In finally getting back to the mic after the holidays, this episode is all about wrapping up 2013.  I start off with a little bookkeeping (and announce the winner of the Bruges contest) and discuss (okay, brag) about all the games I got for Christmas.  Then I spend quite a bit of time catching up on all of the games I’ve managed to play over the last 3 weeks or so.  And finally, I round out the show by looking back over 2013 and giving my “awards” for the year, including the official Exploring Games Game of the Year!

Listen, enjoy (hopefully), and feel free to give me feedback either here, via email (gamerchris@bellsouth.net), at my Guild on BoardGameGeek, or on Twitter (@kilroy_locke).

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Links

Dice Tower Season 10 Kickstarter Campaign

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Daniel Solis’ Blog

Time Index

0:28     Intro

6:32     Recently Played Games

7:29     – King of Tokyo

8:19     – Relic Runners

10:37   – Compounded

12:10   – Divinare

13:10   – Crokinole

14:52   – Tapple

16:03   – Time’s Up: Title Recall!

17:37   – Coup

18:23   – Trains

19:33   – Robinson Crusoe (solo)

21:50   – Coup (again)

22:28   – Kakerlakenpoker Royal

24:27   – Escape: The Curse of the Temple

27:00   – Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia

31:08   – Koi Pond

33:45   – Freedom: The Underground Railroad

35:00   – Spyrium

36:59   Exploring 2013 (aka Exploring Games Awards!)

38:13   – Biggest Surprise

40:12   – Biggest Disappointment

41:00   – Favorite Filler

43:00   – Favorite Party Game

43:50   – Favorite Children’s Game

45:40   – Favorite Family/Casual/Gateway Game

47:39   – Favorite Thematic Game

49:30   – Best “Older” Game of the Year

52:38   – Top 5 Games of the Year

57:40   – Exploring Games Game of the Year 2013!

1:01:28 Outro

Music:

A beautiful second before we lose the signal by Ending Satellites on the Free Music Archive