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As always, keep the questions coming to [email protected] !! :) 0:00 Intro•••Game/show Q&A►►► 0:18 Most played game of the last 10 years? 1:33 Most played expansion of the last 10 years? 5:22 How to fix BGG ranking system? 10:52 Favorite game complexity level? 13:17 Best boss job in the boardgame industry? 20:33 Best binge game? 22:21 Boardgame culling regrets? 27:52 Who would I have join the Rahdo crew next? 28:55 Most fun game to teach? 31:01 Ever rage quit a game? 32:55 Should ever game have a solo mode? 34:10 Pub developed solo modes vs fan made ones? 36:52 Why do pubs not implement obvious solo modes? 39:48 Do I rank games based on play count experience? 40:44 Changing BGG ranking system to account for different player couts? 43:30 Boardgame academic research? 49:00 Some of my runthroughs have disappeared? 52:03 Reviewers favoring shorter games? 1:01:19 Yunnan 2nd edition sounds like it rocks! 1:02:14 Best 3p minimum games? 1:10:04 Misleading audience by accident? 1:16:33 Are boardgame rulebooks getting better or worse? 1:18:42 Getting recognized irl? 1:23:27 Rahdo recap format? 1:25:58 Revisiting old top10 topics? 1:31:29 How are the channel contributors received? 1:37:36 Playtesters vs casual players vs competitive players? 1:42:33 What do backers of the show want? 1:48:36 Playing co-op games multi-hand? 1:54:46 Only future games or past games? 2:04:25 Why do I rank older games higher? 2:21:10 Jen burning out on games? 2:35:12 Why don't we see more stuff like Tzolkin gears? 2:39:53 Would we ever go back to Escape Room games? 2:44:23 Are there other genres we've tired of? 2:45:55 How to avoid gateway game disasters? •••Personal Q&A►►► 2:56:28 How's the RV size for us? 3:08:00 Why do audiences expect media creation for free? 3:15:03 Reconciling eating meat and concern for the planet? 3:23:39 New Zealand vs Japan vs Iceland? 3:25:24 Scotland vs Ireland vs Wales? 3:26:52 Recommendations for traveling the Oregon coast? 3:29:40 How are our eyes holding up? 3:32:47 Jen's future plans for Gamer Glass? 3:35:20 Pictures of our travels? 3:36:29 RVing in Europe? 3:43:39 Best food we've had on the road? 3:55:38 DOGGOS!!

Okay folks, here's 39 more games to talk about that I've discovered over the last 6 weeks and that I think sound fantastic! :)

In addition to the top10 couples game countdown, we've got board game tales of romance and plenty of other fun goings on this extended edition! :)

This time we've got Raina of Pandasaurus and 1 Minute Boardgames to help us count down the 10 best games for couples! :)

5 new games Grant tells us about, including one that's never been announced anywhere before! :)

Wow, this is one of the worst months ever for games played that I didn't like! Not a great way to start 2024!

As always, keep the questions coming to [email protected] !! :) 0:00 Intro •••Game/show Q&A►►► 0:40 If I can only one 1 game from every year? 14:26 Critiquing Earth? 26:47 Analyzing the stats of 2023? 37:19 Best of 2023 I haven't played? 40:37 Multi-hand co-op? 51:04 How to learn games? 53:11 Board game media ignoring theme? 59:53 Board game media over-emphasizing innovation? 1:05:07 Isn't Tapestry too cutthroat for a carebear? 1:10:12 How much Rahdo on the Rahdo channel? 1:18:42 Board game testing and balance? 1:23:56 Opponents determine my action strength? 1:26:03 El Burro vs La Granja? 1:2917 Crossing Oceans runthrough? 1:30:36 New version of Yunnan? 1:32:42 New games not as good as old games? 1:36:44 Old filming style vs new filming style? 1:40:08 Which heavy game would I play? 1:41:23 Solo categorization? 1:47:00 What are the Rahdo contributor's day jobs? 1:54:23 Board game dilemmas? 2:02:38 Outdated mechanisms? 2:03:45 Boardgame design commandments? 2:05:57 Shorter vs longer game length? 2:14:45 More board game dilemmas? •••Personal Q&A►►► 2:31:18 RV trip travelogue update? 3:23:55 Renting while we're on the road? 3:26:05 RVing vs returning to Europe? 3:28:33 How any American tourists have we run into? 3:29:31 Jen's glass while we're on the road? 3:31:22 UK govt euthanizing pitbulls? 3:32:49 Why do we get to attached to our pets? 3:36:59 Gaza? 3:38:03 Doggos!!! 3:39:55 What politician is so bad we'd vote for Trump over them? 3:43:26 Outro

In addition to the party game countdown, we talk to Grant Lyon about his meteoric rise to TikTok boardgame stardom, getting his YouTube channel shutdown, and a LOT of talk about culling games! :)

We're talking about our favourite party games and there's a wide range of stuff to go over with something for everybody!

Apologies for the extreme lateness on this. Back in September I said I'd start making audio podcasts of the new games section of the recap, and then I went on a road trip and forgot all about it! So here I am a few months later with 2 hours of amazing games to tell you abotu while you're on the move. In the future I'll try to do one of these a month! :)

All the really cool stuff happened in the extended edition pre & post show segments this week! :)

Today we're talking about 10 must see games coming this year :)