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Dad, dork, programmer, board game lover, Political Junkie, and British Model Train enthusiast. Producer of @FiveByGames and @PlayabilityPod Pronouns: He/His
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The Five By

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By Justin Bell, Christy Keele, Mike Risley, Mason Weaver
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★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.2 via 53 ratings in Apple Podcasts and Spotify Five Contributors, Five Reviews, Five Minutes Each. Bringing you a monthly dose of rapid-fire board game reviews. Every four Wednesdays our five contributors will talk about a game on their radar that week. Follow us on Facebook (https://facebook.com/FiveByGames), Twitter (https://twitter.com/FiveByGames), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/FiveByGames/), or support us on Patreon (http://Patreon.com/FiveByGames). Host:   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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LexisNexis Risk Solutions Announces Alliance with Agenium to Deliver Speed, Ease of Implementation, Enabling Next-Gen Life Insurance Application Process - Fintech Finance

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By Mike Risley, Debra Gangelhoff
| Fintech Finance News Verified
LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a leading provider of data, analytics and technology solutions for insurance carriers, today announced a new alliance with Agenium, a leader in disruptive platform technology, to integrate data and analytics into the life insurance application process, delivered through an innovative, no-code configurable platform. This is critical during a time when life insurers are grappling with how best to improve the application process.
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Jose's Holiday Filler Game Roundup: Kites, Super Mega Lucky Box, Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza, 6 nimmt!, Illusion

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By Mike Risley, Mason Weaver
| The Five By
A clean, simple landing page with an embedded HTML5 audio player (and audio cards for Twitter and Facebook). Paste this code to embed an HTML5 audio player with controls. Useful if you want to create a direct download link, embed in your own player, post from another publishing engine, link to from Patreon, etc.'
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Under Falling Skies, Radlands, SCOUT, Aqualin, BitterSweet

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By Mike Risley, Mason Weaver
| The Five By
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Farewell Reflections; So, You've Been Eaten; Floriferous; Mythic Mischief; Fjords

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By Mike Risley, Mason Weaver
| The Five By
Hello friends and welcome to The Five By. Your quatriweekly source of rapid-fire board game reviews. 00:00 Mike - Introduction 00:30 Mason - Farewell Reflections 06:01 Sarah - So, You've Been Eaten 11:20 Ruel - Floriferous 16:17 Jose - Mythic Mischief 21:34 Mike - Fjords (New Printing) 26:46 Meeple Lady - Outro
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Daxu, Dandelions, Mega Civilization, Kites, Sprawlopolis

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By Mega Civilization, Mike Risley, Mason Weaver
| The Five By
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Long Shot: The Dice Game, The Grand Carnival, Honey Buzz, Super Mega Lucky Box, This War of Mine

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By Mike Risley, Mason Weaver
| The Five By
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First Rat, Mystery Rummy: Jekyll & Hyde, Paint the Roses, Project L, Bullet♥︎

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By Mike Risley, Mason Weaver
| The Five By
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Zapotec, Cosmic Frog, German Whist, Heul Doch! Mau Mau, Concordia Solitaria

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By Mike Risley, Mason Weaver
| The Five By
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Sushi Go Party!, Century: Golem Edition, Cascadia, A Mending, Animal Upon Animal

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By Mike Risley, Mason Weaver
| The Five By
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Dog Lover, Whirling Witchcraft, Moonrakers, Pinochle, Village Green

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By Mike Risley, Mason Weaver
| The Five By
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Pandemic: Rising Tide, TEN, The Initiative, The Witches: A Discworld Game, Disco Elysium

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By Mike Risley, Mason Weaver
| The Five By
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Lost Ruins of Arnak, Cat Sudoku, Red Cathedral, Dice Miner, Dale of Merchants

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By Mike Risley, Mason Weaver
| The Five By
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2nd Opinions: Cat Lady, Ubongo, Wingspan, Can't Stop, Pandemic: Iberia

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By Can't Stop, Mike Risley, Mason Weaver
| The Five By
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Mason's Best Bargains

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By Mike Risley, Mason Weaver
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Brew, Llama, Canvas, Mandala, Mask Trilogy Comparison

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By Mike Risley, Mason Weaver
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The Five By - Auditions

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By Mike Risley, - Auditions
| The Five By
RSS Apple Podcasts Google Play Castro Overcast Spotify Stitcher Hello and welcome to our information page for Auditions. We are currently seeking to expand our team with one or two passionate board gamers. If that's you, then we definitely want to hear from you, literally. Please record one 4.5-5.5 minute segment on a board game you love and send or link us to it as . Just have a built-in mic?
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Cubitos, Cuzco, So Clover!, Mud: a Golem Memoir, Summoner Wars (Second Edition)

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By Mike Risley, Mason Weaver
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Educational Games

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By Mike Risley, Mason Weaver
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Sobek, Altiplano, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, Pan Am, Ticket to Ride: Europe

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By Mike Risley, Mason Weaver
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Fuse, Cryo, Tikal, Super-Skill Pinball, The Castles of Burgundy: The Dice Game

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By Mike Risley, Mason Weaver
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Seikatsu, Mexica, Canasta, T-Rex's Holiday, Block.Block

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By Mike Risley, Mason Weaver, T-Rex's Holiday
| The Five By
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Forbidden Desert, Arboretum, Scarabya, Haven, Dream Home

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By Mike Risley, Mason Weaver
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