Chris and Euan are without a Pawel to keep them company again, so they take the opportunity to chat about Soccer City, the football board game they know he'd hate. Also on the cards is the older classic Tribune: Primus Inter Pares, a Roman-themed set collection game and one of the first board games Chris ever picked up. In the video game section there's some chat about Blizzard's addictive squad-based FPS Overwatch, and we end the show with Alienation, a PS4 game about... well, killing aliens.
018 - NICE BELL CURVE, MATE
Pawel returns from The Fatherland to rejoin Chris and Euan in this extremely conversational and record-breaking episode, and by that we mean it's unintentionally the longest one we've done to date. We kick things off with Pawel chatting about cowering behind his shield in Dark Souls 3 (then running screaming off a cliff), while we all compare it to the entire Souls series, including Demon Souls and Bloodborne. Euan tells us about his return to the excellent 2D platformer Rogue Legacy, and Chris talks about his dabbling in things like the Doom Beta, Surgeon Simulator, The Escapists, and the sandbox MMORPG Black Desert Online. The tabletop section starts with a lengthy discussion of the Dark Souls board game Kickstarter and Chris's wariness of buying into the hype, and then we talk about games we've actually played, such as the fantastic dice game Roll for the Galaxy, and the weird real-time board game Time 'n' Space. It's a long 'un, but it's a good 'un.
017 - MASTER OF THE ROSENBERG TRILOGY
The Pawel vacuum is extremely apparent in this episode as Chris and Euan battle their way through a review of Splendor, become Chinese farmers in At the Gates of Loyang, and chat at length about Lords of Waterdeep and its expansion Scoundrels of Skullport. Also, Chris gets over himself and talks a bit more about The Division and his first few hours in the fantasy 4x world of Endless Legend (with some comparisons to Endless Space), and both hosts continue to have their minds blown by Factorio and its beautiful efficiency.
016 - OF YE FIRST GATE
Alchemists brings out Chris' inner lab technician while Airlines Europe reveals Pawel to be a cynical capitalist, Euan is moved to become a history lecturer by Thebes: The Tomb Raiders until being sucked into the world of Factorio. We also return to Tom Clancy's The Division with a less enthusiastic take from Chris who is also trying to escape from jail in The Escapists and terrify Pawel with Who's Your Daddy.
015 - UNNECESSARYCON
Pawel returns and while organising the first ever unnecessarycon we find time to go into space with Eclipse and X-Wing Miniatures then things get wierd with Please Don't Touch Anything. We also return to the world of triple A console gaming with Far Cry: Primal and The Division.
014 - SPORTS!
Chris finally attains his dream of winning a non-existent Spanish football league in Time of Soccer, we keep it SPORTS! related with Blood Bowl: Team Manager and Punch Club. Plus: This War of Mine and Firewatch. Go team.
013 - A THREE HANDER
Pawel joins us again and we try to coax a review out of him for post apocalyptic RPG Degenesis but he would much rather talk at length about XCOM 2. We also discuss Spirits of the Rice Paddy and BEST GAME EVAR Cosmic Encounter.
012 - LOST IN RIO
Euan is away on unrelated business so we've got Pawel for the first time live on the show standing in as co-host in this frantic episode!
010 - A VERY RELAXING EPISODE
Euan Plays Railroads! and ponders what Sid Meier is up to in his shed, Chris discusses Armello and controvertial Kickstarter project Dragon Fin Soup and Pawel finally finishes talking about RPGs, plus Commands and Colours: Ancients!
009 - WHY DID I BRING AN ALARM CLOCK?
Chris and Euan try their hands at bomb disposal in Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, Pawel finally manages to talk about some RPGs and we discuss another episode of T.I.M.E stories: The Marcy Case, among other things.
008 - A FISTFUL OF BOTTLECAPS
We discuss the first part of new episodic board game T.I.M.E Stories and Chris gets into Fallout 4. Then Euan rambles incoherently about his love of the Dragon Quest series.
007 - EPISODE 8A
Euan goes mildly Old Skool PC with Jurassic Park Operation Genesis while Chris goes Triple A console with Assasin's Creed Syndicate, who wins? Nobody. We also get out some board games: Lancaster and the potentially inflammatory Wok Star.
006 - COLD WAR SPECIAL
We try our hand at a themed episode by throwing together reviews of various games with tangential relation to the Cold War. Prepare yourself for Russian marches, ropey accents and a whole lot of fun!
005 - SHELVED
We scrape together an episode with one video game (The Talos Principle) and one board game (Shadows Over Camelot) and our first ever golden bit of correspondence from Pawel. Just put it on, open your Greek beer, and let it go.
004 - GOOD GAME! GOOD GAME!
A board game heavy episode: we discuss Space Cadets: Away Missions, Imperial Settlers and Compounded. We only talk one video game this episode, but it's a good 'un!
003 - UNNECESSARY HQ
A slightly shorter episode featuring more Batman and Dragon Age discussion and introducing creaky chair noises! We look at a couple of quick-to-play card games: Love Letter and Sheriff of Nottingham, Chris gives his thoughts on the Shadowrun series and space survival game Rimworld.
002 - CORPSIGONS!
We slog through Warhammer 40K: Forbidden Stars, compare Suburbia and Castles of Mad King Ludwig then move on to more pressing issues such as Batman and a long spiel from Chris about 7 Days to Die.
001 - DR DRE'S AWSUM GAME
A brief introduction to your hosts, explanation of the theme tune and the topics up for discussion (ie: not Monopoly). Then we have a look at some board games (Concordia, XCOM and Tiny Epic Kingdoms) and some video games (Mini Metro, TIS100, Dragon Age: Inquisition and Styx: Master of Shadows) which prompts a rambling discussion of sewer sections and obscure JRPGs.
EPISODE ZERO
The trial / pilot episode of the Large and Unnecessary First Player Token Podcast!