The Board Gaming Doctor

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Hello everyone, welcome to the Board Gaming Doctor, my name is Phil, and I will be your board game doctor today. I diagnose games based on strategic depth, and love going into what it takes to win a game. But if a game is purely fun that matters too. I primarily enjoy medium to heavy Euro-style games, but all games are welcome on my table. In particular, I subspecialize in Uwe Rosenberg games, and often blog about them. Thanks, and hope you schedule an appointment with your board game doctor real soon!

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Thoughts on "Mosaic: Wars and Disasters" 18.07.2023 12:13

BGG blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/11733

"Hamlet" Review + By the Lake Expansion 17.07.2023 17:34

BGG Blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/11733

Gloomhaven after 10 Plays, and Thoughts on Gloomhaven: Buttons and Bugs 14.07.2023 14:15

BGG blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/11733/board-gaming-doctor

The Search for Planet X First Impressions 13.07.2023 8:13

My first impressions after playing The Search for Planet X. BGG Blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/11733/board-gaming-doctor

Lisboa Review 12.07.2023 13:26

My official review after a few plays of Lisboa. BGG blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/11733/board-gaming-doctor

Expeditions Thoughts 11.07.2023 9:15

My first thoughts on the sequel to Scythe called Expeditions. BGG blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/11733/board-gaming-doctor

Everdell Farshore Thoughts 10.07.2023 11:19

Thoughts on the latest announcement for the sequel to Everdell, called Farshore. BGG blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/11733/board-gaming-doctor

Inventions: Evolution of Ideas, Challengers, Age of Civilization After 10 Plays (June 2023) 05.07.2023 48:27

BGG blog post: https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/149650/inventions-evolution-ideas-challengers-age-civiliz

El Burro, Weather Machine, Gaia Project After 10 Plays (May 2023) 12.06.2023 55:50

boardgamedoctors@gmail.com BGG blog post: https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/148350/el-burro-weather-machine-gaia-project-after-10-pla

The History and a Review of Bohnanza (Rosenblog May 2023) 25.05.2023 36:52

boardgamedoctors@gmail.com Link to BGG post: https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/147996/history-and-review-bohnanza-rosenblog-may-2023 Link to interview with Uwe Rosenberg on the design history of Bohnanza: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/394147/history-bohnanza-appendix-interview-designer-uwe-r

Top 10 Desert Island Games 19.05.2023 1:03:27

What games would we want to have if we only had 5 each on a desert island? Join Jacob and Phil as we discuss these top games! BGG blog post link: https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/147873/top-10-desert-island-games boardgamedoctors@gmail.com Timestamps 00:00 Intro ( Tapestry , Gloomhaven , Oranienburger Kanal , Brass: Birmingham , Orléans: Invasion , Ark Nova , Viticulture World: Cooperative...

Earth after 10 plays, Brazil: Imperial, Wayfarers of the South Tigris (April 2023) 06.05.2023 52:50

BGG blog post for polls: https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/147003/earth-after-10-plays-brazil-imperial-wayfarers-sou

New Rosenberg Tree Game? Applejack and Caverna: Frantic Fiends Impressions (Rosenblog April 2023) 20.04.2023 42:42

boardgamedoctors@gmail.com BGG blog post: https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/146746/new-rosenberg-tree-game-applejack-and-caverna-fran Gamebuilders website for Planta Nubo: https://gamebuilders.de/spiele/planta-nubo/ Twitter feed for Planta Nubo: https://twitter.com/Pinkus68/status/1639276777938796546

Mosaic and War of the Ring: The Card Game (March 2023 Wrap-Up) 06.04.2023 44:24

boardgamedoctors@gmail.com BGG blog post for polls: https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/145991/mosaic-and-war-ring-card-game-march-2023-wrap

Oranienburger Kanal After 10 Plays (Rosenblog March 2023) 22.03.2023 39:18

BGG blog post: https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/145547/oranienburger-kanal-after-10-plays-rosenblog-march

Beer and Bread, Flamecraft, Calico (February 2023 Wrap-Up) 06.03.2023 38:15

BGG blog post: https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/143973/beer-and-bread-flamecraft-and-calico-february-2023

Atiwa Review: Rosenblog February 2023 19.02.2023 39:42

BGG blog post for poll: https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/143338/atiwa-review-rosenblog-february-2023

Quick Updates and Lacrimosa and Woodcraft BGG Blog Post 08.02.2023 1:21

BGG blog post on Lacrimosa and Woodcraft: https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/142797/lacrimosa-and-woodcraft-first-impressions Hey everyone, no podcast this week, still adjusting to a newborn. Hope to get back into it with a review of Atiwa on the next RosenBlog. Thanks!

RosenBlog January 2023: Lookback of 2022, Predictions for 2023, and Patchwork Strategy from BGA 25.01.2023 50:15

In this episode, I go over my thoughts on the Rosenberg content that came out last year, speculate on what might come out in the year 2023, and go over Patchwork strategy thoughts based on Board Game Arena stats. BGG blog post for poll: https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/142103/rosenblog-jan-2023-predictions-2023-and-strategy-t

Unconscious Mind, Underwater Cities (December 2022 Wrap-Up) 11.01.2023 50:34

I go through my plays of December 2022, including my first impressions of the game chosen by you to review: Unconscious Minds, as well as Underwater Cities after 10 plays. I go through some rapid fire thoughts on other games I played last month. Enjoy! No poll for this upcoming month, since I have some life events happening later that will put me back on playing newer games.  BGG blog post fo...

The "Objective" Top 10 Games from 2022 31.12.2022 51:24

This podcast episode is a compilation of the top 10 lists of best games released in 2022 from notable board game media personnel, where I ranked all of their lists and scored them, summing them up to make an "objective" top 10 list. Obviously it's subjective to those who reviewed these games, and it's not all inclusive, not to mention this is just for fun, but I thought it was interesting to see w...

The Best (and Worst) From BGG Top 100 in 2022, with Jacob! 22.12.2022 53:51

Jacob and I go through our progress to playing all of the BGG's top 100 games as of this year, and include some newer games to us that really stood out! BGG blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/11733

The Wolves, Ark Nova after 10 plays (November 2022 Wrap-Up) 07.12.2022 42:38

BGG blog post for poll on what games I should play in December: https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/139650/wolves-ark-nova-after-10-plays-november-2022

Endless Winter: Paleoamericans First Impressions 29.11.2022 40:15

Check out the blog post on BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/11733

RosenBlog 8: Caverna After 10 Plays 15.11.2022 41:49

BGG post for poll: https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/edit/139077