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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Saturday night Age of Steam with 4 players. @eaglegryphon.bsky.social We've recycled everything in Sweden! #boardgames

Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

I really appreciate when publishers mark excess punchboard with some type of icon to clearly delineate between components and waste pieces. 🗑️ This is a great example from the game Sky Team by @scorpionmasque.bsky.social and @hachettebgusa.bsky.social Well done! ✈️

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Gold West by J. Alex.Kevern from @trickortreatgames.bsky.social is one of Josh's favorite family-weight games. ⛏️ Josh started winter break fulfilling investments, shipping precious metals, and helping build Boomtown with his wife and 11-yo son. A unique game with many ways to score points! 🤎🩶💛

Gold Weat central game board towards the end of the game

Gold West player board at the end of the game

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Took advantage of a snow day in Ohio yesterday ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ Taught my boys and a couple neighbor kids how to play Risk Legacy, and then they were clamoring for another "battling" game so I showed them Rumble Nation!

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Happy Thanksgiving from Playing for Second! 🦃 Josh is spending some time this morning playing a family game of Summer Camp. Such a fun, family weight deck builder with an adorable theme. ⛺

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

"The view from (distant) second" during our Friday evening play of Age of Steam. Tried out the Portugal map for the first time, and Tim locked up the Southern map to run away with it. Such a fantastic game.

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Enjoyed a four player game of Pampero from Ape Games this evening. We broke the bank during end game scoring! 😂 (Well, it was mostly Tim with a final score of 271.) #TimAlwaysWins

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

This is a neat theme, and the "mechanisms" listed on BGG have certainly piqued my interest!

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

A little Monday night gaming for Josh and his boys.... Wandering Towers from @capstone-games.bsky.social is a hit with the kids! Josh eked out a victory by using a spell to move Ravenskeep into position to dunk his last wizard!

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Brian is continuing his "solo game of the month" resolution today with another quest of Dungeon Universalis from Ludic Dragon Games. Isilmar, Silvia, and Arisheii about to head into Rorg’s Lair (Quest 2).

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

In episode 17 we selected games to be a part of our 3 x 3 challenge to start 2025. We finally got our first game of the challenge played tonight: Small City Deluxe from Alban Viard (Brian's bracket winner) Tim, of course, won, but we had an amazingly fun time!

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Brian is learning and playing the scenario 1 intro game of #FreedomFive from @arcanewonders.bsky.social and Greater Than Games. Guise and The Wraith both completed their scenario objectives. Excited to see where this one goes!

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Midway through a solo, 2-handed learning game of 1980 Sixtina from @loopinggames.bsky.social Stay tuned next week for an unboxing video as well as a learn and play video for this small footprint area control and hand management game.

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Brian is starting off the new year by digging into Dungeons of Infinity from Sky Kingdom Games. Excited to hear his thoughts and give it a try as a group having enjoyed Isofarian Guard!

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Tim took some time today to learn and play SAS: Rogue Regiment. Meanwhile, Brian played a game of HEXplore It: The Forests of Adrimon with his nephew.

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Josh just wrapped up a solo game of 1998: ISS from one of his favorite publishers,@loopinggames.bsky.social The solo bot, FEDOR, is quite a formidable opponent, defeating Josh by 10 points. Love the huge amount of gameplay crammed into these small boxes of the 19XX series! ❤️

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Josh taught and played a game of Cities with his 8 and 10 year olds yesterday. Such a great family weight title from @devirbrasil.bsky.social!

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Brian is solo playing his way through a campaign of Harakiri: Blades of Honor from Synergic Games.

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Just wrapped up a fun day of some co-op games including Spirit Island, Too Many Bones, and Aeon's End. A playthrough video of Aeon's End will be coming soon, and Tim is filming some unboxing videos of a couple new war games. Stay tuned!

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Tim is helping rescue some downed WWII allied airmen tonight in a solo play of "Comet" from @hollandspiele.bsky.social

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Josh had a crazy week at PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia helping out at the @capstone-games.bsky.social booth! Lots of fun with some amazing friends! We'll chat about the con a bit in our next episode.

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Saturday was a full day of #Agemonia for the three of us! We wrapped up tutorial 3 and then played scenarios 4 and 6. Really loving this one so far, and we're excited to see where the campaign goes.

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Happy Thanksgiving from Playing for Second! Thankful for this great game by @jackiefox.bsky.social from @devirbrasil.bsky.social

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

We've been playing some solid titles of late - Black Forest, Stephens, Space Empires 4X, and Agemonia. We discussed these titles in last night's recording - Episode 15 releases tomorrow! @capstone-games.bsky.social @feuerlandspiele.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Played one of Josh's old favorites last night, Endeavor: Age of Sail. First play since 2019 😱 and first chance to try out Age of Expansion. 🎉 A glowing review from Tim, "I liked it a lot more than I remember." 😂

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Just starting our #Agemonia campaign! Excited to see how it progresses.

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Playing for Second @playingforsecond.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Brian, Josh, and Tim here - collectively we are Playing for Second, the board game podcast where if you aren't first, you aren't Tim. You can find us on YouTube or your preferred podcast platform. 🥈 Here's our most recent episode - youtu.be/2EzJEnQbrkQ?...

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