Mile High Game Guys: Boardgaming Podcast

 Arkham Horror: The Card Game The episode begins with some newly played games, including Zach’s attempt to enjoy Dimension, and Adrian getting stomped in Food Chain Magnate. After a word from the KIL, Jeff gives us a rundown of his latest match in The Bloody Minute. In the Kickstarter section, Weta Workshop’s Giant Killer Robots and Pandasaurus Games’ Dinosaur Island are discussed. In the News section, a duo of new Rick and Morty games are announced, a Batman game from Monolith is teased, and some pictures were leaked of a Campaign for the great Coop, The Grizzled. In the review of the week, our hosts attempt to survive Arkham Horror: The Card Game. Does this game take a campaign structure and bless its player with an interesting and compelling story? Or does this combination of LCGs and Cthulhu curse it’s participants and drive them insane? Find out inside! A couple emails and some more discussion of some giveaway feedback close out the show.   00:00:45 Banter! Featuring - Weather, Hot Springs, Jeff's trip t

7 Wonders Duel With the end of our 2nd giveaway, this episode starts out with a recap of newly played games. Jeff gives us his first impressions on Diamonds and Aye, Dark Overlord before Zach and Adrian give a rundown of the experience at GenghisCon over the weekend. Zach finally got a chance to try out RoboRally, and Adrian played The Dragon and Flagon and had another try at The Colonists. In the News Section, The Incident at Outpost 31, a boardgame based on “The Thing”, a New Eldritch Horror Expansion, and more details of Pandemic Legacy Season 2 come out in the form of the back of the box. In a short Kickstarter Section, a set of expansions for the Champions of Midgard and Tramway’s New York and Paris Maps are mentioned. Our hosts then move on the Game Review of the Week, 7 Wonders Duel. Does this game use the correct resources to extract the best parts of 7 Wonders into a 2 Player specific game? Or does building these Wonders leave you wanting more? Does the Expansion add enough to the game to be worth it

MHGG’s Fancy Interviews #1 This special episode has our hosts joined once again by David from Time Well Spent Games. This time, however, the questions are gonna be directed towards him as Zach and Adrian TRY and let someone else talk for once. Jeff, The Inquisitor, gets David to open up about how he got his board game online shop, the pros and cons of it already being established, and the ins and outs of this industry from a new retailer perspective. 00:00:30 Introducing the new Fancy Interview series: with David Reed of Time Well Spent Games 00:02:00 Pre-Interview Banter 00:04:26 David' s gaming background 00:09:15 Question 1: What made you decide to buy a boardgame retail website? 00:14:31 Struggles of physical location vs online store 00:17:29 Question 2: What were the challenges/benefits of buying and existing business? 00:24:40 Question 3: What is it like running a boardgame retail website? 00:29:34 Question 4: Competition in the boardgame industry is tough, how do you deal with that? 00:37:22 Questi

Manhattan Project: Energy Empire This episode has our hosts joined by Special Guest David, owner of Time Well Spent Games. After a brief intro of his gaming history, the weekly game recap begins. David mentions his most recent plays of Adrenaline, Jeff and Zach both bring up Food Chain Magnate and Mint Works!, and Adrian brings up the rear with his plays of Vinhos Deluxe and Lisboa. Jeff gives us a colorful rundown of his latest Blood Bowl game in the Blood Minute, and then they dive into News and Kickstarter. A bunch of games were announced, including Terra Mystica: Gaia Project, aka Terra Mystica IN SPACE, a two player version of Caverna, and the fiascos of Gloomhaven and First Martian Preorders are brought to light. In the Kickstarter section, Heroes of Land, Air, and Sea is taken down to prepare for a future relaunch, and some new tracks for Tramway are up. In the Review of the week, our hosts and David talk about Manhattan Project: Energy Empire. Has this standalone game built enough of an infrastructure

Robinson Crusoe In this episode, our hosts are once again joined by Special Guest Megan. They start off catching up on recently played games, including Snake Oil and The Pantheon expansion for 7 Wonders Duel. In the Kickstarter section, they talk about Quodd Heroes’ Relaunch, the SuperHot card game, and the Wyrmwood D&D GM Screen. Adrian also reminds us that Fuedem is opening for late Pledging. Some new expansions are announced, specifically for Quadropolis and Mystic Vale and the Golden Geek Awards nominations are open. The game discussion of the week is Robinson Crusoe. Does this punishing Co-op find salvation in its thematic mechanisms? Or does this game leave you starving for something more? Find out inside! A few emails and an announcement of a new giveaway ends the show! 00:01:00 Banter! Featuring: Weather, Super Bowl Game Day, Snake Oil, Santorini, Forbidden Desert, 7 Wonders Duel, Biblios, Manhattan Project: Energy Empire, Lanterns 00:22:08 Kickstarter and Boardgame News  00:22:55 Quodd Heroes  0

Tiny Epic Western After another Top 10, our hosts get back into the routine with a bunch of newly played games over the past two weeks, including Game Night's 4th anniversary, and first impressions of The Colonists. Jeff then regales us with a breakdown on what was effectively the Blood Bowl Championship. In current news, Gencon tickets go on sale and PETA has a bone to pick with Warhammer 40k. In the Kickstarter section, we catch up on a lot of new games, including Delve from Indie Boards and Cards as well as Gamelyn Games’ Heroes of Land, Air, and Sea. We then move on to the review is the week, Tiny Epic Western from Gamelyn Games. Is this truly an epic game in a small box? Does its worker placement and poker elements stand up or does randomness keep it from becoming something great? Find out here! A couple of emails end our show. 00:00:28 Banter!! Featuring Warm Weather, Cribbage, Star Trek, Language/Pronunciation Issues, a bunch of games from 2 gamenights and an anniversary party, and the Bloody Minute  

Top 10 Anticipated for 2017 This Top 10 episode has our hosts detailing some of their most anticipated games in the upcoming year.   00:01:40 Criteria for our lists The List: 00:03:55 Number 10s 00:06:01 Number 9s 00:08:31 Number 8s 00:11:57 Number 7s 00:13:54 Number 6s 00:17:33 Number 5s 00:20:57 Number 4s 00:25:01 Number 3s 00:28:57 Number 2s 00:33:07 Number 1s 00:36:05 List Notes and Honorable Mentions 00:45:51 Collective Mile High Game Guys Top 3 Anticipated Games 00:46:43 Other 2017 Anticipations and Episode Wrap Up

Race vs Roll for the Galaxy   This episode begins with a slew of newly played games, including The Gallerist, Love Letter Premium, and Manhattan Project: Energy Empire. Jeff fills us in on new last game in The Bloody Minute, and finally Adrian chats about his latest trip to the Heavy Cardboard Gaming Meetup. In the news, a Terraforming Mars expansion is announcing, Ignacy Trzewcizek’s newest game First Martians is taking preorders, and a ton of games are getting reprinted. In Kickstarters, the only thing of note was Reiner Knizia’s newest game, Khan of Khans, finally appeared on the site. Moving on to the review section, our hosts do a double header, Race for the Galaxy and it’s newer, “hotter” cousin Roll for the galaxy. They do a brief rundown on both and then try and figure out if there is a place for both on your shelf. 00:00:25 Banter! - Featuring: Talk about the lack of football, movies, Gallerist, Terraforming Mars, Santorini, Love Letter Premium, Werewolf, Tramways   00:13:44 Bloody Minute 00:36:24

  2 player game showdown! This episode starts out with Adrian complaining about the heat. Then, the hosts begin their weekly gameplay recap, including a Terraforming Mars Game with Jeff’s new GameTrayz,  a “lovely” game of Werewolf, and a new game, Fury of Dracula. In the kickstarter section, anew abstract game called “Tao Long” is ogled at and the creators of Myth give it another try with “Myth: Dark Frontier.” In the News section, Bohanza’s 20th anniversary and a Dead of Winter version of Flick ‘Em Up, amongst other things, are discussed. The hosts decide to try something different this week and review 3 different games with something in common. This time it is in the realm of 2 player abstract games: Santorini, Patchwork, and Druids. They spend some time talking about the pros and cons of each before putting them together to find out which is the best(?). Another email closes out the show. 00:00:32 Banter! Featuring: Weather, Terraforming Mars, RoboRally, Sheriff of Nottingham, Hanabi, 7 Wonders Duel, Sant

Mystic Vale and 2016 Stats For the first episode of 2017, our hosts start out talking about their New Year’s Eve and the backlog of games they have played since the last regular episode. Zach expresses his joy in finally getting some Crokinole, Jeff finally got a chance to play Le Havre, and Adrian endured a game of Bloodborne. In Kickstarter, Kingdom Death: Monster continues to make money. In a Jam-packed news section, a bunch of new games are announced, including Lovecraft letter and Fuse: Flatline. In the review of the week, 2016’s Mystic Vale is discussed. Does the game have more to it than it’s Card Crafting System? Listen and find out! In the discussion, Adrian and Jeff bring out some HOT 2016 stats from CoolStuffInc and BoardGameGeek. Another email closes out the show.   00:00:20 Banter!! - Featuring: New Years Eve activities, Crokinole, Le Havre, Mystic Vale, Bloodborne, #pandEpic, Legendary: Alien xpansion, Santorini, and more!  00:25:03 - The Bloody Minute 00:28:49 News and Kickstarters  00:29:03

In the Year 2016.... In this episode, our hosts discuss , dissect, and “dissomething” 2016. After a light banter, they head into a few categories they wanted to used to highlight certain games, including Best Art and Best Components. Zach gives out some Year-End Awards and then they look back on the year as a whole, including how their views on the gaming industry have changed since starting this podcast 6 months ago. Everyone mentions their favorite “Older” game that they first played in 2016 and they finish up with a list of their Top 3 Favorite games from 2016.   00:00:45 - 00:08:20 Banter!! 00:08:39 - 2016 Best-of Categories  00:11:27 - Best Art  00:14:49 - Best Components  00:17:47 - Best Mechanic/Mechanism  00:22:21 - Most Disappointing 00:27:07 - Zach's Year End Awards 00:27:32 - The  "Dead Inside" Award 00:27:55 - "Would You Please Shut Up, I Have Something to Say!" 00:28:31 - "Oh God, Everything Has Gone Wrong So Fast!" 00:28:41 - "Now I Can Finally Play Out My Own Fan-Fiction!" 00:29:06 - "Beatin

Great Western Trail This Holiday Filled* episode starts with some topically off-topic banter, before diving into Jeff’s Bloody Minute and some of the host’s newly played games, including the new Pandemic Iberia and Adrian’s KS copy of Druids and Zach finally regales us with his triumph in Legendary Encounters: Predator.  They then move on to a very light News and Kickstarter segment before diving into the game review of the week, Alexander Pfister’s Great Western Trail. Is this game’s path filled with strategy, cruelness, and cattle herding, or will it get lost in a stampede of mechanics? Find out! After the end of the episode is a First Impressions bonus discussion on Rob Daviau’s Seafall Legacy, talking about the prologue and first play of the game.   00:00:15 - Banter! Featuring: Star Wars, Blood Bowl, Panemic: Iberia, more Terraforming Mars, Power Grid Card Game, Druids, Legendary Encounters: Predator   00:09:53 - Bloody Minute 00:34:05 - News and Kickstarters 00:35:36 - MHGG Review: Great Western Trai

A Feast for Odin This very long episode starts out with a brief Bloody Minute from Jeff, before the weekly game sessions are recapped, including Adrian’s “lovely” time with The Oregon Trail and a rousing game of Werewolf. In the Kickstarter section, Zach finally gets a chance to own a Crokinole Board. A short news section talks about GenCon staying in Indy, and the soon to be released Doom: The Board Game. This week’s game review is Uwe Rosenburg’s newest game, A Feast for Odin, and the hosts try not to get stuffed as they mentally chow down on all the mechanics that make up this game. Do these mechanics mesh into a fine stew, or is it overstuffed and convoluted, leading to bloating and gas? Listen and find out… Two new emails close out the show.

Twilight Imperium 3rd Ed Play Report   Your hosts discuss their most recent playthrough of the epic 4x game: TI3. Listen in as they discuss the politics, battles, and interactions that tore a galaxy apart before one race rose above the others to take ultimate control.      

Twilight Imperium This episode starts off with the weekly recap of our hosts’ game sessions, including first plays of The Great Western Trail,more plays of a Feast for Odin, and Jeff gloats about his latest win in the Bloody Minute. In the news section, CMON’s public trading is discussed as well as AEG’s expansion triple pack. Kingdom Death: Monster continues to crush its enemies in the Kickstarter roundup, and Adrian introduces a new Euro KS, Fuedum. Twilight Imperium Third Edition is the review of the week, and our hosts try to discuss this monument to Ameritrash style games, barely able to get through its countless mechanics and game pieces. Numerous emails close out the show.   00:00:30 Banter!!! Featuring Inis, Great Western Trail, Blood Bowl recap, Feast for Odin, Seven Wonders: Duel,  00:06:09 Bloody Minute! 00:17:55 News and Kickstarter Roundup  00:18:04 Pandemic Iberia  00:21:33 Cool Mini or Not now publicly traded in Hong Kong  00:23:00 AEG announces Destination Fun  00:26:34 Mountains of Madness f

Episode 22 - Cry Havoc and the Unstoppable Hype Train The episode kicks off with the many games our hosts have played over the week, include first impressions of Feast for Odin, the continuing coverage of how great Terraforming Mars is, and Adrian’s experience at Heavy Cardboard’s game day. In the news section, A hole was dug by Cards against Humanity, because it was Black Friday, and a Terminator licensed board game was announced. They then move onto Kickstarters, mainly discussing the huge hit, Kingdom Death: Monster and Vast! The Crystal Cavern’s PayPal woes. Cry Havoc is the weekly review, where the hosts do battle on how the game’s many mechanics fit together and if it’s more than the sum of its parts. The Hype Train then departs(Choo-Choo Motherf**ker!) as our discussion topic delves into Hype and ways to avoid its pitfalls. Two new emails close out the show. Banter! Featuring Sportsball, Board Games, and Jeff's Bloody Minute   00:29:18 News! and Kickstarter!   00:29:23 - CAH Holiday Hole   00:33:12

Episode 21: Last Will Opening up the episode, our hosts catch up on all the gaming they have been doing, including Adrian’s game-filled Snowboarding trips and a trio of newly played games, Inis, Cry Havoc, and Concordia. Jeff finally gets himself a win in this week’s Bloody Minute. They then move onto the news, including a new edition of Aye, Dark Overlord! and the recent BGGCon. In recent Kickstarters, a bunch of interesting ones are currently active, including Wordsy from Gil Hova and the highest funded Tiny Epic game, Tiny Epic Quest. In the review section, our hosts try and figure out the worst way to spend money and see if Last Will and its expansion is worth it. The show closes out with another email. 00:00:47 - Banter! Games discussed include: Space Cadets, D&D 4th Ed, Jeff's Bloody Minute, Hero Realms, Inis, Cry Havok, Concordia 00:09:53 Bloody Minute   00:21:04 News and Kickstarer Round up 00:21:10 Munchkin X-man & Munchkin CCG  00:23:41 X-Com Expansion  00:25:23 Aye, Dark Overlord  00:26

00:01:01 - List Criteria Number 10s 00:04:30 - Adrian 00:07:29 - Jeff 00:10:59 - Zach Number 9s 00:12:45 - Jeff 00:14:55 - Zach 00:16:22 - Adrian Number 8s 00:18:57 - Zach 00:21:15 - Adrian 00:23:47 - Jeff Number 7s 00:26:21 - Adrian 00:27:57 - Jeff 00:30:07 - Zach Number 6s 00:32:24 - Jeff 00:33:45 - Zach 00:36:04 - Adrian Number 5s 00:39:14 - Zach 00:41:14 - Adrian 00:43:00 - Jeff Number 4s 00:45:58 - Adrian 00:48:39 - Jeff 00:51:43 - Zach Number 3s 00:54:49 - Jeff 00:58:41 - Zach 01:00:06 - Adrian Number 2s 01:03:53 - Zach 01:07:44 - Adrian 01:09:05 - Jeff Number 1s 01:11:25 - Adrian 01:13:54 - Jeff 01:19:54 - Zach

Sorry for the delay, unfortunately show notes were also lost in the computer crash so this week won't have any. Thanks again to all of our awesome listeners for their patience!!! I hope you enjoy the episode and that it proves worth the wait.   Cheers, Adrian

Today our hosts are once again joined by Guest Host Megan, and the episode begins with more plays of Terraforming Mars and how they finally found time to try out Mech vs Minions and the Pillars of Eternity Game. Some more developments in active kickstarters are mentioned, including Bears vs Babies Stretch goals, and how Tiny Epic Quest’s tiny box will be stuffed to the brim with content. In recent news, Jeff talks about Hero realms and some new Agricola mini expansions are announced. In the review section, our hosts figure out if Isle of Skye is as great as the Germans think it is. After the review, the discussion of Theme vs. Mechanics begins. What is more important in a game? What gets you interested? What keeps you coming back? Can one exist without the other? Answers to these and more! Ending the episode is a response from our first contest winner, MHGGhater! 00:00:37 - Banter!! Feasturing: Recent plays, Seattle, Video Games, Broncos, Season 3 of Jeff's Bloody Minute. 00:18:15 - Kickstarter and News