In this episode, I kick it with 1822PNW designer Ken Kuhn to discuss our 2026 26x5 Solo Gaming Challenge. We're both super pumped about it and had a great time discussing several awesome games we've been and/or are planning to play solo this year. Any and all are welcome to jump on this 1-"man"-bandwagon with us. Thanks so much for listening!

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:03:13 Board Game Arena
• 00:14:05 Fresh Plays
  • 00:14:28 Cross Bronx Expressway (Land & Freedom, Hegemony)
  • 00:30:21 Legendary Encounters: The Matrix (Earthborne Rangers)
  • 00:40:56 The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship
• 00:52:25 Our 26x5 Solo Gaming Challenge for 2026
  • 00:53:12 Our Game Selection Process
  • 00:58:56 Our Attack Plans
  • 01:11:50 Short Games
    • 01:12:39 52 Duels
    • 01:15:44 Turing Machine
    • 01:17:27 Banned Books
    • 01:19:07 Fortitude
    • 01:20:35 Resist/Witchcraft
    • 01:22:12 The Dreadheart
    • 01:22:36 Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs
    • 01:26:10 Skytear Horde: Monoliths
    • 01:32:41 Sylvion
    • 01:34:37 Wallet Games (R.O.V.E., Food Chain Island, Palm Island, Dragons of Etchinstone)
    • 01:35:19 Sonic Roll
    • 01:36:38 Warp's Edge
    • 01:37:17 The Lost Expedition
    • 01:38:32 20 Strong
    • 01:39:57 Onoda
  • 01:41:22 Medium Games
    • 01:41:39 Spirit Island: Nature Incarnate
    • 01:42:02 One Deck Dungeon
    • 01:47:56 Coffee Roaster
    • 01:49:37 Space Hulk: Death Angel
    • 01:51:13 Terra Mystica
    • 01:53:04 Paperback: Adventures
    • 01:54:52 Escape from Hades
    • 01:55:31 Nemo's War
    • 01:56:13 This War of Mine
    • 01:57:13 Halls of Hegra
    • 01:58:08 Lanzerath Ridge
    • 01:58:42 Kreel Manor
    • 01:59:58 Deckers
  • 02:01:29 Beasty Games
    • 02:02:07 Civolution
    • 02:06:55 Fields of Fire: Deluxe Edition
    • 02:11:24 Mage Knight
    • 02:12:35 Leaving Earth
    • 02:14:07 Hoplomachus: Victorum
    • 02:15:24 Dragons Down
    • 02:16:53 Comanchería & Navajo Wars
    • 02:18:37 Roads & Boats
    • 02:19:29 Hill of Doves
    • 02:21:02 Infernal Machine
    • 02:22:06 D-Day at Omaha Beach
    • 02:22:40 The Mission (The Plum Island Horror, Space Empires 4x)
• 02:28:26 Sign-off

In this episode, I kick it with Kimberly from Tabletop Tolson. We gush about our favorite games we played in 2025 that weren't released in 2025. Considering we're both omni-gamers, we had a laughter-filled chat about a diverse group of awesome games. Sadly, I realized after the fact, that I skipped over mentioning Argent: The Consortium (?!?!) in my top 10. **facepalm** ...but we did at least put "new" games on each others' radars. Hope you enjoy the episode!

Thanks so much for listening!

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:01:16 Firstimer BGG@SEA Twinsies!
• 00:06:32 Fresh Plays
  • 00:07:11 Blood on the Clocktower
  • 00:13:08 Super Auto Pets Card Battle (also mentioned Challengers & Tag Team)
  • 00:23:52 Lords of Baseball
  • 00:28:07 Super Mega Lucky Box
• 00:32:50 Our Top 10 "New to Me" Games of 2025
• 00:36:31 Kimberly's Honorable Mentions (Knarr, Nature, Sanctuary)
• 00:44:56 Candice's Honorable Mentions (Don Quixote: The Ingenious Hidalgo, Blue Moon Legends, Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space, Not Alone, Yunnan, Thunder Alley)
  • 00:54:54 Confusing Lands
  • 00:57:15 The Witcher: Old World
  • 01:01:41 The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game
  • 01:05:15 ito
  • 01:09:07 Neko Syndicate
  • 01:12:32 Tales of the Arthurian Knights
  • 01:16:30 Spirits of the Wild: Awakening
  • 01:19:36 The Defence of Procyon III
  • 01:24:16 ERA
  • 01:28:23 The LOOP
  • 01:30:40 Age of Galaxy
  • 01:34:42 Imperium the Contention
  • 01:36:57 The Anarchy
  • 01:40:06 Leaving Earth
  • 01:43:40 Obsession: Characters
  • 01:47:57 Iwari
  • 01:53:00 Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West
  • 01:56:16 Primal: The Awakening
  • 01:34:06 TEMBO: Survival on the Savanna
  • 02:05:39 Black Rose Wars: Rebirth
• 02:12:57 Sign-off