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Back to EpisodesEpisode 179: Special Guest: Bobby Hill. Plus Bitoku, Meeples & Monsters, So Clover, Jabba’s Palace
Description
On this special episode Mitch, Mike, Dan and Conor kick off Oceania Month with the designer of the much-loved Hadrian's Wall: Bobby Hill. Bobby shares with us what games helped inspire Hadrian's Wall, lets us into the clandestine goings-on of his gaming group, laments as he slowly evolves into his father, and lets us in on his next project!
In the Board Game Bracket we settle the last match-up, Wingspan vs Lords of Waterdeep, before we tee up the next battle: Viticulture vs Quacks of Quedlinburg. To make sure your favourite goes through to the next round make sure you vote on our socials.
Finally, in Swear An Oath Dan played Targi for the first time and loved it, but is still gearing up to the Under Falling Skies campaign. Mike got Clank in Space to the table and is now seriously wondering if he bothers keeping the original Clank! Conor played Imperial Settlers with Adrian, and also played Oath to mixed feelings from the group. Meanwhile Mitch is still mentally preparing to play Cerebria. New oaths include to beat a personal best in Hadrian's Wall (Dan), Railroad Ink (Mike), Zapotech (Conor), to take a break and smell the roses (Bobby), and After The Virus (Mitch).
Sizzling Games: Bitoku (42:20), Meeples & Monsters (48:48), So Clover (58:20), Jabba's Palace (1:05:25)
Board Game Bracket: (1:12:32)
Swear An Oath: (1:22:58)
To follow along with the work of Bobby Hill check out all of his socials:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/motherloderocks
BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/103500/bobby-hill
Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed: