Hittin' Dits: a new short line podcast from the Choo Choo Crew. On the first episode of Hittin’ Dits James, Mike, Zach and Joe talk about our experiences with Chicago Express on Board Game Arena and what in the world to do when you win the B&O in 1830. Join us as we travel to Allentown! Intro: 0:00 Chicago Express on BGA: 3:30 What to do winning the B&O?: 15:00 Outro: 46:40 Game 1: https://18xx.games/game/44060 Game 2: https://18xx.games/game/44059 Game 3: https://18xx.games/game/42570 http://www.dadsonamap.com http://www.twitch.tv/choochoocrew https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIiB1kOCxeuSYyXamoCPdwQ Support the Show - Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dadsonamap Twitter - @dadsonamap Instagram - @choo_choo_crew_podcast BGG Guild - http://tiny.cc/DoaMGuild Merch Store - https://teespring.com/stores/dads-on-a-map Contact us at dadsonamap@gmail.com

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Hittin' Dits #1: Chicago Express on BGA/Playing the B&O

It's convention season! James returns from Geekway to the West with a full heart of gaming, and a full pocket of post game recordings. Listen in to live on location thoughts of Roads & Boats, Wir sind das Volk, Fresh Fish, Sol, and so much more. Enjoy the show! (2:40) Upcoming Top 20 Episode (6:31) Indonesia (9:32) Fresh Fish New v Classic (17:01) Wir Sind Das Volk (23:50) 1830: Railways & Robber Barons (31:55) Roads & Boats (41:44) Tichu (49:31) Thomas on Samurai (56:00) The Great Zimbabwe (65:44) Food Chain Magnate (74:33) Sol: Last Days of a Star (85:55) Sanchez & James Wrap Up http://www.dadsonamap.com Submit your personal Top 20! https://forms.gle/wh4Jqh7t6p9Byeb19 Support the Show - Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dadsonamap Twitter and Instagram - @dadsonamap BGG Guild - http://tiny.cc/DoaMGuild Merch Store - https://teespring.com/stores/dads-on-a-map Contact us at dadsonamap@gmail.com

#51: Live from Geekway to the West

Come on ride the train! James, Joe, Zach, and Mike talk all about trains: value, timing, rosters, and making threats. We fire off a live auction of Bill Dixon's 1832, and also discuss recent plays of Trans-Siberian Railroad & Union Station. Enjoy the show! (:36) Choo Choo Crew Streams (2:22) First Look: Shikoku 1889 (12:00) Private Auction: 1832 The South (25:44) Trans-Siberian Railroad (29:44) 1832 (33:00) Union Station (42:38) Texas & Pacific (44:48) Main Topic: Trains! (45:41) Trains, Timing, Value, Threats (59:54) Recent Train Stories (67:36) Train Roster Rundown: 1830, 1870, 1828, and More (103:41) Goodnight & Goodbye http://www.dadsonamap.com http://www.twitch.tv/choochoocrew https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIiB1kOCxeuSYyXamoCPdwQ Support the Show - Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dadsonamap Twitter - @dadsonamap Instagram - @choo_choo_crew_podcast BGG Guild - http://tiny.cc/DoaMGuild Merch Store - https://teespring.com/stores/dads-on-a-map Contact us at dadsonamap@gmail.com

Choo Choo Crew #11: Training Day

It's our Birthday! Or Anniversary! Or both! 50 episodes in, we talk though recent plays of Ride the Rails, Through the Desert, and Patchwork. And then we listen back on clips from Episode 1 and roast our young podcast selves. Enjoy the show! (1:12) New Patrons (1:50) Join James @ Geekway to the West (3:36) DoaM Top 20 Submissions! (6:30) Ride the Rails Expansion Maps (12:08) Indonesia (17:30) Patchwork (22:03) Through the Desert (30:40) Main Topic: Roasting Episode 1 (80:15) Wrap up http://www.dadsonamap.com Submit your personal Top 20! https://forms.gle/wh4Jqh7t6p9Byeb19 Support the Show - Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dadsonamap Twitter and Instagram - @dadsonamap BGG Guild - http://tiny.cc/DoaMGuild Merch Store - https://teespring.com/stores/dads-on-a-map Contact us at dadsonamap@gmail.com

#50: 2 Year Anniversary Ep 1 Rewind Roast

You must choose! Before Agricola or After Agricola. James & Sanchez look into the titles that came before & after this 2007 hinge point in board gaming and which ones they just can't live without. We also discuss recent plays of Indonesia, Regicide, Skull, and more! Enjoy the show! (3:20) Innovation Tournament (10:23) Mr. Face (13:25) Cat in the Box (18:32) Skull (22:40) Glory to Rome (26:54) Indonesia (38:50) Regicide (50:44) Hamsterrolle (55:21) Main Topic: Before Agricola or After Agricola (82:48) Final Thoughts: BA or AA http://www.dadsonamap.com Support the Show - Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dadsonamap Twitter and Instagram - @dadsonamap BGG Guild - http://tiny.cc/DoaMGuild Merch Store - https://teespring.com/stores/dads-on-a-map Contact us at dadsonamap@gmail.com

#49: Before Agricola or After Agricola

Heuristics! What are they, how do you use them in Train Games, and how are they formed? Join James, Joe, Zach, and Mike as we explore this main topic and take a quick trip to Northern Italy in the opening auction of 1841 Lite! Enjoy the show! (:26) Choo Choo Crew Streams (2:07) Feedback: 18Wood, 1889 Play (7:02) Private Auction: 1841 Lite (32:04) Recent Plays: Chicago & Northwestern (36:00) Gulf, Mobile, Ohio (38:00) 18xx on the table (41:28) 1828 & 1822 (46:40) Main Topic: Heuristics...What is it! (59:55) 18xx Heuristics (92:03) Cube Rail Heuristics (110:25) Final Thoughts http://www.dadsonamap.com http://www.twitch.tv/choochoocrew https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIiB1kOCxeuSYyXamoCPdwQ Support the Show - Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dadsonamap Twitter - @dadsonamap Instagram - @choo_choo_crew_podcast BGG Guild - http://tiny.cc/DoaMGuild Merch Store - https://teespring.com/stores/dads-on-a-map Contact us at dadsonamap@gmail.com

Choo Choo Crew #10: Heuristics!

20 Dads (and non Dads) descended on Kansas City for 5 amazing days of gaming, friendship, and fun. Listen in to live on location recordings from the week, as well as segments from the Choo Choo Crew & COIN Collectors. Enjoy DoaMcoN Live 2021! (Explicit Content Warning) (0:00) Sanchez & James Intro (13:20) Day 1 Shenanigans (23:45) Day 2 Debauchery (28:30) Sanchez & Dylan talk Go (44:18) Day 3 Off The Rails (65:20) Day 4...I think? (74:38) Choo Choo Crew Live! (93:25) COIN Collectors Live! (111:45) James & Sanchez in the Aftermath http://www.dadsonamap.com Support the Show - Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dadsonamap Twitter and Instagram - @dadsonamap BGG Guild - http://tiny.cc/DoaMGuild Merch Store - https://teespring.com/stores/dads-on-a-map Contact us at dadsonamap@gmail.com

#48: Live from DoaMcoN Live!

Join James, Joe, Zach, and Mike for Episode 9 where we're talking Turn Order - manipulating it, respecting it, and abusing it for your benefit in 18xx & Cube Rail games. We also take on a live Private Auction of 1889, and discuss recent plays of Gulf, Mobile, Ohio, 1841, and Locomotive Werks. Enjoy! (:52) - User Feedback (3:50) - Live Private Auction: 1889 (20:00) - Recent Plays: Locomotive Werks (24:28) - Veld Railroads (28:53) - 1841 (36:00) - Gulf, Mobile, & Ohio (42:01) - Main Topic: Turn Order (42:37) - In the Private Auction (47:28) - In Stock Rounds (67:30) - In Operating Rounds (76:25) - In Cube Rails Games (103:34) - Wrap up Check in on our "Opening Auction" game of 1889 on 18xx.games: https://18xx.games/game/51823 http://www.dadsonamap.com Support the Show - Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dadsonamap Twitter - @dadsonamap Instagram - @choo_choo_crew_podcast BGG Guild - http://tiny.cc/DoaMGuild Merch Store - https://teespring.com/stores/dads-on-a-map Contact us at dadsonamap@gmail.com

Choo Choo Crew #9: Order Up!

Dads on a Map meets Hidden Gems in this monster Supershow episode! Featuring a roundtable QA, a Hidden Gems style review of DoaM cult favorite Portobello Market, and a game show segment - Podcast Clash - hosted by Dylan St Clair. Enjoy the show! (2:06) Introductions (9:43) Roundtable QA (60:00) Portobello Market Review (108:39) Final Thoughts (117:00) Podcast Clash with Dylan! (155:46) Farewells & Goodbyes http://www.dadsonamap.com Support the Show - Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dadsonamap Twitter and Instagram - @dadsonamap BGG Guild - http://tiny.cc/DoaMGuild Merch Store - https://teespring.com/stores/dads-on-a-map Contact us at dadsonamap@gmail.com

#47: Dads on a Map x Hidden Gems Supershow!

James & Sanchez talk recent plays of Lots, Marracash, Iberian Railways, Dominant Species Marine, and DoaM tournaments of Tichu & Innovation. Then we take listener submitted scenarios, and pick our perfect choices for those game slots. Enjoy the show! (:43) Intro (6:28) Recent Feedback (14:52) Tichu (19:13) Lots (25:31) Gipsy King (30:20) Marracash (34:39) Iberian Railways (40:01) Dominant Species Marine (47:18) Innovation (50:47) Crafting your board game lineups Support the Show - Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dadsonamap Twitter and Instagram - @dadsonamap BGG Guild - http://tiny.cc/DoaMGuild Merch Store - https://teespring.com/stores/dads-on-a-map Contact us at dadsonamap@gmail.com

#46: Crafting your Board Game Lineups

The year is 1964. The US military presence in Vietnam is increasing exponentially. Soldiers and material from the north flows south along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The Viet Cong wages a guerrilla war against the corrupt South Vietnamese government. Unsuccessful assassinations presage future strife. Strap in: the COIN Collectors have been drafted to the Vietnam war as they play and discuss “Fire in the Lake.” 0:00:36 - Introduction 0:05:36 - War correspondant 0:08:41 - ARVN Faction 0:12:36 - US Faction 0:15:13 - VC Faction 0:17:30 - NVA faction 0:20:50 - Battle of Saigon 0:21:33 - Impact of trail 0:22:39 - Map discussion 0:28:30 - Pivotal Events and Event Cards 0:34:46 - Capabilities 0:36:20 - Historical events 0:37:20 - Cities / Population areas 0:41:43 - US-ARVN relationship 0:45:43 - Uniqueness of factions and win conditions 0:48:21 - Coup cards 0:53:42 - King making scenario 0:56:30 - Story arc development 1:02:42 - Game length and refinement 1:08:50 - Introductory game 1:12:28 - Favorite game 1:14:29 - Credits Support the Show - Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dadsonamap Twitter and Instagram - @dadsonamap BGG Guild - http://tiny.cc/DoaMGuild Merch Store - https://teespring.com/stores/dads-on-a-map Contact us at dadsonamap@gmail.com  

COIN Collectors #4: Fire in the Lake

The Choo Choo Crew is back and we're going all in on 1830: Railways & Robber Barons in our first single game strategy episode. From the Opening Auction to the classic train roster to the bankruptcy death knell and every double dit and double O tile in between. We also talk recent plays of 1822+, Chicago & Northwestern, and 1849. Enjoy the show! (3:19) “User” Feedback (6:13) Opening Auction: 1830 (20:18) Recent Plays: 1822, Chicago Express, 1849, Chicago & Northwestern (35:17) 1830 Intro and JC Lawrence's Ideal Game Trajectory (39:25) Special Rules (45:46) Player Counts (58:28) Train Roster (72:40) SR1 (93:20) Stock Market (102:30) Map/Tokens/Tiles (118:02) Etiquette (128:14) Farewell JC Lawrence 1830 Trajectory: https://tinyurl.com/5cbsmaee Support the Show - Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dadsonamap Twitter - @dadsonamap Instagram - @choo_choo_crew_podcast BGG Guild - http://tiny.cc/DoaMGuild Merch Store - https://teespring.com/stores/dads-on-a-map Contact us at dadsonamap@gmail.com

Choo Choo Crew #8: 1830: Railways & Robber Barons

Sanchez & James take on the unfamiliar DoaM territory of the BGG Top 20, properly re ranking these adored games. We also discuss the DoaM Tichu Tournament, and plays of Indonesia, Battle Sheep, Babylonia, and Locomotive Werks. Enjoy the show! (1:55) Lots! (6:09) Tichu Tournament (16:07) Locomotive Werks (23:08) Battle Sheep (28:28) Search for Planet X (32:14) Equinox (40:38) Indonesia (47:01) Babylonia (51:32) Reranking the BGG Top 20 (91:47) Farewell Support the Show - Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dadsonamap Twitter and Instagram - @dadsonamap BGG Guild - http://tiny.cc/DoaMGuild Merch Store - https://teespring.com/stores/dads-on-a-map Contact us at dadsonamap@gmail.com

#45: Reranking the BGG Top 20

In our annual Father's Day tradition, James & Sanchez are joined this episode by their kids for some Top Games list, tough questions, and board game love. Also a Heat Check with the latest DoaM hotness, and plays of Power Grid, Jaipur, and Age of Steam. Enjoy the show! (3:32) Heat Check! Bites (10:33) Puerto Rico (12:29) Power Grid (15:13) Jaipur (17:48) Blue Moon City (21:35) Railroad Ink (24:00) Age of Steam - Heavy Cardboard Map (29:03) Haggis (31:01) Acquire (36:00) Sanchez & Kids Interview (75:00) James & Kids Interview (105:12) Wrap Up Support the Show - Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dadsonamap Twitter and Instagram - @dadsonamap BGG Guild - http://tiny.cc/DoaMGuild Merch Store - https://teespring.com/stores/dads-on-a-map Contact us at dadsonamap@gmail.com

#44: A Chat with the Kids 2E

The Choo Choo Crew returns for Episode 7 talking your first company in an 18xx game: hot start, long haul, or something in between. We also tackle the opening auction of 1860: Isle of Wight, and discuss recent plays of 18Ireland, 1822CA, and Southern Pacific. Enjoy the show. (:42) Chatter & Feedback (3:40) Opening Auction: 1860 (24:27) Recent Plays: SVChoo (24:44) 18Ireland (33:19) 1822CA (38:27) Southern Pacific (41:44) Your first company (42:55) Hot starts (56:28) Long hauls (65:26) Middling middles (74:10) Farewell Support the Show - Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dadsonamap Twitter - @dadsonamap Instagram - @choo_choo_crew_podcast BGG Guild - http://tiny.cc/DoaMGuild Merch Store - https://teespring.com/stores/dads-on-a-map Contact us at dadsonamap@gmail.com

Choo Choo Crew #7: First Company - Hot start or Long haul

A board game podcast from two ordinary dads with an extraordinary love for family, gaming, and everything in between.