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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 Jul 21, 2020
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Ignore the episode number, we had a few bonuses but this is our 50th episode!! If you've been here since the beginning, thank you so much. Just like our first anniversary we take a shift from our normal style in order to visit one of our favorite games: Gloomhaven designed by Isaac Childres and published by Cephalofair Games. We talk about what makes it great and why we love it.
While we are continuing our groups campaign, this episode is spoiler free!
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Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Our trio has decided to live a life of crime. Well not really, but we pretend to be a crack group of professional thieves in Tim Fower's cooperative game Burgle Bros. published by Fowers Games.
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Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Kiwi and bP sit down for a game of 1987 Channel Tunnel published by Looping Games. It was designed by Israel Cendrero and Sheila Santos with art by Pedro Soto.
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Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
In another attempt to get our first cease and desist from Disney, Kiwi and Eric give Star Wars: Armada from Fantasy Flight Games a go! They've played Star Wars X-Wing but how do they feel about a shift to capital ship combat in this game designed by James Kniffen and Christian Peterson.
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Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Our trio is together to play Copenhagen! bP teaches it while Kiwi gets yelled at for doing bad history. Published by Queen Games, the game was designed by Asger Harding Granerud and Daniel Skjold Pedersen.
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Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Humans try to ruin the woods while the woodland creatures try to save it, but now with giant monster guardians! This time it isn't anything like Fern Gully, just maybe a little. Eric and Kiwi play Haven by Alf Seegert and published by Red Raven Games!
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Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
Cue the Justin Timberlake music, but not for very long because of copyright. This week we are playing Tim Fowers' Paperback, published by Fowers Games.
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Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
Jack the Ripper has struck again! Will Holmes and Watson find the culprit before they escape or will history prevail? This week, Kiwi and bP bring Mr. Jack to the table. It was designed by Bruno Cathala and published by Hurrican Games!
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Tuesday May 26, 2020
Tuesday May 26, 2020
This week we take over the heads of houses in the Portuguese city of Coimbra and vie for influence! This game was designed by Flaminia Brasini and Virginio Gigli. It waas published by Eggertspiele.
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Tuesday May 19, 2020
Tuesday May 19, 2020
Our trio travels back in time to 1972 to the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee headquarters, where Kiwi teaches Eric and bP to play Watergate! Find out if they changed history in this game by Matthias Cramer and published by Frosted Games.
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