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Ed and Ryan review The Fox Experiment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ed and Ryan review Lost Ruins of Arnak Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ed and Ryan update their lists of their top 10 games of all time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ed and Ryan revisit their scores from past reviews. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ed and Ryan discuss the merits and methods of tracking plays Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ed and Ryan discuss the best and worst elements of board game expansions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Ed and Ryan review Small World by Days of Wonder. This riff on a Risk-style area control game gives players control over rival mythical races as they set out to conquer the map and decide just the right moment to swap in a new race as their old one's power wanes. BGG Page: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/40692/small-world Designer: Philippe Keyaerts Artists: Miguel Coimbra , Cyrille...

This week, Ed and Ryan review It's a Wonderful World by La Boîte de Jeu. This postapocalyptic card-drafting engine builder pits players against each other to build the world's top civilization from the ground up. BGG Page: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/271324/its-wonderful-world Designer: Frédéric Guérard Artist: Anthony Wolff Publisher: La Boîte de Jeu Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

This week, Ed and Ryan review Scholars of the South Tigris by Garphill Games. This second game in the South Tigris Trilogy allows players to preserve the time-tested wisdom of Greece, China, and other civilizations by translating scrolls into Arabic for Baghdad's House of Wisdom. BGG Page: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367041/scholars-south-tigris Designer: Shem Philipps and SJ MacDonald Art...

Ed and Ryan return to the eleventh-century Carolingian Empire to crown the winner of Garphill Games' West Kingdom trilogy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ed and Ryan round out October by reviewing Betrayal at House on the Hill, a spook-worthy cooperative game where players explore a creepy old mansion tile by tile until the house's sinister influence turns one player against the rest. BGG Page: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10547/betrayal-house-hill Designer: Bruce Glassco Artists: Dennis Crabapple McClain ,  Christopher Moeller , a...

On the fourth Tuesday of October, Ed and Ryan review Carnival of Monsters, a card drafting game that lets players compete to build the most extensive menagerie of magical beasts and mythical creatures. BGG Page: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/231484/carnival-monsters Designer: Richard Garfield Artists: Loïc Billiau ,  Martin Hoffmann ,  Dennis Lohausen ,  Michael Menzel Publish...

Ed and Ryan lay out the ins and outs of social deduction games with just the right amount of paranoia and intrigue to get your gaming group in the Halloween spirit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In week 2 of an October chockful of spooky tabletop games, Ed and Ryan review Horrified, a campy co-op game that lets players team up to confront a gauntlet of storied monsters from Dracula and Frankenstein to the Invisible Man and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. BGG Page: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/282524/horrified Designer: Prospero Hall Artist: Prospero Hall Publisher: Ravensburger...

In week 1 of a month loaded with spooky boardgames, Ed and Ryan review Mysterium, a cooperative game that gives the murder whodunit a fresh coat of paint. One player plays as the "Ghost" and uses visual clues to help the others guess the identity of the killer. BGG Page: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/181304/mysterium Designers: Oleksandr Nevskiy and Oleg Sidorenko Artists: Igor Burlakov , Xa...

This week, Ed and Ryan review Jamey Stegmaier's magnum opus--Scythe. This area control game explores an alternate post-World War I history in idyllic pastoral landscapes populated with intrepid explorers and smog-belching mechs. BGG Page: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/169786/scythe Designer: Jamey Stegmaier Artists: Jakub Rozalski Publisher: Stonemaier Games Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

This week, Ed and Ryan review Viscounts of the West Kingdom by Garphill Games. This final entry in the West Kingdom Trilogy game gives players a chance to compete for influence as the king's power over his realm declines. BGG Page: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/296151/viscounts-west-kingdom Designer: Shem Philipps and SJ MacDonald Artists: Mihajlo Dimitrievski Publisher: Garphill Games Hoste...

Ed and Ryan discuss some core features and strategic elements of engine building and worker placement games to give a rundown on all the variety and depth these tabletop game genres have to offer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ed and Ryan embark on a pilgrimage to put the finishing touches on the singular and unfinished Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona. In Sagrada, players use dice drafting to fill in panes of glass in five different shades to make breathtaking stained glass windows that will catch the sunlight just right. Designers: Adrian Adamescu and Daryl Andrews Artists: Peter Wocken Publisher: Floodgate Game...

Ed and Ryan get in touch with their artistic side by reviewing Reiner Knizia's classic auction game, Modern Art. Players take turns as both art curator and auctioneer as they compete to amass the world's greatest art collecting fortune by discerning whose paintings are in demand and whose is not. Designer: Reiner Knizia Artists: Manuel Carvalho , Ramon Martins , Daniel Melim , Rafael Silveira , an...

Join us for our review of Everdell Farshore. The latest standalone addition to the Everdell universe has washed ashore, and we have a lot to say about this largely-familiar worker placement game in which players collect resources, build structures, and house them with adorable critters. How does Farshore compare to the original? Is it worth having both games? What do we want to see from future rel...

This week, Ed and Ryan review Paladins of the West Kingdom by Garphill Games. This unique spin on a worker placement game gives players a chance to fortify the defenses of a tenth-century Frankish stronghold against marauding outsiders. BGG Page: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266810/paladins-west-kingdom Designer: Shem Philipps and SJ MacDonald Artists: Mihajlo Dimitrievski Publisher: Garphi...

Ed and Ryan discuss the throwback games that got them started in board gaming as kids, including a mix of old-timey duds and long-standing hits that have stood the test of time. Let us know on Instagram what games give you a nostalgia trip: https://www.instagram.com/globalgamerspodcast/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Ed and Ryan review Citadels by Z-Man Games. This time-tested classic blends card drafting and social deduction to construct one of the best 6-8 player games in the business. Players vie for the title of 'Master Builder' as they erect a medieval city from the ground up while playing a host of different roles in the royal court from round to round. BGG Page: https://boardgamegeek.com/boar...

This week, Ed and Ryan channel their anger into a frenzied struggle to etch their names in the Nordic annuals of history in Blood Rage, a card-drafting, area-control mash up that will leave you guessing which Viking clan will win each battle until the last card is played. Designer: Eric M. Lang BGG Page: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/170216/blood-rage Artist: Henning Ludvigsen, Thierry Masso...