Shelley and I wrap up our Meeplefest episodes and we drop right back in to our discussion of expansions and their effect on the games we play, then discuss some of those perennial facorites that Tom & Joe love getting back on the table.

Joining us are

Tom Lehmann - Race for the Galaxy, Roll for the Galaxy, Dice Realms, Res Arcana

and

Joe Huber - Caravan, Blue Skies, Ice Cream, Scream Machine, Burger Joint

Some of the other games mentioned throughout the podcast are

Princes of Florence

Carcassonnee

Terraforming Mars

Tichu

Can't Stop

Advanced Civilization

Euphrat & Tigris (Tigris & Euphrates)

Yellow and Yangtze

Triumph and Tragedy

Conquest and Consequence

Mare Mediterraneum

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Continuing our discussion of games and design that began last week, this time design is more of the focus as the wine continues to flow. Guests include

Matt Leacock - Pandemic, Pandemic Legacy, Daybreak, Era: Medieval Age, Forbidden Island, Roll Through The Ages, Thunderbirds

Joe Huber - Blue Skies, Caravan, Scream Machine, Starship Merchants, Burger Joint

Simon Hunt - Pick & Pack, Take Stock

Scott Caputo - Whistle Stop, Whistle Mountain, Sorcerer City, The One Hundred Torii, Kachina, Voluspa

Kris Hunt

Greg Zamira

and others

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Shelley and I have a great time with two more Japanese titles, one of which is more readily available than the other, though both are worthy new titles that we need to get on our own shelves...in fact, many thanks to a BGG user who was willing to trade for his copy of Pastiche!

Exhaust by Hisashi Hayashi from OKAZU Brand

and

Pastiche: Birth of a Masterpiece by Rikkati from Twins Lion Do

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Shelley and I get the expansion to Dune: Imperium to the table

Dune: Imperium The Rise of Ix expansion by Paul Dennen from Dire Wolf and Legendary

and then get our potions going in

Brew by Stevo Torres from Pandasaurus Games

Shelley and I enjoy two games set in the future

Cryo by Tom Jolly Luke Laurie from Z-Man Games

and

Dune: Imperium by Paul Dennen from Dire Wolf and Asmodee

Shelley and I spend time playing games set in the past with 2-word titles. First, we head to New Jersey to design one USA's first vacation spots in

Cape May by Eric Mosso from Thunderworks Games

then we head over to southern Germany to become craftspeople in

Glass Road by Uwe Rosenberg originally from Z-Man Games and now re-released by Capstone Games

Shelley and I place tiles in a beautiful square in Lisbon in

Rossio by Orlando Sa from Pythagoras

then harvest crops, play the markets, and develop apprentices in

Key Market by David Brain from R&D Games

Shelley and I move animals around the savannah in

Savannah Park by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling from Capstone Games and Deep Print Games

then we attempt to strategically draft tiles to build our fields in Key Harvest by Richard Breese from R&D Games and Rio Grande Games in 2007

Shelley and I try out the latest Dr. Reiner Knizia title as we wander the jungle doing research in

Sumatra from Ludo Nova

then check out the revamped game of inner and outer struggles - but now with hexes and set in ancient China

Yellow and Yangtze from Grail Games

Shelley and I hurt our brains trying to finagle good investments in

Tokyo Metro by Jordan Draper from Jordan Draper Games

then we head into the garden to grow flowers and build follies in

Flourish by James & Clarissa Wilson from Starling Games and Matagot

Shelley and I compete to build the most profitable museum in

Curators by Tove & Pablo Jomer and Jacob Westerlund from Worldshapers and Little Rocket Games

then we head under the sea to explore the deep from a research facility and with submarines in 2002's

Nautilus by Brigitte and Wolfgang Ditt from KOSMOS and Mayfair Games

Shelley and I spend time building individual tableaus this week in this delayed episode (sorry for the Thursday release everyone!):

Village Green by Peer Sylvester from Osprey Games

and

Meadow by Klemens Kalicki from Rebel Studio

Oops! I forgot my SD card reader, so can't get out today's episode until we return from our vacation getaway on Thursday. We hope you tune in then for our discussion of

Village Green by Peer Sylvester from Osprey Games

and

Meadow by Klemens Kalicki from Rebel

two beautiful tableau-building games.

Shelley and I enjoy some bon bons and create poker-esque sets in

Truffle Shuffle by Molly Johnson, Robert Melvin, and Shawn Stankewich from AEG

then we head back to 2003 and ancient Greece to race to build structures in

Attika by Marcel-André Casasola Merkle from Hans im Gluck and Rio Grande Games which has been re-published with a western theme as

US Telegraph from Super Meeple

Shelley and I enjoy collecting vegetables in the fun new card game

Point Salad by Molly Johnson, Robert Melvin, and Shawn Stankewich

then we dust off a Spiel des Jahres winner from 1999 which has just been republished

Tikal by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling from Super Meeple, Rio Grande, and Ravensburger

Shelley and I get our 19th Century industrialist hats on, building factories and funning them to the best of our ability in

Furnace by Ivan Lashin from Arcane Wonders and Hobby World

then we head to ancient Egypt to try our hands at building some of the world's wonders in

Egizia by Acchittocca (Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, Stefano Luperto, and Antonio Tinto) originally from Rio Grande and Hans im Gluck, but re-released recently by Stronghold Games and Matagot

Shelley and I build our lands out and UP as we herd llamas and try to claim points in

Llamaland by Phil Walker-Harding from Lookout Spiele

then we get abstract and push our luck, drawing cards and bidding in

TEN by Molly Johnson, Shawn Stankewich and Robert Melvin from AEG

Shelley and I roll and draw our way through the four seasons using arrays in

Blätterrauschen by Paolo Mori from KOSMOS

then we plan our actions by building in our cauldrons to develop energy, move crystals, enlist our witch clan, and gather potions, etc. in

Witchstone by Dr. Reiner Knizia and Martino Chiacchiera from R&R Games and HUCH!

Shelley and I head below the depths to buy and conquer land in

Aquatica by Ivan Tuzavsky from Cosmodrome Games and Arcane Wonders

then return to the farm for a re-review of a game from 2012, working hard on rival farms to raise our crops and animals (sound familiar?) in

Farmerama by Uwe Rosenberg from Ravensburger

Shelley and I check out the third game in the Clever series of roll & writes:

Clever Cubed or Clever Hoch Drei by Wolfgang Warsch from Stronghold Games and Schmidt Spiele

and then we try out a new draw & draw exploration game

Explorers by Phil Walker-Harding from Ravensburger