To celebrate the release of the album Days by Mountain Goats, we're releasing the last of our first wave of game reviews for the original Mountain Goats game.

Can you be the king of the hill? If you get knocked down, will you get back up again because your goats can never be kept down? Is this the best small box death metal band from Denton, TX? (Will these comments ever make sense?)

Mountain Goats is a game for 2-4 players or five with the expansion aged 7 and up. You can learn to play in 2 minutes, and each games actually plays in 10-15 minutes.

Disclosure: After recording this episode, Ben T. Barackus was provided with a copy of Mountain Goats Legacy at Gen Con 2026.

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On this episode, Ben and Yonit review the Lord of the Rings 5E Starter Set, made by those wonderful Swedes at Free League!

Is it a 5E game? Most likely.

Is it filled with Tolkien lore? Assuredly.

Does it do what a starter set should do and get you excited to play the full game? Well, you'll have listen in to find out.

Now with bonus history of roleplaying in Middle Earth!

The Lord of the Rings 5E Starter Set is a boxed set for the Lord of the Rings 5E RPG for 1 loremaster and 2-5 player-heroes. The Starter Set includes a dice set, a map, cardboard standees, and the Over Hill, Under Hill starter adventure, which likely takes 4 hours to complete.

Disclosure: the podcast was provided with two copies for review purposes.

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On this episode, your hosts Ben and Ben talk about Twinkle Twinkle, the tile drafting game where you connect constellations, build asteroid belts, and study satellites with the game's modular scoring system.

But how much fun can constructing a starry night be? (Spoiler: it's as fun and challenging as you want to make it.)

Disclosure: Ben was previously provided with a prototype copy of the game at PAX Unplugged 2024.

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