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Cards and Cubes
by Pod Cauldron
Welcome to Cards and Cubes - a podcast about games you didn't grow up playing.We are Hristo and Trevor - two friends who love to play and talk about board games.
Episodes
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Season 2, Episode 7: Top 5 Heavy Games
In Season 2, Episode 7 of Cards and Cubes, we talk about our Top 5 Heavy Games. Games mentioned include Teotihuacan: City of Gods, Alchemists, Lisboa, Dominant Species, Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar, Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula, On Mars, Lisboa, Brass: Birmingham and Lancashire, Terra…
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Season 2, Episode 6: Card Games: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Season 2, Episode 6 of Cards and Cubes is about Card Games: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Well, not so much about the Ugly, but we have plenty to say about all kinds of different card mechanics and game examples which feature them. Games mentioned include Port Royal, Ark Nova, Race for the...
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Season 2, Episode 5: Meta-Gaming
In Season 2, Episode 5, we begin with some trivia about the Top 10 most viewed games on BGG. Then, we talk about our experiences playing Azul: Queen's Garden and Boonlake. Our topic this time is Meta-Gaming. We talk about our understanding of meta-gaming and go into a discussion of times when we...
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Season 2, Episode 4: Top 5 Catan Killers
Season 2, Episode 4 is all about our Top 5 Catan Killers. While Catan is an old favorite, we talk about games which are a step up including Machi Koro, Machi Koro 2, Machi Koro Legacy, Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King, Bad Company, Solenia, Valeria: Card Kingdoms, Ginkgopolis, Call to...
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Season 2, Episode 3: SaltCON Spring 2022
In Season 2, Episode 3, we share our experiences at SaltCON Spring 2022. We talk about pretty much all the games we played, including Great Western Trail (Second Edition), Witchstone, MicroMacro: Crime City – Full House, Cape May, Ark Nova, Bitoku, So Clover!, Mystic Paths, Cascadia, Legacies,...
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Season 2, Episode 2: Serial Games
In Season 2, Episode 2 of Cards and Cubes, we start with a challenging trivia about the bottom 10 games with logged plays on BGG for January 2022. We continue with a discussion about Serial Games - game series which have mechanical or otherwise closely related "sequels." We give some examples of...
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Season 2, Episode 1: Top 5 Games and Disappointments of 2021
In Season 2, Episode 1 of Cards and Cubes, we talk about our Top 5 Games and Top 5 Disappointments of 2021. Games mentioned include Codex Naturalis, Embarcadero, Bloodborne: The Board Game, Furnace, The Crew: Mission Deep Sea, Venice, Steampunk Rally Fusion, Cubitos, Oath, Beyond the Sun, Anno...
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Season 1, Episode 55: Burnout
In Episode 55 of Cards and Cubes, we talk about games we've played recently including Ragusa, Yukon Airways, Grand Austria Hotel: Let's Waltz!, Teotihuacan with expansions, Terra Mystica, Underwater Cities, and Gaia Project. We then go on to our topic for this episode which is burnout - what is…
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Season 1, Episode 54: Board Game Expansions
In Episode 54 of Cards and Cubes, we talk about games we played recently such as Greed, Agricola (Revised Edition), Smartphone Inc., Electropolis, and Gaia Project. Our topic today is "Board Game Expansions" and we also have a short discussion about deluxe versions of games. Our games on the...
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Season 1, Episode 53: SaltCON End of Summer 2021
In Episode 53 of Cards and Cubes, we have a recap of SaltCON End of Summer 2021. We go through the 4 days of the convention and a large number of notable games we played. We mention games such as Red Rising, MicroMacro: Crime City, Paleo, Rococo: Deluxe Edition, The Castles of Tuscany, Praga…
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Season 1, Episode 52: Top 3 Games We Haven't Played from the SaltCON Library
In Episode 52 of Cards and Cubes, we are bringing you a recording from our event at SaltCON End of Summer 2021! We have a combined run through our Top 3 Games We Haven't Played from the SaltCON Library and related topics with fellow podcasters from The Innkeeper's Table. Games mentioned include...
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Season 1, Episode 51: 3 Kinds of Games to Play at a Game Convention
In Episode 51 of Cards and Cubes, we have a short intro about themes which affect our interest in games. We go on to games played, which this week include Alchemists, Massive Darkness, Horizon Zero Dawn: The Board Game, and Space Gate Odyssey. Our topic this week is "3 Kinds of Games to Play at a...
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Season 1, Episode 50: Hidden Information in Tabletop Games
In Episode 50 of Cards and Cubes, our games played over the last couple of weeks are Nippon, Unlock!: Mythic Adventures, The Prodigals Club with Last Will, and Cubitos. As prompted by some recent experiences playing on Board Game Arena and its dynamic scoring, our topic today is Hidden…
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Season 1, Episode 49: Fragility in Tabletop Games
In Episode 49 of Cards and Cubes, we have a short intro about the Battlestar Galactica board game reimplementation called "Unfathomable." We go into Games Played including CloudAge, The Search for Planet X, Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Gentes, and Hallertau. Our topic for this episode…
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Season 1, Episode 48: TrevCON 2021
In Episode 48 of Cards and Cubes, we have a brief discussion about Terra Mystica and other board game tournaments. Then, the we go through a lengthy list of games from "TrevCON 2021" - a made-up "convention" of us playing games more frequently than usual, mostly at Trevor's house. Games mentioned...
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Season 1, Episode 47: Tabletop Game Awards
In Episode 47, we begin with a short discussion about game scarcity and out of print issues. We follow with our games played section which includes Chinatown, Genoa, Eschaton, Oriflamme, CuBirds, Codex Naturalis, Jekyll vs. Hyde, and Tybor the Builder. Our combined topic and news item for the day...
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Season 1, Episode 46: 3 Good Cooperative Games
In Episode 46, we start off talking about our section name change from "Top" to "Good" games. We then discuss playing games with themes which overlap with our professional careers. Games played in this episode include a lengthy discussion about the Maracaibo campaign we recently finished, Sluff...
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Season 1, Episode 45: Digital Implementations of Tabletop Games
In Episode 45 of Cards and Cubes, we talk about Anachrony, Exit and Unlock games, Mercado de Lisboa, as well as some area control games we played over a weekend recently including The Expanse: Doors and Corners, A War of Whispers, and Inis. Our topic this week is "Digital Implementations of...
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Season 1, Episode 44: Teaching Board Games
In Episode 44 of Cards and Cubes, we talk about our continuing trend of playing trick-taking games like The Bottle Imp and Indulgence. Then we discuss Ginkgopolis and Suburbia. Our topic today is "Teaching Board Games" where we examine our personal early experiences, learnings, recommendations…
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Season 1, Episode 43: What's in a Game
In Episode 43 of Cards and Cubes, we talk about some games we've played recently, including L.L.A.M.A., Dune: Imperium, Pixie Queen, Bloodborne: The Board Game, and Steampunk Rally Fusion. Our discussion today is what's in a game - in other words, what we feel qualifies as a game, and we go into…
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Season 1, Episode 42: Keep or Cull
In Episode 42 of Cards and Cubes, we talk about our experience playing the card games Custom Heroes and Trickster: Champions of Time. Then we go into a discussion about Tyrants of the Underdark, Dice Town, and some comments about our first steps into Etherfields. Our topic today is "Keep or Cull"…
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Season 1, Episode 41: What We Look For in a Game Store
In Episode 41 of Cards and Cubes, our games played include Sierra West, Merv: The Heart of the Silk Road, Curious Cargo, and a few solo gaming experiences. Our topic of discussion this week is "What We Look For in a Game Store." Games on the horizon include Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Collector's...
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Season 1, Episode 40: Board Game Streamlining
In Episode 40 of Cards and Cubes, we talk about games we've recently played including Carnegie, Glasgow, and Treasure Hunter. Then we have a discussion about board game streamlining prompted by Pingyao: First Chinese Banks, mentioning a variety of Vital Lacerda games, CGE games, and others....
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Season 1, Episode 39: The Evolution of Deck Building in Board Games
In Episode 39 of Cards and Cubes, we talk about some recent experiences in the board game online world, and then go into some games we've played like Village Green, My Village, Targi, 7 Wonders Duel: Agora, and Fast Sloths. Then, we have an extensive discussion about the evolution of deck…
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Season 1, Episode 38: Poorly Described Games
In Episode 38 of Cards And Cubes, we talk about some games we've played, like Praga Caput Regni, Bonfire, and Glenn's Gallery. Then we mention some upcoming games, a couple of which we have already partially previewed - Darwin's Journey, CloudAge, and Kanban EV. We then go onto a particularly...
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Top 10 Games of 2020
In our Top 10 Games of 2020 we list our favorite games from this year with a few releases from 2019 that reached the USA in 2020. We also discuss our honorable mentions and games that we weren't able to play this year but look promising.
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Season 1, Episode 37: Top 3 Exciting Games
In episode 37 Trevor joins us to talk about some Christmas themed games. We talk about our games played including Firenze, The Pursuit of Happiness, Tawatinsuyu: The Incan Empire, Schotten Totten 2, Kokopelli, and Wingspan: Oceana Expansion. We talk about upcoming games like Origin Octopus…
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Season 1, Episode 36: Top 3 Relaxing Games
In this episode of Cards and Cubes we talk about the popularity of chess and The Queen's Gambit. We then talk about games we have played like Century: Golem Edition - Eastern Mountains, 7 Wonders: Duel, Truffle Shuffle, Tybor the Builder, and Oh My Goods. We also talk about upcoming games like…
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Season 1, Episode 35: Top 3 Games in Which Theme Comes Through
In episode 35 of Cards and Cubes we talk about games we have played recently including Tatsu, Marrakech, Kitchen Rush, The Crew, and New York Zoo. Then we briefly discuss upcoming games like Coffee Traders, Clever hoch Drei, Quetzal, and Kokopeli. We finish giving our impressions of games in…
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Season 1, Episode 34: Top 3 Games to Play in a Post-Apocalyptic Scenario
We examine some games which we have played recently including Paris, Night of the Living Dead: A Zombicide Game, and Troyes Dice. We then talk about some games we look forward to including some expansions and unlock games. We finish by sifting through our top 3 games we would keep and play in a...
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Season 1, Episode 33: Halloween Special
It's our favorite time of year again! Find out what games we like to play as the weather gets colder and life gets just a bit spookier.
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Season 1, Episode 32: Trick Taking Games
In this episode of Cards and Cubes we discuss our favorite trick taking games.
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Season 1, Episode 31: Cooperative Games
In this episode we discuss our favorite cooperative games.
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Season 1, Episode 30
This episode is a little bit shorter than normal. We go over games that we have played and a few games of note.
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Season 1, Episode 29: Stefan Feld
In this episode of Cards and Cubes we discuss Stefan Feld. We also discuss our favorite games with variable player powers.
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Season 1, Episode 28: Designer Interview with Max Holliday
In this episode of Cards and Cubes we have a special segment. Brandon interviews board game designer Max Holliday. Holliday designed games such as Eaten by Zombies and Barely Balanced. In our top 3 segment we discuss out top 3 area control/ majority board games.
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Season 1, Episode 27: Top 3 Games That We Should Like, but Don't
In this episode of Cards and Cubes we do another round of poorly described games. We also discuss Top 3 Games That We Should Like, but Don't.
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Season 1, Episode 26: Top 3 Games We Shouldn't Like, but Do
In this episode we have another round of Poorly Described Board Games. We also discuss our Top 3 Games We Shouldn't Like, but Do.
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Season 1, Episode 25: Top 3 Expansions
In this episode we try a new segment. In "Poorly Described Board Games" we take turns giving brief and slightly confusing descriptions of board games which the others try to guess. We also discuss our Top 3 Expansions.
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Season 1, Episode 24: 2-Player Games, Top 3 Family-weight Games
In this episode we discuss 2-player games. When do we enjoy 2-player games? What makes a game suited to a player count of 2? Are there any advantages to playing with just 2 players? We also go over our Top 3 Family-weight Games.
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Season 1, Episode 23: BGG and Other Online Board Game Resources, Top 3 Party Games
In this episode we talk about some of the online resources we use to help us with our board game collecting and playing. We also talk about our Top 3 Party Games.
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Season 1, Episode 22: Top 3 Story-Driven Games
In this episode we discuss games that we have been playing as well as our Top 3 Story-Driven Games.
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Season 1, Episode 21: Czech Games Edition (CGE), Top 3 Games with Few Components
In this episode we discuss the game publisher Czech Games Edition (CGE). We also give our top 3 games with few components.
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Season 1, Episode 20: Top 3 Gimmick Games That Actually Work
In our 20th episode we discuss some games played and games we're looking forward to. We finish by presenting our Top 3 Gimmick Games That Actually Work.
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Season 1, Episode 19: Motivations for Playing Board Games, Top 3 Filler Games
In this episode we talk about our motivations for playing board games. It is for social reasons, or for competition? We also present our Top 3 Filler Games.
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Season 1, Episode 18: Vital Lacerda, Top 3 5-Player Games
In our 18th episode we are figuring out how to record a podcast while heeding social isolation etiquette. We do a deep dive into Vital Lacerda, the designer of board game hits such as Lisboa and On Mars. We also talk about our favorite games to play when our board game group has the dreaded 5...
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Season 1, Episode 17: Board Game vs Video Game Design
In this episode we talk about a few games that we have played over the last few weeks. We also discuss board game vs video game design.
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Season 1, Bonus Episode: SaltCON Spring 2020
We were lucky enough to have the chance to record at our local board game convention, SaltCON, this year. We talk about games that we played, how we choose games to play at a convention, and take some questions from the audience.
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Season 1, Episode 16: Board Game Meetups, Top 3 2-Player Games
In this episode of Cards and Cubes we discuss board game meetups. How do you find people to play with? How do meetups happen? We also present our Top 3 2-Player Games.
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Season 1, Episode 15: Randomness, Top 3 Random Games
In this episode of Cards and Cubes we talk about randomness. What makes randomness enjoyable in games? What are our Top 3 Random Games?
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Cards and Cubes - a podcast about games you didn't grow up playing.We are Hristo and Trevor - two friends who love to play and talk about board games.
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Pod Cauldron
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Welcome to Cards and Cubes - a podcast about games you didn't grow up playing.We are Hristo and Trevor - two friends who love to play and talk about board games.
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