New year, new format. The Spiel and Major Fun have joined forces! We'll be reviewing games over the course of a season and bestowing each one with a Major Fun or Spiel of Approval award. We'll also be producing roundtable interviews at GenCon and Essen.
Meat sticks and mickey fickeys. We are joined by a cavalcade of friends from around the world to celebrate the season with conversations filled with games, laughter and lots of geeky goodness.
You just have to tray. This grab-bag episode features a review of The Bloody Inn, a card game with a deliciously dark and twisted theme, plus two live segments recorded with Spielers at BGG Con in Dallas and our 2015 holiday game gift guide.
The road goes ever on and on. We talk about three trips: one physical - a travelogue of our recent trip to Essen, one fictional - a review of Lord of the Rings: Journey to Mordor, and one psychological - a review of ...and then we held hands.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Portuguese designers Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro and Paulo Soledade chat about the inspiration, research and development behind Nippon, a game that depicts the rapid industrialization of Japan in the late 19th century.
Minwoo An from Korean board game publisher Deinko chats about the growth of gaming in Korea from an educational activity for children to the spread of game cafes. We also discuss two new titles from Deinko, Chronicler & Double Mission: Beyond the Object.
Yang and CC from Big Fun Games chat about the state of games and gaming in Taiwan We also discuss two new titles: one serious (EU: The Board Game) and one silly (Butts Away! Heroes).
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