Episode 83: A Look Back at Our Favorite Games of 2018 Part 1 or How to Podcast on Nighttime Cold Medicine

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Episode 83 - Top Games of 2018 revisited part 1

Introduction:

• Zany Banter!!

News:

• Taxi Derby by Skipshot Games. 14 days to go and $34 - modular board. Players are picking up passengers and trying to deliver them to locations as fast as possible. If cops are alerted the taxis will need to our run the police. Customers require certain upgrades to their taxi before they will be able to be picked up.
• Mr. Meeple Board Game Shirts. 2 days to go and $18 for one of the shirts and $34 for two shirts.
• Burgle Brothers 2 from Fowers Games
• Tabeltop Ink - Jillian Schmett
• Root Digital

Games played:

• Jason - Lisboa
• Joel - Rajas of the Ganges
• Jason - Portals and Prophets
• Joel - Horrified
  • Honorable Mention - Black Angel

Revisiting our 2018 top 10 part 1:

Jason: 10 - Everdell: probably be higher on the list now. One of the few on this portion of the list I have played since we did this list.
Joel: 10 - Villainous- Good, but too weird for most situations
Jason: 9 - Gearworks: this would be off the list. Haven’t played it since and in hindsight probably shouldn’t have been on here.
Joel: 9 - Guardians- Still really good, but my taste in games continues to evolve.

Jason: 8 - Spirits of the Wild: played this a lot since this list. I still enjoy it. It is a quick and fun 2 player game.
Joel: 8 - Temporal Odyssey- Moved this to a friend’s house. Again, taste in games has changed.

Jason: 7 - Spell Smashers: still agree with this pick. Haven’t played this since the original list was made but definitely want to.
Joel: 7 - Gizmos

Jason: 6 - Legend of the Cherry Tree: one of my favorite push your luck games. Still under the radar and I love it. I have played this a lot since making this original top 10.
Joel: 6 - Western Legends

Closing:

Root, Quacks of Quedlinburg, Teotihuacan, Chronicles of Crime, Gugong, Underwater Cities, Newton, Dice Throne Season 1, Imaginarium, Architects of the West Kingdom, Palm Island