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Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 103 - Grogan & Nehemiah - general health, updates - Gridcon 5 - Games Played at Gridcon - Speed Review of Ezra & Nehemiah *************************************** SUBSCRIBE ► www.youtube.com/channel/UCmjyHBcq…ub_confirmation=1 KIENDA SPONSOR REFERRAL LINK The Broken Meeple is happy to be sponsored by Kienda.co.uk where you can buy great games at great prices from a warehouse local to where I live! If you register an account on their website using my referral link and/or code you can get 5% discount on your first order over £60. And for every referral link used, the channel has greater access to further review copies for more content on the channel! kienda.co.uk/brokenmeeple Referral Code: 02610323 MEEPLE COFFEE REFERRAL LINK - 5% off your order www.meeplecoffee.co.uk/?ref=Yhl9kXP7S9bg-k SHIRTS AND MERCH STUDIO MERCHANDISE - T-Shirts galore! www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ShirtsAndMerchStudio RENT SHUFFLE AND ROLL REFERRAL LINK Gain 50% off your first month renting board games at RENT, SHUFFLE & ROLL at: rentshuffleandroll.co.uk/ Code: - BrokenMeeple50 *************************************** Related Content Welcome To My Channel (Who I Am) ► youtu.be/kgznPr5F3HI Episode 102 - Stuff Happened ► https://youtu.be/PSSrCueQy7M Episode 101 - Essen Preview ► https://youtu.be/oclWgzILy7U *************************************** Who Am I? One single batchelor from the UK talking about his passion for board games and the people who play them! I support small content creators, board game cafes and go against the status quo when it comes to the board game industry. I give my honest opinions without bias towards any publishers or designers and will not hold back if I don't like a game. The Broken Meeple is a variety channel that hosts all kinds of board game content from reviews to Top 10 lists to playthroughs to live stream collaborations with special guests (predominantly small channels who deserve more exposure). I look forward to engaging with you, the community on my live streams or in the comments on my videos! *************************************** Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction, Health and Channel Updates 08:00 - Gridcon 5 12:28 - Games Played at Gridcon 41:00 - Ezra & Nehemiah #brokenmeeple #q&a #essen #ezraandnehemiah #gridcon #honestreviews #top100 #top10 #boardgames #meeple #supportsmallcreators #tabletop #tabletopgames *************************************** Useful Links Become a Patreon ► www.patreon.com/TheBrokenMeeple Facebook ► www.facebook.com/thebrokenmeeple Twitter ► twitter.com/TheBrokenMeeple Instagram ► www.instagram.com/thebrokenmeeple Podcast ► @luke-hector-broken-meeple Full credit to BoardGameGeek and its members for any images used that aren't my own or part of the publisher press kit.

Broken Meeple Podcast - Episode 102 - Stuff Happened - general health, the hiatus, updates - Baghdad impressions - Rahua first play - Minos impressions - Evershade impressions *************************************** SUBSCRIBE ► www.youtube.com/channel/UCmjyHBcq…ub_confirmation=1 KIENDA SPONSOR REFERRAL LINK The Broken Meeple is happy to be sponsored by Kienda.co.uk where you can buy great games at great prices from a warehouse local to where I live! If you register an account on their website using my referral link and/or code you can get 5% discount on your first order over £60. And for every referral link used, the channel has greater access to further review copies for more content on the channel! kienda.co.uk/brokenmeeple Referral Code: 02610323 MEEPLE COFFEE REFERRAL LINK - 5% off your order www.meeplecoffee.co.uk/?ref=Yhl9kXP7S9bg-k SHIRTS AND MERCH STUDIO MERCHANDISE - T-Shirts galore! www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ShirtsAndMerchStudio RENT SHUFFLE AND ROLL REFERRAL LINK Gain 50% off your first month renting board games at RENT, SHUFFLE & ROLL at: rentshuffleandroll.co.uk/ Code: - BrokenMeeple50 *************************************** Related Content Welcome To My Channel (Who I Am) ► youtu.be/kgznPr5F3HI Episode 100 - Q&A SPECIAL ► https://youtu.be/V6UbJNV9U-I Episode 101 - Essen Preview ► https://youtu.be/oclWgzILy7U *************************************** Who Am I? One single batchelor from the UK talking about his passion for board games and the people who play them! I support small content creators, board game cafes and go against the status quo when it comes to the board game industry. I give my honest opinions without bias towards any publishers or designers and will not hold back if I don't like a game. The Broken Meeple is a variety channel that hosts all kinds of board game content from reviews to Top 10 lists to playthroughs to live stream collaborations with special guests (predominantly small channels who deserve more exposure). I look forward to engaging with you, the community on my live streams or in the comments on my videos! *************************************** Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction, Health and Channel Updates 12:10 - Baghdad 17:53 - Rahua 23:30 - Minos 36:10 - Evershade #brokenmeeple #q&a #essen #evershade #honestreviews #top100 #top10 #boardgames #meeple #supportsmallcreators #tabletop #tabletopgames *************************************** Useful Links Become a Patreon ► www.patreon.com/TheBrokenMeeple Facebook ► www.facebook.com/thebrokenmeeple Twitter ► twitter.com/TheBrokenMeeple Instagram ► www.instagram.com/thebrokenmeeple Podcast ► @luke-hector-broken-meeple Full credit to BoardGameGeek and its members for any images used that aren't my own or part of the publisher press kit.

It's our Essen Preview show for 2024! This time, we look at the various games we're most excited to check out at Spiel in Essen. And when we're done with that, we dash through our Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 00:49 - Asking to Bring Something Back 02:16 - Tabletop Together and BGG's Preview List 03:16 - Priorities 08:58 - Where Will We Be? 12:09 - 7 Empires 12:50 - 365 Adventures 14:01 - Ada's Library 14:50 - Apiary: Expanding the Hive 15:26 - Backstories: Alone Under the Ice 16:23 - Bone Wars 18:16 - Cat Horror Costume 19:11 - Chants for the Old Ones 20:00 - Civolution 21:03 - Conservas 22:32 - Dead Cells 23:38 - Flatiron 25:22 - Galileo Galilei 26:20 - Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth 27:26 - Minos 28:04 - Paella Park 29:58 - Power Grid: Outpost 31:19 - SETI 32:52 - Similo: Jurrassic World, 10th Anniversary, and Games Decks 34:18 - Temple of Horrors 35:50 - Unconscious Mind 37:00 - Vampire Nights 38:01 - Witchcraft: Midnights Expansion 39:19 - Dice Tower Essentials: Floresta, Vegetable Stock, Video Game Champion, Ito 41:58 - Food in Essen 45:25 - Pixies 47:56 - Robo Rally Transformers 51:01 - Mind MGMT 55:37 - Cat and the Tower 59:22 - Dadada 1:01:51 - Stickers -- Tabletop Together: tabletoptogether.com/tool/ BGG's Essen Preview: boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/68/spiel-essen-24-preview

This week Shelley and I discuss another Bezier Games trick taking title Sandbag by Ted Alspach then delve into Halls 4, 5 & 6 to see what we will check out at Essen in early October! Here are the BGG links to the games we are "Interested" in checking out: https://boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/68/spiel-essen-24-preview?priority=2 https://boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/68/spiel-essen-24-preview?sharekey=ckpiaTIxS3lYN0F6M2wwM2pMY2hFQT09&priority=1,2,3&sort=priority&viewstyle=thumbs  

Why not buy a board game from our sponsors Kienda: kienda.co.uk/polyhedroncollider Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content In this episode of the Polyhedron Collider Podcast, Steve, Andy, and Rory break the mould and discuss a game on the bleeding edge of the tabletop gaming zeitgeist: Arcs, from Leder Games.  Andy shares his highlights from Airecon North West boardgame convention, and Steve and Rory go on tour with the band in Draft & Write Records (from Inside Up Games) before building rival romanticised county villages in Dorfromantik: The Duel, from Pegasus Spiele. They round off the episode with some questions from the mailbag, including: what game mechanic are you rubbish at but utterly love?  Games Mentioned 00:02:46 Set A Watch: Forsaken Isles 00:18:55 An Age Contrived 00:33:58 Nucleum Essen Preview 00:46:20 Revenant 00:49:02 Tir na NOg 00:52:57  Polaris 00:55:52 The bit where Andy said “Rory's right” 00:56:35 Flatiron 00:59:32 Nucleum: Court of Progress 01:01:18 Get Salty 01:03:32 Rock Hard 1977 01:04:58 Bantam West 01:08:10 Chandrigah 01:10:30 Civolution 01:12:44 Escape from New York. Andromeda's Edge, and Undaunted 2200: Callisto 01:14:58 Pampero 01:18:15 Baghdad: The City of Peace ⭐Show Sponsor: Kienda When you sign up to an account with Kienda use this link to bag yourself a wee discount and help support the show.  Let's face it, you were going to buy a board game anyway

Reviews of Milkman, Surfs Up! And Horrified World of Monsters. Featured topic: Essen Preview. Board game discussion starts at {00:35:57}. Thank you to our sponsors: Queen Games, and Grand Gamers Guild. The post Episode 272: Essen Spiel 2024 Preview appeared first on Blue Peg, Pink Peg Boardgaming Podcast.

Shelley and I check out highlights from Halls 2 & 3 of Essen this week, but first we check out one of Bezier Games' latest Xylotar by Christopher Wray Thanks as always to our sponsor, Bezier Games Here are two different links to check out the Essen titles we are most interested in: https://boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/68/spiel-essen-24-preview?priority=2 https://boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/68/spiel-essen-24-preview?sharekey=ckpiaTIxS3lYN0F6M2wwM2pMY2hFQT09&priority=1,2,3&sort=priority&viewstyle=thumbs  

Derby an der Wedau! MSV Duisburg gegen Rot-Weiss Essen - Preview Der MSV empfängt als Tabellenletzter Rot-Weiss Essen zum Derby die wiederum gerade stark aufspielen. In dieser Vorschau versuchen Sven, Herze und Stefan sachlich und objektiv beide Fanlager einzufangen. Host: Sven Lesser Gast: Felix Herzenbruch (Profi Fußballer) Gast: Stefan Sander (Podcaster & Fan) Themen:

Welcome to Meeple2Meeple Episode 54 where PJ and Gareth chat about the upcoming Spiel Essen convention which they won't be attending (sob)...however they do have a Meeple on the ground who will be wandering the halls, meeting the community and as always finding out about the latest games. John, from Trywin games will be at the convention wearing his distinctive and highly visible yellow Trywin games t-shirt, go say hello if you see him. Trywin Games on IG Thanks John for joining us this week and we look forward to hearing more about your trip in a few episodes time! ---- Meeple2Meeple - your regular boardgame fix via a podcast in only 30 minutes!  IG: @Meeple2Meeple Meeple2Meeple on Podbean Linktree: Meeple2Meeple #boardgames #boardgamepodcast #meeple2meeple #boardgamecommunity #boardgamefriends #boardgametravel #spielessen #essen #trywingames --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meeple2meeple/message

In this episode Ben and Steve let you know what they're looking forward to at Essen Spiel.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5631121/advertisement

The Broken Meeple Show - Episode 60 - Too Much Content? My intial plays of Frostpunk as well as a trash mass market IP game I was forced to endure. Some hot news, a mini-rant about embargoes and then a discussion about whether it's possible to have "too much content" in board games? 00:00 Introduction and Updates on My Life 05:00 What I've Played - Frostpunk 12:14 What I've Played - Only Fools & Horses Trading Game 21:53 News 37:04 Too Much Content? *************************************** SUBSCRIBE ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmjyHBcqxxQjrg0KUN944dQ?sub_confirmation=1 KIENDA SPONSOR REFERRAL LINK The Broken Meeple is happy to be sponsored by Kienda.co.uk where you can buy great games at great prices from a warehouse local to where I live! If you register an account on their website using my referral link and/or code you can get 5% discount on your first order over £60. And for every referral link used, the channel has greater access to further review copies for more content on the channel! https://kienda.co.uk/brokenmeeple Referral Code: 02610323 RENT SHUFFLE AND ROLL REFERRAL LINK Gain 50% off your first month renting board games at RENT, SHUFFLE & ROLL at: https://rentshuffleandroll.co.uk/ Code: - BrokenMeeple50 *************************************** Related Content Welcome To My Channel (Who I Am) ► https://youtu.be/I8mtQvDb_FM Episode 55 ► https://youtu.be/hfolZb0EfjY Episode 57 Essen Preview ► https://youtu.be/AbJCgkPTxHw Episode 56 ► https://youtu.be/P_8JYJ3N72k *************************************** Who Am I? One single batchelor from the UK talking about his passion for board games and the people who play them! I support small content creators, board game cafes and go against the status quo when it comes to the board game industry. I give my honest opinions without bias towards any publishers or designers and will not hold back if I don't like a game. The Broken Meeple is a variety channel that hosts all kinds of board game content from reviews to Top 10 lists to playthroughs to live stream collaborations with special guests (predominantly small channels who deserve more exposure). I look forward to engaging with you, the community on my live streams or in the comments on my videos! *************************************** #brokenmeeple #essen #spiel #forstpunk #boardgames #boardgame #lukehector #supportsmallcreators #tabletop #tabletopgames #bgg #boardgamer #boardgamereview *************************************** Useful Links Become a Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/TheBrokenMeeple Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/thebrokenmeeple Twitter ► https://twitter.com/TheBrokenMeeple Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/thebrokenmeeple Podcast ► https://soundcloud.com/luke-hector-broken-meeple

Willie: It's a late one, but the second half of our Essen Preview is up now, right past a little off the last day of Essen 2022! I'd say that's close enough! We catch up to with some Bargain Basement Bathysphere excitement, get giggly with artwork from The Three Little Wolves, and go nuts over some Dulce. Enjoy!

Willie: Hey everyone! This week's podcast is a little different and longer than previous ones because today, Alexa and I review the Essen preview list in Boardgamegeek.com! It's really mostly me just scrolling down the list and stopping whenever Alexa sees something interesting...like a duck's butt, or a tomato vending machine. And for the last time, "No Image Available" is NOT a game!! Alexa:"No Image Available" IS a game! And we are reviewing the ESSAY preview list! Now, let's get back to it... hm, hm, hm, hm, hm... Willie: Part 2 is cancelled. Essen Spiel '22 list: https://boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/55/spiel-22-preview

Today we choose the games that we're most excited about from 2022 Essen Spiel. Choose your own favorites at https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/301070/spiel-22-most-wanted-games-tracker00:00:57Magic00:01:44Weather Machine, Darwin's Journey, Atiwa, Skymines, Tiletum, Woodcraft, Settlement, Orianenberger Kanal00:02:30Winter00:02:46Autobahn, Unconscious Mind, Mosaic00:05:55Evergreen00:06:35Photosynthesis, King's Dilemna, Dragon Castle, Railroad Ink00:07:16Deal with the Devil00:07:52Alchemists00:08:24Septima00:10:06Applejack00:11:10Indian Summer00:11:31Hamburg, Amsterdam00:12:01Bruges00:13:38Kites00:14:38Terracotta Army00:14:50Nemesis, Origins: First Builders00:15:54Dungeon Twister, Archipelago, Earthly Born, Rise & Fall00:16:55Kingdom Builder00:17:00Pampero, Mercado de Lisboa00:18:42Tribes of the Wind, Wild Space00:20:00Revive00:20:53Trails of Tucana, The Magnificent, Santa Maria, Riverside, Escape: The Curse of the Temple00:21:27Isle of Trains: All Aboard00:22:34Lacrimosa00:23:31Skymines, Mombassa00:25:10Empire's End00:26:58Sabika, Bitoku00:27:57Tzolkin, Terracotta Army00:28:29Joan of Ark: Orleans: Draw and Write, Orleans00:30:00Endless Winter00:32:09Come Together, Trails of Tucana00:35:04Great Western Trail: Argentina, Great Western Trail00:36:32My Island, My City00:37:56Terra Nova, Terra Mystica00:39:07Woodcraft00:40:31Oros00:42:07Glen More II00:42:34Revive00:43:20Starship Captains00:45:47Atiwa00:47:02Lacrimosa00:48:26Revive00:48:59Gaia Project00:50:08Atiwa, Town 66, Quirkle00:50:22Caldera Park, Cascadia, Tiny Towns, The Isle of Cats00:50:43Gartenbau00:51:27Space Craft00:51:45Turing Machine00:52:10Trailblazers, Pipeline, Curious Cargo00:52:40Twilight Inscription00:53:441998 ISS, On the Origin of Species00:54:19Fit to Print00:55:07Findorff00:55:49Green Team Wins, Just One00:56:22Kingdom Defenders, Bitoku00:57:05Akropolis, Exit: The Game: Shadows Over Middle Earth, Fyfe, Calico00:58:27Soldiers in Postmen's Uniforms00:59:12Heat: Pedal to the Medal01:00:02Discordia01:00:39Jurassic World: The Legacy of Isla Nubar, Rise, Ascending Empires, War of the Ring: The Card Game, Transatlantic II / Crossing Oceans, Imperial, Concordia, Wayfarers of the South Tigris01:02:44The Wolves01:03:34Pick it Up, Barrage01:04:14Messina 1347, Golem Boonlake, Luna Capital, Dune: House Secrets, Living Forest, Bitoku, Riverside, Imperial Steam,01:05:04Brew, Voidfall01:05:081923 Cotton Club01:06:59Lobotomy II: ManhuntAsk us a question at TwoWoodForAWheat@gmail.comLeave us a review on Apple podcasts (you'll have to download the iTunes/Apple Podcasts app, sorry!): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-wood-for-a-wheat/id1447901771Read Tony's blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/maxlongstreet/blogs

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 Cascadia All or None Games Betwixt and Between AMIGO Tulpenfieber Aporta Games Bad Company Trails of Tucana: Ferry Expansion Arcane Wonders Furnace Picture Perfect BLAM! Caraventura: Oklahoma, Lhassa, & Vinland Blue Cocker Games Welcome to The Moon Blue Orange Games Neoville Board Game Circus Four Gardens Bombyx Garden Nation Nicodemus Bright Eye Games Termite Towers Waggle Dance BYR Games The Belgian Beers Race Capstone Games Glass Road Imperial Steam Catch Up Games Sobek: 2 Players Chilifox Games Riverside Cranio Creations Eriantys Golem Delicious Games Messina 1347 Demonic Games Goetia: Nine Kings of Solomon Devir Bitoku LUNA Capital Paris: Eiffel dlp Games Boonlake Dragon Dawn Productions Factory 42 dV Giochi Wonder Book eggertspiele Great Western Trail (Second Edition) Feuerland Spiele Ark Nova Funnyfox Almadi    

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!  

Edward & Rahdo do an Essen preview, and this is Part 10:01:00 - Welcome Rahdo and background, what’s been going on0:12:10 - Poker update0:15:20 - Secret ElephantWhat we’ve been playing?0:17:20 - Quebec0:21:50 - Pipeline0:28:00 - City of the Big Shoulders0:33:05 - Taj Mahal0:37:30 - Fast Food Franchise0:46:40 - Black Angel0:49:25 - Shobu0:53:30 - What we’ve acquired?1:00:20 - What we’re looking forward to playing?1:05:00 - Essen Preview1:12:50 - Top 11-20 Anticipated GamesRahdo Runs Through - https://www.youtube.com/user/rahdoSupport the show! PledgeHC.comThe Herd map is here: Click to add your mark!Be sure to join the discussion over at the guild to discuss the episode with us & your fellow Elephants!

Edward & Rahdo do an Essen preview, and this is Part 20:01:07 - Top 10 Anticipated Games (cont. from Part 1)1:50:40 - Top 10 Demo Only Games2:23:10 - Top 10 ExpansionsRahdo Runs Through - https://www.youtube.com/user/rahdoSupport the show! PledgeHC.comThe Herd map is here: Click to add your mark!Be sure to join the discussion over at the guild to discuss the episode with us & your fellow Elephants!

0:00:00 - Introduction0:01:44 - This Week's Game NightConcordia (0:02:48)Irish Gauge (0:02:55)0:04:11 - News of the WeekSpirit Island Digital (0:04:25)Battlestar Galactica (0:08:25)Dead of Winter (0:08:41)CO2 (0:08:58)Scott Pilgrim Miniatures (0:12:45)Big Trouble in Little China (0:14:25)Rick and Morty Total Rickall (0:15:05)Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile (0:16:15)The King's Dilemma (0:20:25)Pret A Porter (0:25:25)Modern Art (0:27:10)ESSEN PREVIEW (0:28:00)On Mars (0:33:16)Cooper Island (0:34:50)Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula (0:36:50)Terramara (0:39:20)0:42:45 - Games on the BrainSierra West (0:43:25)Manchukuo (0:44:15)Nemo's War (0:46:15)0:48:12 - 8X8 ChallengeConcordia (0:49:00)0:48::40 - Concordia ReviewConcordia: Salsa (0:49:48)1:09:40 - Old School: Atari and Scavenger Hunts1:28:47 - Board Game SommelierGlass Road, Ora Et Labora (1:31:15)Village, Stone Age, Puerto Rico (1:31:45)Concordia (1:32:10)Amun Re (1:32:31)Architects of the West Kingdom (1:32:35)Five Tribes (1:32:50)Hawaii (1:33:05)Games on Trips (1:33:35)(1:34:36) Tichu, For Sale, Race for the Galaxy, Arboretum, Codenames

Shelley and I spend a few minutes previewing a game that will be readily available at Spiel 2019, then dive head first into the Essen Preview with a look at publishers A-L. Sierra West by Jonny Pac Cantin from Board&Dice Preview Titles in order of discussion: Category 1: Pre-Ordered The Magnificent Santa Maria: Exploration Deck Trails of Tucana Era of Tribes Montmartre Save The Meeples Cooper Island Masters of the Renaissance: Lorenzo Il Magnifico The Card Game Trimau: Grand Tour Orchard Ocean On The Origin of Species Maracaibo Orléans Stories   Category 2: Check out & Possibly Buy A-Games 4-F101 Grund: Kids on playground try to gain happiness points/cat messes with plans Portolano: Random tiles to make up sea around which players sail/goods collection & simultanesous planning/run out of rum and the player’s sailors rebel  Abacusspiele 3-E114 Tajuto: Knizia with beautiful plastic bits making up pagodas which are drawn from a bag. Amigo #MyLife: Card Game about Birth to Death 6 Nimmt! Brettspiel: Is it more than Tanz der Hornochsen? Grizzly: Maybe too young, but cute bears trying to catch salmon without slipping Tatort Tonne: Players are raccoons trying to get the best garbage Board&Dice 2-C112 Dust in the Wings: Butterflies & Mancala actions to collect or distribute Cucafera Games 4-H100 Zoom Barcelona: Take the best pictures around Barcelona by taking bikes/taxis/etc. Czech Board Games 1-B137 Spring on a String: Cloth game with stringing together flowers on a felt board. Devir 2-D118 Karekare: Tile laying and cool bits for island discovery Paris La Cité de la Lumiere: 2-player only about lighting the buildings during the Universal Exposition La Viña: Card game about grape growing and wine making! Drei Magier Spiele Kakerlaken Sushi Rauber Raupe Druid City Games 4-H106 Sorcerer City: Scott Caputo (review in time for podcast PRE-Essen) Edition Spielwiese 2-D114 Evidence: Journalists trying to prove world mysteries Nova Luna: Uwe Rosenberg & Corne van Moorsel Eggertspiele Heaven & Ale Expansion (Kegs & More) EmperorS4 4-C102 Jiguan: The Eastern Mechanist: Not sure – it’s about building ‘mechanical beasts’ but the pub is good Trial of the Temples: Same designer as Burano, etc. Walking in Provence: We loved Walking in Burano, so this is a must. Feuerland 4-C116 Crystal Palace: Heavy, good buzz, and should be solid. Geek Attitude Games 2-C138 Bruxelles 1897: Card game based on the Bruxelles 1893 board game from Pearl HABA Miyabi: Game from HABA at 8+ and by Michael Kiesling – and you’re designing a Japanese garden. Hans im Gluck 2-B110 2 Hadara Expansions Marco Polo II Hobby Japan 4-G113 Queen of Hansa: Looks like an interesting card game HUCH! 3-D120 Coralia: Coral reef preservation/ Michael Rieneck (Pillars of the Earth) Humboldt’s Great Voyage: Designer of Manitoba, cool graphics Rajas of the Ganges expansion Irongames 2-A128 Pandoria Expansions (two of them)   Category 3: Curiosities to Peruse Adam’s Apple Games 1-C108 Truck Off: Roll & Write Agie Games 1-G157 Botantists: Buy flowers in the market, then plant in various different land types. Alderac Entertainment Group 3-K107 Ecos First Continent: John D. Clair/shaping landscapes so species thrive  Alley Cat Games 5-H119 Chocolate Factory: Dunstan /Glibert (Elysium & Great City of Rome) Dino World: Roll & Write/plays up to 75! Ankama 2-A113 Welkin: Craft and sell floating islands – pretty! Baloise Group 2-F111 Sarah’s Vision: Story-driven co-op Bedsit Games 6-G122 Pauper’s Ladder: Maybe too young, but beautiful and could be interesting. Blue Orange Games 3-M107 Tan-Tan Caravan: Set collection/€20/8+/30 min. Uxmal: Another filler-esque game with a 20-40 minute playing time Catch Up Games 3-O106 Pharaon: Interesting wheel mechanism that determines which resources are needed for an action Cosmodrome Games 2-D113 Aquatica: mentions a “3-layered player board” and a “card-rising” mechanism – I’m intrigued. Squire: The Collector of the Glorious Rarities: Animal player characters are collecting art/adjusting the market for quality items. Dachshund Games 5-K117 Mint Condition: Card game about trying to prevent wear & tear on your games! Days of Wonder 3-B107 Deep Blue: Gather the right crew and dive to wrecks to gain treasure Djeco 5-A101 Space Builder: It’s 8+, so we need to see what it’s all about (in our hall) dV Giochi 3-E108 Penguinramids: Won ‘Best Unpublished Game’ in Italy Gam’inBIZ 6-L100 Rollecate: Cute quick rail game Gen-X Games 4-F111 Richard Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung: Need to check out a game based on an opera (based on Norse legends) Genius Games 5-D110 Periodic: A Game of Elements: Uses the periodic table in the game  Giochix.it 1-C123 De Vulgari Eloquentia Deluxe (getting the upgrade through Kickstarter) Gotha Games Aqua Mirabilis: Always looking for games with interesting themes – creation of perfumes & working on one’s standing in court.  Happy Baobab 5-A111 Edamame: Love the food, so need to check out the game. IELLO 3-M109 Ishtar: Bruno Cathala & Looks gorgeous with plastic pagodas Jolly Dutch Productions 4-D108 Chartered: The Golden Age – very cool 3-D plastic buildings Jolly Thinkers 4-A110 Cellar des Triplettes (the re-pub of Weinhandler) Keep Exploring Games 5-A121/5-B125 Old Masters/Colors of Paris: Compete to get paint/blend, etc. Keymaster Games 3-E102 Parks: more people should check out this game! KOSMOS 3-B112 Cities Skylines: Rustan design/Co-op. Need to check out.     29

With Essen Spiel only a few weeks away, we look at this huge event in the tabletop games industry calendar and give some tips for attending the convention and teach […]

Welcome to the new sound and the new home of Two Wood for a Wheat! Tony moved back to New Jersey and we upgraded our audio to celebrate (?). Whoever claimed a divided house cannot stand had no access to an internet connection. First we struggle to narrow down the 1,100 games previewed at Essen to just five without stepping on Kickstarter and 2nd edition landmines. Next we settle down into the fertile valley which is our Tapestry review. Does Tapestry warp the very fabric of space, time, and reality? You'll have to listen to find out. Finally, we talked so much that we ran out of time to belittle Overpowered mechanisms so we're going to save that topic for the next episode. And that means that we get to talk more Tapestry (yay!). Thanks for listening.01:49 Inis03:29 Museum08:39 Heaven & Ale08:52 Tapest... Wingspan10:26 Clans of Caledonia10:34 Rising Sun11:46 Just One12:13 Res Arcana15:54 FEATURE TOPIC - Essen Preview38:44 FEATURE REVIEW - Tapestry

Disclaimer: This episode has some technical issues, but we have worked to make it something you can listen you. Sorry it is not our normal high(ish) fidelity show. We hope to have this fixed by next week. - Joel  Episode 87 - Essen Preview Introduction:    Zany Banter!! News: Obsession Upstairs Downstairs Everdell Expansions Games played: Jason - CO2 Joel - Oracle of Delphi Jason - Potions Please Joel - Yokohama Essen Preview: Cat Lady Premium Edition - AEGCastles of Burgundy DeluxeTrismegistus: The Ultimate Formula – Board&DiceBus – CapstoneFood Chain Magnate - SplotterBarrage – CranioMasters of Renaissance: Lorenzo Card Game – CranioNewton Great Discoveries – CranioCoffee Roaster – DLPOrleans Stories – DLPKingsburg:  The Dice Game – Giochi UnitiRaja of the Ganges:  Goodie Box 1 – R&RTroyes Dice – PearlPret-A-Porter – PortalMerlin:  Knights of the Round Table – QueenRoads and Boats – SplotterEgizia Reprint – StrongholdDie Macher – StrongholdAlubari:  A Nice Cup of Tea – Surprised Stare GamesHeaven and Ale:  Kegs & More - Eggertspiele Joel:  Paranormal Detectives…cool..but no group to play with.  Welcome To...New Las Vegas Columns...hooray Irish Gauge - Grandcon Maracaibo-- which you already covered some.  Closing:  

Sonja hat sich nach Köln und Bonn begeben und hat dort ein paar Interviews eingesammelt. Es wird über die Amigo und Queen Games Neuheiten berichtet.

Essen SPIEL 2018! Okay, we're not technically at Essen SPIEL, but we've got that Essen FEEL. We're each counting down the five games that we most wish we were in Germany to play this weekend. Before we hand over our Euros, we talk about SPQF, Le Havre, and Scythe: The Rise of Fenris. 02:09 - SPQF 07:17 - Le Havre 12:31 - Scythe: The Rise of Fenris 17:06 - Essen Preview 17:49 - Magnastorm 19:11 - Futuropia 20:27 - Big Shot 22:41 - Gùgōng 24:21 - Shadows: Amsterdam 26:41 - Smartphone Inc. 28:03 - Alone 29:40 - Solenia 30:44 - Tsukiji 31:51 - Teotihuacan: City of Gods 33:26 - Pax Transhumanity 34:53 - Rebel Nox 36:09 - Warpgate 38:35 - Forum Trajanum 39:34 - 1906 San Francisco 44:43 - Scythe: The Rise of Fenris (SPOILERS!)

Edward has not one but three Top 6 lists of games he’s interested in checking out at Essen. Plus, he goes through the Herd’s top 10 anticipated games of the convention.iTunes link for Supplemental Feed: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/heavy-cardboard-supplemental/id1398708343?mt=2RSS link for Supplemental Feed: https://podcast.heavycardboard.com/supplemental.xmlYouTube channel! Support the show! PledgeHC.com The Herd map is here: Click to add your mark! Be sure to join the discussion over at the guild to discuss the episode with us & your fellow Elephants!

Essen is literally around the corner! What will I be doing, when will I be on the Dice Tower booth and what games and expansions am I looking forward to?

Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult content It's that time of the year again were our gaze is directed towards Germany and the Spiel game fair in Essen.  We look forward to some of the exciting games being released at the world's largest board game convention and have a look back at our predictions from last year. Let the rampant speculation begin! Games Mentioned What we were looking forward to last year; Clans of Caledonia, Monster Lands, The Inbetween Charterstone Pandemic Legacy Season 2 The Expanse Wastleand Express Delivery Service Dice Hospital Coaster Park Professor Evil and The Citadel of Time Photsynthesis Our top picks; 00:16:46 Teotihuacan: City of Gods 00:20:42 Railroad Inc 00:25:40 Monolith Arena 00:27:52 Prehistory 00:34:24 Escape Tales: The Awakening 00:38:29 Silk 00:44:02 Ceylon 00:49:48 Wildlands 00:53:52 Pipeline Honourbale Mentions; 01:00:02 Reef, Planets, Magnastorm, Tudor, Everdell & Newton  This episode is available on iTunes or your favourite podcast player via our feed http://polyhedroncollider.libsyn.com/rss Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Don't forget to visit www.polyhedroncollider.com for more great reviews and interviews, or connect with us on Facebook and Twitter and check us out of twitch.tv/polyhedroncollider

Shelley and I have some fun with two more Stronghold releases, then go through the second half of the 1000+ games on BGG's Essen Preview (M-Z). Paper Tales by Masato Uesugi from Stronghold Games Terraforming Mars: Prelude by Jacob Fryxelius from Stronghold Games

Shelley and I have a great time solving murder mysteries as hard-boiled detectives, then get all zen as we chill with Bob Ross. Deadline by Adam West and Dan Schnake from WizKids and Bob Ross The Art of Chill by Prospero Hall from Big G Creative And once those are discussed, it's time for Part 2 of our Essen Preview, looking at Halls 1, 2, and 3 this week! Hope to see you in Germany!

Shelley and I spend this week looking at two games that will be readily available at Essen in a couple of weeks (though AEG's has been out in the US for a month or so) as well as previewing the three smaller halls at the Essen Fair coming up. Mini Park by Hsu Wun Hao from Soso Studio and  Custom Heroes by John D. Clair from AEG as well as a look at Halls 6, 7, and 8 of the fair (BGG's in Hall 6 By the way)

The Networks and the Bitter Rivals: Luck and Skill    The hosts unload a vast treasure of new played games into the opening banter, including Terraforming Mars, Quadropolis, and Twilight Struggle. Then, instead of a regular news and Kickstarter, they discuss Essen Spiel 2016 and some of the games they are looking forward to the most, lack of info be damned. In the review section, they discuss another Essen release, The Networks, and how great it is the run your own TV Network. The discussion of the day is Luck vs Skill. What is better? Can games be fun without a combination of both? Which is more important? These questions and more are answered to the best of our (limited) ability.The episode closes out with a reminder of our first ever Giveaway.   00:00:20 Banter!   Handegg! Weekend gaming! Lots and lots of games! Networks, Quadropolis, Terraforming Mars, Imperial Settlers, Twilight Struggle, The Others: 7 Sins, and Pandemic: Legacy 00:25:58 Essen Preview!   00:27:03 - Zach's picks: Raise Your Goblets and Dreams   00:31:46 - Jeff's picks: RONE: Races of New Era, Great Western Trail, and Power Grid: The Card Game   00:34:31 - Adrian's picks: Cottage Garden and A Feast for Odin 00:39:06 MHGG Review: The Networks  00:39:27 Rules Overview 00:40:57 Initial Thoughts 00:42:59 Components 00:46:16 Rules and Rulebook 00:49:17 Gameplay 00:54:20 Final Thoughts 00:56:56 Discussion of the Day: Skill vs Randomness 01:16:50 Contest Reminder and contact stuff!  

***This upload is specifically for our listeners that are having problems downloading the show! Let us know if you still have issues!*** Eric and Jim from Punching Cardboard join Edward and Amanda for this special combined episode! We talk a TON of upcoming Essen releases, and highlight those that are high on our want lists!

Eric and Jim from Punching Cardboard join Edward and Amanda for this special combined episode! We talk a TON of upcoming Essen releases, and highlight those that are high on our want lists!

Shelley and I go through the EXTENSIVE BGG Essen Preview and pick out the games we plan to get or explore more fully while we are roaming the halls in Germany. If you're at the fair, please stop by and say hi!

I don't even know how long I've been doing this. My window-shopping the Essen lists predates this podcast of nine years. Who else fondly remembers Mik Svellov's Brett'n'Board], Ken Tidwell's Game Cabinet, or all the other places we learned about Essen before, during, and after the fair? Now, of course Eric Martin does an amazing job here at BGG with the annual Essen Preview. It has nearly six hundred items when I finally stopped looking on Friday. Wow!   It took me two passes to get through these lists. For some reason, I found a LOT more games that interest me this year. Is that because there are more of the shorter, family strategy games that I like? That might be true. Not that there were a lot of the 45-minute "superfillers," but I think there were more filler/microgames at the low end--under 20 euros, under 30 minutes. The ones that are still Love Letter derivatives about bluffing & hidden identity don't interest me, but there several others. As before, we see more and more offerings from other countries, especially Japan, Korea, and Poland.   My first pass through that megalist came up with 30 I was really excited/curious about, and another 50 that had something that sparked my interest. Though that's 80 games (waaaay too many to discuss on the podcast), that's culling out more than 80% of the titles in the full preview. Then I squeezed it down to ten I put in my companion geeklist, and discuss on this episode, plus several other titles that work their way into the discussion. Wow!   Also, I can't resist some meta-analysis of the entire list, and how well my previous years' anticipation lists matched what became my keepers from those years.   Finally, this episode anticipates something else, too--my return to BGG.con! I'm so excited about this. I went to the first BGG.con a decade ago, but it's grown & changed quite a bit since that time. I'm coming up to speed with what to expect, doing some planning, but not TOO much. Hopefully I'll meet some listeners and play some games with them when I'm there next month.   -Mark

Shelley and I tackle the second 1/2 of BGG's Essen Preview, looking at games from publishers M-Z, as well as spending some time discussion Days of Wonder's latest, Five Tribes from Bruno Cathala.

Shelley and I go through the Essen Preview, highlighting games from publishers A-L, and also discuss a game we got a chance to play that will be available at Essen - La Granja from Spielworxx.   Head over to the guild on BGG to discuss the games YOU are anticipating.  Next week we'll deal with M-Z!

Apologies for the hiatus. We are now firmly back on track and we have a Picking Over the Bones episode and a special Essen Preview coming up in the next few weeks. This week Sean and Ronan nominate four more games to join Dominion in The Game Pit Vault of the best games of all time. Sean nominates Ticket to Ride and Pillars of the Earth. Ronan puts forward Lords of Vegas and Tigris & Euphrates. Listen in to find out which one makes it into The Vault. You can find all our episodes on 2d6.org Follow us on Twitter @gamepitpodcast Send your feedback or questions to gamepitpodcast@gmail.com