
Episode 34: 2024 Releases on Our Radars, with Elaine from No Pun Included
01/05/24 • 119 min
Elaine from the No Pun Included joins Candice to discuss games they're looking forward to in 2024.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:07:12 New Year's Resolutions
- 00:14:10 Fresh Plays
- 00:14:33 Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies
- 00:20:32 Freelancers: A Crossroads Game
- 00:29:52 Spots
- 00:35:13 Cyberion
- 00:48:22 2024 Releases on Our Radars
- 00:50:11 Honorable Mentions (The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era + KeyForge: Grim Reminders)
- 00:52:19 Molly House
- 01:04:05 Ironwood
- 01:09:07 Tycoon: India 1981
- 01:15:01 Rock Hard: 1977
- 01:18:06 Pax Penning
- 01:24:01 Red Dust Rebellion (All Bridges Burning, and How GMT’s COIN Series Captured My Heart)
- 01:37:05 Undergrove
- 01:42:24 Gaia Project: The Lost Fleet
- 01:47:01 The Morrison Game Factory
- 01:51:30 Arcs
- 01:57:23 Sign-off
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Elaine from the No Pun Included joins Candice to discuss games they're looking forward to in 2024.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:07:12 New Year's Resolutions
- 00:14:10 Fresh Plays
- 00:14:33 Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies
- 00:20:32 Freelancers: A Crossroads Game
- 00:29:52 Spots
- 00:35:13 Cyberion
- 00:48:22 2024 Releases on Our Radars
- 00:50:11 Honorable Mentions (The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era + KeyForge: Grim Reminders)
- 00:52:19 Molly House
- 01:04:05 Ironwood
- 01:09:07 Tycoon: India 1981
- 01:15:01 Rock Hard: 1977
- 01:18:06 Pax Penning
- 01:24:01 Red Dust Rebellion (All Bridges Burning, and How GMT’s COIN Series Captured My Heart)
- 01:37:05 Undergrove
- 01:42:24 Gaia Project: The Lost Fleet
- 01:47:01 The Morrison Game Factory
- 01:51:30 Arcs
- 01:57:23 Sign-off
Thank you to our sponsor, Rebel Studio!
Hope you can join us for our 2025 BGG conventions!
For more details and to register for your badge:
Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeek
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek
Email: [email protected]
Previous Episode

Episode 33: Our Favorite 5 and Top 10 Games of 2023, with Jess Cassady
Jess Cassady (Boardgame Girl/Heavy Cardboard) joins Candice to wrap up 2023 with a lovely chat about their favorite games of the year.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:05:50 Fresh Plays
- 00:06:11 Sidereal Confluence
- 00:13:30 Dealt! (Krass Kariert)
- 00:18:08 Spicy
- 00:24:28 Galactic Cruise
- 00:31:00 Doubt Is Our Product
- 00:45:40 Our Favorite Games of 2023
- 00:46:20 Favorite “New to Me” Games
- 00:47:20 Packen Wir's!
- 00:51:15 Die Mauer
- 00:53:40 Minigolf Designer
- 00:56:31 Fluxx: The Board Game
- 00:59:24 Robotrick
- 01:01:01 Nemesis
- 01:04:31 KeyForge
- 01:05:09 The Rich and the Good, Battlecrest, Cerebria, Revive
- 01:05:59 2023 Games We Still Need to Play
- 01:06:20 Septima, Charcuterie, Rafter Five, Dro Polter
- 01:10:57 Too Many Bones: Unbreakable, Dune: Imperium Uprising, Earthborne Rangers
- 01:13:31 Our Favorite 5 and Top 10 Games of 2023
- 01:16:38 Jess's #5
- 01:20:02 Candice’s #10
- 01:25:35 Candice’s #9
- 01:27:11 Jess’s #4
- 01:31:38 Candice’s #8
- 01:33:40 Candice’s #7
- 01:34:54 Jess’s #3
- 01:38:37 Candice’s #6
- 01:42:07 Candice’s #5
- 01:44:46 Jess’s #2
- 01:50:09 Candice’s #4
- 01:52:28 Candice’s #3
- 01:53:49 Jess's #1
- 01:59:17 Candice’s #2
- 02:01:31
- 00:46:20 Favorite “New to Me” Games
Hope you can join us for our 2025 BGG conventions!
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Next Episode

Episode 35: Trick-Taking Extremes, with Taylor Reiner
Taylor Reiner from the Taylor’s Trick-Taking Table YouTube channel joins Candice to discuss complexity in trick-taking games, as well as a variety of card games they played recently at a gaming event focused on trick-taking games.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:02:10 Taylor's Experience at Tokyo Game Market
- 00:03:52 Short Zoot Suit
- 00:02:10 Taylor's Experience at Tokyo Game Market
- 00:10:20 Fresh Plays
- 00:10:41 Maze Makers
- 00:15:05 Mindbug: First Contact
- 00:20:29 Lines of Action
- 00:23:42 Last Message
- 00:34:26 Complexity in Trick-Taking Games
- 00:45:03 Lighter trick-taking games (Whist, Boast or Nothing, Hearts, The Crew)
- 00:49:27 Trick-Taking Games on Our Minds
- 00:51:08 The Kakapo: Buddy & Party
- 00:56:22 Makai Fuda
- 01:04:25 LOOP
- 01:11:20 Trick Raiders
- 01:20:07 Baronda
- 01:25:12 Sumida River
- 01:34:22 Iyadosu
- 01:36:15 Extreme Tricks
- 01:47:37 Tichu
- 01:51:28 La bâtarde
- 02:09:23 Sign-off
Thank you to our sponsor, Fantasy Flight Games!
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