Game Brain: A Board Game Podcast About Our Gaming Group

Ben, Jordan, and Paul convene in their coziest garb to talk about the coziest game of a very cozy 2026: Nippon Zaibatsu!  Well, cozy except for all the vicious area control and internal sobbing. We're talking about all the changes to the OG Nippon from 2015, and Jordan has a very specific and deserved beef to share.  Plus, Tenby, The Treasure Ship of Zheng He, QE, and [insert spooky music] SorrRRrrcery.

00:00 Intro
03:08 - Sorcery
08:42 - Tenby
17:32 - The Treasure Ship of Zheng He
30:41 - QE + its expansion Commodities
40:03 - Inis, Keyside, Fellowship of the Ring - Trick Taking Game
44:56 - Nippon Zaibatsu review

Matt, Paul and Jordan put on their wetsuits and dive into Feya's Swamp. Do you see what I did there? Dive into. Wetsuits. That's right, it's a swamp joke, ya'll.

Ben, Trey, & Paul review the 2025 game Stupor Mundi
0:00:00 IntroductionShackleton Base: Below. Within. Above. 
Keyside
The Vibe
Detective Club
Auf Teufel komm raus (Cabbages & Curses)
Terraforming Mars

00:51:50 Game Review: Stupor Mundi
Discord link: https://discord.gg/9e7QvC9S (good for only 7 days)

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Matt and Paul review the asymmetric heavy deck building game Star Trek: Captain's Chair as well as discuss the differences between CC and the Imperium series.

Ben, Trey, and Paul review the 2025 reimplementation of March of the Ants: Evolved Edition
0:00:00 Introduction0:03:35 Stupor Mundi
0:14:31 Kingdom Crossing
0:27:47 Agricola
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

00:35:51 Game Review: March of the Ants: Evolved Edition

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