Oops! I forgot my SD card reader, so can't get out today's episode until we return from our vacation getaway on Thursday. We hope you tune in then for our discussion of
Village Green by Peer Sylvester from Osprey Games
and
Meadow by Klemens Kalicki from Rebel
two beautiful tableau-building games.
Shelley and I enjoy some bon bons and create poker-esque sets in
Truffle Shuffle by Molly Johnson, Robert Melvin, and Shawn Stankewich from AEG
then we head back to 2003 and ancient Greece to race to build structures in
Attika by Marcel-André Casasola Merkle from Hans im Gluck and Rio Grande Games which has been re-published with a western theme as
US Telegraph from Super Meeple
Shelley and I enjoy collecting vegetables in the fun new card game
Point Salad by Molly Johnson, Robert Melvin, and Shawn Stankewich
then we dust off a Spiel des Jahres winner from 1999 which has just been republished
Tikal by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling from Super Meeple, Rio Grande, and Ravensburger
Shelley and I get our 19th Century industrialist hats on, building factories and funning them to the best of our ability in
Furnace by Ivan Lashin from Arcane Wonders and Hobby World
then we head to ancient Egypt to try our hands at building some of the world's wonders in
Egizia by Acchittocca (Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, Stefano Luperto, and Antonio Tinto) originally from Rio Grande and Hans im Gluck, but re-released recently by Stronghold Games and Matagot
Shelley and I build our lands out and UP as we herd llamas and try to claim points in
Llamaland by Phil Walker-Harding from Lookout Spiele
then we get abstract and push our luck, drawing cards and bidding in
TEN by Molly Johnson, Shawn Stankewich and Robert Melvin from AEG
Shelley and I roll and draw our way through the four seasons using arrays in
Blätterrauschen by Paolo Mori from KOSMOS
then we plan our actions by building in our cauldrons to develop energy, move crystals, enlist our witch clan, and gather potions, etc. in
Witchstone by Dr. Reiner Knizia and Martino Chiacchiera from R&R Games and HUCH!
Shelley and I head below the depths to buy and conquer land in
Aquatica by Ivan Tuzavsky from Cosmodrome Games and Arcane Wonders
then return to the farm for a re-review of a game from 2012, working hard on rival farms to raise our crops and animals (sound familiar?) in
Farmerama by Uwe Rosenberg from Ravensburger
Shelley and I check out the third game in the Clever series of roll & writes:
Clever Cubed or Clever Hoch Drei by Wolfgang Warsch from Stronghold Games and Schmidt Spiele
and then we try out a new draw & draw exploration game
Explorers by Phil Walker-Harding from Ravensburger
Shelley and I have fun making beautiful koi ponds in
Kohaku by Danny Devine from 25th Century Games
and then we ply our trade on the grand Mississippi in
Riverboat by Michael Kiesling from Mayfair Games and Lookout Games
Shelley and I get a new title to the table that's set in post-Gold Rush San Francisco,
Embarcadero by Adam Buckingham and Ed Marriott from Renegade Game Studios
then get a classic out of the closet to make sure it remains as vital as it has been in the past
Qwirkle by Susan McKinley Ross from Mindware and Schmidt Spiele
Shelley and I spend this week going through the second half of my curated list of games arriving at Essen 2021 in less than 2 weeks. Here's a rundown of the games discussed (organized alphabetically by publisher):
The Game Master
Geek Attitude Games
Giant Roc
Grail Games
Granna
GRRRE Games
Hall Games
Helvetiq
IGAMES
Jolly Dutch Productions
Kobold Spieleverlag
Kolossal Games
KOSMOS
La Boite de Jeu
Looping Games
Ludonova
MEBO Games
Next Move Games
Oink Games
Plan B Games
Portal Games
PSC Games
PYTHAGORAS
Schmidt Spiele
Sit Down!
Spielefaible
Spielworxx
Studio Stratosphères
This is Part 1 as Shelley and I go through BGG's Essen Preview after I spent some time curating the list. Here are this week's titles:
The following are listed by Publisher, as that's the best way to find them if you are actually going to the fair.
AEG
All or None Games
AMIGO
Aporta Games
Arcane Wonders
BLAM!
Blue Cocker Games
Blue Orange Games
Board Game Circus
Bombyx
Bright Eye Games
BYR Games
Capstone Games
Catch Up Games
Chilifox Games
Cranio Creations
Delicious Games
Demonic Games
Devir
dlp Games
Dragon Dawn Productions
dV Giochi
eggertspiele
Feuerland Spiele
Funnyfox
Shelley and I head out on the hiking paths in
TRAILS by Henry Audubon from Keymaster Games
then head back to the 19th century and a rather dirty industry in
Coal Baron: The Great Card Game by Michael Kiesling and Wolfgang Kramer
Shelley and I set out to explore parts of the world this week in
Lost Explorers by Cédrick Chaboussit from Ludonaute
and then focus on the African continent in
Africana by Michael Schacht from ABACUSSPIELE and Z-Man Games
Shelley and I head to ancient Babylon to build the hanging gardens in 2007's
Amyitis by Cyril Demaegd from Rio Grande and Ystari
then we head north to the Pacific Northwest to build lands and populate them with animals in
Cascadia by Randy Flynn from AEG and Flatout Games
Shelley and I go to taverns and draft the help of dwarves in
Nidavellir by Serge Laget from GRRE Games
then get abstract with polyominoes with
Project L by Michal Mikes, Jan Soukal, and Adam Spanel from Boardcubator
Shelley and I check out new iterations of some of our favorites this week, trying out the new version of Let's Make A Bus Route
Let's Make A Bus Route: The Dice Game by Saashi and from Saashi and Saashi
and then we were happy to receive a copy of the excellent re-issue of On The Underground
On The Underground: London & Berlin by Sebastian Bleasdale from LudiCreations
Shelley and I check out the 'card-game' version of Terraforming Mars (one of our favorite heavier titles of the past few years):
Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition by Sydney Engelstein, Jacob Fryxelius, and Nick Little from Stronghold Games and FryxGames
then go back to one our first heavier titles when we were just getting into boardgames
La Città by Gerd Fenchel from Rio Grande Games, KOSMOS, and ABACUSSPIELE
Shelley and I enjoy some fruity goodness this week, looking at
Juicy Fruits by Christian Stöhr from Deep Print Games and Capstone Games' new family line
and then check out
Finca by Wolfgang Sentker and Ralf zur Linde by Rio Grande Games
Shelley and I were fortunate enough to travel to Portugal this summer and returned with an awesome card game that's well worth hunting for
Café by Rôla and Costa from Pythagoras Games
and then we pull a favorite HEAVY game off the shelf designed by two Portuguese friends whom we had the great fortune of spending time with
Nippon by Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro and Paulo Soledade from What's Your Game
along with its small expansion Nippon: Keiretsu
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