Fire 2: on Air: Recent Episodes
Fire 2: on Air
The only (I think) Terra Mystica podcast, discussing games and the players of the world's best competitive board game.
Ejay is joined by Claybo, Eric (Nerdcube) and Aaron (WebberAJ) to discuss the newly-announced Terra Mysticon 2024!
Coming to Montreal, September 19th - 22nd.
Eric and Aaron are part of the Terra Mysticon organising committee.
https://terramysticon.com/
Early bird tickets are $99 CAD until the end of June, cheap as chips!
Come and talk on the Discord:
Join the Discord
See Fire 2: on Air from Terra Mysticon 2023:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyhlQ3QUwVIBnH-6UKYU93ns6GHpwiWvV&si=84aYvScgruiLxwBE
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PART 3 - FINAL
Join Ejay as he travels to Montreal to have four of the best days of his life with some of the best people in the world.
Thanks to all the organisers for making this amazing convention happen.
Terra Mysticon: https://www.terramysticon.com
Mysticon Discord: Discord
Music by Fesliyan Studios: https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/
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AUDIO NOTE: I did my best, but recording this on my phone while travelling means quality and levels are variable! I would recommend listening with headphones.
PART 2
Join Ejay as he travels to Montreal to have four of the best days of his life with some of the best people in the world.
Thanks to all the organisers for making this amazing convention happen.
Terra Mysticon: https://www.terramysticon.com
Mysticon Discord: Discord
Favour tiers: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cfxT3MyK0MrvPyLoxjMjhktHCDTzlrw1276Kh8zWMhE/edit?usp=sharing
Music by Fesliyan Studios: https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/
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AUDIO NOTE: I did my best, but recording this on my phone while travelling means quality and levels are variable! I would recommend listening with headphones.
PART 1
Join Ejay as he travels to Montreal to have four of the best days of his life with some of the best people in the world.
Thanks to all the organisers for making this amazing convention happen.
Terra Mysticon: https://www.terramysticon.com
Mysticon Discord: Discord
Music by Fesliyan Studios: https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/
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Re-upload due to failed audio of previous upload
MattTheLesser joins Ejay for a guide to the Volcano factions, part of our series of guides to the Fire and Ice expansion.
Volcano faction notes
Dragonlords faction board
Acolytes faction board
Fire and Ice expansion rules
BGG Dragonlords strategy discussion
Matt's Twitch
One successful no Stronghold Dragonlord game
Matt's Ice Maiden post
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Talking to DerIKM about ‘Ludicrous TM’ with crazy, high player counts! Do you want to play at Terra Mysticon? Get in touch with us. If not, maybe you can join for the annual game in Germany.
NOTES
Terra Mysticon website: https://www.terramysticon.com
Mysticon Discord server: https://discord.gg/7X9B6q2vpc
Ludicrous TM - Weltmeisterpokal Discord server: https://discord.gg/DGfqFztsz
Terra Mystica Map Generator: https://github.com/ikmMaierBTUCS/Terra-Mystica-Map-Generator/blob/2/README.md
Music by Fesliyan Studios: https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/
FIRE 2 TOURNAMENTS
https://twitch.tv/firetwotournaments
https://youtube.com/channel/UCUD_cqM_IwI0ib9uQIFCIUQ
https://www.facebook.com/FireTwoTournaments/
https://www.instagram.com/firetwotournaments/
https://twitter.com/firetwotourneys
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A discussion with Jekyl and WebberAJ, who are helping to organise the inaugural Terra Mystica convention! Terra Mysticon: September 28th - October 1st 2023, in Montreal, Canada.
NOTES
Terra Mysticon website: https://www.terramysticon.com
Schedule: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-GPHA5MUOYCINSjLwr83g7irIkw4w6Zb/view
FAQs: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-_hXJxwSPNgnGqgV_8zPC_ngtq7vowkN/view
Sid Lee 3D Tour: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=rzZzP9ukJcs
Mysticon Discord server: https://discord.gg/7X9B6q2vpc
BBC - Race Across the World Series 3: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0002tvs/race-across-the-world?seriesId=p0f5x536
FIRE 2 TOURNAMENTS
https://twitch.tv/firetwotournaments
https://youtube.com/channel/UCUD_cqM_IwI0ib9uQIFCIUQ
https://www.facebook.com/FireTwoTournaments/
https://www.instagram.com/firetwotournaments/
https://twitter.com/firetwotourneys
BowserHugs, noted 2 player enthusiast, joins Ejay to play a game of 2 player Terra, and discuss the merits of the 2p format.
Ejay and Bowser's 2p game
Bowser - F2O wiki
The Bend - 2p map
Music by Fesliyan Studios
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"I think gaming, like anything can be very dangerous without moderation," Chris said to me when we planned this episode. Chris Ho joins to discuss the important matters of living intentionally and how to manage our time while gaming.
NOTES
F2O Season 2 Final Superczarny F2O episode
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FIRE 2 TOURNAMENTS
AJ (a440) met with Ejay live and in-person at the Mind Sports Olympiad tournament in London to discuss his successful trip to the World Boardgaming Championship 2022, where he is in the running to be awarded 'Consul' for most successful player
AJ's WBC write-up
AJ Piano Music on Youtube
England Music Fun
Music by Fesliyan Studios
FIRE 2 TOURNAMENTS
Twitch
Youtube
Ranior, cs2376jr and PatrickoftheIsles join Ejay to talk about their experience at the World Boardgaming Championships.
WBC Website
WBC WRITE-UPS:
- Patrick
- Ranior - 2022
- Ranior - 2019
- Ranior - 2018
- Ranior - 2018 Terra Mystica
- a440 - AJ
- Nickismyname
RANIOR ON F20A DISCUSSING WBC
ACT4
ACT5
Ranior on Twitch
Lumin - All-Player Commentary
Music by Fesliyan Studios
FIRE 2 TOURNAMENTS
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Youtube
Claybo and Barnawal joined Ejay and Lizzy to talk about Clay's Terra Mystica video output and many other things.
NOTES
2v2v2v2 Terra Mystica doubles
Claybo's Terra channel
Terra Mystica Timeline, obligatory watch
(27:15 for Terror Mystery Cats)
Clay's pickles and peanut butter video
Ejay's pickles and peanut butter video...
Fjords league results
Fjords league
Words With Friends result
Leisure Lympics frisbee
Music by Fesliyan Studios
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Superczarny bids goodbye to the community, as he looks to prioritise things.
[Zoras - the Superczarny Show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL3dAGXFNcY]
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Part 2 of a two-part conversation with Dave Edwards (InnerCitySumo) and Robert Mckinnes (Ljazz) speaking to Ejay about their fan factions designs:
Chash Dallah Dynion Geifr Children of the Wyrm Djinni Time Travellers
Plus, the conclusion of the fan factions quiz with Lizzy the Llama!
Podcast art should change through the show to show the faction board pictures.
NOTES
Fan Factions - Board Game Geek Announcement thread
Rules document
Games Playbook - Chash Dallah
[Games Playbook - Dynion Geifr]https://gamesplaybook.com/news/designing-fan-factions-for-terra-mystica-dynion-geifr)
Games Playbook - Children of the Wurm
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Non-enhanced version
NOTES
Fan Factions - Board Game Geek
Announcement thread
Rules document
Games Playbook - Chash Dallah
Games Playbook - Dynion Geifr
Games Playbook - Children of the Wurm
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Dave Edwards (InnerCitySumo) and Robert Mckinnes (Ljazz) spoke to Ejay about their fan factions designs:
- Chash Dallah
- Dynion Geifr
- Children of the Wyrm
- Djinni
- Time Travellers
Podcast art should change through the show to show the faction board pictures.
This is part 1 of a two-part conversation.
Also, a fan factions quiz with Lizzy the Llama!
NOTES
Fan Factions - Board Game Geek
Announcement thread
Rules document
Games Playbook - Chash Dallah
Games Playbook - Dynion Geifr
Games Playbook - Children of the Wurm
Music by Fesliyan Studios
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Haligh talks to Ejay and Superczarny after winning the "1000cc Mirror Mode" Premier League in Season 5 of TMTL.
The Terries - TMTL awards
Tomato Europe Potato Europe
Dice Hospital
Play Agricola
TMTL Results Spreadsheets
Haligh's home game
Giants game - see first round
VOD
Haligh on TMTour
TM Sunday Ladder
Big German Terra game
Santorini
Blur - Caravan
The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
Music by Fesliyan Studios
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HELGE!
Co-designer of Terra Mystica, Helge Ostertag, kindly joins Ejay and Superczarny to talk Terra and ask questions provided by the community.
Audio help from DanyB - Fiktion on Soundcloud
NOTES:
Helge Ostertag
Claybo - Terra Mystica Timeline
Terra Mystica Designer Diary
Friedemann Friese
Power Grid
Uwe Rosenberg
Terra Mystica: Age of Innovation
Lodev - TM AI
TM Fan Factions
Terra Mystica inspired Scythe
Helge's best games:
Catan
Carcassonne
San Juan
Race for the Galaxy
Lost Ruins of Arnak
Everdell
Solo Box
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Jamey Stegmaier, designer and co-founder at Stonemaier games, joins Ejay to talk about his fan faction contribution - the Atlanteans
Jamey
Atlanteans announcement, BGG
Top 10 pets in boxes
Jamey on Terra: Top 10 games video
Merchant of the Seas video
Stonemaier blog
Outside is Overrated interview
Music by Fesliyan Studios
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George Shortwell, who some have described as the 'best all round Terra Mystica player in the world,' spoke to Ejay, as he started his bid for glory in TMTour division 1, and as he prepared to defend his crown after winning the Mind Sports Olympiad title last year.
Portsmouth Beanie Baby shirt
Mitchell and Webb Look - Football
George vs Ejay TMtour season
George's Darklings game that season - Ejay was actually playing engineers
Fire and Ice Ladder
TMTour Season 48 Division 1
Geoge's Nomads Div1 game
Fjords League
George Shortwell - F2O Wiki
VOD - George F2O Series 2 game
F2oA ACT1 - Victorious Team Canada
TMC - Doubles Match
2021 MSO Terra Mystica results
MSO 2022 Schedule
Music by Fesliyan Studios
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Off the back of his double win in the TMTL Season 4 Premier League and turn-based division 1, MattTheLesser spoke to Ejay and Superczarny about the season, and his recent TMtour Division 1 triumph too.
DanyB's Soundcloud - Fiktion Fire 2 on Air - Volcano factions guide with Matt TMTL results spreadsheet
TMTL GAMES: Matt's home game - SimonBe's great alchemists game: Youtube BGA Final, deciding game: Youtube BGA Turn-based Ice Maidens game: BGA
Matt's Twitch TMTL Turn-based stream VODs - COMING SOON Fruity Harris - Video Analysis of Top-level Fire & Ice Ladder Game TMtour Season 45 Div 1
Music by Fesliyan Studios (and DanyB)
FIRE 2 TOURNAMENTS
An interview with the new Fire 2 Open champion, rafaelhfuryu, talking about the tournament and his run to victory with Ejay and Superczarny.
Apologies for the slightly strange audio in places as we switch between recordings and backup recordings...
F2O Season 3 Wiki
Raf's games:
Group B
Ice Division Second Chance
Ice Division Finals
Grand Finals
Music by Fesliyan Studios
FIRE 2 TOURNAMENTS
Twitch
Youtube
Sign up to TMTL through the Discord server
Against Malaria TMTL fundraiser
F2O current season wiki
Ghostly In Paris
Music by Fesliyan Studios
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Ejay talks to Superczarny and guest DanyB about the craze taking the Terra world by storm: bullet, or blitz, Terra games. Learn about how to play them, how they work, strategies, and why it lets you experiment new lines and improve your play.
Thanks to Dany for his time, for letting us play his amazing Auren theme to close the episode, and for having a pass at the audio to make it sound all posh and that.
Terror Mystery Cats Bullet tournament 1
TMC Bullet tournament 4
Dany's awesome Soundcloud
Music by Fesliyan Studios
(And Dany)
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Superczarny is joined by WebberAJ and Deragned to review the group stages of the current F2O season on the Lakes maps, and to look ahead to the next rounds.
F2O Wiki
Music by Fesliyan Studios
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Second part of the discussion with F2O tournament director Chris Bizzell.
F2O Wiki
F2O Season 3 announcement
Music by Fesliyan Studios
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Director of the Fire 2 Open tournament and hero of the community Chris Bizzell joins Ejay and Lizzy. Part 2 coming soon discussing the upcoming season.
F2O Wiki
F2O Season 3 announcement
Music by Fesliyan Studios
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After winning Seasons 1 and 2 of Terra Mystica Tuesday League, Deepfinesse did it again in Season 3. He talks to Ejay and Superczarny about the win and his Terra Mystica career.
TMTL Discord
TMC Deepfinesse Guest Stream
Music by Fesliyan Studios
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Ginooo and Haligh join Superczarny to rank the landscapes and discuss their merits, drawbacks and strategies.
Special Landscapes ruels
Tier 1:
Fakirs - Flight School
Auren - Tree of Serenity
Swarmlings - Breeding Ground
Tier 2:
Dwarves - Great Tunnel
Giants - Cave of Wisdom
Alchemists - Gloomy Workshop
Mermaids - Coral Reef
Tier 3:
Darklings - Camp
Cultists - Cult Palace
Engineers - Bridge Tower
Nomads - Trading Camp
Tier 4:
Chaos Magicians - Chaos Portal
Witches - Raven's Blunder
Tier 5:
Halflings - Driller
Music by Fesliyan Studios
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Ginooo joins Ejay to discuss the ice factions - Yetis and Ice Maidens.
This is the last of the Fire and Ice faction guide episodes, we hope they have been useful, enjoy the expansion!
Yetis faction board
Ice Maidens faction board
Fire and Ice rules
Mattthelesser's Ice Maidens post
Zoras' Basic Guide to Yetis
Ginooo's Yetis digs BowserHug's Nomads connection
Let's talk about Yetis BGG
Let's talk about Ice Maidens BGG
Music by Fesliyan Studios
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Fruity Harris, custodian of the fire and ice ladder and expert expansion faction player, joins Ejay to provide expertise on the variable factions - Shapeshifters and Riverwalkers.
Play in the Fire and Ice Ladder
Shapeshifters faction board
Riverwalkers faction board. Fire and Ice expansion rules
Zoras Stronghold shapeshifters game
Let's talk about Shapeshifters BGG thread
Let's talk about Riverwalkers BGG thread
Music by Fesliyan Studios
FIRE 2 TOURNAMENTS
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Youtube
Volcano faction notes
MattTheLesser joins Ejay for a guide to the Volcano factions, part of our series of guides to the Fire and Ice expansion.
Dragonlords faction board
Acolytes faction board
Fire and Ice expansion rules
BGG Dragonlords strategy discussion
Matt's Twitch
One successful no Stronghold Dragonlord game
Matt's Ice Maiden post
The custodian of Board Game Arena's implementation of Terra Mystica, Rincevent, joins Ejay and Superczarny to coincide with the release of the Fire and Ice factions to Beta mode.
Thanks to Rincevent both for his time and for all the hard work he does for the Terra Mystica community!
Ejay's microphone was not working perfectly, apologies.
Rincevent round planner tool
Fire and Ice rules
Board Game Arena Bug Report
Music by Fesliyan Studios
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Youtube
TMTL is back for Season 3!
Sign up here
Sign ups close Tuesday 26th October Public Discord
Music by Fesliyan Studios
thejordan - Jordan Lewis - talks to Ejay about the process of designing the Fjords map, which was added to Snellman, Board Game Arena and printed with the Merchants of the Seas expansion. He also offers some tips for new players to Fjords. Plus, Pokemon.
thejordan on tmtour
thejordanplays on YouTube - Pokemon VGC!
Button Mashers game on Facebook
Fjords map development thread
Jordan on Ranior's All Player Commentary stream
Fjords v0.1
Pokemon Showdown Pokemon Master Trainer board game Twitch Plays Pokemon
Music by Fesliyan Studios
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Terra Mystica's "Power Couple" Mr Fickles and Jekyl joined Ejay and Lizzy to talk about Terra and the International Clash.
NOTES
Jekyl joining Mr Fickles in the post-match interview
Jekyl's Best Game on Zoras' Youtube
International Clash voting information
Music by Fesliyan Studios
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The fire and ice expansion for Terra Mystica is coming to Board Game Arena. Zoras joined Ejay to talk about one part of the Fire and Ice expansion - the extra endgame scoring tiles. The scoring options are:
Outpost ('edge') scoring - connected structures on the border hexes of the map Distance - Furthest distance between connected structures Settlements ('clusters') - individual Stronghold and Sanctuary - furthest distance between a connected SH and SA
Scoring 18, 12 and 6 points for end game scoring in addition to network scoring. They are already available to play with the base game factions.
LINKS
Terra Mystica: Fire and Ice Fire and Ice rules Zoras' Basic Guide to Yetis
Music by Fesliyan Studios
FIRE 2 TOURNAMENTS:
Twitch
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Sam Macdonald ('SJ The Kiwi') is a game designer who lives in Terra Mystica (New Zealand). He is the designer of the Circadians series of games and, with his co-designer at Garphill Games Shem Phillips, the West Kingdom series.
He joined Ejay and Superczarny to talk about his games and his view of Terra Mystica as a game designer. Also, 'cursed problems' in game design.
[Sam on Board Game Geek]/9https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/103821/s-j-macdonald) Shem Philips
WEST KINGDOM SERIES:
Architects of the West Kingdom Paladins of the West Kingdom Viscounts of the West Kingdom Architects - Works of Wonder expansion Kickstarter
CIRCADIANS:
Circadians: First Light Circadians: Chaos Order Chaos Order unboxing
GARPHILL GAMES:
Garphill Website Garphill Discord
Cursed Problems in Game Design Magic Pineapple - Why You Should Play Terra Mystica
Music by Fesliyan Studios
FIRE 2 TOURNAMENTS
Twitch
Youtube
The second half of our conversation with Xevoc. We talk about his foray into the Fire 2 Open tournament, a run of form that took him to the top of the BGA rankings, and pose him some questions from other players in the community.
Xevoc was the hero of the early days of the Tmtour Terra Mystica tournament. He recently returned to the live scene and played in the Fire 2 International Clash, Fire 2 Open and other live play on Board Game Arena.
He joined Ejay and Superczarny to discuss his great history.
NOTES
210 point 5 player Chaos Magicians
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Xevoc was the hero of the early days of the Tmtour Terra Mystica tournament. He recently returned to the live scene and played in the Fire 2 International Clash, Fire 2 Open and other live play on Board Game Arena.
He joined Ejay and Superczarny to discuss his great history. This is the first half of the conversation, second part coming soon.
NOTES
TM AI Lodev
Tmtour marathon table
Xevoc's tmtour record
Xevoc and Juho Snellman on Webber's open table Dwarves sanctuary game
Halflings water 2 earth 2 game
197 Witches game with extra scoring
Snellman high score table Xevocs first BGA game
International Clash voting information
F2O International Clash final
Music by Fesliyan Studios
FIRE 2 TOURNAMENTS
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Youtube
Ninja, the recently crowned champion of Fire 2 Open 2021 Season 2, joins Ejay and Superczarny for a reflection on the tournament.
Music by Fesliyan Studios
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After the earlier episode discussing the 'Mount Rushmore' and best current players of Terra Mystica, Ranior sent out surveys to get the everyone's opinion. It's time for the grand awards ceremenoy... but oh no, there's a problem, where's Ryan?!
Stick around at the end for extra air / Ghostly's Agenda Alcove where he discusses some upcoming events.
And look out in future for some community awards plans.
NOTES:
Team USA boy band photo - F2O Discord
Glowing Zoras
The Printer, the Witches and the Portal - DeepFinesse's origin story
EXTRA AIR / GHOSTLY'S AGENDA ALCOVE:
Sorry Ninja - we mentioned all of Italy's sporting success but crucially NOT the new F2O champ :(
Ghostly's Terra Mystica Google calendar
Zoras' Twitch
Webber's revamped Twitch
Webber's Open Table - Saturday 7th August
Mind Sports Olympiad - Terra Mystica 14th-15th August
Mind Sports Olympiad - Gaia Project
A Fistful of Dwellings bullet tournament - Sunday 8th August
Music by Fesliyan Studios
FIRE 2 TOURNAMENTS:
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Continued conversation of Lumin with Ejay and Superczarny, moving on to discussion of the TMTour tournament on the Snellman website, and what it was like for Lumin playing in the very top division of the tournament.
Plus, Lumin raises early plans for a Fire 2 Live tournament at WBC 2022!
NOTES
Snellman Terra Mystica
TMtour Terra Mystica
Lumin's tournament history
Lumin's 2nd place Tmtour finish
Ozymandias famous Auren game
WBC 2022 - Fire 2 Live!?
Music by Fesliyan Studios
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First of a two-part conversation with Lumin, talking to Ejay and Superczarny. In the first we talk about his history playing Catan and competitive Agricola, and how that lead to Terra Mystica.
Part Two upcoming will talk in detail about the tmtour Terra Mystica tournament and playing in division 1 there.
NOTES
Agricola on BGA
Pi to 101 digits
Lumin on twitch DyLighted on PlayCatan/Catan Universe
Catan on Fire 2 Tournaments
Fire 2 Open Group Selection
2018 MSO Results
2018 MSO Agricola Results
All Player Commentary videos on Lumin's channel
Music by Fesliyan Studios
FIRE 2 TOURNAMENTS
Twitch Youtube Facebook Instagram Twitter
Ejay and Superczarny are joined by Webberaj to look back on the group stage of Fire 2 Open 2021 S2 group stage and second chance games, and slightly belatedly make predictions for the finals.
Webber's Discord
Webber on BGA
Contact him if you can help with the Terra website, especially with programming!
Webber's Twitch See Super in action on Friday's open table game
Fire 2 on Youtube
Music by Fesliyan Studios
As proposed by Ranior in the last episode, vote for your four most influential figures in the game's history.
Google Forms
Music by Fesliyan Studios
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Ejay and Lizzy The Llama continue their conversation with Ranior about contemporary Terra Mystica, including Fire 2 Open, his stream, and his top players now and of all time. This was recorded after the group selection for F2O current season but before Ranior's opening group match.
NOTES:
Ranior's Twitch
F2O group selection current season
F2O group selection 2021 S1
steve496 BGG contributions
Mount Rushmore
Tmtour Marathon Table
Zoras on Youtube
Music by Fesliyan Studios
FIRE 2 TOURNAMENTS:
Twitch
Youtube
Ranior is well known in the community as one of the best live players around and for his excellent Twitch streams. And for his excellent doggo. But in this first of two parts we focus on his in-person victory at the 2018 World Board Game Championships convention, and also some of the history of Terra Mystica from his point of view. He joined Ejay and Lizzy the Llama for a fun conversation, thanks to him.
Look out for a second part of this conversation with some more discussion about contemporary Terra Mystica soon.
NOTES:
Ranior's Board Game Geek thread about WBC 2018
Mikechike's report
Ranior's Twitch channel - give Loki the dog a treat
All Player Commentary videos on Lumin's channel 2020 Mind Sports Olympiad standings
BGA Usage Statistics
Music from Fesliyan Studios
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Youtube
Nerdcube is champion of Terra Mystica Arena mode on Board Game Arena for seasons 2 and 4, and on target to win the current season 5. He's also widely regarded as one of the best players in the world. He joined Ejay and Superczarny to talk about Arena, but also Terra Mystica generally and other tournaments, including the Fire 2 Open.
Then, for Extra Air we welcome back Ghostly to give an update on how his group match in F2O went, and to give an update on future events in his possibly semi-regular feature, Ghostly's Calendar Corner.
Corrections/Clarifications:
Ghostly had Elvis, not Hong in his group
F2O stream times are -
Wednesdays: 7PM EDT / 1AM Thurs CET
Saturdays: 1PM EDT / 7PM CET
LINKS:
Arena season standings on Board Game Arena
Nerdcube Twitch
Nerdcube's introducing Temple Giants thread
Double-temple Auren on Premier League TMTL Nerdcube's proudest game - no-town Engineers Nerdcube's Best Game on Zoras' channel
Fire 2 Open group selection
Fire 2 Open 2021 S1 Group A - including Nerdcube and Ghostly
Ghostly's Terra Mystica Google calendar
Terra Mystica Tuesday League registration
NERDCUBE'S THEORY REFERENCE MATERIAL:
DocCool's Opening Statistics - Witches, with links to other factions
CTKShadow:
Alchemists
Fakirs
Zoras' - Understanding Terra Mystica's Economy
Music from Fesliyan Studios
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Youtube
Gho, Gho, Ghostly! Ejay and Ghostly met in the remote English village of Discord-on-the-Wold to discuss his well-deserved qualification for Fire 2 Open after several attempts. Stick around after the beat for some small corrections, a reflection on qualifiers now they are over, and a brief look ahead to the tournament.
Check the image link below to see the setup for Ghostly's quadruple 30 faction qualifier match and choose who you would bid!
Thanks to Ghostly for his time, and his input so far on Fire 2: on Air behind the scenes.
LINKS:
30 faction challenge - who would you pick?
Ghostly's first qualifying heat with quadruple 30 faction
Ghostly's second qualifying heat
F2O Season 1 final, game 2 Fire and Ice
List of qualifiers
Tehslippery's three-way tiebreaker qualification game
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Youtube
Ejay and Superczarny speak with DanyB and Zoras from Team Canada, recent winners of the inaugural Fire 2 International Clash tournament.
Zoras: Youtube Twitch
Fire 2 Tournaments: Twitch Youtube Facebook Instagram Twitter