Steve and Shane are at it again as they compare 10 games from 2017.

Episode 18: The games of 2017 face-off

Shane and Steve do their usual chatter about games they've played recently, then move into their review of Crafting the Cosmos.

Afterward, Shane easily confuses Steve with a basic concept for a new topic. This week is all about games from 2016.

Episode 17: Crafting the Cosmos and carfting a new topic

Shane continues his Phister-thon (don't say that out loud) by trying Great Western Trail New Zealand. Where will it sit amongst the other GWT games?? Steve got the hotness of Endeavor Deep Sea to the table. Does it live up to the hype? 

The news is very exciting as the Garhil sercet project gets discussed, as well us the upcoming sequel to A Feast for Odin, The Danes.

The topic is all about games you played once, and that was enough - not necessarily for bad reasons, but sometimes so.

Episode 16: Played once... that'll do

Erik from On Board Games joins the pod in a crossover! We discuss games, and dive into psychology in board games.



Cheers Erik for joining!

Episode 15: Crossover with On Board Games!

Shane has just returned from Playcon, and it sounds like he had a pretty decent time! 

We also recap out Spiel Des Jahres predictions, and finish with a long chat about brick and mortar stores, and what they can do to stay relevant.

Episode 14: Playcon recap, plus what we think Brick and mortar stores need to do

Shane has had a week to forget... except for a stroll into EB Games, and we discuss Grail Games, while neither of us has many.

Episode 13: Grail Games - well, sort of

Welcome to Episode 12 of Mate Let's Play. This episode, Steve and Shane discuss recently played games and dive again into predictions for industry awards. This time, it is the 18th annual Dice Tower awards!

Episode 12:More predictions, and Steve falls further down the train void

In ep 11, we see just who is out of touch with the BGG community more, as we see who predicted more winners in the BGG Awards. Then, not to be down for long, we predict the Spiel nominees!

Shane had great and not-so-great experiences at Briscon, and we have both played a slew of games since the last episode, so tune in!

Episode 11: We are back... and awful at predictions

Shane and Steve go through the list of games nominated for awards in this years BGG Awards. We pick 2 games each - the one we want to win and the one we think will win. At the time of recording, the awards had not yet been announced, and on our next episode we will score up who predicted better!

Episode 10: Our BGG Awards predictions

Steve and Shane have both been playing the new Great Western Trail game, El Paso. Does Shane's hatred of all former GWT games continue? And can Steve feel like he is making good decisions for once in a GWT game?

Huge thanks to VR Distribution for providing us each with a copy to play.

Episode 9: El Paso deep dive

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