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First Turn Tabletop Thoughts: Where three friends play board games for the first time and discuss our immediate reactions. It’s like book club … but for board games!
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Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Well ... maybe not two, because all four of our hosts are playing Formosa Tea published by Tasty Minstrel Games in 2019. It was designed by Chu-Lan Kao.
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Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
When did paladins get associated so heavily with tabletop roleplaying games? Why do they have a holy aspect to them? Is there a modern day paladin? We have no idea, and we don't answer any of those questions in this podcast. BUT, we do this week is play Paladins of the West Kingdom by S. J. MacDonald and Shem Philips. It was printed by Garphill Games in 2019.
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Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
The gang is back and it's tournament time again. This week, we're a bunch of cats and we're pushing each other off a bed, as cats do. That's right, it's a boop. tournament! The game was published in 2022 by Smirk and Laughter Games. It was designed by Scotty Brady.
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Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Nope, not cotton. But we are playing Tapestry. Stonemaier Games published this in 2019 and it was designed by Jamey Stegmaier.
While not announced during the episode, we are going to bringing this podcast to a close on our 5th anniversary. We will continue our regular weekly publishing until that time. We appreciate each and everyone of you that has listened over the years and we hope you'll stick with us for these last 3 months.
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Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Humans are gone and the Bees have grown to human sized but they're still bees. But now they are SPACE BEES!!!! We're playing Apiary this week. It was designed by Connie Vogelmann and published in 2023 by Stonemaier Games.
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Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
It was a chilly and windy day on the beaches of Kitty Hawk, NC when the Wright brothers took to the air it what is generally regarded as the first successful heavier-than-air powered flight. They made four attempts that day, with the last covering 852 feet, before damage put the aircraft out of commission. This week Kiwi, bP, and Paxton race each other in First in Flight and be the first.... in flight. It was designed by Ben Rosset and Matthew O'Malley and was published by Artana in 2023.
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Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
No, we're not summoning Captain Planet. This week there's an opportunity to safe the great outdoors and who doesn't love the outdoors more than Kait and Eric? I mean ... statistically speaking, probably someone? They're bringing Earthborne Rangers to the table. It was published by Earthborne Games in 2023 and designed by Andrew Fischer, Brooks Flugaur-Leavitt, Andrew Navaro, Adam Sadler, and Brady Sadler.
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Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
This week, we continue our gaming over the holidays but shift our focus to Kait and Eric. They're playing Tokaido Duo. The two player version of the popular Tokaido by Antoine Bauza and published in 2022 by Funforge.
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Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Is that not an ear worm or what? Oddly specific, significantly strange, but still a banger. Paxton, bP, and Kiwi breed Fox's this week in Elizabeth Hargrave and Jeff Fraser's The Fox Experiment from Pandasaurus Games, published in 2023.
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Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
It's the holidays and that means more board games! This week we finally got Moonrakers to the table so bP, Kiwi, and special recurring guest host Paxton give it a try. It was published in 2020 by IV Studio and designed by Max Anderson, Zac Dixon, and Austin Harrison. Will our space pirates pirate enough? Who is going to captain this motely crew of ne'er-do-wells? Tune in and find out!
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