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We had started in Florence when everyone was still fresh and raring to go. An endless sea of bicycles with teams sticking closely together had lined up at the starting line. The support teams had only done their last checks minutes before and everything was shiny and gleaming. Now, several thousand kilometres later, everyone started to show signs of slowing down. Yet, at the horizon a welcome sign became visible. We knew it wasn't going to be much further. There it was, the red flag, the Flamme Rouge by Asger Harding Granerud from Lautapelit.fi. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2024/07/13/flamme-rouge-saturday-review/ Useful Links Flamme Rouge: https://en.lautapelit.fi/product/22825/flamme-rouge-eng Rulebook: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/132037/rulebook Lautapelit.fi: https://en.lautapelit.fi/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/199478/flamme-rouge K2 review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/09/25/k2-digital-eyes/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) Sound Effects: bbc.co.uk – © copyright 2024 BBC Overdrive (By PraxI) by Diamond Ace | https://soundcloud.com/diamond-ace-musicMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ko-Fi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tabletopgamesblog.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast! Episode 148 - Heat Deep Dive This week we are doing a classic, patented Decision Space Deep Dive (where we say our ratings at the beginning of the episode) on Heat: Pedal to the Metal. Heat is a hot new board game (classic us) designed by Asger Harding Granerud, Daniel Skjold Pedersen, with art by Vincent Dutrait and published by Days of Wonder.   Pre-Planners Ticket To Ride, Planet Unknown, and Food Chain Magnate   Timestamps    Intro - 0:00 Game Background - 4:55 Rules Overview - 9:03 Deep Dive Review - 12:08   Other Games Mentioned Azul, Broom Service, Santas Workshop   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

It is no secret that I love racing games. I have many racing games in my collection. I have talked about many racing games on this show. I love them! Whether I am racing cars, postal vehicles, boats, bikes, chariots, or even camels, I am drawn to a racing game like a moth to the flame. While perusing the used games section at the local Half-Priced Books, I saw Asger Harding Granerud's cycling racing game, Flamme Rouge. The Son and I have wanted this game for some time. It goes in and out of production. So, I took the opportunity to purchase it when I could.In Flamme Rouge, you are a team of cyclists trying to strategically and tactically maneuver your riders to victory playing cards from an ever depleting deck. Can you out-race your opponents?

Engines pumping and thumping in time! The green light flashes the flags go up, churning and burning .... we're taking to the track in our vintage 1960s Formula 1 cars to see which one of us can SEND IT! We're playing Heat: Pedal to the Metal, designed by Asger Harding Granerud and Daniel Skjold Pederson. It was published by Days of Wonder. Post your comments to Twitter/Instagram @FirstTurnCast or email us at firstturntabletop@gmail.com. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe! Until next week, play more games!

This week, the panel accelerates into a game of Heat: Pedal to the Metal, designed by Asger Harding Granerud and Daniel Skjold Pedersen, and published by Days of Wonder in 2023. Episode Summary: Heat: Pedal to the Metal is the new racing game from Days of Wonder. In this episode, we briefly outline the rules and basic running gear for Heat: Pedal to the Metal. We go on to discuss the different strategies used during our play and expand on the rules of the game. We take a detour to discuss where we found some shortcomings, but are happy to hear there is a fix underway. Then we end the episode with a discussion on our final thoughts about Heat: Pedal to the Metal. Visit our website and join the conversation on Discord! Chapters: (0:01:02) - Racers, Start Your Engines! (0:06:46) - Lights Out, and Now We're Racing (0:16:02) - Into the Barriers (0:24:45) - Crossing the Finish Line Chapter Summaries: (0:01:02) - Racers, Start Your Engines! (6 Minutes) The panel begins the episode with a conversation about acquiring Heat: Pedal to the Metal, remarkably, how John was able to go into a local retailer and pay cash for a game. We spend a little time remarking on the state of the gaming industry. John goes on to further explain why Heat: Petal to the Metal was an instant buy for him (Hint: It's a racing game). We further expand on how Heat: Pedal to the Metal works, noting that it is a relatively quick game, there are no dice, and the bulk of the action happens with a deck of cards. The panel notes the ease with which the basics of the game can be learned. We conclude our opening discussion with our excitement to try Heat: Pedal to the Metal. (0:06:46) - Lights Out, and Now We're Racing (10 Minutes) The panel recaps the play of Heat: Pedal to the Metal, noting Stephen's victory and Chris' abysmal finish. We recap the rules, further clarifying the details outlined in the intro. Stress cards, Heat cards, and Speed cards are all discussed. We go on to discuss our strategies for getting around the track, and we hit on how luck is handled in the game. We discuss the pros and cons of catch-up mechanisms; the Adrenaline mechanic allows players who are in last place to gain a free space and dump a Heat card for free, while the Slipstream mechanism allows players in the back of the pack to stay close to the front. The panel discusses the thematic justification for these mechanics and debates whether or not they add to the gameplay. The panel is split on their usefulness. (00:16:02) - Into the Barriers (8 Minutes) They also discuss the barrier to entry for learning the game and how more experienced players will be able to complete the game faster. There were some misses on the iconography and consistency throughout, but we were informed that there will be an updated rulebook available soon that should address these issues. We further discuss how some of the icons used can be difficult to parse initially, and how the rulebook seems to include extra, unnecessary steps. We wonder if this is to keep the game “family weight”, but land on that it might end up getting in the way. We finish this conversation by expanding on the state of the gaming industry. (00:24:45) - Crossing the Finish Line (15 Minutes) The panel closes the discussion with their final thoughts on Heat: Pedal to the Metal. There is a brief tangent where we compare Heat: Pedal to the Metal to other racing games that we've played. Shownotes created with assistance from https://podium.page  

In Folge 1 "heiße Golem" stellen wir euch nicht nur ausführlich GOLEM von Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli und Simone Luciani vor, sondern wir reden auch intensiver über HEAT von Asger Harding Granerud und Daniel Skjold Pedersen. Zusätzlich haben wir noch FUN FACTS von Kasper Lapp und JOOMO von Michael Palm und Lukas Zach näher unter die Lupe genommen. Bevor wir diese Spiele aber besprechen, berichten wir nur unwesentlich kürzer von einigen Spielen, die bei uns neu auf den Tisch kamen: WAYFARERS OF SOUTH TIGRIS, VIRTÙ und BREAK THE CODE. Zum Abschluss der Folge unterhalten wir uns noch über das Thema "Covergestaltung bei Brettspielen".

On this voyage we talk with one of the designers of Heat: Pedal to the Medal Asger Harding Granerud! Asger is a Danish game designer who has years of wisdom and experience in both playing and designing board games. He shares a story about the time he won nationals for Warhammer Fantasy and we get a little insight into what went into designing his newest release Heat, from Days of Wonder. We also talk Scout, Hachi Train, and many other games on this awesome voyage!  Please like and share us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/tabletopsub Join our discord for weekly playtest! https://discord.gg/SGH55bYm  

Sozusagen auf der Zielgerade zu unsere Folge zum Brettspiel „Flamme Rouge“ ist uns die Idee eines Interviews mit Asgar Harding Granerud gekommen. Ganz so schnell ließ sich das dann aber doch nicht organisieren, aber wir freuen uns umso mehr, dass er unserem Wunsch nach einem Interview sofort zugestimmt hat. Christoph hat sich die Tage mit ihm über Flamme Rouge und (natürlich) auch über die diesjährige Tour de France unterhalten. Aber hört selbst, was Asger Harding Granerud in dieser Doppelbrett-Sonderfolge zu sagen hat. (Das Interview wurde in englischer Sprache geführt).

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of July 4, 2022. This week, KeyForge travels to a Ghost Galaxy through some Strange Stars, Dire Wolf's Catacombs get decidedly noisier, Wingspan has the opposite of Empty Nest, and Days of Wonder gives it the Heat.   TOP STORIES (2:05) Capstone+ subscription service detailed 2022 Cardboard Edison Award winners announced Fantasy Flight sells KeyForge IP to Ghost Galaxy Dire Wolf announces Clank! Catacombs Twisty Tracks coming from Rio Grande and Jeffrey D. Allers Stonemaier Games announces Wingspan: Asia and the Nesting Box storage solution Reflecto coming from Mandoo Games and Roberto Fraga Euthia: Torment of Resurrection from DIEA Games being co-published by Steamforged Hand management racing game Heat: Pedal to the Metal coming from Days of Wonder Ravensburger re-theming Puerto Rico to Puerto Rico: 1897 Wolfgang Warsch's fourth clever game, Clever 4Ever revealed   CROWDFUNDING (14:05) Cyberpunk 2077: Gangs of Night City from CMoN, designed by Andrea Chiarvesio, Eric M. Lang, Alexio Schneeberger, and Francesco Rugerfred Sedda Bretwalda by designer Leo Soloviey and PHALANX Games Compounded: Peer Reviewed and Lab Notes from Greater Than Games and Darrell Louder Amygdala by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling, published by Game Brewer Helsinki by designers Asger Harding Granerud and Daniel Skjold Pedersen Beyond Humanity: Astrominers by designer Pawel 'Bloski' Suski and Three Headed Monster Joey Games from Phil and Meredith Walker-Harding Clash of Galliformes by Kim Åberg and Kim Jansson Globetrotting by Jeff Chin and Andrew Nerger   SPONSOR UPDATE (23:40) Flamecraft up for pre-order   THE HOTNESS (25:55) Spirit Island from Greater than Games Company of Heroes Blood on the Clocktower by Steven Medway and The Pandemonium Institute Rush Out! from Thomas Dupont and publisher Sit Down! Bretwalda from PHALANX Games Stars of Akarios by Out of My Mind Games Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood by Shadowborne Games Heat: Pedal to the Metal from Days of Wonder Ark Nova from Capstone Games and Mathias Wigge Clank! Catacombs from Dire Wolf and designer Paul Dennen     CONNECT: Follow our Twitter newsfeed: twitter.com/dicetowernow Dig in with Corey at DiceTowerDish.com. Have a look-see at Barry's wares at BrightBearLaser.com.

... with their Inner Compass. That's what Eric and Kait are playing this week. Kiwi doesn't have anything snarky or funny to say as he wasn't in this episode. So instead, we'll get right to it! The game was designed by Asger Harding Granerud and published by AEG in 2020. Post your comments to Twitter/Instagram @FirstTurnCast or email us at firstturntabletop@gmail.com. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe! Until next week, play more games!

Patrick and Eric discuss their three favorite themes in game. This is the start of a series since they ran out of time covering three categories. Amusement Parks Dinosaur Island - David Gilmore, Brian Lewis/Pandasaurus  Steam Park Aureliano Buonfino, Lorenzo Silva, Lorenzo Tucci Sorrentino / Cranio Creations Unfair - Joel Finch / CMON Arcadia - Greg Bush, Phil R. Chase / APE games Coaster Park - Scott Almes / Pandasaurus Games Grand Carnival - Rob Cramer / Uproarious Games     City building / planning Suburbia - Ted Alspach / Bezier Urban Sprawl - Chad Jensen / GMT Cities: Skylines – The Board Game High Rise - Gil Hova / Formal Ferret Sprawlopolis - Steven Aramini, Danny Devine, Paul Kluka / Button Shy Quadropolis - François Gandon / DOW Cloud City - Phil Walker-Harding / blue orange Bloom town - Asger Harding Granerud, Daniel Skjold Pedersen / Sidekick games Welcome to Centerville - Chad Jenson / GMT   Civilization Building  Advanced Civ Lauren Banerd, Jim Eliason, Jeff Groteboer, Bruce Harper + 6 more / Avalon Hill Mega Civ - Flo de Haan, John Rodriguez, Francis Tresham / 999 Games Through the Ages - Vlaada Chvátil / CGE Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game - Kevin Wilson / Fantasy Flight Civilization: A New Dawn - James Kniffen / Fantasy Flight The Golden Ages - Luigi Ferrini / Quined Games Tapestry - Jamey Stegmaier / Stonemaier   @overthehillier @ericbusemi punchboardmedia.com

My guest will be Asger Harding Granerud, the designer of Flamme Rouge, Deep Blue and many other games. Asger designs games full time with his business partner and co designer Daniel. Co founder of Sidekick Games, where he put forth Bloom Town as the first title from their own publisher. He is from Copenhagen (also the title of another of their games), Denmark. We will talk about our old, common hobby, Polish trip last year and maybe his new games.

I det her program af GameBoys har Daniel og Asgar besøg af Daniel og Asger... Det virker lidt forvirrende men Daniel Skjold Pettersen og Asger Harding Granerud er to danske brætspilsdesignere som er blevet inviteret ind for at snakke om hvad det vil sige at designe brætspil og generelt hvilken størrelse brætspils industrien er

Our trio is together to play Copenhagen! bP teaches it while Kiwi gets yelled at for doing bad history. Published by Queen Games, the game was designed by Asger Harding Granerud and Daniel Skjold Pedersen.Post your comments to Twitter/Instagram @FirstTurnCast or email us at firstturntabletop@gmail.com.  Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe!  Until next week, play more games!

This week we talk about three different pattern building games. Logan talks about Welcome to.. and several of the expansions. Welcome to... is designed by Benoit Turpin and produced by Blue Cocker Games. Nathan discusses Copenhagen designed by Asger Harding Granerud, Daniel Skjold Pedersen and produced by Queen Games. Ryan shares with us the joy that can be found in building the Best Treehouse Ever designed by Scott Almes and produced by Green Couch Games. Join us at the game table. 

Shelley and I spend a few minutes discussing and reviewing  Bloom Town by Asger Harding Granerud and Daniel Skjold Pedersen from Sidekick Games which is releasing at Essen and (I just found out) will be a WalMart exclusive title here in the US (here's the pre-order link if you're interested in getting it that way: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sidekick-Games-Bloomtown-Board-Game/929325378 Then we delve into the Essen Preview from L-Z (you'll find A-K in last week's episode). Here's a list of the games mentioned: Category 1: Pre-Ordered Post Scriptum: Florenza The Dice Game  Ostia Spiele: Vilnius Te oder Cafe Quined Games: Terramara Taiwan Board Games: Electropolis Formosa Tea UBike Tours Taiwan Category 2: Check out & Possibly Buy Laurapelit.fl 3-J115 Amul: Another one by the Manitoba designer Lookout Games 1-F135 Newdale: Pfister Foothills: Boydell Mandala: 2-player Looping Games 5-J114 1942 USS Yorktown: 1-4 players 1987 Channel Tunnel: 2-player only Ludonova 5-D112 Babylonia: Knizia Yukon Airways: Interesting theme Lumberjack’s Studio 4-D119 -The Isle of Pan: Only available in English at Spiel/looks beautiful Matagot 3-E102 Paris New Eden: Could be interesting/Dice Drafting/Beautiful MEBO Games 5-E120 Carrossel: Cool mechanism that was used in a different way in Arraial Porto: City center building and tile laying Next Move Games Azul Summer Pavilion NSV The Mind Extreme Pandasaurus Games 4-J114 Wayfinders: Cool tile movement and planes PD-Verlag 2-F110 Concordia Expansion (2 different versions) Quined Games 3-M117 La Stanza: Paulo & Nuno (Kickstarted) City of Big Shoulders: Kickstarted Schmidt Spiele 3-H102 Die Inseln in Nebel: Islands, landscapes, and hot air balloons Sidekick Games 5-F106 Bloom Town: Tile Laying and City Building Spielefaible 1-B126 Vejen: Looks like a classic German game Spielworxx 2-B112 Throne of Allegoria: Spielworxx’s Essen releases tend to be exactly what we like. Stronghold Games 3-O107 Aftershock San Francisco & Venice: Alan Moon & earthquakes Fast Sloths: 2F Terraforming Mars Turmoil Expansion Sunrise Tornado Games Studio 5-C122C123 Promenade (suggestion to get) Surprised Stare Games 4-F121 Alubari – Reworking & developing of many of the Snowdonia mechanisms Lux Aeterna: 1-player game with amazing graphics Tasty Minstrel Games 4-F106 Dawn of Mankind: Designer of Manitoba & Historia Thunderworks Games 5-G108 Cartographers: A Role Player Game: Looks like another cool addition to the draw & write genre.  XVgames 5-F105 Chartae: Yet another Knizia game about cartographers Zoch 3-J108 Menara expansion Voll verasselt   Category 3: Curiosities to Peruse La Boite de Jeu 3-O106 It’s A Wonderful World (Could be a big game from Blackrock Neta Tanka Lost Games Entertainment 5-H116 Medieval Realms: Big & beautiful LudiCreations 1-D129 On The Underground + Expansion Massif Games 5-D130 Mountaineers: 3-D Mountain to climb in the game Medieval Lords 5-L126 Volleyball High: Sports game of a different sort/players are a high school team PYTHAGORAS 4-108 6 Castles: Tile-laying by Rola (Jose) Garum: Players make fish sauce with spices! Queen Rune Stones: Rudiger Dorn Ravensburger Big Money: Quick Dice Game Renegade Game Studios First Light: Looks like a cool Sci-Fi game Paladins of the West Kingdom: Follow up of Architects… RUDY3 Publishing 5-M116 Envyra: Looks beautiful Sit Down! 3-O121 Space Bowl: Simultaneous Play Strawberry Studio 2-C112 Bon Appetit! Rescue Animals ThunderGryph Games 2-F116 Hats Rolling Ranch TWOPLUS Games 5-C122 Kingdom of Middag: looks gorgeous Wizkids 6-I110 Flotilla: Looks gorgeous & big Wood Games 5-E112 Board Game Café Frenzy: love the theme!  

Vi spelar Flamme Rouge, utgivet av Lautapelit.fi och designat av Asger Harding Granerud. The post Första intrycket, del 66 – Flamme Rouge appeared first on Vems tur är det?.

Shelley and I spend some time with two games we turned out not to like very much: 3x8 by Christian Fiore and Knut Happel from Amigo which is a card game with a race element  and Copenhagen (Deluxe Edition) by Asger Harding Granerud and Daniel Skjold Pedersen from Queen Games in which players collect card sets to build the frontages of buildings with Tetris-style pieces.  

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Teammates, friends, accomplices, partners; Asger and Daniel make an awesome duo. We dive into their solo work ranging from Flamme Rouge and Gold Fever, to their joint ventures like Iron Curtain and Frog Riders.HOT LINKS:Asger's Twitter - https://twitter.com/asgergranerudDaniel's Twitter - https://twitter.com/danielskjoldpOur Site - www.cardboardherald.comOur Video Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsBLZ33CJXoUffCBF7plpjgOur Twitter - https://twitter.com/CardboardHeraldOur Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/user?u=9669551

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Tornem aquest 2018 amb més i més jocs. Avui un d'aquells del pot petit i la bona confitura... s'acostuma a dir que els japonesos són els mestres en la creació de jocs amb pocs components, però sempre hi ha excepcions i a uns danesos els ha quedat un joc rodó amb només 20 cartes. Parlem de Telón de Acero, editat en castellà per Ludonova. Daniel Skjold Pedersen i Asger Harding Granerud van irrompre al panorama dels creadors de jocs de taula l'any 2016 amb 13 Días (en vam parlar a la secció 137), que volia ser un Twilight Struggle light inspirat temàticament en els 13 dies que va durar la crisi dels míssils cubans. El joc va ser curiós, però personalment no m'acabava de convèncer... més tard van treure una reducció del 13 Días amb només cartes i que es jugava en tan sols 13 minuts... per això es deia 13 Minutos. I simultàniament a 13 Minutos, la gran sorpresa, aquest joc sí els ha quedat BÉ, i puc assegurar que l'edició en castellà de Telón de Acero té un art 100 vegades més treballat, atractiu i adient que l'edició americana gràcies al treball de David Prieto. Amb només 20 cartes, 48 cubs de fusta i un reglament d'un full A4, el joc és una Guerra Freda de butxaca. Tot té sentit: l'asimetria de les cartes, els textos de cadascuna d'elles, la mecànica de l'epíleg, el funcionament del track de puntuació, l'ordre de resolució de les diferents regions globals, la regla de domini... però el més impactant és que és un joc recomanable per a fans dels conflictes històrics i també per a qualsevol altre tipus de persona. No cal ser un freak dels períodes bèl·lics per gaudir plenament de la proposta encabida dins d'una capsa tan petita, i alhora tan gran, com la de Telón de Acero.

Un dels pocs kickstarters en els que em vaig ficar l'any passat va ser aquest, tot feia molt bona pinta: uns autors danesos que feien un joc amb motor de cartes que simulava ser un Twilight Struggle de 45 minuts i basat en els 13 dies que va durar la crisi dels míssils de Cuba (que per poc va acabar en una guerra nuclear). Al poc de finançar-ho vaig rebre un correu dient que l'editorial amb la que 13 Days anava a sortir acabava de ser comprada per Ultra Pro (coneguda empresa en el món dels jocs per ser un dels grans fabricants de fundes de cartes). Al correu deien que els backers no ens amoïnéssim, que tot sortiria igual de bé i que a més ens regalarien les fundes per a les cartes del joc... i va ser així. Estava content, perquè tot i pagar prop de 45€ (joc + despeses d'enviament) havia aconseguit un joc singular que segurament molt poca gent tindria, i alhora explicava un context històric interessant. Dies després d'arribar el joc a casa, l'editorial cordovesa Ludonova anunciava que trauria el mateix joc, traduït al castellà, per uns 29€. Aquell va ser el dia que em vaig prometre no entrar en cap altre kickstarter. Doncs bé, després de provar-ho i escoltant molts bons comentaris cap al joc al podcast Días de Juego... he de dir que a mi no em convenç. Ni com a Twilight Struggle light, ni com a joc de bluffing entretingut. Poso cubs de fusta aquí, ara els trec d'aquí, ara tu poses aquí, ara jo te'ls trec d'aquí... arribem a l'epíleg... i a veure què passa. No sé... per jugar a dos i amb molta més tensió abans em jugo un joc de l'any 2000 com el Battle Line que aquest 13 Días. Tot i així veig bé que Ludonova aprofiti aquesta llicència per engegar la SERIE HISTORIA amb més títols amb rerefons temàtic històric. Estic pendent de com serà la versió mínima de 13 Días en format cartes (13 Minutos) per acabar posant o no als danesos a la meva particular llista negra d'autors suflé.

Shelley and I spend some time playing three VERY different games at a Post-Essen Weekend. Flamme Rouge by Asger Harding Granerud from Lautapelit a quick and interesting card game Dodelido by Jacques Zeimet from Drei Magier Spiele a small-box card game that requires quick thinking and pattern recognition and Capital by Filip Milunski from Granna A Cities/7Wonders mash up about the re-building of Warsaw