74. On Mars (2020)

Heavily strategic worker placement! What else do you need? How about a robot giraffe, a quantum computer, and Hippocrates! The rat who will lead us to the promised land! Not to mention engine building, resource management, and space blocking player interaction. Tied together with great art! This is a good one.Related Images!⁠Decoy IRL. [2:10]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Box Art. [7:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Best cards according to Bott. [28:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Our favorite card art. [50:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mrs. Frisby! [1:12:00]⁠Skwid trying to jinx Decoy. [1:44:10]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder.Art for the show produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The ListArcsRootDominionBrass BirminghamTwilight StruggleNemesisDune ImperiumBarcelonaSpirit IslandFeast for OdinWitcher Old WorldTerraforming MarsArk NovaOn MarsBusApiaryPax Pamir 2eWar of WhispersMahjongWonderland's WarStationfallAzulSkyteamPandemic LegacyFromageWingspanJo CoJOTLGest for Robin HoodVijayanagaraWatergateTokaidoSkullMind MGMTWarchestHeat: PTTMTurncoatsGoConnect 4FortSea Salt and PaperQuoridorBetrayalCosmic FrogFlamecraftChessCatanScytheQuacksDisney VillainousSheepy TimeTicket to RideHnefataflRoyal Game of UrIncan GoldRicochet RobotsRed Dragon InnScrabblePokerCat in the BoxMancalaGreedDominoesParcheesiFireball IslandCluedoGuess Who?CheckersStrategoDiscworld: Ankh MorporkRiskChinese CheckersBattleshipTrivial PursuitMonopolyBackgammonKerplunk!Mouse Trap

As our second community selection this season, Warchest brings abstract, asymmetry, tactics, bag building, and strategy to the 1v1 and 2v2 player environment. While this genre has historically not been everyone's favorite, this game packs quite a punch!Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder.Art for the show produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Related Images!Decoy's basement rn. [5:55]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Box Art. [7:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Battle of Bannockburn by Mark Churms. [1:19:30]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Decoy guessing the weight lately. [1:29:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Skwid breaking rules. [1:47:45]⁠The ListArcsRootDominionBrass BirminghamTwilight StruggleNemesisDune ImperiumBarcelonaSpirit IslandFeast for OdinWitcher Old WorldTerraforming MarsArk NovaOn MarsBusApiaryPax Pamir 2eWar of WhispersMahjongWonderland's WarStationfallAzulSkyteamPandemic LegacyFromageWingspanJo CoJOTLGest for Robin HoodVijayanagaraWatergateTokaidoSkullMind MGMTHeat: PTTMTurncoatsGoConnect 4FortSea Salt and PaperQuoridorBetrayalCosmic FrogFlamecraftChessCatanScytheQuacksDisney VillainousSheepy TimeTicket to RideHnefataflRoyal Game of UrIncan GoldRicochet RobotsRed Dragon InnScrabblePokerCat in the BoxMancalaGreedDominoesParcheesiFireball IslandCluedoGuess Who?CheckersStrategoDiscworld: Ankh MorporkRiskChinese CheckersBattleshipTrivial PursuitMonopolyBackgammonKerplunk!Mouse Trap

Some games are good because they are special to us. Others are good because of something specific, like a new mechanic, or a great theme. Some games are good just because they are good. And then theres this game...Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder.Art for the show produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Related Images!T1000 or how we used to get internet.[2:55]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Box Art. [7:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Artist rendition of Decoy at the end of the game. [52:20]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Art. [1:00:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More Art [1:00:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Scythe art for comparison. [1:04:00]⁠⁠Decoy IRL. [2:03:10]⁠The List.ArcsRootDominionBrass BirminghamTwilight StruggleNemesisDune ImperiumBarcelonaSpirit IslandFeast for OdinWitcher Old WorldTerraforming MarsArk NovaOn MarsBusApiaryPax Pamir 2eMahjongWonderland's WarStationfallAzulSkyteamPandemic LegacyFromageWingspanJo CoJOTLGest for Robin HoodVijayanagaraWatergateTokaidoSkullMind MGMTHeat: PTTMTurncoatsGoConnect 4FortSea Salt and PaperQuoridorBetrayalCosmic FrogFlamecraftChessCatanScytheQuacksDisney VillainousSheepy TimeTicket to RideHnefataflRoyal Game of UrIncan GoldRicochet RobotsRed Dragon InnScrabblePokerCat in the BoxMancalaGreedDominoesParcheesiFireball IslandCluedoGuess Who?CheckersStrategoDiscworld: Ankh MorporkRiskChinese CheckersBattleshipTrivial PursuitMonopolyBackgammonKerplunk!Mouse Trap

Welcome Back to Gettin Gamey! We are excited to be back in the production seats, and wanted to start off this season with one that is certain to get a few eyes to jump our way. You've heard of it, likely seen it, played it, or heard someone else play it...Join us for a non-spoiler discussion about this, the first to popularize a genre that Decoy and I have both enjoyed quite a bit . Special guests Rudi and Sandbox.Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder.Art for the show produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Related Images!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link Click! Good Show! [0:55]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Decoy shaking with anger IRL. [1:20]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Box Art. [7:20]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Not exactly a hot take actually. [47:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Live look in at Sandbox. [2:30:45]⁠The ListArcsRootDominionBrass BirminghamTwilight StruggleNemesisDune ImperiumBarcelonaSpirit IslandFeast for OdinWitcher Old WorldTerraforming MarsArk NovaOn MarsBusApiaryPax Pamir 2eMahjongWonderland's WarStationfallAzulSkyteamFromageWingspanJo CoJOTLGest for Robin HoodVijayanagaraWatergateTokaidoSkullMind MGMTHeat: PTTMTurncoatsGoConnect 4FortSea Salt and PaperQuoridorBetrayalCosmic FrogFlamecraftChessCatanScytheQuacksDisney VillainousSheepy TimeTicket to RideHnefataflRoyal Game of UrIncan GoldRicochet RobotsRed Dragon InnScrabblePokerCat in the BoxMancalaGreedDominoesParcheesiFireball IslandCluedoGuess Who?CheckersStrategoDiscworld: Ankh MorporkRiskChinese CheckersBattleshipTrivial PursuitMonopolyBackgammonKerplunk!Mouse Trap

Welcome back to Gettin Gamey! It's Season 5, and we are very excited for you to join us on our journey this year through the board games we have drafted for this season. Here is a little taste!See you on October 19th for the Season Premier!Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder.Art for the show produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The ListArcsRootDominionBrass BirminghamTwilight StruggleNemesisDune ImperiumBarcelonaSpirit IslandFeast for OdinWitcher Old WorldTerraforming MarsArk NovaOn MarsBusApiaryPax Pamir 2eMahjongWonderland's WarStationfallAzulSkyteamFromageWingspanJo CoJOTLGest for Robin HoodVijayanagaraWatergateTokaidoSkullMind MGMTHeat: PTTMTurncoatsGoConnect 4FortSea Salt and PaperQuoridorBetrayalCosmic FrogFlamecraftChessCatanScytheQuacksDisney VillainousSheepy TimeTicket to RideHnefataflRoyal Game of UrIncan GoldRicochet RobotsRed Dragon InnScrabblePokerCat in the BoxMancalaGreedDominoesParcheesiFireball IslandCluedoGuess Who?CheckersStrategoDiscworld: Ankh MorporkRiskChinese CheckersBattleshipTrivial PursuitMonopolyBackgammonKerplunk!Mouse Trap

After just the short delay for us to fully prepare for this seasons gauntlet episode, we give you the long awaited re-evaluation of the list as it sits with 75 games on it. Sandbox, as usual, joins for mediation, and to tell us just how wrong we are! Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder.Art for the show produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our personal rankings. [5:50]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out the Pubmeeple ranking engine we used for that! [6:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Artist rendition of Decoy on a bicycle. [12:50]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠I'll say it now :D [1:09:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Final S4 Rankings! [End of the season!]⁠The List Before RevisionArcsRootDominionTwilight StruggleBrass BirminghamNemesisArk NovaDune ImperiumBarcelonaSpirit IslandWonderlands WarFeast for OdinThe Witcher: Old WorldTerraforming MarsStationfallOn MarsWingspanPax Pamir 2eMahjongSkyteamAzulBusFromageApiaryJo CoJOTLGest of RobinhoodVijayanagaraWatergateMind MGMTTokaidoSkullHeat: Pedal to the MetalTurncoatsGoConnect 4FortSea Salt and PaperQuoridorBetrayalCosmic FrogFlamecraftChessCatanScytheQuacksDisney VillainousSheepy TimeTicket to RideHnefataflRoyal Game of UrIncan GoldRicochet RobotsRed Dragon InnScrabblePokerCat in the BoxMancalaGreedDominoesParcheesiFireball IslandCluedoGuess Who?CheckersStrategoDiscworld: Ankh MorporkRiskChinese CheckersBattleshipTrivial PursuitMonopolyBackgammonKerplunk!Mouse Trap

Welcome to our final new game of Season 4! This one is a strange one, with perhaps the starkest personal ranking feelings between the panelists we've had in recent memory. Come join us for the monkey with a gun, the telepathic rat, and the NDAs. The NDAs!!Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder.Art for the show produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Also check out the best Arcs content in the galaxy! Victory in Reach!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Favorite Characters [0:00:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Box Art! [1:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Teeth! [19:00]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠What Skwid was trying to say here. [49:10]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doctor [54:25]⁠The ListArcsRootDominionTwilight StruggleBrass BirminghamNemesisArk NovaDune ImperiumBarcelonaSpirit IslandWonderlands WarFeast for OdinThe Witcher: Old WorldTerraforming MarsOn MarsWingspanPax Pamir 2eMahjongSkyteamAzulBusFromageApiaryJo CoJOTLGest of RobinhoodVijayanagaraWatergateMind MGMTTokaidoSkullHeat: Pedal to the MetalTurncoatsGoConnect 4FortSea Salt and PaperQuoridorBetrayalCosmic FrogFlamecraftChessCatanScytheQuacksDisney VillainousSheepy TimeTicket to RideHnefataflRoyal Game of UrIncan GoldRicochet RobotsRed Dragon InnScrabblePokerCat in the BoxMancalaGreedDominoesParcheesiFireball IslandCluedoGuess Who?CheckersStrategoDiscworld: Ankh MorporkRiskChinese CheckersBattleshipTrivial PursuitMonopolyBackgammonKerplunk!Mouse Trap

Welcome to the Season 5 preview episode, where we draft next season's games for the list! A few surprises abound!Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder.Art for the show produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠⁠⁠Secret Family Photo :D [8:05]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nemesis Comparison Options [1:03:20]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Decoy's Picks [1:14:40]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Skwid's Picks [1:26:55]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of Nihm [1:28:50]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Possible Community Picks [1:39:40]⁠

Welcome back to Mars, except this time, we aren't terraforming it, but colonizing it. Our first Vital Lacerda game on the list, and with the production quality, complexity, and general positive nature of this game and designer, it will not be our last!Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder.Art for the show produced by ⁠⁠⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠⁠⁠Box Art [12:10]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cheat Sheet 1 [19:10]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cheat Sheet 2 [19:10]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dice on the other hand :D [1:30:50]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Board Example [1:36:20]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Picard Stare [1:55:00]⁠The ListArcsRootDominionTwilight StruggleBrass BirminghamNemesisArk NovaDune ImperiumBarcelonaSpirit IslandWonderlands WarFeast for OdinThe Witcher: Old WorldTerraforming MarsWingspanPax Pamir 2eMahjongSkyteamAzulBusFromageApiaryJo CoJOTLGest of RobinhoodVijayanagaraWatergateMind MGMTTokaidoSkullHeat: Pedal to the MetalTurncoatsGoConnect 4FortSea Salt and PaperQuoridorBetrayalCosmic FrogFlamecraftChessCatanScytheQuacksDisney VillainousSheepy TimeTicket to RideHnefataflRoyal Game of UrIncan GoldRicochet RobotsRed Dragon InnScrabblePokerCat in the BoxMancalaGreedDominoesParcheesiFireball IslandCluedoGuess Who?CheckersStrategoDiscworld: Ankh MorporkRiskChinese CheckersBattleshipTrivial PursuitMonopolyBackgammonKerplunk!Mouse Trap

Welcome to Spirit Island, a co-op game featuring game elements that both Decoy and myself have gone on record saying we absolutely love. However...there is a slight discrepancy, that will lead to some interesting chatter and dealmaking during The Gauntlet. As amazing as it is to type, this could be a new S-Tier game for Decoy, the proverbial hater!Music for the show produced by Francis Snyder.Art for the show produced by ⁠⁠Tin the Foil.⁠⁠⁠Skwid and Decoy IRL [7:10]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Deep Cut Right Here [10:50]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cheat Sheet [1:37:45]⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Favorite Art [1:37:25]⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Why are we talking about Arc Nova? [1:48:50]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Oh boy here we go [2:06:10]⁠The ListArcsRootDominionTwilight StruggleBrass BirminghamNemesisArk NovaDune ImperiumBarcelonaWonderlands WarFeast for OdinThe Witcher: Old WorldTerraforming MarsWingspanPax Pamir 2eMahjongSkyteamAzulBusFromageApiaryJo CoJOTLGest of RobinhoodVijayanagaraWatergateMind MGMTTokaidoSkullHeat: Pedal to the MetalTurncoatsGoConnect 4FortSea Salt and PaperQuoridorBetrayalCosmic FrogFlamecraftChessCatanScytheQuacksDisney VillainousSheepy TimeTicket to RideHnefataflRoyal Game of UrIncan GoldRicochet RobotsRed Dragon InnScrabblePokerCat in the BoxMancalaGreedDominoesParcheesiFireball IslandCluedoGuess Who?CheckersStrategoDiscworld: Ankh MorporkRiskChinese CheckersBattleshipTrivial PursuitMonopolyBackgammonKerplunk!Mouse Trap