Simple, Yet Intriguing

We're piling ingredients into a soup as we playanother trick-taking game but this time it's a Knizia game! What twists in the genre do we have in store? Will we make delicious soups? Games Mentioned : Foodie Forest , Masters of Maple Syrup , Puerto Rico , Race for the Galaxy , Tichu , Haggis , Ruins , Relationship Tightrope , Tarot , Poison , No Thanks! , Take 5 Episode Chapters: 00:00 - I...

This week we take a look at your opponents cards but NOT our own in a newly uncovered Shinzawa trick taking feat: LUZ. Games Mentioned : LUZ , Hygge , Photograph , Coffee Roaster , Get On Board , Hanabi , Ghosts of Christmas , 9 Lives , No Loose Ends , Bomb Busters , Xylotar , Wizard , Skull King , Spades , Lost Cities , Beowulf: The Movie Board Game Episode Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - What We...

We've uncovered another Taiki Shinzawa gem! This time we're planning and pulling off a heist and then hiding the evidence through trick taking! Surprise! Games Mentioned: No Loose Ends , Shut the Books , Spades , Wizard , Skull King , Sluff Off! , Skat , Bridge , The Crew , Euchre , Hearts , dnup , Scout , 9 Lives , Ghosts of Christmas , Fives , Cat in the Box , Jekyll vs. Hyde , The Fox i...

This week we are entering an Age of War and talking Risk Express and its various incarnations as well as its link to the Cthulhu co-op dice game Elder Sign. Games Mentioned : Risk Express , Camarades: La Bombe ext. , Elder Sign , Hasbro Express Games , The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey , Pick-omino , Farkle , Gang of Dice , Official Risk Games Episode Chapters 00:00 - Intro 05:36 - Risk Express: V...

It's the last episode in our The Hobbit series (for now...) as we discuss the new-ish roll & write-ish path building-ish game: The Hobbit: There and Back Again! We also wrap-up the series and discuss the games with our beloved Win, Lose, or Banana segment. Games Mentioned : The Hobbit: There and Back Again , Monopoly , Clue , The Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation , LOTR: The Card Game ,...

It's a two game doozy this week as we discuss the board game adaptations of the film adaptations of The Hobbit. How does it compare to Knizia's other co-operative Tolkien adaptation? And why is there no third game? Listen and find out! Games Mentioned: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey , The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug , Beyond the Sun , The Hobbit , The Lord of the Rings , Gang of Dic...

We're returning to Middle-Earth! This time we're playing Knizia's 2010 competitive-ish game: The Hobbit! Games Mentioned: The Hobbit , Take 5 , Candy Land , Relationship Tightrope , Dark Moon , Quacks , Pandemic , The Lord of the Rings Episode Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:29 - The Hobbit: How Does it Work? 07:00 - The Hobbit Discussion: Variants, Our Play and Game Comparisons 17:05 - Aha...

On the final episode of our Wolfgang Warsch in 2018 series we discuss the oft-forgotten dice comparison cooperative game about escaping lava: Fuji! Games Mentioned: Fuji , Tatsu , Forbidden Island , Gang of Dice , Sky Team , The Gang , Pandemic , The Crew , Family - Country: Japan , Win, Lose, or Banana , That’s Pretty Clever , Illusion , The Mind , Brikks , Quacks Episode Chapters 00:00 - Intro 0...

Luke and Chris are feeling pretty clever this week as they discuss another dice drafting roll & write masterpiece(??) in the penultimate Wolfgang-Warsch-2018-designed-game episode. Games mentioned: That’s Pretty Clever! , Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends , Codenames , Galaxy Trucker , Mage Knight Board Game , Star Trek: Frontiers , That’s a Question! , Through the Ages , Roll Through the Ages , Br...

Test your eyes with us this week as we play another 2018 Warsch game: Illusion! What will we see and will we like it? Games Mentioned: Illusion , Take Five , El Grande , Tikal , Mexica , Java , The Princes of Florence , Timeline , SET , MicroMacro: Crime City , Cockroach Poker , Liar’s Dice , Figment , The Fox in the Forest , The Fox in the Forest Duet , Jekyll vs. Hyde , Jekyll & Hyde vs Scot...

In an attempt at redemption, we play a game this week! This cut-for-time segment features us attempting to name games in the BGG Top 100 without the Deck, Bag, and Pool Building mechanism. SPOILERS AHEAD Games Mentioned: Anachrony , El Grande , Welcome To... , Puerto Rico , Isle of Skye , Cascadia , Clans of Caledonia , Harmonies , Trickerion // Hosted & Edited by Chris Lemieux & Luke O'Gr...

It's time to telepathically communicate in Wolfgang Warsch's award winning card game. We break down how we feel about this game emotionally and philosophically. Games Mentioned: The Mind , Azul , Quacks , That’s Pretty Clever! , The Gang , Hanabi , Bridge , The Game , Take Time , Bomb Busters , The Mind Extreme , The Mind Soulmates Episode Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:56 - The Mind: How It Wo...

This week we are using paper, pencil and dice to drop non-branded tetrominoes in the digital space of Wolfgang Warsch's Brikks! (I'll be honest, it's basically a Tetris roll-and-write game). Episode Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - Wolfgang Warsch Biography 06:06 - Brikks: Overview and How it Works 12:13 - Roll and Write Discussion 24:53 - Aha Moments 37:26 - Brikks: Duel Mode 39:30 - Br...

It's a bag-building-push-your-luck-try-not-to-explode fiasco this week in our new series! We discuss the games that Wolfgang Warsch made in the year 2018 starting with The Quacks of Quedlinburg. It's a real place! Games Mentioned: Orleans , Automobiles , Coffee Roaster , Clank! , Mystic Vale , Dominion , Ascension , Star Realms , Cubitos , The Quest for El Dorado , Legendary Encounters: Al...

We're elevating the podcast to a higher echelon with special guest Graeme Goldthorpe! We ask him about his favourite Knizia games and we dig deep on the pure auction game High Society. Episode Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:51 - Guest Introduction 08:25 - High Society: How Does it Work? 13:05 - High Society Discussion: Extra Cards 16:35 - Aha Moments 23:04 - High Society: Release and Art Comparison...

This week we are discussing the 1999 two-player bona fide classic Schotten Totten and its sibling Battle Line. How does it compare to other two-player Knizia titles? What does the title mean?? Episode Chapters 00:00 - Intro 02:00 - Schotten Totten: How Does it Work? 04:51 - Battle Line & Schotten Totten: Release Difference 10:18 - Game Discussion 18:40 - Schotten Totten Predecessors and Reimpl...

We're back in Middle-Earth for the early cooperative game The Lord of the Rings! No confrontation this time. Does it stand the test of time? Can the Doctor make thematic games?? Episode Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:16 - What We Played This Week: Trajan 09:37 - The Lord of the Rings: How Does it Work? 13:27 - The Lord of the Rings: Discussion 14:31 - Luke’s Aha Moment 34:28 - Chris’ Aha Moment 37:...

We're journeying to Middle-Earth to talk about Chess, Stratego, tables and The Confrontation between Good and Evil! Who will prevail?? Episode Chapters 00:00 - Intro 02:20 - Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation: How Does it Work? 05:31 - Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation Discussion 15:54 - Aha Moments 24:52 - The Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation Ultimate Edition Preview 29:39 - Guess th...

This week we're returning to our Modern Classics series to deck build AND race to find a lost city in The Quest for El Dorado. Does our newest game in the series live up to the hype? Episode Chapters 0:00 - Intro 00:45 - What We Played This Week: Ghosts Galore 08:31 - Intro to Modern Classics Part 2 10:33 - The Quest for El Dorado: How Does it Work? 15:04 - The Quest for El Dorado Game Discuss...

Luke, Chris and Mechanic Mechanic Matt report their progress on their 2026 challenges. Plus they play a fun game! Games discussed: Flip 7, Charioteer, Set Dice, Inis, Spellbound (1981), Here Lies, Regicide, Ribbit. Episode Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:30 - Sophie’s Challenge Check-in 04:32 - Mechanic Mechanic Matt’s Challenge Check-in 21:43 - Luke & Chris’ Challenge Check-in 31:57 - Race Mechanis...

We're joined by Mechanic Mechanic Matt to round out our Hargrave series by talking about all of the Wingspansions including the new Americas expansion! Hummingbirds are birds! Episode Chapters 00:00 - Intro 02:11 - Matt's Hot Takes & Wyrmspan Discussion 06:26 - Oceania Board Comparison and Nectar 10:30 - European Expansion Discussion 13:20 - Oceania Expansion Discussion 15:42 - Wingspa...

We're back to flower gifting and passive-aggressive communication with the BIG BOX version of wallet game Tussie Mussie! Episode Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:32 - What We Played This Week: Vegas Showdown 07:36 - Tussie Mussie Complete Collection Overview 09:51 - Orange Flowers Expansion 13:55 - Greenery Expansion 15:38 - Ribbons Expansion 19:28 - Flower Shoppe Solo Expansion 22:34 - Aha! Moments...

We're walking on the beach! Conceptually! This week we're talking Elizabeth Hargrave's 2026 tile-laying, shell-bagging game: Sanibel! -- 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Hargrave Game Banter 08:33 - Sanibel Discussion 19:45 - Aha! Moments 31:27 - Gamer Recognize Game? 39:12 - Next Week Teaser // Hosted & Edited by Chris Lemieux & Luke O'Grady Produced by Sophie Shin Socials by Matt Winquist Art by Sa...

In anticipation of the reprint, the boys (of tile laying with fame) are playing the 1999 hidden gem Rheinländer! Mechanic Mechanic Matt also helps them to dissect the history of pre-Reiner Knizia tile layers. -- 00:00 Intro 1:36 Gaming History: Tile Laying Games 16:58 World Series of Board Gaming Trivia Game 23:04 Rheinländer Discussion 26:00 Matt’s aha Moment 35:39 Chris and Luke’s aha Moments 46...

Chris and Luke gloriously return to the circus to talk about Spectaculum and how circuses are the same as trains! -- 00:00 - Intro 01:17 - What We Played This Week - Unmatched Adventures TMNT 08:34 - Spectaculum Discussion 17:20 - aha! (and Oh My!) Moments 21:52 - BGG Trivia Game 29:31 - Gold Country Discussion and Spectaculum Final Thoughts 34:05 - Next Week Teaser // Hosted & Edited by Chris...