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The first player crown has been passed to Becky who is pleased to be back for some more gaming chat.  This time we talk about those gems in the gaming calendar where we organise all day gaming sessions, the promises, the pitfalls, the plans and the free for alls, we all love a gaming day.

FIRST PLAYER: Becky
OTHER PLAYERS: Kerley & JP

OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- JP takes a nostalgic trip back to the 80s in Fighting Fantasy Adventures the new Martin Wallace design bringing Deathtrap Dungeon vibes
- Kerley's thoughts on Caverna and improving on each play he has with some debates around whether it replaces Agricola or not
- all about aspects of all day gaming sessions, what they are, some key pitfalls and recommendations but also why they are an important part of our hobby
- about the new "would you rather" which is would you rather play a 4 hours game with snacks / drinks that has constant analysis paralysis or no snacks / drinks with no AP
- the Whose Turners next line of games hitting the tables very soon

LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
00:00:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
00:02:43 - Podcast Update
00:04:18 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
00:04:25 - JP - Fighting Fantasy Adventures
00:13:49 - Kerley - Caverna
00:22:01 - Hot tubs & Iron Maiden
00:23:50 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Hex, Mugs & Sausage Rolls
00:25:21 - What do we qualify as an all day gaming session?
00:30:19 - What are the key ingredients for a good gaming day?
00:38:48 - How important is food at an gaming day? 
00:44:45 - Should an all day gaming session just be with people you know? 
00:46:42 - What are the pitfalls in running a gaming day? 
00:51:42 - Top recommendations for running a successful gaming day? 
00:55:31 - Final thoughts
00:56:30 - TURN 4 - Would you rather? 
00:56:46 - Would you rather have snacks / drinks for a game night with AP, or no snacks / drinks with no AP? 
01:00:43 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up 
01:00:51 - Kerley - Hallertau, Darwins Journey & Weather Machine (really?) 
01:04:23 - Paladins of the West Kingdom, Viticulture World (Asia) & Twilight Imperium 
01:09:20 - Becky - Photosynthesis, Port Royal & Becky's Birthday 
01:11:03 - TURN 6 - 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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