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Press Your Luck or Push Your Luck can be found in thousands of different board games.  In this episode Chris and Matt talk about just four of them. Exploring from the distilled to the deeply embedded.  There’s plenty of great games that Push Your Luck.

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00:00  Push Your Luck Games

03:31  Can’t Stop

12:14  Celestia

19:40  Ten

27:57  Above and Below

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Date Night at the Board Game Café

Are you interested in games that are easy to learn, quick to play, are low in confrontation and "take that" and take up just a little table space?

In this episode, Chris and Matt explore some great games that go well on a date, at a Board Game Café.

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00:00 - Date Night at the Board Game Café

08:25 - A Little Wordy

14:05 - Kingdomino

26:33 - Fox in the Forest

37:03 - Chakra

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Unique Board Game Experiences

Sometimes, when you play the right board game at the right time with just the right people you experience something very different. What makes some games we play different?

In this episode Chris and Matt explore some board games that have provided them with unique experiences that have been remembered long after they left the table and discuss why they felt so different.

0:00  Unique Board Game Experiences
5:52  Two Rooms and a Boom
22:30  Someone Has Died
37:14  Inhuman Conditions
47:30  Tales of Arabian Nights
1:03:45  Captain Sonar

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Beautiful Board Games

In this episode Chris and Matt explore what makes a game beautiful, some of their favorite beautiful games and how the art in board games continues to improve.

Games Presented:
3:23 Sagrada
15:49 Lanterns: The Harvest Festival
27:53 Arboretum
40:47 Wasabi
50:26 Scythe
1:17:31 Everdell

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Table for 2 - Board Games for 2 Players

In this episode we look at the great games you can only get to the table when it's only you and one other player.  We also learn how Chris acquired his Grail Game.  So pull up a chair to our Table for Two as we explore board games for two players.

3:24  Lost Cities
14:01  Akrotiri
21:52  Fugitive
31:10  Targi
38:32  That Time You Killed Me
46:46  Patchwork
53:25  Jaipur
1:01:10  Star Wars: The Queen’s Gambit

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A Contemplation of Deduction Games

Deduction Games have been around for a long time. Clue is almost 75 years old! Recently, we've seen some impressive improvements in deduction games. In this episode, we explore a few classic games as well as some newer games that are bringing some advancements to the genre.

03:29 Purrrlock Holmes: Furriarty's Trail
13:01 Cryptid
21:57 Mystery of the Abbey
33:06 Awkward Guests
42:16 Code 777
48:28 The Search for Planet X
55:14 MicroMacro: Crime City
1:03:19 Alchemists

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Board Games Dripping With Theme

What's your favorite board game theme?
Which board game has the most immersive theme?

Theme is often the hook that brings you into a game, but it's also the clothes the game wears and the language we use when we talk about the game.

In this episode we talk about just some of our favorite games that are dripping with theme.

04:02 Dead of Winter
18:15 Chronicles of Crime
32:45 Star Wars Rebellion
45:53 Black Orchestra
55:01 Flashpoint: Fire Rescue
1:01:36 Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game
1:14:09 The Adventurers: The Temple Of Chac
1:24:39 Nemesis

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Near Mint Comic Book Board Games

In this edition of the Escape Into Board Games podcast, Matt and Chris squeeze into spandex and capes to talk about some board games based on comic books.

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00:00  Near Mint Comic Book Board Games 
03:42  Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game
14:21  The Walking Dead: The Board Game
20:53  Marvel United
29:24  Locke & Key: The Game
38:24  Attack on Titan: The Last Stand 
44:56  Marvel Heroes 
51:05  Marvel Champions: The Card Game 

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In this episode Chris Cormier and Matt McKenzie talk about some of their favourite Filler Games. They discuss the difficulties of playing a game about some of the gruesome details of the French Revolution, talk about a strategy to rescue a certain unloved game from thrift stores, and mention a game that you can play online with your friends using Board Game Arena for free.

Chris Cormier and Matt McKenzie talk about games that have interesting and unique game mechanisms. We're not claiming to have discovered the next great genre of boardgaming and these garme are not the only games that contain these mechanisms, however, we think they are implemented in new and interesting ways. We also do a segment about sleeving your games.