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Tonight Dan and Riddle are Joined by Ryan and Justin to talk about what feels like 20 million dollar crowdfunding projects going on, and as always we will meander around every topic in the world such as football, Gamers for Cures (11-8-25) and plenty of other Dangents.

We’ll hit on what we have been playing and watching all before a REAL solid and fun Fictional President Draft!

Kickstarters/Gamefound

KS

Return to Dark Tower: Expeditions

Red Dragon Inn 10

Tenpenny Parks: Expansion and Collector’s Ed

The Dealers Tarot

Bake Your own Gingerbread Dungeon

Don’t Starve: The Board Game

Honors End

Dice Throne Vangaurd 

GameFound

Elder Scrolls: Heroes of Tamriel (Expansions (5!) to Betrayal of the second era)

Heroes of Might and Magic:The Card Game

Uprising:Legendary Big Box and True Solo mode

News/whatever

Portal Games is releasing a new deck building game Bohemians Oct 25. ($40)

Very cool that pubs putting things on BGA 1st a lot now before release and or KS  

Over on BGG Jamey Stegmeier announced that Origin Story a game which uses trick-taking and tableau building will release at Essen (Limited quantities) and worldwide in Nov (But likely not here in US until 2026?). Being Designed by Pete Wissinger has me VERY excited to check this one out. (Guess $25-30)  

Using more Card Crafting mechanics in games– Alderac Entertainment Group reportedly will release Misfit Heroes next year  April ‘26 

This reminds me of Custom heroes and Ruins from John D Clair a bit. And Speaking of which there will be a new game based off of Mystic Vale called Mystic Lands coming very soon to Kickstarter.

They showed me some early gameplay at Gen Con and I am VER YVERY excited to check it out.   

What we have been playing

Dan Elder Scrolls:Betrayal of the Second Era

Just got Rove in but will be a little while (Tons of BGA– Bohemians)  

Riddle Galileo Galilei

Bomb Busters  

Ryan

Below: The Asylum  

Justin

D&D!

Disc golf

Marvel DAGGER

Fate of the Fellowship  

What we have been watching

Dan

Thursday Murder Club  

Riddle 

Tires S2

Grimm  

Ryan

Invincible 

Tron: Ares  

Justin

Peacemaker S2

Only Murders in the Building S5

Long Bright River    

DRAFT!!!

Once the Draft thread has been started can vote HERE!

Today’s Draft– Fictional Presidents  

	Ryan	Riddle	Justin	Dan
Round 1	Bill Pullman  Whitmore (Independence day)	Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho (Terry Crews, Idiocracy)	Martin Sheen Bartlet  (West Wing)	Harrison Ford Marshal ( Air force one)
Round 2	Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep)	Kevin Kline Mitchell (Dave)	Morgan Freeman Beck (Deep Impact)	President Skroob Mel Brooks (Spaceballs)
Round 3	Dennis Haysbert Pres Palmer (24)	Billy Bob Thornton (Love Actually)	President Lex Luthor	Michael Douglas  Pres. Shepherd (The American President)
Round 4	Keith David Pres Curtis (Rick and Morty)	Arnold Schwarzenegger (Rainier Wolfcastle, The Simpsons Movie)	Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnel, Battlestar Galactica)	(Fifth Element)  Pres Lindberg Tiny Lister

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Tonight Riddle and Ryan are back for a nice long chat all across the universe of Sports (sorta), Crowdfunding, a ton of what we have been watching and a ton of great games we have played.  

Gamers for Cures 2025! 11-8-25

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Next Monday 29th Riddle and I are back on Codenames live! (Vs Will Keeler – Roll for Crit)

Crowdfunding!

KS

Kalypso — Inside up- Played this one quite a bit

Distilled: Cocktails

Container

The Game Makers  — Ben Rosset (on BGA as well)

Football U  — Scorelander games

Riftblade  — Dice throne meets Ascension they say  

GameFound

The Gilded Realms

WItcher:Legacy (coming soon)

News/whatever

TI4 coming to Steam  

What we have been watching

  Dan

Tires S2 T

he Waterfront 

Hunting Wives  

Riddle 

Untamed

The Perfect Couple

St. Dennis Medical  

 

Ryan

Alien Earth

The Pitt

The Studio  

What we have been playing!!

  Dan

Elder Scrolls:Betrayal of the Second Era

Frosthaven

Just got Rove in but will be a little while  

Riddle

Raccoon Tycoon

El Paso

Citizens of the Spark

Tea Garden  

Ryan

Ants

Orloj

Covenant

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Tonight Dan is joined by Chris, Adam and Ryan for a nice long talk about Crowdfunding, some TV and of course what we all played saw and loved at this year’s Gen Con! I

t’s a long one b/c it’s been too long since we have talked to each other!  

Kickstarters/Gamefound

KS

Ascendancy Underworld

Flip Voyage + Fliptown New Frontier

Land Vs Sea Uncharted Plus Meeples

Risk of Rain

Beasts and Diplomacy  (Plus more AI art talk)  

GameFound

Teburu Dungeon: Sword and Sorcery    

News/whatever

Frosthaven Digital Early Access 7-31-25

Also Titan Quest 2 in EA

(Bought both but waiting for different reasons)  

What we have been watching

  Dan

Happy Gilmore 2

Tires S2

Wicked Pt 1

Shrinking S2  

Chris

Ryan Trahan’s 50 states in 50 days series on YouTube (incredible)

The Accountant 2

The Naked Gun

FF  

Ryan

Mickey 17

Severence S2

Alien Earth   

Adam

Happy Gilmore 2

Old Guard 2 

Uglies 

Geostorm 

Gen Con Review And/or what we have been playing!!

  Dan

Level 99 games Dealers tarot KS in Oct book and Tarot Decks, book with 20-30 games for the decks  

GWT:El Paso

Citizens of the Spark   

Gloomhaven Merc Packs are awesome (20$ each drop right into your campaign!)

Portal Age Of Galaxy demos were quite the hotness and looks great!

Some good stuff coming from Red Raven– Sequel to Sleeping Gods new world some changes to system  

CGE room was a blast

Spicy, Mu and more, giant Galaxy trucker    

Adam 

Galileo Galilei, Tea Garden, Suna Valo, Wine Cellar

Card Games: Moirai (Devir), Jungo, Llama Llama – all fun and solid. Slambo sucked.   

Ryan-

Tea Witches

Lightning Train

Cat and the tower

Dying Message  

MvM Event Sat night 

Hot streak

Draft IT!

The Witcher Legacy

Thanks for listening!

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Tonight Dan and BJ have our yearly fun time of giving you the Top 11 Games To Try and Top 11 Games to Buy at Gen Con 2025.

The Games to “try ” are ones which are Demo only as far as we have seen and cannot be bought.

And the games to “buy” are ones which have been reported to be available for purchase.  

Top 11 to Try (Reminder these are games you CANNOT Buy Demo only

Dan 

Excalibur (roxley I guess not there? But if you see them DEMO IT)

Vale of Eternity Artifacts Expansion (played at Char con not sure if out yet but look at their booth

 

11  Holiday Hills and Jingle Bell Roll from Chris Couch Games

10  BattleForge:Berserker and DANTE:Inferno (Creative Games Studio)

9   Beasts and Diplomacy and Tricky Seasons: Finland   (Dragon Dawn Productions)

8  Bagged and Boarded (Octoraffe Games)

7  Manhattan Project:Energy Empire (Frost Bite Games)

6  Biomes of Nilgiris ( BluEncore Just event demos?)

5  Stella Quest (CrowD Games)- Trick taker be careful to not take too many in a row

4  Six Sojourns:Deluxe Ed (Red Raven) -expanding or broadening 8 min empire

3   Borealis:Arctic Expeditions (Lucky Duck)

2  Natera:New Beginning (Horizon Games)

1   March of the Ants:Evolved Ed (Weird City games)  

 

 

Battle Monsters: Godzilla Vs King Ghiforah  (Restoration)

Kalypso Inside up Possibly will have it there

 

Expansions/Hon Mention

SETI:Space Agencies (CGE)

Clank! Catacombs– Underworld (Dire Wolf)

Polaris (Detestable Games) Luciani but more abstract not big euro

Aetherspire (Phase Shift Games)

Fountains (The OP)

LOTR:Fate of the Fellowship (Z-Man)

 

BJ

 

11. Sanibel (Avalon Hill) – Elizabeth Hargraves

10.Into The Machine  (AEG)

9.Crits & Tricks (Inside Up Games)

8.Inkwell (DVC Games)

7.Digging for Dinos (Third World Studios) 

6.Cretaceous Rails (Spielcraft Games)

5.Revenant (Mindclash)

4.Class of ’89  (Paverson Games)

3.The Game Makers (Bezier)

2.I C E (This Way!) – second edition

1. Phoenix New Horizon (Devir)

Honorable mention: 

Satchel Quest (designers from Flatout Games)

Louisiana’s own Coalition: Councils of the Republic from Spoonbill Games

Above and below Haunted 

Plus expansions to try:

Sea Salt & Paper – EXTRA PEPPER

Distilled – COCKTAILS

Top 11 to BUY– Games that will be for sale (or we were told or think will be for sale)

 

Dan

Some just missing list

Belgian Beers Race Dice (Grand Gamers $30)

Merchants of Andromeda (Allplay – $39) funky dutch draft

 

Would be on my list but don’t think it will be there

12 Rivers (Good Games — Sept? ) Marbles!

 

Timber Town (Alley Cat games $25)

 

11   Horrified: D&D (Ravensburger– $35)

10   Ace Of Spades (Devir — $30)

9  Positano (Slugfest – $50)

8   Citizens of the Spark (Thunderworks Games- $55)

7   How to Save a World (Burnt Island $50)

6  Suna Valo (Capstone $50) Andreas Odendahl

5  Inferno (Grand Gamers guild — $80) 

4   Ruins (John D Clair new custom heroes!–$17) And hon mention Unstoppable (Renegade- $60) John D clair more solo and expansion

3   Shackleton Base:A Journey to the Moon (Pandasaurus– $90)

2   Galactic Cruise (Kinson Key Games –$119) Also 2 expansions Accommodations and Advancements $25 each

1   The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the second era (Chip Theory -$ 225)

 

Price ~ $801

 

Expansions

Earth: Abundance (Inside up $35)

Tir na nog:Blessings and Burdens (Grand Gamers Guild –$25)

Pirates of Maracaibo:Commanders (Capstone $35)

The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the second era Valenwood (CTG — $45)

Galaxy Trucker Do What ?! (CGE- $30)

Lost Ruins of Arnak:Adventure Chest (CGE $80)

 

The Four Doors (Happy Camper $20) Fleeples and Leacock!

 

Hon Mention

Dragon Clans (Van Ryder– $20)

Tearable Quest (allplay $9)

AEGIS (Zephyr Workshop — $65)

 

SO MANY MORE MENTUIONED!!

Up or Down (Capstone $17)

Justice (Dragon Dawn Productions $33) interesting trick taking

Koi (DV Games –$40) 

Perch (Inside up $44)

Nature (North Star games- $35)

Guildlands (Outset Media – $40)

Rival Cities (Pegasus Spiele- $33)– Steding!

Age of Galaxy (Portal- Will not be there unfortunately)

Disney Villainous Unstoppable (Ravensburger — $25)

The Anarchy (renegade- $65) Next loaded Roll n write from Bobby Hill

Sprocketforge (Sophisticated Cerberus Games– $70)

Everdell Duo (Starling Games– $35)

Yokohama Duel (Synapses Games– $25)

 

—- BJ —–

 

11 Red Letter Yellow Letter ​​(25th C) – Nathan Thornton (Green Team Wins, Medium etc) $20

10 Soda Jerk (Allplay) – first game from Chris Yi from the Dice Tower  $9

9 TRND (Oink Games) $23

8 Raising Chicago (Capstone) $65

7.Logic & Lore (Weird Giraffe) $25 

6 Ofrenda (Osprey Games) $60 

5 Lightning Train (Dire Wolf) $50 – Paul Dennen’s new game

4 Transgalactica (Devir) $80 – Danielle Tascini’s new game

3 Nature (NorthStar Studios) – $35 – Dom Crapuchettes

2 Star Wars Battle of Hoth (Days of Wonder) $60

1 Luthier (Paverson Games) – $80– Dave Beck and Abe Burson

 

Total: $507

 

Honorable Mentions:

The Four Doors – The Fleeples team up with Matt Leacock 

Brink – IV Studios new big release

Tea Garden Tomas Holek’s new game from Albi

No Loose Ends 

Shackleton Base: A Journey To The Moon Pandasaurus release 

Zenith PlayPunk’s new game 

Age of Galaxy new Portal game that looks really good 

Unmatched Battle of Legends Vol 3 

Habemus Papamus 

En Route -flip and draw your way around the world from CrowD games

 

Head to the discord and share what your most anticipated games are!  

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The NEW KS is up as well Gametoppers 5.0  

Tonight I am glad to be joined by longtime friend Kevin Burkhardsmeier or “Burky” to all of us. The Founder/Creator of Game Toppers LLC.

It’s fun to catch up with Burky and hear about the origins of the company and how far it’s come.

We also dive nice and deep about all the great additions to the toppers, the add ons/Accessories for the toppers and of course my favorite–the MATS!

We dig deep and talk all about the optioins in the Kickstarter and there might be something you missed or something you might want to grab!

The Prices are amazing and so is the quality of the product as well.

A fun conversation and always great to peel back the curtain on an amazing company with an even more amazing product!  

Coming up this month we will hit a Spoiler Alert SUPERMAN!

And then later in the month BJ will join me for the top 11 to try and top 11 to buy at Gen Con  

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And most of us will be at Charcon! Info for the con here!

Thanks for listening!

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The NEW KS is up as well Gametoppers 5.0

Greetings programs! That’s right tonight we have not 1, but 2! drafts for your listening pleasure. We have two takes on the adventuring party draft, one being more of a traditional party the other being more of a normal take on the party (you will have to listen to find out what that means!). We also talk about some great crowdfunding, TV and games we have played so enjoy the banter and thanks for listening!  

Kickstarters/Gamefound

Crowdfunding

Queen Games Stefan Feld Manila and Beijing

Manila- Amerigo

Beijing – In the year of the dragon (Blegh)  

The Tabletop Inn: A Board Game Bed & Breakfast

Roll Player Adventures: Silver Threads of Fate

Hagia Sophia (Print and play roll and write)  

Gamefound

Agricola Special Edition

SolForge Fusion: Shadows Over Solis

Nexus Card Game

The Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation Ultimate Edition    

News/whatever

  Digital Frosthaven Demo this week!

Steam Next Fest and the Public Demo run from 6/9 at 10am PT (7pm CEST) to 6/16 at 10 am PT (7pm CEST) and Frosthaven will be playable for that whole time

Missing BlinkBlade and Geminate  

Mr President steam DEMO  

Happy Camper will release a new Co-Op game by Matt Leacock, Matt Riddle and Ben Pinchback called  The Fours Doors, Aug 25 ($20- Preorder)  

What we’ve been watching

  Dan

Murderbot (apple)

Stick

Ryan

Duster

Sinners   

Justin

MI Final Reckoning

Bring Her Back

The Accountant 2  

Riddle 

Reacher S3

Dept Q    

What we have been PLAYING

Dan

Frosthaven

Monster Train 2  

Riddle

Hegemony  

Ryan

Still Playing Blue Prince

Still Playing Expedition 33

Still Playing Shackleton Base

Monster Train 2

Justin The Same Game  

DRAFT!!!  

Today’s Draft-  Adventuring/Dungeon crawling party with tv/movie Fantasy characters (no super heroes)  

	Dan	Ryan	Justin	Matt
Round 1	Geralt – Fighter	Gandalf – Wizard	Dumbledore- Wizard	Conan – Warrior
Round 2	Legolas – Ranger	Dandelion – The Witcher	Enigo Montoya – Rogue	Merlin – Wizard
Round 3	Jack Sparrow – Rogue	The Viper – Rogue	Aragorn – Ranger	Robin Hood – Ranger
Round 4	Willow – Wizard	He Man – Fighter	Glinda – Healer	Gimli – Tank

  Draft 2 — Fictional ground level people Adventuring party (again no super heroes and no real people)  

	Matt	Justin	Ryan	Dan
Round 1	Dr. House – Healer	Ted Lasso – Bard	Mr. Miyagi – Monk	Reacher – Paladin
Round 2	John Mclane – Warrior / Paladin	John Wick – Assassin	Walker, Texas Ranger – Ranger	Baymax – Healer
Round 3	Merida – Druid	Rocky – Monk	Ethan Hunt – Rogue	The Accountant – Assassin
Round 4	Maximus – Fighter	Benoit Blanc – Sage	Danny Ocean – Bard	The Predator- Fighter

  When they go up you can VOTE for the winner here!  

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And most of us will be at Charcon! Info for the con here!

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Tonight Dan and Riddle are joined by the amazing guys from MvM David and Ryan. It’s a lively talk about the new Superman Trailer, Comedians, TV, Movies, Games and a whole lot of nothing!

I hope you enjoy and please join our Discord Channel!  

Crowdfunding

We didn’t get to all of these but here’s some titles to check out!

KS

Battle monsters Godzilla X Kong

Ronin

Flamecraft Duals

Secret(ish) Games by Allplay

Nippon: Zaibatsu

Food Truck Race

ReWild: South America

Gamefound

Casus Belli  

What we have been watching!

Andor (spoiler free)

Thunderbolts*

Star Wars 

Shawshank Redemption  

Coming Soon Trailers:

Superman  

Peacemaker S2  

Games played and/or Talked about

Power vacuum

Galactic Cruise

Shackleton Base

Blue Prince 

Expedition 33

Marvel Champions 

Wondrous Creatures (great engine builder)

Metal Gear Solid  

Don’t forget to join the Discord and join in on the fun!

And most of us will be at Charcon! Info for the con here!  

Thanks for listening!  

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Click HERE!  

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Kickstarters/Gamefound

KS

Earth: Animal Kingdom Expansion

Charcon 2025

Rogue Dungeon: A Rogue’s Tale

Vesta Majong in a thematic co-op euro

Trickerion – 10-year Anniversary Edition (soon to be on BGA)

Gamefound

Spark Riders 3000: Galactic Modules Expansion

HellDivers 2: The Board Game

Six Sojourns By Red Raven Games

Ark Nova 3dition (coming soon)  

 

What we’ve been watching

  Dan

Reacher S3

Twisters

White Lotus 

The Pitt 

Love on the Spectrum (US S3)

Later Daters  

Chris

From (season 3)

Reacher

Daredevil

The Rookie  

Riddle

AP Bio

Mentalist    

 

What we’ve been playing

 

Dan

Ready Set Bet 

Metal Gear solid The BG

Moonlight Market 

 

Chris

SETI

Ready Set Bet (with real time app) – Prefer Long Shot

The Gang

Darwin’s Journey

Fortune & Glory

 

Riddle

Dragon Age:Veilguard

Gnome Hollow

Kathmandu

House of Fado

Power Vacuum

 

Thanks for listening!

 

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