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Luis and Joonas talk about the exciting world of board game news. They also review Cyclades: Legendary Edition and Stone Age. 01:36 Cyclades: Legendary Edition 16:54 Stone Age 29:00 Main topic

Luis and Joonas finish reviewing Wingspan and the art of reviewing Wingspan. 01:06 Length of a review 11:43 Opinions of a review 25:37 Ratings of a review 39:24 Future of a review

Joonas and Luis review the reviewing of Wingspan. Well, almost. Part 2 is needed to get the job done.

What games are Luis and Joonas looking forward to in 2026? 08:55 Container 13:35 The Mix 18:07 Gold Country 28:08 Ministry of Lost Things: Case 2 – Finders Keypers + Emerald Echoes 31:27 Marker 31:46 Indonesia 38:42 Lords of Heaven 42:56 Stellar Ventures 47:51 The Glasgow Train Robbery 54:17 Cross Bronx Expressway 01:02:20 Shadow Moon Syndicates 01:07:50 ...and the rest

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