Episode 23: Discovering the Lacerdaverse (Vital Lacerda Games)

Whose Turn Is It Anyway?

Recently a few members of the group have funded a voyage into the Lacerdaverse by getting into the heavy games designed by renowned board game designer "Vital Lacerda" and in this episode we share our entry level experiences.
FIRST PLAYER: JP
OTHER PLAYERS: Adrian & Davey
OVERVIEW
After the groups last outing in "Great Hexpectations" sharing all of their board game failures, it's time to shift our attention and thoughts about the epic heavy games designed by Vital Lacerda Boardgames focusing on the big box deluxe games published by Eagle-Gryphon Games. In this episode you'll learn:
- That Final Destination 8 featured in Davey's kitchen
- Just how many flowcharts are in Europa Universalis
- Adrian can't get enough of Castles of Burgundy
- more about our entry level experiences of The Gallerist, Vinhos, Lisboa, Kanban EV, On Mars, The Weather Machine
- We should have tried to find someone with Escape Plan before this episode
- What our oldest games we've not played (or for a long time) in our listeners question
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
You can find out more about Vital Lacerdas current games and upcoming games on the links below:
Vital Lacerda's Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/vitallacerdagames
Vital Lacerda's Instagram Page - https://www.instagram.com/vitallacerda/
Eagle-Gryphon Games Website - https://www.eaglegames.net/
EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
4:17 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
4:32 - Adrian - Castles of Burgundy
7:49 - Davey - Mansions of Madness
10:06 - JP - Europa Universalis
16:58 - TURN 3: Discovering the Lacerdaverse
17:15 - Who is Vital Lacerda?
19:34 - Our caveats in our discovery
21:06 - The Gallerist (2015)
28:07 - Vinhos (2016)
34:30 - Lisboa (2017)
42:28 - Escape Plan (2019) - Honourable mention
43:51 - Kanban EV (2020)
51:28 - On Mars (2020)
59:38 - The Weather Machine (2022)
1:08:50 - In summary and the upcoming Invention: Age of Evolution (2023)
1:10:19 - TURN 4 - Question Time: What's the oldest game in our collections that we haven't played (for a long while)?
1:16:34 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?
1:16:46 - JP - Beyond the Sun
1:18:03 - Adrian - Targi
1:19:01 - Davey - Dune Imperium and Darkest Dungeon
1:20:11 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn

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