Episodes
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Shelley and I check out three new titles once again for our Sunday podcast, trying out
Confusing Lands by Zak Eidsvoog from Envy Born Games
Flatiron by Shei and Isra from Ludonova
and Intarsia by Michael Kiesling from Deep Print Games, Pegasus Spiele, and Matagot
Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games
Check out our YouTube Channel here: www.youtube.com/@garrettsgames
Sponsor the podcast directly at www.patreon.com/garrettsgames
OR check out the extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing
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For our Wednesday episode this week, it's TWO Essen 2024 titles! First up is the trick taker
Zero to Hero by Martin Wallace from Wallace Designs
then we check out the first of three designs from a new designer
Galileo Galilei by Tomas Holek from Pink Troubadour and Capstone Games
We have videos for each of these titles up on our YouTube channel which you can find here:
www.youtube.com/@garrettsgames
Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games!
You can support the podcast directly at www.patreon.com/garrettsgames
or check out our extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing
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Shelley and I check out another Essen 2024 title for our Sunday show this week
Whispering Woods by Cristian Bustos and Bernardo Vasquez from Fractal Juegos
then try out a couple of 2023 titles
Tangram City by Uwe Rosenberg from Capstone Games and Korea Boardgames
and
Wild Tiled West by Paul Dennen from Dire Wolf and Lucky Duck Games
Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games
You can sponsor the podcast directly at www.patreon.com/garrettsgames
or check out our extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing
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For our Wednesday podcast Shelley and I scan the skies in the Essen 2024 release
Polaris by Simone Luciani and Andrea Mainini from Fractal Juegos
then check out two Essen 2023 releases
FTW?! by Friedemann Friese from 2F-Spiele and Rio Grande Games
World Wonders by Zé Mendes from CMON Global Limited, Arcane Wonders, Super Meeple and Lucky Duck Games
Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games
You can support the podcast directly by going to www.patreon.com/garrettsgames
OR
Check out our extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing
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Shelley and I check out another Essen 2024 pick up,
Ultimatch by Justin and Ann-Marie De Witt from Fireside Games
then check out 2018's
Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig by Matthew O'Malley and Ben Rosset from Stonemaier Games and Bezier Games
and finally enjoy some sweet baked goods in a release from earlier in 2024:
Donut Shop by Jeffrey D. Allers from 25th Century Games
Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games
and remember that you can support the podcast at www.patreon.com/garrettsgames
OR
check out the extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing
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For our Wednesday podcast we look at two family-friendly domino-style games:
Zoomies by Magnus Karlsson from Fireside Games
and
Ananda by Dirk Barsuhn from Zoch
We liked one, and were frustrated with the other...
Thanks as always to Bezier Games for their sponsorship!
You can sponsor the podcast directly at www.patreon.com/garrettsgames
or check out our extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing
Also, be sure to check out our videos of games we've enjoyed from Essen 2024 (including Zoomies, which should be up shortly) here:
https://www.youtube.com/@garrettsgames
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For Sunday's podcast this week we play some heavier fare, though two of them are quick to play. First up is an Essen 2024 release
Steam Power by Martin Wallace from Wallace Designs
Then we head back into storybook land with great art reminiscent of classic kids literature and to the farm with
Harvest by Trey Chambers from Keymaster Games
And finally we check out an Essen 2023 release that's the heaviest of the three titles this week:
Karvi by Torgeir Tjong from Hans im Glück
Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games
Check out our YouTube videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@garrettsgames
Here's the direct link to our video for Steam Power: https://youtu.be/t7npdv5R2_4
You can support the podcast by going to www.patreon.com/garrettsgames
or check out our extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing
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For our Wednesday podcast this week, Shelley and I explore two chicken-themed games!
First up is the lighter family-oriented Rooster Chase by Costa from PYTHAGORAS.
Then we attempt to group our hen breeds together in Hens by Giampaolo Razzino from Little Rocket Games.
Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games
You can support the podcast directly by going to www.patreon.com/garrettsgames
OR
Check out our extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing
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For our Sunday podcast this week we look at another new Essen 2024 release, a smaller title from earlier in 2024, and then a BIG game from a few years ago:
Asian Tigers: A Story of Prosperity by Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro and Paulo Soledade from PYTHAGORAS
Alpina by Luc Remond from Helvetiq
New Frontiers by Tom Lehmann from Rio Grande Games
Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games
You can sponsor the podcast directly by going to www.patreon.com/garrettsgames
OR check out our list of game that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing
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Garrett's Games does TWO podcasts this week! With so many games to discuss, we add a Wednesday show, reviewing one great game and two that won't hit our table again:
Stephens by Rola and Costa from Pile Up Games
In The Footsteps of Marie Curie by Florian Fay from Sorry We Are French
Camargue by Timo Diegel form Abacusspiele
Remember to check out our new game reviews on our YouTube Channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/@garrettsgames
Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games
You can sponsor the podcast directly at www.patreon.com/garrettsgames
OR check out our extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but possibly belong on your table:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing
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Family-style games hit the table this week as we check out three more Essen 2024 titles:
Tivoli by Asger Johansen from Plotmaker Games
Tower Up by Frank Crittin, Gregoire Largey and Sebastien Pauchon from Monolith Board Games
Feiges Huhn! by Ken Gruhl and Quentin Weir from Amigo
Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games
You can also support the podcast directly by going to www.patreon.com/garrettsgames
OR
check out our extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing
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Shelley and I check out a small Amigo card game from Spiel 2023, as well as two BRAND NEW Spiel 2024 games:
Z3bra by Dirk Hanneforth and Uwe Molter from Amigo
Floresta by Nuno Santos and Przemek Wojtkowiak from MEBO Games and Arcane Wonders
Spectacular by Eilif Svensson and Asmund Svensson from Chilifox
Check out our new VIDEO reviews at our YouTube Page:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYn2XqDNGAzjFYQzrkJDZOQ
Remember you can support the podcast at www.patreon.com/garrettsgames
OR check out our extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing
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This week as we finish our stay in Essen, we look at a re-release, as well as a recent fun play
First up is
Kreta or Sardegna by Stefan Dorra the former title released by Goldsieber in 2005, and now re-released as the latter title from Playte
then we try to get shoppers to our stores over our rail networks, all while avoiding Godzilla in
Shinjuku by Gary Kacmarcik from Studio Supernova
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Shelley and I check out a couple of card games that are readily available at Essen this week, then have some fun with an Essen 2023 release as well.
First up is
Seers Catalog by Taylor Reiner from Bezier Games (they're located in Hall 2)
then we check out a new 2-player title
Chu Han by Tom Lehmann from Matagot, Frosted Games, and Grail Games (Matagot can be found in Hall 3)
and one of 2023's family-friendly releases
Havalandi by Reiner Knizia from Edition Spielewiese (Hall 6) and Pegasus Spiele (Hall 3)
Thanks to Bezier Games for their sponsorship.
You can support the podcast directly by going to www.patreon.com/garrettsgames
OR
check out our extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing
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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
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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
Hall 2 Publishers/Games
Albi (2-B631):
Atoll
Tea Garden
Arcane Wonders (2-E310):
Floresta
(also at MEBO GAMES - Hall 5)
Leylines (demo)
Mezen
Super Kawaii Pets
Vegetable Stock
Bezier Games (2-D620)
Sandbag
Seers Catalog
Xylotar
Bright Eye Games (2-D210)
Sumo
EmperorS4 (2-D411)
Torii
Four Comma Game (2-D432)
Age of Automation
The Game Builders (2-E620)
Suna Valo
Jelly Jelly Games (2-E315)
Minecart Town
Little Rocket Games (2-D421)
Coney
Fall
Ludonaute (2-E125)
Arctic
Paverson Games (2-E121)
Luthier (demo)
Snovid (2-E319)
Galebari
To Be Continued...
Tiros-Games (2-E311)
Space Missions
Weird City Games (2-E111)
Canopy Evergreen
Wonderful World of Board Games (2-E330)
Loco Momo
Hall 3 Publishers/Games
2F Spiele (3-G511)
Fishing
2 Tomatoes (3-P311)
Boule Rouge
Through Ice & Snow
AEG (3-B211)
Cascadia Landmarks Mini Expansion
Nocturne & Expansion
Undergrove & Expansion
Waffle Time
Alion (3-F111)
Gardlings
Sparks
Alley Cat Games (3-N311)
Ada's Dream
Station to Station
Aporta Games (3-F113)
Saltfjord
Board&Dice (3-G210)
Barcelona Expansion
Minos
Reef Project
Chilifox Games (3-F113)
Spectacular
Cranio Creations (3-V411)
Beyond the Horizon
Golden Cup
Mesos
Czech Games Edition (3-Z411)
SETI
Deep Print Games (3-B311)
Civolution
Intarsia
Devir (3-D611)
Daitoshi
The Lie
Venturesome
White Castle: Matcha Expansion
dlp Games (3-H613)
Atlantis Exodus
DMZ Games (3-U111)
Harmony
Dranda Games (3-H511)
Explorers of Navoria
Feuerland Spiele (3-S311)
Black Forest
Tauschrausch
Frosted Games (3-B200)
Galileo Galilei (demo)
Solstis
Game Brewer (3-T112)
Algae Inc.
Bone Wars
Geek Attitude Games (3-S211)
Babylon
Grail Games (3-F102)
Chu Han
Snowcrest
Hodari Spiele (3-G412)
Galaxy Postman
ION Game Design (3-V211)
DerrocAr
Looping Games (3-D313)
1980 - Sixtina
Around the World in 80 Days
Lucrum Games (3-H512)
Night Sky Explorers
Ludonova (3-F112)
Flatiron
Men-Nefer
Matagot (3-F102)
Kyoto no Neko
Mighty Boards (3-L311)
Rebirth
Moon Gate Design (3-F102)
Panda Spin
Pendragon Game Studio (3-L124)
Escape From New York
Plotmaker Games (3-D311)
Tivoli
Red Mojo (3-C310)
Inferno
Spielefaible (3-G611)
Cube Express
Tangerine Games (3-R411)
Nestlings
TCG Factory (3-B113)
Cudillero
Food Trucks
Medang
Smart City
Trekking
Thundergryph Games (3-R211)
Darwin's Journey Expansion
Wonderbow Games (3-V110)
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Shelley and I check out Tom Lehmann's latest Rio Grande 2-player
Winter Court
and then you guys get to enjoy Tom, Matt, Joe and the gang continue our conversations from Night 1 of Meeplefest 2024
Thanks as always to Bezier Games for their support.
You can sponsor the podcast directly by going to www.patreon.com/garrettsgames
OR
check out our extensive (and growing) list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, so belong on your table:
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Yes, it's Meeplefest time once again, and the roundtable of luminaries is topped off with three designers:
Matt Leacock, fresh from his KedJ win for Daybreak/eMission where he went up against HIMSELF with Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West and known for such titles as Pandemic and Forbidden Island
Tom Lehmann, known for the classic Race for the Galaxy, and with new titles such as Winter Court and Chu Han
and Joe Huber, lover of trick takers and designer of such titles as Caravan, Blue Skies, and Burger Joint.
We spend some time talking about Matt's win, as well as design choices & the creative spark.
And here's that Auden quote which Tom sent to me after the podcast:
In his preface to The Collected Poetry of W. H. Auden (1945) he wrote:
In the eyes of every author, I fancy, his past work falls into four classes. First, the
pure rubbish which he regrets ever having conceived; second–for him the most painful–
the good ideas which his incompetence or impatience prevented from coming to much
(The Orators seems to me such a case of the fair notion fatally injured); third, the pieces
he had nothing against except their lack of importance; these must inevitably form the
bulk of any collection since, were he to limit it to the fourth class alone, to those poems
for which he is honestly grateful, his volume would be too depressingly slim. -
This week Shelley and I enlist companions in the dicefest
Glow by Cedrick Chaboussit from Bombyx (a 2021 release)
and then check out one of the KedJ Recommended titles
Botanicus by Samuele Tabellini Ferrari and Vieri Masseini from Hans im Gluck
Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games and their latest GenCon releases: Seers Catalog and Rebel Princess Deluxe Edition
Support the podcast directly at www.patreon.com/garrettsgames
or check our our extensive list of games that no longer fit on OUR shelves, but belong on your table:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing
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Shelley and I check out a great card game
Cabanga! by Michael Modler from Amigo
then plan a trip to Japan in
Let's Go! to Japan by Josh Wood from AEG and Lucky Duck Games
Thanks as always to Bezier Games for their support! Check out their new releases Xylotar, Sandbag, Seers Catalog, and Rebel Princess Deluxe Edition!
You can also support the podcast directly at www.patreon.com/garrettsgames
OR
check out our extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing
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