135 The Christmas Special Podcast 2024

Welcome to the Christmas special podcast

Joel, Nick and Lewis were meant to be free-flowing with the show like other Christmas shows in the past, however, Nick still wrote a script. so you will still get news, Kickstarters, played board games, and more.

Conventions

Fox & Hounds board game weekend – rooms available now (which include weekend tickets). Visitor weekend tickets will be available from our website soon!

News

• Asmodee get a cash injection, goes looking for more companies to acquire


• The Mandalorian: Adventures to get a sequel


• Nucleum 3rd expansion announced


• New BGG feature: Trends


• Lewis goes off on an Apple TV tangent


• Why Lewis’ ankle hurts

Crowdfunding

Kickstarter

• Alhambra: Family & Friends edition


• Ascendice 2: Levatating Dice


• Tiny Crawler – a 3D-printable dungeon crawler

(nothing noteworthy on Gamefound)

Played Games

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    • Pandemic
    
    
    • The Crew: The Quest for Planet 9
    
    
    • Apiary + Expansion
    
    
    • River of Gold
    
    
    • Rebirth
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

• Lewis

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    • Concordia
    
    
    • Lost Ruins of Arnak
    
    
    • Side-discussion about Monumental & its delayed expansion that’s finally started shipping + the Monumental Duel Exploration card game
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

• Joel

• Joel’s annual Marvel Snap update

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  • Power Grid Outpost
  
  
  • Star Trek: Captain’s Chair
  
  
  
  

Non-Gaming Things

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    • Carry On on Netflix
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

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    • Black Doves on Netflix
    
    
    • Red One on Prime
    
    
    • Star Trek: Lower Decks wraps up its final season
    
    
    • Exciting trailers:
      
      
      
      • James Gunn’s Superman
      
      
      • Karate Kid: Legends
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

• Lewis

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  • Some Apple TV stuff
    
    
    
    • Spirited
    
    
    • The Legend of Vox Machina
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

Happy Christmas and see you all in the New Year for more board gaming excitement.

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