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Game designer David Thompson joins Candice to discuss their favorite board games for dipping your toes into historical board games.
- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:01:51 Game Updates from David (War Chest: Nightfall, Undaunted 2200: Callisto, War Story Occupied France, Night Witches, and Zheng He)
- 00:08:10 New GeekUp bits for War Chest & Tash Kalar
- 00:08:34 The Hobby premiere at SXSW
- 00:13:14 Cardboard Creations available on podcast platforms
- 00:18:03 Fresh Plays
- 00:19:13 Mandala
- 00:24:14 Triqueta + Hidden Wolves expansion
- 00:30:56 Patterns
- 00:34:29 Candice is getting back into Lord of the Rings: The Card Game
- 00:35:33 Sea Salt & Paper
- 00:46:12 Dipping Your Toes into Historical Board Games
- 00:46:17 What historical games are all about
- 00:49:29 Why we're passionate about historical games
- 00:52:19 Our Favorite Introductory Historical Board Games
- 00:53:31 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Dual Powers: Revolution 1917, Twilight Struggle: Red Sea, Votes for Women, The Red Burnoose: Algeria 1857, Undaunted: Normandy, Valiant Defense Series )
- 00:58:03 Versailles 1919
- 01:01:45 Halls of Hegra
- 01:06:43 The Battle of Versailles
- 01:11:23 Border Reivers
- 01:15:46 Stonewall Uprising
- 01:20:13 Cuba Libre
- 01:23:37 The British Way
- 01:25:23 Liberty or Death
- 01:27:11 Land and Freedom
- 01:32:29 1815, Scum of the Earth
- 01:36:32 Votes for Women
- 01:40:04 Zenobia Award Games
- 01:41:28 Sign-off
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