The Gaming Moguls

Aug 11 2024 68 ep. 187

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Mark and Jake are the Gaming Moguls. We discuss aspirational board gaming topics for those board gamers that want to get deeper into the hobby. We discuss a variety of topics and offer our opinions and analysis of interest to enthusiast gamers.

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Episode 66: Wishful Thinking

Aug 11 2024 67 mins

Mark, Sobhi and special guest Nick from Talking Cardboard engage in a lot of wishful thinking about what we want to play at Gaming Moguls Summer Muster 2024. As you could predict, Mark wants to play a lot of Euros, Nick wants to play a lot of Wargames, and Sobhi doesn't dare as long as there are trains.

Episode 65a: A Tale of Two Suns Worth It’s Salt

Jul 25 2024 68 mins

Mark and Sobhi have a big announcement - MogulsCon 2.0 August 16-18 in Hopkins, MN! We also review games we've played and talk about three different space operas - two of which involve a dying sun or planet. We also talk about a couple of our favorite recent 18xx plays and rare Japanese trick-takers.

Episode 64: Passing Muster

Oct 16 2023 88 mins

Sobhi and Mark head off for the First Minnesota Muster - a weekend of heavy games, war games and train games and live to tell the tale.. but not all the games could say as much. We also discuss a new favorite of the group - Praga Caput Regni. Finally - we introduce a new recurring segment called "What Makes This Game Great" - in which we write a love letter to Brass.

Episode 63: Theme is not just Art

Aug 26 2023 99 mins

The Gaming Moguls add a new co-host to the mix - Sobhi Youssef! We introduce Sobhi, talk about what we've been playing - then talk about games where the theme is clearly reflected in the mechanisms.

Episode 62: Mark’s Top 20 of 2022

Apr 08 2023 89 mins

Time again for that annual look back at Mark's best-of-the-best. It's probably the most pure list ever - since very few "new hotness" games were played in 2022. Where does Age of Steam land this year? Did Ark Nova crack the list? Is it once again all Uwe Rosenberg?

Episode 61: Jake’s Top 20 of 2022

Jan 22 2023 85 mins

Our favorite time of year is when we review our top 20 games of the year to see how our tastes evolve over the year. We count 'em down from 20 to 1 and talk about the ones that almost made the list. To nobody's surprise - Jake likes the trains and Tom Lehmann - and there are plenty of those on the list. What's #1 - and are you Team Jake?

Episode 60: The Water is Rising!

Nov 06 2022 72 mins

Jake and Mark review a cabin gaming weekend and ponder why some cooperative games - especially some very highly rated cooperative games - leave such an emptiness after playing. They revisit Ark Nova with some additional thoughts after more plays, and talk about games that scare us.

Episode 59: A Tale of Four Hours

Oct 11 2022 87 mins

We're Back! After a lovely extended summer break - the Gaming Moguls rip into Season Two. We spend the episode catching up on the best games that we've played since the last episode and our favorites of the year so far. We also compare and contrast a group of four heavy hour-long games (Shinkansen Zero Kei, Bear Raid, Furnace and Nusfjord)

Episode 58: The Blunder in the Top Hundred

Feb 22 2022 70 mins

It's Moguls Unfiltered tonight - where we discuss our unplayed games in the BGG Top 100 and what we think about them.. good, bad, or otherwise. This episode is full of rapid-fire hot takes and bad opinions.. or are they?

Episode 57: Jake’s Top 20 of 2021

Jan 19 2022 89 mins

Jake takes his shot at listing his top 20 games of all time as of Fall 2021. We count them down from 20-1 and talk about some of the things that didn't make the list. Who is more correct on their list - Jake or Mark?