gloomhaven

Maybe you've heard of that hefty game called Gloomhaven, the #1 game on BoardGameGeek for over 5 years. Or its heftier sequel, Frosthaven, the highest-funded gaming project on Kickstarter ever. We're not sure how their designer, Isaac Childres, had time to chat with Going Analog, but we weren't going to pass up the opportunity. We pick his brain on all the -havens, his upcoming plans for the franchise, modern-day crowdfunding, and his love for "dry Euros."

Timeline:

• 4:03 - Shoe's game pick: Familiar Tales.
• 7:22 - Isaac's game pick: Gaia Project.
• 13:00 - Christina's game pick: nana.
• 15:12 - Shoe's topic: the growing Gloomhaven/Frosthaven universe.
• 26:40 - Isaac's topic: the current state of crowdfunding.
• 35:19 - Christina's topic: how Isaac's love of "dry Euros" plays into his design philosophy.

---AUDIO DISCLAIMER--- Apologies for the audio quality not being as up to scratch on this episode, we've cleaned it up as much as possible.

Prepare for Dr Davey to enter the house as he and the team personifies board games to understand which ones would fair in a variety of situations.  Are you confused? Don't worry everyone else was.

FIRST PLAYER: Davey
OTHER PLAYERS: Rob, Chris & Tambo

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- How our dungeon crawler loving group members have been dabbling into more thematic games
- Dr Davey gets everyone on his "questionable" sofa to see what would happen if board games where people and which games are a good fit for different situations.  Is it random...absolutely
- Just Three gets an downgrade to Just Two again
- The group are looking forward to all of the upcoming conventions and make sure you look out for us at the UK Games Expo this year.

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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
0:34 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
1:01 - Rob - Civilization New Dawn
2:31 - Chris - Star Wars Outer Rim
3:18 - Tambo - Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion
6:24 - Davey - Dune Imperium
8:50 - TURN 3 - Main Event - Board Game Relations
9:52 - The rules of the episode...there are no rules
10:10 - What game would you take out on a date?
14:36 - What game would you like to be trapped on a desert island with?
19:12 - What game would you use to help you cover up a murder?
23:42 - What game would you take to meet your parents?
26:27 - What game would you play a boardgame with?
31:59 - What game would you trust your

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Welcome to episode 37! In this episode we hold a draft in the aftermath of hypothetical fires that destroyed all our board game collections. Insurance payments came in and we each have $200 to jump start our new collections by drafting 5 games at current market prices. What 5 games would you buy for $200 to get your board game collection restarted?

We also do a look back at our feature review games from Episode 7 (Anachrony) and Episode 9 (Aeon's End) that we released over a year ago. And as usual, we talk about what we've been playing lately and stuff we're excited about.

$200 Draft to restart our collections - 00:01:27

Games we've been playing lately:
Ticket to Ride: New York - 00:43:59
Bitoku - 00:51:20
Cthulhu: Death May Die - 00:59:53
Blokus - 01:08:23
After the Empire - 01:13:27

Episode 9: Aeon's End Lookback - 01:25:17
Episode 7: Anachrony Lookback - 01:29:25

What we're excited about:
Darwin's Journey - 01:37:05
Kevin gets a ticket to GenCon (Ben, Greg & Tyler also going) - 01:40:25
Guardians of the Galaxy 3 - 01:42:15

Kevin embellishes The Legend of the Wooden Egg - 01:45:03
Outtakes - 01:49:20 

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Welcome to episode 28! We continue on to the 3rd part of our top 30 games of all time. This is our top 10 countdown!

Top 10-1 Countdown:
Kevin:
#10 Dominion - 00:04:50
#9 Clans of Caledonia - 00:16:08
#8 Lost Ruins of Arnak - 00:31:24
#7 Teotihuacan: City of Gods - 00:49:55
#6 Scythe - 01:04:32
#5 Memoir ’44 - 01:13:36
#4 Aeon’s End - 01:29:37
#3 Pulsar 2849 - 01:44:03
#2 Cthulhu: Death May Die - 01:48:20
#1 Anachrony - 01:58:04

Tyson:
#10 Trickerion: Legends of Illusion - 00:07:37
#9 Cthulhu: Death May Die - 00:22:17
#8 Gloomhaven - 00:36:55
#7 Lisboa - 00:55:35
#6 Darwin’s Journey - 01:07:18
#5 Scythe - 01:20:12
#4 Orleans - 01:33:57
#3 Ankh: Gods of Egypt - 01:47:13
#2 Blood Rage - 01:49:42
#1 Anachrony - 01:58:04 (02:01:42 cont'd)

Tyler:
#10 Brass Birmingham - 00:11:42
#9 Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun - 00:26:24
#8 Ankh: Gods of Egypt - 00:43:20
#7 Teotihuacan: City of Gods - 01:03:14
#6 Anachrony - 01:12:45
#5 Dead Reckoning - 01:21:46
#4 Cthulhu: Death May Die - 01:
#3 Orleans - 01:47:54
#2 Star Wars Rebellion - 01:53:53
#1 Clans of Caledonia - 02:04:21

Outtakes: 02:12:07

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The team NERDS OUT as they dive a little deeper with some Gloomhaven insights.

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Becky takes to the mic as our new "First Player" to chat about playing games together on the same team (well sometimes).

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

OVERVIEW
Becky steals the first player token from Davey to start her run of episodes and focusing on co-operative gaming and it's various forms.  In this episode you'll learn:

- Becky nearly walking away from Spirit Island but having a redeeming game where it finally clicked has saved the day
- Adrian playing the "NEW" Sabika at Gaming Rules HQ and telling us his thoughts on the game
- the various experiences of co-op gaming within the group, why they enjoy it, some problems with it and much more
- how the group would survive on a desert island, who's a cannibal and oh and what games they would play
- about Tambo's accidental mulligan in Perseverance Chronicle Mode which he's pleased about

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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
0:59 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
1:10 - Tambo - Codenames
3:35 - Adrian - Sabika (NEW)
9:29 - Rob - Marvel Champions
13:13 - Becky - Spirit Island
15:06 - TURN 3 - Main Event - I get by with a little help from my friends (co-op gaming)
15:25 - The various categories of co-op gaming
16:04 - Gloomhaven
16:42 - Mansions of Madness
17:46 - Pandemic
25:19 - Spirit Island
29:22 - Do we think it changes the dynamics of the group in co-ops?
33:43 - The backstabbing of semi co-ops
36:05 - The ups and downs of being the traitor / villain
42:58 - The negatives of co-ops
52:17 - Do we think there will be more innovation in co-op games?
56:17 - TURN 4 - Question Time: What are our desert island games?
1:02:28 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?
1:02:49 - Rob - Star Wars Outer Rim
1:04:44 - Adrian - The War Room Teaser - Chinese flag stickers have turned up
1:07:33 - Tambo - Perseverance Chronicle Mode Game 2
1:09:34 - Becky - Zuuli
1:13:10 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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Davey returns all alive and well to complete his run of episodes as "First Player" to talk about one of his favourite genres in boardgaming "Dungeon Crawlers".

FIRST PLAYER: Davey
OTHER PLAYERS: Rob & Chris (New Player)

OVERVIEW
Davey is joined by Rob and a new player to the podcast Chris (no not Kris with the K but Chris with the C), to chat through their experiences with dungeon crawler co-op games and why they love them so much.  In this episode you'll learn:

- All about our new player to the pod "Chris" and how he relishes co-op games and the occasional turn at being evil
- Rob is pushing Carrooka onto everyone he sees and now his mum has taken over the board
- Davey provides the shortest description of Anno 1800
- about the differences in the Descent (Journeys & Legend)
- how the group have experienced a range of dungeon crawlers but there's still a lot left to try
- about "coffeegate" and "pizzagate" when we mix food / drink with board games
- and finally who will be taking over as the next "first player" for Episodes 13-16

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https://carrooka.com/

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
0:39 - Welcoming Chris
1:51 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
2:01 - Davey - Anno 1800
2:29 - Rob - Carrooka
7:05 - Chris - Gloomhaven
9:14 - TURN 3 - The Descent into Dungeon Crawlers
9:22 - Introducing Descent
13:51 - Differences in managing a character to now a roster
16:55 - The model quality is fantastic in Legends
18:34 - What are the major differences between Journeys & Legends?
21:49 - The set-up & tare down in the older versions is noticable
22:39 - What draws us to Dungeon Crawlers?
30:32 - An aside with Imperial Assault
35:43 - Zombies are hard to kill, unless they are in Zombicide
40:34 - Our apprehension with Darkest Dungeon
43:35 - What was our first Dungeon Crawler experience?
46:06 - Our favourite moments playing Dungeon Crawlers
50:46 - TURN 4 - Question Time: What is our rules around food & drink at the table?
1:00:06 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?
1:00:21 - Rob - Top Gun Maverick & House of the Dragon
1:03:07 - Chris - She-Hulk & Bloodborne The Card Game
1:06:12 - Davey - Horus Heresy 30k, Barrage & Rurik
1:08:25 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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In this episode Evan and McKay dive deep into gameplay curves and what that means for preferences of board games. Do you like games that are more exciting at the beginning and taper off to a gentle end or the opposite? Let us know on Instagram if you get the chance! We also talk about how keeping lists of things that you love about life can generally make you a more optimistic person and perhaps improve you life.

In the post show we talk about TV shows and new game acquisitions!

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Jim Noss from Logoff Brewing talks shop with the boys. We all contemplate the state of brewing in the age of hard seltzer. Jim talks nerdy to Peter, and Bryce and Jeff get left behind.