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If you are anything like us and can't keep any plant or bush alive then the game Earth might be for you, if you want to know what it is like to actually grow a plant, bush, tree, etc.  Really, it................... kinda is?  Well maybe not, but Earth is  a great tableau builder with action selection and great table presence.  Oh, I failed to mention the copious amount of cards!   As always t...

We have a half dozen game publishers that we think you should keep your eye on.  You may already have your on eye on some of them, good for you, well done!  We are going to talk about some games they have put out already, some that they have in the pipeline and what they bring to the game hobby that we like.  As always thank you for listening! welcometwogames@gmail.com @welcometwogames           ...

This week we set out to chart the stars, explore new lands and attempt to map all the lands near and far!  Why would we want to do that you ask??  For points, silly!  In all seriousness we are talking about Wayfarers of the South Tigris.   This game attempts to have two types of worker placement going on at the same time.  Oh yeah traditional worker and dice worker placement.   But wait there&apos...

We had a hard time coming up with a title for this episode, we decided to go with this one.  For us game con season begins in late February every year and then just rolls on from that until the fall.  We wrap up the first 2 conventions we went to this year  by talking about what we played, taught, learned and thought of both of them.   Take a listen and see if maybe you want to go to one of these...

This list was bound to happen at some point, right?  Well it was eye opening for both of us I think.  Were there any crossovers?  What did we think of each others list?  Did Jamie break the rules again and not stick to the agreed upon number of publishers???  Listen and find out the answers to those questions as well as find out what we consider some of the best board game publishers around curren...

Do you enjoy being the best darn merchant?  Like drafting dice?  How about knowing what will be scored each round ahead of time?  You do??  Well this is the game for you!  Seriously all of those things are what this game is about and more!  Is this the best game Board and Dice have put out for us?  Listen and find out!  As always thank you for listening! https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/351913/...

In Oros, ancient Greek for Mountain, you are playing as a demigod trying to teach your followers wisdom.  You accomplish this by using the followers to perform various actions.  Oros is a tile placement game where you don't draw the tiles, you create them.  You are shifting land masses into one another to create mountains so you can build on them.  Did we enjoy our time playing Oros?  OR were...

New year brings new game plays and we are going to talk about the first 7 new games to us we have played thus far this year.  We have a good amount of diversity in these 7 games actually.  We have enjoyed them all but there is one maybe more than the the others, listen and find out which one!  As always, thank you so much for listening! Tiletum (01:08) Bag of Chips (04:48) High Score (08:00) Birds...

The brilliance of Mozart is undeniable.  Is the game themed around the effort of Constance Mozart, Wolfgang's wife, to have his stories told and his last work completed and performed also brilliant?  It is grand and beautiful like many of Mozart's opuses and can be complex at times like most of Mozart's works.  But is it brilliant........?  Well guess what you are gonna have to list...

I tried to come up a with a better title for this episode but everything I thought of was even longer than that lol.  Which is probably appropriate because this episode is a bit long but we discuss so many good games at two player count!  Spoiler alert!!!  We actually have 11 games in our lists, not to mention numerous honorable mentions ;)  Happy Holidays to everyone!  We hope you are spending yo...

Just what makes up a great board game convention, for us?  Well that can be different for everyone and is shaped by what your own likes and dislikes are.  So what does it take to make us really excited to go to one, listen in and find out :)  As always we do appreciate every dl, comment and review.  Keep gaming! welcometwogames@gmail.com @welcometwogames                                  Facebook,...

Welcome to our 30th episode!  We are discussing Bitoku this time.  Bitoku is a 1-4 player deck construction/destruction, hand management, set collection, and dice worker placement game.  Wooo that was a lot of things, and tbh I left out a couple!  This game is gorgeous once you let it sink in a bit and has table presence to spare!  Have fun listening to Jamie struggle with remembering all the name...

Well I am sure that episode title will not work well with the algorithms  ;)  It works for us though :)  This is the spiritual successor to our last podcast, Top 10 Heavy Games.  We had some games that didn't make our list because we hadn't played them but we wanted to shine some light on them anyway.  Also, we thought that since we teach so many games and a lot of them being on the frin...

We like heavy games in general, so when a listener and friend asked us to do a top 10 list comprised of heavy games it was a no brainer for us.  The criteria for this list were that it had to be weighted by BGG at 3.75 with at least 25 ratings, had to be in our collection and we were judging them strictly from a 2 player perspective.  So if any of that interests you by all means give it a dl and l...

While and endless winter sounds good to us, is it good for others?  Listen and find out if we think the "end" is indeed endless in this new mish-mash of mechanisms game.  What game mechanism isn't in this game?  Are there any?  Spoiler alert!  There are.  Thank you for listening and downloading our podcast we do appreciate it!  https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/305096/endless-wint...

It's time for another top 10, this time we tackle light games that play great at 2 players.  We tend to play more heavier games, BUT we do love some light games!  We hope there are some games on this list that you may not have tried (or maybe not at 2 players) and find that you like them :) As always, we do appreciate you listening and dl the podcast!  Keep gaming!! welcometwogames@gmail.com...

Do you like animals?  How about tile laying?  What about a smidge of worker placement?  And an action selection mechanism on a conveyer belt?  Well if you like any of these then you are in luck, if you like all of them then pinch yourself because you are one lucky person!  What did we think of this beast of a game that at its core is pretty simple?   Listen in and find out!  Thanks as always for l...

Is Kingsburg still "King" of the dice worker placement games?  We talk about Kingsburg in this episode.  How does this 15 year old dice worker placement game hold up?  Has it been knocked from the throne as one of the go to dice worker placement games?  Or maybe it is "King" of another important  area in the board game space, gateway game?  We talk about all of this and more! ...

Welcome back!  It's been a while and we are happy to be back in the swing of things with our podcast.  Up this time is Ginkgopolis , which is named after ginkgo biloba, the similarities don't end with just the name.  This game is strong like the tree and should be an evergreen.......um also like a tree??  We let you know what we think about it, the game that is, and more in our 23rd podc...

You like pastel colors?  Fancy dresses?? Lace???  Frocks (?)?????  Well if you like all of those then this game is really for you, if you like any of those and a bit of deck building, area control, resource management and order filling then this game is also for you :)  Seriously, Rococo has all of those elements in it!!  Find out what we liked and didn't like about Rococo.  Thank you for dl...

Ever wonder what it was like to roam the country side on horseback as a Viscount, we do too, but we have no idea what that is like.  We do however know what it is like to play Viscounts of the West Kingdom by Shem Phillips and Garphill Games.   So what was the deal with that castle thingy at the center of the board?  Find out if it was as rewarding as the first two installments and fitting conclus...

Really did we have to go with "Obsessed with Obsession" as the title of this podcast?  Um....yes we did!  We are obsessed, currently, with this great game!  The theme in the game is there in a big way and the mechanisms the game uses are tried and true.  Well how does it look you say?  Amazing as well!  Take a listen and hear what we have to say about the game.  Thank you for listening a...

Do you have a pair of old shoes that you just can't part with because they are just so comfortable?  Well this is the first in the series of podcasts (we hope!) of games that are our old shoes of games.  See what we think about CoB and find out if Jamie cares for the art in the anniversary edition.   As always thank you for the listen and download!  Keep gaming! email              -     welco...

We tackle the cousin of the North Sea games this time, Raiders of Scythia!  How does it compare to North Sea?  Just a re-skin or is there more to these raiders from the north?  Also, can we say too much about what we think of the art??  All of these questions will be answered and more in this episode!  Thanks for dl and listening.  welcometwogames         -   Facebook @welcometwogames     -   Inst...

We take a break from reviewing games today to talk about board games with a friend .   Our topics range from his experience with getting his wife to play games to our memorable game experiences to what kind of conventions we love.  I hope you enjoy our conversation!  Thank you for listening! welcometwogames@gmail.com Facebook- welcometwogames Twitter- welcometwogames Instagram - welcometwogames Bl...