Two Wood for a Wheat

Tony and Mitch discuss Tony's trip to Indianapolis for GenCon and talk about Rock Hard 1977 as well as other games player at GenCon 2024.

Pat & Tony return to deliver their top 10 games of 2023. Solo Voidfall app: https://voidfall-33a59.web.app/ Thoughts on Ark Nova after 586 solo plays: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3245967/ranking-ark-novas-maps-after-586-solo-plays 00:01:38 Ark Nova 00:02:32 Marine Worlds 00:03:37 Wyrmspan 00:05:56 Artisans of Splendent Vale, Legacy of Dragonholt, Gloomhaven 00:08:05 Bloodstones 00:11:38 P...

Tony and Mitch discuss their games played at the 2024 Level Up Con in Woodbridge, NJ. Also, Tony and Mitch discuss their top 10 most antcipated games for 2024. Join us on Discord: https://tinyurl.com/2wood4wheat

Tony and Mitch discuss the games we didn't get to play in 2023. As well as discussion about PAX Unplugged 2023 in Philadelphia. What games did we want to play? Join us on this special episode.

Today is Two Wood for a Wheat's final episode of regularly scheduled programming and we go out with a critical flourish. We review and offer first impressions on eight hot games before diving deep into our understanding of the state of the hobby, and our continued stake in it as shaped by our time as gamers and our time on the podcast. Thank you for listening with us for all these years. We hope t...

Let's keep it simple. This is the 2023 Essen Top 10 Most Anticipated Games episode, the games that we're most excited for, many of which we'll play in 2024. Join us in the conversation on discord: https://tinyurl.com/2wood4wheat Ask us a question at TwoWoodForAWheat@gmail.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwV0sl_H14NfaB8SpL9tg9g Leave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.app...

Extra! Extra! Step right up to the latest scoop on Two Wood for a Wheat! Join us in the rollicking rumpus of the gaming parlors as we bring you the skinny on "Fit to Print," the real deal in real-time tile-laying amusements. It's a hootin' good time where you'll be puttin' together the front page of your weekend newspaper, not by the book, but with cunning and swiftness, the cat's pajamas of newsp...

Today we're reviewing Tony's favorite game of GenCon, Forest Shuffle, a small box game card game with a big deck and an even bigger depth of play. Then, we're discussing Card Cost Curves, how games with large decks structure the costs and benefits of their cards. Join us in the conversation on discord: https://tinyurl.com/2wood4wheat Ask us a question at TwoWoodForAWheat@gmail.com Youtube: https:/...

Today's a special episode of Two Wood for a Wheat where we're joined by Jon Gortat, a great friend of the podcast. Tony and Jon had a wonderful time at Gen Con and have so many games to tell us about. Join us in the conversation on discord: https://tinyurl.com/2wood4wheat Ask us a question at TwoWoodForAWheat@gmail.com Leave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-...

The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. The opening words to the Lord of the Rings movies are a lot better than the opening words to the books. They prepare us for the changes brought on by a new age, to the rise of men and the fall of elves, and the shifting and forgetting of history, of great battles and small acts of bravery. It's all very Lo...

Well, this somehow became the climate change episode, which now seems inevitable. We review After Us, a post-apocalyptic deck builder with monkeys! Then, we discuss the evolution of apocalyptic themes in board games and how they serve to exorcise our anxieties about the present and near-future. Join us in the conversation on discord: https://tinyurl.com/2wood4wheat Ask us a question at TwoWoodForA...

Shake Box. Shakey Boy Box. Randomness Plunger. Infinite Input Randomness Generator. What the hell do we call this thing? Today we're reviewing Shake that City, the new city building game published by AEG with a box like no other. Nearly without fail, it produces a three-by-three grid of colored cubes to lay onto your city board. Does this box make a game? Come find out. Along those lines, we discu...

Today we answer the question, can a euro be too euro-y? Also, we're discussing games that could have been an email AKA heavies that could have been mediums. Looser edit today, folks. Pat's running on 8 total hours of sleep over two days and is aiming for a a base level functioning. Join us in the conversation on discord: https://tinyurl.com/2wood4wheat Ask us a question at TwoWoodForAWheat@gmail.c...

The Rococo period, which emerged in the early 18th century in Europe, was a highly ornamental and elegant artistic and architectural style that replaced the grandeur and formality of the Baroque era. Characterized by delicate and asymmetrical designs, pastel colors, and a focus on frivolity and pleasure, Rococo art sought to create a sense of lightness and enchantment. It celebrated the aristocrat...

"Welcome, dear listeners, to another riveting episode of Two Wood for a Wheat! Today, we delve into the mysterious realms of the new game sensation, Legacy of Yu, where strategy meets sorcery and dice rolls hold the fate of empires. Join us as we bravely navigate the treacherous waters of punishing board game mechanics, where victory is hard-won and defeat leaves you craving redemption. Grab your...

Reseal... research... reseat... reseau...? resect... reseda... ... reserve... RESET aha! That took a while -- who put so many words in this language? Now let's find Revive. Today we are at it again with the Hotness. We're reviewing Revive, the new combo-chaining quasi-deck building game. Then we're discussing 'reset turns' in board games and how they toggle the pace of the game and the abilities o...

Two Wood for a Wheat's B-sides are going on a hiatus. Come back next week on the A-side when we review Revive.

Happy Earth Day! In case it wasn't obvious, we're reviewing Earth, the new enormous-deck tableau building game. Then, we're discussing the benefits & pitfalls of big decks in board games. 00:01:06 Darwin's Journey 00:01:26 Maracaibo, Barrage 00:07:04 Splendor, Azul 00:08:44 Legacy of Yu 00:14:34 Calico 00:15:15 Revive 00:27:33 Tenpenny Parks 00:19:58 Gloomhaven: Jaws of hte Lion, Magic: The Ga...

Mitch and Tony discuss the Klaus Teuber classic Catan. Join our Discord: https://tinyurl.com/2wood4wheat Ask us a question at TwoWoodForAWheat@gmail.com Leave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-wood-for-a-wheat/id1447901771 Read Tony's blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/maxlongstreet/blogs Thanks to God Street Wine for our intro and outro music: https://www....

Today we review Alexander Pfister's reimplimentation of Mombassa, Skymines. 00:03:35 Gloomhaven: Digital 00:04:51 Tussie Mussie 00:07:04 Naturopolis, Sprawlopolis, Agropolis, Ultimopolis 00:09:06 Ark Nova 00:10:32 Earth 00:11:39 Splendor: Duel 00:27:33 Legacy of Yu, Revive 00:15:14 FEATURE REVIEW Skymines 00:15:15 Mombassa, Gaia Project 00:25:42 Resurgence 00:34:41 Mandala Join us in the conversat...

Tony and Mitch and guest Bill/Varianor discuss The Isle of Cats: Explore and Draw. Then we move on to discuss our most (and least) loved roll and write, dice game, and card game spinoffs of existing games. 6:34 FEATURE REVIEW - The Isle of Cats Explore & Draw Join our Discord: https://tinyurl.com/2wood4wheat

Today we're reviewing Splendor: Duel, a gem-infused two player engine building game redesigned by Bruno Cathala. Then we're discussing what we find in the best duel games. :01:20 Splendor: Duel 00:01:27 Applejack, Nova Luna, Patchwork 00:05:29 Tiletum 0000:07:09 Architects of the West Kingdom 00:08:23 Tigris & Euphrates 00:09:13 Steam Up: A Feast of Dim Sum 00:10:33 Frosthaven 00:13:07 Gloomha...

Join us in the conversation on discord: https://tinyurl.com/2wood4wheat Mitch and Tony reminisce about their most memorable board game moments.

Nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh BAT GAME Today we review Atiwa, one of Uwe Rosenberg's newest games about balancing human expansion and forest growth in Ghana. 00:04:24 Anachrony 00:06:33 It's a Wonderful World, Race for the Galaxy 00:08:18 Isle of Cats: Explore and Draw, The Isle of Cats, Tiny Towns 00:08:51 Vegetable Stock 00:10:23 Horseless Carriage 00:17:34 FEATURE REVIEW Atiwa 00:27:33 A Feas...

Mitch and Tony review Obsession, a five year old board game about social climbing in Jane Austen's England. We examine both the mechanisms and what's made this game grow in popularity as time has gone on. Join us in the conversation on discord: https://tinyurl.com/2wood4wheat