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Oct 2024
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#334: EGO

MIKE WALKER & MARK BIGNEY
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Walker: But, indeed, sir, we make holiday,

to see Freedom Five and to rejoice in its triumph.


Mark: Wherefore rejoice? What delight brings it home?

What enjoyment follows it to the table,

To grace in fun times its board presence?

You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!


Games Played Last Week:

01:08 -Freedom Five: A Sentinel Comics Board Game (Richard Launius, Adam Sadler, and Brady Sadler, Arcane Wonders, 2024)

10:51 -Things in Rings (Peter C. Hayward, Allplay, 2024)

13:46 -City of the Six Moons (Amabel Holland, Hollandspiele, 2024)

19:56 -Lost Cities: Rivals (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2018) 

22:58 -Through Ice and Snow (Fernando Eduardo Sánchez, 2Tomatoes Games, 2024)

29:54 -Don't L.L.A.M.A. Dice (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2021)

32:24 -Cockroach Poker (Jacques Zeimet, Drei Magier Spiele, 2004)

37:03 -The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth (Antoine Bauza & Bruno Cathala, Repos Production, 2024)

39:42 -Harmonies (Johan Benvenuto, Libellud, 2024)


News (and why it doesn't matter):

40:18 Twilight Struggle 20th Anniversary Hall of Fame Edition

41:25 Richard Garfield and CMYK revamp Magical Athlete

42:19 Tons of upcoming Devir releases  

44:49 Amazing hidden movement: Burned is back on Kickstarter


45:31 Feature Game: EGO (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2025)



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