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You've heard of the film "Gone in 60 Seconds" right? Well this episode is nothing like that, but we do concentrate on games that play under 60 minutes.  Adrian continues as our first player to talk about those little gems in our collections and why every gamer should have them.

FIRST PLAYER: Adrian
OTHER PLAYERS: Becky & Ian

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- How the new hotness "Earth" is landing within the group
- Ian is celebrating a win at Endless Winter recently
- Adrian is on a culling mission getting rid of 25% of his collection
- all about games that play under an hour and why they are key in anyone's collections
- whether we would rather play the same game 8 times or 8 different games in one day
- more about the excitement levels for The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon. 

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
0:40 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
0:53 - Becky - Earth
2:44 - Ian - Endless Winter
7:55 - Adrian - Culling my collection
14:08 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Game in 60 Seconds
14:28 - Why should you have games that play under an hour?
21:04 - Cubitos, Las Vegas Royale, Barenpark
25:04 - Dominion, 7 Wonders, Camel Up, Netrunner
29:57 - Railroad Ink, Strawopolis, Under Failing Skies
32:31 - Coup, Love Letter, Citadels
34:23 - Furnance, It's a Wonderful World, Roll Player, Dice Hospital, Quadropolis
37:23 - All the Azul's
40:11 - What do we think the main difference between these games and a party game?
42:25 - What do we think are the negatives of games that play shorter?
43:56 - Final thoughts
47:56 - TURN 4 - Would you rather?
48:17 - Would you rather play a 1 hour board game 8 times or 8 different games on a gaming day?
51:40 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?
51:53 - Becky - The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon
53:40 - Ian - More 24 Hour Board Game Marathon and lighter games
55:08 - Adrian - Getting into roll / flip 'n' writes
57:02 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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Davey steps up to the plate and takes the first player crown once more and decides to have a bit of fun with another round of Niche Number 1's, more favourite games based on weird and unique circumstances.

FIRST PLAYER: Davey
OTHER PLAYERS: Becky, JP & Kerley

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- About the groups experiences at the first Devon Board Game Weekend hosted by Meeples Corner and The Fox & Hound Country Hotel in Devon
- Never to mix Dune Imperium and drinking rum, it's not a good combo people
- The new round of Niche Number 1's are locked and loaded and ready to be answered
- that Just One is a thing of the past as we play Just Two, ok it's the same game but we're guessing boardgames and we have two clues each
- JP shared some exciting news about hosting the livestream at the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon this year, check out the details in the links below.

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Get your tickets to the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon right here - https://www.the24hourboardgamemarathon.co.uk/
Becky mentioned The Game Knight Etsy store, you can find them here https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheGameKnightUK

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:05 - TURN 2 - Hex Education - Learn about our adventures at the Devon Board Game Weekend
22:44 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Niche Number 1's - Round 4
23:04 - Favourite game that you have to have an app for?
28:50 - Favourite game that was quickly overshadowed or replaced?
37:41 - Favourite game with a terrible rulebook?
45:20 - Favourite game you though would replace a game but didn't?
49:53 - Favourite game you never win at?
56:55 - Favourite game with terrible components
1:02:16 - TURN 4 - Badly Hexplained Games - Just Two Edition
1:03:30 - Just Two - Game 1
1:06:44 - Just Two - Game 2
1:08:11 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?
1:08:33 - Kerley - Star Wars Rebellion
1:09:49 - Davey - Frosthaven ad Orleans
1:11:11 - Becky - Orleans & Unfathomable
1:11:57 - JP - Hosting the livestream for the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon
1:15:43 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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IT'S CHRISTMASSSSSSSSS!!! We're so happy to bring you our first Christmas Special ever and although Christmas has been and gone, quiz-mas is here to stay.  The players unite to put on a festive board game quiz so play along and see how well you do

SANTA'S ELVES: JP, Kerley, Becky, Ian & Davey
 
OVERVIEW
In this Expansion Pack episode Santa's elves are in festive spirits as they produce their first annual "Quiz-Mas" where all 5 players are pitted against each other in a casual "yeah right" board game quiz and also for our listeners to play along with us.

In this episode you'll learn:
- An overview of the games we've played in the run up to x-mas
- What the hell is a danger dolphin
- How competitve Davey gets with quizs (and games)
- How much Kerley hates Rummikub
- about 5 rounds of board gaming questions with varying difficulty (and quality)

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
- Check out our brand new trailer

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
2:23 - Introducing our new trailer
4:11 - TURN 2 - Simply having a wonderful quiz-mas time
5:44 - ROUND 1: JP's Round
6:23 - Endless Winter
9:07 - Heat: Pedal to the Metal
14:20 - Round 1: Questions
17:44 - Round 1: Answers
22:11 - What is JP looking forward to over x-mas?
24:45 - ROUND 2: Kerley's Round
25:02 - Dinosaur Island
29:52 - Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition
34:48 - Round 2: Questions
40:09 - Round 2: Answers
47:22 - What is Kerley looking forward to over x-mas?
48:16 - ROUND 3: Becky's Round
48:23 - Too Many Bones
50:03 - Rock Band
51:42 - Round 3: Questions
56:41 - Round 3: Answers
1:00:01 - What is Becky looking forward to over x-mas?
1:02:04 - ROUND 4: Ian's Round
1:03:38 - Ark Nova
1:05:51 - Zuuli
1:07:38 - Round 4: Questions
1:11:48 - Round 4: Answers
1:16:39 - What is Ian looking forward to over x-mas?
1:19:57 - ROUND 5: Davey's Round
1:20:12 - Weather Machine
1:23:06 - Anno 1800
1:26:30 - Round 5: Questions
1:31:17 - Round 5: Answers
1:34:11 - What is Davey looking forward to over x-mas?
1:35:33 - Quiz-mas is over - How did we all do?
1:38:07 - A tease for our 1st birthday in March 2023
1:39:19  - TURN 3 - The Final Turn

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#086 In this episode we talked about the brand new game by AEG : CUBITOS!! We tell you all about it; components, gameplay, mechanics and of course our final rating and review.
We also talked about our most recent plays!!!

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Hot Takes! Asmodee bought Boardgame Arena, how do you feel about that?

New to US/New to You! We review Cubitos from AEG!

Fire & Ice: The guys discuss a game that is hot for them right now, and a game that is not. 

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