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Chits and Chat
by EaseDrop Podcast Network
Alex Kruse and Kaz Gable choose a theme to review a series of board games around. Then at the end of the run of episodes they present their top 10 choices. The first theme is "Best Games to Take Out to a Restaurant or Bar".
Episodes
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335 - Three Sisters
This week Alex and Kaz head to garden with the colorful roll and write, Three Sisters
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334 - Regicide
This week Alex and Kaz attempt the coup of coups in the challenging coop game, Regicide.
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333 - Scout
Oink Games is known for odd name and publishing pocket games that actually fit in your pocket! This week Alex and Kaz try out one of the best in the line, Scout. Let's go to the circus!
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332 - Explorers
If only someone would design a fully modular roll and write! Well, calm your nerves my friends, because we have the game for you. This week Alex and Kaz take a look at the Phil Walker-Harding mash-up, Explorers.
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331 - On Tour
This week Alex and Kaz hit the road on the most epic of road trips following the most questionable of routes in the flip and write, On Tour.
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330 - Radlands
The apocalypse has never been more neon! This week Alex and Kaz attempt to become the leaders of the brave new world of punks in the colorful and action packed, Radlands.
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329 - Push
A great game doesn't have to be complex. This week Alex and Kaz check out the simple and addictive, Push.
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328 - Ludus Latrunculorum
Can't beat an original. This week Alex and Kaz take on the ancient game of Ludus Latrunculorum.
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327 - Cascadia
This week Alex and Kaz trek up into the mountains of the Pacific Northwest to play the splendid, Cascadia.
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326 - Top 25
It's that time again! It's time for the Top 25 round-up!
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325 - Unlock!
These days we're doing everything from home, working, fraternizing, and now escape rooms! This week Alex and Kaz take a crack at the challenging escape room in a box series, Unlock!
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324 Bohnanza
You can't beat a classic. This week Alex and Kaz play one of the best. The Uwe Rosenberg origina, Bohnanza.
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323 - Rustling Leaves
Everyone has a favorite season. But do they have a favorite roll and write for every season? Probably not. Well, now your quarter year conundrum is over. This week Alex and Kaz play the roll and write for every season, Rustling Leaves.
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322 - The Royal Game of Ur
This week Alex and Kaz blow the dust off the classic of classics, the ancient and engaging Royal Game of Ur.
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321 - Rats High Tea at Sea
Some of the best things in life are free. Like this week's game! This week Alex and Kaz play the well done and completely free roll and write, Rats High Tea at Sea.
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320 - Jekyll Vs Hyde
This week Alex and Kaz battle their inner demons head to head in the surprisingly fresh, Jekyll vs Hyde.
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319 - Draftosaurus
At last they did it. They made a dinosaur park. The secret? Teeny tiny dinosaurs! This week Alex and Kaz make their own dino them parks in the quick and colorful, Draftosaurus.
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318 - Kariba
The watering hole is the place to wet your beak after a long day in the African heat. However, you've got to be on guard because not every animal is there to just drink water. This week Alex and Kaz try to sneak a sip before getting too spooked by that rustling nearby in the Reiner Knizia family...
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317 - Let's Make a Bus Route
First elevators and now a bus route. This week Alex and Kaz check out the Saashi and Saashi classec, Let's Make a Bus Route.
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316 - Viva Java TCGTDG
Nothing beats a great cup of coffee in the morning and the perfect companion to morning roasty goodness is this week's game, Viva Java: The Coffee Game: The Dice Game. Roll and write your way to the specialty roast to beat all specialty roasts.
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315 - Abandon All Artichokes
Nothing is so frustrating to a gardener as to have their beautiful vegetable patch overtaken by an uninvited plant. This week Alex and Kaz grab their spades and weed out the invasive artichokes in the quick and fun, Abandon All Artichokes.
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314 - Agricola ACBAS
The exciting life of the medieval farmer! Subsistence life at its best. This week Alex and Kaz check out the Uwe Rosenberg classic, Agricola All Creatures Big and Small. Let's breed some sheep!
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313 - NMBR9
This week Alex and Kaz take an abstract dive into 3D puzzley madness in the challenging game, NMBR 9.
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312 - Hive
Bugs. They're a tricky bunch. What if you could master them for your own purposes? Why, you'd rule the world! However, let's start small and try to defeat just one other person. Oh crap, they are a master of bugs too. To arms, bugs! To countless arms! This week Alex and Kaz try to outsmart each...
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311 - Furnace
Captains of industry. Was their ever a time they shone more brightly than the late 1800s? This week Alex and Kaz get to don their tophats and wool suits and attempt to make the most efficient industrial engine the world has ever seen in the fantastic, Furnace.
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310 - Just One
Clues clues clues. This week's game is full of clues. Alex and Kaz attempt to discover the answer to these clues in the tricky game, Just One.
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309 - Metro X
Alex and Kaz plot the perfect subway lines, in the the simple and addictive, Metro X.
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308 - Timeline
Ah, Timeline. You tricky little game. You seem so simple and easy, and then you make me look like a fool! This week Alex and Kaz test the history recall in the fun and challenging game, Timeline.
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307 - Spyfall
Suspicions are high this week as Alex and Kaz determine if everyone is who they say they are, in the exciting social deduction game, Spyfall.
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306 - Hadara
Alex and Kaz experience the span of civilization in the clever and colorful, Hadara.
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305 - The Grizzled
Alex and Kaz charge the battle lines in the excellent coop game, The Grizzled.
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304 - Gloom
Spooky season is upon us and Alex and Kaz are reviewing the perfect game to kick it off. The macabre and quirky card game, Gloom.
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303 - Guillotine
This week Alex and Kaz head off (hahaha) to the French Revolution in the tongue in cheek game, guillotine.
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302 - Tiny Towns
This week Alex and Kaz shrink themselves down to visit the small and clever locale that is, Tiny Towns.
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301 - Take 5
This week Alex and Kaz run straight past numbers 1-4 in the abstract card game, Take 5!
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252 - Top 25
Here we are again. How time flies when you're having. This week Alex and Kaz are rounding up the last 25 games they're reviewed and ranking them for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!
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251 - Monster Crunch
Finally. Finally! They made the game we've all been clamoring for. The game with all our favorite sugary breakfast cereal creatures, BooBerry, Count Chocula, FrankenBerry, et al. The biggest surprise? It's actually pretty good! The game that is, the cereal is of course delicious. But you already...
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250 - L.L.A.M.A
This week Alex and Kaz play the goofy game, LLAMA. Can math, abstract gameplay, and llamas mesh together into a great game? They can if Reiner Knizia is involved!
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249 - Dice Stars
This week Alex and Kaz take down a game you've probably never played but should. The Bruno Cathala overlooked gem, Dice Stars. Abstract euro roll and write for the win!
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248 - Kolejka
Ah, 1980s era communism; rationing, shortages, unrest. Sounds like a great theme for a game, right?! Well, this week Alex and Kaz find out as they play the surprising, Kolejka. Finally, history CAN be fun!
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247 - Spot It
A quick mind is something to be admired. Testing your mental speed and acuity is what makes board gaming fun. This week Alex and Kaz play a game that has this in spades and yet is simple, fun, and easy for anyone to pick up. That game of course is, Spot it!.
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246 - Point Salad
For some gamers "salad" is a thing to be avoided at all costs. In the land of delicious pub food, why would you waste precious space on your plate reserved for more satisfying choices? But what, I ask you, if your salad scored you points? HA! Is this some new genetically modified vegetable...
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245 - Port Royal
Pirates are notorious for pushing their luck. This week Alex and Kaz channel that urge to play the very piratey, luck pushing game, Port Royal. Assemble your people!
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244 - 7 Wonders Duel
One wonders about 7 Wonders. The massively popular streamlined civ building game. But one would be wise to also wonder about 7 Wonders Duel. Veeeery wise. This week Alex and Kaz go head to head in the brother from another mother, 7 Wonders Duel.
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243 - Similo
Trying to understand someone else's intentions is confusing at the best of times. Now try doing it without words and limited options. Not only is it confusing, but it becomes pretty zany fun. This week Alex and Kaz attempt to read each others minds in the challenging, but oh so satisfying game,...
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242 - Roll Player
It's hard to explain this weeks game. I mean, at its heart it is based around the preparation to play a game, not the game itself. Can that be fun? Does that make sense? See?! It's hard to explain this game! Anyway, this week Alex and Kaz take a look at Roll Player. It's pretty good.
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241 - Circus Flohcati
Ah the circus. A bizarre spectacle from a time long passed. But imagine the circus in its heyday, strongmen, acrobats, jugglers, the ringleader. Now imagine them all with giant weird flea heads and you've got Uwe Rosenberg's Circus Flohcati. This week Alex and Kaz try out this weirdly designed…
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240 - Wurfel Bohnanza
This week Alex and Kaz return to the bean fields of Mr. Uwe Rosenberg in the game, Wurfel Bohnanza. How can farming beans be so much fun?!
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239 - Zombie Dice
Well, the zombies are back, if they ever left. This week Alex and Kaz take a look at the little dice rolling game for brain connoisseurs, Zombie Dice.
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238 - Red7
The color palette. Primary, secondary, tertiary colors. What does that mean? What do they want? To do battle for dominance of course. This week Alex and Kaz jump into the fray in the game, Red 7. Abstract color combat at its finest.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Alex Kruse and Kaz Gable choose a theme to review a series of board games around. Then at the end of the run of episodes they present their top 10 choices. The first theme is "Best Games to Take Out to a Restaurant or Bar".
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Alex Kruse and Kaz Gable choose a theme to review a series of board games around. Then at the end of the run of episodes they present their top 10 choices. The first theme is "Best Games to Take Out to a Restaurant or Bar".
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