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Luis and Joonas rank once again their favorite games from the past six months. 02:06 ANTS 02:41 Pondscape 03:59 Shall We Dance 06:30 Mü 08:43 Lata 11:19 Ra 12:45 Carnival of Sins 14:51 Calimala 15:57 Splendor Duel 16:55 Tigris & Euphrates 20:56 El Grande 22:19 Junk Art Revolution 24:45 Bohnanza 26:46 EXIT: The Game 30:31 The Dark Quarter 32:25 The Bottle Imp 34:44 The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth 36:17 Race for the Galaxy 37:22 Earthborn Rangers 41:32 Maria 43:49 Tag Team 47:11 Sidereal Confluence 51:59 Games that didn't make it

Luis and Joonas add more games to their fantasy collection. 08:03 Race for the Galaxy 20:57 The Castles of Burgundy 26:31 Calimala 36:41 Decrypto

Joonas and Luis tried to play every game released in 2025 but failed miserably. These are some of the games they missed. 03:02 Games we were looking forward to in 2025 13:56 Games we missed from 2025 14:06 Old King's Crown 19:01 Vantage 20:56 Toy Battle 24:01 The Gang 26:49 Moon Colony Bloodbath 29:46 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Trick-Taking Game 32:03 The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship 35:10 Eternal Decks

Luis lists the top 10 troops-on-a-map games of all time and Joonas tries to guess the order. 12:08 Ikusa/Samurai Swords/Shogun 16:43 Cyclades: Legendary Edition 20:26 Dune: War for Arrakis 24:17 A War of Whispers 28:09 Small World 32:34 Cthulhu Wars 36:45 Kemet: Blood and Sand 40:33 Ankh: Gods of Egypt 46:26 Root 49:35 Inis 56:41 Final list

Luis and Joonas enter the Spiel Essen Shark Tank! Which game will get investment and which games will go to the cull pile? 02:07 ANTS 11:15 Recall 20:36 TOSSIT 28:14 Duel for Cardia 41:01 Formidable Farm 49:42 Night Soil

Luis and Joonas are back from Essen. What were the highlights of the con? 03:42 Orloj: The Prague Astronomical Clock 06:24 Feya's Swamp 08:15 Nature 10:13 Coming of Age 12:38 Sanctuary 16:47 Echoes of Time 18:37 The Voynich Puzzle 21:04 The White Castle Duel 22:53 Tax the Rich 25:03 Theocratia 29:02 Forestry 36:11 The Druids of Edora 41:05 Little Soldiers 43:35 Tag Team 47:02 Wispwood 48:11 JOYRIDE: Full Throttle 50:32 Furnace Duel 52:41 Carnival of Sins 57:36 Calimala 01:02:34 Night Soil 01:04:35 Wispwood 01:06:46 Tag Team

Joonas and Luis are going to Spiel Essen 2025. But which games are they most excited about? 04:19 Feya's Swamp 09:05 The Druids of Edora 11:13 Bid Coin 14:20 Night Soil 16:30 Animal Rescue Team 19:37 Severton 22:32 Formidable Farm 24:58 ARDEVUR: The Game of Resources 27:07 Peak Team 29:40 Light Speed Arena 32:31 Oliva 37:22 Surprise picks 37:53 Orloj: The Prague Astronomical Clock 40:19 Tax the Rich

Luis tries to convince Joonas that top 10 lists are the single best way to convey information of any kind in any setting. 01:03 3 Chapters 12:50 6 Nimmt 25:04 For Sale 38:19 The Merits of Top X Lists

Joonas and Luis go through the LARPs and RPGs they played at Ropecon 2025. Larps from the Factory book: https://larpfactorybookproject.blogspot.com/p/welcome.html 05:27 The Kids Are Not All Right 10:11 A Mother's Heart 19:06 The Fall of Delta Green/Delta Green 26:28 Dungeons & Dragons 38:07 Beyond One and Zero 49:48 Inheritance

Joonas and Luis go through the board games they played together at Ropecon 2025. 00:44 Ropecon 2025 05:36 Tigris & Euphrates 11:43 Bomb Busters 17:51 Combo Up 23:09 Ethnos 31:48 Capital Lux 2: Generations 36:22 Samurai 43:15 Friedrich 51:41 Battle Line 01:03:01 Lata + Lure + Chinatown + PUSH + FTW?!

Do competitive games strain friendships? Luis and Joonas will also talk about Regicide, The Anarchy, and Skara Brae. The research papers referred to in the episode are: Gaining a competitive edge: Longitudinal associations between children’s competitive video game playing, conduct problems, peer relations, and prosocial behavior https://awspntest.apa.org/record/2017-36453-001\ The influence of competitive and cooperative video games on behavior during play and friendship quality in adolescence https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0747563218305132 Timestamps: 00:33 Regicide 12:02 The Anarchy + Skara Brae 14:34 The Anarchy 24:18 Skara Brae 28:41 Winning and Friendship

Joonas and Luis rank their favorite games from the past six months. 04:58 Faraway 05:23 Misfits: The Tactical Stacking Game 06:24 Nusfjord: Big Box 08:19 Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 10:44 All Bridges Burning: Red Revolt and White Guard in Finland, 1917-1918 12:37 John Company: Second Edition 14:58 Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases 17:14 Zoo Vadis 19:09 The Bottle Imp 21:24 Food Chain Magnet 24:18 EXIT: The Game – Kidnapped in Fortune City 26:39 Biblios 29:19 Ra 31:18 MicroMacro: Crime City 34:00 7 Empires 35:34 The Quest for El Dorado 38:52 Sidereal Confluence 42:04 Scrawl 44:33 Brass: Lancashire 47:04 Regicide 49:17 Guilty: Monaco 1955 52:18 Splendor Duel 55:12 Joonas's top 10 55:40 Luis's top 10

What do you need to do to get a permit to start a board game podcast? Joonas and Luis will also talk about Pax Pamir: Second Edition, John Company: Second Edition and Molly House. 02:23 Pax Pamir: Second Edition 08:57 John Company: Second Edition 21:55 Molly House 29:05 Who Gets to Be a Critic?

How to run a successful board game cafe according to the two non-experts, Joonas and Luis. We will also talk about The Bottle Imp, Harmonies, and Hanamikoji. 00:45 The Bottle Imp 10:18 Harmonies 19:22 Hanamikoji 27:22 Perfect Board Game Cafe

We debate whether board games are art or not. You can vote who made the better argument! Luis and Joonas also talk about Tinners' Trail, FateFlip: Washed Ashore, and War Story: Occupied France. Vote here: https://forms.gle/1xyx3sNKLfAcM2HE7 00:38 Tinners' Trail 10:38 FateFlip: Washed Ashore 17:26 War Story: Occupied France 24:24 Debate: Are Board Games Art?

Luis teaches Joonas the teach. The two also talk about Sardegna, Splendor: Duel and Faraway. 00:38 Sardegna 09:53 Splendor: Duel 19:47 Faraway 28:36 The Teach

Who got the Golden Geeks 2024 winners right: Luis or Joonas?

What's the impact of the tariff war on the board game industry? Joonas and Luis also talk about Twilight Struggle, All Bridges Burning and Root. 00:39 Twilight Struggle 11:32 All Bridges Burning: Red Revolt and White Guard in Finland, 1917-1918 13:29 Root 31:43 Intermission 32:38 Tariff Apocalypse

Luis and Joonas bet which one of them is able to predict the Golden Geek 2024 winners better. You can find all the nominees for the Golden Geeks at https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3496262/19th-annual-golden-geek-awards-nominees-announced 04:23 2-Player Game 08:17 Cooperative game 09:47 Wargame 12:08 Artwork & Presentation 14:27 Expansion 17:10 Light GOTY 21:00 Solo Game 25:24 Innovative 28:34 Heavy GOTY 30:49 Medium GOTY 31:47 Party Game 34:22 Thematic Game 40:23 Picks

Do we have enough Reiner Knizia tile-laying games and Uwe Rosenberg farming games? Speaking of Knizia and Rosenberg, Luis and Joonas also talk about Rebirth, Black Forest, and Nusfjord: Big Box. There's also talk about a mysterious image of Rebirth. You can find the image here: https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8495199/rebirth 00:38 Rebirth 10:53 Black Forest + Nusfjord: Big Box 33:57 Should Knizia and Rosenberg stop?