Episode 28: Board Game Relations

It's our second birthday and it's time to celebrate the only way we know how...which is to pitch 40 of our favourite played games of 2023 and battle them together top trumps style to see which one makes it out on top.

THE BIRTHDAY ATTENDEES - JP, Becky, Tambo, Kerley & Dan

In this episode you'll learn:
- the groups favourite moments as they reminisce on some great memories of their second year in podcasting
- we've changed the ruleset from last year and rebalanced the game...mainly so the gang can stop Too Many Bones from winning
- which 40 games make it through the 5 knockout rounds and which one hits the top spot for best game played in 2023

OUR 2023 PLAYED LEGENDS ENTERING THE BATTLEGROUND (40 GAMES)
Voidfall, Hoplomachus: Remastered, Lisboa, Too Many Bones, Hallertau, Imperium: Classics, Age of Innovation, Ark Nova with Marine Worlds, Game of Thrones, Hegemony, Tapestry, Anachrony, Perserverance Episode 1&2, Frostpunk, The Witcher Old World, Nucleum, Descent Legends of the Dark, Burncycle, Beast, Star Wars Rebellion, Tiny Epic Dinosaurs, Kapow, Faraway, Furnace, Castles of Burgundy, So Clover!, Smartphone Inc, Viticulture World, Septima, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Terraforming Mars, Ticket to Ride, Civilisation The Board Game (2010), Eclipse Second Dawn of the Galaxy, War of the Ring, Twilight imperium 4th Edition, Frosthaven, Old Kings Crown, Wild Serengeti, White Castle

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
2:39 - A memento for our good friend Kris
3:35 - TURN 2 - Our favourite moments of our 2nd year of podcasting
15:39 - TURN 3 - Boardgame Battleground - 2023 Combo Edition
20:24 - Round 1 - 40 Games Enter...
1:12:31 - Round 2 - 20 Games Return...
1:19:43 - Round 3 - Quarter Finals - 10 Games Line Up...
1:23:50 - Round 4 - Semi Finals - 5 Games Left...
1:27:17 - Round 5 - The Final - 1v1 Death Match
1:30:25 - TURN 4 - Post Fight Analysis
1:34:00 - TURN 5 - The Final Turn

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Pull up a chair at the bar as Tambo plays barkeeper as the team talk about mixing board games with drinking games...what could possibly go wrong.

FIRST PLAYER: Tambo
OTHER PLAYERS: JP & Davey

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- about Davey's thoughts in the new Dune Uprising and how different from Dune Imperium it really is
- that JP has jumped into the Abyss in Revives latest expansion
- that this town isn't big enough for all of us in Tiny Epic Westerns
- about our hypothetical conversation of mixing in drinking games with board games with some unique ideas
- that we invented a drinking style boardgame called AlphaSlang which has probably been developed elsewhere before...maybe
- whether the Whose Turners will choose to play Battlestar Galactica with Starbuck or Twilight Imperium with Seven of Nine

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Our live UK Games Expo 2024 event - Plan your calendars and join in with us on a live recording of the show.  https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/events/1415-whose-turn-is-it-anyway-live-podcast/

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
4:28 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
4:48 - Davey - Dune Uprising
14:25 - JP - Revive: Call of the Abyss
22:31 - Tambo - Tiny Epic Westerns
28:10 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Beer games & board games
29:03 - Party games usually works well
39:11 - Is playing dexterity games whilst drinking a good idea?
41:44 - The birth of Alpha-Slang in the heart of Coventry
45:03 - Levelling up the drinking into mid-weight games
55:47 - Do we even dare ourselves to play the heavy games whilst drinking?
1:00:40 - TURN 4 - Would you rather...play Battlestar Galactica with Starbuck or Twilight Imperium with Seven of Nine
1:04:37 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:04:46 - Davey - Star Wars Shatterpoint & Unlimited
1:07:28 - Tambo - Time off work whilst gaming
1:07:52 - JP - Our first LIVE episode recording at the UK Games Expo 2024
1:10:36 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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Mansions of Madness was one of the first games which brought Tambo into the tabletop hobby and the Whose Turners don their investigative gear and go exploring some mansions whilst trying to reduce the horror throughout the episode...we'll see if any of them make it through

FIRST PLAYER: Tambo
OTHER PLAYERS: Chris P, Becky & Kerley

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- that Kerley has finally got his own copy of Eclipse Second Dawn of the Galaxy and has finally gotten it to the table
- Tambo is trying to control his hunger within Marvel Zombies after playing it with Rob recently
- about Becky's addiction to Ticket to Ride on BGA...it's all about them trains
- about Chris' 2 day preparation of sorting out his Marvel Champions collection
- about the game that started it all for Tambo "Mansions of Madness" and also how well will you do at the mini quiz at the end...no rewinding now ;-)
- whether the Whose Turners will choose to play their least favourite game before they play their favourite game or never play their favourite game at all.

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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
0:41 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
0:51 - Kerley - Eclipse Second Dawn of the Galaxy
3:52 - Chris P - Mansions of Madness (swotting for the episode)
5:19 - Tambo - Marvel Zombies
9:06 - Becky - Ticket to Ride on BGA
11:40 - TURN 3 - Main Event: The madness of mansions
14:02 - How Mansions of Madness plays
20:04 - Our favourite scenarios
31:55 - The investigators of Arkham
39:32 - The interesting mechanics of Mansions
48:02 - The potential downsides of the game
52:11 - The investigators are in time...for a Mansions of Madness quiz
59:02 - TURN 4 - Would you rather...always play your least favourite game before your favourite game or never play your favourite ever again
1:06:35 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:06:45 - Becky - The Devon Board Game Weekend & Apirary
1:08:39 - Chris P - Getting more Marvel Champions to the table
1:09:11 - Kerley - The Last Kingdom, Paladins of the West Kingdom & Orleans
1:10:20 - Tambo - Watching "The Creator" on Disney+
1:11:26 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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Convention season has started in 2024 with Full Board Gaming hosted at the TLH Leisure Resort in Torquay.  Full Board Gaming is a residential convention where you can game and access the hotels fantastic facilities throughout the weekend, so the Whose Turners have a gaming mini break and you can hear JP & Becky's take on the weekend.

THE PLAYERS: JP & Becky

In this episode you'll learn:

- About the adventures of our first ever Full Board Gaming experience in sunny Torquay, Devon
- more about what makes Full Board Gaming different to other conventions
- about all of the games that we played (or at least from JP's & Becky's perspective), from epic space games of Voidfall, strong holding other corporations with questionable negotiation in New Angeles, exploring new worlds and researching tech in Beyond the Sun and the evolution of Pass the Pigs (Rolling Heights) and much more...

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Full Board Gaming Website - https://fullboardgaming.com/
Full Board Gaming Facebook Channel - https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=full%20board%20gaming
Our previous interview with Matt Prowse (Lead Organiser) - https://www.whoseturn.co.uk/1930456/12399012-expansion-pack-matt-prowse-s-turn-full-board-gaming
Also mentions in the episode to our friends Paul Grogan from Gaming Rules, Adam from Punchboard UK and Joel & Claire from Devon Dice Podcast

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:14 - What is Full Board Gaming?
9:51 - TURN 2 - The games of Full Board Gaming 2024
10:06 - Shout outs to our Full Board Gaming friends
14:27 - Letter Jam
15:57 - The White Castle
21:08 - Art Society
25:30 - MEGA Just One & Hoplomachus: Remastered
29:18 - Iglu Pop
33:24 - New Angeles
42:22 - The food and facilities of Full Board Gaming 2024
50:24 - Voidfall
55:07 - More epic space games...
56:42 - An ode to "Only Fools & Horses"
59:30 - Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game
1:01:51 - Rolling Heights
1:07:39 - Reykholt & Beyond the Sun
1:15:34 - Ark Nova: Marine Worlds
1:18:53 - Fancy a game of bowling?
1:22:28 - Lorenzo Il Magnifico
1:29:36 - Becky's epic rewind on Terraforming Mars
1:33:06 - TURN 3 - Final thoughts on Full Board Gaming 2024
1:35:50 - TURN 4 - The Final Turn

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It's Tambo's first ever time as first player and brings us all to the fireside to chat about family friendly gaming and what successes and failures we've had when introducing games to our loved ones.

FIRST PLAYER: Tambo
OTHER PLAYERS: JP, Rob & Dan

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- all about the JP's first impressions of Imperium: Horizons designed by Nigel Buckle and Dávid Turczi
- Dan's still on a Stonemaier kick with plenty of Rolling Realms over the festive period
- Rob's been delving into dungeons but this time this one comes in a bag
- all about backstabbing and horrible shenanigans in Nemesis and the dreaded Carnomorphs expansion.
- our takes on family friendly games, what to do, what not to do
- about Rob's excitement to watch Strictly Come Dancing Live and it's not for the dancing
- whether you would let your family take control over your gaming hobby and life in this episodes "Would you rather"

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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:39 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
1:51 - Rob - Bag of Dungeon
5:49 - Dan - Rolling Realms
10:29 - Tambo - Nemesis Carnomorphs
18:38 - JP - Imperium: Horizons
26:55 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Keepin gllg it family friendly
32:48 - Family friendly mechanics: Co-op & head to head
36:41 - Family friendly mechanics: Luck & dexterity
46:23 - Family friendly mechanics: Hidden role / accusations
49:26 - Family friendly mechanics: Comfort / living room play
54:58 - Family friendly mechanics: Simpler worker placement
58:31 - Our favourite games to play with our families
1:02:28 - Games we really want to play with our families but haven't approached them yet
1:07:57 - TURN 4 - Would you rather?
1:08:06 - Would you rather give all your power to the family on buying, selling, what you play OR never add to your collection again
1:12:26 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:12:38 - The Devon Board Game Weekend
1:14:19 - Tambo - Ironside Gaming Table Update
1:16:31 - JP - Moving house and gaming again
1:19:19 - Dan - Surviving the permafrost in Frostpunk
1:21:06 - Rob - Unboxing Marvel Zombies
1:23:06 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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The Whose Turners take a trip down memory lane and try to dig a little deeper into why we enjoy this hobby so much.  Reminiscing about the 80's / 90's and our experiences of a variety of board games shaping the gamers we are today.

FIRST PLAYER: Dan
OTHER PLAYERS: JP & Becky

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- that Dan has allowed the 'M' word for this episode as it's a safe space
- that Becky has broken Guess Who? and people refuse to play it with her
- The eyes on the dinosaurs in Lost Valley of the Dinosaurs were very comical
- all about our vintage games that help shape us into the responsible adults today...sure
- whether we would bring our past games to the present or our present games to the past in our Would You Rather

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Lost Valley of the Dinosaurs Image referenced in the show - https://boardgamegeek.com/image/888505/lost-valley-dinosaurs

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
2:29 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
2:38 - Becky - Quadropolis
6:41 - JP - Franchise
12:28 - Dan - Stonemaier Games
19:28 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Board game classics and their influences
21:19 - Becky has broken Guess Who?
23:54 - Lost Valley of the Dinosaurs
29:58 - The Boot Sale Game (Designed by Dan), Dingbats, Blockbusters & Trivial Pursuit
34:00 - Mouse Trap & Kerplunk
35:05 - Bloodbowl, HeroQuest & Space Crusade
40:13 - Pictionary & Articulate
42:26 - Monopoly, Go for Broke, Game of Life & Hotel
47:36 - Risk & Illuminati Events
50:08 - Games from the past we wouldn't touch now
1:01:56 - Games from the past that have had a significant impact
1:09:51 - TURN 4 - Would you rather?
1:10:05 - Would you rather go back to bring your classic games to adulthood or games now to your child self?
1:14:56 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:15:12 - Becky - Septima, Photosynthesis & Dice Hospital
1:17:17 - JP - Jumping back into the Lacerdaverse
1:19:03 - Dan - 12 Hour Mini Marathon conventions organised by Dan himself
1:21:06 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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Becky takes the lead in interviewing our very special guests and what a way of kicking 2024 off with a bang...we have Mín & Elwen joining us in the studio who are the designers of the fantastic Lost Ruins of Arnak, published by Czech Games Edition.

GUEST PLAYER: Mín & Elwen
OTHER PLAYERS: Becky & JP

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- what are Mín & Elwen's favourite games at the moment
- how Mín & Elwen got into the designing space and also what their team collaborative process is
- some tips and tricks to tackle the solo / co-op campaign of Missing Expeditions
- what answers to some of our Niche Number 1's they have

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Czech Games Edition - https://czechgames.com/
Mín's Designer Page on BGG - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/127822/min
Elwen's Designer Page on BGG - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/127823/elwen

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:16 - TURN 2 - Introducing Mín & Elwen
1:51 - What are Mín & Elwen's favourite games?
8:01 - What brought you into the hobby and designer space?
10:20 - How does your design process work and look like as a team and couple?
15:46 - TURN 3 - Why do you think Arnak has been so popular?
24:41 - What advice do you have in tackling the campaign in Missing Expedition?
30:53 - Niche Number 1's for Mín & Elwen
43:43 - TURN 4 - What are you excited about in the future?
46:32 - Thanking Mín & Elwen
47:42 - TURN 5 - The Final Turn

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Happy new year everybody, we know that after a big night out and back to work you'll be hungry for some more bloopers.  Well you are in luck as we've dug around the vaults of episodes 31-36 this time which features our old player Ian.  Do you fancy listening to poorly sung Sting songs, Becky’s five guys and cheesy bangers and more about Kerley’s dinosaur fetish.  Nope didn't think so but that's what you've got.  It gets weird again as we present Can I Get A Rewind Volume 6…yep we know volume 6.

THE PLAYERS: All of us
 
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Merry Christmas to all of our listeners new & old as we all gather for another "Quiz-mas" where we pull together another board game quiz for 2023.  Will the Whose Turners get many right? Will they moan how hard the questions are? Will they have fun regardless?  Come and get your pens and paper at the ready and join in.

QUIZ TEAMS
Too Many Boney-M's (JP & Rob)
Kerley Klaus (Kerley & Becky)
Bald'bles (Dan & Tambo)
Christmas Spirit Island (Adrian & Davey)
 
In this episode you'll learn:
- What we've been playing in the lead up to Christmas
- how we don't like to make the questions easy
- that Dan likes to put 110% in making (and performing) his questions
- that having 8 Whose Turners on a podcast episode is hard work but a lot of fun
- which team takes the Quiz-Mas crown for 2023 and has bragging rights for a whole year

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
2:32 - TURN 2 - Quiz-Mas 2023
3:23 - Introducing the quiz teams
5:28 - ROUND 1 - Hosted by "Kerley Klaus" - Kerley has been playing Terraforming Mars
7:03 - Round 1: Questions 1-5
11:06 - Becky has been played Tapestry
14:36 - Round 1: Questions 6-10
18:44 - Round 1: Answers
25:06 - ROUND 2 - Hosted by "Christmas Spirit Island" - Adrian has been playing Secret Identity
26:40 - Round 2: Questions 1-5
30:52 - Davey has been playing Monster Hunter The Board Game
34:50 - Round 2: Questions 6-10
38:59 - Round 2: Answers
44:43 - ROUND 3 - Hosted by "Bald'bles" - Dan has been playing a lot of Board Game Arena
47:25 - Round 3: Questions 1-5
50:33 - Tambo has been playing Marvel Champions Evolution Next
52:22 - Round 3: Questions 6-10
55:02 - Question 3: Answers
59:46 - ROUND 4 - Hosted by "Too Many Boney-M's" - JP has been playing The Gig
1:03:58 - Round 4: Questions 1-5
1:08:13 - Rob has been playing Ark Nova & 7 Wonders
1:10:07 - Round 4: Questions 6-10
1:14:11 - Round 4: Answers
1:20:25 - The Quiz-Mas 2023 results are in
1:22:32 - TURN 3 - The Final Turn

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This week Dan leads the followers as the Whose Turners open the sacred texts of BoardGameGeek which is a fantastic & free resource for our hobby.  The team discuss how they use BGG and their general feelings in and debate various aspects around it, with some slight tangents of course.

FIRST PLAYER: Dan
OTHER PLAYERS: Davey, Adrian & Kerley

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- who wins in a fight between Adrian and his washing line
- who has the biggest nose...yep we wondered why this was a thing as well
- about Kerley's recent experience with Perseverance Episode 3
- all about BoardGameGeek and it's uses within our hobby

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
BoardGameGeek - https://boardgamegeek.com/

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
2:24 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
2:39 - Kerley - Perseverance Episode 3
7:20 - Adrian - Having a break from games
11:04 - Davey - Trolls & Princesses
14:49 - Dan - Anachrony Fractures of Time
18:11 - TURN 3 - Main Event: The Book of BGG
18:52 - What do we primarily use BGG for?
29:05 - Have we used BGG to help us purchase or not purchase a game?
40:38 - What other specific needs have you used BGG for?
44:21 - Our thoughts on the BGG Hotness
48:44 - A chat about the BGG Top 100
56:45 - TURN 4 - Would you rather?
57:19 - Would you rather own all the top 100 BGG and never play anything else or never play the top 100 ever and get new releases for free?
1:03:56 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:04:07 - Kerley - Paladins of the West Kingdom
1:06:13 - Davey - New office build and Marco Polo 2
1:07:30 - Dan - Feast For Odin & Bamboo
1:10:14 - Adrian - Diablo the Board Game
1:14:16 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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