Playing for Second
@playingforsecond.bsky.social
The board game channel where if you aren't first, you aren't Tim.
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"The view from (distant) second" during our Friday evening play of Age of Steam.
Tried out the Portugal map for the first time, and Tim locked up the Southern map to run away with it.
Such a fantastic game.
Tried out the Portugal map for the first time, and Tim locked up the Southern map to run away with it.
Such a fantastic game.
July 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"The view from (distant) second" during our Friday evening play of Age of Steam.
Tried out the Portugal map for the first time, and Tim locked up the Southern map to run away with it.
Such a fantastic game.
Tried out the Portugal map for the first time, and Tim locked up the Southern map to run away with it.
Such a fantastic game.
Enjoyed a four player game of Pampero from Ape Games this evening.
We broke the bank during end game scoring! 😂 (Well, it was mostly Tim with a final score of 271.) #TimAlwaysWins
We broke the bank during end game scoring! 😂 (Well, it was mostly Tim with a final score of 271.) #TimAlwaysWins
June 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Enjoyed a four player game of Pampero from Ape Games this evening.
We broke the bank during end game scoring! 😂 (Well, it was mostly Tim with a final score of 271.) #TimAlwaysWins
We broke the bank during end game scoring! 😂 (Well, it was mostly Tim with a final score of 271.) #TimAlwaysWins
This is a neat theme, and the "mechanisms" listed on BGG have certainly piqued my interest!
March 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This is a neat theme, and the "mechanisms" listed on BGG have certainly piqued my interest!
A little Monday night gaming for Josh and his boys....
Wandering Towers from @capstone-games.bsky.social is a hit with the kids!
Josh eked out a victory by using a spell to move Ravenskeep into position to dunk his last wizard!
Wandering Towers from @capstone-games.bsky.social is a hit with the kids!
Josh eked out a victory by using a spell to move Ravenskeep into position to dunk his last wizard!
February 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A little Monday night gaming for Josh and his boys....
Wandering Towers from @capstone-games.bsky.social is a hit with the kids!
Josh eked out a victory by using a spell to move Ravenskeep into position to dunk his last wizard!
Wandering Towers from @capstone-games.bsky.social is a hit with the kids!
Josh eked out a victory by using a spell to move Ravenskeep into position to dunk his last wizard!
Brian is continuing his "solo game of the month" resolution today with another quest of Dungeon Universalis from Ludic Dragon Games.
Isilmar, Silvia, and Arisheii about to head into Rorg’s Lair (Quest 2).
Isilmar, Silvia, and Arisheii about to head into Rorg’s Lair (Quest 2).
January 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Brian is continuing his "solo game of the month" resolution today with another quest of Dungeon Universalis from Ludic Dragon Games.
Isilmar, Silvia, and Arisheii about to head into Rorg’s Lair (Quest 2).
Isilmar, Silvia, and Arisheii about to head into Rorg’s Lair (Quest 2).
In episode 17 we selected games to be a part of our 3 x 3 challenge to start 2025.
We finally got our first game of the challenge played tonight:
Small City Deluxe from Alban Viard (Brian's bracket winner)
Tim, of course, won, but we had an amazingly fun time!
We finally got our first game of the challenge played tonight:
Small City Deluxe from Alban Viard (Brian's bracket winner)
Tim, of course, won, but we had an amazingly fun time!
January 18, 2025 at 3:47 AM
In episode 17 we selected games to be a part of our 3 x 3 challenge to start 2025.
We finally got our first game of the challenge played tonight:
Small City Deluxe from Alban Viard (Brian's bracket winner)
Tim, of course, won, but we had an amazingly fun time!
We finally got our first game of the challenge played tonight:
Small City Deluxe from Alban Viard (Brian's bracket winner)
Tim, of course, won, but we had an amazingly fun time!
Brian is learning and playing the scenario 1 intro game of #FreedomFive from @arcanewonders.bsky.social and Greater Than Games.
Guise and The Wraith both completed their scenario objectives.
Excited to see where this one goes!
Guise and The Wraith both completed their scenario objectives.
Excited to see where this one goes!
January 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Brian is learning and playing the scenario 1 intro game of #FreedomFive from @arcanewonders.bsky.social and Greater Than Games.
Guise and The Wraith both completed their scenario objectives.
Excited to see where this one goes!
Guise and The Wraith both completed their scenario objectives.
Excited to see where this one goes!
Midway through a solo, 2-handed learning game of 1980 Sixtina from @loopinggames.bsky.social
Stay tuned next week for an unboxing video as well as a learn and play video for this small footprint area control and hand management game.
Stay tuned next week for an unboxing video as well as a learn and play video for this small footprint area control and hand management game.
January 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Midway through a solo, 2-handed learning game of 1980 Sixtina from @loopinggames.bsky.social
Stay tuned next week for an unboxing video as well as a learn and play video for this small footprint area control and hand management game.
Stay tuned next week for an unboxing video as well as a learn and play video for this small footprint area control and hand management game.
Brian is starting off the new year by digging into Dungeons of Infinity from Sky Kingdom Games.
Excited to hear his thoughts and give it a try as a group having enjoyed Isofarian Guard!
Excited to hear his thoughts and give it a try as a group having enjoyed Isofarian Guard!
January 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Brian is starting off the new year by digging into Dungeons of Infinity from Sky Kingdom Games.
Excited to hear his thoughts and give it a try as a group having enjoyed Isofarian Guard!
Excited to hear his thoughts and give it a try as a group having enjoyed Isofarian Guard!
Tim took some time today to learn and play SAS: Rogue Regiment.
Meanwhile, Brian played a game of HEXplore It: The Forests of Adrimon with his nephew.
Meanwhile, Brian played a game of HEXplore It: The Forests of Adrimon with his nephew.
December 30, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Tim took some time today to learn and play SAS: Rogue Regiment.
Meanwhile, Brian played a game of HEXplore It: The Forests of Adrimon with his nephew.
Meanwhile, Brian played a game of HEXplore It: The Forests of Adrimon with his nephew.
Josh just wrapped up a solo game of 1998: ISS from one of his favorite publishers,@loopinggames.bsky.social
The solo bot, FEDOR, is quite a formidable opponent, defeating Josh by 10 points.
Love the huge amount of gameplay crammed into these small boxes of the 19XX series! ❤️
The solo bot, FEDOR, is quite a formidable opponent, defeating Josh by 10 points.
Love the huge amount of gameplay crammed into these small boxes of the 19XX series! ❤️
December 25, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Josh just wrapped up a solo game of 1998: ISS from one of his favorite publishers,@loopinggames.bsky.social
The solo bot, FEDOR, is quite a formidable opponent, defeating Josh by 10 points.
Love the huge amount of gameplay crammed into these small boxes of the 19XX series! ❤️
The solo bot, FEDOR, is quite a formidable opponent, defeating Josh by 10 points.
Love the huge amount of gameplay crammed into these small boxes of the 19XX series! ❤️
Josh taught and played a game of Cities with his 8 and 10 year olds yesterday. Such a great family weight title from @devirbrasil.bsky.social!
December 23, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Josh taught and played a game of Cities with his 8 and 10 year olds yesterday. Such a great family weight title from @devirbrasil.bsky.social!
Brian is solo playing his way through a campaign of Harakiri: Blades of Honor from Synergic Games.
December 21, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Brian is solo playing his way through a campaign of Harakiri: Blades of Honor from Synergic Games.
Just wrapped up a fun day of some co-op games including Spirit Island, Too Many Bones, and Aeon's End.
A playthrough video of Aeon's End will be coming soon, and Tim is filming some unboxing videos of a couple new war games.
Stay tuned!
A playthrough video of Aeon's End will be coming soon, and Tim is filming some unboxing videos of a couple new war games.
Stay tuned!
December 14, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Just wrapped up a fun day of some co-op games including Spirit Island, Too Many Bones, and Aeon's End.
A playthrough video of Aeon's End will be coming soon, and Tim is filming some unboxing videos of a couple new war games.
Stay tuned!
A playthrough video of Aeon's End will be coming soon, and Tim is filming some unboxing videos of a couple new war games.
Stay tuned!
Tim is helping rescue some downed WWII allied airmen tonight in a solo play of "Comet" from @hollandspiele.bsky.social
December 11, 2024 at 3:02 AM
Tim is helping rescue some downed WWII allied airmen tonight in a solo play of "Comet" from @hollandspiele.bsky.social
Josh had a crazy week at PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia helping out at the @capstone-games.bsky.social booth!
Lots of fun with some amazing friends!
We'll chat about the con a bit in our next episode.
Lots of fun with some amazing friends!
We'll chat about the con a bit in our next episode.
December 9, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Josh had a crazy week at PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia helping out at the @capstone-games.bsky.social booth!
Lots of fun with some amazing friends!
We'll chat about the con a bit in our next episode.
Lots of fun with some amazing friends!
We'll chat about the con a bit in our next episode.
Saturday was a full day of #Agemonia for the three of us!
We wrapped up tutorial 3 and then played scenarios 4 and 6.
Really loving this one so far, and we're excited to see where the campaign goes.
We wrapped up tutorial 3 and then played scenarios 4 and 6.
Really loving this one so far, and we're excited to see where the campaign goes.
November 30, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Saturday was a full day of #Agemonia for the three of us!
We wrapped up tutorial 3 and then played scenarios 4 and 6.
Really loving this one so far, and we're excited to see where the campaign goes.
We wrapped up tutorial 3 and then played scenarios 4 and 6.
Really loving this one so far, and we're excited to see where the campaign goes.
Happy Thanksgiving from Playing for Second!
Thankful for this great game by @jackiefox.bsky.social from @devirbrasil.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from Playing for Second!
Thankful for this great game by @jackiefox.bsky.social from @devirbrasil.bsky.social
We've been playing some solid titles of late - Black Forest, Stephens, Space Empires 4X, and Agemonia. We discussed these titles in last night's recording - Episode 15 releases tomorrow!
@capstone-games.bsky.social @feuerlandspiele.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social
@capstone-games.bsky.social @feuerlandspiele.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 10:22 PM
We've been playing some solid titles of late - Black Forest, Stephens, Space Empires 4X, and Agemonia. We discussed these titles in last night's recording - Episode 15 releases tomorrow!
@capstone-games.bsky.social @feuerlandspiele.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social
@capstone-games.bsky.social @feuerlandspiele.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social
Played one of Josh's old favorites last night, Endeavor: Age of Sail. First play since 2019 😱 and first chance to try out Age of Expansion. 🎉
A glowing review from Tim, "I liked it a lot more than I remember." 😂
A glowing review from Tim, "I liked it a lot more than I remember." 😂
November 24, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Played one of Josh's old favorites last night, Endeavor: Age of Sail. First play since 2019 😱 and first chance to try out Age of Expansion. 🎉
A glowing review from Tim, "I liked it a lot more than I remember." 😂
A glowing review from Tim, "I liked it a lot more than I remember." 😂
Brian, Josh, and Tim here - collectively we are Playing for Second, the board game podcast where if you aren't first, you aren't Tim. You can find us on YouTube or your preferred podcast platform. 🥈
Here's our most recent episode - youtu.be/2EzJEnQbrkQ?...
Here's our most recent episode - youtu.be/2EzJEnQbrkQ?...
November 21, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Brian, Josh, and Tim here - collectively we are Playing for Second, the board game podcast where if you aren't first, you aren't Tim. You can find us on YouTube or your preferred podcast platform. 🥈
Here's our most recent episode - youtu.be/2EzJEnQbrkQ?...
Here's our most recent episode - youtu.be/2EzJEnQbrkQ?...