BGB Podcast #242: Second Time’s the Charm

Not every game makes the best first impression, but some stick in your mind enough to warrant a second try. So fittingly, the first and second best hosts are here to tell you about the games that they think deserve a revisit. Before we repeat stuff, repeat stuff, we talk about Mille Fiori, Rise of the Metro, and Turing Machine.

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Timecodes:

02:05 – Mille Fiori
05:57 – Rise of the Metro
12:48 – Turing Machine
22:29 – Games that need a second chance
24:01 – Gaia Project
26:39 – Space Station Phoenix
28:34 – Twilight Imperium: Third Edition
31:01 – Root
33:15 – Ankh: Gods of Egypt
35:16 – An Infamous Traffic
35:16 – Panamax
35:16 – Maria
37:09 – Dune: Betrayal
38:10 – Beyond the Sun
40:06 – XCOM: The Board Game
41:56 – Quantum

Thank you to Heart Society for generously letting us use What’s On Your Mind, Kid? from their album Wake the Queens.