Mike Gnade, founder/CEO of Rock Manor Games (Set a Watch, Lawyer Up, and the upcoming Seas of Havoc) is our guest this week.

The topics we each picked for everyone to discuss:

• Christina (host): What deck-building games do we first show to newbies? And then after they need to graduate to something more advanced? (20:54)
• Mike Gnade (guest): Which Kickstarter board games pleasantly surprised you? And which disappointed you? (35:05)
• Shoe (producer): How do you go about culling your board game collection? (51:06)

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Games mentioned in this episode:

Intro:

• Set a Watch
• Lawyer Up
• Seas of Havoc
• Merchants of Magick
• Android: Netrunner
• Ankh: Gods of Egypt
• Blood Rage
• Rising Sun
• Phantom Ink
• Decrypto

Christina's topic: Intro and graduate deck-builders

• Ascension
• Shards of Infinity
• Magic: The Gathering
• Ascension: Realms Unraveled
• Star Realms
• Brass Empire
• Thunderstone
• Dominion
• DC Comics Deck-Building Game
• Paperback
• Hardback
• Lost Ruins of Arnak
• Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure
• Clank! In! Space!: A Deck-Building Adventure
• Tyrants of the Underdark
• Aeon's End
• Aeon's End: Legacy

Mike's topic: Kickstarters that delivered and disappointed

• Scythe
• Chai
• Azul
• Reef
• Architects of the West Kingdom
• Tokaido
• Ticket to Ride
• Nouvelle-France
• Innovation
• Crokinole
• Rising Sun
• Wavelength
• Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef
• Cleopatra and the Society of Architects
• Agents of SMERSH
• Karmaka
• Calico
• Cascadia
• Verdant

Shoe's topic: How we decide to cull games

• Photosynthesis
• Car Wars
• Wingspan
• Azul
• Karmaka
• Viticulture
• Everdell
• Architects of the West Kingdom
• Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure
• Clank! In! Space: A Deck-Building Adventure
• Dominion
• Glass Road

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