Mark and Jake continue their “further down the rabbit hole” gaming adventure this week by discussing a variety of board gaming topics.

“What we played this week” – discussions and thoughts on Root, Lisboa, Dice Fishing,  Gans Schon Clever, 13 Days, and a quick comparison between Trade on the Tigris and Sidereal Confluence.  We give a quick update on online 18xx gaming including completing our game of 1850.

Jake continues to show his ignorance of the true definition of “Shelf of Shame” as we break down angst around titles we own but may or may not still be in shrink wrap.  We discuss some of the games that are causing us stress due to the dust gathering on the shrinkwrap.

What happens when a neural network learns about board game titles and starts to generate them?  Hilarity ensues – and Mark wishes most were real games.

Is Heavy better?  We deep dive into statistics, math, data manipulation, and confirmation bias as we reflect on the Boardgamegeek.com Top 100 and it’s tendency to overvalue heavier and more complex games.