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David Melding takes Martin through his route to becoming a politician, which included backing the No campaign opposing the creation of the institution he now sits on.The AM for South Wales Central explains why he doesn't support calls for second Brexit referendum, despite being a passionate Remainer.He also shares his thoughts on how the 2021 Assembly elections will pan out for Wales's political parties.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
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David Melding takes Martin through his route to becoming a politician, which included backing the No campaign opposing the creation of the institution he now si

As many of you probably know, I only have limited space for games. That's why I very much like small box games that have a lot of gameplay crammed into a small volume. It's also the reason why I have been reboxing games that come in bigger boxes, compressing them down and getting rid of all the extra air that came with the original packaging. I have written about this in my article "Box clever?" a couple of years ago, and this time I want to give you some concrete examples of small box games crammed to the brim and larger box games that I have shrunk down.Read the full article here: <a href="https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/07/21/compressed-collections-topic-discussion/">https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/07/21/compressed-collections-topic-discussion/</a>Links<ul><li>Mint Tin Mini Skulduggery: <a href="https://subquark.com/rules-mtmskulduggery.html">https://subquark.com/rules-mtmskulduggery.html</a></li><li>Mint Tin Mini Skulduggery review: <a href="https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/03/09/mint-tin-mini-skulduggery/">https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/03/09/mint-tin-mini-skulduggery/</a></li><li>Mint Tin Mini Skulduggery unboxing video: <a href="https://youtu.be/vRA7ZquQ7bc">https://youtu.be/vRA7ZquQ7bc</a></li><li>subQuark: <a href="https://subquark.com/">https://subquark.com/</a></li><li>The Blessed Dark: <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nmeunier/the-blessed-dark-a-cult-themed-mint-tin-card-dice-game">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nmeunier/the-blessed-dark-a-cult-themed-mint-tin-card-dice-game</a></li><li>The Blessed Dark review: <a href="https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/07/20/the-blessed-dark-saturday-review/">https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/07/20/the-blessed-dark-saturday-review/</a></li><li>Nathan Meunier: <a href="https://twitter.com/nmeunier">https://twitter.com/nmeunier</a></li><li>Microbrew: <a href="https://www.onefreeelephant.co.uk/Microbrew/">https://www.onefreeelephant.co.uk/Microbrew/</a></li><li>Microbrew review: <a href="https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/06/22/microbrew-saturday-review/">https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/06/22/microbrew-saturday-review/</a></li><li>Microbrew unboxing video: <a href="https://youtu.be/PuahVpDF0qA">https://youtu.be/PuahVpDF0qA</a></li><li>One Free Elephant: <a href="https://www.onefreeelephant.co.uk/">https://www.onefreeelephant.co.uk/</a></li><li>Mint Works: <a href="https://five24labs.com/mint-works">https://five24labs.com/mint-works</a></li><li>Mint Works review: <a href="https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/08/17/mint-works-saturday-review/">https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/08/17/mint-works-saturday-review/</a></li><li>Five24 Labs: <a href="https://five24labs.com/">https://five24labs.com/</a></li><li>Deep Sea Adventure: <a href="https://oinkgms.com/en/deep-sea-adventure">https://oinkgms.com/en/deep-sea-adventure</a></li><li>Deep Sea Adventure review: <a href="https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/04/11/deep-sea-adventure-saturday-review/">https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/04/11/deep-sea-adventure-saturday-review/</a></li><li>Deep Sea Adventure unboxing video: <a href="https://youtu.be/c-Pupu1FtAA">https://youtu.be/c-Pupu1FtAA</a></li><li>Oink Games: <a href="https://oinkgms.com/en/">https://oinkgms.com/en/</a></li><li>Assembly: <a href="http://wrengames.co.uk/main/about/assembly/">http://wrengames.co.uk/main/about/assembly/</a></li><li>Assembly review: <a href="https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2018/11/17/assembly/">https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2018/11/17/assembly/</a></li><li>Wren Games: <a href="http://wrengames.co.uk/main/">http://wrengames.co.uk/main/</a></li><li>Bots Up!: <a href="https://botsupgame.com/">https://botsupgame.com/</a></li><li>Swatch: <a href="https://www.minervatabletop.co.uk/swatch">https://www.minervatableto