A podcast about old-school German style board games.

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Original upload: 23 March 2023 Where we get too excited talking about games. 00:00 - Intro01:36 - What the podcast is about11:56 - Topic of the day: 3 OGs to present the genre12:59 - TOTD Martin&#39;s pick 115:10 - TOTD Nicolas&#39;s pick 119:58 - TOTD Mark&#39;s pick 126:43 - TOTD Nicolas&#39;s pick 233:10 - TOTD Mark&#39;s pick 240:52 - TOTD Martin&#39;s &#34;pick 2&#34;45:41 - TOTD Mark&#39;s pick 353:37 - TOTD Martin&#39;s pick 31:05:13 - TOTD Nicolas&#39;s pick 31:13:20 - News1:21:01 - Audience question 11:26:46 - Audience question 21:32:43 - Audience question 31:35:39 - Audience question 41:43:59 - Outro Mark&#39;s Bumbling - https://bumblingthroughdungeons.com/Martin&#39;s Babbling - https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/46

Episode 0: The Pilot

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Original upload: 27 April 2023 Where we definitely made it shorter than the previous attempt. 00:00 - Intro01:44 - RIP Klaus Teuber08:10 - Topic of the day: Why OGs?08:59 - TOTD - 1 - Entering the hobby17:18 - TOTD - 2 - Deviating from the hobby31:57 - TOTD - 3 - Reframing the hobby50:30 - TOTD - 4 - A bright future?59:15 - The News1:05:17 - Audience question 11:10:19 - Audience question 21:18:35 - Audience question 31:27:24 - Audience question 41:30:05 - Outro Darryl&#39;s gem excavation - https://www.boardgems.comSamo&#39;s best post ever - https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/188288/worst-game-ever?itemid=3781054#3781054 The game that ruined Eurogames - https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/46/blogpost/18955/posted-for-posterity-barnes-article-on-the-game-thFun-First Design - https://www.nohighscores.com/2012/06/21/cracked-lcd-fun-first-design/ OGGY 2022 - https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/308640/announcing-the-oggy-old-school-german-style-game-o

Episode 1: Play Drinkopoly

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Original upload: 13 October 2023 Where we&#39;re almost half a year late. Big thanks to @JasonSaastad on BoardGameGeek for the podcast&#39;s logo! 00:00 - Intro02:23 - Topic of the day: your 3 favourite things about OGs03:08 - TOTD Andy&#39;s pick 111:07 - TOTD Dennis&#39; pick 119:12 - TOTD Nicolas&#39; pick 129:10 - TOTD Dennis&#39; pick 236:11 - TOTD Nicolas&#39; pick 238:37 - TOTD Andy&#39;s pick 249:20 - TOTD Nicolas&#39; pick 358:30 - TOTD Andy&#39;s pick 31:03:17 - TOTD Dennis&#39; pick 31:06:28 - OG Fest Shilling1:10:44 - &#34;Outro&#34; OG Fall Fest 2023 - https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3148943/og-fall-fest-2023-oct-20-22

Episode 2: Innate Circles of Dorkness

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Original upload: 6 August 2026 Where we&#39;re a bit more than half a year late. 00:00 - Disclaimer12:34 - Intro13:34 - Watcha playin&#39; lately?24:24 - Topic of the day: OGGY 202328:53 - What&#39;s OGGY38:17 - Tangent on discoverability46:07 - Nicolas&#39; prediction54:34 - Martin&#39;s prediction59:55 - Bas&#39; prediction1:02:45 - Martin&#39;s pick1:06:48 - Bas&#39; pick1:12:57 - Nicolas&#39; pick1:20:06 - Bas&#39; unpick1:22:14 - Nicolas&#39; unpick1:24:26 - Martin&#39;s pick1:28:54 - Fan question1:32:00 - Podcast bookkeeping1:33:39 - Outro Big thanks again to @JasonSaastad on BoardGameGeek for the podcast&#39;s logo!

Episode 3: Heated Opinions

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Original upload: 16 Sept 2026 Where we try out the new looser editing and someone with a broken camera cuts out his co-hosts all the time. 00:00 - Intro01:13 - Who&#39;s Robin?03:16 - Who&#39;s Fiona?11:59 - Whatcha playing lately?12:20 - Fiona&#39;s plays15:15 - Nicolas&#39; plays23:15 - Robin&#39;s plays28:33 - Topic of the Day: OGs and game theory31:15 - TotD: What when 3+ players49:15 : TotD: What when private information59:12 - Future Fiona manages to get a word edgeways1:01:43 - The News1:02:08 - OGtoberFest 20261:03:50 - OGGY 20261:06:54 - Hall of Fame 1.021:10:19 - The Fan Mail1:10:37 - Question #11:11:11 - Fiona&#39;s answer #11:11:47 - Nicolas&#39; answer #11:16:07 - Robin&#39;s answer #11:21:14 - Question #21:21:38 - Fiona&#39;s answer #2 (i.e. the best bit)1:28:39 - Nicolas&#39; answer #21:34:23 - Robin&#39;s answer #21:38:08 - Outro

Episode 4: No Gods, No Masters

A podcast about old-school German style board games.