Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today Anastasia, Jonathan, and Nick discuss four different versions of Great Western Trail: 1st Edition, 2nd Edition, Argentina, & New Zealand. 
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Introduction - 0:00
1st Edition - 3:36
2nd Edition - 9:01
Argentina - 19:02
New Zealand - 35:59
Comparing all four games - 59:37

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Great Western Trail vs. GWT Argentina vs. GWT New Zealand

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today Anastasia, Jonathan, and Nick compare Wyrmpan and Wingspan!

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The episode begins at 1:02

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BGG link - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/410201/wyrmspan

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Wyrmspan vs Wingspan

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today Anastasia, Jonathan, and Nick discuss every one of our previous episodes, and where those past games now land for us.

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Chapters:
Introduction - 0:00
Beyond the Sun - 2:34
Union Station - 5:35
Crusaders - 8:47
Ark Nova - 12:09
Golem - 16:32
Anno 1800 - 19:29
Furnace - 23:06
Boonlake - 26:01
How To Win Maracaibo - 28:53
Messina 1347 - 33:39
Nick Ruins Engine Building - 36:07
Cape May - 37:48
Dead Reckoning - 39:51
Maracaibo: Uprising - 44:29
What is WBC? - 48:47
Carnegie - 51:08
Seeland - 54:24
Terra Nova - 57:55
Dice Miner - 1:02:10
Empire's End - 1:05:05
Atiwa - 1:07:15
Nucleum - 1:12:00
Evacuation - 1:15:52
Kutna Hora - 1:18:36
Wrap-up - 1:21:38

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Where Are They Now?

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today Anastasia, Jonathan, and Nick discuss our recent plays of Pirates of Maracaibo. View the video version and let us know what you think by leaving a comment here - https://youtu.be/5I0wfMZ5ysY

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Pirates of Maracaibo Roundtable Review

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today Anastasia, Jonathan, and Nick discuss Nick's experience at the World Series of Boardgaming. 

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Nick's strategy YouTube channel "Phoenicks" - https://www.youtube.com/ @phoenicksgaming 
Lost Ruins of Arnak Championship game - https://www.youtube.com/live/d_PyAYmre4g?si=wAFPAuPNXja4tNcR&t=107
Earth Championship game - https://www.youtube.com/live/LiIjR69MNrk?si=tMIyHSX7KJtdkNfc&t=76

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"We" go to WSBG

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today Anastasia, Jonathan, and Nick discuss our recent plays of River of Gold. View the video version and let us know what you think by leaving a comment here - https://youtu.be/8t-oVTypYt0

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BGG link - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/399941/river-of-gold

River of Gold First Impressions

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today Anastasia, Jonathan, and Nick discuss Jonathan's experiences at BGG.con over the years. View the video version and let us know what you think by leaving a comment here - https://youtu.be/xMux54u74_k

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"We" Go To BGG.CON

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Anastasia, Jonathan, and Nick discuss our recent plays of Great Western Trail: El Paso. View the video version and let us know what you think by leaving a comment here - https://youtu.be/rmYsAp57k5I

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GWT: El Paso First Impressions

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Anastasia, Jonathan, and Nick discuss our recent plays of Endeavor: Deep Sea. 

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Endeavor Deep Sea First Impressions

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Anastasia, Jonathan, and Nick discuss our recent plays of SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. View the video version and let us know what you think by leaving a comment here - https://youtu.be/eGC3tP4kIXA

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SETI Impressions

Welcome to Friendly Ties, a podcast made by people who enjoy talking about games as much as they enjoy playing them. Episodes will frequently focus on discussions of games we just played and filmed playthroughs for on the JonGetsGames YouTube channel

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