Episode 44: Special guest, Ian O'Toole! Plus First Class, Pipeline, Weather Machine and Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig

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Sarah, Def and Adrian are joined by Perth-based illustrator and graphic designer Ian O'Toole. Ian shares with us some of his experiences with Eagle-Gryphon Games, collaborating with Vital Lacerda, and offers some advice for those interested in illustrating board games.

In our Sizzling Games segment, Ian has been solving murders (or framing someone else!) in First Class: All Aboard The Orient Express, Def has fallen in love with Pipeline, Adrian has been dreaming of Steam Punk ever since he got to playtest Weather Machine, and Sarah has been card drafting and building castles in Between Two Castles of Mada King Ludwig

In the Board Game Bracket, we resolve Brass: Birmingham vs Mansions of Madness. And once Adrian stops talking about Mansions of Madness we can finally tee up our next battle: Cosmic Encounter vs Everdell.

Finally, in Swear An Oath, Def completed two oaths (Architects of the West Kingdom & D-Day The Dice Game) and swears an oath to play Clinic: Deluxe Edition, a game Ian worked on in 2019. And Ian gets in on the action by swearing to play Endangered and get it off his shelf of shame.

Interview: Ian O'Toole (2:00)

Sizzling Games: First Class (32:55), 39:40 (Pipeline), Weather Machine (48:35), Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig (52:01)

Board Game Bracket (58:06)

Swear an Oath (1:15:08)

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Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed:

The Gallerist (2015) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/125153/gallerist

Counterfeiters (2018) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/257380/counterfeiters

Dark Horse (2012)

Lisboa (2017) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/161533/lisboa

Weather Machine (2021) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237179/weather-machine

Ships (2015) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/153737/ships

A Study In Emerald 2nd Ed (2015) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/178054/study-emerald-second-edition

Nemo's War 2nd Ed (2017) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/187617/nemos-war-second-edition

Franchise (2018) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/245645/franchise

Victoriana (2019) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/180809/victoriana

On Mars (2020) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/184267/mars

Barrage (2019) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/251247/barrage

CO2 (2012) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/72225/co

First Class: All Aboard The Orient Express (2016) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/206941/first-class-all-aboard-orient-express

Pipeline (2019) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256730/pipeline

Agricola (2007) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola

Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig (2018) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/258036/between-two-castles-mad-king-ludwig

Suburbia (2012) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/123260/suburbia

Brass: Birmingham (2018) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/224517/brass-birmingham

Mansions of Madness 2nd Ed (2016) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/205059/mansions-madness-second-edition

Cosmic Encounter (2008) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/39463/cosmic-encounter

Everdell (2018) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/199792/everdell

Pendulum (2020) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/312804/pendulum

D-Day: The Dice Game (2018) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233208/d-day-dice-second-edition

Architects of the West Kingdom (2018) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/236457/architects-west-kingdom

Clinic: Deluxe Edition (2019) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/272739/clinic-deluxe-edition

Endangered (2020) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220133/endangered

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