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Episode 56: BGG.CON ‘24 + BGG Holiday Gift Guide, with Steph Hodge
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Episode 56
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Steph Hodge from All the Meeples of the Rainbow joins Candice to discuss the 2024 BGG Holiday Gift Guide games, and games they played at BGG.CON 2024.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:05:49 Fresh Plays (BGG.CON '24)
- 00:06:12 Civolution
- 00:10:57 Pax Porfiriana
- 00:21:35 Greenland
- 00:25:22 Tales of the Arthurian Knights
- 00:32:44 War of the Ring
- 00:39:14 Sweet Lands
- 00:43:05 Trick-Taking Games!
- 00:43:25 Kansas City: The Trick-Taking Game
- 00:45:25 BLOT
- 00:49:48 FUCAZUL!
- 00:51:29 Boo!
- 00:52:13 Seas of Strife
- 00:53:33 Mu & more: Revised edition
- 00:56:29 Thorgal: The Board Game
- 01:00:09 Décorum
- 01:05:13 Endeavor: Deep Sea
- 01:09:52 Katmai: The Bears of Brooks River
- 01:16:58 What the Fog?! + Things in Rings
- 01:18:24 The 2024 BGG Holiday Gift Guide Games
- 01:18:33 Family and New Gamers (Castle Combo, Hamster Roll, Magic Maze Tower)
- 01:21:44 Modern Classics (Cascadia, Earth, Wingspan)
- 01:22:47 Stocking Stuffers (Confusing Lands, Lure, Seers Catalog)
- 01:27:12 Kids Games (Animal Upon Animal, My First Adventure: Journey to Ochre Land, Ziggurat, Monkey Palace)
- 01:30:25 Party Games (Adventure Party: The Role-Playing Party Game, DaDaDa, The Gang)
- 01:37:07 Solo Games (Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, Legacy of Yu, Sherlock Solitaire)
- 01:38:54 Candice's Bonus Mentions (Aqua ROVE, For Northwood!, Kreel Manor, Cyberion, Spirit Island)
- 01:40:25 Two-Player Games (Chu Han, The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth, Pagan: Fate of Roanoke)
- 01:46:38 Co-operative Games (Astro Knights: Eternity, Bomb Busters, Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan)
- 01:54:04 Midweight Games (Looot, River of Gold, Stonespine Architects)
- 01:57:50 Heavy Games (Kutná Hora: The City of Silver, SETI, Marrakesh, Yokohama)
- 02:04:16 Sign-off
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