Rahdo Talks Through

Coming to you from the Valley of the Gods in SE Utah, here's all the games I played in the month of march, counted down from least to most favourite!

The RANKENING continues! 16 games enter, 8 games leave, and you get to learn about a few you've probably never heard of and why they're great

This episode Jen and I (and Dan King of  @TheGameBoyGeeks ) answer a LOT of questions! Please keep the ?s coming by emailing us at questions@rahdo.com :) 0:00 Sponsor segment 1:23 Intro ----------------------------------------------- Game & show questions ----------------------------------------------- 2:45 Changing the Rahdo brand? 9:31 Other contributors? 10:56 How do I like the new folks on Dice Tower? 13:53 Intro game for Kevin Smith? 18:37 Shadowrun Crossfire manual in expansion box? 19:47 Pilgrim vs Trajan? 21:14 Enjoying Russia themed games? 24:20 Podcast funding vs contributor funding? 29:11 Beyond the Sun tweak? 30:04 Pointing out Paulo during runthroughs? 33:08 Faiyum vs Concordia? 36:48 Old Western theme issues? 41:49 Phil Eklund games? 43:04 Caverna: Frantic Fiends? 43:50 Jamey Stegmaier and me? 47:30 Rahdo house rules geeklist? ------------------------------------------------ Game questions with Dan ------------------------------------------------ 51:31 Changes to the board game space? 1:04:08 What boards games speak to us on personal level? 1:08:56 Tuning competitive games co-op? 1:13:44 Purposefully unbalanced cards? 1:18:34 Card drafting? 1:33:33 Boardgames into tv shows? 1:36:33 Unreasonable long turns? 1:41:30 Seating position? 1:44:27 Boardgame celebrity? 1:51:39 Boardgame industry downturn? 1:57:09 Co-ops that aren't fire fighters? 2:02:30 Agricola drafting? ------------------------------------------------ Game questions with Jen ------------------------------------------------ 2:08:57 What boards games speak to us on personal level? 2:12:45 Boardgames into tv shows? 2:14:34 What do we like about Gloomhaven most? ---------------------------------- Personal questions ---------------------------------- 2:20:35 Biggest surprises & disappointments in 2022 tv? 2:37:05 UK scifi shows? 2:38:01 Streaming overseas? 2:39:46 Professional sports? 2:49:54 Fave game names? 2:52:48 Interaction between kids & parents in games? 2:57:23 How was Vegas? 3:01:31 How was Grand Canyon? 3:05:16 Did Jen grow up on a farm? 3:07:03 My criminal past? 3:07:34 Which of my videogames would be best for a tv show? 3:09:34 Trans issues? 3:13:48 MCU's future? 3:18:31 Cooking tips? 3:21:39 Immortality and finances? 3:28:14 DOGGOs!

Oh my, jen and I are in winter wonderland at the Grand Canyon, trying to figure out our new normal, but that doesn't stop the crowd sorcery, so here's me and Alex running you through a ton of crowdfunding games ending soon :)

In addition to covid and flooding and road condition updates, I'll also compare a whole bunch of the best games ever (IMO) against each other to see what comes out on top in this on the road version of The Rankening! 

The 60th R&R&R show was about 40 minutes, but there's an extra 70 minutes of fun hijinks in this extended ep! :)

Here's a new top15 which is the first time that Ruel, Chris and I are all live together, and we had a great time even if the subject matter was a bit sad!

Grant's here once more to tell you about what makes these five games so great :)

Here's the audio version of Alex and me talking about 13 projects ending soon which translates to actually 23 individual games! :)

Doing roundups on the road is a bit tougher than normal, but still, the show must go on and here we are with just shy of 30 games to talk about for the month of February! What did you play? :)

Here's the latest version of the latest R&R where Ruel, Chris and I count down our biggest games that killed other games :)

Hey everybody, here's our 2nd episode of crowd sorcery where I'm helped out with the heavy lifting by Alex of Might I Suggest A Game! I've got 5 to talk about (really 6) and he's got 6 (really 9), so let's get to it! :)

Hey everybody, here's a bonus show for your audio enjoyment... it's all of the stuff I live streamed on Feb 14th that WASN'T me recording the rankening show or the podcast! Over an hour of gameplay and Q&A :)

Just over 4 hours of questions asked and answered this month!  0:00 Sponsor segment 3:17 Intro ----------------------------------------------- Game questions w/o Jen ----------------------------------------------- 4:22 Twitch vs Patreon subscription? 8:26 Language independent suggestions? 15:42 JonGetsGames vs Slickerdrops vs Gaming Rules? 18:42 S.Luciani vs V.Lacerda vs M.Wallace? 19:36 Only heavier or lighter games? 23:03 J.Howard vs Z.Garcia vs J.Perez? 25:57 Only campaign games or R&Ws? 28:34 Viticultre vs Arnak vs Tapestry expansion? 30:26 Metal coins vs poker chips vs cardboard chits? 31:28 Party game vs sports game vs cutthroat euro? 34:45 Only unplayed agmes or already played games from now on? 39:00 Only Boardgamegeek or YouTube? 39:55 Stonemaier's Expeditions coverage on the channel? 41:20 Higher player count mechansism brought into 2p? 43:35 Rahdo work load? 45:00 Alternate to Rahdo life? 47:36 Getting rid of Santa Maria? 56:58 Agricola misunderstood? 1:05:33 Gameplay variants? 1:06:25 Hallertau vs Agricola? 1:08:01 What is an RPG? 1:10:40 Difference between RPG and Boardgame RPG? 1:12:50 Race games? 1:19:18 Alternative to Pandemic co-op formula? 1:26:44 "Chess-ey" Games? 1:27:30 If you can only play on R&W? 1:28:34 Clank Legacy integration of expansions? 1:30:24 Andromeda's Edge? 1:31:12 Improving Monopoly? 1:36:21 Holy Grail Games closure? 1:44:22 Gaming post-Rahdo retirement? 1:46:02 Crucial worker placement elements? 1:47:11 Score tracks? 1:48:26 Meeples vs Miniatures vs Standees? 1:49:14 Game rounds? 1:53:23 Video streaming & editing software? ------------------------------------------------ Game questions with Jen ------------------------------------------------ 1:55:40 Controlling multiple characters in co-ops? ---------------------------------- Personal questions ---------------------------------- 2:06:48 Ryan Reynolds older movies? 2:09:26 The Sandman tv show? 2:10:20 10 star miserable movies? 2:11:30 Super Bowl Sunday? 2:14:40 Fission energy? 2:17:37 How did I bring down the Maltese government? 2:32:04 State of Twitter?  2:37:55 My Pitfall design? 2:43:00 Thai food on Jen's Thailand trip? 2:51:05 RRR? 2:52:05 British TV (Clarkson's Farm/Fawlty Towers/cooking shows)? 2:54:44 What traits did we get from our Mothers? 2:59:22 Descript? 3:00:21 My early mailman career? 3:10:33 More about Jen's Thailand trip? 3:22:04 How did I retire early? 3:37:35 Spicy food? 3:40:05 Tamago Kake Gohan? 3:41:13 Greta Thunberg? 3:42:14 Visiting Seattle? 3:44:12 Design of Morality system on Fable 2? 3:47:50 Handling heavy snow? 3:50:07 Starting a boardgame channel? 3:54:36 Some handcrafts! 3:58:58 Jen's Words of Wisdom? 4:00:00 Doggos! 4:02:55 Severance (spoilers)? 4:06:28 Outro

I'm continuing with the A-B comparison series of my collection, plus a few bonus shout outs in this ep as well! :)