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Dean and Graeme have a look at kickstarter. How many games have we backed, and would we do it again? What are our feelings on large companies using kickstarter? What about delays - does that lessen the game for us?
We then do our Top 5 Games I Wish I Had Kickstarted (and Graeme's #1 is a cop out).
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Phew! 2017 was a great year, and the 4 corners look at all the 2017 games that Graeme owns and that we have played and give a quick run down on each (around 50 games in total - yes it is a long episode!). We finish the episode off with each of us picking their top 3 games from 2017.
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Dean and Graeme have a look back at 2017. How did we find the year in gaming? Did our spending change? What about kickstarter?
We then look at :
Our Top Gaming Experience
Top Expansion to make us get the game back to the table
Top Let down (disappointment) of 2017
Top Older game we got (back) to the table
Top Game Surprise
First game we want to get to the table in 2018!
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So it's getting close to the end of the year, and we start to think about giving gifts to our friends and relatives. So we decided to do a game gift giving guide. First though, we talk about some recent plays:
Iron Dragon
Vinhos
Fallout
Custom Heroes
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We spent a week up at a resort - perfect time to play lots of games! We start off by talking about some games we played while away :
Magic Maze
Viral
Nina & Pinta
Nomads
We then get into the main topic of discussion : Perditions Mouth : Abyssal Rift. An Ameritrash+Euro game - this is a game that takes a dungeon crawl and combines it with a rondel. So how does the group think it works - do the euro players like the dungeon crawl, and do the dungeon crawl fans like the euro mechanisms?
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This week Dean and Graeme have a look at the rating of 7. Is it just a catch all for ratings? How do we rate games, on on our scales, what is a 7 rated game?
We then do a top 5 (yes, should have been a top 7) of our best 7 rated games - these are the games that just missed being in that "excellent" category.
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In a slightly shorter episode we look at Roll Player. First we look at some games we've played :
Railroad Revolution
Letters from Whitechapel
Gold Raiders
Fox in the Forest
We then move on to Roll Player. We've got 2 RPGers in the group, so does the theme sway them? For the other 2 who are not roll players, is there enough in the game to keep them interested? Can an aspect of the game, which is not the games fault, affect the score? Sure it can, listen to find out!
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This week Dean and Graeme have a look at the upcoming Essen Game Fair. As reviewers, do we feel this is something we have to go to? Are we missing out?
We then count down our top 10 (yes 10 this time) most anticipated games that are coming out at Essen 2017.
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For our Halloween episode this year, we start off by doing a very quick recap of ProtoTO con that B and Graeme attended. Then we talk about some games we've played :
Roll Player
Beneath Nexus
Ragers : Champions of the Arena
Fate of the Elder Gods
Zombicide Black Plague
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In this episode Graeme and Dean have a look at the BoardGameGeek ranking system. Do we use it? Is it helpful for new comers? Do we ever buy (or not buy) based on a games rankings?
We end the discussion with our Top 5 games that we like (or love) but are ranked poorly on BoardGameGeek
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