Episode 312: Endeavor Deep Sea and a Short Topic Extravaganza

Hey Now and Happy New Year Cabalists! 2025 kicks off with AC from Lords of the Dungeon sitting in for Tony T as he's traveling for the holiday. We dive into a bunch of games we've been playing including Star Trek Captains Chair, Great Western Trail New Zealand, Clank Catacombs, Fallout, Compile Main 1, and feature Endeavor Deep Sea designed by Carl de Visser and Jarratt Gray and published by Burnt Island Games. Stevie S takes over Tony T's newsman role for the day and gives you all the most important news stories from the tabletop gaming world. Then finally the gang takes questions from listeners including games we cant get to the table but refuse to get rid of, the TV shows we recommend, and how our hobby habits have changed over the years.

Timecodes

• Endeavor Deep Sea Review 00:52:36

• News with Stevie S 01:30:36

• Short Topic Extravaganza 02:26:25

Opening Banter and Reviews

• Star Trek Captains Chair

• Great Western Trail: New Zealand

• Clank Catacombs

• Fallout

• Compile: Main 1

Feature Review: Endeavor: Deep Sea

Plunge into the modern era, where our planet's vast interconnected ocean scape is one of the last frontiers to discover and explore. Experience a deep new ever-changing adventure in this followup to the smash hit Endeavor: Age of Sail! In Endeavor: Deep Sea, you head an independent research institute with the goal of developing sustainable projects and preserving the fragile balance of marine life. Throughout the game, you’ll recruit field experts and use their abilities to explore new locations, research dive sites, publish critical ecological papers, and launch conservation efforts. Expand your expertise, develop your team, and learn as much as possible about the sea. The action your institute takes now, could mean a healthy ocean and a sustainable future for the planet. Endeavor: Deep Sea is designed by Jarratt Gray and Carl de Visser, the same creative team behind the smash hit Endeavor: Age of Sail and Endeavor. This edition is set in a new era of nautical discovery, but uses streamlined rules which will be familiar to fans of the original game.

Designed by Carl de Visser & Jarratt Gray

Published by Burnt Island Games

BoardGameGeek.com Entry

Gaming News by Tony T

Community Info

• PAX Unplugged becomes second largest U.S. tabletop games convention

• Rebellion Unplugged accused of plagiarism

• WotC Bans “The One Ring” from Magic the Gathering

• The Game Manufacturer’s Association 2025 Power Retail Awards - Nominations open!

  • Nominations and previous winners

• Diamant d’Or, Expert-level eurogame award, unveils finalists

Crowd Funded Projects

• Cardyhedron – Portable Metal Spin-Dial Polyhedral Dice

• Ascendice 2: Levitating Dice for D&D

• The Dice Compendium 2 - The Smart Dice Display

Founder's Froth

• D.E.I.: Divide et Impera

• Legions Imperialis: Mechanicum

• Defenders of the Wild

Upcoming Product

• Hasbro announces licensing deal with Koi Footwear for line of Vegan Dungeons & Dragons Footwear

• Llamascape Games is bringing Miguel de Cervantes’ classic novel to the table - Don Quixote: The Ingenious Hidalgo

• Steamforge releases Warmachine 2 Player Starter Set

• The Empire of Man is coming to Warhammer The Old World

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