113 DDP The Christmas Stocking Special.

In the special Christmas episode, Joel, Sam, and Nick dive into the holiday spirit, blending the latest gaming news with festive cheer. Join the trio as they not only dish out the hottest updates from the gaming world but also reveal their wish list for games they're craving this Christmas and more. also, get ready for a comprehensive review of their geek culture journey throughout the past year, spanning books, movies, and video games.

Quick News

• Zev Shlasinger (the original founder of Z-Man Games Play to Z Games, 
• An expansion for Forest Shuffle has appeared on online game sites as being available to preorder
• Quacks of Quedlinburg: The Duel announced.
• Divinus Delivery Timeline Update
• A load of new Garphill Games forthcoming releases announced:
  • The Anarchy (1-4-player game with a 3D castle-building mechanic)
  • Skara Brae (resource-heavy game set in Neolithic Northern Scotland)
  • Inventors of the South Tigris (set in mediaeval Baghdad: Invent, Build, Test, and Publish devices)
• BREAKING NEWS: University Challenge’s Xmas episode has a round about winners of the Spiel des Jahres!  

Crowdfunding

Live Now

• Videogame: Trash Goblin - “powerwash sim for the RPG crowd”!

Coming Soon

• Storm Raiders - coming Jan 2024 from Shem Phillips / Arkus Games

Played Games

• Joel
  • Maracaibo on BGA
  • Heat Championship on BGA
• Nick
  • Maracaibo on BGA
• Sam
  • Undergrove on BGA

Nick’s Board Gaming Tale of Horror

	Joel	Nick	Sam
Small stocking game	Art Society (it's the smallest game I can think of)	Pretty much anything from Travel Games, but for instance: Union Station	BBTM box organiser (only funny if done after Grail game)
Large under tree game	Beast KS ED	Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Collector's Edition	Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition (Sundrop)
Grail game	Blood Bowl Team Manager	Die Speicherstadt expansion: Kaispeicher	Looney Tunes Mayhem: 8 character extras pack
Game you wish they would make	Big box for Fireball Island and sell the Spider expansion with it. And better components.	Clank3: Lower Decks take on The Borg	Downfall of Pompeii
Expansion you wish they would make	Via Appia  Reprint Steam Park expansion	An expansion for Artifacts, Inc. A super smaller-box Ryan Laukat game which would be great to add new gameplay/variability to	Another expansion for classic Clank! please.
TV show of the year	Picard S3 The Last of Us	Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S2	Silo
Movie of the year	Jurassic Park 4D	Barbie or Oppenheimer (pick either 🙂)	The Creator
Book / Audible	Wool and Shift	The Expanse #1 (Leviathan Wakes)	Venomous Lumpsucker (Arthur C Clarke Award 2023)
Video Game or App	Marvel Snap still Simulators have been a surprise hit for me  Powerwash simulator VR		Baldur's Gate 3 https://youtu.be/hS2emKDlGmE?si=gAc98NMmX5UsFEWr Or Golf Blitz (Super Stickman Golf multiplayer)

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