Meeple Nation Board Game Podcast

We discuss over twenty-five games as we review our Feeback and contest entries, then we randomly pick our two contest winners. Games we discuss: Star Realms, Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, Dominion, Colt Express, Twilight Imperium, Agricola, Caverna and many more! 

We used the wrong cable on our microphone so audio suffers a bit this episode. We apologize. The next episodes will not have this problem. We talk about close to a dozen games that you should consider if you are planning to give a boardgame as a gift this season. Here is the list in the order we present them: Lords of Waterdeep King of New York or King of Tokyo Forbidden Island or Forbidden Desert or Pandemic: The Cure Survive! Transamerica Times Up! Title Recall Wits & Wagers Incan Gold Love Letter in its many forms Hanabi

This episode we talk about many dexterity games and launch a contest where you can win one of two copies of Toc Toc Woodman. Listen to the podcast for details!

This week we review Abyss, a 2-4 player game by Bruno Cathala and Charles Chevallier. Ages 14 and up, 45-60 minutes. The artwork, by Xavier Collette, is simply stunning. Highly recommended by two of the three reviewers.

This week we are speaking with 15 different gamers (and game company representatives) at the International Games Day held at Weber State University on 8 November 2014. We recorded the interviews amongst the gamers so there is a bit of background noise.  Intro - 0:00 - 0:19 Meeple Nation Hosts - 0:19 - 0:57 Jon Sears - 0:57 - 2:32 Everett Johnson - 2:32 - 4:172 Sean MacDonald and Dale Gifford of SaltCON (visit http://saltcon.com/) - 11:57 - 13:56 Troy Hoggan - 13:56 - 14:44 Suzanne - 14:44 to 17:52 Max Holliday of Ginger Ale Games (visit https://www.facebook.com/BringOutYerDead) - 17:52 -  20:29 Payson Mair - 20:29 - 21:55 Alex and Cameron - 21:55 - 24:53 Ryan Laukat with Red Raven Games (visit http://www.redravengames.com/) - 24:53 - 27:36 Alex Montgomery - 27:36 - 32:26 Ryan Bruns, President of Mayday Games (visit http://maydaygames.com/) - 32:26 - 38:40 Ben Hillyard of Daedalus Productions Inc (visit http://www.daedalusproductionsinc.com/)- 38:40 - 43:38 Dan Naylor of SaltCON - 43:38 - 49:19 Outro - 49:19 -

This week we discuss Expansions, both what we love and their darker sides. We explore Carcassonne expansions from our past as an example. We then each list 7 boardgame expansions or sequels that we are anticipating.

Bring Out Yer Dead plays in 40 minutes for 2-5 players, ages 12 and up, the first game from Ginger Ale Games. We review the game and talk about the game industry with Max. The Kickstarter runs through November 26, 2014 at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/808648996/bring-out-yer-dead

Guildhall and Guildhall: Job Fair by AEG and numerous other language publishers. 2-4 players, 45 minutes, ages 10 and up

2-6 players, 30-45 minutes, ages 8 and up. Like us on Facebook at http://facebook.com/meeplenation

We review five games, each in about five minutes. The first two are card games with only sixteen cards. Love Letter by Seiji Kanai and Lost Legacy: The Starship by Seiji Kanai and Hayato Kisaragi. The last three games are push your luck. Zombie Dice by Steve Jackson and Martian Dice by Scott Almes. Lastly, the best game of them all, Can't Stop by Sid Sackson.

This week we respond to listener feedback and discuss our favorite worker placement games. One question we responded to was "Who are the significant female board game designers?" Here are a few geeklists from boardgamegeek.com http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/56208/women-game-designers http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/33115/good-games-designed-women

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Fleet, released in 2014 2-4 players ages 10 and up, 1-4 with the expansion, and 1-6 with additional promo cards. Plays in 30-45 minutes.

This week we discuss the new dice game, King's Forge, for 2-4 players in about an hour. 13+ on the player's age due to the need to read a decent amount of text.

This week we discuss the collectible dice game, Marvel Dice Masters: Avengers vs. X-Men released by Wiz-Kids for 2 players. This game involves many different heros and villains from the Marvel Universe including the Avengers from the movie and many well known, X-Men.

We answer listener feedback and talk about our favorite mechanics. We spend a large amount of time loving and hating on Battlestar Galactica.  

This week we discuss Madi's six favorite games.

3-7 players out of the box, 2-8 with the expansions.  45-60 minutes, ages 10 and up.

Our second Firefly episode.  This one about the expansions and promos.

This week we discuss Splendor, the 2014 Spiel des Jahres nominee by Marc Andre and Space Cowboys.  For 2-4 players in 30 minutes.  It is a great board game enjoyed by all three hosts.