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Dan has taken first player and focuses this episode all about luck in board games, are we lovers of it, does it make us sick. The team don their four leaf clovers, rabbits feet and anything else which will boost their luck stats and head in for another Whose Turn fireside chat.
FIRST PLAYER: Dan
OTHER PLAYERS: JP, Kerley & Tambo
In this episode you'll learn:
- how JP has got on with Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era by Chip Theory Games. Does it top Too Many Bones?
- our opinions on another Essen release Minos: Dawn of the Bronze Age by Board & Dice
- about Tambo's solo experiences of Tiny Epic Dinosaurs by Gamelyn Games
- that we're not done terraforming the big red one with Terraforming Mars: Prelude 2 expansion by FryxGames
- about our experiences in luck within board games and where we fall on having too much or too little in games
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Link to Elder Scrolls: BOTSE Live Stream on Gaming Rules! - https://www.youtube.com/live/dxYAXqhhY9M?si=JOaaXTuX_Zhx8uVE
EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:43 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
1:57 - Tambo - Tiny Epic Dinosaurs Solo & Unfathomable
4:01 - JP - Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era
14:10 - Kerley - Minos: Dawn of the Bronze Age
20:39 - Dan - Terraforming Mars: Prelude 2
25:06 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Do you feel lucky...punk?
31:39 - Examples of where luck has gone or not gone your way
40:09 - An aside on push your luck games
43:39 - What is the right amount of luck in games?
1:00:09 - When you lose battles due to luck but it's not the end of the world
1:03:59 - Does the amount of luck decide on whether you will play a game again or not?
1:10:39 - TURN 4 - Would you rather...your favourite board of all time have a deterministic only expansion OR a luck only expansion
1:18:52 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:29:48 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
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