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Hark! The stars align, the constellations merge, the celestial bodies shake as the time is nigh for the die to be jest. Your only chance at salvation - roundup some board games. KARATE CHOP!On to the timestamps:1:02 ICE: Unlimited (unfortunate title)7:25 Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor12:15 Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor - Exmoor15:18 Forest Shuffle Smoky Mountain19:23 Neon Hope32:39 Sausage Sizzle33:51 Sidereal Confluence37:12 My Favorite Things37:47 Yotei41:07 The Queen's Dilemma

The month is coming to an end - thus the die is jest. Join us for the monthly roundup of board games poked and proded by the ones at NPI. And what a roundup it is! On to the timestamps:0:48 Moytura6:05 Morty Sorty Magic Shop10:40 Container15:26 World Order24:53 Boss Fighters QR28:25 Yonder32:29 dnup35:43 Line of Fire: Burnt Moon38:22 Slay the Spire: The Board Game39:22 Here Lies44:22 Cozy Stickerville48:41 Wingspan Pocket

Yes, this is the very last episode of Talk Cardboard. It's also the first episode of The Die Jest. Which is how Talk Cardboard will live on. Right here, on patreon.On to the timestamps!5:33 The Queen's Dilemma14:32 Oath16:03 Torchlit19:40 Hanami24:30 Sovereign: Fall of Wormwood29:37 Strange Slot Simulator34:26 Container39:15 Foxglove Farm42:46 The Old King's Crown44:46 Typeset

On this bonus episode of Talk Cardboard, seven more games we've played at Spiel Essen.On to the timestamps:0:00 Intro0:58 Skiwi4:12 Petal Plotters6:48 Milch mit Abführmittel10:29 GODŌ: The Five Paths12:54 Carnival of Sins18:40 Whirly Derby25:14 Winning Ticket32:43 Tornado Splash

Just for reference, the population of Klaipėda, the third largest city in Lithuania is approximately 161 000 people. The number of attendees in this year's Spiel Essen was 220 000 people, meaning they managed to cram the entirey of Klaipėda and much more into just eight convention halls and every one of those people were buying board games.I appreciate that that is maybe not everybody's jam, and aspects of it are not our jam either. But getting our mitts into a jar of Bonne Maman filled with gooey new board game releases - put a bib on me and fire up the toaster!In this special joint episode of No Pun Included and Talk Cardboard we cover 16 new releases from Spiel Essen 2025, which you can either listen to here or partake in the video version https://youtu.be/NHVLn-ZxVWsSHIRTS! Find them on https://no-pun-included-shop.fourthwall.com/On to the timestamps:0:00 Cold Open2:46 Intro5:42 Night Soil (Unranked)9:11 Bouba Kiki14:14 Nocturnis17:56 Formidable Farm/Formidabel!22:00 Tax the Rich27:44 Echoes of Time36:30 Fearless41:30 National Economy48:23 Thesauros1:00:34 biD Coin1:07:20 Kikai/Bricolage Heads1:16:46 Tag Team1:26:59 Recall1:36:14 ???1:56:10 ??2:03:33 ?2:14:53 Outro