:44,400 might be if you hear a green, another green can heal. 321 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:48,200 So you're trying to optimize the allocation of your of your of 322 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:51,100 your doctors and nurses around the hospital. 323 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:56,700 Beetle and any sixes that turn to a 7, go into the get they get 324 00:19:56,700 --> 00:19:59,800 discharged. So and then, of course, the more 325 00:19:59,900 --> 00:20:02,900 you heal and discharge them the more points you get in that 326 00:20:02,900 --> 00:20:06,200 round and you play the game over, I'm going to say about 327 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,800 eight rounds. It's super tight. 328 00:20:09,900 --> 00:20:13,200 The dice, your after trying to keep everyone from not dying, 329 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,200 otherwise they do go to the morgue that's negative points. 330 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:22,600 Yeah, we really, really enjoy it and then There is a Kickstarter 331 00:20:22,900 --> 00:20:27,800 expansions of like a maternity, which we've got with pink dice 332 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:31,500 this improvements. And there's even like a part 333 00:20:31,500 --> 00:20:33,500 where you actually laying out the city towels for the 334 00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:36,200 ambulance as a primary tokens to collect patients. 335 00:20:36,500 --> 00:20:39,200 But I've not tried those. If you're off to dice drafting 336 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:44,000 game that is kind of that Theme Hospital game of the past but 337 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:47,200 you're trying to get the right rooms to hire the right people. 338 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:51,600 I would also highly recommend dice hot Spittle. 339 00:20:52,100 --> 00:20:55,300 There's some of the artwork. There's an expansion for like, 340 00:20:55,300 --> 00:20:58,500 an emergency room, right? Some yeah, yeah, it's like yeah, 341 00:20:58,500 --> 00:21:01,400 it's got extra rooms say that. There's a big one about 342 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:04,400 paternity and Maternity Ward. Okay? 343 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,800 We always end up playing the base game. 344 00:21:06,900 --> 00:21:09,500 It's just really straight forward. 345 00:21:09,900 --> 00:21:13,900 Again, quick, the table easy to teach because everyone kind of 346 00:21:13,900 --> 00:21:17,400 knows how schools are run in. General is quite a nice Gateway 347 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:19,400 game as well for our gaming group. 348 00:21:20,900 --> 00:21:23,200 Have you played all know? I have it? 349 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,500 It's been on my list for a while because I mean you got the 350 00:21:26,500 --> 00:21:29,300 little lamp, the little plastic ambulance at you put the ice in 351 00:21:29,300 --> 00:21:31,800 I'm like Malik school. We need to ask that Deluxe. 352 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:35,300 Yeah upgrade yeah otherwise it is then comes you ditched us if 353 00:21:35,300 --> 00:21:38,600 the card which you put three dice Auntie okay at those needs 354 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:42,500 painting, that's a reminder. I know those are merely because 355 00:21:42,500 --> 00:21:45,200 my hair grey do. I think you're doing starts the 356 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:47,200 best in, in an expansion recently. 357 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:50,900 There's a helicopter so you can helicopter people and what Is 358 00:21:50,900 --> 00:21:55,200 Maxie helicopter. So yeah, one single players, 359 00:21:55,900 --> 00:21:59,300 it's like 2.04. So not very complicated stop. 360 00:21:59,300 --> 00:22:02,500 Here's a question. Are you competing hospitals or 361 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:05,300 are you a special role within this hostile? 362 00:22:05,300 --> 00:22:08,400 Yeah you've got your hospital and so we've got the same. 363 00:22:08,900 --> 00:22:11,500 I'm going to say about eight or nine rooms to start with and 364 00:22:11,500 --> 00:22:13,900 then you can buy additional rooms that they're hexagonal 365 00:22:13,900 --> 00:22:15,400 tiles. You basically put around the 366 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:20,400 edge so it's that bit of going first and having the worst 367 00:22:20,500 --> 00:22:22,700 Patience. But getting the first dibs on 368 00:22:22,700 --> 00:22:27,600 the, on the rooms or taking the easier route, but ending up with 369 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,300 maybe not so optimal, it's lovely. 370 00:22:30,300 --> 00:22:34,200 That's a bit is that is the key and then the stress of everyone 371 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:37,600 be clear, because if they do not get seen by anybody in the 372 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:41,300 rounds, they deteriorate to. They're not looks after then 373 00:22:41,300 --> 00:22:43,400 they get worse. Which again, is really nice 374 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,400 theme at the end. There's a die that has like five 375 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:49,900 Pips growing and you didn't, you didn't tend to them, they'll go 376 00:22:49,900 --> 00:22:53,100 forward. Yeah and one's got 20. 377 00:22:53,700 --> 00:22:56,100 Another stair climbing. And so it's like a tiny man. 378 00:22:56,100 --> 00:22:58,100 You trying to do as much as possible? 379 00:22:58,200 --> 00:22:59,500 Yeah. I just keep people generally 380 00:22:59,500 --> 00:23:03,500 getting better, knowing that. Yeah, hopefully no one dies on 381 00:23:03,500 --> 00:23:06,700 my shift. Oh boy. 382 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,300 All right, there is Dice hospital. 383 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:14,600 So number three from you. Number three is the Dark Horse 384 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:19,300 of the day's game episode and that is tabula. 385 00:23:19,700 --> 00:23:24,800 I have No idea of now, Googling what tabular is tell me. 386 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,400 This is okay. And you can find it on Board 387 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,300 Game Geek. It was published in 1990. 388 00:23:30,500 --> 00:23:36,500 Wow, my went back far, it was designed by Sarah Finch and 389 00:23:36,500 --> 00:23:43,600 Leslie Scott, this is a two player game so and I the reason 390 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,200 I got it actually, you know, it's very interesting, a friend 391 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:50,400 of mine picked it up for me while he was in London on. 392 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:52,500 Occasion and he brought it back to me. 393 00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:57,500 It's based on this ancient Roman game. 394 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:01,600 That's the precursor to what is today backgammon? 395 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,900 Okay. So it's at its simplest. 396 00:24:04,900 --> 00:24:08,400 It is a role in move that it's very simple. 397 00:24:09,300 --> 00:24:12,500 You have. I can't remember it's 16 or 18 398 00:24:12,500 --> 00:24:18,800 but each player has a number of these beautiful stones and 399 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:22,700 you're trying to get them onto the Board and then all the way 400 00:24:22,700 --> 00:24:30,000 around the board once so there's four sides 60, there's 24 spaces 401 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:35,600 total you roll two dice and you can move your Stones now. 402 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:39,600 You can't move your Stones off the board until you've gotten 403 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:44,200 all of your Stones onto the board and you have opportunities 404 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:48,400 to bump your opponent's, Stones. Back to the center. 405 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,200 Which means so if they're scoring and you're getting 406 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,700 behind, you have a chance to knock them out if they leave 407 00:24:55,700 --> 00:24:57,600 their. So, if it's a single Stone on a 408 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:01,800 space, you can then occupy that space after your dice roll land 409 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,900 on that space and bump them. But if they have two or more 410 00:25:04,900 --> 00:25:08,000 than that, space is protected really simple. 411 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:13,900 But deep strategy, it's rumored that the emperor Claudius. 412 00:25:14,300 --> 00:25:18,200 The third emperor of Rome. Third know, the fourth emperor 413 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:25,000 of Rome. Um, he had a, a version of this 414 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:29,200 game mounted onto his Chariot, or his litter. 415 00:25:29,900 --> 00:25:31,200 Not go through Rome. Yeah. 416 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:34,300 So this is a really old game, very cool. 417 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:37,500 It's a lot of fun. Kate, and I played this 418 00:25:37,500 --> 00:25:40,800 yesterday. Again in anticipation is like 419 00:25:40,900 --> 00:25:45,500 man, it was tense for a while but then she totally blew me 420 00:25:45,500 --> 00:25:48,300 away because that's typically what happens. 421 00:25:49,300 --> 00:25:51,500 But that is tabula. You guys know. 422 00:25:51,700 --> 00:25:53,600 You say it's like back in the be a guy in the same way, around 423 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,300 the board that you are going. I'm just looking this been 424 00:25:56,300 --> 00:25:59,500 wearing, I like the artwork. The cut is the Roman may sink 425 00:25:59,700 --> 00:26:01,600 structure? Yeah, it's not plastic. 426 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:05,100 These glass beads is components. Yeah, there's there's not a lot 427 00:26:05,100 --> 00:26:07,400 to it. It's on its unassuming. 428 00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:11,300 Again, it's just a modern take on an ancient classic. 429 00:26:13,100 --> 00:26:17,200 I like it more than backgammon. Maybe I'll bet you a million 430 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:21,200 years. It's in print or Oh, yeah, still 431 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:24,100 in print. You can still get it to be 432 00:26:24,100 --> 00:26:27,100 honest. I think so. 433 00:26:27,100 --> 00:26:30,000 Like just go to London. Go to the British museum, they 434 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,000 have a good shot of? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yep. 435 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,500 I see it, as one of these on. Is she crazy Jenga? 436 00:26:36,300 --> 00:26:39,300 Yes, there you go. There's a claim to fame. 437 00:26:39,300 --> 00:26:42,700 Oh, so again that's tabula tabular. 438 00:26:43,700 --> 00:26:47,800 I think it's I think it's called tabula the Roman game I believe. 439 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,200 Yeah that's what the book says. It on the bottom again. 440 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:51,500 Yeah. So I thought. 441 00:26:51,500 --> 00:26:53,200 Yeah, that looks like a nice to play a game. 442 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:55,600 So there we are. There's a dice game is covered. 443 00:26:55,700 --> 00:26:58,800 So we've covered rolling Realms, we have covered Sagrada. 444 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:03,900 We've covered space, space, role-player dice, icicle door, 445 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:10,800 and tabular, and because because today is Mardi Gras. 446 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:16,000 And because Louisiana is all about another French term called 447 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,200 Lagniappe. Yeah. 448 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:21,800 Explained explained explained soul and your abs a little 449 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,300 something extra is how it translates. 450 00:27:24,300 --> 00:27:28,400 Okay, little something extra. So if you go somewheres, they 451 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,200 might they might give you some free thing, right? 452 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,100 Okay. And so this is a little 453 00:27:33,100 --> 00:27:36,200 something extra in honor, my negro and I want to talk about 454 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:40,200 real quick and that's Big. Easy, busking in honor of New 455 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:46,000 Orleans, the city that I love this game has no dice. 456 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:50,100 But again remember this is And yet was published in 2020 by 457 00:27:50,100 --> 00:27:54,200 Joshua Mills and weird Giraffe games. 458 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:57,700 I absolutely love this game. It is so theme attic. 459 00:27:58,100 --> 00:28:02,000 It's really reminiscent of being in New Orleans. 460 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:05,600 It's really reminiscent being in New Orleans at Mardi Gras, but 461 00:28:05,900 --> 00:28:10,200 it's set at any time. So you're a, you're a trio of 462 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:15,200 buskers Street Music performers in the French Quarter, and 463 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:16,900 you've got this one card in front of you. 464 00:28:17,100 --> 00:28:20,100 And you have the These cubes that represent the energy that 465 00:28:20,100 --> 00:28:25,500 each of those musicians have. Yeah and then you will play 466 00:28:25,500 --> 00:28:31,000 cards which are songs and you play them and you have locations 467 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,000 in the French Quarter in front of you that give you money 468 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,800 money. Equals victory points with the 469 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:38,600 end of the game. It gives you an opportunity. 470 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:43,400 You can tip your your your musicians and case they're 471 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:47,000 running low on energy because you have a reserve of energy 472 00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:51,600 cubes and I can add it but it's got the classic purple green and 473 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:53,900 gold to try colors of Mardi Gras. 474 00:28:54,500 --> 00:28:57,400 But say the Outlook is is amazing. 475 00:28:57,900 --> 00:29:00,200 That's so bright. I've never heard this game. 476 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:03,600 Yeah just looking at the current image is now I'm like this game 477 00:29:03,700 --> 00:29:06,600 needs to be played. Now it's great. 478 00:29:06,900 --> 00:29:13,200 It's okay at to it's better at a higher player count just because 479 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,800 you want more. Competition. 480 00:29:15,900 --> 00:29:18,500 Yes yeah. Can basically a two players like 481 00:29:18,500 --> 00:29:19,800 well I'm going to play this card here. 482 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:25,400 What's cool is each location has an icon and the subsequent song 483 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:26,500 cards. Have the same icon. 484 00:29:26,500 --> 00:29:28,800 So you have like a little a little in the corners, like a 485 00:29:28,808 --> 00:29:32,700 Mardi, Gras beads, or there's a heart or there's the 486 00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:38,700 fleur-de-lis, and there's a mask like a Mardi Gras mask. 487 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:44,100 So the location has that icon. If the song you play, has a 488 00:29:44,108 --> 00:29:46,600 match. During icon, you'll get an extra 489 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:49,600 bonus, right? So it's just it's really cool 490 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:53,500 because it's like yeah my my trumpetear did a awesome job 491 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:58,600 playing this song and it's so fun and it's got the balconies, 492 00:29:59,100 --> 00:30:03,000 the artwork on the cards. It's just, it's amazing and it's 493 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,200 like being in New Orleans at Mardi Gras. 494 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:10,300 So that's a little Lagniappe for y'all and happy Mardi. 495 00:30:10,300 --> 00:30:12,700 Gras to everybody. Yeah, I think Melody, Gras, 496 00:30:13,100 --> 00:30:15,800 thank you for sharing that. Yeah, I quite like that little 497 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:17,900 sticky bonus at the end. So I have to become a regular 498 00:30:17,900 --> 00:30:20,900 feature. Maybe maybe we can do that. 499 00:30:20,900 --> 00:30:23,700 Look at Ya PJs. Super bonus. 500 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,100 We just pull out a little Lagniappe extra life. 501 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:31,400 Yeah. Well thank you for sharing that. 502 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:33,700 And with that I thank you everyone for listening, please 503 00:30:33,700 --> 00:30:36,500 don't forget to subscribe like and follow us. 504 00:30:36,500 --> 00:30:39,400 See don't miss the miss a future episodes and we'll speak to you 505 00:30:39,408 --> 00:30:41,100 soon. Yeah, thanks again, this is 506 00:30:41,100 --> 00:30:43,500 great. Thanks everyone for listening. 507 00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:46,300 Please subscribe. As always, we love to hear your 508 00:30:46,300 --> 00:30:49,600 thoughts and ideas. So make sure to leave those in 509 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:53,600 the comments and don't forget, you can also chat with us both 510 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:56,100 on Instagram at meeple to meet people.