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Published — 25. Juli 2016 Garrett's Games and Geekiness
Published — 17. Juli 2016 Garrett's Games and Geekiness

Garrett's Games 524 - Carcassonne Star Wars and Golden Ages with Cults and Culture Expansion

17. Juli 2016 um 21:47

Shelley and I try out the new Star Wars version of Carcassonne, then add the expansion to The Golden Ages, called Cults and Culture.

Carcassonne Star Wars by Klaus-Jurgen Wrede from Hans im Gluck

The Golden Ages by Luigi Ferrini

and

The Golden Ages: Cults and Culture Expansion by Luigi Ferrini, both from Stronghold Games

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Published — 10. Juli 2016 Garrett's Games and Geekiness

Garrett's Games 523 - Chronicler, Alan's Adventureland and 4-player Karuba

10. Juli 2016 um 16:52

Shelley and I get in a few plays of Chronicler, where we spent time quickly building civilizations, then tried our hands at amusement park building with Alan's Adventureland, before breaking out a 4-player game of Karuba.

Chronicler by GB Kim and Kim sung hun from Deinko

Alan's Adventureland by Alan Ernstein from Rio Grande

and

Karuba by Rudiger Dorn from HABA

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Published — 03. Juli 2016 Garrett's Games and Geekiness

Garrett's Games 522 - Sushi Go Party! Prime Time and (Moby) Dick

03. Juli 2016 um 17:14

Shelley and I continue to enjoy summer by getting together with some friends and trying out the new version of Sushi Go, as well as a rip off of Cards Against Humanity, and also try out some TV programming.

Sushi Go Party by Phil Walker-Harding from Gamewright

Prime Time by Elad Goldstein from Golden Egg Games

and

Dick: A Card Game Based on the Novel by Herman Melville from Why so Ever

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Published — 26. Juni 2016 Garrett's Games and Geekiness
Published — 20. Juni 2016 Garrett's Games and Geekiness
Published — 13. Juni 2016 Garrett's Games and Geekiness
Published — 06. Juni 2016 Garrett's Games and Geekiness
Published — 29. Mai 2016 Garrett's Games and Geekiness

Garrett's Games 517 - Dynasties: Heirate and Herrsche AND Blindes Huhn

Shelley joined the weekly gaming group with the guys for a playing of the new Hans im Glück release from Matthias Cramer, then I snag yet another 'not-yet-reviewed-from Essen' release off the pile for some 4-player auctioning of chickens!

Dynasties: Heirate & Herrsche by Matthias Cramer from Hans im Glück

and

Blindes Huhn (or Blind Hen) by Heike Risthaus from Ostia Spiele

FUHN Stuhff!

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Published — 23. Mai 2016 Garrett's Games and Geekiness

Garrett's Games 516 - Quadropolis and SdJ/KdJ Possibilities

Shelley and I get Quadropolis to the table this week for discussion (2 'Classic' game plays, 1 'Expert' game play), finding it quite enjoyable, then spend some time talking about some of the games on the Opinionated Gamers' lists for Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres (Nominations & Recommendations out tomorrow/Monday, May 23).

Game Discussed: Quadropolis by Francois Gandon from Days of Wonder

Awards Picks:

SdJ Winner: Codenames

Other Nominees: Animals On Board, then Lanterns/Medieval Academy/Karuba

KdJ Winner: Pandemic Legacy

Other Nominees: Quadropolis, then Isle of Skye/Porta Nigra/Steam Time/Grand Austria Hotel (or maybe Castles of Burgundy Card Game which we didn't talk about on the podcast???)

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Published — 16. Mai 2016 Garrett's Games and Geekiness
Published — 09. Mai 2016 Garrett's Games and Geekiness

Garrett's Games 514 - Medieval Academy and Castles of Burgundy Card Game

Shelley and I take some time and delve into Medieval Academy, a game some have been talking up as a possible SdJ nominee, then we check out the card game version of Stefan Feld's Castles of Burgundy.

Medieval Academy by Nicolas Poncin from Blue Cocker and Iello

and

Castles of Burgundy the Card Game by Stefan Feld from alea and Ravensburger

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Published — 01. Mai 2016 Garrett's Games and Geekiness

Garrett's Games 513 - Minerva, Balloon Challenge and Guns & Steel

Shelley and I check out new games from Hisashi Hayashi (of Trains, String Railways, Sail to India, fame), as well as Kenichi Tanabe (of Kaigan and Lisbon/Lisboa fame) after we talk about Jesse Li's Guns & Steel.

Guns & Steel by Jesse Li from Grail Games and Moaideas

Minerva by Hisashi Hayashi from Japon/Okazu

and

Balloon Challenge by Kenichi Tanabe from Colon Arc

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Published — 25. April 2016 Garrett's Games and Geekiness
Published — 18. April 2016 Garrett's Games and Geekiness
Published — 10. April 2016 Garrett's Games and Geekiness

Garrett's Games 510 - Haspelknecht and Bomarzo

10. April 2016 um 18:39

Shelley and I get a couple of limited-run Essen 2015 releases to the table that I obtained post-show.

Haspelknecht by Thomas Spitzer and produced by Quined Games has players digging for coal in the Ruhr area of Germany, using limited resources to obtain points over a 3-year period.

Bomarzo by Stefano Castelli and produced by Giochix.it has players tapping the powers of mythological gods to gain prestige and influence in various areas.

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Published — 01. April 2016 Garrett's Games and Geekiness

Garrett's Games 509 - Stephen Buonocore of Stronghold Games!

01. April 2016 um 07:53

Shelley and I get Stephen Buonocore of Stronghold Games back to the microphones for a discussion of recent releases like 504, Porta Nigra, La Granja, and The Golden Ages, as well as forthcoming titles like Bear Valley, Animals On Board, City of Spies, JORVIK and Terraforming Mars. We even delve into Stronghold's classic titles that remain solid sellers like Survive and Code 777.

Enjoy!

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Published — 28. März 2016 Garrett's Games and Geekiness
Published — 20. März 2016 Garrett's Games and Geekiness
Published — 13. März 2016 Garrett's Games and Geekiness

Garrett's Games 506 - Ted Alspach and the new Colony, plus Ray, co-owner of Game Kastle

13. März 2016 um 23:54

Ted Alspach of Bezier Games joins us on the microphones for a discussion of the just-announced Colony (due this fall) as well as discussions of other titles, including America and One Night Ultimate Vampire.

Then Ray, co-owner of Game Kastle joins me for a discussion of the brand new Mountain View Game Kastle store.

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