Shelley and I get two new (and good) Essen releases to the table:

Among Nobles by the Among Meeples team

and

Council of Four by Simone Luciani and Daniele Tascini from Cranio Creations

Enjoy!

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Seeing the red Amigo logo on a game means easy to learn, fresh gameplay and, most important, fun. Editors Uwe & Christian join us to chat about several titles that embrace this philosophy: Elfenland Deluxe, Gipfelsturmer, Roman Poker & Portal of Molthar.

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In what could be our most exciting reader mail ever, Quinns has helped a marine biologist pick some board games to take to the above Antarctic research station for 18 months. Tune in next year to hear how those games fared against penguins, boredom and the deadliest winters on planet Earth.

But that's not all! Join Paul and Quinns as they walk the tightrope of talking about Pandemic Legacy without spoiling a darn thing. Listen as they discuss other Game of the Year candidates Codenames and Mysterium. Laugh as they chat about the most dangerous games they played as kids, and moan with delight as they describe yet another perversely erotic folk game.

Pandemic Legacy, Codenames, Mysterium

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Shelley and I sit down at the mics and get back to reviews of games back in 2007. Patrician, Phoenicia and Uptown are on the docket.

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Lautapelit founder Toni Niittymäki chats about how his Finnish company started as a Nordic game distributor & evolved into a publisher. Designer Heikki Harju discusses Lautapelit's newest game M.U.L.E., a board game based on the classic computer game.

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German publisher HUCH & friends offers a wide variety of games in its catalog from silly games for kids to games with strategy and depth for older players. Tina Landwehr chats about Flying Kiwis, Gum Gum Machine, Tornado Ellie, Pronto & Think Str8.

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Patrick Nickell is off the leash! He joins us to chat about 3 games from Crash: Where Art Thou Romeo?, Council of Verona: Corruption & Pirate Den.

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Phil Eklund's games emphasize scientific & historical simulation with layers of detail. Phil chats about this unique approach to game design and his latest game, Neanderthal. Guide 1 of 3 human species through the Ice Age to shape human culture.

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Mark Johnson of the podcast Boardgames to Go joins me on the mics for an interview and discussion of podcasting and some classic games like El Grande and his favorite, Medici.

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It's Halloween time again and the ghosts and goblins are out and looking for trouble. Today the gang takes ghoulish pleasure in reviewing Transylvania Curses and Traitors. Then the Founders look back a Lords of Xidit and give their thoughts a year later. Tony Topper gives you a terrifying look at all the news and updates from the gaming world in his news segment. Then the guys resurrect an old discussion topic in which they free form create stories in Tony's Topper's Let's Build a Haunting.

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Italian company Post Scriptum publishes games in-house & works as a freelance developer. Founder Mario Sacchi chats about this dual approach to game development. Designer Luigi Cornaglia discusses how Post Scriptum helped publish his first game, Zena 1814

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Jana Zemankova chats about several new releases from CGE from heavy strategy to party game and everything in between including: Through the Ages, Prodigal's Club, Codenames and expansions for Tash Kalar and Galaxy Trucker.

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Stephen Buonocore is joined by his podcast pal, designer Ignacy Trzewiczek, to talk about their co-production of Ignacy's game, Stronghold. Then we delve into several new games including: 504, Porta Nigra, The Golden Ages and New Dawn.

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Polish designer Ignacy Trzewiczek chats about crafting a new streamlined edition of his first design, Stronghold, a game about a castle under siege. We also discuss his love asymmetrical games like Stronghold and another new title, Convoy.

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Tony McRee

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In this show, Tom and Eric talk about our Essen Spiel trip, what we saw and did there. Then, for the rest of the show, we tackle our gigantic pile of questions from listeners! It's a smorgasbord of topics!

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Designer Friedemann Friese​ chats about the inspiration behind and development of 504, a modular game system that can be combined to create 504 different games.

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Dieter Strehl from Piatnik chats about Pacal's Rocket, a family game based on the notion that Mayan civlization was built by alien technology. Move your starship around the city in order to place energy stones in a pattern to build pyramids and score.

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Moritz Brunnhofer chats about two new editions of Carcassonne. Star Wars adds factions and dice combat to the tile laying classic. Over Hill & Dale was commissioned by the Bavarian Ministry of Health. Send your meeples on hikes and harvest food to score.

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Matthias Nagy is the creative force behind the Board Game Advent Calendar. Behind each door is an original expansion for a game. 24 in total from 21 different publishers. Matthias chats about making this ambitious project a reality in less than a year.

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