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Episode 225 - Best Games of the 2000s

In a bit of friendly competition, we attempt to draft the best set of games from the first decade of the century that have stood the test of time.  Pete is the real villain of this one.  Be sure to hop on discord and vote for the host who drafted the best games!

Game Timestamps

07:30- The Resistance

09:20- Dominion

11:15- Ticket to Ride

13:05- Twilight Struggle

15:20- Brass Lancashire

16:15- Coloretto

17:25- Race for the Galaxy

21:10- The Princes of Florence

26:00- Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition

29:50- Tower of Babel

33:50- Mexica

37:10- Puerto Rico

37:40- Agricola

40:30- Cosmic Encounter

44:30- Telestrations

48:40- Glory to Rome

Preplanners

A few deep dives are in the works, so get in some plays of Apiary, Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Dominion, and more Root!  Also we'll be continuing our series of episodes on game components with an exploration of BOARDS!

Music and Sound Credits

Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s

You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/. 

Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA

Rules Overview Music: 

Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI



Intermission Music:

music elevator ext part 1/3 by Jay_You -- https://freesound.org/s/467243/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Bell with Crows by MKzing -- https://freesound.org/s/474266/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

hammer v2.wav by blukotek -- https://freesound.org/s/337815/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

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