The Board Game Doctors

00:00 Intro 01:50 Game highlights 05:59 Game comparisons 15:34 Peer review 19:54 Deep dive - strategy thoughts and gameplay insights 43:40 Concluding thoughts

00:00 Intro 01:25 Glass Road/Competitive gaming thoughts 06:35 Duck and Cover 09:04 Resist! 12:15 51st State 14:22 Akropolis: Athena Expansion 17:00 Kingdomino, playing with family

00:00 Intro 01:13 Rosenberg News (Click a Tree, At the Gates of Loyang) 02:57 Harvest 05:43 Arctic 07:16 Castle Combo 10:05 Colt Express 12:21 Cosmoctopus 13:38 Darwin's Journey 16:06 DVONN 17:34 Finca 18:56 A Gest of Robin Hood 24:37 Inori 28:34 Orleans 33:24 Smallworld 37:01 Treos 39:36 Outro and rankings

00:00 Intro 03:08 Honorable mention 04:59 number 5 09:07 number 4 12:08 number 3 16:29 number 2 21:14 number 1

00:00 Intro 00:29 Spirit Island 05:34 Distilled 08:05 Age of Innovation 12:28 Path of Civilization 16:41 Linx 18:41 Botanicus 21:07 Coal Baron 22:50 My Lil' Everdell 24:55 Next Station: Paris 25:55 WyrmSpan 29:49 Galactic Era 32:15 The Red Cathedral

These games haven't received a lot of thumbs on BGG, but are they still good?

00:00 Intro 01:17 Game highlights 04:16 Game comparisons 10:46 Peer Review 12:04 My first impressions

Arcs first impressions

First Impressions

Games I think need expansions, and games with expansions already that I would love to check out.

00:00 Intro 01:13 Cat in the Box 03:23 Trio 05:17 Middle Ages 07:07 Pax Renaissance 10:24 Brass: Birmingham 14:04 Dune: Imperium 19:11 Confusing Lands 20:47 Roll Through the Ages: Iron 22:46 Sail 24:41 River of Gold 26:56 Cascadia: Landmarks

00:00 Intro, news 05:35 Tangram City review

00:00 Intro 00:31 Game Highlights 02:58 Game Comparisons 05:53 Peer Review 08:04 First Impressions

00:00 Intro, PnP Campaign for third edition https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3203049/a-campaign-pnp 01:14 Game overview and highlights 04:18 Game comparisons 06:23 My first impressions

00:00 Intro 00:54 Abundance review 06:41 Earth after 40+ plays

I have no personal or financial bias towards this game; this review was done solely due to interest. 00:00 Intro, game overview 00:49 Game highlights 03:32 Game comparisons 05:07 My first impressions

00:00 Intro, Game overview 00:55 Game highlights 03:02 Game comparisons 07:50 Peer review 09:37 First impressions

00:00 Intro 01:40 number 10 03:57 number 9 06:01 number 8 08:08 number 7 09:52 number 6 11:48 number 5 13:46 number 4 15:12 number 3 17:08 number 2 19:33 number 1

I highlight some of my favorite mechanisms from the rulebook of Black Forest, and see how it compares to Glass Road.

00:00 Intro, game overview 01:23 game highlights 02:53 game comparisons 05:08 peer review 06:23 my review

How to access beta app of Nature: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17_3K0GMmYmO8eW2QF4wo69x6FcoY_mv3MfOaY78wqAo/edit 00:00 Intro, game overview 01:33 Game highlights 05:33 Game comparisons 08:20 Evolution peer review 13:03 My final thoughts

BGA reviewer: https://boardgamearena.com/reviewer 00:00 Intro, fully released games 01:05 alpha games

I go over my thoughts and guesses on what Black Forest, the latest Rosenberg game announced, has to offer. This game is slated to release by Spiel '24, and is advertised as the sequel to Glass Road.

This is a review from the demo version on Tabletop Simulator, I have no bias or financial incentives to disclose. 00:00 Intro, game overview 00:56 Game highlights 05:57 Game comparisons 11:43 My First Impressions

00:00 Intro 01:10 World Wonders: Mundo 5:13 Romi Rami 06:26 Spellbook 07:54 Discordia 10:13 Forever Home 11:14 Isle of Trains: All Aboard 13:35 Looot 14:43 High Season 16:40 Mosaic: Wars and Disasters

00:00 Intro 04:18 number 10 06:20 number 9 08:49 number 8 10:56 number 7 12:50 number 6 14:59 number 5 17:20 number 4 19:57 number 3 22:47 number 2 25:12 number 1

00:00 Intro, brief news, game overview 01:18 Game highlights 05:00 Game comparisons 09:36 Peer review 11:45 My review after 10 plays

BGA Reviewer: https://boardgamearena.com/reviewer 00:00 Intro, previously mentioned games, fully released games 00:45 Beta games 02:45 Alpha games

00:00 Intro, game overview 01:49 Game Highlights 03:26 Game Comparisons 04:25 Peer Review 05:20 My First Impressions

BGA reviewer: https://boardgamearena.com/reviewer

BGA reviewer: https://boardgamearena.com/reviewer

00:00 Intro 00:27 Newly released games 01:12 Beta games 01:57 Alpha games

Previous podcast: https://anchor.fm/board-game-doctors/episodes/First-Impressions-of-Cosmos-Empires-e279pvo. Gamefound campaign: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/bigger-worlds/cosmos-empires#/section/rewards/reward-product-49615 00:00 Intro, Game Overview 01:42 Game Highlights of Base Game 04:24 Peer Review for Base Game 05:40 Expansion Highlights

00:00 Intro, Game Overview 00:58 Game Highlights 04:20 Game Comparisons 07:46 Peer Review 10:16 Review

00:00 Intro, Birthday games 00:47 Applejack 04:11 MLEM: Space Agency 06:45 River Valley Glassworks 08:45 Orion Duel 10:03 Cacao 11:30 Daybreak 14:17 Dog Park 15:56 Eminent Domain 17:56 Jump Drive 19:00 Nimalia 20:17 Tikal

00:00 Intro, News 07:35 Merkator Review 23:58 Top 10 non-Rosenberg Farming Games

00:00 Intro, game overview 01:08 Game highlights 02:57 Game comparisons 05:18 Peer review 06:38 My review

00:00 Intro, game overview 01:04 Game Highlights 03:10 Game Comparisons 05:27 First Impressions

00:00 Intro, game overview 01:33 Game highlights 02:43 Game comparisons 05:19 Peer Review 07:08 My first impressions

00:00 Intro, game overview 01:05 Game highlights 03:12 Game comparisons 07:30 Peer review 09:36 My first impressions Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/prigida/moonshine License code: VEBGJBEGUDPFYUUN

00:00 Intro, game overview 01:26 What makes this game good? 03:14 Game Comparisons 05:15 Peer Review 06:54 My first impressions

00:00 intro, Dominion plus app discussion 01:30 Captain Flip 02:35 Trailblazers 03:51 Votes for Women

00:00 Intro, Game overview 01:07 What makes this game good? 03:11 Game comparisons 07:51 Peer review 10:01 Expansion material and solo play 13:06 Conclusion

This episode contains news about Rosenberg games to come, a review of Tea and Trade, a Fields of Arle Expansion, and board game recommendations for people who enjoy some of the more popular games out there, recommending both Rosenberg and non-Rosenberg titles to try.