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Ep.150 has arrived! Come listen as we tell you about our experience with Black Angel from Pearl Games. We then tell you our thoughts on interactive game boards with a couple examples. We end this hectic and disorganized show by telling you our favorite wildlife sighting in Alaska! Be sure to like, share, and subsribe! Game Talk: 8:26 Top Shelf Topic: 26:45 Pint Sized Question: 44:32 Game Mentions: Tzolkin, Photosynthesis, Steam Up Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out. Crowd in a bar (LCR recording) by Leandros.Ntounis, down

Ep.149 is here! Come listen as we talk about Bamboo from Devir Games. We tell you about the fun we had with it before discussing our gaming values. After that talk we simply tell you a candy flavor that we want to see in a beer! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 8:51 Top Shelf Topic: 18:41 Pint Sized Question: 38:25 Game Mentions: Quacks, Pit, Black Angel, Colonial Twilight, Viticulture, Cubitos, Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out. Crowd in a bar (LCR recording) by Leandros.Ntounis, downloaded from freeso

Ep.148 is here! Come listen as we discuss Ierusalem: Anno Domini from Devir Games. We tell you all about it before having a good talk on the representation of deities in games. We end the show with our strangest research topics! It's an interesting show and we hope you enjoy! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 9:46 Top Shelf Topic: 33:35 Pint Sized Question: 53:01 Game Mentions: Rising Sun, Blood Rage, Santorini Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out. Crowd in a bar (LCR recording) by Leandros.Ntounis, download

Ep.147 is here! Come listen as we talk about Colonial Twilight from GMT Games. We tell you about how it presents the French-Algerian War within the play, as well as how it makes you think about war. This is also our first COIN game, and we tell you what that means and some other games in the series. We then talk about how war is presented in gaming and give some examples of games we know. We then end by telling you our favorite Oreo cookie! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 4:33 Top Shelf Topic: 29:51 Pint Sized Question: 48:57 Game Mentions: Twilight Struggle, War of the Ring, Root, Memoir 44, Imperial Struggle, Polis Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from f

Ep.146 is live! Listen to us discuss New York Zoo from Uwe Rosenberg! Another polyomino game that we enjoy from one of our favorite designers. We then talk about our differing preferences on replayability in games before telling you something we are efficient at. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 7:44 Top Shelf Topic: 25:04 Pint Sized Question: 33:38 Game Mentions: Barenpark, Project L, Patchwork, A Feast For Odin, NMBR9 Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out. Crowd in a bar (LCR recording) by Leandros.Ntounis

Ep.145 is live! Come listen as we tell you about Euphoria, the 2013 release from Stonemaier Games. We talk about it before discussing some of the first games we played by now famous designers. After that we tell you who our favorite Female/Non-Binary game designers are right now. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 9:46 Top Shelf Topic: 27:57 Pint Sized Question: 57:05 Game Mentions: Euphoria, Viticulture, The Mind, Quacks of Quedlinburg, Wavelength, Ganz Schon Clever, Agricola, Patchwork, Bohnanza, Castles of Burgundy, Isle of Skye, Broom Service, Mombasa, Sky Mines, Maracaibo, Oh! My Goods, Blackout Hong Kong, Cloud Age, Port Royal, Great Western Trail, Wingspan, Mariposas, Tussie Mussie, Lost Cities, Samurai, Ra, High Society Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.or

Ep.144 is here! Come listen as well tell you about Ahoy from Leder Games. We discuss out time with the game before diving into concessions in games. After trying to distinguish between conceding and rage quitting we then tell you our favorite concession stand orders! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe so you don't miss anything in the future! Game Talk: 14:13 Top Shelf Topic: 31:45 Pint Sized Question: 47:21 Game Mentions: Air, Land, and Sea, Chess, Poker, Twilight Struggle, Magic: The Gathering Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and

Ep.143 is here! Listen as well tell you about Trekking the National Parks before diving into the topic about Mensa, Mensa Select, and why we aren't fans of it. We then tell you which national park we would most like to visit right now if money and time were no concern. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe so you don't miss an episode! Game Talk: 10:46 Top Shelf Topic: 17:27 Pint Sized Question: 41:22 Game Mentions: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/14235/mensa-select-winners-1990-2023-bgg-rating Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and

Ep.142 is here! Come take a listen as we talk about Port Royal and impulsive gaming! Hayley gives us plenty of psychology on impulsive behavior before we tell you what our most impulsive moment has been! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe so you don't miss an episode! Game Talk: 10:16 Top Shelf Topic: 27:33 Pint Sized Question: 47:02 Game Mentions: Quacks of Quedlinburg, Cubitos, War of the Ring, Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out. Crowd in a bar (LCR recording) by Leandros.Ntounis, download

Ep.142 is live! Come take a listen as we talk about Steam Up from Hot Banana Games. We tell you about the game and it's amazingly cute components before diving into a discussion about board game gimmicks. We end the show by telling you our favorite dim sum! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 12:49 Top Shelf Topic: 26:44 Pint Sized Question: 36:32 Game Mentions: Tzolkin, Wavelength, Red Scare, Junta: Viva El Presidente Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out. Crowd in a bar (LCR recording) by Leandros.Ntounis, do

Ep.140 is live! Come take a listen as we tell you all about TokenCon 2023! It's the fourth year of our local con, and our third time attending. We had a great time and wish it was another day longer so we could play games with everyone. We fell short on playing games, but we were inundated with good times, conversations, meeting new people, and fun! Hopefully the phone recordings aren't too terrible for you, but I will take my recorder next time to make it easier, and higher quality! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes! Game Mentions: Brew, Vinhos, Four Seasons, Crokinole, Espionage, Endless Winter: Paleoamericans Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullina

Ep.139 is here! We tell you all about Ole Guacamole before discussing it and other games that could be played in a tornado shelter, or bathtub. We've got some fun choices that should help you relax a bit during the big storm. We also tell you the game you should NOT play during a tornado! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 10:45 Top Shelf Topic: 17:25 Pint Sized Question: 34:52 Game Mentions: Bagh Chal, Scout, Love Letter, Happy Salmon, Uno, Kitten Klash, Strike, Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to leng

Ep.138 is here! come take a listen as we tell you all about Heading Forward from Hollandspiele. Heading Forward is a game by Jon Du Bois that is all based on his recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury. This solo game is one Hayley and I played together as a team and knew we needed to have an episode on it. We tell you all about it before diving into a topic about games that elicit empathy. We end the show with telling you how we feel, along with a very dumb joke from Hayley(what's new?). Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 8:51 Top Shelf Topic: 36:18 Pint Sized Question: 58:57 Game Mentions: Holding On: The Troubled Life of Billy Kerr, John Company: 2nd Edition, Kolejka, Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Hap

Ep.137 is live! Come take a listen as we tell you all about Beer and Bread from Capstone Games. We got our hands on this new release and it's a hit for us! We discuss our time with this two player game before telling you what we think about positive player interaction in games! After that we tell you our best memory dealing with beer and bread. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! You can also support us on on Patreon if you'd like to have the video version of the podcast. Game Talk: 9:39 Top Shelf Topic: 22:24 Pint Sized Question: 39:13 Game Mentions: 7 Wonders, Concordia, Isle of Skye, Lords of Waterdeep Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/R

Ep.136 is here! This is a double feature of sorts. We tell you all about Delton's favorite two trick taking games, Ghosts of Christmas and 9 Lives. Both from BoardGameTables.com and Taiki Shinzawa. We compare the two and tell you about each before diving into the topic of Enemies to Lovers. In the topic we tell you the style of games we have historically disliked, and the games in that style that change our minds! We then play a classic game of BMK to wrap this long episode up. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Don't forget, the video versions of our podcasts are out for Patrons only, so if you want to see those you will need to go to Patreon.com/malthausgames and support us at any level to gain access. Game Talk: 10:04 Top Shelf Topic: 39:00 Pint Sized Question: 57:28 Game Mentions: The Crew, Fox in the Forest, Wanderfolk, Mork Borg, Dungeons and Dragons, Warhammer Fantasy Role Playing, Honey Heist, Custom Heroes, Blades in the Dark, Mouseguard, Decent, Star Wars: Imperial Assault, Clank, Zombiecide

Ep.135 is here! Come listen as we tell you about our fun with Cubitos and all of it's dicey goodness. We then turn to talk about the different builders in boardgames; deck/pool/bag builders. We end the episode telling you our New Year resolutions! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! If you want to see the video version of the podcast then head over to Patreon.com and support us at any level! Game Talk: 10:21 Top Shelf Topic: 27:02 Pint Sized Question: 39:11 Game Mentions: Quacks of Quedlinberg, Altiplano, Orleans, Trains, Dominion, DC Deck Builder, LOTR Deck Builder, Quarriors Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy Wit

Episode 134 is live! Come listen as we talk all about Land vs Sea and what we love about it. We go from it into the topic all about new-to-us games that we are taking to the holidays with family. It's a good list that we really enjoy! Finally we end by telling you how early we spoiled Christmas this year! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! If you want to see the video version of the podcast then head over to Patreon.com and support us at any level! Game Talk: 9:46 Top Shelf Topic: 26:04 Pint Sized Question: 50:40 Game Mentions: Bagh Chal, Ghosts of Christmas, Formula D, Isle of Cats, On Tour, Marvel United: X-Men, Catstronauts Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freem

Episode 133 is live! Come take a listen as we dive into the depths of Wir Sind Das Volk!. It's a game about East and West Germany after WWII. We tell you about it and why we both loved it before diving into the topic about political representation in board games. We tell you some different games that are political as well as why games have to be so picky with how they show politics. We then tell you what political moment we would love to see a game about. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! If you want to see the video version of the podcast then head over to Patreon.com and support us at any level! Game Talk: 11:24 Top Shelf Topic: 34:53 Pint Sized Question: 54:52 Game Mentions: Campaign Manager 2008, Twilight Struggle, 1960: Making of the President. Die Macher, Diplomacy, Coup, Labyrinth, Avalon, Werewolf, Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions:

Episode 132 is here! Take a listen as we talk about Flamecraft from Lucky Duck Games. We played it at BGG Con 22 along with lots of other games we will talk about. We then tell you our favorite experience at BGG this year! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe. If you want to see the video version of our podcast, head over to Patreon.com/malthausgames to subscribe for access! Game Talk: 10:01 Top Shelf Topic: 23:14 Pint Sized Question: 1:00:55 Game Mentions: Turtle Splash!, Virtu, Quirky Circuits, Run Animals, Run!, Boonlake, Rear Window, The Exorcist, Soda Smugglers, Pumafiosi, Flotsam Fight, Land vs Sea, Ghosts of Christmas, Dual Clash Poker, Furry Foodies, Hidden Leaders, Hot Lead, Fun Facts, Tribes of the Wind, Ole Quacamole, Left Right Dilemma, Tricks and the Phantom, Scout Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free

Episode 131 is here! Come listen as we discuss our newest Kickstarter delivery with Verdant! We tell you all about Verdant and why we enjoy the game before talking about starting player rules and tiebreakers. After that we tell you what we think should be a starting player decider in a game. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe so you don't miss out on any more! Game Talk: 11:32 Top Shelf Topic: 31:40 Pint Sized Question: 50:35 Game Mentions: https://www.boardgamehalv.com/first-player-rules-list/ https://www.goinganalogshow.com/article/88/our-favorite-tiebreaker-rules-for-board-games Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happ