Episode 75: A COIN for Your Thoughts, with Rodney (Watch It Played) & Joel (Drive Thru Games)

The BoardGameGeek Podcast

Rodney Smith (Watch It Played) and Joel Eddy (Drive Thru Games) join Candice to discuss the evolution of the COIN Series and why they find COIN games fascinating, along with sharing some of their favorites in the series...and getting each other hype to watch more anime.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:06:23 TCGs + Gundam + Anime
• 00:26:36 Fresh Plays
  • 00:26:58 Fate of the Fellowship
  • 00:33:51 Tales of the Arthurian Knights
  • 00:45:35 Scape Goat
• 00:55:30 The Evolution of the COIN Series
  • 00:55:52 COINsplaining
  • 01:15:15 Playing Remotely aka "Rodney Style"
  • 01:18:52 The Beauty of Playbooks
  • 01:22:03 Not Just for Four (Colonial Twilight, All Bridges Burning, People Power)
  • 01:23:23 Irregular Conflict Series (Vijayanagara, A Gest of Robin Hood, Cross Bronx Expressway)
  • 01:25:03 COIN Multipacks (The British Way)
  • 01:27:57 New Territory (Red Dust Rebellion)
  • 01:31:39 COIN Games We Love (The British Way, Andean Abyss, Cuba Libre, A Distant Plain, Red Dust Rebellion, All Bridges Burning, Gandhi, People Power)
  • 01:44:03 COIN Games We're Excited to Check Out (Pendragon, Gandhi, Fire in the Lake, The British Way)
  • 01:48:48 COINticipation (China's War, The Pure Land, A Fading Star)
  • 01:56:26 Future COIN ideas
• 02:02:32 Random Roll Questions
• 02:13:13 Sign-off

COIN Curious? Check these videos out:

• Candice's Red Dust Rebellion Overview
• Watch It Played Cuba Libre Playthrough
• Joel's The British Way Review

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