Intro Banter - This is the (mostly) unscripted intro to the show! We catch up, play games, talk about games that perhaps did not make the main show, and just gab, Welcome! 

 

Not just Good, but SUPER Good - Top 3 lists themed by genre this time:

Favorite Art from a game artist

 

Alex: 

Artist - Beth Sobel

 

Art

LOTR The Card Game Wingspan Arboretum 

 

Larry

Artist -  Kwanchai Moriya

 

Art

Galaxy Trucker Piece Days of Ire Cover to Overlight




Bonus, Favorite Games featuring their art!

 

Alex: 

Games: 

Viticulture by Jamey Stegmaier, Alan Stone Published by Stonemaier Games Released in 2013 Subastral by Ben Pinchback, Matt Riddle Published by Renegade Game Studios Released in 2021 Coldwater Crown by Brian Suhre Published by Bellwether Games Released in 2017

 

Larry:

Games

Dinosaur Island by Jonathan Gilmour, Brian Lewis Published by Pandasaurus Games Released in 2017 Kepler 3042 by Simone Cerruti Sola Published by Renegade Game Studios Released in 2016 Bosk by Daryl Andrews, Erica Bouyouris Published by Floodgate Games Released in 2019

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Larry Special mentions:

Artist:

Ian O’Toole

 

Art

On Mars Cover Lisboa  Cover Nemo's War Cover

 

Games

On Mars by Vital Lacerda Published by Eagle-Gryphon Games Released in 2020 Lisboa  by  Vital Lacerda Published by Eagle-Gryphon Games Released in 2017 Nemo's War by Chris Taylor (I), Alan Emrich Published by Victory Point Games Released in 2020



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Special Mention and worth looking into:

Artist:

Milan Vavron

 

Art

Prophecy original cover

Underwater Cities 

Lost Ruins of Arnak Cover

 

Games

Prophecy by Vlaada Chvátil Published by Z-Man Games Released in 2002

Underwater Cities by Vladimír Suchý Published by Rio Grande Games Released in 2018 

Lost Ruins of Arnak by Elwen, Mín Published by Czech Games Edition Released in 2020



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MORE special mentions:

 

Antonis Papantoniou - Among the stars and 79 others! (Epic, Hero Realms)

Odysseas Stamoglou - Among the stars and 50 others! (Teotihuacan: City of Gods)




Game Gab - The hosts take a more in-depth look at game related topics specifically related to Hobby Board Games in other areas of popular culture.

 

This time we expand our ART discussion from the supergood lists!

 

The Name on the Box - Favorite board game by designer. We go through a list of our personal top designers, covering a few titles that personify why we love them, then we name our personal favorite of their designs and talk about why! 

 

Alex: Lords of Waterdeep Peter Lee



Larry: John Werner

 

Zombie State: Diplomacy of the Dead  by John Werner Published by  Zombie State Games  released in 2010

 

Quick Hits:  We each detail a game that we can endorse to run out and get to play in the near future, just some quick notes on why you should get it and what we like about it.

 

Alex: The Red Cathedral by  Isra C. , Shei S. Published by Devir Released in 2020

 

Larry: 

Res Arcana by  Thomas Lehmann published by  Sand Castle Games 2019 art by Julien Delval



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Outro : 

De Nuit / by mv feat. Jeff Ball

Original Track - The Phantom Forest

Album - Final Fantasy VI: Balance and Ruin

Project Page - Final Fantasy VI: Balance and Ruin | OC ReMix

Content Group - Final Fantasy VI

Original Copyright - Square Enix

Original Composers - Nobuo Uematsu