Shelley and I spend some time talking about two new Cwali games, the new Stefan Feld, and Amigo's new card game.

Mondriaan 2020 by Corne van Moorsel and Cwali

Ab in die Tonne by Corne van Moorsel and Cwali

Trajan by Stefan Feld and Ammonit

23 by Christoph Behre and Amigo

Played: 860 | Download | Duration: 00:46:18

Shelley and I spend some more time talking about Essen titles.  This time it's three new games and a great new expansion to a classic:

Arriala: Canal de Garonne by Florian Fay from Ludocom

Coney Island by Michael Schacht from Argentum Verlag

(Welcome to) Walnut Grove by Paul Laane & Touko Tahkokallio

Ticket to Ride Asia (Map Collection #1) from Days of Wonder

Enjoy!

Played: 938 | Download | Duration: 00:54:20

Shelley and I take some time to discuss three of the brand new Essen releases that we were able to play recently.

Burdigala from Id&al Editions and Bruno Cathala

Kalimambo from Zoch and Antonio Scrittore

PAX from Iron Games and Bernd Eisenstein

Played: 759 | Download | Duration: 00:26:47

Aldie (Scott Alden), Beth Heile (demo goddess), Michelle Alden (Scott's lovely wife) and Shelley join me on the microphones live form the BGG booth at the Essen fair in Germany to discuss the fair and BGG's role there, along with some of the games we saw and are interested in.  Then Shelley joins me for a discussion of Fortuna by Michael Rieneck and Stefan Stadler and published by The Game Master and I tack on a quick review of Queen Games' new Kingdom Builder by Donald Vaccarino.

Played: 1030 | Download | Duration: 00:41:45

Shelley and I talk about the first Essen 2011 game that we were able to get early (it was released in limited quantities and I bought a copy when I saw it show up at gamesurplus.com).

Much more on Essen 2011 games will be forthcoming, but here's the first taste, no punches pulled.

Played: 839 | Download | Duration: 00:23:06

Shelley and I sit down to talk about some of the games we will check out at Essen THIS WEEK!  If you're heading to the fair, be sure to stop by the BGG booth and say hi.

Played: 1391 | Download | Duration: 00:47:41

Shelley and I sit down after a couple of 2-player outings with Eminent Domain, as well as some 4-player chances for me, to discuss this new deck-building hybrid from Seth Jaffee and Tasty Minstrel Games.  Thanks to gamesalute.com for the review copy!

Some brief Essen comments follow, but next week is the pre-Essen "what's Doug interested in?" show.

Enjoy!

Played: 1046 | Download | Duration: 00:29:48

Shelley and I spend some time discussing OlympOs (that's with an O, not a U) from the designer of Small World, Philippe Keyaerts, and Rio Grande Games.  We also discuss Michael Schacht's new maps for China online at www.michaelschacht.net and our enjoyment of Biblios, the re-implementation of Scripts and Scribes.

Played: 1023 | Download | Duration: 00:27:36

Shelley and I are finally back to 'regular' episodes with this week's discussion of two games I received as review copies from www.gamesalute.com.  Thanks to Game Salute for sending us

Belfort from Tasty Minstrel Games, designed by Jay Cormier and Sen-Foong Lim

and

Puzzle Strike from Sirlin Games, designed by David Sirlin

Enjoy, and visit the website at www.garrettsgames.com

Played: 1031 | Download | Duration: 00:32:04

Our final Meeplefest episode for the year finds us once again listening to the mellifluous tones of Rick Thornquist, Susan McKinley Ross, and Matt Leacock on the microphones with Ric B., Shelley and me.  The conversation talks about design, inspirations, etc.

Enjoy!

Played: 1084 | Download | Duration: 00:40:23