417Gamer Podcast Episode 41: The One with Geekway 2025

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Moon Colony Bloodbath makes everybody lose people at once, and a Security Robot can kill five per colony.

1. Hobby Gaming Network’s 417 Gamer Podcast episode 41 centers on Geekway to the West 2025 and four recent board games, tabletop games, and card games. 2. Rick and Andrea Bagwell host the episode, and their Geekway coverage matters because they attended St. Charles Convention Center from May 15th through the 18th with friends Alan and Sarah. 3. The episode’s core hook is a mix of game impressions and convention stories, especially the question of which of the new games stayed in their collection and which Geekway moments stood out. 4. TACTA from The Op is described as a 2023 release designed by Jason Tremblay with six card colors and simple overlap rules. 5. Rick says TACTA feels like “dominoes with cards,” and Andrea notes it is easier to track in two-player than in five-player. 6. They say the five-player game made it hard to know who was leading until someone counted visible dots. 7. Rick and Andrea both think TACTA is family-weight but still fiddly enough for heavier-gamer groups. 8. Moon Colony Bloodbath is described as a 2024 Rio Grande Games title by Donald X. Vaccarino, and the hosts compare its shared-disaster structure to Galaxy Trucker. 9. They explain that every round brings an event card, a work phase, and consequences like robots, paperwork, and airlock checks that can reduce population. 10. Chris from Columbia taught the game at OzCon and later at Geekway, and the hosts say his line was that the best outcome is “work.” 11. They say Moon Colony Bloodbath had only one print run so far, could not be found in stock, and was being resold for double. 12. Tabreeze is presented as a Crafty Games release designed by Randy Flynn and published with art by Sid Finney. 13. Rick compares Tabreeze to Istanbul because both use marketplaces, trading, and movement with three workers that can move up to three spaces. 14. The hosts praise the production, including the dual-layer player boards, cubes, and metal money. 15. Duck and Cover is described as a 2024 Captain Games release designed by Usama Kalafati and played at a family barbecue with two combined copies. 16. Andrea explains that players lay cards in a four-by-three grid, call numbers bingo-style, quack if they cannot move, and try to end with the lowest score. 17. The tone stays conversational, with Rick and Andrea interrupting each other, reacting to each other’s memories, and using casual jokes like “All the games.” 18. The format alternates between short game reviews, a sponsor-style Geekway section, and a numbered seven-part memory list from the convention. 19. Listeners who like light-to-medium board game talk and Midwest convention reports will probably enjoy this. 20. Listeners who want only one game review or no convention chatter may skip this.

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