Episodes

Round 5, Turn 1: "Bus" with Dmitry

  • 0:00:00 - Introduction to Round 5
  • 0:03:45 - Introduction: Co-Host Dmitry Portnoy
  • 0:04:32 - Matt's Upcoming Solo Game Reviews and Game Brain Discord Channel
  • 0:05:06 - This Week's Game Night
    • Terraforming Mars: Turmoil Expansion (0:05:38)
      • Colonies, Venus Next, Prelude, Helasport Terraforming Mars Expansions
    • Now Boarding (0:09:37)
  • 0:14:06 - This Week's News
    • Alternative Essen Top 5: Die Crew, Crystal Palace, Marco Polo 2, Azul: Summer Pavilion, Barrage.
    • Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon (0:16:35)
      • Gloomhaven, War of the Ring
      • Battlestar Galactica, Game of Thrones, Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective, Robinson Crusoe, Tales of Arabian Nights, Detective
    • Frosthaven (0:22:09)
      • Gloomhaven
    • Venice (0:23:09)
      • Anachrony, Trickerion, Ragusa
    • Infamous Traffic (0:24:52)
    • Top Gun (0:26:11)
      • Jaws
    • Tapestry Adjustments (0:29:58)
    • Barkham Horror (0:32:18)
  • 0:34:15 - Games on the Brain
    • Avalon (0:34:33)
    • Poker (0:39:30)
    • Crystal Palace (0:42:11)
      • Paladins, Orleans
  • 0:48:00 - 8x8 Challenge
  • 0:48:30 - Review of Bus
    • Food Chain Magnate, Roads and Boats, Duck Dealer, Greed, Inc., Indonesia, Great Zimbabwe
  • 1:23:30 - Dmitry's Favorite Thing: Penelope's Suitors
  • 1:48:34 - Board Game Sommelier
    • Air, Land, and Sea; Maracaibo
    • Francis Drake (1:49:58)
    • Merchants and Marauders (1:51:22)
    • Shia: Legends of the Drift System; Firefly
    • Eclipse (1:54:04)
      • Eclipse, 2nd Edition 
  • 1:56:56 - Sign Off