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  • Episode 156 - Ezra and Nehemiah, Avalon: The Riven Veil, Big Boss
    Nov 10 2024

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    Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content

    Its time to channel our inner Bob Ross and Duncan Rhodes, as we talk about our anual painting challenge, this time using only the Two Thin Coats starter paints.

    Go check out the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec37fRNzegc

    We also talk about the Arthurian legend board game from the makers of Oathsworn, Avalon: The Rivel Veil, trade stocks and shares in Big Boss from Funko, and rebuild ancient city walls in Ezra and Nehemiah from Garphill Games.

    We then answer listener questions on what we like and hate about the games industry and where to get the latest releases in the UK.

    Games Mentioned

    00:01:58 Airecon West
    00:06:47 Andy bought a Baneblade
    00:10:52 PHC painting contest with Two Thin Coats
    00:19:43 Avalon: The Riven Veil
    00:28:07 Big Boss
    00:36:33 Ezra and Nehemiah
    00:50:53 Questions from the mailbag

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Episode 155 - Vrahode, Mutagen, and Timeless Journeys: The Italian Grand Tour
    Oct 12 2024

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    Episode 155 is a bit of a Kickstarter Special as the boys discuss Vrahode, a fantasy adventure game with stunning miniatures and a fancy player console.

    Mutagen, a worker placement game where your workers mutate and the meeples gain little rubber gloves to match.

    And finally, Sid and Rory embark on a Timeless Journey in a clever hand management and action programming game in Renaissance Italy.

    Games Mentioned

    00:10:25 Vrahode: Age of Prophecy

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/weathervanegames/vrahode-age-of-prophecy

    00:32:25 Mutagen

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/drandagames/mutagen

    00:48:23 Timeless Journeys: The Italian Grand Tour

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/liriusgames/timeless-journeys-the-italian-grand-tour

    01:05:30 Expansions
    01:09:23 The Top 100 Challenge

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    Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Episode 154 - Spiel Essen Preview, Set A Watch, An Age Contrived, and Nucleum
    Sep 22 2024

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    Join Steve, Andy, Sid and Rory for a jam packed episode of board game reviews, a special Essen Spiel preview and more Ramshackle Nonsense than you’ve come to love and expect. “I’m the Branston’s pickle in this ginger bread sandwich” - I mean, where else are you going to find tabletop commentary like that, eh? The boys make camp on their way to face off against the big bad in a review of Set A Watch: Forsaken Isles. Build some fancy magnetic monuments in an Age Contrived before jumping on a train full of radioactive material in Nucleum before spending a good chunk of this episode gushing about all of the lovely games available to (finally) buy and demo and this year’s Essen Spiele.

    Games Mentioned

    00:02:46 Set A Watch: Forsaken Isles
    00:18:55 An Age Contrived
    00:33:58 Nucleum

    Essen Preview
    00:46:20 Revenant
    00:49:02 Tir na NOg
    00:52:57 Polaris
    00:55:52 The bit where Andy said “Rory’s right”
    00:56:35 Flatiron
    00:59:32 Nucleum: Court of Progress
    01:01:18 Get Salty
    01:03:32 Rock Hard 1977
    01:04:58 Bantam West
    01:08:10 Chandrigah
    01:10:30 Civolution
    01:12:44 Escape from New York. Andromeda's Edge, and Undaunted 2200: Callisto
    01:14:58 Pampero
    01:18:15 Baghdad: The City of Peace

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    Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).

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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • Episode 153 - Arcs, Draft & Write Records, and Dorfromantik: The Duel
    Aug 31 2024

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    In this episode of the Polyhedron Collider Podcast, Steve, Andy, and Rory break the mould and discuss a game on the bleeding edge of the tabletop gaming zeitgeist: Arcs, from Leder Games. Andy shares his highlights from Airecon North West boardgame convention, and Steve and Rory go on tour with the band in Draft & Write Records (from Inside Up Games) before building rival romanticised county villages in Dorfromantik: The Duel, from Pegasus Spiele.

    They round off the episode with some questions from the mailbag, including: what game mechanic are you rubbish at but utterly love?

    Games Mentioned

    00:10:22 Sky Team and Colt Express
    00:12:25 Prey Another Day
    00:18:12 Draft & Write Records
    00:30:05 Arcs
    00:53:45 Dorfromantik: The Duel
    01:07:35: Games we love but are crap at

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    Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Episode 152 - Castellans, Sky Team, Port Royal: The Dice Game, and Maps Of Misterra
    Aug 11 2024

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    Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content

    In this jam-packed episode of tabletop gaming chat, we have a few miniature painting brags to get out of the way before we delve into four in-depth board game reviews (sorry if you were hoping for some DIY or BBQ tips in this episode).

    The dice-drafting, area control game, Castellans gets the Polyhedron Collider treatment, before Steve and Rory wax lyrical about the two-player cooperative game, the Spiel des Jahres game of the year winner Sky Team. We then explore and map new islands in Maps of Misterra, before sailing the high seas in search of booty in Port Royal: The Dice Game.

    Finally, we delve into the mailbag to talk about AI in board games, and our biggest gaming surprise of the year.

    Games Mentioned

    00:00:00 Miniature Painting, Star Wars: Imperial Assault and Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth
    00:07:01 Castellans
    00:19:18 Sky Team
    00:27:30 Maps of Misterra
    00:41:07 Port Royal and Port Royal: The Dice Game
    00:58:26 The Mail Bag

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    Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Episode 151 - Yonder, Cthulhu Death May Die, and Achtung Cthulhu
    Jul 21 2024

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    No, it’s not a Bisto advert, it’s Rory and Steve’s gushing review of Yonder from Sinister Fish[/company], their latest worker placement boardgame from Villagers and Moon designer Haakon Gaarder - which is currently live on Kickstarter and absolutely worth your time checking out.

    We then get all Lovecraftian with a lively discussion about Cthulhu Death May Die from CMON (and provided by show sponsor Kienda), its similarities to Mansions of Madness and whether both, or either are any good - are you Team Sid, or Team Rory?

    We then move to the other end of tabletop gaming as we explore the bonkers, pulpy Achtung! Cthulhu 2D20 Starter Set from Modiphius.

    Games Mentioned

    00:02:30 Pandemic Legacy: Season 2
    00:10:12 Yonder
    00:29:12 Trickerion - The Role-playing Game
    00:33:10 Cthulhu: Death May Die
    00:56:32 Achtung! Cthulhu 2D20 Starter Set

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    Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Episode 150 - Terminus, Sand, Rebirth, and Windmill Valley
    Jun 30 2024

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    Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content

    The boys from the Collider are back and they are still reeling from all the board game goodies they picked-up during the UK Games Expo - which means this is a packed episode full of reviews of the latest tabletop games. In fact there is so much to talk about, there really isn’t time to write a joke in this description.

    In this latest podcast episode we build inner city trains in Terminus, grow tulips in Windmill Valley, trade spices in Sand, and re-terraform Scotland in Rebirth.

    Games Mentioned

    00:04:58 Terminus

    00:21:24 Windmill Valley

    00:37:34 Sand

    01:02:18 Rebirth

    ✍️ Episode References

    Rebirth Pre-Order https://mighty-boards.com/1/56/products/Rebirth

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Episode 149 - The Best of UK Games Expo 2024
    Jun 8 2024
    Why not buy a board game from our sponsors Kienda: kienda.co.uk/polyhedroncollider Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content UK Games Expo 2024 has come to an end, and we are completely knackered! But that won't stop us talking about the amazing board games, tabletop roleplaying games, and miniatures we saw at the Birmingham NEC. Join us as we make some dubious awards! Games Mentioned 00:09:15 The Shelf Dodger: The board game that hit the table before it hits the shelf Aethermon https://aethermon.com/ Boop https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/355433/boop War of the Rings the Card Game https://www.aresgames.eu/games/war-of-the-ring-line/war-of-the-ring-card-game 00:17:51 The RPG Most Likely to Create a Rules Debate Arkham Horror: The Roleplaying Game https://www.edge-studio.net/categories-games/arkham/ Candela Obscura https://darringtonpress.com/candela/ Mappa Mundi https://www.threesailsstudios.com/mappamundirpg 00:29:15 Instabuy Award Akropolis: Athena https://www.hachetteboardgames.co.uk/web/content/67664Loot https://www.hachetteboardgames.co.uk/web/content/67664Courtisans https://www.hachetteboardgames.co.uk/web/content/67664 -Amritsar: The Golden TempleFaraway https://www.hachetteboardgames.co.uk/web/content/67664Galactic Cruise https://www.drandagames.co.uk/shopHuang https://phalanx.co.uk/games/huang-reiner-knizia-board-game/ 00:40:42 Bling Buy the Same Token https://buythesametoken.com/Gamer Grass https://gamersgrass.com/Honey Badger Games https://www.honeybadgergames.co.uk/ Terratop Workshop Dice https://terratopworkshop.com/ 00:51:41 The Game Most Likely to Bankrupt us when it hits Kickstarter Ironwood https://gamefound.com/en/projects/mindclash-games/ironwood Rove https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/addaxgames/roveAvalon: The Riven Veil https://www.shadowborne-games.com/pages/avalonWorld Order https://hegemonicproject.com/games/strategy/world-order/ 01:03:30 The Miniature We Are Scared to Paint Warcrow https://warcrow.com/games/warcrowThe Goddess https://www.cerberus-studios.com/miniatures/goddess 01:06:10 Expo Strength Itch Relief: the game we are itching to play again Oranges and Lemons https://medusagames.co.uk/orangesandlemons.phpShackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon https://sorryweare.fr/fr/game/shackleton-base-a-journey-to-the-moon/ Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/421006/the-lord-of-the-rings-duel-for-middle-earth SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence https://czechgames.com/en/seti/Terminus https://insideupgames.com/product/terminus/ 01:16:08 The Polyhedron Collider Definitely Not Shit Award (i.e. the game of the show) Chronicles of Light: Darkness Falls (Disney Edition) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/411369/chronicles-of-light-darkness-falls-disney-edition Horror on the Orent Express: The Board Game https://gamefound.com/en/projects/chaosium/horror-on-the-orient-express-the-board-game This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Jon's News Ferret: "NewsSting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Don't forget to visit www.polyhedroncollider.com and YouTube for more great reviews and interviews, or connect with us on Facebook and Twitter and check us out of twitch.tv/polyhedroncollider qfgi9tua
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