Rahdo Talks Through

Sorry we're a bit late with the monthly Rahdo Rounds Up and Jen Jogs, but life on the road making timing it tricky! But in the meantime, here's the audio version of Grant's latest top five, and as always it's fantastic.

In addition to the main show, we get to know Travis better and hear about a bunch more mini games in the extended edition of the show, and here's the ad-ree audio version!

In this episode of the R&R&R show we're joined by Travis Chance of publisher Cool Mini Or Not, and so it seemed a very appropriate time to talk about mini-heavy games! :)

As always, keep the questions coming to questions@rahdo.com !! :) 0:00 Intro •••Game/show Q&A►►► 0:43 Plunderous & Adventure Ink updates? 6:25 Best automa practices? 14:18 Which of my top10 needs an automa? 20:45 Extended runthroughs? 26:26 How do I pick which games to cover? 37:38 Channel changes in the future? 48:11 Changing pick up and deliver opinion? 55:31 How to rank games? 59:39 Game vs activity? 1:10:24 How to look at games? 1:13:14 Ideal game themes? •••Personal Q&A►►► 1:23:09 Extraordinary Attorney Woo? 1:24:03 Scariest moments while RVing? 1:32:46 About our upcoming RV trip? 1:35:18 Most treasured childhood memories? 1:41:30 EVs? 1:45:50 John McWhorter? 1:49:45 Losing dogs? 1:57:56 Star Trek: Those Old Scientists? 2:00:47 Left lies vs Right lies? 2:11:46 Jen's words of wisdom 2:12:03 DOGGOs!!!

And here we are again, doing lots of chit chat with our guest host Peter Vaughn of Cardboard Alchemy, plus of course the normal countdown stuff! :)

This episode we're talking about innovation in worker placement, with a special guest that is known for innovating in that space! :)

Here's the ad-free audio version of the latest R&R&R where we replace Catan six ways to Sunday! :)

Okay folks I'm renaming this series and making it monthly going forward, talking about new games to keep an eye out for. Hope you enjoy! :)

We've got a big preshow in this month's R&R&R to really get to know our special guest from Legendary Tactics!

Chris, Ruel, myself and the gang from Legendary Tactics discuss the six best games to replace this classic card game! :)

Here's the audio version of grants latest 5 game countdown, and i'm pretty jealous of some of these games that I haven't played yet!

Hey everybody, here's a new episode ranking all the games we played in the month of September! 0:00 Neotopia (sponsored by Arcane Wonders) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/360359/neotopia 5:27 Intro 6:06 21. Express Route https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/388718/express-route 8:58 20. Spellbook https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/391834/spellbook 11:50 19. The Perfect Wave https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/388683/perfect-wave 16:08 18. Sky Rockets https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/398684/skyrockets 19:58 17. Dragonkeepers https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/383109/dragonkeepers 26:38 16. Forest Shuffle https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/391163/forest-shuffle 32:33 15. Knarr https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/379629/knarr 38:32 14. Nucleum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFezSfErQnQ 42:45 13. Leaf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKOLCW2zTUA 47:11 12. Art Society https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/395375/art-society 53:42 11. Cargo Empire (sponsored) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1PrkS1eKis 57:04 10. Rolling Realms Expansions https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/354212/rolling-realms-rolling-realms-promo-pack 59:43 9. Philharmonix (sponsored) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuJ5G4sJKbg 1:00:41 8. Nocturne (sponsored) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/393175/nocturne 1:04:41 7. Faraway https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/385761/faraway 1:09:55 6. Printing Press https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/390606/printing-press 1:13:50 5. House of Cats https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/386436/house-cats 1:20:20 4. Humanity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIKvhR2wo3w 1:25:35 3. Ezra & Nehimaiah (sponsored) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkRbkYhKbpU 1:28:44 2. Shipyard 2nd Edition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUJBrjZsMAE 1:30:28 1. The White Castle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6SWQrGSPfU 1:33:46 Special Thanks

Hey everybody, here's a new episode where I talk about my 20 most anticipated titles for Essen Spiel 2023 :) 0:00 Intro 1:31 Already-played games 1:50 10. House of Cats https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/386436/house-cats 3:15 9. Ahau: Rulers of the Yucatan https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/321140/ahau-rulers-yucatan 5:02 8. Arborea https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/371077/arborea 6:23 7. Printing Press https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/390606/printing-press 7:42 6. Humanity https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/379633/humanity 8:58 5. Barcelona https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/383607/barcelona 10:17 4. The White Castle https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/371942/white-castle 11:39 3. Apiary https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/400314/apiary 12:25 2. Sagrada Artisans https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/369751/sagrada-artisans 13:22 1. Evenfall https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/396989/evenfall 14:30 Games I haven't played 15:57 10. Walking in Burano: Roll & Write https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/385417/walking-burano-roll-write 17:53 9. Djinn https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/384150/djinn 20:00 8. Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/381297/unmatched-adventures-tales-amaze 22:14 7. Aldebaren Duel https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/383175/aldebaran-duel 24:05 6. Bruxelles 1893 Belle Epoque https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/345155/bruxelles-1893-belle-epoque 25:34 5. Evacuation https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/382843/evacuation 26:53 SURPRISE TWIST!! http://rnr.rahdo.com 28:47 4. Orleans: The Plague https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/398047/orleans-plague 29:54 3. Boonlake: Artifacts https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/398052/boonlake-artifacts 31:46 2. Discordia: Magna https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/390482/discordia-magna 33:34 1. Hippocrates: Agora https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/371872/hippocrates-agora 36:19 But wait there's more!

0:00 Intro •••Games Q&A►►► 0:46 How to deal with frustrating moments in co-ops? 11:45 Playing war games? 15:17 Best games I don't like in the BGG top 100? 26:45 Re-theming the "feed your workers" mechanism 31:42 Why more complexity than depth in recent game design? 44:32 Are co-ops inherently solo games? 49:45 Conflict better in abstracts? 57:01 How much money do I make off YouTube Premium views? 1:02:30 How best to learn a game? 1:13:42 Pandemic style game about managing a city? 1:14:52 Enhancing the trashing mechanism? 1:18:57 What games should get the roll & write treatment? 1:25:12 Videogame themed boardgames? 1:33:30 AI art in boardgames? 1:56:40 Fave nation in civ games? 1:59:03 Ranking the 4 x's of 4X gaming? 2:02:07 Roll & writes vs flip & fills? 2:15:43 How to pick which games to save from a wildfire? •••Personal Q&A►►► 2:20:34 White fragility part II? 2:26:18 Words losing meaning? 2:28:25 Kasparian, Rittenhouse and bonus holes? 2:30:27 Define right wing? 2:31:37 Centrist response to progressive ideals? 2:36:10 Ship of Theseus & immortality? 2:44:49 Fave foreign language TV/movies? 2:48:47 Why talk about white privilege? 2:54:03 Jen and AAE? 3:00:08 Syphon Filter vs Metal Gear Solid? 3:02:19 Jen's words of wisdom & doggos!

In addition to the countdown and the contest, there's a lot of bonus content here: a new top3, a this or that, and honorable mentions, plus the normal banter with the live audience :)