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Speaker: Roll the dice, pack your bags, let the countdown begin Shane and Steve's top 100, who's gonna win? Will Steve crown a feast for Odin his number one prize? Or will shit real confusion take Shane by surprise?
Speaker: Let the countdown swing! Skidada da ba dum bam!
Speaker: Welcome back to the Mate Let's Play podcast. And i hope you had ah another giggle at the ah at the unaging jingle that has been created for this this list.
Speaker: When I first heard it, I've got to say, Shane, when I first heard it, I'm like, it's good. And then the the shit real confusion line, I'm like, that made it funny. But also, yeah right.
Speaker: Like, in what world do we live in where Shane puts shit real confusion on his top 100? We could be in a Marvel world, right? We're in a different universe. You never know.
Speaker: Never going to bloody happen. I'll give you hot tip. But... um So if if you are tuning into this episode and you have no idea what we're talking about, um we are in the midst of a top 100 countdown. and This is our 70 to 51, so we would have done half the list by the end of this episode. And as we're going through, we're going through lists of people that we either play games with or listen to the podcast. And tonight we've got two. We've got Ingrid, friend of the show, has actually been actually hosted the top 10 last time we did it with us. yeah So it's almost a demotion for Ingrid. I apologise. It wasn't personal. Actually, you did so well that we don't want to be shown up again. So you've been relegated to just us reading out your list. wonder what I wonder what has changed in that top 10 list to the one she's given us.
Speaker: um I do notice a couple. i've seen I've seen her list and I've noticed a couple of sameys. Yeah, yeah. A few different in a different order, maybe. think And then I've got Suzanne, who's one of my gaming group up in Bemiga and also listened to the show. ah She...
Speaker: was telling me last weekend that they put on the episode before the top 10, the one, our our top 10 games that are important to us. Yes. yeah And she said she said to her husband, Dave, she said, oh, we've got a one hour and 10 minute episode of Mate Let's Play. And he's gone, great, I'm tired. That'll put me right to sleep. So we're doing our service. Well, to be honest with you, um I did listen to the last episode that we did because that was the first episode I've listened to in a very, very long time.
Speaker: And it was as I was going to sleep. We're taking over the Rados and the Rodney Smiths of the world. yeah Yeah, your dulcet tones help me go to sleep, mate, so thank you.
Speaker: ah still don't know how to take that. that's Is that a compliment? I'm not sure. ah like You're so entertaining, I fall asleep. no I've got to say, mate, you're looking very fresh and relaxed.
Speaker: I can see a new haircut. I can see the beard's done, the eyebrows are done. You're looking smit, mate. Well done. Well, thanks for pointing that out. But that's when you live where I live and you get a chance to go away to Cairns for a work trip, you also find a time to make that your physio trip, your barber's trip, your everything. So, yes, I'm i'm more flexible than I was last week and I'm am ah less less hairy. but and That's probably why people like we're talking rubbish rather than talking board games. So we probably should get to the to the ah to the list. But you're looking pretty sprightly yourself, by the way.
Speaker: Oh, thank you. Thank you. And that's because I've just come off a lovely annual leave, four days weekend down in Melbourne doing an AFL extravaganza. um God, it was a great weekend with Pastor Nick and John.
Speaker: And, you know, Pastor Nick's friends of the show. John's a friend of the show. He's about to become a friend of the show. He's starting going to start to listen. You better. Mate, we went down Thursday.
Speaker: And we did five AFL games over the weekend. Oh, really? Thursday night, Friday night, we saw Brisbane and Collingwood. Then Saturday, we went and saw a game at Marvel. Then off to the MCG for the afternoon game.
Speaker: game Then we did some ah board gaming, know, in between all that. We went to Gameology in Melbourne. Yeah, be yeah. The big warehouse. Far out. That was cool.
Speaker: yeah And we took we took some games with us so we could sit there and play ball games in the room. And Gameology in Melbourne was so welcoming. Yeah. Really, really welcoming. Did you go to the Brunswick store or to the Clayton store?
Speaker: Brunswick. went to Brunswick. Okay. Yep. Cool. Lovely, lovely. They were so welcoming for us. And, um and you know, we we have the amount of games I've bought of Gameology over the years via eBay was um You know, it's almost one of those things, first time listener, for you know biggest fan type of thing. And so there we are sitting there and we're playing some games in the room.
Speaker: I ended up purchased, like it wasn't meant to purchase any games, but I did buy the new Jamie Stegmaier origin game. Origin story. Yeah.
Speaker: Origin story. The trick-taking card game. Trick-taking. Deck builder. Trick-taking deck builder. Yeah. 38 bucks. Bargain. Absolute bargain by that.
Speaker: I've heard that. um but so I just thought I might touch on but we played over the weekend, apart from all the footy, and Pastor Nick, absolute credit to him, he designed these mugs that were in the shape of the AFL trophy.
Speaker: And it had 3D printed. It had it in there not for me, the Port Adelaide Premiership year that we won, for him, Brisbane Lions, and for John, the Adelaide Crows.
Speaker: They fit the beer cups at all the venues perfectly. Nice. They're absolutely silly. So you can imagine every time we were going to the bar, we're dropping these beer cups and everyone was stopping us saying, where'd you get those from?
Speaker: I'm like, Nick. we're going to be 3D printing there. We've got to open up an Etsy account. then Then we thought, oh, shit, we're going to come up with trademark issues and all the hell. But everyone, the Melbourne people, ah coming from South Australia, right, you you are brought up to hate Victorians because yeah essay versus Victoria was always rivalry in the AFL.
Speaker: But the Melbourne people were so lovely. We just did not stop talking. We got approached by everyone. walking around with these beer cups, and then like, where'd you buy them from? Anyway, so I diverge.
Speaker: We played over the weekend. um And Natatori Dory was a big hit. We played that at most, you know, we took that in our pockets.
Speaker: So we went for dinner, sitting in a bar. Out came Natatori Dory, we were sitting there playing that. um We played Oh My Goods. which is just brilliant.
Speaker: Love that game. And we also played a crap ton of Friedman Freeze fishing. Oh, yeah. That has to be probably my favourite trick-taking game.
Speaker: It is so good. I praise. Well, we played three players. i reckon it would be better at four and five because you'll get through the deck quicker. The first time I played that was with Martin, name drop, Wallace, at PlayCon in Sydney.
Speaker: And Martin just killed us. um Absolutely smashed us both times we played it. And then I started looking for it everywhere. Thankfully, Pastor Nick, when he went to the US, because you couldn't get it here in Australia.
Speaker: So when he went to the US, he got me a copy. And so we we broke that. I reckon that probably have been the game the weekend. Anytime we had, we were playing fishing.
Speaker: Yeah, nice. Totally recommend it. So anyway, talked more games. Now we can get into our top 100. one hundred Fair enough. Well, I will just quickly mention that I finally did it.
Speaker: I finally played Luthier. Oh, after pouring After pouring soft drink all over it and packing it away for a year and pretending it never existed, ah I finally played it and I've got to say...
Speaker: but It was hilarious. And that's probably not the response that most people have when they play Lithia. But I've never played a game where so many times I've just gone, oh, I need to do oh, no, I can't do that because I forgot that one thing that I needed from there.
Speaker: um And I can't get that to the next round. So I'll just waste my really strong worker by picking up two coins and waiting till next round to do the cool thing that I wanted to do. So many times. It was just...
Speaker: It's such a... It's cool. I'm very much looking forward to playing it again. It's just... it's ah There's another game. i can't can't pin the game that it reminds me of. it's just um It might be... Oh, it's...
Speaker: ah Scholars of the South Tigris because it has that same thing where like, cool, I'm going to go and translate this. Oh, no, I can't translate that because I don't have this and I need to get that from it. It's too late. I can't get that. There's a lot of that. So I'm sure at some point it's going to sing and and pardon the pun because it's a music game, but um Yeah, it hasn't yet, but I had a great time. It was um it wasn't necessarily the um the purest form of the game, I think. It was very much fun playing your way through it.
Speaker: Yeah, when you play it a couple more times next, I'd love to know, do you like it more than Distilled? Oh, look, I put Distilled on a fairly high pedestal, so it's got a bit of work to do to knock it off at the same time. Like, you can see... of the things I love about Distilled is you can... Like, there's a lot of cool little nods to...
Speaker: like the actual a theme. And you this Luthier is just dripping with theme. And the mechanisms, that they like they are, kind not i wouldn't say tongue-in-cheek, that's not right. it's not a comedy game, but that it's got that same feel that...
Speaker: Distilled has where you kind of kind of just get lost in what's happening and you you make jokes about, um you know, someone getting a ah crappy instrument or whatever else. Or, you know, i made it at one point I made a, what did I make?
Speaker: um a bassoon. and And I'm like, no one wants me bloody bassoon. And I'm just like, why have I made this? I haven't even got anyone who wants it. I'm just making bassoons to sell on the street. Like, you just get right into it. Like, just this is I'm a total, I'm a useless bloody music maker. I should be making what the people actually want rather than just going, oh, look, i I know you want a harpsichord, but have you tried out the bassoon? So...
Speaker: Have I got a bassoon for you?
Speaker: Anyway, yeah, it was good fun. So I'm looking forward to playing it again and maybe understanding it just a smidge more than I do now. so Yeah, others there's ah there's a very famous story when we played Luthier for the first time.
Speaker: and We played it at PlayCon. I think it was probably the same day when Martin kicked our ass in fishing. But... um We, someone was bringing Luthier for the first time. out He was picking it up at that game day, unboxed it and had the whole blinging everything yeah and said, i'm going to teach you.
Speaker: And we said, yeah, fantastic. And this this this guy was actually part of all the playtesting for it. And it was me, Ingrid and Shane. And we said, happy, you know I saw the excitement in this guy's face and i went, let's do it.
Speaker: Let's, you know, really support you. Seven hours later.
Speaker: was almost Twilight Imperium length of time. we were We just finished. It was a long bugger of a game, but it was good. I enjoyed it. So I've played it once since then as well.
Speaker: I like it better than Distilled.
Speaker: Yeah, it's not there for me, but we'll get a few more plays. human but Anyway, games that are there for me in the top 70, to be more exact. That's what we're going to get into now. are You ready to start? Let's go.
Speaker: All right. Cool, cool. So I'll kick it off this time around. so And I'm kicking it off with a former number three on my list. A Luke Laurie game. And almost certainly the reason this one's dropped off is because...
Speaker: a newer version of the game called Andromeda's Edge came out, which as much as the theme of Dwellings of Eldervale, I like a lot more than space. ah Andromeda's Edge is just, it's like, it was like when the crew, the second crew came out, you're like, oh there's nothing wrong with the first crew. Then you play the second one, you go, oh, this is way better.
Speaker: And Andromeda's Edge, For as great as Dwellings is, Andromeda's Edge is better in almost every way, possibly except theme, and no noise bases on the ah on the creatures. So Dwellings of Elder Veil is my number 70. Brilliant game, but yeah, it doesn't hit the table because Andromeda's Edge does.
Speaker: Yeah, fair call.
Speaker: Yeah, good choice, mate. It's hard to pick between them both, but I get it. I get it. I've never played Andromeda's Edge. So, but I've played a fair bit of Dwellings.
Speaker: Yeah, it's it's funny because the the big thing it replaced or changed was something that i I loved about dwellings. Everyone used to say, oh, it's not fair. You know you can fight against someone and they roll a six and they've only got one dice and you roll five fives. That's not fair. i'm like, well, it is. you've You've given yourself a better chance of winning, but yeah in yeah a boxer can still, the worst boxer in the world can still get lucky and land one on the chin.
Speaker: you know It doesn't happen often, but it can happen. You just get one dice to roll a six and you won. Yeah, it's it's kind of cool about it, right? And then they've still got that to some extent, but ah now you you have a higher floor. So if you roll like a one or a two, if you've got enough ships in the battle, you may be you may be able to re-roll anything below a three.
Speaker: So you've got a better chance of getting a higher number if if you've got more ships in the fight and stuff like that. So... Anyway, that's ah that's another game that I'm sure I'll talk about later. Dwellings of Eldar, fantastic game. And the best thing about it is with those sound bases, when you get cranky because you lost a fight and you hit the table and the whole table just goes, rawr, rawr, rawr, it's great.
Speaker: Yeah, i remember I remember hearing those going off at a game day. Usually followed by cackling laughter. um So my number 70 is another chip theory game.
Speaker: just saying, chip with you. And it is, look, people say you can play it cooperative, you can play against each other, but for me it's a solo game.
Speaker: And that is Cloud Spire. I have a big, blinged out box of Cloud Spire. And when I do bring this game out, I leave it out for about a week.
Speaker: And I just play scenario after scenario. I just love chip theory games and and the way they produce. Yes, they go over the top, but the fact that you've got these beautiful neoprene mats that you're building island islands on, really nice heavy poker chips, and if you've got the you know the blood chips as well, they're nice and heavy.
Speaker: so your Cloud Spire, it's a tough game to try and get through all the missions and scenarios, but... um I do enjoy pulling it out every now and then, just to start again. I don't i don't ah never actually you know pause the game and then register where I'm at to keep going.
Speaker: Maybe that's what I actually do need to do because I just start again because then I want to just get better at the first scenario that I just did. How can I improve on that? So Cloud Spire is my number 70 from Chip Theory Games.
Speaker: Outstanding. Still haven't played that yet, but we one day. One day I'll get it go. ah Now, Suzanne's list. So again, similar to Manuel, typical board gamer fashion, she's given me a whole bunch of honorable mentions.
Speaker: She states that these games were sulking at her from the Kallax. And she told me about the first one, Exit the Game, Die Kangaroo Escapeden, which is only out in German.
Speaker: And I think it loosely translates to the kangaroo escape. It's loosely based on some kid's TV show in Germany about a kangaroo. And you're trying to help the kangaroo join some sort of social network or something. It sounded so random. But that's why she loved it. It stood out. like She likes all the exit games, but this was the most weird and unusual one she's ever done. so That's one of them. Century Golem Edition, which you've obviously already mentioned.
Speaker: Earth, Eternal Dex, which yeah I actually taught her. And then they I said I found it on sale. And I'm like, hey, just so you know, Gameology's got this on sale. And they're like, it's arriving tomorrow. They'd already done it. Space Base, The Loop, which is cool. I haven't played The Loop, but I'm sure.
Speaker: I don't know if i've ever thought if it was a game I bought and then sold before playing. So that disappointed. I don't think I did. But Above and Below, Escape Plan, Wayfarers of the South Tigress, and Star Wars, the deck-building game. That's just her honourable mentions list. Jeez, that's a massive honourable mentions list. Yeah, some great cracking games on there.
Speaker: But her actual number 10 is Peaks. said, this is a bit of a nostalgic peaks lettalgic pick. It aligns with my passion, some would say obsession, for mountains, hiking and maps. What's not to like?
Speaker: The box art is fantastic. Our first play showed it's a good game, a little innovative, interactive and replayable. Peaks falls right into the sweet spot for weight, if BGG is to be believed at 2.68. Beautiful cards and believable characters. Great game for a mountain aficionado like me.
Speaker: Well, like that. Nice. Just makes me want to play Peaks. It makes me actually want to ban all these people from coming onto to our show because they sound better than what we're presenting games at.
Speaker: it's More of that to come from Ingrid later in the podcast. All right, moving to number 69. And this is a crossover with you, Shane. And of course it is because it's Baseball Highlights 2045.
Speaker: Fantastic deck building game about baseball. I'm a tragic when it comes to baseball. So this one tickles me in that spot. a So much so that I decided after playing it a couple of times with Joe, who I used to play games with in Emerald, that I would donate my copy to him.
Speaker: And then about three months later, re-bought it with all the expansions again because I missed it. So luckily they they brought out a new version with all the expansions included. So that was a lot easier than the first time around where I had to source them all from BGG. So... um Yeah, Joe got the one I worked really hard on and I got the nice easy box. So yeah, great game. And it's just, I don't, I used to say it doesn't matter if you don't like baseball, it's a good deck builder. And while that still reigns true, if you do like baseball, it's a fantastic deck builder.
Speaker: Yeah, it's good. I thought that might've been a bit higher on your list, be honest with you. Oh, look, there's some good games. it's i probably good game so That's what I'm saying. Like your list is obviously there's some crackers coming.
Speaker: If Baseball Highlights is that high or low on your list, crackers are coming. I agree. 68 more of them. My number 69 is a game that i learned at Aspie Tavern.
Speaker: From Pastor Nick, this would have to be one of Pastor Nick's favourite games. And I reckon you were in this game too, Steve, but I could be wrong.
Speaker: But it's completely based on Brewster's millions. But it's the opposite. Yep. You are wanting to spend as much money as you can and just waste so much money.
Speaker: on dining out with horses and just with ridiculous themes. And it is last will. I think this game is fantastic.
Speaker: um We didn't take it to i'm Melbourne, but we did discuss it. It did hit the discussion table. um So we are actually planning a bit of a weekend away with Pastor Nick and Lucky Phil and Andy.
Speaker: as we do as our yearly trip away, and I can guarantee you, Lars, will be asked to be packed. We will definitely pack that game. It is brilliant. So for those who haven't tried, Lars Will, great.
Speaker: Fantastic. Love it. ah So number nine for Suzanne is a game that I actually haven't heard of ah prior to this list, which either means it's ah unique or I am not across the hobby as much as I thought I was. But you might have heard of it. Have you ever heard of a game called Hex FX?
Speaker: Hex FX. Radio Silence says no. na no, no. But is that by the Australian dish designer? There's a Hex game. So I'll read her your description and then that might maybe maybe clue a light bulb for you if you have.
Speaker: I was introduced to this game by my son and his friends who are more D&D players than board gamers. I really love the interaction in hex effects, even though I normally avoid take that games.
Speaker: It's a good game to get into quickly for a shorter play. Again, it's beautifully presented and the theme of disease and cures is weirdly fun. Just really have fun with this game in addition to our growing card game collection.
Speaker: Yep. There you go. Hex FX. Hex FX. I play board games with these guys every week. I haven't played Peaks and I haven't played XFX. So that's what you need to change.
Speaker: Yeah, you need to say, you bring Peaks, you bring Hex FX. I want to learn them.
Speaker: All right, moving on to number 68. And you talk he said there must be some cracking games. Well, this one is the first ever. It was on the list that we did a couple of weeks ago talked about ah in games that are important to me. This is my first ever legacy game, and it's Pandemic Legacy Season 1.
Speaker: yeah A lot of people would say, oh, this is like the placeholder for all pandemics, but it's not. Pandemic wouldn't make my top 100. Pandemic like Legacy absolutely deserves to be there. So a great experience. If you have a chance to do it, do yourself a favor and push through. It can feel like a little bit samey, I think, in the first six months.
Speaker: There's stuff changing, but... If you've played a couple of legacy games before you go to Pandemic Legacy, you might be thinking, oh, yeah, this this is running yeah the standard rails that you expect in one of these. But then shit changes in the second half of that game that I haven't found a... Even though I've enjoyed other legacy games maybe more, I haven't found ah as big a change since Pandemic Legacy to the point where when I played Ticket to Ride Legacy, which is made by the same people,
Speaker: I was kind of like every every new chapter, I was like, when's the when's the twist going to happen? when's yeah when And it didn't happen. It's so specific to Pandemic Legacy. So great game, number 68, Pandemic Legacy, season one.
Speaker: Yeah, good choice. sam We played Pandemic Legacy season zero in our Thursday night group. And it's still, like I think, I can't remember what month we got to, but It's still sitting there.
Speaker: We haven't gone back to it. I see what you mean about same-same because it did feel a bit same-same and there was no big surprises, but I i believe in Season 0 the surprise comes a bit later in the game. Okay.
Speaker: Yeah, I haven't played any of Season 0 yet. All right. Good choice. Mine, number 68. is a game by Mr. Martin Wallace. Oh, ding, ding, ding. I've got to get my pad out. I think this is number two, right?
Speaker: Yes, it is number two. My number two Martin Wallace game. um And it's based on a video game or a computer game, and that is Anno 1800.
Speaker: I do like playing this game. But I do like playing it correctly as well because was the last time we played this game was with Shane and Ingrid and we completely ballsed up one major rule.
Speaker: And I don't know what we were doing wrong there. But anyway, and I think we were getting to the game. We were scoring so getting many points. Now, hang on.
Speaker: You've got to pay for those islands that you actually are putting down. We weren't paying for islands. It's just anyway. But Anno 1800, really, really clever game. So a bit of a civilization building style of game. So we're building a bit of an engine.
Speaker: Good one. Nice one. I had, oh, sorry, not me. um Suzanne again. Number eight for Suzanne is Freelancers. One of the plaid hat um crossroads games, I believe.
Speaker: She says, cooperative games are one of my favorite genres and freelancers is just such a fun execution. The story is beautifully quirky as as is the production and artwork to match. The location book works so well and it is fun to build your character at the start and choose actions at each location. Despite knowing the story after a playthrough, I can see myself playing it again.
Speaker: Elliot?
Speaker: it's funny, when when we when she did this list, where I was actually heading around to their house to play games that afternoon. And she sent me this like about a half an hour before I got there.
Speaker: And they're both teachers. And it was a Sunday. So I've got around there and David's like, David, he's her husband. And he's like, she was banging away at that keyboard and I was getting cranky at her because I thought she was doing schoolwork. And he's like, what are you doing? And she's like, I'm doing what Steve asked me to do.
Speaker: so ah yeah So I appreciate the the time spent on on these lovely descriptions of these games. Yeah, it's brilliant.
Speaker: Very good. Right, moving on. 67. And this is a classic. It's ah a special place in my heart because it was really the first deck builder that I played. was the first real...
Speaker: board game that I bought that was not because I listened to a review on Dice Tower or whatever else. It was my first kind of like on a whim purchase. And as it turns out, if I did watch a Dice Tower review on it, they loved it. And it was reviewed many years before I bought it. But this is Lords of Waterdeep.
Speaker: Such a great game and totally themeless. it's It's one of those ones that a lot of people say, oh, if you've got friends that are into D&D, you should get in play Lords of Waterdeep. And I disagree with that wholeheartedly because if someone's really into D&D, they are all about the theme and this is moving cubes to pay for things. like oh yeah yeah Yeah, there's no faith.
Speaker: It's taking the thing they love and stripping it of everything they love about it. the tu For a Eurogamer, fantastic. So, yeah, Lords of Waterdeep, a fantastic worker placement game. We only recently played it too and it still holds up.
Speaker: Fantastic. Number 67. Absolutely agree with you there.
Speaker: My number 67 is another classic and it is pretty much an entry-level game that... When I did the R U OK? Day um in the offices in Brisbane and put the two offices together and um this was one game I actually taught and people were going, this is really, really cool, very simple to learn, where you are spending chips to buy cards, first one to 15 points wins the game and that is Splendour.
Speaker: such a simple game to teach anyone new to board gaming. People were buying that game that day as well. So... Yeah. um Enough said. Splendor 67.
Speaker: Great game. ah really I really like Duel. I think it's one of the better Duel... can play that one, yeah. Yeah, it's really cool. Helen and played a bit. um It's got a really interesting thing where...
Speaker: you're doing the similar thing, but there's a couple of actions that at some point someone needs to take. One of them is refilling the board with chips. And, but if you take that, you're opening yourself up to not getting what you want because then it's the next player's turn. So there's this real, like, I'm going to wait till you do it.
Speaker: I'm not going to do it now. went it's So there's a bit of a tug of war thing there. I actually think it was a bit weird. They brought out a dual game when you can actually potentially play a splendid two player anyway. Works fun to play. Yeah.
Speaker: Yeah. My number 66, I'm fairly certain. And by fairly certain, i mean, i predicted it as your number one. It's going to be on your list later on. Just before we do 66.
Speaker: Yes, sorry. i've I've skipped Suzanne's number seven. And maybe that's because I really want to play this game and um I haven't yet. And they rave about it. It's a game that I think the theme would, I think you'd love too.
Speaker: I'll see if you can guess it. It's ah it's a fairly new game. She says, this game just comes together so well. It's a bit heavier and I don't mind that at all. Oh, now they say the name. So the night the game is the game is Fest Season.
Speaker: So as fest season offers so much building the festival with hex tiles, going up tracks, selecting real band adjacent acts that are really fun to discover. Once again, this is a great production that brings organizing a music festival to life.
Speaker: So much theme in a big Euro game. That's a winner. I think this is the one that has like, um like instead of green day, it's like brown day or green night or something like they're all like play on real bands.
Speaker: Okay. Okay. Yeah, and you're designing a music festival. Looks super cool. I would love to play that game.
Speaker: I hadn't heard of it. So, yeah, that sounds really cool.
Speaker: Well, now I've i've kind of given away what my number 66 is, but, yes, I'm fairly certain this will be at least in your top 10, probably your top five, and maybe even your number one. It is a Martin Wallace game.
Speaker: So that's my second Martin Wallace. So we're tied for Martin Wallace's. I don't think that's going to stay the same. No, it's still going to stay. But this is Discworld Ark Moorpork.
Speaker: And probably the biggest selling point I can give to this game and why it's like, as far as my list is concerned, why it's worthy of spend spending a little bit more time on it than any other game is that that is on the basis of one play,
Speaker: at your house a couple of years ago, the only time I've ever played the game. And it it was one of those games where I played it, I liked it. I sort of didn't, I wouldn't say forgot about it, but I didn't think about it for a while. And then in the last sort of six months, I've just been like, I'd really like to play that again. And it's just sort of it's almost grown.
Speaker: on ah off its own like wind. it's ah like I haven't done anything to make, haven't watched playthrough or anything. I've just been like, such a cool game. Maybe because you talk about it all the time and we have this podcast. But yeah, great game.
Speaker: Number 66, desperately want to play it again. Discworld Ark, more pork. Yes, it is a great game. And um look, you can you can buy your own copy.
Speaker: i don't have um I don't have a house to mortgage right now. It's down to cost you. I mean, you could buy Nantie Narkin, but in a weird way, I'm sure that's great.
Speaker: But it's not... Even though I don't... I'm not a Terry Pratchett fan or anything, it's like it's not Discworld, you know? That bizarre thing. Yeah. It is a very bizarre thing. I do love the game.
Speaker: I love the fact that my copy is signed by Martin as well. so there wouldn't be too many copies around the world of Mark Warpock signed by the great man himself. So...
Speaker: But no, it'll be on the list, don't worry. It's coming up.
Speaker: My number 66 is a crossover. Yeehaw. With Mr. Shivers. And it's a game that I love playing with my wife.
Speaker: And my wife rates this highly as one of her favourite games. This game would be in Lauren's top ten. Okay. And that is Lords of Waterdeep. Oh, wow. who so close Oh, so close. close.
Speaker: That's insane. No, one-off. One-off. One-off. It was my 67. Jeez, you could have just lied, Shane. Yeah. No, I'm keeping the list legit.
Speaker: Literally number 66, Lords of Waterdeep. um Yeah, Lauren and i love playing this game. We grabbed the expansion out and... i it surprised me.
Speaker: Like Dungeons & Dragons theme for Lauren. youna She loves pushing cubes and making things, all that. She likes mapping things out to make things happen. So I think Lauren is pretty much a cheeky little Euro fan, and to be honest with you. But anyway.
Speaker: Just don't tell her that. Lords of Watervegg. Nice one. Great choice. Obviously, you like it one better than I do. Yeah, wow. So close, mate.
Speaker: Well, we're going to have a crossover of sorts for the next two games, but not really. use Crossover of designer. So number six for Suzanne is Vantage. This game is special.
Speaker: When I first played it with my partner, I got straight into it, but my partner couldn't see the attraction in this cooperative, very open world exploration game. Further plays showed that the luck of the draw car a drawer can impact enjoyment of this game. However, there is no set goal or campaign, so we have learned to lean into the exploration of this vast world and just enjoy being lost in it.
Speaker: Vantage is innovative in that it lets players choose... the extent to which they want to work towards a goal or even finish the game once they've achieved that goal. I love the flexibility in this and the diverse experiences the game offers.
Speaker: I could not have said it myself. I tell you, like, I haven't played a game on her list yet. I played a heap of the games in the Honourable Mentions, but I haven't played and each of them sound great. So think I need to stop suggesting games to play a game night and let her do some of the suggesting.
Speaker: And honestly, I haven't played Vantage yet neither. But everything she said, I agree with. ease It looks great. It's game. Yeah, it's weird.
Speaker: I didn't go for it. And, i'm a yeah you know, me, I i like the odd Stonemaier game. But I didn't go for it. And I think because it looked too open world and...
Speaker: ah maybe i maybe I like some rails, I don't know, but it just keeps getting rated. I've got to give it a go. And when Jamie splits spends his time on something, he puts out gold. Like sometimes he, you it's not all of his games are winners, but the games that he spends years on, they they stand out. about Head and shoulders above the rest, which conveniently leads into my number 65, which is Tapestry.
Speaker: which was which was his... Nice segue....his civilization game. that But it's it's it's a weird so it's the weirdest civilization game we'll ever come across. But if you love tracks, you love this game.
Speaker: I've played this with people who don't find it that interesting because it's like, on my turn, I move my thing one space and do one action. Whoop-dee-doo. And to an extent, I agree with that. it Sometimes it can feel that way, but then sometimes you can have turns...
Speaker: And I'll always reference Sean Cody, a game he played at Dan's house one night. He had a turn where he triggered, like I ended up getting out my phone and writing down what he did because I couldn't, you would not be able to remember every step.
Speaker: And he, he was almost not believing it as it was. It wasn't like he'd set it up perfectly for this amazing thing to happen. But then this amazing thing happened. And he was just as shocked as everyone when he's like, well, if I do this, well, that means I can do that, which means I can do this again, which means I can do that. And then that means, and like, hang on, have I got this right? And we'd all, like, sit around going, yeah, this is amazing. this is actually insane what's happening right now. It was... Moments like that. But, you know, I haven't played any of the expansions. I've only played base game and I've played with the changes to the ah to the leaders, which apparently were unbalanced. But my my my scores in this game are so unbalanced that i how how would I ever know?
Speaker: how would I ever know that it's unbalanced? So, yeah, Tapestry, great game, lot of fun, number 65. I'm sure we know a few people in our gaming group that would have Tapestry up there as their number one It's my game.
Speaker: So, because of that fact. Yeah. My number 65 is another crossover. All right. Okay.
Speaker: And it's one of the meanest, actually, you've heard me say this before. It's the only game I've felt threatened where someone's about to jump up on the table and try and throw a punch at me.
Speaker: Um... And that is broom service.
Speaker: hu Such a tame game. but You know when you were saying about blocking someone every time? That was me. Oh, yeah. like You didn't even have to explain. As soon as you said you were going to get punched, i knew the whole situation without having to be there. But, yeah, tell the story because I'm sure it's great. It was hilarious. I like ah i had a handful of cards and I was blocking this dude every time.
Speaker: And he ended up standing up at the table, banging the table. And then I had Dave and I think G-Money looking at me going, oh, shit, what's going on here?
Speaker: But, you know, it was just for shits and giggles. and But then I remember him, he said he played one card, he goes, surely you can't block that. And I slammed it and said, yeah, can't.
Speaker: And that was it. Like, I thought it was on for a month. And it was the only time I've been in the game day where I thought, jeez, I reckon can this guy might try and deck me.
Speaker: yeah And he didn't. He didn't. He was a lovely bloke. But even still, you know me, I love take that. I love being mean in games.
Speaker: And again, you just need to have the right group of people. he potentially shouldn't be playing broom service because, you broom service has to be played pretty mean. Yeah, for sure. But it's so tongue in cheek. Like I can't imagine ever getting angry because you just kind of go like, f you. And that's kind of it, you know, like, it's my fault for trying to be brave so early or whatever.
Speaker: Oh, no, but when it's probably the eighth F you in a row, you kind of get a bit frustrated. Yeah.
Speaker: Too good. Great choice. happy to get It's gone down in history, that game. It's been brilliant. So, yeah, crossover with you, mate. Brim service. Cool.
Speaker: Well, now Suzanne's number five is yet another game I haven't played. ah And I don't even know how to pronounce it, so apologies in advance.
Speaker: O-R-O-S. O-R-O-S. O-R-O-S. I've seen this game. That's about as close as I can go to this one. Where's Suzanne's getting all these games from? Yeah, I know. we We both live in Bemiga. Like, what the hell? Oroz is a game of terraforming, in a sense. it is an interactive it is sorry It is interactive on a shared map, but also involves worker placement and track advancement.
Speaker: Sounds good so far. I enjoy the puzzle this presents. The game feels strategic without being too abstract. Like in Fest Season, the theme is alive despite Oroz being essentially an abstract strategy game. It helps that the production is great and colourful.
Speaker: A very high-quality game.
Speaker: There you go. That's just more more to the list. Yeah, more to the list that we need to be actually you writing down and saying, bring these games around and so let's play them. yeah You need to have a Suzanne game night.
Speaker: Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Just start start at 9am and finish when we've finished all 10 games. I have played every other game on her list though. So luckily i won't be totally oblivious for for the rest of the podcast. Okay. But my number 64 is another legacy game. And for the longest time, I considered this to be my favorite legacy game. and But I guess that's just with legacy. it After a while, the shine rubs off because you don't play it anymore. Like we don't even own this anymore. it'ss It's been donated to the Bemiga Senior Campus art room so they can rip it apart and make stuff out of it. And that is Clank Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated.
Speaker: They're definitely the better of the two Clink Legacies, but and I had so much fun with this. But it's, ah yeah, they're never going to play it again. So it's hard to keep high on the list. Absolutely, absolute 100% recommend, though. It is another Paul Denon game.
Speaker: just Just want to point that out. so ah And i've had I've had one Jamie Stonemaier game. So i don't know. I think Paul Denon might have it at this point. You've already sold that one down the... I know Stonemaier's going
Speaker: So there go, Click Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated. And I have no idea about the Acquisitions Incorporated theme, but just speaking to G Money, who was all over it, I just went, wow, you need to play this because it's it's clearly dripping with theme that I don't understand. Yeah.
Speaker: yeah
Speaker: My number 64 is another crossover. Far out. And we were pretty close. Again, we were pretty close. I think we were three away.
Speaker: I'm going to say three.
Speaker: And it is Dwellings of Elvabao. Ah, yep. Well, it was my number 70, so six away. Okay, four. Six away. Dwellings is, I love playing it.
Speaker: It's my favourite. I haven't played the Andromeda's Edge, so i can't compare it. But you've spoken about Dwellings, so let's keep moving on. Yep, great great show. You like it more than me, though, so feel free to add anything else. No, it's just the Smurf villages, you know. You've got to sing that theme tune every time you build the Smurf village.
Speaker: ah It is bizarre. It is so bizarre how those little hats go on. But anyway, they do. Okay, number four for Suzanne, and this is a lot of people's favorite favorite game.
Speaker: It is well known as one of the best solo games, but also is not just a solo game, and that is Spirit Island. Spirit Island says, as a as a migrant in a previously invaded country, I appreciate the theme of fighting off invaders in Spirit Island.
Speaker: I think this cooperative game leaves such lasting gameplay memories because cooperating to coordinate players' actions is absolutely critical to winning the game. The game presents a pretty hard challenge, but I found it so engaging nevertheless. The only downside is that some of the components seem somewhat mismatched with wooden mushrooms for villages and white plastic for towns and people.
Speaker: The game is so good, though, it deserves me buying an upgrade pack.
Speaker: I think go and purchase that upgrade pack. good Good choice. Yeah. And honestly, in the solo community, it's probably listed as probably the best solo game.
Speaker: Yeah. In fact, I think I've only played it once with other people, and that was on ah at a convention. i've Otherwise, I've only played it solo. And I play with the two characters, but I haven't i haven't really scratched the surface with Spirit Island. it's It's a bit of a blind spot for me, but I've always enjoyed it when I played it, so I should really get it out.
Speaker: but You've got Susanna can help you learn all the rules too because is a rules you know what. That's right. Alright, my number 63 is a Phil Walker Harding game.
Speaker: it might be the only Phil Walker Harding game on my list. Potentially. And it's a game that has never been in my top 100 before while being one of his oldest games. And that's because I finally got to play the physical version of this game and since then have fallen in love with it and I play it quite a little bit on BGA and that is Gizmos.
Speaker: Yeah, Gizmos is great. Isn't it? Awesome choice. Yeah, such a great little engine builder. um the The first time I played it, I actually won the the game that I got taught it. And I think that's still the best game I've played of it. And I just had an engine where whenever I whenever i filed something, like eight different things triggered. So i never, ever bought something off the board. I always filed first, then trigger all the things and then build it from the filing each time.
Speaker: It was sensational. Loved it. Yeah, now that that game is you all over. It's brilliant.
Speaker: Good choice. My number 63 is another Garfield game. Just saying, Garfield. um It is the first Kickstarter I backed.
Speaker: No, on. Second Kickstarter, but my first Garfield game. And that is Circadian's First Light. Yeah, nice one. Really good game.
Speaker: I enjoy playing it. I don't get it to the table as much as I used to. um Just fun. Nice little sci-fi. Euro.
Speaker: i've I've got a funny story about this game that involves you. Go for it. And I don't know if I've ever told you this. Did I get the rules wrong? But... yeah Yeah, I think, I don't know whether we discussed it, but when you first taught me this game, there was something, I don't know what it was. I haven't played the game enough to remember, but it was, there was something that you were like, then this is what you've got to do here. And I just kept on looking at it going, that doesn't make a lot of sense.
Speaker: And then right towards the end of the game, you realise that what you that particular rule that you were showing us was for the solo game. Yeah. And we weren't playing it solo. And it was just like, in my head, I was just like, well, his tagline is Aussie solo gamer. I guess this kind of makes a bit of sense. And don remember that night. That was at the Aspie Tavern.
Speaker: It was, yeah well yeah. It was, yeah. remember that night because completely paused that one rule. Yeah, because I just remember looking at whatever it was and just going, it doesn't make a lot of sense. Like, I don't understand why this would be in the game. And then, yeah, you're like, oh, crap, that's the solo.
Speaker: That's the solo. think had to flip the tile over or something. i don't remember, but it was hilarious. Yeah, it was shit. Thank you. Thank you for my PTSD moment.
Speaker: Trust me, we've all taught games wrong. I've got to tell you about my ride the rails teach at my brother's house. The end scores were like 900 and something. ah I do remember that night and went it was it was near the end of the game where I went, oh, shit, I've balls this rules up on that that one section.
Speaker: It was one section in the on player board. that completely screwed up. Yeah, it was only one little thing. like it probably didn't really affect the game that much at all, but it just, he kept on saying that we had to do this thing. Yeah, anyway, not to worry. yeah All right, number number three, it's just become a little bit of a, um hang on, went number no, sorry, yeah we just did her number four, so this would be her number three, yes. And it has become a little bit of a Stonemaier corner here because it's a game that you talked about at the start of the show, not in your list, and that is Origin Story.
Speaker: Oh, wow. So um I got taught origin story by Suzanne and David and I then bought it when I was in Sydney the next week because it is such a cool trick. As as a trick-taking fan and a deck-building fan, it sort of...
Speaker: works whichever way you come into it in fact what they said was that they don't particularly like trick-taking games but this one is the exception to the rule for them and i get it it's got it it's it's a cool way of like building your character each round but then also yes you've got all these abilities but you've got to choose which ones you want to use i love that anyway i'm talking about it she's giving me her great words i'm going to go with them instead This game is just fantastic.
Speaker: My entry into trick-taking was reluctant and embarrassing as the strategizing required felt new to my brain. Hence, I was excited at the prospect of one of my favorite publishers, Stomai Games, releasing a trick-taking game. Both the superhero theme and Clementine Campadu's box and card art.
Speaker: Damn it, I've messed that name up. Initially conflicted... Yeah, yeah. Initially conflicted with my expectations of Stomar game. However, once I began to play it, it all makes sense. How refreshing to have superheroes portrayed in a style unlike the stereotypes.
Speaker: This game is excellent and feels fresh every play. Love it.
Speaker: Again. i can't wait to learn it. Yeah, it's good time. It's a great it's a good talk it's real good time. My number is another paul endning game And it's a little bit, I feel bad that this is in here, but it is such a different experience.
Speaker: When I looked at this slate of 10 games, i'm like, it's pretty, feels pretty wrong to have Clink Legacy and Clank in the same section. But they are different experiences. Like like I was saying with Pandemic and Pandemic Legacy, the difference is I play Clink a lot and I have been playing Clink a lot more in the last year with Wrath. He loves it. like I can tell you right now there's another Clank coming, which is my favorite.
Speaker: But his favorite is just a standard Clank. And while I initially didn't think it was as good, it's it's great. I love the fact that it's more of a race. When someone gets out, there's three turns left to get out, otherwise you die.
Speaker: Just a great exploration deck building game. And yeah, definitely. so I think it's coming up on its 10-year anniversary, and you can buy a box the size of a house on Kickstarter. Oh, really?
Speaker: Yeah, apparently they're bringing out the, I can't remember what called, but it's a big box that fits every expansion that's ever come out for Clank in it. So you can spend $100 on a cardboard if you wish.
Speaker: So yeah, Clank, a deck building adventure, my number 62. My number 62 is a game I played all weekend.
Speaker: And it is a Friedman Freeze game, and that is Very nice. Such a cool trick-taking game. i want to play it at five players, so again, because you just you just delve the depth the deck a lot more and get those really cool cards.
Speaker: But I tried different strategies all weekend on um on how I could... you know, maybe hold off on the deck, or do I go deep in the deck very early on and then just try and win here and there?
Speaker: But it's it's a real balance of win one hand, lose two, win one hand, just so you can try and get back into that deck and keep going down, laura la, la.
Speaker: Super smart. I don't know how he thought of it, but Friedman Freese,
Speaker: He's one of my favorite designers. You will hear another game of his later down the track, but Fishing has made my number 62. Now, to Pastor Nick and John, Fishing, they know Fishing wasn't in my top 100, but because we played the crap out of it over the weekend.
Speaker: Oh, wow. It's jumped in. It's jumped in and it's kicked out something. Well, what's it kicked out? Come on, you can't bury the lead. What is it? June Imperium.
Speaker: Wow! Okay. Okay. June Imperium's gone from my list. Wow. It's honestly, Fishing was brilliant.
Speaker: There you go. That's a tough call because you've got to kind of like theoretically everything would move back one, but yeah instead you've got to look for a game that you go, no I can see that this... Oh yeah, no, I even tried to look in my top, in my top 50, can I fit it in there? And I went, nope, nope, nope, nope. nope nope nope And then when I got down to it, I went, and even looked at the ones I've already spoken about, and I went, no, it's going to have to kick out something. And then I went, just made the call.
Speaker: June Imperium, I sold it, I had everything for it, I like the game. But fishing has now taken its place. There you Probably to Martin Waller's disgust.
Speaker: That's one of his fan maps. But yeah, no, fishing is super fun. Go out and buy it ah Gameology has it in your store right now.
Speaker: Well, Suzanne's number two is a crossover with me. Almost, that is a direct crossover, theoretically. was my 62, her two, ah too and that is Clink Legacy. So in a much more succinct way of saying how good Clink Legacy is, there have been a few legacy games that I have very much enjoyed, but Clink Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated is still my favorite, largely due to its quirky storytelling.
Speaker: Quirky storytelling. I love the deck building and I love traveling across the expanding map and uncovering minor and major mysteries. Most of all, the theme is held together well by the artwork, components and storytelling. This is such good fun.
Speaker: Canada Greenwall. Great game. Yep. Great game. Well done.
Speaker: All right, so number 61 for me is the big ah social deduction game that is on my list. Only one of the two most popular ones made it, and it is the cult of the new version, and it is Blood on the Clock Tower.
Speaker: So many great games of this. It's, it forced its way into the list. There was the, the, the never to be forgotten Chivers family New Year's Eve game that went for hours with my brother-in-law falling asleep on his chair and my cousins, my nephews coming and asking me, telling me they have no idea what's going on. And one of my other nephew, nephews fully gaming the game. We had it all. It was fantastic.
Speaker: ah To playing it multiple times on the cruise that I just went on with Raphael and in groups there and, people like People love this game. there There is a large percentage of people who Blood on the Clock Tower would be their number one game and there's no need for a number two because this is all they play now.
Speaker: my My niece went away on a holiday to Sydney to play Blood on the Clock Tower for a week. That's why she went to Sydney to do it. So it's it's taken the world by storm, the social media social um deduction world by storm. but And it is it's because it's great.
Speaker: So Blood on the Clock Tower is my number 61. I've
Speaker: never played it. Only because I just feel shit real congruence vibes, you know, where you've got to act out stuff and... I don't know if I could do it. I think i think people the the trick is now, and this is the this is the real trick, is that there are three types of Blood on the Clock Tower players.
Speaker: There's new players who know nothing. There's players who've played it a few times that like it and it's a bit of fun. And then there's players that just wanted to speak to you about every intricate little possibility and outlying you know potential thing or whatever. and They're not necessarily the funnest people to play the game with. So I would say to you, hey, look, there's a Blood on the Clock Tower group that runs the North Brisbane Board Gamers Guild. You should go and try it. But I could be sending you into a group of people like that. I don't know that group. I just know that they exist.
Speaker: And it is a little bit it's a little bit too much on itself. For example, on the cruise, there was a couple of people that I'm like, I actively don't want to play if they're in the game.
Speaker: Yeah, okay. especially with new people because they don't let new people make any decisions. They tell them exactly what they should do and tell them that they're wrong for doing whatever they did and it makes it unenjoyable. But if you can get into just a group of people that are happy just to have fun and let people make their own mistakes, it's fantastic.
Speaker: Okay. My number 61 is my favourite version um these of this game.
Speaker: where they have released three different versions of it. And that is Great Western Trail, New Zealand. Sheep. You know, I do like the sheep version.
Speaker: um And thank you to my board game group that kept me
Speaker: honest in trying the game again. So they... We played the whole lot. One after the other. Great Western Trail.
Speaker: Then, what's the second one? Argentina. Argentina, which didn't like that one. And then New Zealand. but But then we played the expansions with all the rails and all that stuff. and But no, New Zealand was my favourite.
Speaker: um And then that El Paso came out, which was a nice little entry level for anyone else that not played Great Western Trail. I actually wish I had played El Paso prior to learning Graves to Trump because it's perfect way to let that go.
Speaker: But yeah. yep GWT NZ is my number 61. Well, I did predict that GWT would be the highest ranked new game to the list. I don't think it's going to be at 61, but you never know.
Speaker: You never know. I had it pinged at 21, but yeah. Yeah. All right, so that leaves us with Suzanne's number one game. And you've got to love a great game being number one on anyone's list. And this is a great game.
Speaker: But I will i'll just see. does' it mention doesn't mention the name for a while. So I'll read the description. Considering what I enjoy in other top ten in my other top 10 ranked games, I'm almost shocked that Heat catapulted itself to and has to it two number one and two and has a firm grip of number one on my list.
Speaker: Cars, who cares? Racing, meh. However, Heat just does it so well, and there are beautiful maps involved. I enjoy the tactics, hand management, and push-your-luck aspect of this game.
Speaker: Playing with the automated drivers works amazingly well. We invested in the game's expansion, even though in terms of gameplay, they don't offer enough in my view. The additional maps and player colors make the expansions worthwhile.
Speaker: Heat is a very solid racing game that makes it makes me feel like I am actually racing. It is very well thought out, has a beautiful production, and is a treat we keep coming back to. Look, you're never going to get an argument for if you put your heat on the list. You can't argue with that. That's so well said. Suzanne, well said.
Speaker: That was actually a game we did play at Gameology. We did pull out Hate and played it in their game library. Yeah. that was good. She says, I apologise again to the over 400 games in my collection that were missed. Thanks again for hearing me out. Well, thank you, Suzanne. That was awesome.
Speaker: So 400 games she has on her list. She said, I apologise again to the over 400 other games in my collection. Yeah. So between you and Suzanne, there's 700 board games sitting in Birmingham.
Speaker: Well, they've they've got a lot of theirs in storage back where they lived before they came up here. So they didn't bring all of them up, but they certainly bring enough. We actually shared BGG lists before that we moved up so that they didn't necessarily need to bring many double ups.
Speaker: But yeah, we've yeah we've got ah we've got a decent library up here in the top of the country. Have you ever? right
Speaker: They just got Labyrinth, actually. They're playing Labyrinth tonight. They sent me a photo. um So I'll have to check that one out too. we It's almost like we back different games. We rarely back the same games too. It's it's like we're very well coordinated, but it is just luck. You're in the middle of nowhere. Yeah. And there's a massive war game collection just sitting there.
Speaker: Yeah. come along to the You Okay to Play gay Day in Bemiga and you will definitely have many choices. When you think about it, if you went per capita, right, you'd probably have a bigger ballgame list than the Dice Tower. You would.
Speaker: Tom Bass will work your heart out. Go per capita. Do the math. That's... Look, i don't know. that Again, I don't know whether that's a compliment or it says something about our mental health. I don't know.
Speaker: Or our finances more accurately. But anyway. yeah Seriously. You know, he brags about his ballgame library. Hang on. I think let's let's do the math on it You would win.
Speaker: Easily. Too funny. Yeah. So ah slight change of plans because we waffle on too much. We have decided to pause at the 60 mark and return to number 60 at a future episode where we will have Ingrid's top 10.
Speaker: So apologies to Ingrid. ah You'll have to wait another week to hear your list, but you already know what it is, so that's okay. And Ingrid, it's just me being mean like I play ballgames with you.
Speaker: I'm holding you off for one more week. yeah She was going to be a brave top 10 person and Suzanne played a brave card after her. So she got nothing this week. We'll have to wait till next week.
Speaker: That's a broom service reference if anyone didn't pick it up. Yeah. so All right. Well, on that note, Shane, thanks again for another great 10. I think we've again been gazumped by our guest list, but still good fun to talk about.
Speaker: Suzanne also list and honestly, matt Steve, do the math. Per capita. You would win.
Speaker: I just don't think the Bemiga Con is going to draw enough numbers to justify the collection that we have.
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