113 DDP The Christmas Stocking Special.
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12/17/23 • 114 min
In the special Christmas episode, Joel, Sam, and Nick dive into the holiday spirit, blending the latest gaming news with festive cheer. Join the trio as they not only dish out the hottest updates from the gaming world but also reveal their wish list for games they’re craving this Christmas and more. also, get ready for a comprehensive review of their geek culture journey throughout the past year, spanning books, movies, and video games.
Quick News
- Zev Shlasinger (the original founder of Z-Man Games Play to Z Games,
- An expansion for Forest Shuffle has appeared on online game sites as being available to preorder
- Quacks of Quedlinburg: The Duel announced.
- Divinus Delivery Timeline Update
- A load of new Garphill Games forthcoming releases announced:
- The Anarchy (1-4-player game with a 3D castle-building mechanic)
- Skara Brae (resource-heavy game set in Neolithic Northern Scotland)
- Inventors of the South Tigris (set in mediaeval Baghdad: Invent, Build, Test, and Publish devices)
- BREAKING NEWS: University Challenge’s Xmas episode has a round about winners of the Spiel des Jahres!
Crowdfunding Live Now
- Videogame: Trash Goblin – “powerwash sim for the RPG crowd”!
Coming Soon
- Storm Raiders – coming Jan 2024 from Shem Phillips / Arkus Games
Played Games
- Joel
- Maracaibo on BGA
- Heat Championship on BGA
- Nick
- Maracaibo on BGA
- Sam
- Undergrove on BGA
Nick’s Board Gaming Tale of Horror
Joel
Nick
Sam
Small stocking game
Art Society (it’s the smallest game I can think of)
Pretty much anything from Travel Games, but for instance: Union Station
BBTM box organiser (only funny if done after Grail game)
Large under tree game
Beast KS ED
Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Collector’s Edition
Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition (Sundrop)
Grail game
Die Speicherstadt expansion: Kaispeicher
Looney Tunes Mayhem: 8 character extras pack
Game you wish they would make
Big box for Fireball Island and sell the Spider expansion with it. And b...
In the special Christmas episode, Joel, Sam, and Nick dive into the holiday spirit, blending the latest gaming news with festive cheer. Join the trio as they not only dish out the hottest updates from the gaming world but also reveal their wish list for games they’re craving this Christmas and more. also, get ready for a comprehensive review of their geek culture journey throughout the past year, spanning books, movies, and video games.
Quick News
- Zev Shlasinger (the original founder of Z-Man Games Play to Z Games,
- An expansion for Forest Shuffle has appeared on online game sites as being available to preorder
- Quacks of Quedlinburg: The Duel announced.
- Divinus Delivery Timeline Update
- A load of new Garphill Games forthcoming releases announced:
- The Anarchy (1-4-player game with a 3D castle-building mechanic)
- Skara Brae (resource-heavy game set in Neolithic Northern Scotland)
- Inventors of the South Tigris (set in mediaeval Baghdad: Invent, Build, Test, and Publish devices)
- BREAKING NEWS: University Challenge’s Xmas episode has a round about winners of the Spiel des Jahres!
Crowdfunding Live Now
- Videogame: Trash Goblin – “powerwash sim for the RPG crowd”!
Coming Soon
- Storm Raiders – coming Jan 2024 from Shem Phillips / Arkus Games
Played Games
- Joel
- Maracaibo on BGA
- Heat Championship on BGA
- Nick
- Maracaibo on BGA
- Sam
- Undergrove on BGA
Nick’s Board Gaming Tale of Horror
Joel
Nick
Sam
Small stocking game
Art Society (it’s the smallest game I can think of)
Pretty much anything from Travel Games, but for instance: Union Station
BBTM box organiser (only funny if done after Grail game)
Large under tree game
Beast KS ED
Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Collector’s Edition
Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition (Sundrop)
Grail game
Die Speicherstadt expansion: Kaispeicher
Looney Tunes Mayhem: 8 character extras pack
Game you wish they would make
Big box for Fireball Island and sell the Spider expansion with it. And b...
Previous Episode
112 DDP, How could CLANK! be better!?!
Welcome to Episode 112 of the podcast, where Joel and Nick dive into a whirlwind of board gaming news, marathons, and upcoming events! From The Witcher of the Old World to crowdfunding and reimagining games, stay tuned for an action-packed session. Let’s roll the dice and explore the gaming world together!
- 24-hour board game mini-marathon, only about 17 tickets, 27th January 2024, 11 am – 11 pm, in Ilminster
- Board Game Weekender – Fri 2nd – Sun 4th / Mon 5th Feb in Torquay
- North Devon Board game weekend, Friday 23rd – 25th Feb: Currently 5 rooms + the “treehouse” still available. Day tickets are on sale through Meeples Corner (via that link): Friday £5, Saturday £8, all weekend £10
Joel Rants
(Nucleum moved on too)
Quick News
- New in Alpha on BGA: Forever Home, Undergrove and Terraforming Mars
- HEAT expansion teaser details
- CGE’s Letter Jam gets an online implementation like Codenames
- D’Ceased crowdfunder wrapped at $2.5M.
Crowdfunding Live Now
- Moonrollers (ends in 24 hrs) – a dice-version of IV Games’ hit game Moonrakers, plus new mini-expansion for Moonrakers
- #DrawnTogetherGame (46 days to go) – another classic Bez game, this one being “colour in, ruining your opponent’s picture and improving your own”.
- Star Realms: Deluxe Colonial Collection (4 days to go) – yet more Star Realms!
- Nemesis: Retaliation (3 days left)
Coming Soon
Played Games
- Joel
- Nick
- Stone Age
- Sierra West
- SpyNet
- Ticket to Ride: New York
- Kingdomino + The Court mini-expansion
The Holt inquisitor
- Q2 One host names a game, and the other has to re-skin the theme of the game, detailing how the new theme would work. (Best to edit out the thinking process)
Sam suggests: retheme CLANK
Thank you for listening
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Next Episode
114 the DDP team’s best games of 2023
Happy New Year to our Listeners, Joel, Nick, Sam, and Claire the podcast booth with the best games they played in 2023, these can be they played for the first time in 2023. Quick News
- WyrmSpan announced, from Stonemaier Games.
- Tapestry: Revised Civ Pack, from Stonemaier Games.
- Pokemon Splendor, a Pokemon reskinning of Splendor.
This is the list of all games talked bout in the team’s top 10s games of 2023, all mixed up. but the links are there for you find the games on BGG.
- Sky Team,
- Comic Hunters,
- Celestia,
- World Wonders,
- Skull King,
- The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition,
- Art Society,
- Clank! Legacy,
- Age of Steam,
- Ark Nova,
- Forest Shuffle,
- EOS Island of Angels,
- Phantom Ink,
- Heat: Pedal to the Metal,
- Brass: Birmingham,
- The Fox Experiment,
- Namiji,
- Marvel Zombies,
- Gentes,
- Return to Dark Tower,
- GWT New Zealand,
- Mansions of Madness: 2nd Edition,
- Clank! Catacombs,
- Cabanga!,
- Sea Salt & Paper,
- Thunder Road: Vendetta,
- Planet Unknown,
- Zuuli,
- The Wolves,
- Beast,
- Peak Oil: Profiteer,
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