One chapter closes, another opens. Jason has started a new channel on YouTube called Shelf Stories. Please go hit those Like and Subscribe buttons, and please spread the word! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnaZ7055IWOdm8XCJfFRDcw With the beginning of the new channel, Every Night is Game Night will come to a permanent close. Before describing Shelf Stories and all of the new content over there, Jason takes a minute to thank and to express his love for all of the solo gamers who made ENGN possible. Without your enthusiasm and interaction, ENGN doesn't make it to 190 episodes. Thanks to everyone, once again, and we'll see you on the new channel. (edited) 

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ENGN 190 - The End of Every Night is Game Night, and the Beginning of a New Story

Let’s get right to it - this is the last episode of ENGN for the time being. Jason does this episode solo to talk to the ENGN listeners directly about why this pod will go into a bit of a hibernation period. First up, though, are some final game reviews. Jason shares about a party game (gasp!) called What Do You Meme?, an Apples to Apples variant with a visual element. Next up is The Crew: Quest for Planet Nine, a cooperative trick-taking game that has gotten a lot of great attention. Finally, Jason is happy to end on a great, fitting note with a review of Shadows of Kilforth. Please do not unsubscribe to the show! It will be going away for now, but it will return at some point when the time is right. Thank you so much for listening.

ENGN 189 - That’s all, folks! (For now)

Liz Davidson has been churning out designer interviews for her YouTube channel, Beyond Solitaire. Here is another one, a chat with Morgane Gouyon-Rety, ancient history expert and designer of Pendragon and Hubris. One of Liz's main interests is the intersection of design and history, which she explores with her guest here. Original discussion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQUqP9cAgYg&t=2530s

ENGN Extra - Beyond Solitaire interview with Morgane Gouyon-Rety, designer of Pendragon and Hubris

Jason hearkens back to a happier time in this episode when folks were allowed to have game demos in-game stores! This episode hails from the Brooklyn Strategist, a terrific game store in Brooklyn, where Rory O'Connor of Hub Games visited and demoed a few games. First up is Adventure Mart, a light deck builder depicting store owners in a fantasy convenience store, selling weapons to adventurers, and building your empire. Instead of simply buying cards, you bid for them against other players, which creates opportunities for interaction and light, friendly screwage. This one will go directly to retail very soon. We also played Prisma Arena, an arena combat game reminiscent of HeroClix with a low barrier of entry and lots of card-based tactical movement and combo play. The Kickstarter for this one will be live on Tuesday, May 19th.

ENGN Preview Series 49 - Adventure Mart and Prisma Arena

If you are not a regular listener of the Board Gamers Anonymous podcast, you might not know that Jason hopped over there on episode 267 to chat about why Pandemic is his favorite game. For this episode, we are presenting that entire conversation here. Following that, Jason also did a video for the One Stop Coop Shop, ranking his favorite, Top Ten Pandemic games. The audio for that follows the conversation with the BGA fellas. It's a Pandemic cornucopia this week! If you've already listened to both pieces of audio in their respective original venues, then thanks for being a superfan, and we'll see you next week :) One Stop Coop Shop Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack BGA Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/bga 

ENGN 188 - Pandemic with Board Gamers Anonymous, and Top Ten Pandemic Games

Jordan Shoenberger joins us again this week to discuss being stuck at home...with the kids. Specifically, how it feels to be a parent juggling work, childcare, and school for kids in the midst of a global pandemic.  Anthony joins Jason and Jordan as the three discuss what it's like to be dads in all of this, plus how gaming fits into the equation. If you're a parent at home with your kids right now, this episode is for you. 

ENGN 187 – Balancing with the Kids at Home w/ Jordan Shoenberger

Anthony's back this week and we have a special guest on in Jordan Shoenberger (Pittsburgh taking over!) to share their top ten beyond the hotness games at low player counts.  The guys share 20 games, plus Jason adds a few more that he missed last time to the list.  One Stop Coop Shop Slack – bit.ly/onestopslack BGA Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/bga 

ENGN 186 - Top Ten Beyond the Hotness Low Player Count Games with Jorden Shoenberger

This week, Jason is happy to pass the host chair to Liz from Beyond Solitaire for two terrific interviews. The first is with David Thompson, designer of various war games including Pavlov's House, Undaunted, and others. They get into design and other gaming topics, and dip into a bit of Animal Crossing as well. Then, Liz interviews Brady Sadler about good novels to read while sheltering in place. Both of these interviews were originally posted on the Beyond Solitaire YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbSYmhAlOW1RorV_jXmo2w One Stop Coop Shop Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack BGA Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/bga In Liz We Trust - Veilwraith - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tristanhall/veilwraith-a-solo-fantasy-quest-game?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=veilwraith 

ENGN 185 - Liz from Beyond Solitaire Takes Over! (temporarily)

We’re back with lots and lots of suggestions of solo games to enjoy. These aren’t the same old suggestions, either - we go beyond the familiar recommendations and offer some games that you might never have heard of, but which we absolutely love.

ENGN 184 - Top Ten Beyond the Hotness Solo Games with Liz and Jeremy

Jason is back in the saddle with new weekly content. We were intending to take a longer break, but current circumstances in the world demand differently. Time to come back and reconnect with everyone. Jason is joined by Liz from Beyond Solitaire and Jeremy from Jambalaya Plays Games to check in on what we've been up to. Not too much gaming chat in this one, mostly catching up with one another and with you guys. Also, a big part of the episode is dedicated to a MASSIVE game giveaway that Jeremy is doing for folks who need some entertainment in these trying times. It is a GIVEAWAY, games for free! Head over to Jeremy's Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/119149332052973/, for more details. The giveaway begins on the day this episode goes live - Friday, March 27th. One Stop Coop Shop Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack BGA Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/bga 

ENGN 183 - We're back!

Liz and Jason rank the Oniverse Games! No more needs to be said. This episode originally aired as a video on the Beyond Solitaire YouTube channel on 3/14/20. Beyond Solitaire video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01H84yGn_4w One Stop Coop Shop Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack BGA Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/bga 

ENGN 182(ish) - Ranking the Top Six Oniverse Games

First up, Jason wishes that everyone is safe with their families and in their communities in the face of the Covid-19 outbreak. For a bit of entertainment, we're posting a few board game parody songs from a few years ago. Here are the original videos on YouTube: We Didn't Start the Fire (7:31) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_8yzHMauBE&t=30s You'll Be Back (from the Hamilton soundtrack - 12:17) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG4Pg2SKjSw Dear Little Gamer (from the Hamilton soundtrack - 15:51) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALHRVtXhRmI Wood and Fur (from the Moana soundtrack - 19:05) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v9GyWxz-BI&t=5s 

ENGN 181(ish) - Jason's Board Game Parody Songs, and Stay Safe Everyone!

Jason had the amazing privilege of being a guest on the Play is the Thing podcast with Max Davie. This episode originally aired on July 3rd, 2019. In this episode. Max and Jason discuss trauma, treatment, board games, and some other random silliness along the way. Max's blog - https://playisthething.home.blog/One Stop Coop Shop Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack BGA Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/bga 

ENGN 180(ish) - Play is the Thing with Max Davie

This is an appearance that Jason did on the Room 51 podcast on Feb 4th, 2020. This one is about IPs in games - when they're bad and when they're good. The back half of the episode also has our Top Three IP games. Room 51 - @MelissaMakak on twitter One-Stop Coop Shop Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack BGA Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/bga 

ENGN 179(ish) - Discussion and Top Three for IP Games (with Room 51)

Jason is joined by Liz Davidson from Beyond Solitaire this week. We have some game reviews for you, and also make an announcement. Listen to find out! First up, Jason reviews the 18 card, tile laying mini-game from Leitman Games, Squire for Hire (10:40), comparing it to some very well known contemporaries like Sprawlopolis and Circle the Wagons. Does Squire for Hire stand with these other beloved games? We then follow up with three games from Weird Giraffe Games. First up is Fire in the Library (17:41), a quick, push your luck filler game. Then we have Stellar Leap (24:18), a family friendly euro game with a space theme and 4x flavor. Finally from Weird Giraffe, we have Dreams of Tomorrow (32:11), a tactical, small box worker placement game with gorgeous art. Rounding out the episode, we have two games from Starling Games, the cerebral head-to-head deduction game Anomaly (37:46), as well as Ascendant (44:09), the expansion to Archmage from last year. One Stop Coop Shop Slack - bit.ly/onestopslack BGA Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/bga 

ENGN Episode 178 - More Reviews, and an Announcement

Every Night is Game Night is a weekly podcast dedicated to gamer’s games. We cover board games that have heavy strategy, awesome theme, and everything in between. We also have interviews, discussion topics both serious and fun, and a special love for gamers who play their games solo.

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