Episode 38: Civilizations - Beyond the sword

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Kerley ends his episode run by taking us back to the dawn of time where all we have is the knowledge to make fire, our wits and the urge to play civilization style board games.
FIRST PLAYER: Kerley
OTHER PLAYERS: JP, Davey & *NEW PLAYER* Dan
OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- that we have a new player Dan joining the Whose Turners
- that JP is going solo in his latest round of games including Hoplomachus Victorum
- Davey's thoughts on Age of Innovation and how it compares to Gaia Project and Terra Mystica
- that long time listener Marcus is taking over the gaming group....or just playing Netrunner with Kerley
- all about our takes on civilization style board games, why we like them, what makes them a civ game and much more
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:54 - Introducing our new player Dan
5:59 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
6:08 - JP - Hoplomachus: Victorum
12:23 - Davey - Age of Innovation
19:27 - Kerley - Netrunner
23:14 - Dan - Tapestry
29:13 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Civilizations - Beyond the sword
35:28 - What defines a civilization game?
40:01 - What do we like the most about civ games?
45:29 - What are our favourite civ games?
56:05 - What's our least favourite civ games or mechanics?
1:00:46 - TURN 4 - Would you rather?
1:01:06 - Would you rather be rich and powerful in ancient rome or poor in the modern era
1:07:49 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
1:08:02 - JP - Full games of Voidfall
1:09:24 - Davey - Building his office / games room
1:12:19 - Kerley - Holiday to Florida
1:15:13 - Dan - Starfield and Septima
1:16:37 - Our upcoming Essen Trip
1:19:23 - TURN 6 - Final Turn

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章

1. TURN 1 - Player Count (00:00:00)

2. Introducing our new player Dan (00:02:14)

3. TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex (00:06:19)

4. JP - Hoplomachus: Victorum (00:06:28)

5. Davey - Age of Innovation (00:12:43)

6. Kerley - Netrunner (00:19:47)

7. Dan - Tapestry (00:23:34)

8. TURN 3 - Main Event: Civilizations - Beyond the sword (00:29:33)

9. What defines a civilization game? (00:35:48)

10. What do we like the most about civ games? (00:40:21)

11. What are our favourite civ games? (00:45:49)

12. What's our least favourite civ games or mechanics? (00:56:25)

13. TURN 4 - Would you rather? (01:01:06)

14. Would you rather be rich and powerful in ancient rome or poor in the modern era (01:01:26)

15. TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up (01:08:09)

16. JP - Full games of Voidfall (01:08:22)

17. Davey - Building his office / games room (01:09:44)

18. Kerley - Holiday to Florida (01:12:39)

19. Dan - Starfield and Septima (01:15:33)

20. Our upcoming Essen Trip (01:16:57)

21. TURN 6 - Final Turn (01:19:43)