1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,000 Welcome to Maple to me, people uniting players around the 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,800 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 --> 00:00:17,700 games including their favorite themes games, hot topics and 7 00:00:17,700 --> 00:00:22,200 much, much more. Hey, good morning everyone and 8 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:28,000 welcome to episode 38 gencon with a J. 9 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:32,200 I'm PJ. I'm Gareth and we are going to 10 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:40,200 talk about gencon 2023 which took place where Gareth In egham 11 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:46,200 that famous suburb outside of London, outside of London. 12 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:47,700 Okay. Good cause I had no idea what 13 00:00:47,700 --> 00:00:51,300 kind of sounds kind of Southwest West. 14 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:55,800 Kind of are more West. I'm not quite sure, but it was 15 00:00:55,800 --> 00:01:00,500 about is outside London. So who put this together? 16 00:01:01,300 --> 00:01:07,200 Jen e, JH, engine, Eve's. That's why it's about at gencon 17 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,100 with a J. Not with a G. 18 00:01:09,300 --> 00:01:11,500 The player ones. I like it. 19 00:01:11,500 --> 00:01:14,200 I like it. Yeah, so Jen Corner. 20 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:18,700 Think this is a 2nd Gen Con. We missed the first Gen Con a 21 00:01:18,700 --> 00:01:19,600 comment below. Why you missed it. 22 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:22,200 Last year. It gencon is to celebrate 23 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:23,800 Jenny's birthday, which was last week. 24 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:26,800 Wow, was a birthday Extravaganza. 25 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,900 White Pro is a place to be, because not only was it Jenny's 26 00:01:29,900 --> 00:01:32,400 birthday? And we had gencon to celebrate. 27 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:36,300 Yeah, it was my birthday and my wife's birthday on Sunday. 28 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,600 We have the same birthday, so happy birthday to Do you and 29 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:43,000 Carrie and happy birthday to Jenny if she's listening. 30 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,400 So yeah and it was a know that that's cool. 31 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,200 It was good. Yeah it was quite nice hanging 32 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:53,000 out with a group of I don't know, 20 or so Instagram members 33 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,400 of the community and there were a bunch of y'all. 34 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,700 We had a birthday cake, we have birthday, at least I think three 35 00:01:59,700 --> 00:02:03,800 Renditions of happy birthday, which was absolutely awesome 36 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:05,600 coming but last time somebody saying happy birthday. 37 00:02:06,300 --> 00:02:11,900 So so there was cake as well. Made by Cara, who made a 38 00:02:11,908 --> 00:02:14,700 delicious, like, kind of sponge cake. 39 00:02:14,700 --> 00:02:17,500 Which was you had a lot of baked goods to didn't that. 40 00:02:17,500 --> 00:02:19,400 Yeah. These, these General Instagram 41 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,900 Community sessions that we have between us all ourselves. 42 00:02:22,900 --> 00:02:26,600 Have lots of board games, of course, awesome people. 43 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,800 And then we just have a food list and everyone just says I'm 44 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:33,700 going to bring X and so there's home baked, cooking, there's 45 00:02:33,700 --> 00:02:35,700 guacamole. That always comes. 46 00:02:36,100 --> 00:02:39,100 There's snacks Galore sweets Galore. 47 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,500 Your bread, all the things you need. 48 00:02:43,100 --> 00:02:46,900 And this, this venue had a even had a little kitchen area was 49 00:02:46,900 --> 00:02:48,700 actually a cafe, sometimes we had. 50 00:02:49,300 --> 00:02:52,400 Yeah, there's a lot of grazing, did you know? 51 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:56,500 Did you know, the Craig was a baker now. 52 00:02:57,500 --> 00:03:02,900 So, the day before, which I guess this happened on Saturday. 53 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,700 So, I guess this woman Friday, he was sending me photographs of 54 00:03:06,700 --> 00:03:09,000 things. He was baking in preparation for 55 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,200 this. Like me and Craig's. 56 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,700 Yeah, that was jealous. That's a little joke. 57 00:03:13,700 --> 00:03:15,600 There was a lot of really awesome cakes. 58 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:19,900 Cinnamon buns, coming up those, but yeah, I was really busy the 59 00:03:19,900 --> 00:03:21,700 last couple weeks. I haven't really paid attention. 60 00:03:21,900 --> 00:03:26,000 So we just turned up slightly later than everyone else. 61 00:03:26,100 --> 00:03:28,500 Most because I had to go and cute by records at some 62 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:32,500 ridiculous hours every morning. Like, 4:30, we got up because in 63 00:03:32,500 --> 00:03:34,600 Sasha record a bus a whole different podcast. 64 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:40,900 So, we got, we got there about 12 and then, All these events. 65 00:03:40,900 --> 00:03:43,200 And if anyone's interested in and they're in the UK, the want 66 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:48,800 to come along just message us and yeah it's just play games. 67 00:03:49,300 --> 00:03:52,000 So tell me more about the venue like where was it? 68 00:03:52,500 --> 00:03:57,700 So it wasn't an atom is Nigam. It was in a old church. 69 00:03:57,700 --> 00:04:02,000 I don't know how old the church was, but let's say it's a modern 70 00:04:02,100 --> 00:04:05,800 modernist church, he says. And then at some point it 71 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:07,800 started to be used as a community center so it's 72 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,800 actually called something. Community Center. 73 00:04:11,500 --> 00:04:16,700 So it had said the organ in place and where the sermon would 74 00:04:16,700 --> 00:04:19,600 speech, but there was a ball pit and there's a crash area and 75 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:24,500 there was a say like a cafe is a cafe during the day, so making 76 00:04:24,500 --> 00:04:28,700 good use of the space, which makes it ideal for ball games. 77 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:31,000 That's great. That's awesome. 78 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,800 So what did you play? What do you get to play? 79 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,600 So I'm getting there. Getting there slight later. 80 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:40,200 The thing was in full swing. So we sat down, We played 81 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:45,900 Galileo project. First of all, which is in the 82 00:04:45,900 --> 00:04:50,000 series of like Demeter and then, you've got ganymede's this 83 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:54,600 continues, the story that counties can same kind of 1990s, 84 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:59,500 early vectorbase, graphical, right? 85 00:04:59,500 --> 00:05:02,600 Artwork. And we play that with John from 86 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:07,100 try win games, okay? And we had a, we had an incident 87 00:05:07,700 --> 00:05:10,000 know, we had an incident What happened? 88 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,600 Now, the tables were slightly too small. 89 00:05:12,900 --> 00:05:16,800 So if I had to do some critique of the venue for some ball 90 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,000 games, you need a slightly larger tables. 91 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,600 Now the gallery approaches, actually quite modular. 92 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,100 So you kind of got bored, you move around. 93 00:05:25,500 --> 00:05:28,900 Anyway, they were overhanging by about an inch and about a third 94 00:05:28,900 --> 00:05:31,300 of the way through hijab has managed to flip. 95 00:05:31,300 --> 00:05:35,800 He's bored upwards. Luckily, you can, you can kind 96 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,400 of calculate the reset, you know, where things went. 97 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:42,300 Because the way the car Has laid out but we lost one of the 98 00:05:42,300 --> 00:05:45,400 markers and that it hardly even bounce. 99 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,700 Like, you know, I was just like, I've hardly ever shifted it, 100 00:05:48,700 --> 00:05:51,200 everything else is the middle of table, but how can we have lost 101 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,500 it? So then we spent about 20 102 00:05:53,500 --> 00:05:56,500 minutes, maybe 15 minutes looking and being careful. 103 00:05:56,500 --> 00:05:59,000 Not to trash the rest of table and we gave up. 104 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:03,500 I mean it was a muscleman Conan. There was a massive drain like, 105 00:06:03,500 --> 00:06:06,300 you know, churches where they eventually succumb in which we 106 00:06:06,300 --> 00:06:10,500 lifted up not a drain like he's like an air vent, but Years and 107 00:06:10,500 --> 00:06:12,500 years of dust was beside over here. 108 00:06:12,900 --> 00:06:16,400 But yeah, we would have seen this bright yellow token. 109 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,900 So we decided that it must still be here and we would wait till 110 00:06:20,900 --> 00:06:23,600 the end of the game, pick up the tables and move them. 111 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,200 So, we finish the game which was very enjoyable. 112 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,600 Shout, go check it out, tidy it up and lift the table. 113 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:32,300 That was like, a wrought-iron table legs. 114 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:35,500 Lift it up. And there, it was the yellow 115 00:06:35,500 --> 00:06:40,400 token and all its bright Glory. Which was a relief. 116 00:06:41,100 --> 00:06:43,800 I have a similar story from this weekend. 117 00:06:45,100 --> 00:06:51,000 We played Frost Haven, we got in several scenarios but again, for 118 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:52,500 saving takes a lot of space, right? 119 00:06:52,500 --> 00:06:58,200 So, I have the scenario book, and I'm trying to lift it up so 120 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:01,600 I can get ready to read the next section and all of my cards that 121 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,800 are in my hand or on top of it, slide onto the floor, okay? 122 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:06,700 No, big deal, pick them up, great. 123 00:07:06,700 --> 00:07:09,400 Keep playing until the following morning. 124 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:12,000 When Katie's cleaning up and sweeping the floor and she's 125 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:18,200 like, I found one of your cards. I was a card short, he would 126 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,400 never need him, and I didn't even realize it. 127 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,000 It's a good thing. I survived that scenario. 128 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,700 Yeah, it was close. But yeah, you got to watch that 129 00:07:25,700 --> 00:07:28,300 tables but table presents. We've got haha. 130 00:07:28,300 --> 00:07:30,700 I live them. If Parts in this little pop. 131 00:07:31,100 --> 00:07:33,300 Yeah, that I'm not even sure what they came from, but we 132 00:07:33,300 --> 00:07:34,700 found them. And I've got up here on the 133 00:07:34,700 --> 00:07:38,000 side, put it away later and it's now two years in and then, I 134 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,400 don't know. I mean, I think I'd have to sit 135 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:42,200 there and maybe take a photograph, but Instagram and 136 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,400 ask the I'll steer the masses for over. 137 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:47,300 There you go, the community challenge. 138 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:53,700 Well what else did you play? Because Craig from, get in game, 139 00:07:53,700 --> 00:07:56,000 Ginza games as there and his wife Becky. 140 00:07:57,900 --> 00:08:02,900 Now, he's famous for numerous things but one thing he does run 141 00:08:02,900 --> 00:08:04,700 isn't online Blood on the clock tower. 142 00:08:05,300 --> 00:08:07,600 Yeah, most weeks which you have attended in the past. 143 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:09,400 I have attended several of them. Yes. 144 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:14,800 So with him, in hand of a, you know, a real life copy, we 145 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:18,100 decided to play that. Now, the whole full of children 146 00:08:18,100 --> 00:08:22,300 at this point as well, hadn't really have anywhere to play it. 147 00:08:22,300 --> 00:08:26,500 So we went outside with a nice nice day. 148 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:27,400 Okay. Yeah. 149 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:32,299 And we sat outside in a semi-circle and we played with 150 00:08:32,799 --> 00:08:37,799 nearly 40 50, 50, new players, old players, and had a great 151 00:08:37,799 --> 00:08:40,400 time. There was one L've 12. 152 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:43,000 Yeah, yeah, tens. Yeah, yeah. 153 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,200 It's Genesis. I think, and then. 154 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:46,900 Yeah. Craig is amazing. 155 00:08:46,900 --> 00:08:50,300 Amazing job. Being a Storyteller. 156 00:08:51,100 --> 00:08:56,800 I started out on the evil team as a spy Brad from games of 157 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:00,300 Benny, was the Imp. He's always bad. 158 00:09:00,300 --> 00:09:03,700 He always bear. That's sad and got picked out 159 00:09:03,700 --> 00:09:07,700 quite quickly and then killed himself the next night. 160 00:09:07,700 --> 00:09:14,100 So I became the Imp and then proceeded to cause Havoc with 161 00:09:15,700 --> 00:09:18,700 think it's Ali, who was new never played before, if any 162 00:09:18,700 --> 00:09:21,200 social deduction games, she was the baron. 163 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:27,200 So we there ourselves to evil Victory by her. 164 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:33,000 Are her other half was the Saints, which if he dies during 165 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:36,700 the execution, the good team will lose. 166 00:09:37,700 --> 00:09:42,400 So, it's yeah. So he always plays always plays 167 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:45,900 Blue. We turns out actually, they're 168 00:09:45,900 --> 00:09:48,200 only about 25 minutes from where I live. 169 00:09:48,300 --> 00:09:54,000 So, I have another set of Gamers on the south coast that's great, 170 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,400 is where to be. So we will some point. 171 00:09:57,500 --> 00:10:00,200 I hope soon get to hang out with those guys as well. 172 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:02,600 That was really fun to see a blond cocktails. 173 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:04,400 Brilliant, everyone had a good time. 174 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:09,300 Good and we ended the the just one game we might have saved. 175 00:10:09,500 --> 00:10:11,700 To but he got a bit cold inside to speak of rain. 176 00:10:11,700 --> 00:10:17,900 So inside became then we played chai, which we spoke about yes 177 00:10:18,100 --> 00:10:21,700 with Craig. I think we didn't maybe four 178 00:10:21,700 --> 00:10:26,500 episodes ago, we did. So we set down Phi myself and 179 00:10:26,500 --> 00:10:32,900 carry Craig and Becky and it was just as delightful as as I 180 00:10:32,908 --> 00:10:34,400 guess. You've got it as well. 181 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,100 Haven't, you know, I know it's just Craig, we both said, 182 00:10:37,100 --> 00:10:38,700 because of you. What we what we talked about was 183 00:10:38,700 --> 00:10:41,300 how What it is? Yes, that's right. 184 00:10:41,300 --> 00:10:44,200 That's right. And that try for two is got its 185 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:46,100 own problem. Yeah, it's because I'm problems. 186 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:47,500 So, yeah. So I would. 187 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:50,100 Yeah, I enjoyed that. It's a nice kind of set 188 00:10:50,100 --> 00:10:52,200 collection. I love components, very nice. 189 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:57,400 It was a standard version that lived up to what I expected. 190 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:02,100 Now, at this point I'm starting to fly a fade, I am feeling 191 00:11:02,100 --> 00:11:05,000 tired. Yeah, I think I woke up at 4:30 192 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:14,900 we were queuing About 5:30 5:40 into degrees was really cold and 193 00:11:14,900 --> 00:11:18,500 me being slightly older. Now, I'm not really made out for 194 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:21,500 standing in queues for three hours, for some records and then 195 00:11:21,500 --> 00:11:25,800 go into convention. Anyway so we then were taught to 196 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:29,500 keep the heroes out. Talk to me about that, I don't 197 00:11:29,500 --> 00:11:32,400 I'm not familiar with that. So I'd say I think one of the 198 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:36,900 seven certain team of crew of got it but Brad was very keen to 199 00:11:36,900 --> 00:11:42,000 teach yes, you are on the evil team you inside a dungeon, it's 200 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:48,100 kind of got a whole set of Maps. You play through as a campaign, 201 00:11:48,100 --> 00:11:51,900 but we started with the jester. Entry-level map. 202 00:11:52,500 --> 00:11:57,000 You have a mixture of different monsters, you are. 203 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:02,000 So I was like the Wizards. Craig was the dragon Carrie was 204 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,200 like a slime and Kira was a ghoul. 205 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:05,700 They've all got different powers. 206 00:12:05,700 --> 00:12:09,400 So I have 2 words, you can teleport and do some stuff to 207 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:11,100 Dragon. What is it wasn't his own in the 208 00:12:11,100 --> 00:12:13,400 Treasure chamber? And you'll start on the map. 209 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:17,800 You can basically car drafting So you draw five cards, you play 210 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:21,300 the card, it might move, or you might activate a room, or you 211 00:12:21,300 --> 00:12:24,900 can shoot, or you can attack and every turn. 212 00:12:24,900 --> 00:12:28,300 So let's say, I go end of my turn, the heroes try to invade. 213 00:12:28,300 --> 00:12:31,300 So another card is revealed and the heroes start coming into the 214 00:12:31,300 --> 00:12:33,400 dungeon. So you kind of remind me of the 215 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:38,400 games like Dungeon Keeper from like yeah kind of early late 90s 216 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:41,000 early notices where you and you just trying to defend. 217 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:47,000 Okay so you basically key take it in turns turn Invade turn 218 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:51,100 invade. And what's quite stressful as 219 00:12:51,100 --> 00:12:55,300 every time, a hero moves into a room, if there's a hero that's 220 00:12:55,300 --> 00:13:01,200 been kind of knocked out or is kind of been utilized, he gets 221 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:04,100 kind of energized by another hero arriving in Tokyo activates 222 00:13:04,100 --> 00:13:08,000 again, so you can actually end up with going into room with two 223 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,500 Heroes that were basically resting and they get 224 00:13:10,500 --> 00:13:13,800 re-energized and they come back at 3:00 and what needs to happen 225 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:15,900 is they need to basically go through rooms. 226 00:13:16,100 --> 00:13:18,500 Opening treasure chests. If they get to the Dragon's 227 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:21,100 treasure hordes, and four of them are in there and the end 228 00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:25,000 around they activate, the game is over, it was close a couple 229 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,300 of times and we got to the very last cards and actually was a 230 00:13:28,308 --> 00:13:32,000 rest card. And so we were successful, so it 231 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,600 was good. I was feeling very tired and 232 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:38,800 then we decided I needed to eat so we had some pizza that was 233 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:44,100 delivered in and that gave me the second wind and that at that 234 00:13:44,100 --> 00:13:46,000 point, some of the kids had gone home. 235 00:13:46,100 --> 00:13:49,000 You've gone home because we have quite a few younger families 236 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,700 there. So then we talk lights or 237 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:57,500 rolling Realms nurse, who Shelly from out of town games. 238 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:02,300 Yep. And her son and we played 239 00:14:02,300 --> 00:14:05,400 through around a volume Realms. I do like rolling Realms is so 240 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:07,000 easy to teach. Oh good. 241 00:14:07,700 --> 00:14:09,900 And it's a nice a really nice rolling right? 242 00:14:10,700 --> 00:14:13,400 It really is. Yeah, you know, now generally, 243 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:17,500 when I teach that, I still stick to the original Yeah, Realms. 244 00:14:17,700 --> 00:14:19,800 Yeah, no promos. No promises. 245 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:21,400 No. We added in when added in, 246 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:22,600 right? In the last round was the 247 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,400 Pattaya because we play Liberty Leah, right? 248 00:14:25,700 --> 00:14:29,300 With them before Liberatore has an easy realm. 249 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:31,800 Yeah. Easy until you really mess up 250 00:14:31,900 --> 00:14:34,600 like I did and I wrote the number down then in realize how 251 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:38,000 much I'd messed up on that card, but it is a nice is a nice card. 252 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,300 So if if anyone's listening and hasn't checked out riding 253 00:14:41,300 --> 00:14:45,500 Realms, do it's from Jamie stigma based on many of the 254 00:14:45,500 --> 00:14:48,800 games. Seen his portfolio, ball games 255 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:52,700 under stoma and then he said he left the primaries in which is 256 00:14:52,700 --> 00:14:56,700 what's wonderful. And then we have an hour to go 257 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:01,700 and we've wrapped today up with Planet unknown, man. 258 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:06,300 Now you're as if I weren't jealous enough, I don't pay them 259 00:15:06,300 --> 00:15:09,100 for ages. I still haven't played it. 260 00:15:09,100 --> 00:15:13,200 I can't find a copy, any gas and it's this was a thing is Jenny's 261 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:15,200 copy. So what's great is people bring 262 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,800 you know, Four or five games each and the end up in a big 263 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:20,900 pile. And then we had about an hour 264 00:15:20,900 --> 00:15:24,600 and a half to go, and we broke off into three groups, and we 265 00:15:24,608 --> 00:15:26,700 mixed up because I've been with carrying Kira the whole way 266 00:15:26,700 --> 00:15:29,100 nearly because where we arrived late, we're always kind of out 267 00:15:29,100 --> 00:15:32,100 of sync, right? So when we were finished, other 268 00:15:32,100 --> 00:15:34,900 teams that finish, so we kind of picked up some stragglers, but 269 00:15:35,300 --> 00:15:37,400 in that game carrying, Kira went to play. 270 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:43,300 Stop the train, so seduction. Okay, like Nick building review, 271 00:15:43,300 --> 00:15:48,800 K, Harrison try, The hustle that table and the other group. 272 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:52,900 Play something I've completely forgotten so I won't dwell on 273 00:15:52,900 --> 00:15:55,100 it. Yeah, so four of us sat down 274 00:15:56,100 --> 00:15:59,300 myself Lizzie ballgame with my family. 275 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,900 No Cara and then a singer games by forgotten to gentleman's 276 00:16:06,900 --> 00:16:08,600 name. But they hadn't played before. 277 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:13,900 And we sat and played that through, which is obviously, you 278 00:16:13,900 --> 00:16:18,000 are got the lovely Lazy. Susan Spinning Wheel taking a 279 00:16:18,008 --> 00:16:22,400 tile placing on the map, trying to score optimally and it's 280 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,600 nice. It took about an hour and then 281 00:16:24,900 --> 00:16:27,600 we tidied up left the place like we found it. 282 00:16:27,700 --> 00:16:30,900 There was a lot of rubbish. Lots of foods redistributed. 283 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:35,500 Games packing up and then we left. 284 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:37,500 Hmm. And that was me. 285 00:16:37,500 --> 00:16:42,500 Got home about 11:00 p.m. so I think that's be about 10. 286 00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:46,400 So we're talking about an hour hour drive now Drive. 287 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:49,800 Yeah, about now was in into London was a bit longer getting 288 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:53,200 there but yeah, it's really good and then we will. 289 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:58,500 So that's Pat's Gen Con, and I, then think the next time we will 290 00:16:58,500 --> 00:17:02,600 see, everybody will be at UK games Expo, which is coming up. 291 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:05,200 Coming up. What that is the end of May? 292 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:07,500 So let's be honest, there's only five or six weeks away. 293 00:17:07,599 --> 00:17:10,200 I've got a convention before. That, what have you got? 294 00:17:10,599 --> 00:17:13,900 I've got a geek way to the West in st. 295 00:17:13,900 --> 00:17:21,200 Louis May 17th to the 20th and is what sort of currents is at 296 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:24,800 board gaming, or is it got tray? It is so it is, it is all play 297 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:27,000 games. There's a Small vendor Hall. 298 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:30,900 But his so small is small, it's really focused on open gaming, 299 00:17:30,900 --> 00:17:33,600 right? So it's just a huge haul. 300 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:37,100 The tables for gaming and you can bring your own games and 301 00:17:37,100 --> 00:17:40,300 play, whatever you want to do. They also have the games 302 00:17:40,300 --> 00:17:43,100 library. That is housed at Miniature 303 00:17:43,100 --> 00:17:44,000 Market. Okay? 304 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:44,600 St. Louis. 305 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:46,700 Yeah. Which is massive, and then I've 306 00:17:46,708 --> 00:17:51,200 got a play in Wind section. So Katie and I have been really, 307 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,100 and we're going to be very strategic about it this year. 308 00:17:54,500 --> 00:17:57,900 So, we went through the A and win list, wrote down the games, 309 00:17:57,900 --> 00:18:04,000 we want to play, underlined could hear my paper underline, 310 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:08,600 the games that we hope we get to play, and we hope we win, one of 311 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:11,000 which is planet unknown, it has that word that. 312 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,300 And so you play, so you play the game and then like when you're 313 00:18:14,300 --> 00:18:18,100 done, you turn it back in and they've got a little thing for 314 00:18:18,108 --> 00:18:20,700 you to fill out. I have not done the play and win 315 00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:22,300 before. No, I don't know if you, I don't 316 00:18:22,300 --> 00:18:25,200 know if you do a review or you just put in your name and it's 317 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,900 like a Apple drawing, but at the end of the, at the end of the 318 00:18:28,900 --> 00:18:33,200 weekend, you know they'll call out names and and you'll win 319 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:34,800 that company. You win the copy. 320 00:18:34,900 --> 00:18:38,600 Okay, yeah, yeah. So that's how I understand it. 321 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:43,300 So the more you play the, maybe the less popular games you play, 322 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:45,600 I guess you've got a better chance. 323 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:47,300 You could you had quite a list you want to? 324 00:18:48,100 --> 00:18:49,500 Or is it? Is it a secret? 325 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:51,100 You don't people know you're just distracted. 326 00:18:51,100 --> 00:18:53,600 You I don't think it's a secret. I don't know how much of a 327 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:59,100 strategy it is but There's what we got two, four, six, eight. 328 00:19:00,900 --> 00:19:06,100 And about 25 games on this list, the list is huge. 329 00:19:06,100 --> 00:19:07,900 So we kind of had to narrow it down. 330 00:19:08,100 --> 00:19:12,300 The other thing too is so like I said, Planet unknown if we even 331 00:19:12,300 --> 00:19:14,900 get a copy right because if it's if it's checked out and someone 332 00:19:14,900 --> 00:19:18,600 else is playing it you have to check it out yourself. 333 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:23,800 Yeah so like if you check it out, I can come and join you in 334 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:26,700 play it only. I can win in. 335 00:19:27,300 --> 00:19:29,600 Yeah, which is okay. I mean, I'm okay with that too. 336 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:32,800 Because the other the other objective of geek way, the 337 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:35,500 beauty of geek way is it's allows us to play games. 338 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:43,300 And then when we get to Gen Con, that's gencon with a G will 339 00:19:43,300 --> 00:19:46,100 know, Willie, okay. We know we want to buy this game 340 00:19:46,100 --> 00:19:49,700 or, you know, or not right. I know a lot of people use board 341 00:19:49,700 --> 00:19:53,300 game arena for that same purpose, playing games that are 342 00:19:53,300 --> 00:19:56,500 new to decide whether the purchase it or not. 343 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:01,300 So it's kind of our very own. So we're doing that and then I 344 00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:05,800 have an interview this Friday. With double exposure to see if 345 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:09,000 I'm going to get a position to work at Origins the legs. 346 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,400 All right. When's Origins Origins is June 347 00:20:12,300 --> 00:20:14,700 June? It's June. 348 00:20:14,700 --> 00:20:17,700 I don't know if she is a couple of weeks usually often games 349 00:20:17,700 --> 00:20:22,000 like space two weeks after UK. Yeah, so I'm excited, I'm 350 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,600 excited about that. I do real quick. 351 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:30,100 I want to tell you my parallel story while you were at gencon 352 00:20:30,100 --> 00:20:33,400 with a J, right? So like I said, we played Frost 353 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,200 Haven. We got a group together, we 354 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:39,800 played the first three actual scenario is that if that's all 355 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:44,000 you've got together with frost even know because two weeks ago 356 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:47,300 we played scenario zero which was teachable right? 357 00:20:47,300 --> 00:20:52,000 Okay yeah so we played scenario 1 and this is not really 358 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,400 spoilers scenario. One is when you actually arrive 359 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:58,300 at Frost Haven and the scenario is that it's under attack and so 360 00:20:58,300 --> 00:21:02,900 you've got to go and help out. Well it was my last opportunity 361 00:21:03,300 --> 00:21:06,500 for a teacher. Moment for one of our players 362 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:08,200 who had never played Gloom Haven. 363 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:13,100 So Midway through the game, I was I was killed. 364 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:18,500 So they're still playing for another two hours. 365 00:21:19,100 --> 00:21:22,100 That's when I started bothering you with all my text messages 366 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:27,500 got you because I'm like okay I just want to call you and so 367 00:21:27,500 --> 00:21:30,100 yeah it's a way to house nothing you can do. 368 00:21:30,300 --> 00:21:31,900 Yeah. Then I could do that sucks. 369 00:21:32,100 --> 00:21:35,600 It's okay. It was fine two hours, two 370 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:37,100 hours. Yeah. 371 00:21:37,100 --> 00:21:41,400 But you know, there could brought Scotch broth with corned 372 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:44,900 beef and turnips and so I got to eat Katie. 373 00:21:45,100 --> 00:21:48,500 Made a bread pudding. So, I got to eat that too and 374 00:21:48,500 --> 00:21:52,900 hang out and just chat with people and then interestingly 375 00:21:52,900 --> 00:21:56,600 enough, there's a knock on the front door. 376 00:21:57,700 --> 00:22:00,300 Yeah, Iseman, yes. Won't tell ya. 377 00:22:00,300 --> 00:22:02,500 What CPS, what did that? What did you get? 378 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,700 I so far. Ian guard. 379 00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:11,400 What is that? We were a late pledge to this 380 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,200 game. It's by Sky Kingdom game. 381 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:14,900 Okay? Yeah. 382 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:22,100 It is a 12 two-player Cooperative campaign driven 383 00:22:22,100 --> 00:22:25,900 game. They've got the foreteller app. 384 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:31,600 And it's kind of like it's similar to ISS Vanguard in that 385 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:36,100 it's, that campaign Cooperative type of a game except this is 386 00:22:36,100 --> 00:22:41,700 very much, you know, swords and armor and fighting in the winter 387 00:22:42,500 --> 00:22:46,400 of I so far, haven't really gotten too much into it. 388 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,400 We organize the cards and everything. 389 00:22:48,900 --> 00:22:52,400 The box is thirty-six pounds in weight. 390 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:59,100 It is amazing. Company Miniatures idea, for 391 00:22:59,100 --> 00:23:02,600 chips, know because you've got have you finished, Isis young, 392 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:04,000 Vanguard? No, no. 393 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,800 You got frosting on the go, maybe stop buying Campaign 394 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:12,500 games. But we've got forsaken that's 395 00:23:12,500 --> 00:23:19,600 coming. And we've got myth wind, that's 396 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,600 on our way. He's basically put them into 397 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,900 deep storage. Yeah, and play them in. 398 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:28,200 Well, you know what happened, right. 399 00:23:30,300 --> 00:23:34,300 The pandemic a lot of game designers started focusing 400 00:23:34,900 --> 00:23:38,000 because everyone was home but now we're now we're not locked 401 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:43,000 down anymore so and they're all starting to come in right. 402 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:48,100 There are starting to arrive at your door and Yeah, you know? 403 00:23:48,300 --> 00:23:50,700 So the beauty is what we're thinking about although I don't 404 00:23:50,700 --> 00:23:52,500 know they're going to do it, but I tried to convince Katie, I was 405 00:23:52,500 --> 00:23:56,200 like, why don't we restart ISS Vanguard with two of our friends 406 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,300 because it plays for crazy. No, it's not. 407 00:23:59,300 --> 00:24:01,000 That's great because we now know how it plays. 408 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:04,300 So it's like, now we can on Friday nights with the two guys, 409 00:24:04,300 --> 00:24:07,200 the four of us, because of clay, and then, during the week, 410 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,300 Katie, and I could play, I See faryon guard. 411 00:24:09,300 --> 00:24:12,300 That was the appeal to the game is that it's a one or two 412 00:24:12,300 --> 00:24:14,400 player. Game Frost Haven is video other 413 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:15,700 group. So yes. 414 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:20,500 A statement another group. Okay, so to be fair, Frost Frost 415 00:24:20,500 --> 00:24:25,500 Haven, there's there's Katie and I and three guys, two of which 416 00:24:25,700 --> 00:24:27,200 are also in the Friday night group. 417 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,100 So there's some overlap. There's overlap. 418 00:24:29,100 --> 00:24:34,400 It's a very small group but so yeah, a lot of campaign games. 419 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,500 Yeah. It's good news for us. 420 00:24:37,500 --> 00:24:41,400 Is that we got mosaic Which I think you've got having you. 421 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,000 Yeah but I have the I have the middle version. 422 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,900 Yeah, we've got you have the you have the Colossal have the 423 00:24:46,900 --> 00:24:48,800 Sphinx. I believe it shipped. 424 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:50,900 There's something shipped from Game Quest over here so I think 425 00:24:50,900 --> 00:24:53,500 there's come in Craig that is retail version. 426 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:58,800 Yeah, it's definitely available now and then only 12 weeks away 427 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:08,300 13th of Of may we have T.I 20 Imperium day three lined up 428 00:25:08,300 --> 00:25:11,800 already. So I think okay, everyone nearly 429 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:13,400 is available. Okay? 430 00:25:14,700 --> 00:25:16,700 So that would be from the will be fine. 431 00:25:16,700 --> 00:25:22,000 It's a day after your birthday, he would seem No kidding. 432 00:25:22,100 --> 00:25:26,100 No kidding. Sorry, check that out. 433 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,200 It is. It is not far away. 434 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,300 That is my birthday. It is not far nice. 435 00:25:32,700 --> 00:25:34,500 Now maze. Really busy for us because we've 436 00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:38,100 got weddings, we've got as a Kings coronation the same 437 00:25:38,100 --> 00:25:39,900 weekend. We've got. 438 00:25:39,900 --> 00:25:42,900 So we were talking with some people at work and we're talking 439 00:25:42,900 --> 00:25:46,000 about doing a viewing party here at work for valuation. 440 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:48,700 Yeah, I think my sister's wedding. 441 00:25:48,900 --> 00:25:50,500 So I'm not sure how much that she going to see. 442 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:54,400 And then, okay, so you had Jenny's birthday, was you and 443 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:59,300 Carries birthday on Saturday which was gencon you and it was, 444 00:25:59,300 --> 00:26:01,800 would you say net International records day? 445 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,100 Yeah, that that moves, but it's always about this time of year, 446 00:26:04,100 --> 00:26:06,700 okay? But then Sunday yesterday. 447 00:26:07,700 --> 00:26:08,600 Right? Was Sir. 448 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:12,000 George day. Yes, which is big in your 449 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,900 country as yeah. Yeah. 450 00:26:14,700 --> 00:26:15,800 Yeah, right. Yeah. 451 00:26:15,900 --> 00:26:20,500 But I'm big, I say big. There were a lot of posts. 452 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:22,600 Yeah, it is G. Yeah, yeah. 453 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:26,500 People do celebrates it. So for our American and 454 00:26:26,500 --> 00:26:30,700 non-british listeners, what is what exactly is saying? 455 00:26:30,700 --> 00:26:32,500 George Daley? What's the significance? 456 00:26:32,500 --> 00:26:37,900 There, I've no idea you're asking me a question about I'm 457 00:26:37,900 --> 00:26:42,400 so sorry, I'm sorry from Wikipedia for you, patron. 458 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,500 Saint of England. Okay, establishing Tudor period. 459 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:49,200 Which is kind of like 1485 to 1603. 460 00:26:49,300 --> 00:26:53,800 Yeah, let's go. Henry the summer and it's 461 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,000 observed in 23 countries around the world. 462 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:59,400 Whoa, he's always loved 23rd of April. 463 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:04,000 Okay. And yeah, it's celebrating since 464 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:07,700 George, which is lots of read. So, I'd suggest like, I'm 465 00:27:07,700 --> 00:27:10,900 looking like only one wants. Nobody going to read about it on 466 00:27:11,700 --> 00:27:16,300 Wikipedia, clearly, I'm not that spun up on the The Saints days 467 00:27:16,300 --> 00:27:17,800 across the USA. Yeah. 468 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,500 But it's so much it's more entertaining to hear it from 469 00:27:20,500 --> 00:27:23,000 you. It's in, read it on Wikipedia, I 470 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,900 could, I could read a paragraph. Maybe it's the other show I 471 00:27:25,908 --> 00:27:28,300 could Ascend to show with a page read out. 472 00:27:30,300 --> 00:27:32,900 There's a lot of history, I can imagine. 473 00:27:32,900 --> 00:27:37,800 Yeah, okay. We went to Winchester and then 474 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:43,700 we played went for a Thai restaurant and we played love 475 00:27:43,700 --> 00:27:46,200 letter in the afternoon, so good. 476 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,600 So good out and about and that was it, when they've got day off 477 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,000 today and then the show goes out tomorrow. 478 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:57,300 So how about, since we're coming to the end of the episode? 479 00:27:57,400 --> 00:27:59,700 How about a little Lagniappe? Are you okay with a little 480 00:27:59,700 --> 00:28:00,800 laying over it? What do you got? 481 00:28:01,100 --> 00:28:04,600 So last week was travel games, right? 482 00:28:05,500 --> 00:28:09,100 All right, so we picked up what I think and I posted something 483 00:28:09,100 --> 00:28:13,900 or I shared with you, the ultimate travel game. 484 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:18,300 Just release this Friday in retail is azul mini. 485 00:28:18,700 --> 00:28:23,400 I saw looks red Keith's so it is so it's your basic Azul. 486 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:28,600 The beauty is that the player Matt have grids, it's a plastic 487 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:32,700 grid and he's little sliding markers for you to keep your 488 00:28:32,700 --> 00:28:34,500 score. Keep track of your score. 489 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:39,700 Tiles are smaller, you're still that quality and fake like? 490 00:28:39,700 --> 00:28:42,800 Yeah, there's a little indentation because when you 491 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:50,200 they sit on your player Matt and it's just very lovely, the box 492 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:54,300 that the game comes in fits inside a cloth bag. 493 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,800 With the Azul logo on the outside and has, you know, it's 494 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:02,500 like a little tote bags and handle and that bag is what you 495 00:29:02,500 --> 00:29:05,100 use to put the tiles in as you're drawing them out, of 496 00:29:05,100 --> 00:29:09,600 course of the game. So every component of the game 497 00:29:09,900 --> 00:29:14,400 that makes it travel libel tribal, portable quotable better 498 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:18,300 word portable is incorporated into the game. 499 00:29:18,300 --> 00:29:20,500 So great design. Great game. 500 00:29:20,500 --> 00:29:22,800 Lots of fun. Did you, did you purchase it? 501 00:29:23,100 --> 00:29:24,700 We did. We did we bought it, we played 502 00:29:24,700 --> 00:29:26,300 it. How much the early on Saturday 503 00:29:26,300 --> 00:29:28,400 morning? 20 U.S. 504 00:29:28,700 --> 00:29:32,100 Okay, that's okay. Oh, yeah, and a zul is a little 505 00:29:32,100 --> 00:29:36,800 bit more, you know, obviously is more than 20 and so for $20, you 506 00:29:36,808 --> 00:29:39,600 could get a copy of his ou'll just a little bit smaller. 507 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,400 Yeah. I think it might sold our Rizzo. 508 00:29:44,300 --> 00:29:48,300 Yeah, I may be a travel version would be quite like the idea of 509 00:29:48,300 --> 00:29:49,500 travel, cause it's quite nice game. 510 00:29:49,500 --> 00:29:53,200 Just again, back to small space on the table in a bus. 511 00:29:53,700 --> 00:29:55,500 Yep. Yeah. 512 00:29:55,700 --> 00:29:58,000 Sugar and, and the player Matt is plastic. 513 00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:59,700 It's completely encased in plastic. 514 00:29:59,700 --> 00:30:03,900 So, yeah, if you were to spill a beer, yeah, that's something can 515 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:09,600 don't do that. But if you were to write it, how 516 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:13,200 many Has it helped you so for, okay, fool, ya 224. 517 00:30:14,300 --> 00:30:18,500 So I'll check it out. $20, that is your Lagniappe of the day. 518 00:30:18,500 --> 00:30:21,200 Ladies and gentlemen, it is. And that we are buying on the 519 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:25,200 nose 330 minutes in. And with that action, we will 520 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,200 say thank you PJ. It's been a pleasure carrying 521 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,700 gencon with a J with you and I will speak to you again soon. 522 00:30:32,700 --> 00:30:35,100 Thanks everyone for listening. 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