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Did you know that Deckers was once a game called Renegade and originally it was themed around historical Anglo-Saxon times. Well JP gets some time with Richard Wilkins (aka Ricky Royal) to talk about his experience in the hobby, his designs and of course the new Deckers expansion called Deckers: Duplicity being released at Essen SPIEL 2026. IN THIS EPISODE - Learn about Ricky's entry into the board game world and how his early designs with Mentis sparked more and more love for the hobb...

Essen SPIEL 2026 is nearly upon us and JP has pulled together his top 12 picks from the preview list. IN THIS EPISODE - JP talks in the "Centre of the Table" about his 12 preview picks to check out for Essen SPIEL 2026 and why they've made the list which include Courtroom, -60 Below, Timespan, Kingdom Come Deliverance, Carpet Racers, Carl von Linne, Forestry: Growing Further, Hegemony: Shadows of Authority, Drillers, Deckers: Duplicity, Prague Unseen and Chivalry. - In "Just Ask" we l...

A listener once asked JP how he felt about asymmetry in board games and it sparked an idea to talk about it, what it means, how he feel about it and would he recommend it for new players. IN THIS EPISODE - We start now with the "Centre of the table" where JP dives into the topic of asymmetry and the variations of it in board games - JP has got more games to the table in "Just Played" where a classic from 2015 Forbidden Stars finally gets played "For The Emperor" and then we look after a heav...

Ever since JP met Asaf at David Turczi's gaming retreat this year, he's made it his mission to get Asaf from EZBoardGames on the channel for a good old chat about board games and content creation. DISCLAIMER: It appears JP didn't sacrifice enough terrible boardgames to the lords of the internet so Asaf's video feed is quite laggy for those watching on video. IN THIS EPISODE - Learn about Asaf's love for the 4X genre and his favourite games of all time - Asaf highlights the importance of Glo...

When you struggle nail down a few peoples calendars to play games it's great to have some cracking solo card games to full back on to keep you gaming. Today JP talks about his top 5 solo card games which are just absolute bangers. IN THIS EPISODE - In the "Just Played" segment JP focuses on two games not in his typically his type, first up Rolling Realms Redux by Stonemaier Games which doubles as a great travel roll & write games and Magical Athlete by CMYK Games which takes the wo...