Mark and Walker dare the siege perilous in this, their thirteenth installment. Walker shares a rare moment of sincerity, and Mark restrains himself from taunting him for the lapse. Rising Sun is revisited and compared to Twilight Imperium, and shockingly Mark highlights ways in which that is favorable to TI:4. Mass hysteria ensues.

Games Played Last Week:
-Tigris & Euphrates 2m16s (Reiner Knizia, Hans im Gluck, 1997)
-Inkognito 3m36s (Leo Colovini & Alex Randolph, Ares Games, 1988)
-Charterstone 4m40s (Jamey Stegmaier, Stonemaier Games, 2017)
-Barony 9m29s (Marc Andre, Matagot, 2015)
-Rising Sun 10m58s (Eric Lang, CMON, 2018)
-Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition 13m44s (Dane Beltrami, Corey Konieczka, & Christian T. Petersen, Fantasy Flight, 2017)
-Han 19m14s (Michael Schacht, ABACUSSPIELE, 2014)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
-Harry Potter Minis Game 21m38s
-Race for the Galaxy's Branching Expansions 23m04s
-Munchkin CCG...? Munchkin CCG. 24m20s
-AMIGO en los Estados Unidos 25m23s

Feature Game: 51st State Master Set 26m45s (Ignacy Trzewiczek, Portal Games, 2016)

Topic: Kickstarter Exclusives 49m06s