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Jake and Pete recap their experiences at Geekway to the West, discussing new and old favorite games.

Episode 268- Geekway Convention Plays 2026 Jake and Pete recap the best weekend of the year: Geekway to the West! They discuss their favorite new plays, old favorites, and also give first impressions of some hot new titles. Timestamps 17:00- Feya's Swamp21:50- Dark Pact28:10- Market Fresh34:40- I'm the Boss38:45- Auf Teufel Komm Raus43:00- Lowenherz51:30- John Company Second Edition59:00- Broom Service1:03:30- Oath1:09:30- Tikal1:15:30- TRICKTAKERs, Skull Queen, Daytime Minutes1:18:00- Indonesia1:19:30- Guards of Atlantis II, El Grande, Big Shot1:22:00- L'Oaf Preplanners We've got a tier list episode in the works! Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/. Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Intermission Music:music elevator ext part 1/3 by Jay_You…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jacob Frydman, Brendan Hansen, Pete Wissinger, Paul Salomon

Topics covered

• board games
• convention recap
• game reviews
• new releases
• favorite games

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Geekway to the West

Products: Feya's Swamp, Dark Pact, Market Fresh, I'm the Boss, Auf Teufel Komm Raus, Lowenherz, John Company Second Edition, Broom Service, Oath, Tikal

Books & works: Reach Out, Palm of Your Hand

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