In this episode Bruce & Josh crash through 14 different games/expansions that they have acquired during the Pandemic up to that point while talking through some considerations around managing impulses and seeking true satisfaction rather than short term joy.

Specific Games Discussed:

* Pendulum (Stonemaier Games)* Tapestry + Plans & Ploys Expansion (Stonemaier Games)* Azul: Summer Pavilion (Next Move)* StartUps (Oink Games)* Blitzkrieg (Plastic Soldier Company)* Tekhenu (Board & Dice)* Memoir '44 Easter Front Expansion (Rio Grande Games)* Scythe: Wind Gambit Expansion (Stonemaier Games)* Wingspan: Oceania Expansion (Stonemaier Games)* Racoon Tycoon (Forbidden Games)* Warhammer 40K [Tau Army and Terrain] (Games Workshop)* Clans of Caledonia (Karma Games)* Dune Imperium (Dire Wolf Digital)

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Audio Transcription (Generated by AI)

Episode 47 Pandemic Aquisitions

00:00:09 - 00:05:14

In this episode of board game impact. Bruce and josh are going to crash course through their pandemic acquisitions once. They got him what they got in. Believe it or not they're going to cover twenty fourteen different games including expansions efan. Welcome to another episode of board game impact. As always i am. Bruce and i'm joined by. This is josh and for those of you who are new to the show. Josh and i both work fulltime in education and we apply our educational lenses to the games and experiences that were having in this great hobby for you and your gaming groups benefits if that sounds like of interest to you make sure to click subscribe on all the things so we can get this content all the time so josh it's been twenty twenty and if you're listening to this this in the future hope things are great in the future. But in the meantime we're going into the now. Holiday season of twenty twenty cases are on the rise in the united states. But we're not getting into all of that. We are going to get into is. What have we been buying throughout these last couple of months and i also have some research pulled up on our buying habits and what can be going on there during these kinds of things but we're gonna be talking about games you've acquired and also more importantly what led us to getting them and the reasons behind why we're getting them and so if you're interested in content like that wanna points you over to our youtube channel. We recently just posted another video. This one's on loss aversion particularly in clans of caledonia. So how games and other situations can make you not want to take certain actions based on the potential losses. The you might be losing things on the board or resources etc so go. Check that out over on you. Youtube pitch but josh. What are you interested in about today in this topic. Yeah so i mean we've got. I think we've both been doing a little bit of. Yeah i guess therapy shopping by the looks of it as well as just some general You know getting some new things in and playing around with them. And so i think it's really interesting to talk to you especially with With you because i i've been able just by the nature of Where where i live and the the case rates of where i've been living Things are getting a little bit worse right now. But i've been able to be playing some games in person and so My purchases have been hitting the table pretty quickly for the most part But i find it very interest...