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Back to EpisodesEpisode 167: Voyages, Anno 1800, Mini Express, Nyet!
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We are back for 2022! (was there ever any doubt?)
Join Adrian, Sarah, Def and Jules as they discuss giving games a second chance. What factors can sour a first play, what you should consider when you first learn a game, and the team list some games they have granted a second chance.
In the Sizzling Games segment, Jules has been the playing the new Roll and Write from friend of the show Matthew Dunstan (and Rory Muldoon): Voyages. Sarah has been enjoying the Martin Wallace city building game Anno 1800. Def is still living out his train fantasies with Mini Express. Finally Adrian has found his new favourite trick-taking game: Nyet!
We dive back into the Bracket Battle and recap the last match up: Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion vs Raiders of the North Sea.
Finally in Swear an Oath Def fulfilled his oaths of Clans of Caledonia and also Hellenica: Story of Greece. Adrian overcame Mitch's sleep-inducing tutorial and played Merchants of the Dark Road, and also played Santa's Workshop, but fell short of teaching Conor Aeon's End. Sarah hasn't played Chronicles of Crime yet, but did play Forge War. Jules played half a game of Mysthea (so it doesn't count!) but is prepared to play it at this weekend's Melbourne Board Game Day. In the spirit of second chances, Adrian swears an oath to revisit Dwellings of Eldervale, Def swears to give Imperium: Classics a second chance, Sarah swears to play Great Western Trail, and Jules will finally finish painting his Unsettled minis.
Sizzling Games: Voyages (06:35), Anno 1800 (18:50), Mini Express (33:45), Nyet! (45:29)
Topic of the Pod: 2nd Chance Games (52:53)
Board Game Bracket: (1:14:01)
Swear An Oath: (1:23:09)
**MONTHLY COMPETITION**
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Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed:
Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy (2020)
Origins: First Builders (2021)
The Search For Planet X (2020)
Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion (2020)