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In this episode we shall be discussing The Lord of the Rings board game, designed by Reiner Knizia, and published by Fantasy Flight Games.
Description from Board Game Geek:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/823/the-lord-of-the-rings
The Lord of the Rings is a co-operative game in which the object is to destroy the Ring while surviving the corrupting influence of Sauron. Each player plays one of the Hobbits in the fellowship, each of which has a unique power.
Over the course of the game, you make your way across four conflict game boards, representing some of the most memorable conflicts from the entire trilogy: Moria, Helm's Deep, Shelob's Lair, and Mordor. Each conflict board tests your small Fellowship to the utmost as you must play your quest cards to advance along multiple tracks. These tracks represent fighting, hiding, traveling, and friendship, and by playing quest cards from your hand with matching symbols, you can keep moving forward and push closer to victory.
The master game board indicates both the physical progress of the fellowship across Middle Earth and the corrupting influence of Sauron on the hobbits. If you're able to slip past your foes, you can hope to escape with minimal corruption, healing your hurts at safe havens along your path, such as the forest kingdom of Lothlórien. By playing your cards right and advancing quickly, you can collect powerful runes, unlock legendary cards to aid your journey, or find life tokens to help stave off corruption — not to mention advancing quickly through the conflicts. As you travel, the One Ring can be a crucial tool in your journey, allowing you to hide from sight, but repeated use will draw the attention of Sauron and corrupt the heart of the Ring-bearer.
Your journey leads you deeper into the darkness with each passing conflict, and safe havens become few and far between. You must carefully watch the corruption track because if the Sauron miniature ever meets a Hobbit, that player is eliminated — and if the Ring-bearer is eliminated, all players lose as Sauron reclaims the power of the One Ring. To win, throw the One Ring into the volcanic fires of Mount Doom.
Streamed live on 3 May 2024
In this episode Sonja and James continue chatting about the games that make up their collection.
00:00 Intro
03:02 The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game
11:29 How We Collect & Analysis Paralysis
16:39 On Mars
22:40 On Mars: Alien Invasion Expansion
24:11 Back to the LOTR: Card Game
26:14 Wrap Up
Description from Board Game Geek:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/77423/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game
The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is a cooperative adventure game in which the players attempt to complete a scenario, each with up to three heroes of their choice and a deck of allies, events and attachments to support them. Each round, players send their heroes and allies to quest or to fight with enemies that engage them. However, as the heroes and allies exhaust after questing, defending, or attacking, the players' options are typically insufficient to deal with everything at once. Therefore, players need to determine whether it is more urgent to quest and make progress in the scenario while the enemy forces gain power, or to take down enemies while making no progress, not knowing what will come next.
The core set contains three scenarios, twelve famous heroes from the works of J.R.R. Tolkien (including Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Denethor, and Éowyn), and four pre-constructed player decks. Players can either use one of these decks or construct their own deck to increase their chances of success and to explore new strategies. Additionally, The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is a Living Card Game with over ten years of content, and its content is re-released regularly in the form of Campaign and Hero Expansions. Campaign Expansions contain new scenarios for players to embark upon, and Hero Expansions contain new heroes and new cards for players to use in their decks.
Although this game is set in Tolkien's Middle-earth, most scenarios in the game do not represent scenes from the books, but rather take place in the seventeen years from Bilbo's 111th birthday until Frodo's departure from the Shire, allowing players to create their own stories and adventures in Middle-earth. Scenarios from the game's Saga Expansions do follow the events of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit books, and the scenarios from each Saga Expansion can be played individually or together as a Campaign Mode, with lasting consequences from game to game arising from the players' actions and decisions.
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Related Content:
Collectors Corner Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRujGXWSGVeRoG7pZGdV95N35SvymNO2L&si=RXcVFexDTiKRmFVt
Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion: https://youtu.be/07STLoZbBk4?si=NN1n5wUMpCRtPsE2
More On Mars: https://youtu.be/2RP2rDWAcFA?si=D6ku7DlfNZz0YqQn
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Support the show on Patreon – https://patreon.com/thatboardgameshow or by becoming a Channel Member here on YouTube. In this second episode of our Collectors Corner podcast, we are discussing The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth, designed by Nathan I. Hajek and Grace Holdinghaus, and published by Fantasy Flight Games. We discuss why we love this game and what we have done to make it a unique addition to our collection. Here are the links to the 3D files shown in this video:Terrain: https://www.printables.com/model/60425-journeys-in-middle-earth-battle-map-terrain-stuffInsert: https://www.printables.com/model/431400-organizer-journeys-in-middle-earth-lord-of-the-rin —description from the publisher Embark on your own adventures in J.R.R. Tolkien's iconic world with The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth, a fully co-operative, app-supported board game for one to five players! You'll battle villainous foes, make courageous choices, and strike a blow against the evil that threatens the land — all as part of a thrilling campaign that leads you across the storied hills and dales of Middle-Earth. Each individual game of Journeys in Middle-Earth is a single adventure in a larger campaign. You'll explore the vast and dynamic landscapes of Middle-earth, using your skills to survive the challenges that you encounter on these perilous quests. As you and your fellow heroes explore the wilderness and battle the dark forces arrayed against you, the game's companion app guides you to reveal the looming forests, quiet clearings, and ancient halls of Middle-Earth, while also controlling the enemies you encounter. Whether you're venturing into the wild on your own or with close companions by your side, you can write your own legend in the history of Middle-Earth. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/269385/the-lord-of-the-rings-journeys-in-middle-earth ––– Continue to enjoy the show: https://bio.site/thatboardgameshow/ Emperor's Workshop: Bespoke Tabletop Gaming Accessories | https://emperorsworkshop.co.za
Join Sonja and James in their Collectors Corner as they discuss the different games they have in their collection, the stories behind them, and why the remain in the collection.
In this first episode we are discussing The Lord of the Rings!
Talking board games, books, apparel, and why we have collected so many games with this theme.
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Flatline Playthrough: https://youtu.be/I0vE1wMpGMs
Star Realms Solo Campaign: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRujGXWSGVeS4pM5Y0jSnw2fkvdVlaJMN
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Sonja and James discuss the games they've been playing recently...
00:00 Intro
01:10 Underwater Cities
05:03 On Mars
08:33 Coffee Traders
12:32 More On Mars…
Underwater Cities Solo Showcase: https://youtu.be/OHMLAk7RzIw
Underwater Cities Unboxing: https://youtu.be/QTKXVp4EyZ0
On Mars Unboxing: https://www.patreon.com/posts/on-mars-alien-100819508?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
Coffee Traders Unboxing: https://youtu.be/RwVoiTH_wnQ
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In this episode Sonja and James chat about their recent experiences in tabletop gaming with, Quilts & Cats of Calico, Quirky Circuits, and Wormholes.
Three very different games with three completely different experiences.
00:00 Intro
01:05 Quirky Circuits
08:21 Wormholes
12:33 Quilts & Cats of Calico
16:47 Underwater Cities
19:32 Outro
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Sonja and James discuss their experience with Pandemic: The Cure, the Pandemic dice game.
Simon Read has made a video showcasing the game for us: https://youtu.be/tlbl8LQiUg0
And here is the song from Board Gaming Rambles: A song about Kickstarter
And the Merch James mentioned in this episode is now available!
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In this episode Sonja and James discuss Tiny Epic Defenders.
A fully cooperative game for 1-4 players designed by Scott Almes and published by Gamelyn Games.
You can watch a video of Tiny Epic Defenders in which James shows you the gameplay and components in more details:
After a brief overview of the gameplay and mechanisms they continue the discussion around player count, theme vs mechanisms, and more.
You can see the photo Sonja was talking about here : https://www.patreon.com/posts/massive-table-97180922?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link : it was actually Istanbul the Dice Game on the table in the photo... oops.
You can learn more about the game on it's page over at Board Game Geek:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/238656/tiny-epic-defenders-second-edition
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In this episode Sonja and James discuss their goals, highlights, stats, and more from 2023.
00:00 Intro
00:52 YouTube Channel Recap
04:03 Shelves of Ambition
05:59 Sonja’s Stats
10:34 James’ Stats
14:07 2023 Highlights
17:07 Read the Card
20:56 2023 Summary
21:43 Outro
Links:
ISS Vanguard Tutorial - https://youtu.be/dYg_VX4Z4uo
ISS Vanguard Unboxing - https://youtu.be/GFpr4_iOaAw
Menara - https://youtu.be/F43Gt0jT9l0
Rolling Realms - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRujGXWSGVeSil5PEmZjTPYpAeQPkdhqs
Cascadia - https://youtu.be/f9yBiDEJYPY
Star Realms - https://youtu.be/GaDrxh1JdN8
Friday - https://youtu.be/9s4EoxXbKVg
Read the Card - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRujGXWSGVeQLrp2xo_Ojy9QofbP4phJE
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In this episode of the TBGS Podcast, Sonja and James discuss Castle Panic, a cooperative tower defence game for 1-4 players designed by Justin De Witt and published by Fireside Games.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43443/castle-panic
Link to 3D castle – https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4950663
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In this podcast Sonja and her son James discuss various elements of the tabletop gaming hobby, the games they’ve been playing recently, and whatever else they feel like chatting about relating to the wonderful hobby of board games.
00:00 Intro
02:25 Pandemic: The Cure
14:18 Gaming with Non-Gamers
15:43 Games Played with Simon
17:04 Outro
ISS Vanguard | Tutorial – https://youtu.be/dYg_VX4Z4uo
ISS Vanguard | Organising Everything – https://youtu.be/GFpr4_iOaAw
Pandemic Iberia Playthrough – https://youtu.be/CcNzUckiEPI
Ancient Terrible Things: Reawakened | Solo Showcase – https://youtu.be/0FjqwwZ8tPw
Harbour | Solo Showcase – https://youtu.be/XeF6WZ4jfUM
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In this episode Sonja and James discuss their experience with ISS Vanguard after 24 hours of gameplay.
They go deep into various elements of this game, and what they enjoyed about it.
A huge thank you to the amazing team at Awaken Realms for bringing this incredible game into the world.
You can learn more about ISS Vanguard by watching the organising video James filmed on the TBGS YouTube channel, and stay tuned for the Tutorial Playthrough coming December 1st.
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In this podcast Sonja and her son James discuss various elements of the tabletop gaming hobby, the games they’ve been playing recently, and whatever else they feel like chatting about relating to the wonderful hobby of board games.
In this episode they discuss sharing games with new players, and how a game you might be ‘finished’ with can have new life breathed into it by sharing it with others.
00:00 Intro
00:45 Sharing Mechs VS Minions
08:42 Tiny Epic Quest
11:03 Points vs Theme
13:08 Under Falling Skies
16:55 Making Time to Play ISS Vanguard
20:25 Continuing the discussion of game weight
22:37 Wrap Up
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In this podcast Sonja and her son James discuss various elements of the tabletop gaming hobby, the games they’ve been playing recently, and whatever else they feel like chatting about relating to the wonderful hobby of board games.
In this episode they discuss ‘heavy’ games and how they are finding themselves playing more and more complicated games the deeper they dive into the hobby.
INDEX:
00:00 Intro
00:37 Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy
06:03 Menara
09:49 A Discussion of Weight
13:54 First Martians: Adventures on the Red Planet
15:47 ISS Vanguard
28:38 Outro
BGG Links:
Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy – https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/246900/eclipse-second-dawn-galaxy
Menara – https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244608/menara
First Martians: Adventures on the Red Planet – https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/192455/first-martians-adventures-red-planet
ISS Vanguard – https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/325494/iss-vanguard
You can watch a video for Menara on our YouTube channel – https://youtu.be/F43Gt0jT9l0?si=uPRWIbycZn3i3WZG
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In this episode Sonja and James discuss the games they have been playing recently, and their experience ‘attending’ SPIEL in Essen virtually.
Thank you to CGE for streaming every day on their Twitch channel, and the Dice Tower and Board Gaming Ramblings for their daily vlogs.
INDEX:
00:00 Intro
02:21 Virtual SPIEL
05:11 Way of the Panda
11:00 Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy
11:57 The Lord of the Rings
15:10 More Games
15:43 Discussing Player Count
18:28 Game Weight
23:18 Shelves of Ambition Update
26:17 Wrap Up
QUESTIONS:
What is your preferred player count?
What is your preferred weight of game?
Are you forever tempted by all the new games?
LINKS:
The Lord of the Rings - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/823/lord-rings
Way of the Panda - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/204575/way-panda
Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/246900/eclipse-second-dawn-galaxy
Tiny Epic Galaxies | Solo Showcase - https://youtu.be/Wd5IP4RzSjo?si=jEXdLCeEpJercEZo
Rolling Realms: Solitaire Minigolf Playlist - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRujGXWSGVeSil5PEmZjTPYpAeQPkdhqs&si=bWFiFVN843BQAKLA
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Sonja and James discuss the games they have been playing recently, and what’s new and what’s coming on the TBGS YouTube Channel.
00:00 Intro
00:55 Adventure Island
07:10 The Captain is Dead: Dangerous Planet
14:34 ISS Vanguard
23:35 Narration in Board Games
24:30 Wrap Up
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Sonja and James discuss the games they have been playing recently.
00:00 Intro
01:02 - Rolling Realms
Watch James play the Solitaire Minigolf variant here – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRujGXWSGVeSil5PEmZjTPYpAeQPkdhqs
05:32 - Steam: Rails to Riches / Age of Steam / Railways of the World
And we discuss player counts in games.
10:12 - The 7th Continent + What Goes Up Must Come Down Expansion
We never really stop playing this game, hence it making a recurring appearance on the podcast…
11:35 – On Mars + Alien Invasion Expansion
We have ordered this one and are waiting for it to arrive
18:44 – Cleopatra and the Society of Architects
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00:00 Intro
00:34 Gen Can’t
(aka, Gen Con for everyone who can’t be there)
We thoroughly enjoyed browsing the halls of Gen Con with Ray from CGE on Twitch, live-streaming all 4 days of the con.
You can watch the replays of the streams here - https://www.twitch.tv/czechgamesedition
Thank you Ray :)
04:35 Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lions (continued)
We briefly discuss the solo gameplay.
06:32 Light and Breezy Games
(for when you don’t want to melt your brain with a crunchy euro)
06:58 Fairy Tile
08:35 Professor Evil and the Citadel of Time
You can watch a video showcasing the gameplay of Professor Evil and the Citadel of Time here - https://youtu.be/vHhzW_JnaIc
10:27 Seven Bridges
A lovely little roll and write exploring the streets of Königsberg
12:37 The 7th Continent (link to previous podcast episode)
We just can’t stay away from this game for long, it keeps calling us back…
You can listen to a longer discussion about The 7th Continent in episode 1 of the TBGS podcast - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/that-board-game-show/episodes/Episode-1--The-7th-Continent--Our-Tale-of-Discovery-and-Adventure-e1ifl4g
And you can learn even more about the game on the publisher website - https://seriouspoulp.com/
14:42 Shelves of Ambition
18:41 Rolling Realms - Solitaire Minigolf
You can watch on all the episodes here - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRujGXWSGVeSil5PEmZjTPYpAeQPkdhqs)
21:01 Helpful Videos
Thank you Rodney Smith from Watch It Played (https://www.youtube.com/@WatchItPlayed)
23:34 Mechs vs Minions
24:47 Wrap Up
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