They're Called Victory Points -- Table Talk (and friends)

Not many notes, but you should be grateful we even got this one done.

Games mentioned:
Wandering Towers
Intarsia
Azul Cinematic Universe
Harvest
Fromage
Viticulture
Three of a Kind
Agricola
Prey another Day
DroPolter
Gem
Hue
Mycelia
UnderGrove
Wingspan
Mariposas
Festival
Intarsia
Nusfjord
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Table Talk 013: A Chat about Gateway Games

Taylor and Alice discuss games that got them into the hobby and what makes something a “gateway game” anyway. 

Games mentioned (so many!):
Agueda https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/317515/agueda-city-of-umbrellas
Chai https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/253185/chai
Nine Tiles Extreme https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/391084/nine-tiles-extreme
Nine Tiles Panic https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/279869/nine-tiles-panic
Shifting Stones https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/302280/shifting-stones
Agricola https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola
Caverna https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/102794/caverna-the-cave-farmers
Applejack https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367662/applejack
Nova Luna https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284435/nova-luna
Framework https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/353152/framework
Wacky Wacky West https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/19/wacky-wacky-west
Chartae https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/269257/chartae
Tigris and Euphrates https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42/tigris-and-euphrates
Quest for El Dorado https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/217372/the-quest-for-el-dorado
Gardeners https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/361840/gardeners
Paint the Roses https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/253759/paint-the-roses
Decorum https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/344554/decorum
Magic Maze https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/209778/magic-maze
The Mind https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244992/the-mind
Root https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root
Ticket to Ride https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9209/ticket-to-ride
Kitchen Rush https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/223953/kitchen-rush
What’s For Dinner https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/327121/whats-for-dinner
Photosynthesis https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/218603/photosynthesis
Railroad Ink https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/245654/railroad-ink-deep-blue-edition
Evergreen https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/363307/evergreen
Dragon Castle https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/232219/dragon-castle
King’s Dilemma https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/245655/the-kings-dilemma
Quacks of Quedlinburg https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244521/the-quacks-of-quedlinburg
Wingspan https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266192/wingspan
Patchwork https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/163412/patchwork
Parks https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266524/parks
Viticulture https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/128621/viticulture
Glass Road https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/143693/glass-road
Herbaceous https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/195314/herbaceous
Furnace https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/318084/furnace
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An experimental podcast with only one voice about games getting reskinned. What are your favorite reimplementations? What makes them better than the original? Or, alternatively, worse?
 
Games mentioned in this episode:
Curios
Wonder Woods
Century: Golem Editions
Furnace
Azul: Master Chocolatier
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After a hiatus of embarrassing length because of a disastrous attempt to record an actual play podcast of the infuriating and deeply beige game De Vulgari Eloquentia, we return triumphantly for our first double-digit show! Taylor and Alice talk about reorganizing Alice’s collection and both best practices and pitfalls around that.
 
Games mentioned:
Codex Naturalis
Sagrada: Artisans
Robot Quest Arena
Dominion
Cosmic Frog
Robo Rally
Crash Octopus
Succulent
Mechanical Beast
Gallerist
Gartenbau
Finest Fish
Scrabble
Fearsome Floors
Masterpiece
Queendomino
Kingdomino
Trailer Park Wars
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Was GenCon 2023 a dumpster fire? Or just a smoldering waste paper basket? Listen on, friends, as Taylor and Alice wax poetical!

Games mentioned:
Disney Lorcana
Cosmic Frog
Gartenbau
The Finest Fish
Habitats
Framework
Fairy Trails
Nova Luna
Applejack
Ticket to Ride: Europe
Undergrove
Lacuna
Mycelium
Wonder Woods
Curios
Starry Night Sky
Quoridor
Qawale
Pollen
District Noir
Three Sisters
Splito
Cat in the Box
Gardeners
Bear Raid
Ra
Indian Summer
At the Gates of Loyang
Galaxy Trucker
Everdell: Farshore

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