Episode 70: Unexpected Hits, with Eric from What’s Eric Playing

Update: 2025-06-06

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Eric Yurko joins Candice to discuss board games that were unexpected hits.

00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:01:46 Video Games?!
- 00:06:20 Life Beyond Board Games Podcast + Table Scraps
- 00:08:57 BGG.Spring Highlights (Dogs of War, Guards of Atlantis II, Presages)
00:17:15 Fresh Plays
- 00:17:31 Zenith
- 00:20:20 Scream Park
- 00:24:44 Rivages
- 00:28:06 Clash of Clans: The Epic Raid
00:35:45 Unexpected Hits
- 00:37:24 The Shipwreck Arcana
- 00:40:02 Stomp the Plank
- 00:43:05 Cat Sudoku: Summer Festival
- 00:44:22 Decorum
- 00:46:22 Nine Tiles Panic
- 00:47:46 Inheritors
- 00:49:46 Turing Machine
- 00:51:18 Polynesia
- 00:54:44 Obsession
- 00:56:25 Tower Up
01:00:48 Sign-off

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Episode 70: Unexpected Hits, with Eric from What’s Eric Playing

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