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Five Contributors, Five Reviews, Five Minutes Each.
Bringing you a monthly dose of rapid-fire board game reviews. Every four Wednesdays our five contributors will talk about a game on their radar that week. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or support us on Patreon.
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Episodes and Blog Entries
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Episode 69: Shards of Infinity: Relics of the Future, Hundreds of Horses, Lines of Action, Point Salad, Watergate
Episode | September 10th, 2019 | 24 mins 57 secs
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Episode 69: Shards of Infinity: Relics of the Future, Hundreds of Horses, Lines of Action, Point Salad, Watergate
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Episode 68: Pulsar 2849, Poison, Villainous, Good Society, Herbaceous
Episode | August 27th, 2019 | 24 mins 37 secs
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Episode 68: Pulsar 2849, Poison, Villainous, Good Society, Herbaceous
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Episode 67: Summoner Wars, Terraforming Mars: Prelude, Tales of Glory, Space Base: The Emergence of Shy Pluto, Trajan
Episode | August 13th, 2019 | 27 mins 9 secs
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Episode 67: Summoner Wars, Terraforming Mars: Prelude, Tales of Glory, Space Base: The Emergence of Shy Pluto, Trajan
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Episode 66: SHH, Hansa Teutonica, Dropmix, Basra, Caverna: Cave Vs. Cave
Episode | July 30th, 2019 | 26 mins 32 secs
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Episode 66: SHH, Hansa Teutonica, Dropmix, Basra, Caverna: Cave Vs. Cave
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Episode 65: Sekigahara, Roll to the Top, Brass: Birmingham, Extra!, Villagers
Episode | July 16th, 2019 | 27 mins 41 secs
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Episode 65: Sekigahara, Roll to the Top, Brass: Birmingham, Extra!, Villagers
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Episode 64: Two Rooms and a Boom, Red7, Blackout Hong Kong, Silver & Gold, What's My Word
Episode | July 2nd, 2019 | 26 mins
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Episode 64: Two Rooms and a Boom, Red7, Blackout Hong Kong, Silver & Gold, What's My Word
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Episode 63: Go Nuts for Donuts, Qwinto, Steam Works, Dixit, Sun Tzu
Episode | June 18th, 2019 | 25 mins 56 secs
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Episode 63: Go Nuts for Donuts, Qwinto, Steam Works, Dixit, Sun Tzu
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Episode 62: Quadropolis, Choice of Games, Tiny Towns, Happy Pigs, Second Chance
Episode | June 4th, 2019 | 25 mins 56 secs
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Episode 62: Quadropolis, Choice of Games, Tiny Towns, Happy Pigs, Second Chance
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Episode 61: Decrypto, Word Slam, Pandemic: Fall of Rome, Indigo, Black Sonata
Episode | May 21st, 2019 | 27 mins 15 secs
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Episode 61: Decrypto, Word Slam, Pandemic: Fall of Rome, Indigo, Black Sonata
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Episode 60: Dragon Castle, Blue Lagoon, Iron Dragon, Teotihuacan: City of Gods, Circle the Wagons
Episode | May 7th, 2019 | 26 mins 56 secs
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Episode 60: Dragon Castle, Blue Lagoon, Iron Dragon, Teotihuacan: City of Gods, Circle the Wagons
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Episode 59: Monopoly Deal, Village, Ticket to Ride: New York, Piepmatz, Escape Plan
Episode | April 23rd, 2019 | 25 mins 26 secs
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Episode 59: Monopoly Deal, Village, Ticket to Ride: New York, Piepmatz, Escape Plan
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Episode 58: Fight for Olympus, Gùgōng, Magic Maze, Star Trek Panic, Underwater Cities
Episode | April 9th, 2019 | 26 mins 39 secs
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Episode 58: Fight for Olympus, Gùgōng, Magic Maze, Star Trek Panic, Underwater Cities
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Episode 57: Among the Stars, On Tour, Le Havre, Sprawlopolis, The River
Episode | March 26th, 2019 | 26 mins 37 secs
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Episode 57: Among the Stars, On Tour, Le Havre, Sprawlopolis, The River
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Episode 56: Just One, Carpe Diem, Yokohama, Lancaster, Wildlands
Episode | March 12th, 2019 | 26 mins 42 secs
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Episode 56: Just One, Carpe Diem, Yokohama, Lancaster, Wildlands
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Episode 55: Kodama Duo, Takenoko, Illusion, Kanban, Oh Hell!
Episode | February 26th, 2019 | 27 mins 8 secs
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Episode 55: Kodama Duo, Takenoko, Illusion, Kanban, Oh Hell!
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Episode 54: Otys, Wingspan, 1846, Lanterns: The Harvest Festival, Gizmos
Episode | February 12th, 2019 | 27 mins 49 secs
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Episode 54: Otys, Wingspan, 1846: The Race for the Midwest, Lanterns: The Harvest Festival, Gizmos