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#131: But At What Cost?
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Length:
58 minutes
Released:
Jul 16, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Even if the price is right, it might not be right for you. We all have different thresholds where a board game we're interested in crosses from, "maybe I'll wait for a sale" into "sure why not" territory, but where is that magical line? Has what we're willing to pay for games changed over time? Before we get sticker shock, we talk about Twin Tin Bots, Ticket to Ride: New York, Whale Riders, and Dead Reckoning. 02:20 - Twin Tin Bots 07:37 - Ticket to Ride: New York 14:36 - Whale Riders 22:55 - Dead Reckoning 39:30 - Teotihuacan: City of Gods 41:38 - Marco Polo II: In the Service of the Khan 45:30 - Food Chain Magnate 48:15 - An Infamous Traffic 48:57 - This Guilty Land 49:33 - Oink Games 50:17 - DURIAN Join the discussion at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/discord
Released:
Jul 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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