Board All The Time Episode 18

Hey hey BATT Family! We hope you've taken the time to check out our Kickstarter preview content that we've gotten to release recently, we've been really enjoying playing everything to support some folks. Regardless, on this episode we talk game balance and why it matters, play a game that Mark hated in 2021 and unintentionally played again for this episode, and managed to weirdly cross over on too many things in the other segments. We hope you have a great time with the episode and that you'll let us know what you think about everything by hitting us up!

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This episode's segments:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:30 - What's Been on the Table

00:05:10 - Topic of the Week: 

00:19:53 - Why Did I Play That: Hardback

00:31:18 - Table / Shelf / Trade

00:50:27 - Rotating Segment: Surprise Party

00:57:21 - Contact Info / Sponsors 

00:58:43 - Outro

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Notes!

1) The old fashioneds comment was due to a random Wisconsinite stopping my grandfather during our vacation when he ordered one. I don't particularly care for them, but you better believe I learned how to make them like a master to ingratiate myself to him when Natalie and I started dating. 

2) During Hardback, Scott says Single Player Solitaire. He naturally meant Multi-Player Solitaire, but that's the type of stuff you get when you record without scripts.

3) Sorry for needing to use a prop in the explanation of the Marrek Murders, but it was far simpler to have Scott understand while looking at it. If you'd like to see more of what I'm talking about, there's a decent photo someone put up on BGG that'll help you get this. https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8675978/final-girl-the-marrek-murders

4) I know the point that I was trying to make when I clearly get flustered and frustrated (flustrated?) when talking about Dice Throne's complexity, but I do find it funny while editing it that I couldn't even keep a straight thought because I was so annoyed.

5) I didn't mean to take over Scott's Surprise Party entry, but that mostly came out like that in the edit. We were recording late one night and Scott was flagging pretty hard at that point. So I came in with my opinions to keep the conversation moving and see what we could prompt out of him.

6) Apparently this was prop night for me. This is why Scott keeps saying we need to add video. If that does happen, that's more reason of why I need an editor. 

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You can email us at boardallthetimegaming@gmail.com.

We can be found at www.boardallthetime.com and on Facebook at Board All The Time. 

We're on BlueSky now and loving it! At this point it really feels like BlueSky is for board gaming, so definitely check us out on there at https://bsky.app/profile/boardallthetime.bsky.social

If you would like to check out Mark's Top 100 list, it can be found at: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/347553/top-100-games-2024-edition

If you'd like to help support the show and assist with the hosting costs, you can do so with our Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/boardallthetime

Our Discord server, which is still in Beta, can be joined at https://discord.gg/VbRWEpc6

We'd like to thank our sponsors as well:

Robin's Nerd Supply: www.robinsnerdsupply.com

Eco Owl Press: www.ecoowlpress.com 

We'd also like to thank SoulProdMusic for the intro/outro music.