This is not food love.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:00:14 Foreplay, Hello Listener #3

0:2:54 begin January EsCon 2023 discussion

1:58:14 Celebrity Dessert Penis

2:12:46 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Closing song by Harry Belafonte

It’s been a busy week in different ways.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:00:43 Foreplay, Hope

0:38:18 Time Stories

0:54:27 Terra Mystica Fan Factions & Terra Nova

1:19:51 Cat in the Box

1:29:51 Inside Job

1:51:02 Hacchi Train

2:17:08 Dessert Penis, christmas desserts, village rails vs habitats

2:34:26 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by j-hope



Buckle up. This one is for the fans of length over girth.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:02:39 Foreplay, Nathan Plays Games

0:47:59 2022 Essen Spiel Must-Plays

1:54:14 2022 Essen Spiel Other Interested Things

2:14:16 2021 Essen Spiel Look Back

2:29:09 Dessert Penis, why is the actual question

2:37:57 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Pasek & Paul & Mara



If you’d like to listen to the livestream, you should probably know there is no livestream.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:28 Foreplay, Storytime with Nathan

0:12:50 EsCon Day One

0:56:11 EsCon Day Two

1:37:31 EsCon Day Three

2:13:21 Dessert Penis, It Is Tricky Con Two

2:31:34 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by The Who



Look for our new podcast spraylove coming in 2025!

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:51 Foreplay, playing games everyday

0:52:29 What should we play at EsCon

1:42:28 Dessert Penis, selling good games, the future

2:05:37 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Ozuna



The Brussels bit is particularly present.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:03:03 Foreplay

0:11:54 Dice Tower Cruise

1:20:33 some 18xx stuff

1:33:29 Nathan did homework

1:49:51 Dessert Penis, Hotness

2:32:05 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Buju Banton and Heavy D



Nathan loves tangents, but I was able to get some actual gaming information out of him and then we answered some mailbag stuff. noel isn’t editing this one, so they didn’t provide timecode. what a slacker.

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0:00:50 Foreplay, St Patrick’s Day and then the rest just kind of happens…

1:43:27 Desssert Penis, tangents and questions

2:20:02 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Hall and/or Oates



This will be fun.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:00:31 Foreplay, fun games

0:12:10 EsCon chat

2:12:00 Dessert Penis, Food and Travel

2:29:15 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Neil Young



It is a fight to the death to determine who is more jaded, Mara or Nathan!

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:22 Foreplay, The Colonists is still great

0:24:01 Jaipur Legacy

0:42:34 Dominant Species Marine

1:27:40 Dessert Penis, Jaded Optimistic Cynical Wise

2:06:36 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Rush

My spiel fair lies over the ocean, my spiel fair lies over the sea, my spiel fair lies over the ocean, oh bring back my spiel fair to me.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:00:37 Foreplay, secret insights into the life of Nathan

0:02:54 2021 Essen Spiel Preview

1:51:54 Dessert Penis, The Pursuit of Happiness expansions

2:07:00 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by We Banjo 3

Sometimes there are tasks that you do most of the time and you are not sure whether anyone actually notices but you try and do it anyway.`

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:45 Foreplay, EsCon report featuring Terraforming Mars Ares Expedition and Nations

0:45:22 Pandemic Legacy Season Zero

1:51:54 Dessert Penis, Do you want to play Dungeons & Dragons

1:52:45 Bonus Segment, Mara is not so dumb after all

1:58:57 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Styx

I can’t believe our intern didn’t change the shownotes last episode.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:11 Foreplay, Playing live again

0:17:57 Playing inferior games

0:42:56 Oops, missing content

0:43:21 Mark Reacts, All games should have solo modes

0:57:00 Pipeline

1:43:00 Dessert Penis, End game scoring good or bad

1:57:53 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Cody Davis

Most people don’t believe that 2019 existed. Here we offer some proof that it did.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:02:30 Foreplay, What have we been playing

0:34:46 Dice Tower West and JoCo Cruise Reports

1:05:45 People Are Dumb

1:06:19 A Person said something, was it dumb

1:10:07 Top 5 games we want to play on the table

1:39:58 Dessert Penis, Annoyances of playing on the table

1:55:41 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by John Sebastian

Most people don’t believe that 2019 existed. Here we offer some proof that it did.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:00:30 Foreplay, Whats todays date

0:09:57 Homework, top 5 felds

0:18:55 Noel cut this segment out of the show

0:19:46 2019 Stats, Best days

0:49:41 Top Five of 2019, Regrets

1:28:21 Nickels & Dimes, Top Five Old Shit

1:51:03 Dessert Penis, Some Crayon Rail Stuff

1:56:40 Song

Openg music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Kacey Musgraves

It’s beginning to look a lot like phallus.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:03:36 Foreplay, Some boring bggcon stuff

0:24:23 Maracaibo is broken

0:43:43 Golden Phallus 2019

1:13:46 Playing games twice in a row

1:32:22 Golden Phallus 2019

1:35:46 Dessert Penis, Detective Club, Golden Phallus 2019, What should Mark get for his birthday

1:50:22 Song

Openg music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow

Part one of our extensive coverage of BGGCON 2019

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:25 Foreplay, BGGCON Rage

0:23:12 The Hot Meat

1:33:25 Dessert Penis, Time Chase – Thanks for the email, Joe

1:48:15 Song

Openg music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Willie Nelson

It feels like we’ve already played of thousands of new games from the recent Spiel

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:52 Foreplay, All the new games

1:52:12 We are going to bggcon

2:06:29 Dessert Penis, Inventories and Reading Setup

2:19:31 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Ice Cube

We talk about all 1202 games released at this year’s Spiel.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:07 Foreplay, Aeon’s End Legacy thoughts

0:20:09 Essen Spiel 2019 Preview

1:37:05 The Ragusa has been played segment

1:37:22 Dessert Penis, Why is Nathan not doing stuff, Concept Kids Animals

1:52:30 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Alexandra Schmied

Episode 77, so it is time to update our Top 11 Favorite Game lists.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:01 Our Top 11 Games

2:06:22 Dessert Penis, Will we be bottoming

2:10:22 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by The Highwomen

Back in October 2015 we released episode 11 with our Top 11 Games. Next week we will be updating our Top 11 lists. So this week we are re-releasing episode 11.

Enjoy the peek into the vaults!

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Nelly Furtado

Some discussion of games we’ve played. Then we fill out the show talking about the best fillers.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:45 Foreplay, we have played some games, Tapestry, Irish Gauge, Colors of Paris, Cat Cafe, Welcome to Centerville

1:00:56 best fillers

1:46:20 Dessert Penis, will you always be a gamer

2:09:25 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Ace of Base

Nathan talks about his DTC then we talk about a bunch of Knizia games played at Konizia.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:14 Foreplay, It is Con Season, Nathan went to DTC

0:36:00 Konizia was a convention dedicated strictly to games designed by Reiner Knizia

1:42:57 Dessert Penis, What is Nathan’s favorite Knizia, What is Nathan doing at EsCon

1:53:57 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by someone Pokemon related

Episode 74 is right on schedule…

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0:01:34 Foreplay, Thoughts about Clinic and some other Alban Viard games

0:43:22 Two player games discussion including our Top 5s

1:31:05 Dessert Penis, Thanks for the question Mallory Kate, Winning by a lot

1:46:10 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Rebirth Brass Band

We are in golden age of gaming, but what were the best games of last year?

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0:01:07 Foreplay, The Golden Phallus of 2018 is awarded

0:13:23 the Top 5 of 2018

0:44:02 Best days of Gaming and Expansions and Worsts

1:30:53 Dice Tower West

2:00:47 JoCo Cruise 2019

2:15:28 Dessert Penis, groups adjacent to the cons

2:32:26 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Tool, Closing song lyrics by Cardi B, performed by Mark Salamon

I resolve to make a relevant new year’s resolution next year.

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0:04:15 Foreplay, It’s Tricky Con

0:21:21 Challenges

1:29:23 Best games from before 2018 that we played for the first time in 2018

2:16:40 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Super Power Club

We played a lot of stuff at BGGCON 2018

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:17 Foreplay, but it is pretty much all foreplay we just kinda ramble for way too long

2:38:44 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Menudo

Essen 2018 is right around the corner. Anything good coming out? What does Absacker say about us as friendly gamers?

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:02:00 Foreplay, Essen 2018 Preview

1:04:32 Absacker thoughts leads to a discussion of faking happiness

1:36:04 I have no shame

1:56:52 Dessert Penis, first look at Obsession

2:19:46 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Pasek & Paul & Salamon

Was Essen 2017 worthy of the attention we gave it? Is Scythe Rise of Fenris worthy of the attention it demands? These are hard questions that probably aren’t answered in this podcast episode.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:55 Foreplay, Prepping for Essen 2018

0:08:13 Essen 2017 Recap

1:04:02 Scythe Rise of Fenris

2:14:16 Dessert Penis, Do you watch other people play

2:31:40 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Topmodelz

We both went to a con and won’t stop talking about it. We also find some time for other stuff.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:02:09 EsCon

1:06:33 Two Qs and an A

2:08:01 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Toad The Wet Sprocket

He went to a con and won’t stop talking about it. We also find some time for other stuff.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:2:47 Dice Tower Con, general impressions

0:25:51 Dice Tower Con, Nathan played games and we played some online too

1:43:20 Dessert Penis, Why does Nathan hate all the election games

2:05:40 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Barenaked Ladies

It’s a quarter past midnight somewhere.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:2:40 Foreplay, I thought you were never going to play 18XX again

0:9:39 Perfection

0:20:25 the Uwe question

0:48:15 Terra Mystica vs Gaia Project vs streamlining

1:20:48 Hot news, Spiel Des Jahres

1:36:30 The Midnight Party review

1:45:53 Dessert Penis, What are the ten best things about being friends with Nathan

1:48:16 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Bastille

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:1:18 Foreplay, Our Top Five Games of 2017

0:33:20 Was 2017 the greatest year in the history of gaming?

0:49:22 Categorical Winners

2:07:26 Dessert Penis, What is the 2017 Golden Phallus winner?

2:29:25 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox

There are definitely some spoilers…

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:1:46 Foreplay, Some Games we played at EsCon, Food Chain Magnate, Sanctuary, and more…

0:35:13 Charterstone

1:50:45 Dessert Penis, Is Nathan an alpha player….

2:05:04 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Två Snubbar

Nothing new here, just the old stuff….

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:02:00 Foreplay, Splendor, Cities of Splendor

0:13:22 Were our Top 5 games of 2016 still played in 2017

0:42:22 The best games published before 2017 that we played for the first time in 2017

1:25:57 Dessert Penis, Do you trust your ancient ratings

1:54:01 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Steam Powered Giraffe

Is talking about all the new games more fun than playing them?

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully?

0:04:24 Foreplay, Is 2018 going to be different for game events?

0:24:47 Lots of new games?

2:11:54 Dessert Penis, Why did you hate Iron Dragon?

2:28:54 Song?

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Rodney Carrington

Please don’t hate me, mama, for what I’m about to do…

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:20 Foreplay, FLGS?

0:19:52 BGGCON

1:00:08 The Tichu Tournament

1:11:11 Calimala First Thoughts

1:23:45 Dessert Penis, Die Macher print run

1:37:46 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by REO Speedwagon

Board game expansions are either money-making cash grabs or fixes for broken games. But occasionally they can be mildly interesting.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:02:14 Playing Pandemic Legacy Season One A Second Time

0:15:17 Whistle Stop

0:37:42 Expansions

1:51:04 dessert penis, growing the hobby

2:00:58 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes

We look back at the Essen 2016 games that mattered. And why we bought them.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:02:09 Essen 2016 Review

1:04:16 midplay, jogos do anos

1:11:44 dessert penis, something about rating games for particular situations or something like that

1:38:25 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by The Diamonds

We preview the games we are looking forward to playing in a month.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:00:36 Foreplay, kind of, a few thoughts before we start listing games

0:11:25 let the listing/discussion of games begin

1:40:53 dessert penis, but really some post-coital foreplay, kickstarter and more

1:58:27 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Anton Klopotek

It is a wild and crazy topicpalooza.

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0:01:36 Foreplay, Lisboa, my favorite kind of foreplay

0:28:23 the spirit of the rules

1:00:18 american megafauna

1:26:03 The Beast update

1:29:08 jogo de ano update

1:29:32 lookback at 2007 games

2:05:59 dessert penis, some artsy question from a listener

2:30:37 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Anis

We played a lot of games.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:00 Foreplay, One of us is back, the other never left

0:03:45 EsCon Recap, too many games for me to list them, also im lazy, also we had some audio problems so we lost a bit of this discussion so it might appear that it ends without reason we kept talking but it didnt record so i guess i should say escon was excellent and there were games we played that we were unable to mention due to the poor skills of our audio technician

1:38:48 is it time to retire food chain magnet

1:44:16 dessert penis, being inspired by a game

1:52:39 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Gitti und Erika

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:03:45 Foreplay, One of us hasn’t been playing board games

0:20:26 EsCon Preview

0:22:15 Dice Tower Con

0:37:31 Nathan’s DTC plays

1:18:13 Divided Republic

1:41:38 The Diana Jones Awards

1:55:14 dessert penis, binging and purging

2:08:24 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by GWAR

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:05:00 Sun Sea and Sand

0:15:06 Tinner’s Trail

0:22:15 Fool’s Gold

0:28:44 Sagrada

0:33:06 Unlock!

0:40:46 Spiel des Jahres nominations with a slight focus on El Dorado and Terraforming Mars

1:14:05 Nathan plays solo games – Merkator

1:23:14 Nathan plays solo games – The Colonists

1:30:15 Nathan plays solo games – The Colonists again

1:48:45 dessert penis, i’m not mentioning it again

1:51:47 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Seymour Paps and the Cubelove Blues Band

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:00:32 Bios Genesis 2

0:19:42 Nathan played Skull solo

0:21:22 Fool’s Gold

0:30:03 It changed color

0:30:27 Martians A Story of Civilization

0:42:43 Sagrada

0:53:32 Ice Flow

1:00:08 Fancy Yokohama

1:07:10 Barbarossa

1:18:53 Nathan’s Life Goals

1:42:52 Pixel Tactics

2:04:47 No dessert

2:05:37 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Girls Aloud

Why aren’t we playing these 2012 games right now…

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:02:34 Foreplay, To err is human

0:25:59 5 year look back at 2012

1:49:51 Dessert Penis, gamers as designers

2:13:03 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Pentatonix

I’m a Rheinstone Cowboy…..

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:35 Foreplay, That Meta Thing

0:23:06 A Second Look at Rhein River Trade

0:48:02 A First Look at The Colonists

1:42:10 Dessert Penis, Some silly question about something

1:56:40 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Midnight Howlers

This podcast episode is sponsored by Chex Mix*

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:02:10 Foreplay, Are we still playing the best games of 2015

0:23:30 Dynasties Heirate & Herrsche review

1:19:00 People are stupid

1:19:30 Mark had and has some goals

1:44:09 Dessert Penis, Games Featuring Marriage

1:55:30 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Lonely Island & Norah Jones

*not really sponsored by anyone

Being the best is the only market that is not crowded. – montazze

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:02:30 Foreplay, EsCon wrapup kind of, Dokmus, Tiffin, something else maybe

0:28:07 Categorical Honorable Mentions, Top 5 of 2016, Golden Phallus, Worst of 2016, Games we aren’t talking about

2:19:01 Dessert Penis, Did Nathan meet his goals

2:24:55 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Sia

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire. – Richard M Nixon

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:02:04 Foreplay, Forged in Steel First Thoughts

0:28:45 2016 Plays, The Best Day In Gaming In 2016, Designers of the Year, The Best Games Published Before 2016 That We Played For The First Time In 2016, Fives And Dimes

2:04:12 Dessert Penis, Are there Any 2017 Games That Look Interesting

2:24:32 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Steel Panther

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering. – Friedrich Nietzsche

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:04:10 Foreplay, Live From EsCon January 2016

0:32:39 Categorical Honorable Mentions

0:55:42 The Best Day In Gaming In 2015

1:08:18 Designers of the Year

1:18:29 2015 Compared to Other Recent Years

1:42:14 Dessert Penis

1:46:05 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers

It’s beginning to look a lot like brassmas.

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0:02:41 Foreplay, Designers back off

0:30:25 cubebrawl, Brass vs Age of Industry

1:028:48 Dessert Penis, Best and Worst Martin Wallace Games

1:52:38 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by No BS! Brass Band

#cubelove on the tweeter noelspenis@gmail.com

We went to BGGCON 2016 Part Two. I think someone in the studio audience had the sniffles.

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0:01:12 Friday

0:54:30 Saturday

1:43:09 Sunday

2:04:22 Overall

2:42:23 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Debbie Does Dallas The Musical

#cubelove on the tweeter noelspenis@gmail.com

We went to BGGCON 2016 Part One

0:00:00 Please listen carefully

0:02:22 PreCon Tuesday

0:18:06 Wednesday

1:02:57 Thursday

2:03:46 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Eric Bibb & Jean Jacques Milteau

#cubelove on the tweeter noelspenis@gmail.com

The most comprehensive and hard-hitting Essen games reviews are not contained in this episode. Also we briefly discuss a small portion of what we might be doing at BGGCON 2016.

0:00:00 Please listen carefully

0:01:43 Nathan has played some Essen games

1:22:34 BGGCON 2016 Preview

2:10:08 Dessert Penis, Don’t send us money

2:14:03 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Birdcloud

#cubelove on the tweeter noelspenis@gmail.com

Martin Wallace makes some games. We talk about them.

0:00:00 Please listen carefully

0:01:18 Essen is over, how was it

0:28:27 Martin Wallace Short Review Smackdown

1:43:40 Dessert Penis, A three penis dessert

1:57:52 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Richard Cheese

#cubelove on the tweeter noelspenis@gmail.com

We can’t stop the Essen feeling

0:00:00 Please listen carefully

0:01:12 A Preview of Essen 2016

2:17:17 Dessert Penis, Is breastfeeding okay at the game table

2:18:42 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Justin Timberlake

#cubelove on the tweeter noelspenis@gmail.com

Essen 2015 was way better than black smoke.

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0:01:30 Foreplay, The World of Finance

0:01:41 A Look Back at Essen 2015

1:14:00 Top 5 Games from Essen 2015

1:53:41 Dessert Penis, Am I going to do more research

2:11:11 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Ann Sophie

#cubelove on the tweeter noelspenis@gmail.com

We doin big pimpin, we spendin’ cheese. Check em out now.

0:00:00 Please listen carefully

0:01:40 Foreplay, Yes I know we said said episode 39 but this is episode 40, Crayon Rail Games

0:33:00 Game Components Massacre

1:35:42 Dessert Penis, Fields of Arle and some other minor Uwe talk

1:50:22 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Jafe and Texas

#cubelove on the tweeter noelspenis@gmail.com

Get your ass to Terraforming Mars.

0:00:00 Please listen carefully

0:01:55 Foreplay, EsCon and some games we played there

0:34:14 What we drink at EsCon

0:35:55 Terraforming Mars review

1:53:50 Dessert Penis, Is Scythe a Thematic Game, cubelove monday

1:32:24 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Nathan and/or Mark

#cubelove on the tweeter noelspenis@gmail.com

It is pronounced scythe.

0:00:00 Please listen carefully, Season Two

0:03:00 Foreplay, Yokohama first thoughts

0:10:48 Scythe review

1:26:21 Dessert Penis, Is Scythe a Top 10 Game

1:32:24 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by The Vitamin String Quartet

#cubelove on the tweeter noelspenis@gmail.com

Humans like to classify things.

0:00:00 Please listen carefully

0:03:07 Foreplay, The Best Games from 2001

0:52:13 People Are Stupid

0:52:36 Game Classification Massacre

2:14:18 Nathan Is Good At Games, Food Chain Magnate Online

2:22:46 Are Variants Good, Food Chain Magnate Online

2:39:02 Dessert Penis

2:39:14 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by The Dartmouth Aires

#cubelove on the tweeter noelspenis@gmail.com

Someone went to Dice Tower Con and they can’t stop talking about it.

0:00:00 Please listen carefully

0:01:53 Foreplay, Dice Tower Con Wrapup Part 1

0:31:40 What’s Gonna Win The Spiel Des Jahres?

0:51:33 DTC Wrapup Part 2

1:25:40 People Are Stupid

1:26:57 Dessert Penis, Pokemons, Trick Takers

1:45:12 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by The Pajama Game cast

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0:07:45 Foreplay, New to Us a Year Ago

0:36:45 Dominant Species

2:00:34 Dessert Penis, more kingmaking

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Miley Cyrus

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We talk about sex with royalty. And then introduce two new segments. Proper notes will follow when I have the time…

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Matisyahu

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I here you asking what were the new games you guys played back in May 2015 and have you played them since. The answer is in here. And some Nations talk. And Nations Dynasties. And Nations Dice. And some bonus Quadropolis for dessert.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:35 Foreplay, New to Us in May 2015 Revisited

0:37:35 Nations, Nations Dynasties, Nations Dice

1:27:55 Dessert Penis, Quadropolis

2:08:42 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing songs by They Might Be Giants

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Come on now, who do you, who do you, who do you, who do you think you are, Ha ha ha bless your soul, You really think you’re in control?

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:02:25 Foreplay, 18xx Thoughts

0:28:32 Crazy for 2006

1:35:09 Dessert Penis, Burnout Part 1

1:55:38 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing songs by lots of people

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In honor of the passing of the musical legend, we talk about his board game.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:03:00 Foreplay, Why do people want more people in their games?

0:31:42 Princes of the Renaissance

2:00:50 Dessert Penis, Dead Board Game Designers

2:13:09 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by The Art of Noise and Tom Jones

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What did we play at EsCon? If you are listening to this, then you were probably there.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:02:00 Foreplay, EsCon 2016 II

2:00:03 Dessert Penis, Board Game Dreams

2:11:45 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Wendell Ray

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So, apparently some board games were released in 2011. Were any of them good?

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:04:20 Foreplay, 1994 Caribbean Cup

0:33:04 2011 Was The Greatest Year In Board Games (said no one ever)

1:27:00 Dessert Penis, What is the next #1?

1:55:46 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by The Chipmunks & The Chipettes

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Kickstarter is apparently a thing now. I suppose we should mention it.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:20 Foreplay, Worldwide Simultaneous Release?

0:13:02 Kickstart is a force in board gaming. For good?

1:27:00 Dessert Penis, Something artsy?

1:58:27 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Motley Crue

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Our totally Valentine’s themed episode includes discussion of sex and restuarants and 2p games and sechs. Listen to it with someone you love.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:02:02 Let’s Talk About Sechs, baby!

0:32:45 Food Chain Magnate

2:08:15 Dessert Penis, Sechs Player games and Two Player Games

2:32:31 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Max Raabe & The Palast Orchester

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Surprise! There was an EsCon!

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:02:41 A Detailed Discussion About The Awesomness of EsCon 2016.1

1:38:02 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Lucky Joe

2015 was a year. We played some board games. We talk about some of them this week. Some more next week.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:02:52 Foreplay, 2015 Stats Stuff

0:21:06 Fives and Dimes

0:39:34 Top Five New To Us Games We Played in 2015 But Were Published Before 2015

1:27:11 Dessert Penis, dismissing a game based on designer’s track record, what are you doing at Escon

1:51:07 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by WALK THE MOON

It is pretty clear we love wood. So, we found a game all about wood: Lignum.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:02:50 Foreplay, ChrisCon

0:16:20 Lignum

1:37:58 Dessert Penis, Secret Santa

1:53:10 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Keegan McInroe

2016, it was a great year. We tell you all about our 2016. Including our top five games from 2016.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:02:43 Foreplay, Our top five games from 2016

0:25:24 2016 Plans Hopes Dreams Fears

2:18:43 Dessert Penis, Nathan gives his thoughts on Manchester United fandom

2:20:50 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Kid Rock

Some people are losing their shit; we help them find it. We review Grand Austria Hotel. Important Pop revelations.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:03:01 Foreplay, Pandemic Legacy Will Be the #1 Game and the World Will End

0:55:11 Studio Banter

0:56:14 Grand Austria Hotel review

0:56:38 Dessert Penis, Chess I hear you calling, but I can’t come home right now, me and the boys are playing, and we just can’t find the sound, just a few more hours and I’ll be back home to you, I think I hear them calling, Chess what can I do, Chess what can I do. Sugar what now?

1:03:10 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Sugababes

Cooperative games. I know you listened last week to hear about them, but they are really here now.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:02:45 Foreplay, That would drive me nuts

0:18:24 Cooperative Games

2:00:40 Dessert Penis, I hate buying games I have already played

2:17:01 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Raful Neal

We were going to talk about co-ops, but Trickerion took over the whole show. Co-ops next week.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:03:10 Foreplay, Trickerion

0:49:54 Foreplay Part Deux, More Trickerion

1:01:28 Dessert Penis, Sleeves

1:16:38 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Songdrops

Nathan went to BGGCON. Big whoop.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:59 Foreplay, Small Conventions, NazCon, Girly Drink Con

0:16:35 BGGCON

1:41:58 Dessert Penis, Secret Santa

1:51:00 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Caitlin Rose

Spoilers! Pandemic Legacy! Spoilers! Some other Legacy talk too.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:02:15 Foreplay, How, when, and why do you consume reviews?

0:17:12 Spoilers! Pandemic Legacy with spoilers

1:33:59 Dessert Penis, Legacy stuff

2:04:03 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Frank Zappa

No show today…

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We threw some extra penises into the room, so the sound quality is a bit weird. But the chat is good. Enjoy.

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0:01:52 EsCon past and future with guests Steve and Jay

1:04:01 Dessert Penis, Ejecting

1:37:06 Song

Check out the EsCon website by clicking this sentence.

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Flight of the Conchords

Nathan has a crisis of conscience after playing some games he doesn’t like. We also talk about the BGG Secret Santa.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:02:01 Foreplay, Some first thoughts on Inhabit the Earth and Food Chain Magnate

0:23:46 What the fuck is an outlier?

1:08:54 Dessert Penis, BGG Secret Santa

1:41:05 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Patty Zeitlin & Marcia Berman

…and it has something to do with outliers. And Inhabit The Earth.

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The huge Halloween extravaganza. Expansions. Then some Queen’s Architect.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:03:42 Expansions

0:34:33 Queen’s Architect

1:12:42 Spooky Halloween Dessert Penis, “Why the fuck did you buy and make me play Absacker?”

1:27:13 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Evil Dead The Musical

And it will feature a discussion of Queen’s Architect…

Someone is going to a convention. So we talk about convention goals. And then I cry.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:40 “I’m not sure I believe in unplayed grail games anymore.”

0:15:15 Convention Goals

1:39:00 Dessert Penis, Have you played any Essen Games yet?

1:57:07 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Fred Armisen

And it has something to do with conventions…

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These are objectively our favorite games of all time.

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0:01:09 No Time for Foreplay, Our Top 11 Favorite Games #11 –> #6

0:49:59 After a short break we keep going, Our Top 11 Favorite Games #5 –> #1

2:05:01 Not Really Dessert Penis, Post Top 11 Discussion

2:33:18 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Nelly Furtado

…and it will feature our Top 11 Favorite Games.

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Destiny’s Child inspires us to sing a rousing rendition of Games, Games, Games. BGG UI first and then Games, Games, Games.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:03:20 Foreplay, BGG UI Revamp thoughts

0:31:16 Mini Review Round Up, Yedo, Copper Country, Dragon’s Hoard, Danger, Meinz, Empires of the Void, Starship Merchants, Ever Green, Tales & Games: The Hare & The Tortoise

1:29:26 Dessert Penis, Feedback, Isle of Skye

1:58:50 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Clint Eastwood

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It’s a foreplay marathon as we talk about Essen and the games we are interested in. Featuring Antarctica, Perfect Alibi, Automania, and many many more. That’s it. All foreplay, no consummation.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:10 Foreplay, Essen Preview, Antarctica, Perfect Alibi, Automania, and more

1:38:56 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Rammstein

We continue our preview of the Internationale Spieltage. And we wrapup our Strategicon Wrapup.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:30 Foreplay, More Essen Preview, The Bloody Inn, Signorie

0:16:48 Strategicon Wrapup Part 2

1:38:26 Dessert Penis, Feedback

1:44:05 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Cathi Stout

We begin our preview of the Internationale Spieltage. We review Red7. And we present Part 7 of our Ginkgopolis series.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:50 Foreplay, Essen Preview, Abyss: Kraken, Grand Austria Hotel, Nations: Dynasties, Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization, Mombasa

0:33:05 Red7 review

1:17:10 Dessert Penis, Ginkgopolis Part Seven

1:22:02 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Steven Seagal.

We recap all the stuff that happened for us at Strategicon Gateway 2015. And Nathan rated a game a 10!

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:02:15 Foreplay, Nathan rated a game a 10!

0:19:12 Strategicon Recap Part 1. Including discussions of Parkies, Warband: Against The Darkness, and Pret-a-Porter.

1:33:37 Dessert Penis, Feedback, Ginkgopolis Part Six?

1:39:55 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Roy Brown.

We review The Voyages of Marco Polo and talk about watching videos.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:20 Foreplay, Watching videos

0:08:45 The Voyages of Marco Polo

1:34:40 Dessert Penis, Feedback, Ginkgopolis First Card Choices

1:41:55 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Marco Polo.

Strategicon Prep, Part 2 and The games we played at EsCon 2015.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:10 Foreplay, Strategicon Prep, Part 2

0:13:58 The Games We Played at EsCon 2015, featuring the Kniziathon

1:30:54 Dessert Penis, Feedback, Ginkgopolis Art

1:26:00 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by The Flight of the Conchords

We discuss prep for Strategicon and review Kraftwagen.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:00:43 Foreplay, Strategicon Prep, Part 1

0:16:43 Kraftwagen review

1:20:06 Dessert Penis, Feedback, Solo Ginkgopolis

1:26:00 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Das Sound Machine

We discuss local conventions, specifically EsCon 2015.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:01:22 Foreplay, Ginkgopolis expansion (audio problems)

0:16:29 EsCon 2015 Recap, Part 1

1:15:02 Dessert Penis, Feedback, Why Do You Fucking Swear So Much?

1:18:32 Song

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by uncuT

A review of Ginkgopolis and some other chat.

0:00:00 Please Listen Carefully

0:00:39 Shitty Games On The Table (Oraklos and Arch Rival)

0:09:45 Ginkgopolis review

1:12:49 Dessert Penis, Feedback, WTF?!

Opening music by Jahzzar, Between segment music by Ray Rude, Closing song by Special Moments

I’m producing a new boardgame podcast. This is where it is hosted. Enjoy.

noel spenis