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As Adrian prepares to hand over "First Player" to Becky he brings forward a topic of worker placement mechanics and how games have evolved upon that core concept since they became so popular.

FIRST PLAYER: Adrian
OTHER PLAYERS: JP & Davey

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- JP's first impressions of the new Mindclash big box game "Voidfall"
- Davey apparently is being bullied into buying Hamlet...hmmm sure
- Adrian is finally getting through his shelf of opportunity in Paladins
- about some of our favourite examples of worker placement mechanics which have unique twists
- our nonsense chat about would we rather play games in the heat with sunburn or in a fridge with a cold
- that The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon is literally next weekend and we're running a LIVE episode at 22:00 on Saturday 22nd July for the first time.  We'll be playing a nice relaxing game of The Resistance: Avalon....hmmmm relaxing sure.

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
The team are still looking forward to the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon this year which is being held at the Shrubbery Hotel in Ilminster on 22nd July at 9am.  Get your tickets and more information here - https://www.the24hourboardgamemarathon.co.uk/

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
3:48 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
4:01 - JP - Voidfall
12:51 - Davey - Hamlet
18:30 - Adrian - Paladins of the West Kingdom
23:36 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Workers Union
24:46 - What do we like about the worker placement mechanic?
29:13 - What don't we like about the worker placement mechanic?
32:29 - Mixing deck building with worker placement in Dune Imperium & Lost Ruins of Arnak
34:53 - Variable workers and multi-layered spaces in Anachrony
37:52 - Bag drawing auctioning in Pillars of the Earth
41:08 - The sheer number of workers in Architects of the West Kingdom
43:49 - Snake placement of Instanbul, Dwellings of Eldervale / Andromeda's Edge
47:00 - The flexibility of Grande workers in Viticulture
50:03 - Dice can be workers too in Bitoku and Perseverance
53:18 - Paying to use your opponents workers in Ora et Labora
56:28 - Rewarding placement and retrieving workers in Raiders of the North Sea
1:00:28 - TURN 4 - Would you rather?
1:00:38 - Would you rather play in the heat with sunburn or in a fridge with a cold?
1:05:21 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?
1:05:35 - ALL - The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon
1:08:09 - JP - Our first ever LIVE episode!!!!
1:10:13 - Davey - Visiting a Banksy owned restaurant (we think!!!)
1:10:55 - Adrian - Cracking through his shelf of shame
1:13:33 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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We're back from chilly Philly where the PAX Unplugged board game convention just wrapped up. It's our fourth con of the year -- you'd think we've seen it all by now but nope! There were still plenty of new board games to discover and try out.

With us to discuss the show are Kasey Girven (better known as Brain in a Jar) and Miguel Plylar-Moore (aka Johnny Deathhawk). They create/stream board game content -- and she's a neuroscientist! And they love to talk board gaming, so have a listen as we discuss...

Timeline:

• 3:29 - Shoe's game pick: Deal with the Devil
• 12:34 - Kasey's game pick: Electropolis
• 21:47 - Miguel's game pick: Bitoku
• 32:56 - Kasey's topic: The most exciting or promising games we saw at PAXU that aren't out yet
• 55:34 - Miguel's topic: The games we were surprised to see at PAXU and the ones we wish were there
• 1:05:50 - Shoe's topic: How does PAXU stack up to other board game cons?

It's Episode 9 and there is a new first player in town!!! Davey takes the token and dedicates an episode all about the conversion of video games into tabletop board games.  Are they generally good, bad or ugly, lets find out.

FIRST PLAYER: Davey
OTHER PLAYERS: JP & Tambo

OVERVIEW
In this episode our new "First Player" Davey takes control of the show to talk all about the development of video games into board games.  The bleep machine is on standby.  In this episode you'll learn:

- Will JP ever stop buying Chip Theory Games, I think we know the answer
- About how Tambo got shanked on his last turn in Nemesis Lockdown
- What games we think have had good conversions from the video game world
- Which video games adaptations we own in our collection
- What other IP's have translated across
- About our biggest board game surprise and disappointments

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:37 - An update from our sponsors (well JP)
3:27 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
4:07 - JP - Burncycle
9:22 - Tambo Nemesis Lockdown
14:36 - Davey - Bitoku
17:43 - TURN 3 - The Cardboard Arcade
20:41 - Boardgames are more accessible now
23:04 - Good conversions - Civilization
26:02 - Good conversions - Doom
28:05 - Not so good conversions - Fallout
31:01 - Big IP's coming - Cyberpunk: Gangs of Night City
36:13 - Big IP's coming - Darkest Dungeon
39:23 - What video game adaptations do we own?
44:36 - What other notable mentions of games are there?
48:32 - They are crossing over more and more
49:56 - TURN 4 - Question Time: Biggest surprise & disappointment
57:02 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?
57:22 - Davey - Barrage
58:55 - Tambo - Perseverance Chronicle Mode
1:00:23 - JP - Kanban EV
1:02:02 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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