Episode 10 – Our Favorite Expansions

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Hello, and welcome to the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join us as we discuss board game expansions - our favorites and why we buy them (or don't). We also talk about our all new Board Game Ranking Engine (data is fun, right?).

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Episode 10 – Our Favorite Expansions

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Episode 45 – Travel Games 52:15

hace 4 años52:15

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Welcome to Episode 45 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they talk about one of Shuck's great passions - creating a collection of travel games. But, of course, we first have to define our terms. What constitutes a travel game anyway? As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, subscribe! TIME - TOPIC: 0:00 - Intro and brew talk 4:02 - What we've been playing 9:52 - MAIN TOPIC - Travel Games…

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Episode 44 – Collecting as Part of the Hobby 47:53

hace 4 años47:53

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Welcome to Episode 44 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they talk about collecting games. Is collecting games as much a part of the hobby as playing them? Or is it a hobby unto itself? As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, please subscribe. TIME - TOPIC: 0:00 - Intro and brew talk 4:58 - What we've been playing 17:56 - MAIN TOPIC - Collecting as part of the hobby…

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Episode 43 – 2021 Look Forward 45:22

hace 4 años45:22

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Welcome to Episode 43 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they look forward to all things 2021 - playing our games with people, new games, revisiting old games, events, and much more. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, subscribe. TIME - TOPIC: 0:00 - Intro and Our Brews 2:15 - Project Triangle Strategy and Tactics Games discussion 13:00 - Shuck's travel games 17:56 - MAIN TOPIC - 2021 Look Forward…

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Episode 42 – What’s So Great About Dungeon Crawlers? 50:46

hace 4 años50:46

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Welcome to Episode 42 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they talk about what makes dungeon crawlers great. Or, in some cases not so great. But first we try to define what a dungeon crawler actually is. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, please subscribe. Time-Topic 0:00 - Intro and Our Brews 4:14 - What we've been playing 16:41 - MAIN TOPIC - What's So Great About Dungeon Crawlers?…

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Episode 41 – How much Luck is too much Luck? 41:17

hace 4 años41:17

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Welcome to Episode 41 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they talk about luck in games. How much is too much? When is luck a good thing? How does luck best serve a game. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, please subscribe. TIME - TOPIC: 0:00 - Intro and what we've been playing 13:45 - MAIN TOPIC - How much luck is too much luck?…

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Episode 40 – This Goes Out to the Games We Love 38:13

hace 4 años38:13

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Welcome to Episode 40 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they talk through the things they hate about the games they love. Every game has its warts and the guys do their best to forgive these games. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, please subscribe. TIME - TOPIC: 0:00 - Intro and our Brews 3:10 - WandaVision!! 9:20 - MAIN TOPIC - The things we don't like about games we love…

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Episode 39 – BGRE Game of the Year 2020 59:57

hace 4 años59:57

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Welcome to Episode 39 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they go through the Board Game Ranking Engine 2020 top 10 and announce the 2020 Game of the Year. This is the game published in 2020 that was the highest ranked by the people who use the Ranking Engine. What game will sit on top of the heap of 2020? Listen and find out. We then go through some interesting ranking stats from the year to close out the episode. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. TIME - TOPIC: 0:00 - Intro/What we've been playing 6:15 - MAIN TOPIC - BGRE Rankings Intro 8:10 - BGRE Top 10 2020 25:45 - BGRE Game of the Year 2020 36:30 - Some fun ranking stats…

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Episode 38 – 2020 Pub Top 5s 1:02:07

hace 4 años1:02:07

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Welcome to Episode 38 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they go through their personal top 5 games as well as the groups combined top 5. Shifts in these lists are inevitable each year as more games are played but which will come out on top? As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. TIME - TOPIC: 0:00 - Intro/Our Brews 2:31 - Game Spotlight - Parks 12:47 - MAIN TOPIC - Top 5s Intro 13:10 - Pub Top 5 32:34 - Our Personal Top 5s…

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Episode 37 – Deep Dives 47:15

hace 4 años47:15

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Welcome to Episode 37 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they discuss games that are worth a deep dive - games (or types of games) we would like to spend more time with to see all they have to offer. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, please subscribe. 0:00 - Intro/What we've been playing 9:54 - MAIN TOPIC - Deep Dives…

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Episode 36 – Only Nine 2020 1:26:11

hace 4 años1:26:11

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Welcome to Episode 36 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they pick their only nine. If you could only have nine games, which would they be? And these aren't just our top 9 games. It's a harder exercise than you think. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. If you want new episodes whenever they drop, please subscribe. 0:00 - Intro/Brew Talk 3:30 - What have we been up to? 14:34 - MAIN TOPIC - Only Nine 2020…

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Microbrew 15 – Ranking Engine Recommendations 38:52

hace 4 años38:52

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Welcome to a Microbrew entry of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Proper Brian, Just Bryan, and Shuck as they go through the current top 25 games on the Board Game Ranking Engine to see what game they should try next. If you have used the Ranking Engine then you have voted for this list. If you want to see the current rankings head on over to https://rankingengine.pubmeeple.com/rankings to see them! As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal.…

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Episode 35 – Long Term Shifts 58:50

hace 4 años58:50

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Welcome to Episode 35 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck, Just Bryan and Proper Brian as they talk about games they have changed their minds about. Maybe its a game that has grown on us or one that we have slowly discovered aren't as great as we once thought. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. Time - Topic 0:00 - Intro/Brew Talk 5:53 - What We've Been Playing 18:50 - MAIN TOPIC - Long Term Shifts…

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Microbrew 14 – Games We Are Excited About 21:09

hace 4 años21:09

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Welcome to a Microbrew entry of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Proper Brian, Just Bryan, and Shuck as they talk about some upcoming games that they are excited to play. We are putting out the call for listener questions! If you have a question you'd like us to answer on the podcast please email it to pubmeeple@gmail.com. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal.…

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Episode 34: What’s So Great About Multiplayer Solitaire Games? 46:01

hace 4 años46:01

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Welcome to Episode 34 of the Pub Meeple Podcast! Join Gary, Shuck and Proper Brian as they try to convince Just Bryan that multiplayer soliaire games aren't as bad as he thinks they are. As always, thanks so much for listening. If you like our show please share it with someone else or leave a review on iTunes or your platform of choice. There are lots of other ways to support us including a small contribution via Paypal. 0:00 - Intro/Brew Talk 4:30 - What We've Been Playing 14:30 - MAIN TOPIC - What's so great about multiplayer solitaire games?…

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Microbrew 13 – The Game Dating Game 10:47

hace 4 años10:47