It's been a while since we've done one of these! Bored from our recent bouts of co-operative board game drafting, this week's episode sees the return to the competitive format, where we pit our games against one another, and let you decide who did it best. This week, two player games. Also... did we mention you can win $50 just by voting? Before we revel in democracy, we also talk about Rolling Freight, and Six-Sided Seas.

02:35 - Rolling Freight
13:19 - Six-Sided Seas
18:02 - Two player games draft
22:15 - War of the Ring: Second Edition
23:59 - Lost Cities
25:12 - 7 Wonders Duel
25:59 - Android: Netrunner
28:56 - Hanamikoji
29:57 - Sky Team
31:20 - Patchwork
32:17 - Codenames: Duet
33:41 - Hive
35:25 - Twilight Struggle
36:05 - Watergate
39:07 - Toy Battle
39:50 - Compile: Main 1
40:41 - Confusion: Espionage and Deception in the Cold War
44:15 - Splendor Duel

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Perhaps inspired by our recent embracing of minimalism a month ago, Kellen's going all in on reducing his games. In fact, he's already done it, and is here to tell all about everything that's left his collection and why. Before we recover shelf space, we talk about Epona, and Cheops.

04:42 - Epona
15:59 - Beast Mode?
19:33 - Cheops
29:11 - Kellen's Kull

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We're not going to Essen, and frankly, may never, but that won't stop us from wishing we were going. From the mountain of games we won't get to play in person, we've mined for the diamonds that we think you should keep your eyes on. Before we get to digging, we talk about Hanami, Brink, and Railway Boom.

02:14 - Hanami
12:06 - Brink
24:22 - Railway Boom
36:05 - Essen SPIEL 2026 Preview
38:16 - 1st CEO
39:24 - Robo Run
40:56 - -60°
43:49 - Apocalypse
45:31 - Kalypso
46:51 - Timespan
49:42 - 17 Dice Bets
52:51 - KumoKumo Park
54:11 - Chronocritters
56:09 - Tikal Legend
57:38 - Ancient Empires
59:10 - Almighty
1:01:41 - Old Ones Origins
1:06:02 - Courtroom: The Noir Trilogy
1:08:51 - For the Gods!

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