Mile High Game Guys: Boardgaming Podcast

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The weekly podcast starts out with some PUBG talk, then our hosts dive into some newly played games. Zach Builds some bear habitats in Barenpark, Hanamikoji still thwarts Adrian, and Jeff slapped some arcade machines. Jeff gives his latest matches in the Bloody Minute, then moves along to News and Kickstarters. In News, Gencon 50 might sell out, and MAP Policies spread. In Kickstarters, a Denver based entry, Not a Problem!, is discussed and more boardgame bags are being made. Our hosts then give the latest updates on the Gloomhaven Giveaway. Jeff reads some emails, Zach reads some BGG responses, and Adrian gives the scoop on the Popularity Poll to close out the show. 00:00:29 - Intro 00:01:11 - Patreon Thank yous! 00:04:55 - Banter! Featuring SNES Classic, Weekly Murder Island, What are we drinking?, Barenpark, Hanabi, Cribbage, Honshu, Hanamikoji, 1-UP Arcade Bar, Through the Desert 00:34:07 - The Bloody Minute 00:39:13 - News: Gencon 50 Might Sell out 00:41:26 - News: Pandemic Legacy Season 2 even more I

MHGG Review: Tiny Epic Galaxies   In the first of our new stand-alone review series we dig deep into the galactic center of Tiny Epic Galaxies and its new expansion, Beyond the Black. Enjoy!   00:00:28 Intro to the new review format 00:01:44 MHGG Review: Tiny Epic Galaxies 00:31:11 MHGG Review: Tiny Epic Galaxies - Beyond the Black 00:53:25 Episode Wrap-up   Slack Channel Patreon Guild

We Have Turned One.. It’s the start of a new podcast year, and that means changes. This episode starts off with some PUBG talk, then moves right on to recently played games. Zach built some cities in Honshu, Jeff fought a magnificent duel in Hero realms, and Adrian ran away from a female boss in Kanban. Moving on to news, Pandemic Legacy Season 2 got a website, Mystic Vale gets another expansion, and The Kinnerspiel Award is announced. In Kickstarters, Human Interface and Killbots are introduced. Our hosts answer a couple emails and then they have two announcements, the Patreon is released and another MHGG Giveaway, to close out the show. 00:00:21 - Intro 00:01:28 - Murder Island Update 00:07:53 - What Are We Drinking? 00:09:45 - What Have We Been Playing? Featuring: Skull, Honshu, Hero Realms, Warhammer 40k 8th, Tramways, Kanban 00:24:43 - News: Gencon Preview List on BoardGameGeek 00:31:00 - News: Pandemic Legacy Season 2 Website and Info 00:32:16 - News: Origin Awards Winners 00:34:04 - News: First Mart

Anniversary! Can you believe that this podcast made it one whole year? Our hosts barely can. Luckily, some other podcasts hosts give the podcast some love with bumpers peppered throughout the show. Episode starts off with the normal banter, with Zach saving lives in Flatline, Adrian tried to gain Italian fame in Lorenzo il Magnifico, and Jeff played a god in Chaos in the Old World. Moving on to News, the Splendor expansion gets some info and Tiny Epic Defenders 2.0 and expansion gets announced.In Kickstarters, Lords of Hellas dumps a ton of minis and Deception gets an expansion. Afterwards, our hosts start a one year retrospective. This includes many emails, bgg responses, and twitter feedback. Once the past has been thoroughly picked clean, they move on to the future.They discuss a format change, announce a slack channel, and give some hints on the upcoming patreon. 00:00:21 - Heavy Cardboard Bumper 00:00:47 - Intro 00:02:50 - What are we drinking? 00:05:08 - Banter! featuring: PUBG, Kingdomino, Flatline, H

Yokohama Our hosts start off the the episode with some good old banter, including some recently played games. Zach ventured into unknown space in Tiny Epic Galaxies: Beyond the Black, Jeff built a city in Honshu, and Adrian switched a job in Grifters. After some catchup in The Bloody Minute, they move on to News and Kickstarter. In news, Asmodee goes solo on distributors, Betrayal gets a D&D skin, and Colonists tries to court to Co-Op Crowd. In Kickstarters, Catan gets an “interesting” reskin, The Component Collector pulls at Jeff’s Wallet, and Zombicide: Green Horde continues to make the money. Next up is the review of the week, Yokohama. Does this worker movement game make all the right moves and puts you on the right tile for success? Or does it block you from doing anything strategic, leaving you to just pick some tea leaves? Find out inside! Our Hosts talk about their meetup with a listener and tease the anniversary show to close out the episode.   00:00:27 Intro 00:01:27 Banter! - Featuring PUBG Ag

Legendary Encounters: Alien vs Predator Joining our hosts is another new guest, Richard, and he tries to sell the merits of Monopoly before everyone digs into some newly played games. Zach built a window in Sagrada, Adrian somehow did not overdose himself with heavy games at HeavyCon, Richard stole some money in Grifters, and Jeff punched a guy in Gloomhaven. After breaking his losing streak in The Bloody Minute, they move on to some CMON focused News and Kickstarters. CMON and IELLO talk about their Minimum Advertised Pricing Policies, Black Plague gets a companion app, and the newest KS, Zombicide Green Horde, gets discussed. Moving on to the review of the week, a pair of deckbuilders get compared. Does Legendary Encounters: Alien facehug you with some great themes and cooperation, or does it burst through your chest with some mediocre art to leave you dead on the ground? Does LE: Predator rip your spine out with greatness? Or does leave you pushing pencils? Which one is better? Find out inside! A couple BG

Pandemic Legacy Season 1: The Last 6 Months After a LENGTHY absence, our hosts are joined by Andrew to once again spoil Pandemic Legacy Season 1. This time, it will be months July-December and then give overall opinions. There will be spoilers all throughout this thing, so you have be warned!   00:00:30 Intro   00:01:50 Part 1 Recap 00:04:48 Month by Month Breakdown 00:28:19 Opening Box 8 00:33:34 Hot Stats - Game Vs Game 00:42:28 End Game Scores 00:52:42 Overall Opinions on Season 1 01:04:22 Wrap Up

Social Games: Hidden Identities! With Adrian and Zach fresh from another convention, our hosts start off the episodes with reactions from Geekway to the West and all their recently played games. Jeff got another chance to play Hit Z Road, Zach found an amazing game in Flatline, and Adrian shipped some rice in Indonesia. Afterwards, Jeff finally gets some more blood bowl goodness. In a short news and Kickstarter section, the Spiel des Jahres 2017 nominations are discussed, an update on the Games upgrades 3.0 KS, and Heroes of Land, Air, and Sea is relaunched. Moving onto the review of the week, our hosts talk about a trio of Social games with Hidden Identities and deduction. These games include Ultimate Werewolf, The Resistance, and Secret Hitler. Are these games able to hide their wonderful goodness away from prying eyes, allowing them to be ripe for consumption? Or do the flaws of social gaming cause them to argue amongst themselves while you just find something better to do? Find out inside! A BGG question

Blood Rage On their own once again, our hosts are immediately split up by 800 miles as Adrian calls in from St. Louis. After Jeff and Zach try and sell Adrian on Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds, they all dig into some recently played games. Jeff gets screwed by The Grizzled expansion, Zach got to try out Yokohama for the first time, and Adrian shuffled some cards in Legendary Encounters: Alien. In the News section, some new figures for Blood Bowl are coming out and an expansion to Isle of Skye is announced. In Kickstarters, TMG Deluxifies Flow of History, The Manhattan Project sequel finally shows up, and some bears dig up some honey in Ursa Miner. Our host move on to the review of the week, which happens to be Blood rage. Does this viking game have what it takes to call upon Ragnarok and end the world as the king of games? Or does its’ drafting and Kickstarter exclusives have it fall short of Vahalla? Find out inside! Afterwards, some BGG questions on Blood rage are answered and a couple of emails close out th

Food Chain Magnate Our hosts are once again joined by friend of the show, Wesley, and start out the episode talking about some crazy weather. In recently played games, Zach tried out Salt Lands, Wesley got introduced to Orleans, Jeff talks about Shadow War: Armageddon, and Adrian moved some stones in Imhotep. In News, more details have emerged about The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31, an expansion for Star Wars: rebellion is revealed, and Shut and and Sit Down got themselves a convention. In Kickstarters, Farsight gets you an option for minis, Terrain Crate can get you pimp out your D&D, and Card City XL has over 200 ways to play the game. Moving on to the review of the week, we get deep into Food Chain Magnate by Splotter Spellen. Does this cutthroat heavy economic game make enough of an impact to be a contender for one of the best heavy games ever? Or does its’ ruthlessness and long running time make it feel like a dull knife fight that just won’t end? Find out inside! We answer some questions from emai

Clank! This episode has our hosts joined by yet another new guest and friend of the show, Andrew! After getting some info on what got him into gaming, everyone gives a rundown of their International Tabletop Day experience. Adrian got another play in of Captain Sonar, Andrew had his first game of Robo Rally, Jeff finally got introduced to Vast! The Crystal Cavern, and Zach stretched some rubber bands in Stellar Conflict. In the News section, Gamelyn Games gave out details on the changes of the Heroes of Land, Air, and Sea Kickstarter relaunch, and someone made an Awesome PnP re-theme of Scythe. In Kickstarters, Meeple Source announced their 3rd round of meeple upgrades and a eurogame themed around Volcano-dwelling Barbarians invading foreign lands gets funded. Moving on to the review of the week, our hosts delve into Renegade Game’s Clank! A Deckbuilding Adventure. Does this deckbuilder innovate enough to become an Artifact to be treasured by all? Or is it a luck-fest that can leave you stuck in the depths wi

Inis Our hosts start out the episode with another play of the amazing Terraforming Mars, Zach tried out Tides of Madness, and Adrian played Uwe Rosenberg’s first big game Bohnanza as well as Martian Wallace’s Brass. Jeff goes heavy into the Bloody Minute, including a weekend event known as C.O.R.P.S.E. In the Kickstarter segment, a second edition of BIOS: Genesis is announced as well a a very helpful boardgame design kit called “The White Box”. In News, a trio of LCG info gets mentioned, including LOTR’s last deluxe expansion, Arkham Horror’s NEXT Deluxe expansion and cycle, and the new Legend of the Five Rings, Jeff finds more info on some new Rick and Morty games, and Adrian talks about a Ugandan Boardgaming Convention. Moving on to the Weekly Review, Matagot’s Inis gets dissected. Does this “Dudes on a Map” game draft it’s way into an Epic Tale? Or does its combat and art leave you wanting more? Find out inside! We read off some responses to our Unfair episode and read off a couple of emails to finish out

Episode 42 - Unfair In this week's episode, Zach is in Portland so the guys try out some of their new portable equipment as they talk about boardgames. First up, Zach convinces his mom to buy Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle and we get to find out if this deckbuilder has magical powers or if it's a squib. Next, Jeff gets to try both sides in back-to-back games of War of the Ring and we find out if this heralds a return of the king of two player thematic games or if the fellowship was bogged down in cobwebs. Finally, Adrian takes a crack at entrepreneurship with the folks at Heavy Cardboard during a live play; were his burgers cooked to order and his pizza on point or did his soda and beer go flat? Word of yet another Evolution game kicks off news and is joined with hordes of undead orcs and goblins from Zombicide: Green Horde. Kickstarter is filled with Crosstalk as the campaign for Brass dropped the day of recording and Gloomhaven continues to make a bunch of money. The big review this week is an advanced look

Stockpile  Recovering from an overdose of theme, our hosts start off the podcast with some newly played games. Zach tried out the Onirim App and Kana Gawa, Jeff got introduced to Hanamikoji and Clank!, And Adrian finally got in a play of Codenames: Pictures. In the Kickstarter section, Gloomhaven 2nd printing is announced, Hardback, a pre”quill” to Paperback, gets funded, and our hosts look at a couple funding entries from fellow Media folk, Rahdo Runs Through and The Secret Cabal. In news, a Big Trouble in Little China mini game gets some more coverage, and Airships come to Scythe!Moving onto the review of the week, our hosts discuss Stockpile. Can our hosts use their insider knowledge to find the greatness in this game and it's expansion? Or does its low weight make them feel strategically bankrupt? Does the expansion make the game better? Or does it try to add too much, too fast? Find out inside! A bgg comment and an email close out the show. 00:00:30 Banter! Featuring: Rick and Morty, Onirim, Kana Gawa, A

Themes, Themes, etc. This Top 10 episode is all about themes, and it isn’t even a top 10. Our hosts first give a rundown of their top 5 favorite themes, ones that make their head turn, and say “I should look closer at this game…..” They also have a list of 5 unique, well implemented, or most wanted themes. To wrap themes up, they also have a couple that they are just plain sick of. The show wraps up with some community responses, including BoardGameGeek and Twitter.   00:00:56 Banter! Featuring - Mel Brooks? New Angeles, and the Bloody Minute 00:15:30 The MHGG Theme-ageddon 00:18:06 Favorite themes overall 00:52:42 Favorite unique/unusual themes 01:10:44 Themes we're sick of 01:15:35 Listener comments on themes 01:25:19 Episode Wrap Up!   Bonus: Ant and Jeff's Denver-area Blood Bowl league info! https://www.facebook.com/groups/DenverKIL/ denverbloodbowl@gmail.com

Power Grid Showdown Our hosts are joined once again by, friend of the show, Ant, and he starts off strong with some Bloody Minute Talk with Jeff. Moving onto recently played games, Zach finally tried out Hanamikoji, Adrian played Rhein: River Trade with Edward from Heavy Cardboard, and Jeff got Adrian’s copy of Keyflower to the table. In a short news section, one of Jeff's friends wins a CMoN mini painting competition. In Kickstarter, The Grimm Forest is mentioned, and Adrian brings up his new favorite game style, 18XX, with the new 18CZ. Moving on to the review of the week, it’s a dual review of Power Grid and Power Grid the Card Game! Does the original still hold up? Or did it lose it’s spark when compared to newer games? Does the Card Game version replace the main game? Or does the Card Game lack the heavier appeal of the original? Find out inside! The hosts even get some twitter and email questions about the review to answer. 00:00:38 Banter! Featuring: Alexa shennaningans, Bloody Minute, Hanamikoji, Vast

Social Improv Extravaganza In this episode, our hosts start out with some newly played games. Everyone tried out a prototype game from a friend, Adrian and Jeff got to finally experience Unfair, and Adrian continues to be infatuated with Tramways and Food Chain Magnate. In the News section, CMON picks up yet another person and announces a miniatures games based on the A Song of Ice and Fire Universe, and Games Workshop slowly catches up with the present. In Kickstarters, Restoration Games brings back Stop Thief!, Solstice and Dinosaur Island are getting ready to finish, and an expansion for Pursuit of Happiness is announced. Our Hosts then move on to the Game(s) Review of the week,  Aye Dark Overlord!, Snake Oil, and Spyfall. Do these social, improvisationally-based games have what it takes to bring something new to a game group? Or do these games not have enough to separate themselves from the shadow of party games likes Cards against Humanity? Find out inside! Another email closes out the show.   00:00:46 B

Le Havre In the weekly games recap, Zach finally tried out his new KS game, Unfair, Adrian was introduced to Vast the Crystal Caverns, and Jeff tried out the expansion for Mystic Vale. In the Bloody Minute, Jeff gives us a rundown of the recent KIL Open tournament, including an excerpt of some on-location recording. Moving on to the News section, more details of Captian Sonar’s First expansion have come out, Gloomhaven’s reprint gets announced, and CMON hires a head artist. In Kickstarters, all the money is being thrown at CMON’s Rising Sun, and a “new legacy” game, Legacy Tic Tac Toe, is discussed. Our hosts then sail on to the Review of the Week, Le Havre. Does Uwe Rosenburg’s game use it’s euro mechanisms to upgrade itself into a glorious game, or does its’ art and game length make it just another box on the harbor? Find out inside! At the end, some questions from twitter are answered and Friend of the Show, Edward from Heavy Cardboard, chimes in with an update of his Review from 2014. Finally,a  couple em

 The Gallerist Our hosts start the episode already off-topic, talking about Logan, before diving into some recently played games. Zach and Jeff tried out Jump Drive, the new game from the creator of Race for the Galaxy, and Adrian introduced his girlfriend, Megan, to Feast for Odin at Heavy Cardboard’s weekly meetup. To finish up, they give some initial impressions on Gloomhaven. Moving on to Kickstarters, Food Truck Champion and Dubai: Rebuild the Ruins are mentioned before bringing up the Eric Lang-inspired elephant in the room, Rising Sun. In News, Cottage Garden is coming to the US, Battlestar Galactica might be leaving, and Le Havre is returning. With the News done, our hosts move onto the Review of the Week, Vital Lacerda’s The Gallerist. Does this game combine euro game design with a well-developed theme into a work of art? Or does its meaning get lost in pretty colors and lines? Find out inside! Results for the intro music poll closes out the show. 00:00:40 Banter! Featuring: The movie Logan, Jump Dri