Episodes

  • Episode 26: Auctions in online Gaia Project
    Sep 12 2024

    Aaah... auctions; is there another topic which keeps us Gaia Project nerds arguing for days with the same passion?

    I don't think so. Listen to my take on it, so you as well can disagree with... someone. That'll be fantastic.

    Yes, it includes a full guide on how the Boardgame Arena auction system works.


    Here's the timestamp:


    00:00 Introduction

    07:05 Sectors rotation

    09:53 What are auctions?

    11:10 Classic auctions

    12:59: BGA/DIGIDICED style auctions

    14:49 BGA auctions tutorial

    21:04 Classic auctions pros and cons

    22:47 BGA auctions pros and cons

    25:32 Auctions are pointless, here’s why

    35:15 I want a tournament with rotation

    36:42 Suggestions for classic auctions

    39:46 Suggestions for BGA/DIGIDICED auctions

    42:22 Conclusions


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    46 mins
  • Episode 25 - The Lost Fleet - Part 2
    Aug 28 2024

    And now, enjoy the new factions!

    Again, our sponsor is Magic Mind, for which you have a limited offer you can use now, that gets you up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code PAIAGROJECT20 at checkout. You can claim it at https://magicmind.com/paiagroject .

    Check out Moweyds, Tinkeroids, Space Giants and Tinkeroids; then come and join the discussion, the Discord server is quite buzzing about the Lost Fleet these days: https://discord.gg/TsNX9epNUp


    Timestamp


    0:00 - The legendary fleet

    1:29 - Errata to the first part

    4:10 - Thanks to our sponsor

    5:22 - Changes to Ivits

    8:08 - Changes to Xenos

    9:20 - Changes to Gleens

    10:30 - Changes to Bescods

    11:22 - Changes to Lantids

    14:17 - New factions: introduction

    19:10 - Moweyds

    26:02 - Tinkeroids

    29:55 - Space Giants

    32:42 - Darkanians

    35:54 - Announcements and conclusions


    The Lost Fleet manual: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/277004/gaia-project-the-lost-fleet-rulebook


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    38 mins
  • Episode 24 - The Lost Fleet - Part 1
    Aug 27 2024

    IT’S HERE! Part 1 of The Lost Fleet is finally here!

    Again, our sponsor is Magic Mind, for which you have a limited offer you can use now, that gets you up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code PAIAGROJECT20 at checkout. You can claim it at https://magicmind.com/paiagroject .

    But immediately after that, dive into the introduction to this HUGE expansion, and while you wait for part 2 tell me what you think you can find me at the Gaia Project "Fight Club" Discord: https://discord.gg/TsNX9epNUp


    Timestamps


    0:00 The T F Mars

    2:10 A message from Magic Mind

    3:45 Update on BGA Arena Season 18

    6:35 Quick rant about 3p games and random maps

    8:27 LONG rant about auctions

    14:50 A declaration of love (and hate)

    19:32 Some preliminary considerations

    22:05 The Lost Fleet overview - the map

    30:98 The four spaceships

    33:10 New Power actions

    40:52 New final scoring tiles

    38:49 New Credit actions

    41:50 New Knowledge actions

    43:42 New basic techs

    47:43 New federation tiles

    50:15 Artifacts (the spaceship name is Twilight, sorry)

    51:17 New round scoring tiles

    52:06 New advanced techs

    53:50 New round boosters

    57:17 Lantids PI adjustments

    58:54 The 7th adv tech

    59:30 Economy track changes

    1:01:46 Final roundup


    The Lost Fleet manual: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/277004/gaia-project-the-lost-fleet-rulebook


    PROJ’s list of considerations: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3353396/how-the-lost-fleet-affects-gaia-projects-design-th


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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Episode 23 - Faction guide: Itars (really)
    Aug 20 2024

    Yay, we made it! Matteo (El Temblo) is here with the last faction guide before The Lost Fleet!

    And it's a sponsored episode! The sponsor is Magic Mind, for which you have a limited offer you can use now, that gets you up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code PAIAGROJECT20 at checkout. You can claim it at https://magicmind.com/paiagroject .

    Itars are a complex faction, so check it out and tell me what you think - you can find me at the Gaia Project "Fight Club" Discord: https://discord.gg/TsNX9epNUp


    Timestamps:

    0:00 - Introduction and what's up

    3:45 - This episode is sponsored! Yay!!!

    9:44 - Itars introduction

    20:43 - Pi and Academy opening

    26:50 - Itars and the map

    28:46 - Final scorings (whatever)

    34:32 - Basic tech tiles and technologies (who cares, you're getting all the tiles anyway)

    52:18 - Advanced tech tiles (not much to say here)

    57:30 - Round scoring bonuses (ditto)

    1:02:00 - Round boosters

    1:06:10 - Conclusions - quite a useless guide, huh?


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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Episode 22 - Faction guide: Itars - no sorry, we did it again, it's actually Ivits
    Aug 10 2024

    I know, I KNOW, you asked me for Itars, but this was a chance to catch - and it's a good one... Itars are coming, I swear!


    00:00 - Introduction

    07:10 - Overview

    15:45- Ivits and the map

    26:38 - Final scorings

    36:15 - Tech tracks

    47:54 - Basic tech tiles

    55:10 - Advanced tech tiles

    1:03:55 - Round scoring bonuses

    1:06:07 - Round boosters

    1:11:44 - QIC actions

    1:14:14 - Conclusions


    Tip if you wish


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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Episode 21 - Faction guide: Taklons
    Jul 26 2024

    Hello!

    Welcome to one of the most useless faction guides of them all - Taklons are GOOD, but... I'll blab about them for a while nonetheless.

    Sorry for the audio quality, I had serious problems this time.


    00:00: Introduction

    05:54 - Overview, map, and final scoring

    16:42 - Power management

    23:55 - Tech tracks and basic tech tiles

    35:24 - Advanced tech tiles

    39:34 - Round scoring bonuses

    42:34 - Round boosters

    45:13 - Conclusions


    Help me get a new mic, ffs


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    52 mins
  • Episode 20 - Faction guide: Ambas
    Jul 14 2024

    Just when you thought there would have been no more episodes, here's an unexpected Ambas guide!


    A slightly sad Matteo tries to make up for the absence of his buddy by talking to you about this... really good faction, let's face it.


    So enjoy it, and of course give us (no, sadly... me) your feedback! The expansion is coming out, so these guides should really be done as soon as possible!

    Yeah, I cannot pronounce "versatile", I know.


    0:00 Two elephants in the room

    9:18 The guide starts - overview

    15:50 Ambas and the map

    22:58 - Ambas and final scoring

    26:42 Ambas and technology tracks

    32:00 Ambas and basic technology tiles

    38:38 Ambas and advanced technology tiles

    48:16 Ambas and round scoring bonuses

    55:48 Ambas and round boosters

    1:04:20 Conclusion - they're just a good faction



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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Episode 19 - Faction guide: Hadsch Hallas
    Dec 3 2022

    Ok so the Hadsch guide is finally here, and packs more than 2 hours of us saying basically that the faction... isn't that great. But bear with us,  there's much more than that, and maybe, MAYBE, you can find some useful advice for your games with our beloved chickens.

    At times, our connections had problems, so the audio from Matteo fades out, sorry about that.

    00.00 INTRODUCTION (a very long one at that)

    12.20 OK NOW ABOUT HADSCH HALLAS: THE LAST ROUGH GUIDE!

    31.20 HADSCH HALLAS AND THE MAP

    42.55 HADSCH HALLAS AND FINAL SCORING OBJECTIVES

    53.50 HADSCH HALLAS AND ADVANCED TECH TILES

    1.12.00 HADSCH HALLAS AND THE TECH TRACKS 

    1.28.20 HADSCH HALLAS AND QIC/POWER ACTIONS (OK, JUST ONE ACTION ACTUALLY; ALSO, MOLFO RANTING ABOUT WHY HADSCH HALLAS ARE BAD)

    1.40.40 HADSCH HALLAS AND ROUND SCORING BONUSES

    1.49.15 HADSCH HALLAS AND ROUND BOOSTERS

    1.56.30 WRAPPING UP, AND MOLFO RANTING A BIT MORE

    1.59.55 WEIRD TIME-TRAVELLING Q&A SESSION


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    2 hrs and 11 mins