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Garrett's Games 312 - Aquileia and SdJ/KdJ Predictions

Shelley and I sit down to talk about the Zoch game Aquileia, as well as our predictions about the Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres.


Played: 73 | Download | Duration: 00:36:22

Posted by Doug Garrett at 5/20/2012 7:48 PM | Add Comment

Garrett's Games 311 - Seeland, Re-review of Finca, and Alhambra Comments

Shelley and I spend some time perusing the comments that came in regarding our discussion of Alhambra last week (thanks Eric, Guy and everyone on the BGG guild!), then delve into the Burkhardt/Kramer game Seeland (released domestically recently through Ravensburger), as well as doing a re-review of another game that uses a rondel-style mechanism, Finca from Rio Grande and by Sentker and Linde with which we implemented the El Razul expansion.


Played: 761 | Download | Duration: 00:41:25

Posted by Doug Garrett at 5/13/2012 3:07 PM | Add Comment

Garrett's Games 310 - Re-Review of Alhambra, Arkadia, and Vasco da Gama

Shelley and I turn from the new game stack (which is rather short) to some older titles that may need a second look.  Do these games hold up and still belong on our shelves?  Listen and find out!

Alhambra (with the Diamonds, Bazaars, and Treasure Chest expansions) by Dirk Henn and Wolfgang Panning from Queen Games - ALSO discussed in episodes 121 and 212

Arkadia by Rudiger Dorn from Rio Grande Games - ALSO discussed in episodes 57, 136, 104, 79

Vasco da Gama by Paolo Mori from Lautapelit.fi (provided review copy) and Rio Grande ALSO discussed in episodes 188 and 200


Played: 857 | Download | Duration: 00:27:09

Posted by Doug Garrett at 5/6/2012 5:17 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Garrett's Games 309 - More Gathering Reviews: Würfel Bohnanza, Fauna, Zong Shi, 7 Wonders + Cities

Shelley and come to you one final time from The Gathering of Friends with reviews of brand new and a bit older games.

Würfel Bohnanza by Uwe Rosenberg
Fauna by Friedemann Friese
Zong Shi by Kevin Nunn
7 Wonders + The Cities Expansion by Antoine Bauza
(during which Eric Burgess of Boardgame Babylon - www.boardgamebabylon.com - joins us briefly)



Played: 908 | Download | Duration: 00:31:20

Posted by Doug Garrett at 4/29/2012 8:48 AM | Add Comment

Garrett's Games 308 - The Village, Waka Waka, and more Lords of Waterdeep

Shelley and I come to you from The Gathering of Friends to reflect a bit more on Lords of Waterdeep, then delve into two new games, one we liked (The Village) and one we didn't (Waka Waka).

Enjoy!


Played: 879 | Download | Duration: 00:35:25

Posted by Doug Garrett at 4/23/2012 7:17 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Garrett's Games 307 - Lords of Waterdeep and Step by Step

This week Shelley and I delve into an Easy Play game and (shocking!!!) a game with the words Dungeons and Dragons on the cover!  You should have seen the look on Shelley's face when I brought THAT last one out!

Games reviewed:

Step by Step by Bernhard Lach and Uwe Rapp from Schmidt Spiele (in their Easy Play line)

and

Lords of Waterdeep by Peter Lee and Rodney Thompson from Wizards of the Coast


Played: 1065 | Download | Duration: 00:37:35

Posted by Doug Garrett at 4/15/2012 12:15 PM | Add Comment

Garrett's Games 306 - Africana and Zooloretto Wurfelspiel

Shelley and I delve into two Michael Schacht games this week, and (the fanboy/girl that we are) we liked one and loved the other! 

The Games:

Africana by Michael Schacht from Abacusspiele

Zooloretto Wurfelspiel by Michael Schacht from Abacusspiele

we also talk about doing re-reviews, mentioning the return to the table of Castles of Burgundy with new player mats.  So which games do we need to make sure we re-review?

Enjoy the episode and drop me a line.


Played: 961 | Download | Duration: 00:39:20

Posted by Doug Garrett at 4/8/2012 5:18 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Garrett's Games 305 - Dungeon Petz and Toledo

Shelley and I finally get the Essen 2011 release Dungeon Petz to the table from CGE/Z-Man and Vlaada Chivatil.  Then, we turn to a back-catalog game - Toledo by Martin Wallace and from Mayfair - since we're heading to Spain over the summer!

Enjoy!


Played: 973 | Download | Duration: 00:35:08

Posted by Doug Garrett at 4/1/2012 6:42 PM | Add Comment

Garrett's Games 304 - Bull headed Games from Wolfgang Kramer

Shelley and I spend some time talking about Wolfgang Kramer's group of 'bull head' games the began with

6 Nimmt (also known as Category 5 and Slide 5)

which led to the board game version called

Tanz der Hornochsen

which has then been followed by two card games

11 Nimmt

and the just-released

Bullenparty

I also take a few minutes at the end to reflect on last week's games

Santa Cruz and Castelli

now that I have played them with 4 players.


Played: 807 | Download | Duration: 00:32:40

Posted by Doug Garrett at 3/25/2012 6:06 PM | Add Comment

Garrett's Games 303 - Santa Cruz, Schlacht am Buffet, and Castelli

Shelley and I spend this week talking about a couple of German-only titles (worth getting through amazon.de), as well as a new domestic release from Queen.  Titles discussed:

Santa Cruz by Marcel-Andre Casasola Merkle and Hans im Glück
Schlacht am Buffet by Martin Wallace and Kosmos
Castelli by Gunter Burkhart and Queen

Enjoy, and make sure to listen to what happens to Shelley by the end of the episode!


Played: 778 | Download | Duration: 00:39:58

Posted by Doug Garrett at 3/18/2012 6:28 PM | Add Comment
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