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The Mile High Game Guys are three friends in the Denver area with a passion for playing and talking about boardgames! We focus on giving in-depth news and reviews in a casual and approachable manner. Thanks for giving us a listen!

 

Dec 28, 2016

In the Year 2016....

In this episode, our hosts discuss , dissect, and “dissomething” 2016. After a light banter, they head into a few categories they wanted to used to highlight certain games, including Best Art and Best Components. Zach gives out some Year-End Awards and then they look back on the year as a whole, including how their views on the gaming industry have changed since starting this podcast 6 months ago. Everyone mentions their favorite “Older” game that they first played in 2016 and they finish up with a list of their Top 3 Favorite games from 2016.

 

00:00:45 - 00:08:20 Banter!!

00:08:39 - 2016 Best-of Categories

  •  00:11:27 - Best Art
  •  00:14:49 - Best Components
  •  00:17:47 - Best Mechanic/Mechanism
  •  00:22:21 - Most Disappointing

00:27:07 - Zach's Year End Awards

  • 00:27:32 - The  "Dead Inside" Award
  • 00:27:55 - "Would You Please Shut Up, I Have Something to Say!"
  • 00:28:31 - "Oh God, Everything Has Gone Wrong So Fast!"
  • 00:28:41 - "Now I Can Finally Play Out My Own Fan-Fiction!"
  • 00:29:06 - "Beating An Undead Shoggoth"
  • 00:30:05 - "A Place For Everything And Everything In It's Place"
  • 00:30:30 - "Yo Dawg, I Heard You Like To Game, So I Put A Game In Your Game, So You Can Game While You Game"

00:32:25 - 2016 Year-End Look-Back

01:05:28 The Best Games of 2016

  •  01:06:24 Best New To Us Games of 2016
  •  01:13:24 Adrian, Jeff and Zach's Top 3 Games of 2016 
    •     01:14:16 Number 3
    •     01:16:18 Number 2
    •     01:23:00 Number 1

01:32:47 Episode Wrap-Up