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Episode Thirty - Mindwright from 2022-01-31T17:36:51
Hey everybody - it’s a calculator party! Bring out your Casios and we’ll get down with spreadsheets like it’s 1799. On today’s podcast not only do we tackle the mini-beast that is Arkwright: The Ca...
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Episode Twenty Nine - Dinosaur Building Blocks from 2021-12-03T14:04:40
Three board games enter, one board game leaves. But only having endured the harsh nature of Elaine’s and Efka’s critique. That’s the No Pun Included podcast and it’s back once again for the twenty ...
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Episode Twenty Eight - Reimplemented from 2021-11-09T12:48:43
Cult of the new? More like “cult of the game that I’ve already played but haven’t played in ages and now there’s a new version so I bought it again just so I could play it and not play the copy I a...
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Episode Twenty Seven - Ambitious Kickstarters with Bad Rulebooks from 2021-10-15T14:18:58
Ah, rulebooks. Don’t you just love sitting down with a cup of hot beverage and an arcane manual written by what you assume is a “game wizard” and spend four hours of your day trying to understand w...
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Episode Twenty Six - Coffee Coffee coffee coffee from 2021-10-08T12:39:27
What two things would you miss if you were to live on the moon? That’s right, it’s coffee, and the ability for sound to echo whilst you’re doing a moonwalk in vacuum. With that tenuous link between...
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Episode Twenty Five - Boats Boats Robin Oats from 2021-09-17T14:17:20
Toot toot, the No Pun Included boat has docked, ready to unload three stormy board games into your harbour. Are these board games fresh as the fruit of the sea, or do they perhaps smell a bit fishy...
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Episode Twenty Four - The Reiner Knizia Special - Part Two - Out of Print Edition from 2021-09-02T10:51:03
Following from our Reiner Knizia Special video, here's more Knizia games, this time, all out of print and all (hopefully) coming back soon.
07:51 - Tigris & Euphrates + Yellow & Yangtzee
Episode Twenty Three - Destinies Vs Descent from 2021-07-29T10:00:41
In todays episode we'll talk about two games that share a common ancestry: Destinies and Descent: Legends of the Dark.
Fun fact, we mention comparing these two games at the end, and then t...
Episode Twenty Two - The Cheese Whiz Episode (feat. Summoner Wars, Khora and Kemet: Blood and Sand) from 2021-07-19T16:45:30
Hello cheese fans! Hope you brought your cheese along cause it's about to get stinky! Join us in this heatwave for another episode of the NPI Podcast where we'll indulge you in some board game talk...
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Episode Twenty One - Sleeping Gods from 2021-05-24T09:28:09
Today we discuss one game and one game only - Sleeping Gods. For more information, or to leave a comment, visit:
nopunincluded.com/podcast
A review copy of Sleeping Gods has been ...
Episode Twenty - My Cheese City from 2021-04-13T17:21:26
In this episode we’ll discuss Overboss, a tile laying city builder masquerading as a pixelated fantasy game, Cubitos, a psychedelic game about racing cubes on an alien cube planet, and My City - a ...
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Episode Nineteen - Seize the Freeze from 2021-03-25T14:47:13
In this episode we’ll seize the farm in Carpe Diem, freeze on an alien world in Cryo and lay some track in Iberian Gauge.
Carpe Diem ( 06:45 )
Cryo ( 23:18 )
Iberian Gauge ( 37:14 ...
Episode Eighteen - Smellovision from 2021-02-02T17:01:29
In today's episode we discuss:
Mandala ( 01:27 )
Honey Buzz ( 18:29 )
BattleCon: Remastered ( 35:16 )
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Episode Seventeen - Beyond the Hallertau from 2021-01-21T14:01:05
In this episode Elaine and Efka go over Hallertau, a game about rural hop farming, Nidavellir, a game of recruiting a fantasy dwarf army and Beyond the Sun, a game about space.
02:44 - NPI...
Episode Sixteen - The Search for Planet X from 2020-11-09T13:50:27
On today's episode we have:
Games We’ve Been Playing:
Horizon Zero Dawn: The Board Game ( 7:44 )
Marvel Champions - A Brief Mention ( 11:15 )
Oceans ( 11:50 )
Episode Fifteen - Iwari from 2020-10-02T12:37:35
For more info on the No Pun Included Podcast - please visit our homepage at https://nopunincluded.com/podcast
Timestamps:
NPI News ( 1:08 )
Games We’ve Been Playing ( 02:...
Episode Fourteen - The King is Dead (Second Edition) from 2020-09-16T19:00:18
Wow, have we got an episode for you. Not only are we travelling in time (thematically, not literally)… not only are we discussing the Lithuanian word for ‘yuk’…not only are we escaping a rabbit hol...
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Episode Thirteen - Live at Virtually Expo from 2020-08-25T16:50:59
Today’s episode is a little different. We recorded this one live as part of Virtually Expo, the online only version of UK Games Expo. Since we had a very strict one hour time slot, we had to trunca...
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Episode Twelve - Targi and Targi: The Expansion from 2020-08-06T18:13:25
If someone had said to me I’d be able to visit a Tokyo fish market, a quaint English village green, New York, and Sherlock Holmes all in one day I’d have thought they were doing a silly. But you ca...
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Episode Eleven - Undaunted: North Africa and Plastic Inserts from 2020-06-30T11:56:26
Today’s episode is a treat because Undaunted: North Africa is just about the cleverest game NPI has put their mits on in a very long time.
NPI News ( 04:40 )
Games We’ve Been Play...
Episode Ten - Teotihuacan And Changes from 2020-06-03T14:43:07
Welcome back! If you’ve been enjoying the No Pun Included podcast - get ready for something bigger, longer, better. Episode Ten is a big change and we hope you're ready to fall in love with it all ...
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Episode Nine - Space, Cats, No Turtles from 2020-03-03T11:01:31
In today’s episode Elaine and Efka discuss:
The Crew - ( 02:53 )
Isle of Cats - ( 21:23 )
On Mars - ( 39:20 )
Board games emulating video games - ( 1:00:35 )
If you e...
Episode Eight - Twentieth Anniversary Edition from 2020-01-15T21:49:26
In today’s episode Elaine and Efka discuss:
The burgundiest castles from The Castles of Burgundy - ( 02:32 )
Get in tune with each other via Wavelength - ( 18:47 )
And conduct a ...
Episode Seven - Hot Steamy Clouds from 2019-12-05T17:22:25
There are days when I am convinced of the magical nature of our podcast. Today is one of those days. Somehow we have managed to squeeze three very big games into what amounts just the same length o...
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Episode Six - A Vast Schnitzel Sandwich from 2019-11-05T17:42:57
In this episode Elaine and Efka return from Essen Spiel, the biggest board game convention not just in North Rhine-Westphalia, but also the world. Now that we've played some of the exciting release...
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Episode Five - Snails, Rails And Chocolate Trails from 2019-09-30T18:42:12
In this episode Elaine and Efka share some BIG NEWS (03:23 ) and talk about such potentially excellent board games as:
Chocolate Factory ( 07:11 )
Sabotage ( 19:31 )
Irish Gauge ( ...
Episode Four - Black Angel of Perth from 2019-09-11T15:38:10
Tune in to find out about critical darling Black Angel, surprise hit Watergate, follow up to the EXIT series and more!
Rurik: Dawn of Kiev (07:43)
QE (20:14)
Adventure Games: The D...
Episode Three - Eighteen Sofa Wars from 2019-07-19T11:53:26
Alert! Alert! The sofas have run amok and it is up to our heroes, Efka and Elaine, to put all the sofa pieces back together. What treasures will we find in the crevices? What hidden board game gems...
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Episode Two - Blood on the UK Games Expo from 2019-06-07T14:48:14
In our second episode we discuss a slew of games we played at UK Games Expo 2019 and there’s quite a few goodies we can’t wait to tell you about:
Pandemic: Rapid Response (2:22)
Copen...
Episode One - Arkwright The Hedgehog from 2019-05-02T20:47:39
In our very first episode we talk about such dangerous games as:
Concordia: Venus - bringing you the terror of the mighty Roman Empire and never knowing the right time to tribune.
Episode Eighteen - Memoir 44: Overlord, Manhattan Project 2, Feudum from 2018-05-29T17:00:51
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Episode Seventeen - High Society, Teotihuacan, The Mind from 2018-04-09T13:00:55
Support No Pun Included on Kickstarter! You can find their campaign on https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/771073763/no-pun-included-season-2
Send in your questions to lastplacepodcast@gm...
Episode Sixteen - Palace of Mad King Ludwig, Gaia Project and a Surprise from 2018-02-22T00:29
Not only does this episode feature some lively discussion on balancing in the Gaia Project, but you also get to hear Efka's swan story.
E-mail us your questions to: lastplacepodcast@gmail....
Episode Fifteen - Clans of Caledonia, Sidereal Confluence, Keyper from 2018-01-22T18:48:56
What do space, Scotland and dreams have in common? Absolutely nothing but I'm drawing a tangential link between the three games discussed on the podcast to fill in this description. If that's not m...
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Episode Fourteen - Charterstone, Altiplano, Transatlantic from 2017-11-24T16:51:54
Efka and Jon dissect some hot new Essen releases like they are bright eyed biology students not knowing any better. Will they find something horrible inside or is it all cardboard and roses?
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Episode Thirteen - Whistlestop, Princess Jing, Bunny Kingdom from 2017-10-24T14:18:38
Efka and Jon's temporary replacement Elaine fill in a gap whilst Jon is busy moving house. There's some whistles that have gone rogue and need to be stopped before they multiply like bunnies and ta...
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Episode Twelve - Twilight Imperium 4th Ed, Meeple Circus, Gaia Project: TM from 2017-08-26T16:48:59
Efka and Jon bring you all the hot games from Gen Con 2017 with lots and lots of space and also a circus.
Email us with your questions at lastplacepodcast@gmail.com
2:50 - Twiligh...
Episode Eleven - First Martians, Dice Forge, Dark Souls, Deadline from 2017-08-12T17:17:12
Efka and Jon prepare to die on Mars erecting the first martian dice forge against a fast approaching deadline. This is probably the most concise and nonsensical description we've ever crafted.
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Episode Ten - Barrenpark, Mask of Moai, Shop'N'Time from 2017-07-17T15:18
This time there's two Jons and Efka doesn't know what to do any more. Please send help or bears or 2 pounds of frozen squid.
00:00 - Intro (plus a special top ten list).
05:12 - Barren...
Episode Nine - Lorenzo il Magnifico, Wettlauf nach El Dorado (and Clank!), Superhot: The Card Game from 2017-06-18T18:59:05
Efka is once, twice, three times excommunicated, Jon explains what makes Knizia Knizia and it turns out Superhot is Superstrange.
You can find the new and very barren YouTube channel for L...
Episode Eight - 7 Wonders: Duel, Yokohama, Deception: Murder in Hong Kong from 2017-05-13T16:14:03
Efka revisits gams in a deception that screamed murder, Jon poops cubes in Yokohama and Elaine wonders about duels.
You can find the new and very barren YouTube channel for Last Place at w...
Episode Seven - Anachrony, Ave Roma, Exit: The Game from 2017-04-18T19:37:46
Efka borrows resources from the future in Anachrony, Jon trades workers back and forth in Ave Roma and once again they're trapped in a room in Exit: The Game.
You can find the new and very...
Episode Six - Kanban, Guards of Atlantis, Room 25: Ultimate from 2017-03-23T01:24:13
Efka and Jon race cars around a factory, level up whilst guarding Atlantis and eventually die in a pit of acid being fired at by five hundred lasers.
UPDATE: Due to a somewhat unclear rule...
Episode Five - Terraforming Mars, Solarius Mission, Key Harvest from 2017-02-17T23:43:25
Efka introduces beavers to Mars which prompts a fastidious retreat called Solarius Mission. The key to understanding this is harvesting apples.
To support us on the Golden Geek Awards, ple...
Episode Four - Gloomhaven, Railroad Revolution, Unlock! from 2017-01-24T14:48:47
Jon takes up a job as a reporter and interviews Efka all things Gloomhaven. Then Railroad Revolution crashes the party like a train followed by the wrecking ball that is Unlock! It's a real mess.
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Episode Three - Seafall, Oracle of Delphi from 2017-01-11T10:52:36
Efka falls out of love with Seafall and Jon sails to all the Greek islands in this nautical themed episode of Last Place.
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Episode Two - The Colonists, Adrenaline, Don't Mess With Cthulhu from 2016-12-26T22:40:01
In the second episode of Last Place, Jon & Efka learn the perils of eleven hour long euro-games, become area control spaces and mess with the elder gods.
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Episode One - Inis, Cottage Garden, Not Alone from 2016-12-20T00:02:06
In the very first episode of Last Place, Jon & Efka learn how to pronounce Inis, assimilate themselves with Stalin in Not Alone and would possibly have a joke about Cottage Garden, but it's not ver...
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