# Episode 17: This Cube is a Sack of Beans **URL:** \ **Category:** More Games Than Time\ **Created:** [16 April 2022 08:15 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-17-this-cube-is-a-sack-of-beans/4069 "2022-04-16T08:15:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [16 April 2022 08:15 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-17-this-cube-is-a-sack-of-beans/4069/1 "2022-04-16T08:15:11Z")
[https://tekeli.li/mgtt/mgtt\_017.mp3](https://tekeli.li/mgtt/mgtt_017.mp3) In our seventeenth episode, Lee and Roger talk about games we’ve been playing and take a second look at some we’ve played recently. We will be happy to sell you [stuff](https://www.redbubble.com/people/cornishlee/shop?artistUserName=cornishlee&asc=u&collections=2753413&iaCode=all-departments&sortOrder=relevant). Among the games we’ve played, we mentioned - **[Xenon Profiteer](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/176530/xenon-profiteer)** (1:15) - [Star Realms](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/147020/star-realms) - **[Yggdrasil](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/71671/yggdrasil)** (11:15) - [Pandemic](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30549/pandemic) - **[Pandemic Legacy: Season 1](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/161936/pandemic-legacy-season-)** (28:08) - [Flash Point: Fire Rescue](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/100901/flash-point-fire-rescue) - [Pandemic: Iberia](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/198928/pandemic-iberia) - [Pandemic: Fall of Rome](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/260428/pandemic-fall-of-rome) - [Pandemic: Rising Tide](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/234671/pandemic-rising-tide) - [Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/192153/pandemic-reign-of-cthulhu) - [Risk Legacy](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/105134/risk-legacy) - [Seafall](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/148261/seafall) - [The Crew](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284083/the-crew) - [Firefly: The Game](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/138161/firefly-the-game) - [Defender of the Realm](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/65532/defender-of-the-realm) - **[The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/77423/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game)** (50:55) - [Arkham Horror: The Card Game](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/205637/arkham-horror-the-card-game) - [Magic: the Gathering](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/463/magic-the-gathering) - [Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/167400/ashes-rise-of-the-phoenixborn) - [Aeon’s End](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/191189/aeon-s-end) And in “What We Thought About”, we mentioned - **[At the Gates of Loyang](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/39683/at-the-gates-of-loyang)** (75:51) - **[Sentinels of the Multiverse](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/102652/sentinels-of-the-multiverse)** (84:55) - **[Cottage Garden](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/204027/cottage-garden)** (92:58) - [Ethnos](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/206718/ethnos) - **[Terminator: Dark Fate – The Card Game](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/300428/terminator-dark-fate-the-card-game)** (96:44) - [Bad Maps](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/252555/bad-maps) - [VOLT](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/211454/volt) - [Robo Rally](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18/robo-rally) - [Ascension](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/69789/ascension) - [Roger talking about the Terminator films](https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2022/Terminator_2__1991_.html) Main theme: _Coffee Stains_ , Riot; What We Thought About: _Deadly Roulette_ , Kevin MacLeod ---
**Author:** ![fractaloon](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/fractaloon/32/14940_2.png) [@fractaloon](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/fractaloon)\ **Post date:** [19 April 2022 15:37 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-17-this-cube-is-a-sack-of-beans/4069/2 "2022-04-19T15:37:41Z")
Regarding Yggdrasil, I have always considered it a Euro version of a States of Siege. The enemies move back and forth on tracks and you win by keeping them from the endpoint. SoS games use the same concept but graphically it’s different because there is one track per enemy. The end result is exactly the same though. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [19 April 2022 15:38 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-17-this-cube-is-a-sack-of-beans/4069/3 "2022-04-19T15:38:49Z")
Welcome, Albert! Let’s add the States of Siege series to the long list of games that I haven’t played but would really like to. ---
**Author:** ![cornishlee](https://discussion.tekeli.li/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@cornishlee](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/cornishlee)\ **Post date:** [19 April 2022 19:45 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-17-this-cube-is-a-sack-of-beans/4069/4 "2022-04-19T19:45:23Z")
Interesting - I’ve never played any of the SoS games. ---
**Author:** ![COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/comaestro/32/1030_2.png) [@COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/COMaestro)\ **Post date:** [2 May 2022 01:15 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-17-this-cube-is-a-sack-of-beans/4069/5 "2022-05-02T01:15:33Z")
Going to disagree a bit regarding the Arkham Horror LCG as far as finishing a scenario and then having no inclination to play it again. With many of the scenarios, there are multiple endings and (in my case, anyway) you rarely get the “best ending” on the first try, but when playing a campaign, you just move on to the next scenario. It is worth replaying entire campaigns to see if you can do better, and it can also be fun to try it with different characters. But, as with all games, YMMV.