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The hosts discuss their nominations for the 2025 Golden Geek Awards.

In Episode 296 we talk through our real-time nominations for the 2025 boardgamegeek.com Golden Geek Awards. If you enjoy our show and would like to support us by nominating us for Best Board Game Podcast you can do that here: https://boardgamegeek.com/goldengeek Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 04:05 Above and Below: Haunted 04:57 Ada's Dream 06:53 Ape Town 08:35 Aquaria 09:32 Ayar: Children of the Sun 11:03 Clank! Catacombs - Underworld 12:44 Dark Heists 14:26 Dewan 15:55 Dune: Imperium - Bloodlines 17:28 Echoes of Time 18:56 Eternal Decks 19:46 Etherstone 20:12 Everdell Duo 20:40 Finspan 22:08 Fliptoons 23:23 Galactic Cruise 25:47 Gems of Iridescia 27:11 Great Western Trail: El Paso 28:07 Hot Streak 30:15 Hyperspace 31:17 Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship 32:54 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: the Trick Taking Game 33:40 Luthier 34:50 No Loose Ends 35:50 Iliad 36:53 Lost Ruins of Arnak: Twisted Paths 37:44 March of the Ants: Evolved Edition 39:36 Quorum 40:11 Scoville: 2nd Edition 41:32 SHASN: AZADI 42:36 Steam Power 43:52 Moon Colony Bloodbath 45:10 The Old King's Crown 46:33 Origin Story 47:23 Sea Salt & Paper: Extra Pepper 48:31 Speakeasy 50:28 Stupor…

People in this episode

Host: Board Game Hot Takes

Topics covered

• board game nominations
• Golden Geek Awards
• board game podcast
• game reviews
• board game recommendations

Keywords

• Golden Geek
• board games
• nominations
• podcast
• game reviews

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: boardgamegeek.com, Patreon

Products: Above and Below: Haunted, Ada's Dream, Ape Town, Aquaria, Ayar: Children of the Sun, Clank! Catacombs - Underworld, Dark Heists, Dewan, Dune: Imperium - Bloodlines, Echoes of Time

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