Recorded from War Room Studios in Albuquerque, NM : 1/23/18
This episode brought to you by Tasty Minstrel Games, BoardGameTables.com, Arcane Wonders & Meeple Realty. After 3 week of back to back to back games of Charterstone (Stonemaier Games), we are finally able to tell you what we think! Now don't worry.... While this segment turns into a heated debate, we manage to remain relatively spoiler free during our Charterstone Review. We are certain you will love the dialog surrounding this hot new legacy game, but in the end you have to take sides - will you support #teamjosh or #teambrandon after our Charterstone Review?? After that we dive headfirst into our "Best Board Games of 2017" segment! Year in and year out we absolutely love putting this segment together - tune in to find out what honors Gloomhaven (Cephalofair Games), 7th Continent (Serious Poulp), Wasteland Express Delivery Service (Pandasaurus Games) and Sagrada (Floodgate Games) take home!!! And this is just a peek at what we carved out - Tune in and listen to us run through 12+ categories relating to our favorite board games of 2017.
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Episode Timeline:
00:00:00 - This episode sponsored by Tasty Minstrel Games, BoardGameTables.com, Arcane Wonders & Meeple Realty
00:00:45 -Intro / Banter
00:22:47 - Renegade Games Giveaway
00:29:20 - TNT: Then
00:30:40 - TNT: Now (Featuring Fallout & Topiary)
00:46:30 - TNT: Tomorrow
00:59:29 - Charterstone Review :: Flavor and Overview
01:13:00 - Charterstone Review :: Presentation
01:20:00 - Charterstone Review :: Theme
01:24:20 - Charterstone Review :: Strategy
01:39:00 - Charterstone Review :: Final Thoughts
01:54:20 - Feature Segment : The Best Board Games of 2017
Game Timestamps:
00:32:00 - Mega Civilization
00:35:00 - Downforce
00:37:00 - King Domino
00:37:00 - Queen Domino
00:38:20 - Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective
00:41:27 - Fallout
00:45:40 - Topiary
00:50:00 - Western Legends
00:55:00 - Endeavor
00:59:29 - Charterstone
01:57:00 - Chameleon
02:00:24 - When I Dream
02:03:00 - Clans of Caledonia
02:04:50 - Rajas of the Ganges
02:07:20 - Wasteland Express Delivery Service
02:09:00 - 7th Continent
02:11:08 - Tesla vs. Edison: Duel
02:12:05 - Fugitive
02:12:27 - Codenames: Duet
02:13:45 - Magic Maze
02:16:10 - Civilization: A New Dawn
02:17:17 - Lisboa
02:18:55 - Azul
02:19:46 - Barenpark
02:21:40 - Sagrada
02:22:50 - Summit
02:25:20 - Santa Maria
02:26:20 - Majesty
02:27:50 - Fireball Island
02:28:15 - Detective: City of Angels
02:29:10 - Western Legends
02:30:00 - Edge of Madness
02:34:24 - The Quest for El Dorado
02:40:15 - Gloomhaven
02:41:00 - Godfather
