next station london

The Vengabus was fuelled up to take the Whose Turners on a road trip to Essen for this years SPIEL 2023 and what a packed show it was.   With so many memorable moments this expansion episode is our longest one yet with over 2.5 hours of hot game chat and gaming group moments to share with you all.   "Danke fürs Zuhören"

OUR PLAYERS - Becky, JP, Adrian, Kerley & Tambo

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll simply learn about our Essen adventures from arriving Weds 4th October and leaving Sunday 8th October.

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
After catching up with loads of people, you can check out their socials and webpages right here.
Paul Grogan (Gaming Rules) - https://www.youtube.com/@GamingRulesVideos
Luke Hector (Broken Meeple) - https://www.youtube.com/@TheBrokenMeeple
Joel (Devon Dice Podcast) - https://devondice.co.uk/
Chris Priscott (Unfringed / Zuuli) - https://unfringed.co/
Jack Neville (Split Stone Games) - https://splitstonegames.com/
Mark Monk - https://www.youtube.com/@NinjaGeekGames
Dan Wiseman - https://thedetectivesociety.com/
Will Brasher (Board Game Wizard) who gave us a cracking Galactic Cruise teach - https://www.instagram.com/theboardgamewizard/
Dome Koch - https://www.instagram.com/dome_pay_tribute_to_boardgames/

EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
2:02 - The Vengabus is coming!!!!
18:20 - TURN 2 - Essen SPIEL 2023
18:39 - Elder Scrolls Betrayal of the Second Era
26:32 - Art Society
30:30 - Nemesis Retaliation
33:51 - Accidental queue jumping shenanigans
38:27 - Kabuto Sumo
42:04 - Folded Space Inserts
44:35 - Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods
51:28 - Forest Shuffle
55:25 - Star Wars Unlimited
1:02:58 - Garden Guests
1:10:00 - Pax Illuminatem
1:15:12 - Septima
1:22:37 - Dying Light
1:32:42 - A secret envelope from Chris Priscott (Unfringed - Zuuli designer)
1:36:18 - Heeeeeeeeeeey...aaaaaay...Baby!!!!
1:37:57 - Perseverance Episode 3
1:43:35 - Gay Sauna
1:49:19 - Adrian got star struck
1:54:10 - Nucleum
2:00:24 - Gem Forge
2:04:46 - Catching up with NinjaGeekGames & Davey summoning demons
2:07:09 - Satori
2:09:26 - Galactic Cruise
2:16:30 - Next Station: London
2:20:26 - Missing out on Planta Nubo...for now
2:22:51 - Faraway
2:28:43 - Closing thoughts on the show
2:39:48 - TURN 3 - The Final Turn

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Forget Terminators. The thing about artificial intelligence that you should be worrying about is how it's creeping into the creative aspects of board-game-making.

Plaid Hat Games Marketing Manager Niki Shults and Multimedia Director (and newly minted game designer of Freelancers: A Crossroads Game) Donald Shults join our podcast this week to tell us about how A.I. is being talked about around the office. We also take a closer look at the publisher's "Crossroads" system and chat about about how our non-board-game hobbies affect our board gaming.

Timeline:

• 5:49 - Christina's game pick: Next Station: London. 
• 8:55 - Niki's game pick: Mountain Goats. 
• 13:37 - Donald's game pick: Skate Summer. 
• 17:42 - Christina's topic: The evolution of Plaid Hat's "Crossroads" system.
• 35:28 - Niki's topic: The rise of A.I. in the board game space.
• 47:05 - Donald's topic: Have your hobbies influenced what board games you play?

Welcome to episode 40! In this episode we announce the winner for a giveaway copy of Darwin's Journey. We also talk about what we've been playing lately and then we share our top 5 lists of games with animals. 

Games we've been playing lately:
Power Grid (Benelux) - 00:03:42
Next Station London/Tokyo - 00:14:12
Dominion: Cornucopia - 00:24:37
On Tour - 00:34:45
Dune: House Secrets - 00:41:35

Top 5 Games With Animals - 00:52:30

What we're excited about - 02:03:12
Crossbows and Catapults 
Trickerion restock
Dawn of Ulos, Age of Steam

Outtakes

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Hidden Gems

Some of our favourite games on our shelves are little known treasures, surprise bargain deals or classic games that have been lost to time.  In this episode Chris and Matt explore some of their favourite Hidden Gems.

Jump to a specific section:

00:00  Hidden Gems

3:18 The Boss

9:08 Ceylon

17:57 Next Station: London

25:19 Broom Service

What is YOUR favourite Hidden Gem board game? Write to us and tell us about it at escapeintoboardgames@gmail.com

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In our one hundred and ninety-fifth episode, Aaron is joined by designer Clarence Simpson of Merchants of Magick, The Wolves, and Chomp. We talk about some games we’ve been playing, including Clinic: Deluxe Edition and Next Station: London. Then I interview Clarence about designing games.

This episode is sponsored by Board Game Bliss and listeners like you on our