castles of burgundy

Euros, Euros, and gyros! We love a good Euro-style strategy game, but we couldn't cover all the great releases this year in just one podcast. Especially when we're chatting with fellow enthusiast Daniel Wahlen of The Game Table -- we just have so much to talk about! So in part one, we cover some fantastic remakes and sequels to some legendary classics.

(And yes, we did pause during one of our Euro gaming days to eat some gyros....)

Timeline:

• 3:12 - Age of Innovation.
• 18:13 - Bruxelles 1893: Belle Époque.
• 33:19 - Zhanguo: The First Empire.
• 43:22 - Other fantastic remakes/sequels! (Great Western Trails, Stefan Feld City Collection, Ultimate Railroads, The Castles of Burgundy...)

It's been a long while but we've rounded up the gang for another episode of Niche Number 1's.  Your favourite questions on answering what your favourite game is in very extreme niche circumstances.

FIRST PLAYER: JP
OTHER PLAYERS: Adrian, Becky & Tambo

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- all about Vladimir Suuchy's latest design in Adrian's latest play of Evacuation
- Becky's fallen head over heels for the new Mindclash game Septima
- that JP has finally broken his Stefan Feld cherry with Castles of Burgundy
- that Tambo is digging those tiny epic dinosaurs
- what our favourite games are in even more niche number ones for you to chew over
- how excited the team are for the upcoming GRIDCON convention happening this week

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
4:14 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
4:26 - Becky - Molehill Meadows (Shhhh) & Septima
13:21 - Adrian - Evacuation
19:58 - Tambo - Tiny Epic Dinosaurs
24:46 - JP - Castles of Burgundy Special Edition
28:03 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Niche Number 1's - Round 5
29:16 - Favourite game that doesn't have cards
36:40 - Favourite game you should sell but you can't bring yourself to do it
44:13 - Favourite game that you wish you were better at with all your heart
52:18 - Favourite game that gives you the most AP (Analysis Paralysis)
58:38 - Favourite game that WAS worth all the hype
1:06:36 - TURN 4 - Would you rather?
1:06:52 - Would you rather play a hyped game only during it's hype or never play a hyped game at all?
1:11:15 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:11:30 - Gearing up for GRIDCON
1:16:10 - Adrian - Smartphone Inc, Earth & Satori
1:16:58 - Tambo - Betrayal at the House on the Hill
1:17:55 - Becky - Acorn token for Septima and more Septima
1:21:33 - JP - Skymines
1:22:16 - TURN 6 - Final Turn

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Prolific content creator/streamer Banzainator joins Christina and Shoe to talk what we love best: video and board games! What do we like better...and when? Also why do we keep going back to co-op games when...we think we don't really like them all that much? What types of games break through that barrier for us? Listen for fun times!

Timeline:

• 3:38 - Banz's game pick: Mice & Mystics.
• 10:15 - Going Analog's game pick: The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition (w/ Vineyards Expansion).
• 17:48 - Going Analog's topic: board games vs video games.
• 29:32 - Banz's topic: co-op games, why we don't like them, why we still play them.

THIS EPISODE IS DEDICATED TO OUR FELLOW PLAYER, BROTHER AND DEAR FRIEND KRIS WHO WAS TAKEN FROM US SO SHOCKINGLY.  REST IN PEACE, YOU WILL BE MISSED...WHILST WE'RE NOT IN A CELEBRATORY MOOD AT THE MOMENT WE FELT IN IMPORTANT TO SHARE KRIS' LAST RECORDING WITH THE TEAM.

We've got the candles, the cake is prepared and it's time to celebrate that the podcast is one years old...so a few of the players join together to celebrate their favourite moments but more importantly we've decided to create a deathmatch of our favourite boardgames played last year in 2022.  Let us welcome you to the very first Boardgame Battleground!!!!

THE BIRTHDAY ATTENDEES - JP, Becky, Davey, Ian & Kris

OVERVIEW
The Whose Turners come together one year one from since we launched our first episode to celebrate their first birthday in the only fitting way they know how.  Invite 35 games in a top trumps deathmatch to see which of their favourite games played last year in 2022 makes it to the top.  In this episode you'll learn:
- Davey is on commission trying to plug our other episodes on the podcast
- The group retell their favourite moments of the podcast so far
- That top trumps can be played as a knockout style game (we think!!!!)
- about 35 games chosen by the podcast players to enter into the Boardgame Battleground.  Which one will make it to the top?

OUR 2022 PLAYED CHAMPIONS ENTERING THE BATTLEGROUND (35 GAMES)
ISS Vanguard, Trickerion, On Mars, Lisboa, Too Many Bones, Astra, Zuuli, Terraforming Mars, Lords of Waterdeep, Kings Dilemma, Ark Nova, Anachrony, Eclipse Second Dawn, Nemesis, Civilization 2010, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Dune Imperium, The Weather Machine, Skull King, Twilight Imperium 4e, Marvel Champions, Nemesis Lockdown, Just One, Pandemic Legacy Season 1, Castles of Burgundy, Star Wars Outer Rim, Mansions of Madness 2e, Star Wars Imperial Assault,
Fort, Lord of the Rings LCG, Carooka, Wingspan, Scythe, Exploding Kittens, Unfathomable

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - Tribute to Kris
0:46 - TURN 1 - Player Count
2:42 - TURN 2 - Celebrating our 1st birthday
3:53 - Becky's favourite moments
5:53 - Ian's favourite moments
7:36 - JP's favourite moments
9:37 - Kris' favourite moments
12:07 - Davey's favourite moments
14:08 - TURN 3 - Boardgame Battleground - 2022 Edition
15:00 - What is the Boardgame Battleground?
16:36 - The 5 key stats of BB
19:16 - The rules teach
22:07 - ROUND 1 - Round of 35
52:20 - ROUND 2 - Round of 17
58:45 - ROUND 3 - Quarter Finals
1:02:07 - ROUND 4 - Semi Finals
1:03:24 - ROUND 5 - The Grand Final
1:05:14 - Post battle analysis
1:06:57 - TURN 4 - Final Turn

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Recently a few members of the group have funded a voyage into the Lacerdaverse by getting into the heavy games designed by renowned board game designer "Vital Lacerda" and in this episode we share our entry level experiences.

FIRST PLAYER: JP
OTHER PLAYERS: Adrian & Davey

OVERVIEW
After the groups last outing in "Great Hexpectations" sharing all of their board game failures, it's time to shift our attention and thoughts about the epic heavy games designed by Vital Lacerda Boardgames focusing on the big box deluxe games published by Eagle-Gryphon Games.  In this episode you'll learn:
- That Final Destination 8 featured in Davey's kitchen
- Just how many flowcharts are in Europa Universalis
- Adrian can't get enough of Castles of Burgundy
- more about our entry level experiences of The Gallerist, Vinhos, Lisboa, Kanban EV, On Mars, The Weather Machine
- We should have tried to find someone with Escape Plan before this episode
- What our oldest games we've not played (or for a long time) in our listeners question

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
You can find out more about Vital Lacerdas current games and upcoming games on the links below:
Vital Lacerda's Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/vitallacerdagames
Vital Lacerda's Instagram Page - https://www.instagram.com/vitallacerda/
Eagle-Gryphon Games Website - https://www.eaglegames.net/

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
4:17 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
4:32 - Adrian - Castles of Burgundy
7:49 - Davey - Mansions of Madness
10:06 - JP - Europa Universalis
16:58 - TURN 3: Discovering the Lacerdaverse
17:15 - Who is Vital Lacerda?
19:34 - Our caveats in our discovery
21:06 - The Gallerist (2015)
28:07 - Vinhos (2016)
34:30 - Lisboa (2017)
42:28 - Escape Plan (2019) - Honourable mention
43:51 - Kanban EV (2020)
51:28 - On Mars (2020)
59:38 - The Weather Machine (2022)
1:08:50 - In summary and the upcoming Invention: Age of Evolution (2023)
1:10:19 - TURN 4 - Question Time: What's the oldest game in our collections that we haven't played (for a long while)?
1:16:34 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?
1:16:46 - JP - Beyond the Sun
1:18:03 - Adrian - Targi
1:19:01 - Davey - Dune Imperium and Darkest Dungeon
1:20:11 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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