Waggle Dance by Mike Nudd from Grublin Games Publishing

and

Spike by Stphen Glenn from R&R Games

are on the docket today for discussion with Shelley.

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On this Board Game Roundtable from 2006, Aldie and Mark join in for a discussion of various game stuff, along with BGG's Golden Geeks

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Rather than the typical "Best Games of 2014" episode where we're limited to titles that debuted last year, Tony, Shelley and I choose our favorite games and gaming experiences from the past year.

TONY'S LIST:

Libertalia

Keyflower

Deus

Historia

Red7

Cubist

Dragster

Patchwork

Colors of Kasane

Shephy

DOUG'S LIST:

One Night Ultimate Werewolf

Concordia (w/new expansion)

Colors of Kasane

Nehemiah

La Granja

Kaleido

KanBan

Machi Koro + expansions

Moscow to Paris

Panamax

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Freedom: The Underground Railroad

Puck Sucht Lady

Staufer Dynasty

El Gaucho

Colt Express

SHELLEY'S LIST

Rococo

Moscow to Paris

Happy Pigs

Castles of Mad King Ludwig

Splendor

Russian Railroads

HUE & GEM

Nehemiah

Tzolk'in The Mayan Calendar

Freedom: The Underground Railroad

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Tony Boydell joins Shelley and me for a discussion of the history of Surprised Stare Games, and the many titles he and his partner in the business have created, including Tony's own Scandaroon, Totemo, Fzzzt!, and Snowdonia.

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Three on the mics this time, as Greg Parker joins Shelley and me for a conversation about 4 titles we got to the table over a weekend:

Take Stock

Silk Road

Canal Mania

Konig Salomons Schatzkammer

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Canal Mania, Metromania, and Great Wall of China make the table for this revisit to 2006.

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Shelley and I talk through Nations The Dice Game, the much shorter dice-based version of Nations, as well and the new Queen/Dirk Henn game Neptun.

Nations The Dice Game by Rustan Hakansson from Lautapelit.fi

and

Neptun by Dirk Henn from Queen Games

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Shelley and I sit down with Eric and Mark of Days of Wonder to discuss the history of their company, as well as the (at that time) forthcoming Battlore game!

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Two Gregs and Shelley join me for a rapid-fire discussion of a bunch of older titles, many of which have found their way to other collections at this point.

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Shelley and I get two much older games to the table -

Auf Achse and Die Osterinsel

which I still actually have on my shelf and we bring out every once in awhile, and

Knights of Charlemagne

which never got another play...

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Shelley and I get another cute little Japanese game to the table, this one a quick tile-laying super-fillerwith some nice action choices. Then, we try out a 7 Wonders-esque card-based tech-tree game with some interesting ideas, but not nearly as streamlined as the former.

King of Frontier by Shun from Studio GG

Progress: Evolution of Technology by Agnieszka Kopera and Andrei Novac from NSKN Games

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Mark Jackson and Mard Batty join me for an in-depth discusison of Ticket to Ride. These Roundtables petered out as time constraints and tech issues made setting them up difficult, but I think the Meeplefest episodes reflect some of what these try to do.

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Ric joins me for a discussion of games of the moment (in 2006), along with some talk about game stores past & present.

Blue Moon

Blue Moon City

Thurn und Taxis

Mission Red Planet

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Shelley and I begin to extablish our 2-person banter while reviewing games with this return to the feed from 2006. five games on the table, and everything from indies to major players.

City and Guilds

Thurn und Taxis

Buccanneer

Aquedukt

Oltremare

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Shelley and I discuss my playings of Dreaming Spires, a new game from Game Salute, as well as Mangrovia, Zoch's 2014 entry into the gamers' market.

Dreaming Spires by Jeremy Hogan from Game Salute and Secret Games Company

Mangrovia by Eilif Svensson from Zoch Verlag

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Ward Batty of Atlanta Game Fest joins me on the microphones all the way back in 2006.

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Trying something new back in 2006, I put together a Boardgame Roundtable (kind of a precursor to the Meeplefest episodes, but without the wine) and we spent some time talking about a bunch of interesting games/gamer related topics.

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Shelley and I get a chance to talk about a favorite (Kings Progress) as well as a couple of Haba titles that we played back in 2006 at Gulf Games.

Kings Progress

Viva Topo!

Summ Herum

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Another episode back on the feed, and this one's all about games and gaming history with Peter Karpas.

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Shelley and I discuss the beautiful Abyss (is it a good game too?) and Grog Island, a lighter game from eggertspiele (especially given their recent output of games such as Yedo, Rococo, etc.).

Games Discussed:

Abyss by Bruno Cathala and Charles Chevallier (artwork by Xavier Collette) from Bombyx and Asmodee

Grog Island by Michael Rieneck from eggertspiele and Pegasus Spiele

Enjoy listening!

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