For this inaugural episode, your host Jaina brings you back in time to learn about the history of dice, and how we got from flipping sticks as dice to the first modern roll and write games. Listen in for a short and sweet tour through time from around 2500 BCE through to the 1970s, and make sure to tune in on September 22 to continue the journey through to some of today's most popular games!

Credits

Intro and Outro Music: Comedy Detective by Onoychenko Music via Pixabay

Time machine sound effect: Sci Fi Disappearance by Pixabay

Sources (in order of appearance/use in episode)

Board Game Geek (Roll and Write: Mechanisms, accessed on July 30, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamefamily/41222/mechanism-roll-and-write/linkeditems/boardgamefamily?pageid=35&sort=yearpublished

Parlett's History of Board Games (The Updated Edition of The Oxford History of Board Games) by David Parlett (history of dice, pgs. 21-28)

The Complete Book of Games by Clement Wood and Gloria Goddard via Wikipedia (Yacht description and rules, accessed September 2, 2023): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacht_(dice_game)

Luck (1943 box of games via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/40249/luck

Guffy (1952 game via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/283757/guffy

Thread on Guffy copyright and trademark infringement and personal correspondence (via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/608254/game-called-guffy-yahtzee-copyrighted-1952

The Yahtzee Manifesto (history and development of Yahtzee, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://www.yahtzeemanifesto.com/History/yahtzee-history.php#ancient

Spare Time Bowling (1940 game via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4165/spare-time-bowling

6 Steps (1965 game via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35564/6-steps

The Great Races (1974 game via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43144/great-races

Can't Stop (1980 game via Board Game Geek, accessed on September 2, 2023): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/41/cant-stop

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Welcome to A Nerdstorian's Guide to Modern Board Games! I'm your host, Jaina, and I'll be taking you on time travel adventures, looking at the history of modern board game mechanisms to figure out how we got to where we are now. If you love pulling out random facts at inopportune moments to dazzle your friends, then this is the podcast for you!

Music: Comedy Detective by Onoychenkomusic via Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/music/bloopers-comedy-detective-127185/)

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Well, this is it. Sort of. Jaina and Sharon have been feeling more antsy than gancy lately and will be stepping away from the podcast, at least for awhile. Never fear though! Jaina has something new up her sleeve, so listen in to find out what's next!

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In today's episode, Jaina and Sharon pilot you through three space themed games, returning to their roots and exploring how these multiplayer games work at two players. Well, one is a 2P only game, but that's beside the point.

Additionally, there's an important podcast update! The podcast will be changing names over the next couple of weeks, becoming "Antsy to Gancy" (Jaina can't handle spelling JASCES anymore), and will also be moving to a biweekly format. So tune in two weeks (July 21) for the next episode!

(00:41) - Introduction and Update
(4:15) - The Search for Planet X
(17:29) - Dune: Imperium
(30:55) - Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game

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In a shocking turn of events the JASCES (while, Jaina) actually played all of the Spiel and Kennerspiel nominees this year, and they're here to talk about them! Join in as Jaina and Sharon do a quick run through of each game, then provide their thoughts on the games, along with their predictions and hopeful winners.

What are your favourites from this year's nominees? We'd love to hear from our listeners! Feel free to reach out to us below through any of those methods with your take on this year's great batch of games.

Timestamps
(2:48) Dorfromantik
(10:45) Fun Facts
(16:49) Next Station: London
(19:58) Spiel Winning Wishes and Guesses
(25:03) Challengers
(35:43) Iki
(40:27) Planet Unknown
(46:58) Kennerspiel Winning Wishes and Guesses

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In this week's episode, Jaina shares what she thinks are the five most influential modern games, and Sharon judges her choices. These are the games that Jaina feels have had the biggest impact on the modern hobby, both inside and outside the hobby gaming sphere.

Listen in to judge Jaina's choices for yourself!

Shoutouts
Mission: Fun and Games: https://www.boardgames.ca/

Timestamps
(1:03) - Introduction
(2:46) - Magic: The Gathering
(4:04) - The Settlers of Catan
(9:05) - Dominion
(13:58) - Pandemic
(21:36) - Wingspan
(30:51) - Honourable Mentions

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Join Sharon and Jaina in this imaginary world where, when they acquire a new game it has to *gasp* replace a game that's currently in their collection. The horror!

Jaina and Sharon each pick three games that they enjoy that is not yet in their collection, and then choose which game would get kicked out to make space for the new one. But don't worry, this episode is not just about the games in their collection that they like the least. Both hosts made tough choices with games that share some similarity with the newcomers and would not otherwise be leaving the collection.

That said, we all know that in reality Sharon and Jaina will just buy a new shelf when the time comes!

Timestamps:
(1:08) Introduction
(3:43) 5-Minute Dungeon
(4:54) Magic Maze
(8:22) Dune: Imperium
(10:17) Terraforming Mars
(12:04) The Red Cathedral
(12:32) Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar
(16:03) Next Station: London
(16:27) Kokoro: Avenue of the Kodama
(18:28) Final Girl
(20:06) Gloomhaven
(24:15) Art Decko
(26:03) Rococco
(26:34) The Gallerist
(28:28) The Great Split and Tussie Mussie

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In today's episode, Jaina and Sharon return to their leftovers from last week, the leftover games that is! It turns out that they played too many games to fit in one episode, so they saved the best for last and talked about three of the standout games that were new to them in May. Listen in to hear their thoughts!

Timestamps
(0:44) Introductions
(2:08) Iki
(16:03) Dominant Species: Marine
(30:38) The Great Split

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This week Sharon and Jaina are back and spend an inordinate amount of time talking about pesticides, especially since this is a board game podcast.

Once they get past that, they talk about (almost) every single game they played in May. Time management isn't their strong point though, so tune in next week to hear about three more games from this month that were big hits for them!

Shoutouts:
Wizard's Loft (https://www.facebook.com/WizardsLoft/)

Timestamps:
(1:06) - Introduction
(3:36) - Akropolis
(6:51) - True Colours
(9:34) - Wordle: The Party Game
(12:07) - Tokyo Game Show
(15:36) - Catan
(17:04) - Don't Get Got
(18:17) - My City
(19:59) - Chakra
(20:51) - Taj Mahal
(27:21) - Just One
(28:21) - Werewords
(31:01) - The Resistance: Avalon
(33:42) - The Red Cathedral
(37:53) - Kokoro: Avenue of the Kodama
(39:37) - Rolling Realms
(41:47) - Tussie Mussie
(44:13) - Lost Cities: Roll & Write
(46:25) - 5-Minute Dungeon
(49:59) - Stella: Dixit Universe
(51:45) - Birds of a Feather: Western North America

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Back by popular demand (well, maybe not demand exactly...), Jaina and Sharon are talking about their new favourite roll and writes! Rolling and writing is a favourite past time of theirs, so they were very happy to ramble on about some new favourites.

Tune in to hear each of their top 5 lists!

Timestamps
(1:00) Introduction
(4:23) Dinosaur Island Rawr and Write
(6:37) Welcome to the Moon
(9:36) Isle of Cats: Explore and Draw
(13:21) Woodcraft Roll and Write
(17:39) Welcome to the Moon
(19:59) Three Sisters
(23:15) Next Station: London
(26:06) Dice Hospital: ER - Emergency Roll
(30:16) Dinosaur Island Rawr and Write
(33:15) Isle of Cats: Explore and Draw
(35:28) Rajas of the Ganges: The Dice Charmers
(39:38) R+Ws We're Excited to Play

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Jaina and Sharon stretch the bounds of believability in order to connect three games with incredibly different themes and target audiences together so they could talk about all of them! It's been awhile since the last hot take episode, so they're excited to get back at it with some relatively new games. Tune in to hear their thoughts on these three very different games.

Timestamps
(3:10) Introduction
(4:20) Horseless Carriage
(20:05) Steam Up: A Feast of Dim Sum
(28:43) Final Girl

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In today's episode, Jaina talks about underrated games while Sharon goes on about underwater games. Really, just a pretty normal episode. Listen in to hear which games the JASCES think deserve to be higher on the Board Game Geek rankings!

Timestamps
(1:12) Introduction
(3:11) Codex Naturalis
(9:40) Dead Men Tell No Tales
(19:08) Habitats
(27:46) Haven
(33:22) Cover Your Assets

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In today's episode, Jaina and Sharon take you through the Flatout Games trilogy? Series of games? Three games that share some similarities and box size? No one knows for sure, but the JASCES are are that they're opinions will be unpopular!

Listen in to hear their thoughts on Calico, Cascadia, and Verdant, and please save your rotten tomatoes and other fruits and vegetables until the end.

Timestamps
(2:34) - Introduction
(6:29) - Calico
(13:45) - Cascadia
(18:34) - Verdant
(26:57) - Ranking and Discussion

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The episode that made Sharon and Jaina semi-demigods!

Erupting volcanoes, shifting land, and smashing continents are all in a day's work when you're a demigod. Sharon and Jaina dive into this fairly new release as they explore the beautiful world of Oros. General reviews have been a bit mixed, so tune in to hear where the JASCES land.

As well, Jaina and Sharon are shamelessly asking for your support in the Board Game Geek Golden Geek awards, and they would love for JASCES B GANCY to be nominated for Best Podcast (as Most Mediocre Podcast isn't an option). To nominate JASCES B GANCY follow this link: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3063471/17th-annual-golden-geek-awards-nominations-open and scroll down to find the nomination page.
If you need Geek Gold for an avatar so that you can nominate, head here: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/JainaJ and send Jaina a message, she's happy to hook you up. While you're there, you might as well nominate some games, and maybe even some other podcasts for awards. It really helps brings more awareness to lesser known podcasts and games!

Whether you nominate us or not, we want to thank every single person who has ever downloaded or listened to an episode, we appreciate you all very much!

Timestamps
(1:34) Oros - Introduction 
(2:27) Oros - Game Overview
(8:46) Oros - Impressions and Thoughts

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Sharon and Jaina finally succumbed to the plague known as Covid-19 (apologies for the lack of episode last week!). In their questionable wisdom as they recover, they decided to present to you their gaming strategy for getting through the plague.

Listen in to find out what games they played, what games they'd recommend playing while you're sick, and how to set up a perfectly cozy gaming nest for when you want to play, but need to be horizontal. 

Also, to make up for the lack of episode last week, the JASCES included a bonus comparison of Stellar and Subastral, two games that deserve more attention!

Timestamps
(3:14) Plague Gaming Set Up
(6:20) Covid Phase 1 Games
(11:30) Covid Phase 2 Games
(20:55) Covid Phase 3 Games
(29:50) Subastral vs Stellar
(31:34) Stellar
(42:17) Subastral

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In this episode, Sharon and Jaina wrap up their GOBfest experience, with 75% less singing. You're welcome.

Timestamps
(2:04) Verdant
(4:50) Mille Fiori
(21:40) Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig
(24:51) My Farm Shop

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This past weekend Sharon and Jaina attended their local board game convention (GOBfest) and now they're here to tell you all about it! Hear their extremely hot takes of all the new games they tried out, and experience the new and improved Gancy Game Rating System™!

Of course the JASCES talked way too much, so you'll have to tune in next week to hear about convention day 2!

Timestamps
(3:40) The Guild of Merchant Explorers
(10:31) Dune: Imperium
(20:29) Planet Unknown
(26:48) Mystic Vale
(31:47) Flamecraft
(38:33) An Unfortunate Encounter
(42:12) Fave Game Day 1

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This week Jaina and Sharon are playing fast and loose with the podcast! Astute listeners might notice that this is coming out on Friday instead of Wednesday (not that the JASCES are known for their punctuality), which is going to be the new release day moving forward. And while the podcast release may be slow the games that Jaina and Sharon talk about this week are not. In today's episode they cover their top 5 real-time games, which was a challenge as it isn't their favourite mechanism.

Tune in to see if their opinions are worth a quick listen!

Timestamps:
(2:31) Fit to Print
(7:15) Pendulum
(10:46) Bananagrams
(14:43) Kites
(18:45) Dutch Blitz
(21:22) Nine Tiles Panic
(27:27) Kitchen Rush Revised Ed.
(28:55) Ready Set Bet
(40:33) DropMix PSA

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In this week's episode, Sharon and Jaina play the ever popular game of Marry, Kill, F-... Oh wait, no, they're playing the board game version: Buy, Play, Sell. How do the JASCES stay gancy when it comes to adding to their overflowing collection? Is there any logic to their decisions at all? Is this a thinly veiled self-help episode delving into the depths of their relationship issues? You'll just have to listen in to find out!

Also, a mini hot take of DropMix somehow made its way into the episode. No one knows why.

Timestamps:
(12:46) DropMix

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On this week's episode, Jaina is excited for a bunch of recently released and yet to be released games, while Sharon hasn't heard of any of them. In standard fashion, the JASCES turn Sharon's lack of knowledge into a game! Tune in to hear Sharon guess how games work based on their title and main mechanisms. Feel free to reach out if you want to steal any of her ideas.

Timestamps:
(2:00) Power Plants
(6:40) Redwood
(14:50) Septima
(21:25) Turing Machine
(25:42) Woodcraft

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