ep 127: Button Shy Games

Atlantis Rising is the name of the game we’re talking about this week. Can we stop it from sinking? Will it ever actually rise? If so, does it then become a mythic floating air city? Also, is the game any good? Hark, an episode!

This week we’re covering Kyle’s impressions of Marvel Dice Throne and checking in with Jason after he’s played a couple more games of Akropolis and Wormholes. 3 games in one episode! What even is the podcast anymore?!

Today we’re bringing you the State of the Imperium Address! We’re discussing the Twilight Imperium expansion Prophecy of Kings, our overall feelings about Twilight Imperium in 2022, and also a few more thoughts about the new Twilight Imperium-themed Roll and Write game, Twilight Inscription. Open comms and prepare to transmit!

It’s our special GenCon 2022 preview episode! Jason and I have combed the Board Game Geek preview page and pulled out several games that caught our eye, so have a listen and find out if any of them are worth your attention and time at the show! Games discussed during this show include: Warhammer, Castles By the Sea, Vampire the Masquerade, Marvel Champions: Mutant Genesis, Twilight Inscription, My Father’s Work, Dice Hunters of Therion, Akropolis, CoraQuest, Wormholes, Planet Unknown, Lords of Vaala: Dragonbond, Legends of Sleepy Hollow, Spaceship Unity, A Battle Through History, Evergreen, Maui, Forgotten Depths, Terracotta Army, and Distant Suns.

It’s a special list episode! Today we’re talking about our top 10 (between both Jason and Kyle) “Grail Games,” meaning board games that are difficult to acquire but still desirable. Specifically, the ones we don’t already own but would like to, if it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.

Behold the glory of Ra! Or whoever the alligator guy is. Dog heads! Cat heads! It’s time for Egypt! Ankh: Gods of Egypt, in fact! Brought to you buy CMON and Eric M. Lang as the third of a trilogy of area control games!

This week we’re looking at a record-breaking FOUR games, all from publisher Button Shy Games! We’re talking about Agropolis, Liberation, Antinomy, and Hórreos! They’re little, they’re short, and they’re affordable! A welcome change from most of the other types of games we usually talk about!

Put on your robe and wizard hat because this week we’re finally reviewing Jason’s favorite game of all time, War of the Ring: Second Edition! The Eye of Sauron gazes upon us while we discuss how the game plays, who might enjoy it, and who might want to throw it into the crater of Mt. Doom!

This week on Limited Play Time we’re taking a look at one of the hottest game of the last couple… few? Couple-few years? I’ve lost track due to pandemic-time. But anyway, we’re talking about Lost Ruins of Arnak! It worker placements, it deck builds, it resource managments, it research tracks! What CAN’T it do?! I guess… I guess we don’t really go into that.

This week we’re being transported to the high-fantasy, leather jacket-wearing, gun toting, demon-infested World of Middara! It’s anime, it’s dungeon crawling, it’s narrative, narrative, narrative! All the best things, right? Listen on, and find out!