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Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today Anastasia, Jonathan, and Nick discuss our recent plays of Terra Nova. View the video version and let us know what you think by leaving a comment here - https://youtu.be/X7MnaqYYZpY Theme song "Unboxing" created by and used with the permission of Michael Chadwick - michaelchadwick.info

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today Anastasia, Jonathan, and Nick discuss our recent plays of Seeland. If you'd like to see images of the game and leave any comments about this episode, then please go to the video version here: https://youtu.be/pLd2-5JjkOo Theme song "Unboxing" created by and used with the permission of Michael Chadwick - michaelchadwick.info

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today Jonathan, Anastasia, & Nick discuss the board game Carnegie. There is a video version of this podcast that shows images of the game while we discuss it. Check that out, and please leave a comment here if you have something to add to the discussion -> https://youtu.be/9PfL0y88Rts JonGetsGames Carnegie tutorial link - https://youtu.be/K85LCaWhcy4 JonGetsGames Carnegie Playthru link - https://youtu.be/rgZbU6qHb0E

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today Jonathan, Anastasia, & Nick discuss the World Boardgaming Championships convention. There is a video version of this podcast that shows images of the game while we discuss it. Check that out, and please leave a comment here if you have something to add to the discussion -> https://youtu.be/racR6BLufIE Nick's BGG Geeklist about all the games he played this year at WBC - https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/302452/wbc-2022-nicks-many-hours-games Theme song "Unboxing" created by and used with the permission of Michael Chadwick - https://michaelchadwick.info

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today Jonathan, Anastasia, & Nick discuss the board game Maracaibo: The Uprising. JonGetsGames Maracaibo tutorial link - https://youtu.be/PMCCyLW2NjU There is a video version of this podcast that shows images of the game while we discuss it. Check that out, and please leave a comment here if you have something to add to the discussion -> https://youtu.be/bfIqxWCAhDk

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today Jonathan, Anastasia, & Nick discuss the board game Dead Reckoning. There is a video version of this podcast that shows images of the game while we discuss it. Check that out, and please leave a comment here if you have something to add to the discussion -> https://youtu.be/VcxXEl4r76o

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today Jonathan, Anastasia, & Nick discuss the board game Cape May. There is a video version of this podcast that shows images of the game while we discuss it. Check that out and please leave a comment here if you have something to add to the discussion :) https://youtu.be/s7jl3h1N8P8 Game Designer Diary for Cape May - https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2658769/designer-diary

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today Jonathan, Anastasia, & Nick discuss all things Engine Building. Is it a mechanism? How do we actually define it? Does Nick think it even exists? We'd love to hear what you think about the game and our discussion, so please leave a comment at the YouTube version of this episode here - https://youtu.be/IKc0MTcOIjs Games Discussed & Relevant Links: Card Kingdoms of Valeria • No JonGetsGames or Friendly Ties coverage Concordia • Review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ7WG1RAxKk • Venus Expansion Playthru - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHzQye3AoRk Darwin’s Journey • Jon's Impressions - https://youtu.be/sdfR9rT30Ew?t=1188 • Tutorial & Playthru - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38HNCY8-2D8 Dominion • No JonGetsGames or Friendly Ties coverage Furnace • Jon's Impressions - https://youtu.be/mtxRhxrv22I?t=860 • Friendly Ties Review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0M7pR7kuuc Gizmos • Jon's Impressions - https://youtu.be/lBa6s_409cE?t=2037 Golem • Rules Teach - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar_ry__KNe4 • Full Playthru - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjjZHsvlExA • Friendly Ties Review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ibusN5riTM Grand Austria Hotel • Jon's Impressions (he likes it a bit more now) - https://youtu.be/S0ARMPGQLcM?t=1297 Hallertau • Jon's Impressions - https://youtu.be/_vByA380ym4?t=1352 • Tutorial & Playthru - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt2SoXE29nQ Lorenzo il Magnifico • Jon's Impressions - https://youtu.be/tG0uTH6M700?t=1430 Machi Koro • Jon's Impressions - https://youtu.be/tRYqaDbfX8A?t=321 Maracaibo • Tutorial & Playthru - https://youtu.be/PMCCyLW2NjU • Jon's Impressions - https://youtu.be/-hbyuCg6SyQ?t=718 Messina 1347 • Friendly Ties Review - https://youtu.be/vtOiIeC039I Pulsar 2049 • Rules & Review - https://youtu.be/GN5HOz3IJEM https://youtu.be/GN5HOz3IJEM • Tutorial & Playthru - https://youtu.be/9TIGEF4SdNE • Jon's Impressions - https://youtu.be/kpGtzJpoER4?t=2984 Race for the Galaxy • No JonGetsGames or Friendly Ties coverage Space Base • Rules & Review - https://youtu.be/r6WAylleUV4 https://youtu.be/r6WAylleUV4 Steam Works • No JonGetsGames or Friendly Ties coverage Steampunk Rally • Rules & Review - https://youtu.be/TYJWHo5CTSs • Tutorial & Playthru - https://youtu.be/PBBHeXMMwkw Suburbia • No JonGetsGames or Friendly Ties coverage Terraforming mars • Rules & Review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7ejiA0yk2A • Tutorial & Playthru - https://youtu.be/_X_f5qVPL1c Underwater Cities • Tutorial & Playthru - https://youtu.be/6_HCzo_HAYI • Jon's Impressions - https://youtu.be/1MZd0vGUgoA?t=1793 Village • No JonGetsGames or Friendly Ties coverage Viticulture • No JonGetsGames or Friendly Ties coverage Wingspan • Tutorial & Playthru - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDJ5WwpV3Sg • Jon's Impressions - https://youtu.be/ysgnnBGrJUY?t=5098

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today Jonathan, Anastasia, & Nick discuss the board game Messina 1347. We'd love to hear what you think about the game and our discussion, so please leave a comment at the YouTube version of this episode here - https://youtu.be/vtOiIeC039I BGG link - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/238799/messina-1347

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today Anastasia and Nick will be discussing, in-depth, various strategies you can use to get better at the board game Maracaibo. JonGetsGames Maracaibo Tutorial - https://youtu.be/PMCCyLW2NjU Please leave a comment on the YouTube version of this episode, we'd love to hear the thoughts you may have: https://youtu.be/4xD66HeUoVs

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today Jonathan, Anastasia, & Nick discuss the board game Boonlake. Please leave any comments you have on the YouTube version of this podcast episode: https://youtu.be/VMzcfrj8LhY

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today Jonathan, Anastasia, & Nick discuss the game Furnace, along with multiple official variants that are in the rules. Please leave any comments you have on the YouTube version of this podcast episode: https://youtu.be/d0M7pR7kuuc

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today Jonathan, Anastasia, & Nick discuss our recent play of Anno 1800 as well as our numerous other plays over the past year. Please leave any comments you have on the YouTube version of this podcast episode: https://youtu.be/pJzIWbiYtBI Our play of the game was recorded and posted here if you'd like to watch it first: https://youtu.be/-bhz0zyizRM BGG link - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/311193/anno-1800

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today Anastasia, Nick, & Jonathan discuss their impressions of Golem. Link to Golem Playthrough with Friends: https://youtu.be/TjjZHsvlExA Link to the YouTube version of this podcast episode: https://youtu.be/-ibusN5riTM Get a JGG t-shirt: jongetsgames.com/merch Directly support the channel: jongetsgames.com/support Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/JonGetsGames Subscribe to my GeekList: bit.ly/JGG-Geeklist Like my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/JonGetsGames

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today I am joined by my friends Anastasia and Nick so that we can discuss our recent plays of Ark Nova. Link to Ark Nova Playthrough with Friends: https://youtu.be/giLPpGcxBuE Link to the YouTube version of this podcast episode: https://youtu.be/i-eSjvMHDRM Get a JGG t-shirt: jongetsgames.com/merch Directly support the channel: jongetsgames.com/support Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/JonGetsGames Subscribe to my GeekList: bit.ly/JGG-Geeklist Like my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/JonGetsGames

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today I am joined by my friends Anastasia and Nick so that we can discuss our recent play of Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done. Link to Crusaders Playthrough with Friends: https://youtu.be/iEHy1zIccG4 Link to the YouTube version of this podcast episode: https://youtu.be/N2Xjwiq0TaA Get a JGG t-shirt: jongetsgames.com/merch Directly support the channel: jongetsgames.com/support Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/JonGetsGames Subscribe to my GeekList: bit.ly/JGG-Geeklist Like my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/JonGetsGames

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today I am joined by my friends Anastasia, Nick, & Travis so that we can discuss our recent play of Union Station. Travis is not only my friend but also the designer of the game and enjoyed asking him many questions. You can find the YouTube version of this podcast episode here: https://youtu.be/CzVdppT_1Ts Our play of the game was recorded and posted here if you'd like to watch it first: https://youtu.be/gqyXfH5NT30 Union Station Kickstarter campaign link - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dnlnwmn/union-station Get a JGG t-shirt: jongetsgames.com/merch Directly support the channel: jongetsgames.com/support Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JonGetsGames Subscribe to my GeekList: http://bit.ly/JGG-Geeklist Like my Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/JonGetsGames

This is the first ever episode of Friendly Ties! In this podcast episode my friends Anastasia and Nick will join me for a postgame discussion of Beyond the Sun. You can watch the full playthrough of Beyond the Sunt that we are referencing here: https://youtu.be/cS5kRWcl55A This podcast was created due to the help of the numerous Patreon supporters of the channel. If you appreciate the option of listening to my vlogs in podcast form, please consider directly supporting their creation by going to Patreon.com/JonGetsGames. Episode Timestamps: Get a JGG t-shirt: jongetsgames.com/merch Directly support the channel: jongetsgames.com/support Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JonGetsGames Subscribe to my GeekList: http://bit.ly/JGG-Geeklist Like my Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/JonGetsGames

This is the audio taken from the October 2021 Update Vlog which can be found here: https://youtu.be/FQYn6l56t-o This is the final Vlog Audio episode on this feed. If you'd like to continue to listen to my vlogs in podcast form, please support the JGG Patreon campaign at any level, and you will be given a link to continue to listen to these podcasts using most podcast applications. Learn more here: Patreon.com/JonGetsGames. Episode Timestamps: Get a JGG t-shirt: jongetsgames.com/merch Directly support the channel: jongetsgames.com/support Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JonGetsGames Subscribe to my GeekList: http://bit.ly/JGG-Geeklist Like my Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/JonGetsGames

This is the audio taken from the September '21 Questions & Answers Vlog which can be found here: https://youtu.be/DtIuCIe_xHY This podcast was created due to the help of the numerous Patreon supporters of the channel. If you appreciate the option of listening to my vlogs in podcast form, please consider directly supporting their creation by going to Patreon.com/JonGetsGames. Episode Timestamps: Get a JGG t-shirt: jongetsgames.com/merch Directly support the channel: jongetsgames.com/support Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JonGetsGames Subscribe to my GeekList: http://bit.ly/JGG-Geeklist Like my Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/JonGetsGames