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Nope, not cotton. But we are playing Tapestry. Stonemaier Games published this in 2019 and it was designed by Jamey Stegmaier.  While not announced during the episode, we are going to bringing this podcast to a close on our 5th anniversary. We will continue our regular weekly publishing until that time. We appreciate each and everyone of you that has listened over the years and we hope you'll stick with us for these last 3 months. Post your comments to Twitter/Instagram @FirstTurnCast or email us at [email protected]. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe! Until next week, play more games!

Humans are gone and the Bees have grown to human sized but they're still bees. But now they are SPACE BEES!!!! We're playing Apiary this week. It was designed by Connie Vogelmann and published in 2023 by Stonemaier Games. Post your comments to Twitter/Instagram @FirstTurnCast or email us at [email protected]. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe! Until next week, play more games!

It was a chilly and windy day on the beaches of Kitty Hawk, NC when the Wright brothers took to the air it what is generally regarded as the first successful heavier-than-air powered flight. They made four attempts that day, with the last covering 852 feet, before damage put the aircraft out of commission. This week Kiwi, bP, and Paxton race each other in First in Flight and be the first.... in flight. It was designed by Ben Rosset and Matthew O'Malley and was published by Artana in 2023. Post your comments to Twitter/Instagram @FirstTurnCast or email us at [email protected]. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe! Until next week, play more games!

No, we're not summoning Captain Planet. This week there's an opportunity to safe the great outdoors and who doesn't love the outdoors more than Kait and Eric? I mean ... statistically speaking, probably someone? They're bringing Earthborne Rangers to the table. It was published by Earthborne Games in 2023 and designed by Andrew Fischer, Brooks Flugaur-Leavitt, Andrew Navaro, Adam Sadler, and Brady Sadler. Post your comments to Twitter/Instagram @FirstTurnCast or email us at [email protected]. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe! Until next week, play more games!

This week, we continue our gaming over the holidays but shift our focus to Kait and Eric. They're playing Tokaido Duo. The two player version of the popular Tokaido by Antoine Bauza and published in 2022 by Funforge.  Post your comments to Twitter/Instagram @FirstTurnCast or email us at [email protected]. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe! Until next week, play more games!

Is that not an ear worm or what? Oddly specific, significantly strange, but still a banger. Paxton, bP, and Kiwi breed Fox's this week in Elizabeth Hargrave and Jeff Fraser's The Fox Experiment from Pandasaurus Games, published in 2023. Post your comments to Twitter/Instagram @FirstTurnCast or email us at [email protected]. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe! Until next week, play more games!

It's the holidays and that means more board games! This week we finally got Moonrakers to the table so bP, Kiwi, and special recurring guest host Paxton give it a try. It was published in 2020 by IV Studio and designed by Max Anderson, Zac Dixon, and Austin Harrison. Will our space pirates pirate enough? Who is going to captain this motely crew of ne'er-do-wells? Tune in and find out! Post your comments to Twitter/Instagram @FirstTurnCast or email us at [email protected]. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe! Until next week, play more games!

It's a new year and a new season. This week, Kiwi takes the solo game 20 Strong from Chip Theory Games and gives it a try. It was designed by Josh Carlson and published in 2023.  Post your comments to Twitter/Instagram @FirstTurnCast or email us at [email protected]. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe! Until next week, play more games!

It's our annual year end redemption episode. This time we hopped in our way way back mission and grabbed Villainous back off the virtual shelf and roped Kait into playing it this time. Come see if time and a fourth player have changed our minds. The game was designed by Prospero Hall and published in 2018 by Ravensburger.  Post your comments to Twitter/Instagram @FirstTurnCast or email us at [email protected]. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe! Until next week, play more games!

Our four cohosts come together at the end of the year to discuss our highlights (and some lowlights) of our gaming this year. Everyone blacks out while Kiwi talks statistics as we wrap up our 5th season of the show. Come join us and take a listen! Post your comments to Twitter/Instagram @FirstTurnCast or email us at [email protected]. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe! Until next week, play more games!

"Tea is amazing. I probably prepare it wrong, but I find my way delicious and I won't be stopped!" -Kiwi This week, Kiwi and bP are playing Elevenses. Designed by David Harding, it was originally published in 2013 by Grail Games, but we're playing the updated version published in 2023. Post your comments to Twitter/Instagram @FirstTurnCast or email us at [email protected]. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe! Until next week, play more games! 

While normally we would be welcoming to all, and Kiwi certainly welcomes our new robot overlords, this episode is for non-Robots only. And we have a little test to prove it ... our western most group of hosts are bring Turing Machine to the table this week. It was designed by Fabien Gridel and Yoann Levet, and published in 2022 by Le Scorpion Masque.  Post your comments to Twitter/Instagram @FirstTurnCast or email us at [email protected]. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe! Until next week, play more games!