1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:03,840 Hey guys, welcome to episode 105. 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:06,560 We're back again. Priceless pieces. 3 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:11,760 Games we would never call. As always, I remain PJ. 4 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:16,520 And I am Gareth, you are Gareth. This, this is a thing where 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:19,480 games will never call. We need to watch this back in a 6 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,600 year or two, three years and check on ourselves. 7 00:00:23,080 --> 00:00:25,080 Absolutely no. This is good. 8 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,320 So I I think it'd be good. So we're getting towards the end 9 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:31,960 of the year, right? And we've had some casual 10 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:37,600 conversations around selling games, culling games, giving 11 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,680 them away, donating the charity, however, whatever form. 12 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,560 And we're not here to talk about the form of culling, but just 13 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:46,880 some games that you would call. And I thought it would be nice 14 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,360 if we just kind of coasting towards the end of the year with 15 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:53,440 how about some games you won't ever get rid of in your 16 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:55,960 collection. It's tough, You know, I, I sat 17 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:59,280 there today, yesterday, yesterday, starting this, this 18 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,600 little decision making and I have been culling. 19 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,680 I think I've called 100 games in the last time we love. 20 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:10,040 Yeah, well, I've called of which half of those are sold. 21 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:12,960 OK. The rest are just stacked up in 22 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:15,800 piles. But so I thought this would be 23 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,640 quite easy because anything that's clearly I clearly I'm 24 00:01:18,960 --> 00:01:19,920 cold. But I was like. 25 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:21,920 Well. I've kind of got the itch. 26 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:24,160 Currently I have another cold plant. 27 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,280 I find it quite. I find it quite refreshing. 28 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:32,880 Cathartic. Yeah, just it's just that really 29 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,560 old. And then five games arrived 30 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:37,600 about right. I haven't really helped myself. 31 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:40,200 That's how it always goes. And it's Christmas coming, so 32 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,360 yeah. So you don't go make a bit of 33 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:45,760 space. Our last call was about two 34 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:47,200 months ago. OK. 35 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,440 We sold 20 games and only. But the beauty is the money made 36 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,960 allowed us to bring in one, right? 37 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,400 You know, there's those games that are just, yeah, the, the 38 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,680 price is a little, the price point's a little high. 39 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,000 And you're like, yeah, do I really need it? 40 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,000 I don't know, maybe. And so it's like, so like we've 41 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,240 been eyeing returning to the Dark Tower for months. 42 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:12,000 Yeah, it's not a cheap one either. 43 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:17,120 No, it's not. And so we sold games, right. 44 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:21,560 We had a little money leftover, though, So so it got me thinking 45 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:24,360 about calling games and then you and I were just talking a few 46 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:26,560 minutes ago before we started recording. 47 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:30,920 It sounded like I know I did. It sounded like you also had AI 48 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:36,360 don't want to say intimate, but a really connecting conversation 49 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,080 with your spouse over what games to I wrote. 50 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:44,600 About 20 games out, yeah, I probably wouldn't get rid of 51 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,080 these. And then I said to Carrie, OK, 52 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:48,680 which of these would you not get rid of? 53 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:50,720 Right? And she was like bam, bam, bam. 54 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:53,480 And I was like, OK, that's right. 55 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,640 There they are. But all of them I was her reason 56 00:02:57,640 --> 00:03:01,240 was the same reason is fine and she's either it's something from 57 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,640 when we first got into gaming, just something we just always 58 00:03:04,640 --> 00:03:07,000 enjoy. So. 59 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,400 Well, there's a sentimental value to it. 60 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:11,200 Yeah, Yeah. This is kind of similar 61 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:15,480 conversation that we had as well because the list was longer than 62 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:16,800 what we're going to present today. 63 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,800 Gareth and I have. We've agreed on three games 64 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:23,280 each. 3. Three games from our collections 65 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,520 that we will not get rid of for any reason, and we'll talk in 66 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,960 detail about why that is and what about the game we enjoy. 67 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:34,320 Also, I did a poll on Instagram, so I've gotten about 12 people's 68 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:37,680 responses on games they wouldn't call, so we'll try to share that 69 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,040 through the the course of the game as well. 70 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:43,840 Any any games the same? Any of those 20 people the same 71 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:48,000 game or were they all unique? They were all unique, OK, And 72 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:51,080 only one, only one person broke the rules. 73 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:57,120 Rules are there to be broken. I mean, I mean, I could easily 74 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,120 break the rules. Oh yeah, a lot more. 75 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:00,920 But. You could and I'm going to. 76 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:05,000 I'm going to try to keep you, so I'm going to try to keep you in 77 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,280 line. You only get 3. 78 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,120 Got 3. You're going to save the good 79 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:14,000 one for last though, right? OK, yeah, I've got one. 80 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:15,800 I've got one with a very personal letter. 81 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:17,760 Yes. And I think I'm going to read 82 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:18,760 the letter. Letters. 83 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,560 I read the letter out. Yeah, it's linked back to a 84 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,280 Secret Santa from Ball Game Geek. 85 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,280 Yeah, so. Four or five years ago, so we'll 86 00:04:27,280 --> 00:04:28,840 read that in a minute. Yeah. 87 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:31,720 So do you want to begin with your first one? 88 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:37,160 Yeah, so this is had two iterations. 89 00:04:37,280 --> 00:04:42,040 I have both copies still. So in terms of examples of I've 90 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:47,120 got the big, big deluxe deluxeified masks set and I 91 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:52,520 still have the original. The game is the same except to 92 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:56,040 the original had these really cool surveyors who might commit 93 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:57,720 these games. I haven't managed to part my 94 00:04:57,720 --> 00:04:59,640 ways with that. And I thought the fact that I 95 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:03,480 own both games and they are the same game says that this 96 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:07,280 probably has not left my collection because it was one of 97 00:05:07,280 --> 00:05:10,120 the very early worker placement games. 98 00:05:10,280 --> 00:05:14,520 Now getting my stats the very first 2012. 99 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:16,240 So I think this is very early on. 100 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:21,240 That was Snowdonia really. Which which have you played 101 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:22,840 there? You know, I haven't. 102 00:05:22,840 --> 00:05:24,680 It's one I just haven't gotten to. 103 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:32,440 So Tony Budell 2012 one to five players, wait 3 and you just 104 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:35,280 build the railway and I'm not You didn't get an attempt to 105 00:05:35,280 --> 00:05:37,400 pronounce the Welsh names. OK. 106 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:40,960 But through the valleys up until Snowdonia, that's not called 107 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:43,240 Snowdonia anymore. Now called it's official 108 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,560 parking, which I should have done more research on because I 109 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:48,720 can't pronounce either. Because I don't know what you're 110 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:52,560 talking about, but it's. A really nice worker placement 111 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:56,920 where you start in the pub or near the pub in OK the town I've 112 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:02,280 now forgotten and you have to lay track or dig out to lay 113 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:04,400 track so you clear that. Works. 114 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,040 Put the track down, then you build stations. 115 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,720 You've got nice set of worker placements at scale. 116 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:14,120 So like you put cards out for two player or three player or 117 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:17,840 four player. One of my favorite mechanics is 118 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:22,680 that he has his weather system. So as this contract deck comes 119 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:26,120 out, there's the blue disk for for rain or yellow disk for sun, 120 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,160 or grey for fog. And depending on the weather, 121 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:32,720 workspaces either get covered because you can't dig, because 122 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,120 it's dangerous to dig in in the fog, right? 123 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:41,320 Or if it's raining you, the ground becomes too squelchy and 124 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,200 you can't lay as much track. So you kind of got this dynamic 125 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,800 of uncontrollable weather, just like the British weather we all 126 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:47,440 know how. Bad or. 127 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,160 Great, that is. And when the sun comes out, the 128 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,840 ground dries, bam bam. You can put two or three tracks 129 00:06:52,840 --> 00:06:56,280 out at a time. So it is a fantastic worker 130 00:06:56,280 --> 00:06:57,800 placement. It will always be in my 131 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,600 collection. I have two copies for that 132 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:03,880 reason. The master set is a big old box 133 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:09,720 that has got, I'm going to say I just have like 50 cards in it. 134 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:13,320 So Tony, I think this one does it now, but he releases like 135 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:16,000 this little train cards. Interesting. 136 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:21,240 And it's it's about to get an expansion of more content. 137 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,200 Yeah, which I have had a chance to play to one of them. 138 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:27,920 It's a bit, it's a bit more global set of maps, but yeah, 139 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:30,440 check it out. Snowdonia if you can find a 140 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:32,880 copy. I need to this sounds great you. 141 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:34,320 Need if you like worker placement. 142 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:37,160 I love worker placement. It's great entry. 143 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,080 So the amount of people who've come over is not really games, 144 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,400 but it's just easy. Do this place of this, gather 145 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:48,200 some resources, convert it to track, build track, buy a train. 146 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:52,560 Speak Welsh. Speak Welsh. 147 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:55,840 Yeah, no, I haven't got. I'm not going to try. 148 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:58,560 Even though my name is Wow, which is a Welsh name. 149 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:02,120 It is. So that is my, that is my 150 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,600 starter. That's your. 1st I would not get 151 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,440 rid of and the the full game geek tag is brave the elements 152 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:11,640 as you build your railway up the peak. 153 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:15,760 Beautiful. That's good. 154 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:17,880 That's really good. And. 155 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:21,960 It's it's rated 1010 on my phone so I'm giving that a 10. 156 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:24,800 Wow. Snowdonia guys. 157 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:27,760 Donia. Find a copy if you can. 158 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:30,080 Wow, OK, I'm. Sure that yeah, I can't remember 159 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,679 the master said available but. That sounds really good. 160 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:37,520 I'm sure expansions could make extra, which means check it. 161 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:38,200 Out. I like it. 162 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,679 I'm gonna have to do that. What did you go for? 163 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:44,720 So so I've got 3 here and I'm just going to do them in 164 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:47,160 chronological order, but I think I'm going to do them in a in 165 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:50,360 reverse chronological order for for reasons. 166 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,160 I want to start with the Scarlet Pimpernel. 167 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:58,120 This is by Brian Kelly and the artwork is done by Ian O'Toole. 168 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:00,200 So, you know, the game looks beautiful. 169 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,240 I've not. Heard this game? 170 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:05,000 Yeah, this is amazing game right here. 171 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:09,040 This is gorgeous. It is by Eagle Griffin Games. 172 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:11,240 So it's what it's designed really well. 173 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:15,400 So it is right, Right. So the Scarlet Pimpernel was one 174 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:18,600 of your countrymen who was going into France to rescue the 175 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:23,480 aristocrats from being murdered or executed by the rebellious 176 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,560 people. What is this, 17, late 1700s, 177 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:31,280 right? So it's really, really 178 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:36,600 interesting and my wife is really huge fan of all the 179 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:39,640 literature, the history of the time period. 180 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:46,640 There's so many cinematic and TV renditions of the Scarlet 181 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:49,120 Pimpernel. She has it all. 182 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:50,920 So when I met her Scarlet Pimpernel. 183 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:56,120 So when I saw that this game came out, I bought it, but I 184 00:09:56,120 --> 00:10:00,920 bought it through Game Steward. It was the first purchase I ever 185 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,960 purchased through Game Steward. I did not understand what Game 186 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:05,960 Steward was when I made the purchase. 187 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,080 So I bought it for her as a Christmas gift. 188 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:13,080 And then I realized, oh, they're going to send me a they're 189 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:17,080 selling me a copy of a Kickstarter they backed. 190 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:19,160 I didn't understand how their industry. 191 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:20,800 Works, Yeah. Basically they are buying the 192 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:23,280 games that you forgot you forgot to back right? 193 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:27,600 And this was money. This was early on where Katie 194 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:32,120 and I were just kind of getting aware of crowdfunding and all 195 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:33,840 that. And so I bought it thinking, 196 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,920 cool, give it to her for Christmas, but it didn't arrive 197 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:40,280 at Christmas. So I got like a red envelope 198 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:45,000 with a scarlet and I and so I I put the receipt saying that I 199 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,280 purchased the copy in it and I put that I. 200 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:49,920 Have got. You, I put that in her stocking 201 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:54,960 and she said she would never sell this game because of, as a 202 00:10:54,960 --> 00:11:00,000 gift that I gave to her. I think it was our, I want to 203 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:05,360 say it was our first Christmas in our home and that was 204 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:08,920 memorable, you know, So the first board game, first 205 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:13,360 Christmas gift I got for her in our house, you know, plus it's a 206 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:14,800 scarlet Pimpinel, which she loves. 207 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:18,240 That's it, yeah. So it's a cooperative, semi 208 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:21,120 cooperative game. You're basically moving between 209 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:25,240 England and France and Belgium and you're trying to 210 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:29,160 collectively meet all of these goals as a scholar criminal is 211 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:33,360 rescuing French nobles, right? And then eventually. 212 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:37,080 What's what's the mechanics is? It so it is a little bit of work 213 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:38,760 replacement. There's set collection. 214 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:41,960 Yeah. And there's there's the tiniest 215 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,280 hint of asymmetry. If you collect the right amount 216 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:49,800 of sets of of resources, you get like an ally who joins you and 217 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:55,640 gives you an asymmetrical power to help you in your rescuing of 218 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,320 French nobles. But we're all have to contribute 219 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:00,480 collectively. But at the end of the game there 220 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,160 will only be 1 winner. So it's that, right? 221 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:07,640 So one of us helped out more than the than the rest, right? 222 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:10,360 So we're all Englishmen trying to help the Scarlet Pampanel 223 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:14,640 rescue the French. It's a beautiful game, beautiful 224 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:15,960 wooden pieces. Of course I do have the 225 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:18,280 signature collection, so I can't You went. 226 00:12:18,560 --> 00:12:21,680 You went yeah, right game. I didn't, yeah. 227 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:23,920 Again, I didn't know, but yeah, so it's. 228 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:25,560 It is pretty. Yeah, it's pretty. 229 00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:27,880 Yeah, it is a beautiful game. I highly recommend. 230 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,480 If you can find a copy you should get it. 231 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:34,200 It's worth it. It's a fun cooperative game is. 232 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:39,320 Is it really got a guillotine? What it does a little wooden 1 233 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:41,920 little wooden one. It doesn't do anything but. 234 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:43,720 I think, I think obsession is a guillotine. 235 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:46,840 Little peoples look like obsession a little bit, a 236 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,360 little. Bit, but they're taller than the 237 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:50,840 obsession. OK, Yeah. 238 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,880 They're taller, but it's beautiful and so check it out. 239 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:58,440 That's the Scarlet Pimpernel by Eagle Griffin games. 240 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:00,080 I mean, you know, tools aren't work. 241 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:02,200 You can't go wrong. You can't go wrong. 242 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:03,440 Yeah. Can I, Skull? 243 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:07,800 It's if you're listening. There's a guillotine slap. 244 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,680 It's like the shadow, the shadow of the Pimpernel. 245 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:14,480 Punishment. Yes. 246 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:16,480 So that's. My. 1st. 247 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:18,840 Of three, I saved that. That's a good choice I like. 248 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:20,720 That's a good story behind it. Yep. 249 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:25,760 My number 2 is again, interestingly, it's the same 250 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:29,000 year as release of Snowdonia. It's also 2012. 251 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:32,320 OK. I did not know that until I 252 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:34,440 checked. This isn't again well 253 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:36,920 replacement. This is zulking the Mayan 254 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:38,640 calendar. Yeah. 255 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:40,320 Which, yeah. I wonder whether that is just, 256 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,480 is it just, it's why are they here? 257 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:44,840 Because they were the first few games we got into. 258 00:13:45,680 --> 00:13:47,160 We've also played this game every year. 259 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:50,400 So all those games have been played every year since we've 260 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:52,800 well, we've since we've been playing modern ball games. 261 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:55,240 So I think most people will probably have heard of Zolkin. 262 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:58,680 But if you haven't and you're new, it's the hobby again. 263 00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:04,040 It's medium, medium, heavy, 3.6, kind of middle of the road, 264 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:09,600 plays two to four players. And if you've seen any 265 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:14,880 photographs of Zulkin, it has five cogs on the board that when 266 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,800 you put your worker on, you end up rotating. 267 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:22,280 So your workers go off and hang around on the cogs and either 268 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:23,800 you take them off or you put them on. 269 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:27,720 And that's half the half. The challenge is do I leave them 270 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:29,760 for another round? But you have to pick up or put 271 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:33,320 on if they're all on the cogs, they've got to come home. 272 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,280 So, OK, some of the some of the have you played it? 273 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,760 No, I haven't. You need to come back over here, 274 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:42,440 we've got games to play. Why don't you bring them over 275 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:45,480 here and teach us? This is a this is a this is 276 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:46,720 unbelievable. Yeah. 277 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:48,920 So you put your workers on and you're either gathering food or 278 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:51,760 fish or woods like the resource one where you're gathering gold. 279 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:56,960 But ultimately you're trying to build go round the dolkin, the 280 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:03,000 might Chitznitsa big cog worship at the temples. 281 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:07,240 It's yeah, it's just so lovely. Again, I guess these are all 282 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,520 medium weight games. I'm not so much into the light 283 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:14,480 games right. So but Zulking is there. 284 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:22,400 We have now painted my copy. So I dabbled with my speed 285 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:25,080 paints and. So did you do a wash on the 286 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:26,160 cogs? Or did a wash. 287 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:29,280 Yeah, I did a wash. And then I also went on to Etsy 288 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:33,880 and bought some 3D printed temples because each clock has a 289 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:35,680 different temple. OK. 290 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:39,520 Which look, look really smart. So yeah, I don't think I've 291 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:41,680 upgraded everything. There's a few things you can get 292 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:44,880 that makes it a little bit more beautiful, but it's just nice on 293 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,480 the table and very, very good design. 294 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,760 Cool. So again, I think it might be a 295 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:52,560 print. I think it. 296 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:54,600 I think so. I think so. 297 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,320 I've heard you talk about it. Phone though. 298 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:01,680 I've definitely turned to talk about it a lot, so I'd. 299 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:05,520 Definitely recommend. No, it's not crazy price on 300 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:07,600 that. But yeah, if you're interested 301 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:10,520 in again, work placements look right on the table and I've got 302 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:14,440 great calendar behind it. Check out Zulking the Mayan 303 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:17,560 Calendar. So easy one. 304 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:23,280 I did a poll on Instagram and should we read a few of them? 305 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:26,720 Yeah, when you break that up, these games, would we agree with 306 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:31,200 these games? Right, So what I did for those 307 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:34,520 of you who follow us on Instagram, I posted a poll and 308 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:37,360 then I reposted it today because I was trying to get more. 309 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:39,520 I was getting a little aggressive today sending it out 310 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:42,000 to people specifically going, hey, what game? 311 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,560 And I had some, I had some interesting, I had some 312 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:46,680 interesting conversations with people going, this is a hard 313 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:48,120 question. I'm like, I know. 314 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:52,560 So here's some people who did respond, and I guess we'll start 315 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,840 with at Wingspan Girl, our beautiful friend Goja. 316 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:59,800 Yep, she said. Believe it or not, obsession, 317 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:02,160 Wingspan obsession. So. 318 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:04,319 Obsession I think was on your list. 319 00:17:04,319 --> 00:17:07,200 Out of mine Potential. Yep. 320 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:09,160 But. I. 321 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:10,880 Think she's got a nice story behind that I guess. 322 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,119 She does. She does have a good story and 323 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:15,599 it's connected to us so. Yeah. 324 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:19,240 So that's that's good choice and. 325 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:21,520 I would. Give her the thumbs up that it 326 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:22,920 would also stay in my collection. 327 00:17:23,319 --> 00:17:26,440 Thumbs up stays in my. Collection I hope, because did 328 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:30,120 you have you had your coins and? Not yet. 329 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:32,240 Characters. Because mine arrived. 330 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:34,480 You saw that on Friday. I saw that, yeah. 331 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:37,000 The Queen the coins are lovely. Are they? 332 00:17:37,120 --> 00:17:40,640 They get thumbs up and I've opened the box and went they're 333 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:43,800 pretty cool, but I hope Gozier gets her her pack because I 334 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:45,680 think it was due anytime soon. She was so. 335 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:50,800 Back a year ago when Dan was on the show and talking about it 336 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:54,480 the character's expansion, he said he would rather you 337 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:59,000 purchase it from the local retail shop then backing it on 338 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,960 Kickstarter. I'm like, OK, so I'm just 339 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:03,560 waiting for it to arrive at Titan. 340 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:06,440 Game to your local shop. I'm waiting for my local shop. 341 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:11,280 That's what the boss said so. Yeah, you might be. 342 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:12,840 Yeah, it, it will be with you soon. 343 00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:14,240 So it will be with you. Soon. 344 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,880 OK, that's a good choice. So our friend Shelley, who lives 345 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:23,520 just north of me in the state of Michigan at at Michiana Board 346 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:28,680 Gamery, she said Anachrony, which is just behind you. 347 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,600 Yep. Would you keep Anachrony in your 348 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:35,440 collection? Yeah. 349 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:39,840 Yeah, when, when the games are in here, she's like, this is my 350 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:42,440 office, I forget. So I'm looking for games to 351 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:44,680 play. I've actually taken a photograph 352 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:48,840 of this and it's stuck to the side of the calyx downstairs so 353 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:52,120 that I, I can't remember, but I still forget. 354 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:53,600 It's a great game. Yeah. 355 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:55,960 So much content, loads of content. 356 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:59,960 I've not played half of it. I don't own it. 357 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,520 Have you played? I have played it. 358 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:05,960 I have played it and I was not. Katie and I were not impressed. 359 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:08,800 Two player, three players. What have you played it We. 360 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:12,400 Played it three players OK. Let's pick that twos a bit. 361 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:15,800 It was fine, but it just felt like it, I don't know, it felt 362 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:17,440 like there was a little too much going on. 363 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:19,400 I don't know what it was. And again, it's been a few 364 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:23,200 years, but yeah, yeah. So I don't know. 365 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:24,440 It's good choice. Sound. 366 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:25,800 Sound choice, though. Yeah, good choice. 367 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:33,560 And the third one from at bored all the time, said 5 tribes. 368 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:37,560 Oh, that's gone on my call list a while ago. 369 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:40,960 It went on my call. It's the wrong to go to. 370 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:45,480 What what see, see that? When's that go? 371 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:47,480 It's only gone recently. I was going to say in the last 372 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:49,640 18 months probably, but it wasn't. 373 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:53,640 It was on and off since. But I think we've got other 374 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,520 games similar which I can't, we said at the time, but. 375 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:01,640 It was it's it's a good game. It is No, it is a fantastic 376 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:03,280 game. So Katie and I really enjoyed 377 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:04,960 it. Then we introduced to some 378 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:08,560 friends who were like, we don't like this. 379 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:12,960 So it's like, well, we're never going to it's never going to get 380 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:15,640 played. And we didn't love it. 381 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:19,960 We just liked it. So it yeah, that was a few years 382 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:24,920 ago, but thank you for the. For participating and saying 383 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:28,040 that 5 Tribes will stay in your collection, I respect that. 384 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:30,320 It's a good game. It's a really good game. 385 00:20:31,120 --> 00:20:34,120 Lot of wooden maples. Lot of wooden maples in that 386 00:20:34,120 --> 00:20:34,840 game. Camels. 387 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:36,800 Yep. Palm trees. 388 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,400 Yep. So should I talk about my number 389 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:41,440 two? My second game. 390 00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:43,600 Yes. OK. 391 00:20:44,120 --> 00:20:46,560 What have you. Got so it is. 392 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:52,920 It was the first game that I introduced Katie to, the no 393 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:57,800 longer live television program on YouTube called Tabletop that 394 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:00,000 was originally hosted by Will Wheaton. 395 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:04,160 I was consuming that show like crazy when we first moved here 396 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:07,320 to Illinois. And I was like, OK, you've got 397 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:10,160 to watch this. And at first she was reticent. 398 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:12,120 She was like, I'm not going to watch a show about people 399 00:21:12,120 --> 00:21:14,480 playing board games like that. Just seems silly. 400 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:18,080 So we watched the episode about this game and they were playing 401 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:21,560 and she was like this is amazing and we need the game. 402 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:27,400 And that game was Alhambra. No, no, no, it was Alhambra by 403 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,640 Dirk Hen. Which I also have behind. 404 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,480 You do you have the big box. I have it right here. 405 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:35,920 Yep, just the original. But you know, I do want to show 406 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:40,080 you one thing about this game. So it was the first game that 407 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:44,000 Katie and I ever upgraded. Now my big box is not upgraded. 408 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:44,520 So what? OK. 409 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:47,400 Now mind. You, I mean treats, what have 410 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,680 you upgraded? So we upgraded two things and we 411 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:55,360 didn't know anything about that was deluxe editions and all that 412 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,360 stuff. So the first thing is, is the 413 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:03,240 this is the bag that my wife made for the tiles. 414 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:07,960 That's nice and personal. She then made a second bag. 415 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:12,760 It's a much smaller bag, and what's inside is the real 416 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:14,480 kicker. Now, for those of you who have 417 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:18,160 played and you can't see what I'm holding up, if you played 418 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:21,800 Alhambra, you know that there's a little center tile with a 419 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:25,800 fountain. Well, we decided that that was 420 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,280 not good enough, so it's. Just a square. 421 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:29,960 It's like a carpeting size style. 422 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:34,560 So we went to a craft store, a local craft store, and we 423 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:38,680 decided to make our own. Nice were. 424 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:42,400 They 3 printed or they what they? 425 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:45,760 Made No, this is wood. These are wood pieces and we 426 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:49,640 just painted them with with base coats of each color. 427 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:54,280 So yeah, now you. That was our first upgrade, so 428 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:56,640 you could see why we're not going to call this game. 429 00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:59,760 The bags alone, particularly Katie's, made them. 430 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:02,520 She made them and. Solid game. 431 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:06,320 It is a solid game, the only problem is that Ghost's third 432 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,000 player really annoys us when you. 433 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:11,120 When you is it Dirk? It is Dirk, Dirk. 434 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:12,400 Dirk. Nowhere that came. 435 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,640 Dirk Yeah, yeah. We don't like third. 436 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:16,920 We don't like the third. Yeah. 437 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:18,400 It's a bit, it's a bit of a pain. 438 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:20,160 It's definitely better with more players. 439 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:22,960 Just so you haven't got Dirk, Yes, She's not massive. 440 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,800 It's not a massive admin, it's a little bit. 441 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:28,880 It's a little bit, it's a little bit so. 442 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:30,920 But yeah, so that's all. Hum rub. 443 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:33,360 So. Yeah, great choice, I think. 444 00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:35,560 Stay in our collection. We've talked similarly. 445 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:37,800 It's been here and it's a big box. 446 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,280 You thinking there's a lot of content. 447 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:43,360 I think you open up, we open the, we play the basic game 448 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:45,480 because we can't remember like how to play. 449 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,160 I've been staring at it over your shoulder for the past 10 450 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:52,920 minutes as we've been recording because I'm like, I want to play 451 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:54,640 that. I think there's more, isn't 452 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:55,880 there? Because I think there's like 453 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:58,200 Glasgow Live Modules 16, I'm going to say. 454 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,920 And then I think there's 789. I think there's a big, big box, 455 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:04,400 the revised version, I'm sure because there. 456 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:07,640 Is there's a revised Yes, you're absolutely right. 457 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:09,160 And then the version I've got is old. 458 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:16,480 Also, Durkan got the 2003 Spiel Liara, yeah, for Alhambra. 459 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:20,760 So yeah, it's got a it won a lot of awards. 460 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:25,440 These days I'd say it's it's tile placement and you're 461 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,480 looking to the longest wall, I guess the longest. 462 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:29,440 Track Yeah, the longest wall of the scene. 463 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:31,000 Some of the. Mechanics from other games, 464 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,720 yeah. But it's it's, it's beautiful 465 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,400 and I love tile placement, you know, that's my favorite, so. 466 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:41,200 Yeah, definitely check it out. I mean, that's a good Christmas 467 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,520 family game. It is. 468 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:44,360 It's. Something. 469 00:24:44,360 --> 00:24:46,240 Yeah, if you listen to us at Christmas. 470 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:48,440 If you are. Alhambra. 471 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:50,200 Alhambra. Alhambra. 472 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,600 By Queen Games, a beautiful company that makes amazing, 473 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:57,720 amazing games. So so how about you? 474 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:00,120 What's next do? You. 475 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:02,120 Want to do it? If you've got any more I do you 476 00:25:02,120 --> 00:25:03,480 want to You want to go? I've got some more. 477 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:09,960 So our next Instagram follower who contributed to the poll 478 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:16,400 failed to follow directions. The question was what one game 479 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:19,440 will you never call? Now I understand this is a 480 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:22,320 difficult question and we have a lot of emotions attached. 481 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:24,800 You and I are talking about all these emotions, but this 482 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:28,720 individual gave us 3. OK, that's OK. 483 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,360 Yeah, it is OK they. They they heard the show brief. 484 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:32,800 They just got the show brief, not the. 485 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:34,320 Instagram. That's right. 486 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:37,720 There you go. This is from at Bearwin Plays 487 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:39,040 Games. OK. 488 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:47,800 And he said, Tapestry by Stone Meyer that you're wearing right 489 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:48,680 now on your hoodie. Oh. 490 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,360 Yeah, that's some brands. Tapestry's a good one. 491 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:55,120 I think I'm gonna. I'll keep Tapestry in my 492 00:25:55,120 --> 00:25:57,200 collection. No, that's. 493 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,440 AI have I have did. You call it. 494 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:04,600 Recently to get into games. Craig's got my copy now, it just 495 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,920 wasn't in the table. And I love sieve games. 496 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,920 I know you do. Just it just isn't enough of a 497 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,680 sieve game to stay. So. 498 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:17,120 Always enjoyed playing it so again it's it's it was sure I 499 00:26:17,120 --> 00:26:20,440 had all of the content and a folded space and the expansions. 500 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:23,120 So we definitely vested it, but just before I get in the place 501 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,560 we. It hits the table every year at 502 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:28,960 least three times. You've you've got a story behind 503 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:29,520 yours. Whatever. 504 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:34,680 I do, I do, I do as well. I guess I probably should have 505 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:37,600 included in my 3, but yeah, we're not going to talk about 506 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,400 that story because it's it's. It's a yeah, but so yeah. 507 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:42,320 You'll have to go back and listen. 508 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:46,160 I tell the story about Tapestry, but let's see also Windmill 509 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:48,360 Valley. You. 510 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:49,840 Recently you recently played that. 511 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:51,280 Yeah, I love it. Great game. 512 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:54,360 Yeah. Great game and then Concordia. 513 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:57,720 Still in my section. Very good. 514 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,240 Still in my collection it wasn't. 515 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,160 Sold. It wouldn't get sold instead. 516 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:06,320 We we love that game so much and we played a lot of two players 517 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,960 that we bought. We bought a map. 518 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,840 Yeah, just just a. There's a small amount. 519 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,560 It's like the island of Crete I. Think it's, isn't it? 520 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:20,080 It's Crete and it's perfect for two player and so that's what we 521 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:21,880 do because Concordia is a good game. 522 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:23,640 That's a yeah, it's a good game. That's a solid game. 523 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:25,680 It's a lot of hatred for the for the boxer. 524 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:27,240 It does. There's. 525 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,680 A lot of anger for the boxer. You know what the? 526 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:32,400 The quality of the games, really. 527 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,960 I tell you, what I don't like is the size of the box, the art. 528 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:38,080 Box. Well, I've got that box and then 529 00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:40,200 we because we've got all the I think we've got most the maps. 530 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,840 Yep, we have both boxes, one box like the salsa boxes, got all 531 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:45,080 the maps. We've got the. 532 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:48,520 Salsa. Yeah, we got the folded space 533 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:50,440 insert to keep everything organized. 534 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:53,760 So no, you got to get. That's a good choice. 535 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,240 Yeah, you. Should you should reach out to 536 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,160 Richard and Liz with folded space and see if they'll send it 537 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,440 to you? Yeah, it definitely helps 538 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:02,760 because there's a lot of stuff in that box. 539 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:06,320 There's a lot of stuff, a lot of resources, and then at Fritz 540 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:12,680 Paul, he said Above and below, above and below, which I have 541 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:17,920 never played, I've never played. I that went in the last round as 542 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:19,520 well. Oh, it did. 543 00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:24,480 And it also somebody got very lucky because it had the spiral 544 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:28,120 bound forest. They did a Kickstarter for 545 00:28:28,120 --> 00:28:29,960 another set of stories. Oh, they did. 546 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,760 Which they did so that. They did, and that went. 547 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:35,560 To an. Instagrammer. 548 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:39,560 Who have now? But somebody who we know go back 549 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:41,000 to the minute. Good. 550 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,920 So that went to a good home. Yeah. 551 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:44,680 Yeah. Good job. 552 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:49,720 And then, and then at Dana Hayward, she said. 553 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:53,160 Cancel's a burgundy. That's on my list. 554 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:56,120 It would have appeared, Carrie, both, both eyes said. 555 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,240 We play that so much, particularly since we've had the 556 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:02,960 deluxe version. But again, it's been with us 557 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:05,800 forever and you are like a double. 558 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:09,000 Yeah, yeah. We got rid of it. 559 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:11,600 Yeah, I. Made you've made a mistake. 560 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,440 It is a game. It is a game that I love to hate 561 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:17,120 and I love talking health. I love to share it with you 562 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:19,720 because it's like it's one that where we don't agree at all. 563 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:21,840 I don't understand that. Game, you're just wrong. 564 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:23,840 You're just wrong. You know, Nope. 565 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:25,000 And who was it? Dana. 566 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:26,360 Dana. Dana. 567 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:28,960 Dana, Dana Hayward. Dana Hayward. 568 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:31,200 She's she's right. Well, there you go. 569 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:33,320 That's correct, Dana, you are correct. 570 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:35,920 You are. OK. 571 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,920 So I do my thirds. You should do your third. 572 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:41,600 So. This is a good one I was going 573 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:42,520 through. Yeah. 574 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:47,400 So this is this is. We are about to We are about to 575 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:50,880 enter the two player game phase of this episode. 576 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:52,720 Oh OK, this is 2 player. This is target. 577 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:55,240 It's two player reason. Anyone who can see the screen 578 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,840 will see that the box is in German and there's a story 579 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:03,640 behind that. Now if you do go on Board game 580 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:08,080 Geek and you are aware that they do a Secret Santa every year. 581 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:12,960 It's currently in flight and I'm currently chatting to my Santa 582 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:17,720 and my Target and it turns out my current my Santa who's 583 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:20,480 sending me a gift follows me on Instagram and I follow them. 584 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:22,800 I haven't. I don't know who it is, but that 585 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,000 was exciting in its own right. Cool. 586 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:30,680 So those Santa's arranged stuff anyway, I don't know when Targy 587 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,960 was given to me by Secret Santa, but it it's got to be five years 588 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:36,880 plus certainly since I've been living here just 10 years. 589 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:41,760 But this Secret Santa went. So sometimes you got you got to 590 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:45,880 send a gift for 5050 dollars and that's, that's what you've got 591 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:49,280 to do. But Santa's like to go above and 592 00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:52,040 I think I've only had so it's my 10th or 12th year. 593 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:56,120 One year I didn't, I didn't get Santa didn't send me a gift. 594 00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:59,840 But then, but then their standing Santa's usually deliver 595 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:01,720 above and beyond. But OK. 596 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:06,240 But this answer wrote me a letter which I thought I'd read 597 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,360 because it's quite it's quite good for this time of the year. 598 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,120 I have been wanting to, I've been wanting you to read this 599 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:15,240 for a while, yeah. It's 3 pages, it's big text. 600 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:18,720 I can't remember who my Santa was. 601 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:21,560 They did tell me at one point about a year afterwards, but it 602 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,280 was just in conversation. I'm never going to find that 603 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:25,320 message again, but it's better be in secret. 604 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:29,960 So they sent me quite a few things, so Targy is one of them. 605 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,600 But when I get to reading out the bit about why they chose 606 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,120 Targy, you'll see why it's in my collection. 607 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,840 But anyway, Merry Christmas, Gareth, it starts with hope 608 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:40,920 you're having a wonderful holiday with the family. 609 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,320 It's been a lot of fun being your Secret Santa. 610 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:46,720 I really had to think before I decided which games to get you. 611 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:52,120 That is because I believed or I believe a hobby to our hobby to 612 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:57,520 be more than just fun and play. I believe that it learns that 613 00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:00,120 this person's Bowie is not is not native English. 614 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:03,440 I think it's Scandinavia. I believe that it learns 615 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,200 something more valuable. I thought I would share my 616 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:09,600 readings with you. So the first game they sent me, 617 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:13,080 these were separate packages, was the Great Western Trail. 618 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:16,080 Wow. Right, that's where we started, 619 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:18,520 right, A game to play with friends. 620 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:21,760 So this so that was given so I could play that with my friends. 621 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:24,600 I got this game that Essen immediately fell in love with 622 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:26,480 it. So it was an easy pick for a 623 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:29,720 good game for gamers with interaction but not that mean 624 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:32,920 conflict type of interaction. I feel like it is more a race to 625 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:36,120 get things one needs. Getting the good spots with your 626 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,480 building, hire your workers at a good price. 627 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:41,400 Getting the station master tiles and cows before the other 628 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,400 players is crucial and creates a good non destructive 629 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:47,200 interaction. It can be a bit long if you 630 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,120 don't have a clear plan but with a few plays that should fix 631 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:52,320 that. Also I have high hopes for the 632 00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:55,080 variability with random start buildings placement and two 633 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:57,840 sided personal buildings so that's why. 634 00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:00,760 Cool. We were sent Great Western 635 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:06,200 trail. OK. #2 Cottage garden wow, these 636 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:08,080 aren't these aren't cheap games this. 637 00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:08,920 Is no. This is a. 638 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:12,480 Good Santa, a game to play with your children. 639 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:15,320 So my kids would have been maybe 5-6 years younger. 640 00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:17,600 OK. Most educational games are 641 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:21,680 really boring to say the least. The cottage garden has a lot of 642 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:25,520 mechanism mechanisms that taps into a higher cognitive skills 643 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,320 and thus is very educational without putting you to sleep. 644 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:31,800 I love this. For one, the spatial element is 645 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:35,240 the heart of the game and on the skills that most kids nowadays 646 00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:38,480 don't learn. Sure they learn it on iPads, but 647 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,600 that is missing the tactile feel and fine motor skills that tile 648 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:45,000 handling gives. Also the four scoring tracks and 649 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:48,960 the spots you cover that shouldn't teaches us to pace 650 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:52,480 ourselves and not rush into options that gives us the most 651 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:57,360 payout but the best long term reward and balance in our score. 652 00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:00,080 Essential life skills for all of us in my opinion. 653 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:04,480 Is this a great lab? That is so good and well said. 654 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:07,120 Here we go. It's pretty good, really good 655 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:08,199 choice. Like why? 656 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:11,040 It's not just like, here's my you're just supposed to choose 657 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:13,960 games off your wish list. Piercing games, ticketing. 658 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:18,639 It's so, so much caring for, so targy targy game to play with 659 00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:21,000 your wife. Target is a brilliant game. 660 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:24,199 The balance between getting the right resources and building 661 00:34:24,199 --> 00:34:26,760 your tribe is so fun. Like if you haven't played 662 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:30,040 Target, you've got two players like get this game. 663 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:32,480 So I'm saying that it's not the letter. 664 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:35,159 Right. And the worker placement and the 665 00:34:35,159 --> 00:34:37,360 intersection mechanism is just awesome. 666 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:41,080 It's not very confrontational, but you are forced to stand in 667 00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:44,000 other person's way. Yes, I think half the game is 668 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:47,000 always having two options so that you can't be blocked. 669 00:34:47,679 --> 00:34:50,679 Such a fine game. It just begs for an expansion. 670 00:34:51,679 --> 00:34:56,520 So this is before Cosmos printed the English version, but Cosmos 671 00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:59,840 decided that it's not worth it to translate the expansion into 672 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:01,440 English. I mean, it is now that it 673 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:02,280 wasn't. There, right? 674 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,280 Despair not, I have done it for you. 675 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:09,440 In this box you will find a set of sleeves for Targi, a set of 676 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,840 sleeves for the expansion. All the expansion sleeves have 677 00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:16,440 two pieces of paper inside them, one for the German text that is 678 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:20,280 making it easy to find the right cards and to be taken out once I 679 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:23,240 found them to insert the English translation. 680 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:26,640 Ensure it's a pay start. I'm sure you are familiar with 681 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:28,640 those. So I intend to have the 682 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:31,800 expansion shipped to me. So I intended to but do the 683 00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:34,000 whole thing for you. But it's just not easy to get 684 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:37,040 things where he lived. And often retailers don't have 685 00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:38,720 the option for shipping to my country. 686 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:41,680 So fortunately you're going to have to place the cards in the 687 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:46,320 sleeves yourselves. So, So in the box was he just 688 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:49,040 sent that all the sleeves and the German words? 689 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:51,520 I had to find the German words on the German on the German 690 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:55,120 printed cards, sleeve it, take out the words and then put in 691 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,560 the English translation. Which is why I can't get rid of 692 00:35:57,560 --> 00:35:59,600 this game because. No, you can't, thought. 693 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:02,520 And the letter and it is a grade two player game. 694 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:04,960 Wow. That's why that game will never 695 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:07,520 be sold. Let me hear the last. 696 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:10,360 There is some more, no final words. 697 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:13,440 Final words. So what is this mysterious 698 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:16,920 message I want to convey? In short, cherish your friends, 699 00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:20,200 family and partner. Christmas is increasingly about 700 00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:22,920 buying and receiving, but it should be about the people we 701 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:25,840 choose to share it with. That is why I've chosen games 702 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:29,440 that are non confrontational. So play Great Western Trail and 703 00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:32,520 get lost in it through with your friends. 704 00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,400 Play Cottage Garden and marvel at its development. 705 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:39,280 Yeah, I bet you can't. You can remember when you 706 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:43,760 couldn't even say point salad and play Targi with Carrie while 707 00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:45,920 you love her with all your heart. 708 00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:49,480 After all, she's the one person you truly have chosen and vowed 709 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:53,000 to devote yourself to. This is what games are to me. 710 00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:55,720 A way to bring the ones we love close to us. 711 00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:59,800 A way to facilitate interaction between us that is about a 712 00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:03,760 shared experience we create together and a way to spend time 713 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:07,320 with each other bereft of all the peer pressure, expectations 714 00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:13,840 and thoughts about who all the should haves in life enjoy. 715 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:16,400 Isn't that beautiful? It's beautiful. 716 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:17,880 I've got your tears. Look at that. 717 00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:21,320 I don't know how you can read that without you. 718 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:23,200 You kept straight face. Wow, there's. 719 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:27,320 There is more. Got one paragraph to go and then 720 00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:29,800 there's a there's a bonus game. So there's a game called 721 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,720 Terrible Monsters, which I think is just down here. 722 00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:35,600 It's a small box, a game to discover with your wife. 723 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:38,040 I saw this on Kickstarter and made my own print and plate 724 00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:40,320 copy. It was surprisingly quick to do 725 00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:42,440 so, just 16 cards in a few cheers. 726 00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:45,600 But in those cards is always the answer to your opponent's 727 00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:49,480 attack, so you anticipate what will be played against you, and 728 00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:51,000 then you have to have the answer ready. 729 00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,080 I backed it on Kickstarter, and by mistake I've got an extra 730 00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:57,000 copy, so I'm gifting it to you to drive home the point of hang. 731 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,440 Brought to one part of this. Hope you don't find me 732 00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:01,680 presumptuous. And there's a picture of the 733 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:04,160 elephant. Elephantus. 734 00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:05,720 Christmas kite. Kiss kiss. 735 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:09,320 Oh nice. I mean, I mean, there you go. 736 00:38:09,720 --> 00:38:11,280 And that letter sits inside the box. 737 00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:13,600 Yeah. And will never be sold. 738 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:16,680 That is. That is what a ball game geek 739 00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:19,960 Secret Santa should be. Should be, yeah. 740 00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:24,480 That's lovely. That's why Targhee is in my 741 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:26,480 collection. Wow, isn't that beautiful. 742 00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:28,880 It is so beautiful that I think I'm done. 743 00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:31,240 I don't. I hope you're what's your third 744 00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:33,880 game anyway. If you've got not got Targhee 745 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:35,520 you don't have the expansion to start with. 746 00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:40,600 It is 2 player cards around the board. 747 00:38:40,720 --> 00:38:43,280 You put your worker down and then they put the worker down 748 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,280 and then you intersect and then there's cards in the middle and 749 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:49,600 it's it's genius. Yeah, it is by. 750 00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:53,280 Target. It's very simple, yet it has a 751 00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:56,160 lot of immersive qualities. Yeah, it's fantastic game. 752 00:38:56,400 --> 00:39:00,200 And great. Yeah, Katie and I play it often. 753 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:01,520 That's. She's definitely in print 754 00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:03,240 because I saw it today in town when I was. 755 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:08,600 In that's that's amazing. So I told you, this is the two 756 00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:15,240 player segment of our game. So I I'm a last game from 1999. 757 00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:17,240 This is another German. Yeah. 758 00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:22,480 Wolfgang Ludka. He created this game. 759 00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:24,960 But why is this? Why is this game I'm about to 760 00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:28,200 show you so important? It it it's very much similar to 761 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:32,200 your Secret Santa's comments. So Katie and I met when we were 762 00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:42,160 in Graduate School in Arizona and we had been dating maybe 4-5 763 00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:44,960 months. We're not together for very 764 00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:50,440 long, so it was really early in our relationship and it was my 765 00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:54,400 birthday, which is in May. So, you know, we're getting 766 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:56,120 ready to get to the summer break. 767 00:39:56,120 --> 00:40:04,040 And so she bought me this game and it's. 768 00:40:04,240 --> 00:40:07,120 It's set in ancient Rome. So she was, she and I were both 769 00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:09,640 studying, she was studying classical studies, I was 770 00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:12,280 studying Roman history. So we had overlap in our 771 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:14,760 programs. So it's automatically perfect. 772 00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:19,920 This two player game, it's, it's amazing and I'll never let go of 773 00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:24,160 it because it's the first thing that my wife, when she was just 774 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:27,600 my girlfriend of five months, bought for me. 775 00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:32,960 It was also the 1st exclusively 2 player game that I had ever 776 00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:37,360 seen up until that time. I knew Catan, I knew Ticket to 777 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:41,440 Ride, I knew River Dragons. I didn't know two player games 778 00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:44,400 existed and that was Caesar and Cleopatra. 779 00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:47,960 Caesar and Cleopatra. Cosmos game. 780 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:50,760 That is, or it was. It's not. 781 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:52,960 Yeah, this is auto print. Is it? 782 00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:56,360 It's got to be out of print. This this is auto print. 783 00:40:56,360 --> 00:41:00,360 You're going to have a hard time finding this game, but it's it's 784 00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:02,000 similar. So what? 785 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:02,680 Yeah. What is it? 786 00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:07,280 It's similar to if you've played Lost Cities, another two player 787 00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:11,320 game where you have a collection, you have a hand of 788 00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:17,480 influence cards that are Egyptian, and I have a set of 789 00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:21,760 influence cards and they're Roman and they're numbered 1:00 790 00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:24,800 to 5:00. And then you have like AP, which 791 00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:28,520 is a philosopher, and you place the cards either face up or face 792 00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:32,560 down in front of you. And you're trying to influence 793 00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:39,200 the Roman officials, the quasters and the the senators 794 00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:43,480 and the censors and the different offices of politicians 795 00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:46,600 in Rome. And when there's eight, I think 796 00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:53,040 it's 8 cards, 8 cards combined, either on one side or both 797 00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:57,320 sides. Then you call for a vote and you 798 00:41:57,320 --> 00:42:01,120 flip it over and whoever has the most wins the influence card. 799 00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:05,200 And there's usually, there's usually three or five influence 800 00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:06,960 cards and you have a private objective. 801 00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:09,920 You're trying to get the most of one of the groups of 802 00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:11,280 politicians. Is there a border? 803 00:42:11,720 --> 00:42:12,360 Is it? Is it just? 804 00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:13,200 Cards. No, it's just cards. 805 00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:15,840 Is it cards game? It's just cards, strictly cards, 806 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:19,240 really lightweight. But yeah, I mean, like, you 807 00:42:19,240 --> 00:42:22,880 know, my wife bought this for me, you know? 808 00:42:23,240 --> 00:42:24,840 They're going to get sold. Is it? 809 00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:28,080 He had no idea where our relationship was going to go, 810 00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:30,720 right? We were under tremendous stress 811 00:42:30,720 --> 00:42:34,240 for studying in grad school and just knew we enjoyed each 812 00:42:34,240 --> 00:42:37,840 other's time and we enjoyed playing board games together. 813 00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:39,680 And so she bought that for my birthday. 814 00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:44,480 And yeah, I never looked back. I never looked back, Gareth. 815 00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:47,360 It was a theme. It was the theme, you know, said 816 00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:51,880 he loves his, loves his classic ancient history love and love 817 00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:53,320 games. Love board games and love 818 00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:57,880 spending time with her. And so here we are, married 15 819 00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:01,200 years later and a trip to England. 500 board games. 820 00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:04,200 I know you have, yeah. Right. 821 00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:07,320 So it's kind of crazy. So I totally get your Secret 822 00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:10,600 Santa when he's talking about the, the, the, the playing with 823 00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:12,560 your, your partner. I get that. 824 00:43:12,720 --> 00:43:17,960 That's that's huge. It's why I'm always on the 825 00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:21,080 lookout for the next two player game I loved. 826 00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:23,320 Even if I can collect them and we don't get to play all of 827 00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:25,240 them. Yeah. 828 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:27,080 So that's. Good choice. 829 00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:28,880 Yeah, those are excellent choices. 830 00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:30,800 I hope people have found that You you too. 831 00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:34,200 I mean, some are out of print, but yeah, you can always find 832 00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:36,120 them. Well, that's The thing is you 833 00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:40,040 and I are a little you know, we've been in this hobby for 834 00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:43,160 quite a while, so we've got some out of print games that have 835 00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:45,920 been with us for. But you can find them second 836 00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:49,000 hands or just come up whenever people sell things on, you know? 837 00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:52,120 Whenever they're making, whenever they're calling their 838 00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:55,680 collection. Count Yeah, always watch out as 839 00:43:55,720 --> 00:43:57,640 a game earlier I was like, you know, wait, what? 840 00:43:57,840 --> 00:44:00,240 Did any other any Before we wrap up? 841 00:44:00,240 --> 00:44:02,960 Have you got any more? We we do. 842 00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:07,040 We have a few more and I'll try not to take up too much time, 843 00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:13,080 but at Alice plays board games, she said she would never, she 844 00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:16,040 would never get rid of underwater cities. 845 00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:18,760 Did you? I've never played it so. 846 00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:22,600 I it's what it is there a game. So I go, I wish I've not got rid 847 00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:25,760 of that one. Yeah, there's not many, but that 848 00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:27,920 is one where I go. I've really enjoyed that game. 849 00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:29,840 Yeah. But I think I'd like the first 850 00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:32,960 print run, which in a newer version was better and I think I 851 00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:35,320 thought to myself I'll get to this and maybe buy it again, but 852 00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:38,000 I haven't. I remember seeing a lot of 853 00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:41,920 people talking about it on Instagram, but I've never played 854 00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:48,760 Underwater Cities so I don't have a vote at Scholars Mate 855 00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:52,360 games. I've never heard of this game. 856 00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:54,680 I don't know if I'm being punked. 857 00:44:54,760 --> 00:45:02,800 I have no idea at Scholars Mate games which which which is best. 858 00:45:03,520 --> 00:45:06,720 Which as in WH and then which as in? 859 00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:09,600 WIT. Which which? 860 00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:16,880 Is best and they did it in all caps so this is not a game I 861 00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:18,680 know. Which which is the bravest? 862 00:45:18,680 --> 00:45:19,760 But that's not the broom service. 863 00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:23,160 Which which is best? No idea. 864 00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:27,840 No idea, so I have no comment. I don't know. 865 00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:29,600 I don't know if that's a game or not a game. 866 00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:32,840 Speaking of comments, I failed at the beginning of the episode. 867 00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:34,280 I'm supposed to do this more often. 868 00:45:34,280 --> 00:45:36,280 I didn't. Please guys, make sure that you 869 00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:38,920 like and subscribe to our channel. 870 00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:41,000 Follow and put comments at the bottom. 871 00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:44,080 What we really like you to do is tell us what game you would 872 00:45:44,080 --> 00:45:47,440 never call from your collection. Put that in the comments. 873 00:45:47,720 --> 00:45:50,440 I know we want to know more at Chucky Milk. 874 00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:54,520 At Chucky Milk, said Planet Unknown. 875 00:45:55,440 --> 00:45:58,680 Good choice. So that's a good choice. 876 00:45:58,680 --> 00:46:01,840 Can't. I can't put a thumbs up boy 877 00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:04,600 because my copy hasn't arrived yet. 878 00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:09,520 Really. We're still waiting. 879 00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:11,960 So you've got thumbs up because you're. 880 00:46:12,120 --> 00:46:13,320 Yeah. At least you're still waiting. 881 00:46:13,720 --> 00:46:14,640 I'm waiting. You haven't. 882 00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:17,040 Because sometimes you. You're still waiting. 883 00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:18,120 You're going. Yeah. 884 00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:19,360 I don't even want to play anymore. 885 00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:21,840 But. But we've played it and we know 886 00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:25,600 we like it, so we can't wait for it to arrive, yeah. 887 00:46:26,240 --> 00:46:29,720 That's what it's on my shelf that I have got horizontal and 888 00:46:29,720 --> 00:46:32,640 every time I tell myself I need to move it because I opened the 889 00:46:32,640 --> 00:46:35,600 box last week because I was moving some things around and 890 00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:37,840 everything has. Come out. 891 00:46:38,320 --> 00:46:39,040 Come on. So I. 892 00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:41,280 Put it back in and then guess what I did I. 893 00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:46,000 Put it back horizontally. Yeah, sorry, horizontally. 894 00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:50,840 Vertically, our good friend Kay at Kay plays games. 895 00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:54,560 Kay Kay is. She said calico. 896 00:46:56,560 --> 00:46:59,120 Now I have recently got rid of that. 897 00:46:59,480 --> 00:47:00,640 Did you a? Friend. 898 00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:03,360 Mine is still right here up on the shelf. 899 00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:08,160 Because what Die Cascadia? Was there something I felt that 900 00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:10,520 I was just some similarity to other games? 901 00:47:10,520 --> 00:47:13,160 I can't remember what I was thinking mean. 902 00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:17,480 Cascade is a little, Cascadia can be flat, but Calico is 903 00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:20,200 amazing. It is cats, it is cats and 904 00:47:20,200 --> 00:47:22,000 quilts. It is tile laying. 905 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:23,480 It is amazing. I love it. 906 00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:26,280 Pattern recognition good for your kids? 907 00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:28,040 And looks beautiful. It does. 908 00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:33,640 It's gone down so well done UK. I agree with you at box to 909 00:47:33,640 --> 00:47:35,800 board. Box board. 910 00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:40,600 Yep, and these are all Instagram people who follow us at Box to 911 00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:44,880 Board, said Blood Rage. That's a good game. 912 00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:49,080 That's not a game I own. I don't own it either, I have 913 00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:51,040 played it. Really enjoyed the game. 914 00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:53,520 Really enjoyed it. Yeah, it's good fun. 915 00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:55,640 Yeah, I can't remember that one or not. 916 00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:58,960 I think I played it before. EI lost, I lost. 917 00:47:58,960 --> 00:48:03,680 That's a good game though. It's just, it's good, it's good. 918 00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:07,280 And then at the last minute, before the, you know how the 919 00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:09,880 stories, they have like 24 hours and they vanished. 920 00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:13,360 So that's why we probably didn't get more and why I reposted it 921 00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:18,000 at Edgar Ribeiro. I apologize if I'm not saying 922 00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:20,720 that right. At Edgar Ribeiro, he said 923 00:48:20,720 --> 00:48:22,280 scythe. He would never get rid of 924 00:48:22,280 --> 00:48:24,400 scythe, right? Here. 925 00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:28,160 Yeah, up there. Yeah, I would, I would agree. 926 00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:29,560 Thumbs up. Yeah, Scythe. 927 00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:31,240 Yeah, Scythe is. It hasn't. 928 00:48:31,360 --> 00:48:33,200 It has never crossed my mind. No. 929 00:48:34,520 --> 00:48:37,160 Again, that's that's been with us a long time. 930 00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:40,480 Long time. That's a game where we bought. 931 00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:44,000 We've got the insert, the legendary box, the metal coins, 932 00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:46,360 the upgraded resources, everything. 933 00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:51,040 We've painted all the minis and the airships, so it's not going 934 00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:52,720 anywhere. Yeah, it's some investment. 935 00:48:53,040 --> 00:48:56,480 Yeah, yeah, yeah, we've got, we've got everything, but I 936 00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:58,960 haven't painted the minis. You need to. 937 00:48:59,720 --> 00:49:02,640 You need to do that. This, this this here. 938 00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:06,080 This seems highly, highly likely to be on the coal list. 939 00:49:07,120 --> 00:49:08,520 Really. Yeah. 940 00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:10,880 We haven't played it. Haven't We played it once. 941 00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:14,560 It was, you know, we got to play it once last year. 942 00:49:14,920 --> 00:49:17,920 Enjoy it but it has been up here it hasn't been hasn't cost shelf 943 00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:21,480 for a couple of years yeah through but this this is this is 944 00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:25,440 about this is got expansions due so that can't move in a bigger 945 00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:29,520 box. This is a yearly, you know, one 946 00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:31,280 Dance Wall's the first game I ever painted. 947 00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:34,200 Yep. Clan to Caledonia, that's on 948 00:49:34,200 --> 00:49:36,400 Kickstarter right now. If you don't own Clan to 949 00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:40,080 Caledonia, it's been out for it and it's on Kickstarter today. 950 00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:42,160 I think it's got another week or two weeks ago. 951 00:49:42,440 --> 00:49:44,120 That's a great game. OK. 952 00:49:47,240 --> 00:49:52,680 I would say here, this whole shelf right here, Murano. 953 00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:55,840 Oh yeah, there's some. Grand Austria Hotel is. 954 00:49:55,840 --> 00:50:00,360 That Newton. Newton and Polis, I mean, I hope 955 00:50:00,360 --> 00:50:05,640 that you and I can get Simone Luciano on the show because we 956 00:50:05,640 --> 00:50:10,400 found out you and I own a ton of their games and yeah, would love 957 00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:13,440 to get them on is. That Zolkin? 958 00:50:14,360 --> 00:50:17,000 Isn't that just a jewel? Isn't Zolkin a jewel? 959 00:50:18,400 --> 00:50:20,400 I think so. I think so, yeah. 960 00:50:20,720 --> 00:50:25,560 And Lorenzo Illinois Magnifico. Yeah, yeah, that's a yeah. 961 00:50:25,640 --> 00:50:28,200 There's so many games I have I don't realize. 962 00:50:29,440 --> 00:50:30,400 Cool. So good. 963 00:50:31,160 --> 00:50:33,360 So there we are guys. These are the games that we 964 00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:35,160 would never call from our collection. 965 00:50:35,160 --> 00:50:40,360 You're talking to two veterans of who believe in the importance 966 00:50:40,360 --> 00:50:43,120 of culling so that you can make space. 967 00:50:44,480 --> 00:50:48,200 Not every game needs to be kept. I think it's important to say is 968 00:50:48,200 --> 00:50:51,480 that if you've got an emotional attachment, keep it by all 969 00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:55,080 means, but. Yeah, I've been passing on games 970 00:50:55,360 --> 00:50:59,960 that like my friends have got as well, so there's no point having 971 00:50:59,960 --> 00:51:03,560 two or five copies. Oh yeah, We all joked that we'd 972 00:51:03,640 --> 00:51:05,680 all sold the same game and there was no there. 973 00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:07,560 We've got a problem. We all made the same call. 974 00:51:07,840 --> 00:51:10,200 I was like, we didn't really, but that would be a nightmare if 975 00:51:10,200 --> 00:51:11,480 we all chose. It's all right. 976 00:51:11,480 --> 00:51:13,240 Gareth's got a copy then. Oh yeah. 977 00:51:14,600 --> 00:51:20,440 Yeah, yeah, OK. So there you go, we have got. 978 00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:23,600 Two episodes to go. Two episodes to go. 979 00:51:23,640 --> 00:51:25,920 Break. Yeah, we're going to take a 980 00:51:25,920 --> 00:51:28,320 pretty significant break for the holidays. 981 00:51:29,080 --> 00:51:31,280 We'll get to the first week of December and then we're going to 982 00:51:31,320 --> 00:51:33,400 we will, we'll be back in January. 983 00:51:34,240 --> 00:51:36,560 Yeah, with more I'm I'm having a. 984 00:51:36,840 --> 00:51:40,840 Knee operation, which means less mobile for three weeks, but if 985 00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:43,320 you are in the Southampton area and have nothing. 986 00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:46,080 To do I have 3? Weeks of open house gaming. 987 00:51:46,080 --> 00:51:49,920 So just drop me a message, come over and entertain. 988 00:51:50,360 --> 00:51:53,160 I wish I could, yeah. Just hop over. 989 00:51:53,920 --> 00:51:56,760 I've got I've got a week and a half off for the holidays like 990 00:51:56,760 --> 00:52:00,200 so I've got the time. I have 3 weeks which I don't 991 00:52:00,240 --> 00:52:04,080 think I've had in a long time. Yeah, well, it'll be good for 992 00:52:04,080 --> 00:52:05,040 you. It'll be good for you. 993 00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:09,920 Right, thanks everyone for watching, listening and as PJ 994 00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:12,000 said, like to subscribe and. Follow I can subscribe. 995 00:52:12,040 --> 00:52:14,520 That. Comments in the blow, please. 996 00:52:15,040 --> 00:52:17,000 See you next. See you next week. 997 00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:18,880 Here you next week. Whatever else. 998 00:52:19,080 --> 00:52:20,480 We'll be here next. Week See you laters. 999 00:52:20,680 --> 00:52:21,240 Thanks everyone.