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 Pirates of Maracaibo, Maracaibo
00:27:33 Top 10
00:17:52 Faraway
00:20:00 Orichalchum, Queenz
00:20:14 Fit to Print
00:22:32 Nucleum
00:25:48 Pirates of Maracaibo
00:29:44 Alice's Garden
00:32:05 Federation, Calico
00:35:01 Junk Drawer
00:36:43 Daybreak
00:40:43 Forest Shuffle
00:45:28 Darwin's Journey... (wax seals, whoops)
00:50:00 Nucleum
00:52:07 Apiary
00:55:14 Evacuation
00:58:10 Nova Roma
01:02:07 Legacy of Yu
01:04:25 Hadrian's Wall
01:06:09 Rats of Wistar
01:09:44 War of the RIng: The Card Game
01:15:02 Life of the Amazonia
01:20:39 Voidfall, Imperium: Classics
01:27:39 Forest Shuffle, Nova Roma, White Castle, Revive
01:29:12 Evacuation
01:31:16 World Wonders
01:31:41 Age of Innovation, Freelancers
01:32:13 Horseless Carraige
01:33:49 Art Society
01:35:34 Earth
01:36:22 Blood on the Clocktower

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.

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00:05:44 Daybreak
00:09:22 City of Heroes
00:10:06 Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2, World of Warcraft
00:11:53 Catan Junior, CATAN
00:14:05 War of the Ring: The Card Game
00:16:19 Calico, Creature Comforts
00:27:33 Ticket to Ride, Splendor: Duel
00:18:55 FEATURE REVIEW After Us
00:21:16 Furnace, Tainted Grail
00:32:52 FEATURE DISCUSSION Apocalyptic Games and the Exorcism of Anxieties
00:36:02 Revive
00:37:00 Exodus Fleet
00:39:30 Daybreak, Pandemic
00:41:00 Cloudage, Radlands, Resurgence, Fallout
00:41:51 Ryan Laukat
00:42:46 Anachrony
00:43:19 Hit Z Road
00:43:34 Barrage
00:45:37 Bitoku, Arborea
00:46:01 Gloomhaven, Spirit Island

Plaid Hat Games' flagship dueling game has returned 12 years after its initial release with a new edition. Is this the same game with minor changes, or does it take big strides forward? We discuss the changes, the online version, and who exactly this game is for.

0:43 Forgotten Waters
1:12 Magic the Gathering - Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
4:00 Dice Tower Retreat (and why we weren't there)
6:39 Tyrants of the Underdark
8:58 Ten
9:19 Project L
9:53 Feature Review - Summoner Wars 2nd Edition

I think if shapes had religion, they'd worship Project L. Come and see if this tile-laying engine-builder is worthy of your praise.
Then, we figure out why bad luck makes us so damn mad (so mad!).

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03:42 Ankh
05:37 Rising Sun
07:21 Kemet
07:49 Frosthaven
08:19 Betrayal at Baldur's Gate, Betrayal at House on the Hill
09:23 Monster Expedition
12:06 King of Tokyo
12:35 FEATURE REVIEW Project L
The Stendig Calendar: https://stendigcalendars.com/us/
19:21 A Feast for Odin
25:13 FEATURE DISCUSSION Bad Luck
28:56 Race for the Galaxy
30:45 Rising Sun
32:33 Chaos in the Old World
34:57 Scythe
41:43 John Company
42:56 Warmachine
47:22 Summoner Wars: 2nd Edition

Did the 1999 Cleveland Indians have the greatest offense in baseball history? And in a world which, depending on where you live, is either burning or drowning, we talk about what matters most: the Capstone Games release of the slide puzzle family game Juicy Fruits.

8:49 Tainted Grail
9:01 Wingspan
10:40 Forgotten Waters
11:50 FEATURE REVIEW - Juicy Fruits

After reviewing Cascadia, I think we're all moving to Oregon. Join us for the varied microclimates of the Pacific Northwest and the joys of laying down river, mountain, and forest tiles. Then stick around for our discussion of nature-themed games.

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06:32 Point Salad
07:40 Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition
09:15 High Society
10:47 Faiyum
11:13 Concordia
17:15 FEATURE REVIEW Cascadia
17:27 Calico, Point Salad, Truffle Shuffle, Boss Monster
31:43 Verdant
33:33 FEATURE DISCUSSION Nature Themed Games
35:56 Wingspan
36:13 Mariposas
37:09 Meadow
37:41 Root
38:09 Bios: Megafauna, Evolution: Climate
39:09 Dominant Species: Marine
39:27 Parks
40:10 Endangered, Isle of Cats, Parks
40:55 Tokaido, Sunset over Water
42:28 Ecosystem, Barenpark
43:35 Everdell

Jordan Nach joins Mitch and Tony to review the new digital implementation of the heavy euro classic Gaia project. Does it work for beginners (Mitch)? Does it work for veteran players (Jordan and Tony)? How many insults can Jordan throw at Tony? Listen and find out.

0:38 Cascadia
1:00 Exit: the Enchanted Forest
2:18 Champions of Midgard
4:21 Lorenzo Il Magnifico
4:50 Carnival of Monsters, Point Salad
4:59 Shipshape
5:54 Jump Drive
6:11 Santa Monica
6:49 FEATURE REVIEW: Gaia Project on Steam
14:44 A beginner's perspective
38:58 Gaia Project vs. Terra Mystica

Have we actually discovered that mythical creature of the boardgaming landscape, the relaxing game? We review Meadow and find out. Warning: excessive amounts of flora and fauna trivia are included.

1:47 Rajas of the Ganges: the Dice Charmers
2:56 Iberian Gauge
6:58 Wingspan
7:40 Magic the Gathering - Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
9:55 Gaia Project
10:07 Cascadia
10:36 FEATURE REVIEW - Meadow

Today we're reviewing the hot new deckbuilder Imperium: Classics. Will this supercharged deckbuilder last a thousand years on our shelves or will it fade into history?
Then, with this newest wave of deckbuilders times another mechanism, we're discussing deckbuilders on steroids.

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02:16 Calico, Gaia Project
02:32 Terraforming Mars: Aries Expedition, Terraforming Mars
03:46 Point Salad
05:12 Crash Octopus
05:56 No Thanks!
06:49 Cascadia
07:54 Calico
08:32 FEATURE REVIEW Imperium: Classics
16:37 Dominion
33:43 FEATURE DISCUSSION Deckbuilders on Steroids
33:58 Tyrants of the Underdark, Dune: Imperium, The Lost Ruins of Arnak
34:09 Great Western Trail, Res Arcana, Rocketmen
34:56 Imperium: Classics & Imperium: Legends
35:50 Dominion, Star Realms
36:54 Rococo
44:48 Concordia
45:25 Gloomhaven
46:26 Resurgence
46:37 Aeon's End
47:13 Pandemic
48:58 Meadow

We review the roll and write version of Inka and Markus Brand's acclaimed eurogame. Cardboard elephants, tyrannical cyborg dogs, colonoscopies and weddings abound.

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3:07 Res Arcana
3:50 Clank!
4:15 Magic the Gathering (Dungeons & Dragons)
8:45 Gaia Project (Steam)
8:55 Calico
9:08 Pulsar 2849
9:40 FEATURE SEGMENT - why we're reviewing this game
14:35 FEATURE REVIEW - Rajas of the Ganges: The Dice Charmers

What's black and white but red all over? It's MicroMacro: Crime City! A bloody game of murder, intrigue, and... cuteness? Strain your eyes, and you may just learn whether this game is for you. By the way, it's pronounced Shpeel dez Jahr-izz. And it's what this game won!
Then it's a collection of some of our favorite oddball mechanisms.

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00:53 7 Wonders Duel: Agora
03:28 Maracaibo, Just One, Res Arcana
04:45 FEATURE REVIEW MicroMacro: Crime City
18:40 FEATURE DISCUSSION Oddball Mechanisms
19:34 Galaxy Trucker
20:29 Castell, Teotihuacan
21:16 Photosynthesis, Sonora, Welcome to..., Seal Team Flix
22:19 Magic: The Gathering
23:01 Coloma
23:21 Tasty Humans
23:49 Mountains of Madness
25:06 Cloudage, the Search for Planet X
26:12 Anno: 1800, Maracaibo, Great Western Trail
26:43 Tzolkin
26:50 Gloomhaven, Bridge
28:13 Heaven and Ale, Argent: The Consortium
29:29 Bios: Megafauna, High Frontier
30:52 High Society, QE
31:45 Blackout: Hong Kong
33:07 Caylus
34:03 Seafall

We review Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria, the new dice drafting euro from Stan Kordonskiy (Dice Hospital, Rurik: Dawn of Kiev, Lockup, Old West Empresario, Endless Winter) and then interview him about his design philosophy.

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2:38 Gaia Project
3:18 - FEATURE REVIEW - Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria
18:02 - FEATURE DISCUSSION - Interview with designer Stan Kordonskiy

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 discuss different design elements that engender input randomness.

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00:04:26 Frosthaven
00:05:29 War of the Ring: The Card Game
00:07:46 Just One
00:08:19 Concept
00:09:36 FEATURE REVIEW Shake that City
00:15:04 Tiny Towns
00:27:33 Calico
00:23:19 Tiny Towns
00:24:24 Planet Unknown
00:26:39 FEATURE DISCUSSION Design Elements that Engender Input Randomness
00:30:09 Amerigo
00:30:50 Race for the Galaxy
00:31:14 7 Wonders, It's a Wonderful World
00:33:28 War of the Ring: The Card Game
00:35:34 Underwater Cities, Woodcraft
00:36:15 Agricola
00:40:59 Tyrants of the Underdark, Dominion
00:41:16 Shakespeare
00:42:52 Lorenzo il Magnifico
00:43:37 Race for the Galaxy, Ark Nova
00:44:49 Terraforming Mars
00:46:00 Quacks of Quedlinberg, Orleans, Wonderland's War
00:47:51 7 Wonders: Duel
00:51:21 Argent the Consortium, It's a Wonderful Kingdom, Acquire

Today we're joined by Mitch from the B-Side to review Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition. Can Mitch withstand the verbal onslaughts in defense of this iteration of his favorite game?
Then, we find out the exact right length for a game (it's one hour and five minutes).

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02:15 Crash Octopus
03:04 Race for the Galaxy
04:32 Last Will
05:42 Gaia Project and Terra Mystica
08:02 FEATURE REVIEW Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition
47:45 FEATURE DISCUSSION
49:31 Underwater Cities
49:41 Mandala
49:49 Maracaibo
50:14 Dinosaur Island
51:14 Race for the Galaxy and Beyond the Sun
51:36 Agricola
52:20 Caverna
53:26 Through the Ages
54:04 Eclipse, Game of Thrones, 18xx
54:49 Risk
55:22 Diplomacy, Risk, Shogun, Axis & Allies, Inis
56:07 Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, Dominant Species, Dominant Species: Marine
56:40 Jump Drive, Patchwork, Patchwork Express
57:03 City
58:39 Terraforming Mars: Prelude and Underwater Cities: New Discoveries
01:03:27 Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria

Grow, dry, roast, and finally deliver coffee beans in this long-awaited card covering import from Portugal. And enjoy our new B-side segment on why we are reviewing each game.

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0:24 Ulm
7:40 NEW SEGMENT - Why we're reviewing this game
12:40 FEATURE REVIEW - Café
38:53 Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria

It's a Martin Wallace zombie double feature! Featuring AuZtralia and Hit Z Road. Do these games fall flat or do they rise like the dead back to our tables? Then, along those lines, it's a discussion of overused themes.


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01:04 Gloomholdin'
01:25 Sprawlopolis
01:59 Grimslingers
02:42 Gloomhaven
03:28 Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
03:40 Crash Octopus
05:41 Beyond the Sun
06:06 Rococo
08:06 Ares Expedition
08:28 Terraforming Mars
08:32 Race for the Galaxy
13:24 FEATURE REVIEW AuZtralia
14:03 A Study in Emerald
36:03 FEATURE REVIEW Hit Z Road
46:04 King of Tokyo
46:57 FEATURE DISCUSSION Overused Themes
47:46 Bruges, Orleans, Paris
52:45 Mountains of Madness
53:56 Dead of Winter
55:55 This War of Mine
59:17 Blood Rage
59:45 A Feast for Odin
01:01:44 Velocity: Vanguard
01:02:28 Seafall
01:02:39 Forgotten Waters
01:03:10 Star Wars: Outer Rim
01:03:35 Dead Reckoning
01:04:24 Anno: 1800 and Spirit Island
01:06:10 Tasty Humans
01:06:44 Peacemakers
01:07:37 Viral
01:09:46 Marvel: United and Sentinels of the Multiverse
01:10:55 Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein

We review a classic roll (well, flip) and write, and examine push your luck games and how this might be the most important mechanism we've ever discussed.

1:02 Dune: Imperium
1:34 Red Rising
2:22 Gaia Project
3:54 Magic: The Gathering
4:31 FEATURE REVIEW - Trails of Tucana
27:05 FEATURE DISCUSSION - Push Your Luck Games
29:11 Can't Stop, The Quacks of Quedlinberg
29:48 Port Royal
30:16 Can't Stop
32:02 Sea of Clouds
35:20 Ticket to Ride
36:02 Clank!
38:47 Dead of Winter
40:17 Gloomhaven
42:38 Dungeons & Dragons
47:56 Blood Rage
48:59 The Voyages of Marco Polo

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In the words of the Fixx, one thing leads to another. Today we talk about comborific games where we chain together actions. We also discuss the very combo-laden game Hadrian’s Wall. Thanks for tuning in!

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01:52 Micro Macro Crime City
03:09 Cafe and Aquatica
03:19 Ganz Schon Clever
03:25 Kemet
05:44 Beyond the Sun
06:00 Splendor
07:18 Lost Ruins of Arnak
08:15 Maracaibo
09:43 FEATURE REVIEW Hadrian's Wall
37:05 Architects of the West Kingdom
38:15 Rome & Roll
38:52 FEATURE DISCUSSION Comborific Games
39:29 Lost Ruins of Arnak, Empyreal: Spells & Steam, Marvel United, Hallertau
39:42 Tapestry
41:28 Ganz Schon Clever
44:28 Gaia Project
44:48 Castles of Burgundy
45:24 Council of Four
47:26 Newton
48:55 Lost Ruins of Arnak
49:15 Praga Caput Regni
50:38 Hallertau
56:03 Magic: The Gathering
57:47 Res Arcana
57:12 Tawantinsuyu
57:33 Aquatica
58:34 Trails of Tucana
58:49 Auztralia and Hit Z Road

We review the new space sabotage worker placement game, and look how a game can feel completely different when played with different players.

On this bloated episode of Two Wood for a Wheat, we're reviewing the extremely large box that's been sitting on my shelf. It's Trey Chambers' Empyreal: Spells & Steam. Do train games and magic malevolent powers wet your whistle?
Then it's the most excessive Kickstarter campaigns, components, and all around useless things that nobody asked for but millions of people paid for. We discuss Kickstarter bloat.
Thanks for listening!

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02:04 Ticket to Ride New York
02:15 The Red Cathedral
03:07 Beyond the Sun
04:34 Race for the Galaxy
06:00 Agropolis, Sprawlopolis, Combopolis
08:38 FEATURE REVIEW Empyreal: Spells & Steam
27:05 Marvel: United and Hallertau
32:37 FEATURE DISCUSSION Kickstarter Bloat
40:41 Ankh
42:35 Kingdom Death: Monster
43:09 Rising Sun
43:37 Gloomhaven and Frosthaven
44:57 Rising Sun: Kami Unbound and Rising Sun: Sun & Moon
46:12 Ankh, Rising Sun, and Blood Rage
46:50 Tainted Grail and Etherfields
47:39 Nemesis
48:16 Marvel: United
49:57 Sleeping Gods
53:33 Nemesis
54:19 Rocketmen
54:36 Vindication
58:27 Dark Ages and Tainted Grail
01:00:03 Dwellings of Eldervale
01:02:24 Tainted Grail
01:05:15 Dinosaur Island
01:07:20 Escape Plan and Kanban
01:09:19 Lisboa
01:12:27 Agropolis and the Witcher Board Game
01:14:23 Rising Sun, Eclipse, and Empyreal

Tony and Mitch review Fairy Tale Inn, Paolo Mori's vicious little take on Connect Four, and look at mechanisms from old games which inspired newer designs.

Finally, Charles Dickens and the Marvel Universe are together at last. Ebenezer Scrooge uses time travel to explore alternate universes. Oliver Twist uses super speed to take the final bowl of porridge. Dr. Manette spends years of non-existence, only to return later to a changed world.
Marvel: United may make us believers in cooperative play or it may turn to dust on our shelves. We're also discussing how expectations shift our enjoyment of board games.

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03:22 Beyond the Sun
05:07 Cryo
07:36 Twilight Struggle
08:29 Cat Lady
10:25 Hallertau
11:22 FEATURE REVIEW Marvel United
11:54 Kingsburg, Signorie, Hyperborea
27:47 FEATURE DISCUSSION Great Expectations
32:50 Blackout: Hong Kong and Maracaibo
34:12 Voidfall and Sleeping Gods
35:05 Frosthaven and Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
35:16 Ankh
35:49 Rocketmen
37:31 Blood Rage, Chaos in the Old World, Rising Sun
38:13 Cloudage and Maracaibo
39:17 Overboss and Calico
40:24 7th Continent
40:59 Dinosaur Island
42:50 Puerto Rico
44:15 Reavers of Midgard
45:45 The Great Wall
46:31 Calico
47:57 Mandala
48:41 Rome and Roll
50:00 Signorie
53:11 Eclipse and Voidfall
54:04 Nemo's War
54:45 Gloomhaven

Like the great Beatles albums of yesteryear, today we introduce Two Wood for a Wheat B-Sides, a collection of special guests and topics delivering you more content.
Today Mitch Manzella joins Tony to talk Lost Ruins of Arnak and the absolute worst, cruelest, most despicable people in the entire world and how they found their way into the board gaming hobby.

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.

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00:02:39 Just One
00:02:47 Shake that City
00:04:22 War of the Ring: The Card Game
00:04:47 Quartermaster General (Dyslexia's a pain)
00:07:21 Bridge
00:09:42 It's a Wonderful World, Bunny Kingdom, A Feast for Odin
00:12:33 Ark Nova, Race for the Galaxy
00:13:29 Woodcraft
00:13:53 Kites
00:14:20 Frosthaven (new character spoilers)
00:16:35 FEATURE REVIEW Sabika
00:30:12 Grand Austria Hotel
00:30:15 Lorenzo il Magnico
00:37:05 Perseverance
00:43:20 FEATURE DISCUSSION Heavy games that could have been medium games
00:43:48 Perseverance: The Castaway Chronicles
00:44:31 Vital Lacerda
00:46:13 Woodcraft, Tekhenu
00:48:39 Woodcraft
00:50:12 Golem
00:51:27 Barrage
00:52:22 A Feast for Odin
00:52:58 Horseless Carriage
00:55:03 Ready Set Bet
00:57:13 Shake that City

Today we're joined by Board Boy Campbell to review Stonemaier's latest mana from heaven, Red Rising. Will this card combo game dethrone classic filler Fantasy Realms?
Then there's hope in our eyes as we see our first ventures out into post-COVID gaming, including the games that will make up our perfect game day and our expectations for a return to gaming in real life.

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01:56 Hadrian's Wall
02:10 A Feast for Odin
02:36 That's Pretty Clever
06:15 Dominant Species: Marine
07:39 Egizia
08:41 Mercado de Lisboa
10:24 Brass: Birmingham and Ginkopolis
11:15 Empyreal: Spells and Steam
12:49 Argent: The Consortium and Harvest
13:30 Nidavellir and Thingavellir
16:05 FEATURE REVIEW - Red Rising
16:15 Wingspan, Scythe, Fantasy Realms
20:43 Terraforming Mars
36:13 Agricola
38:49 Tapestry
39:20 Hallertau
41:52 FEATURE DISCUSSION - A Return to Gaming IRL
42:42 Dominant Species: Marine
47:37 Just One, Rising Sun, Eclipse, Men at Work
47:37 Carpe Diem, Bonfire, Castles of Tuscany, Carnegie
53:46 Coffee Roaster
55:02 Hallertau, Overboss, Calico, Cascadia
56:05 Slay the Spire
56:32 Agricola and Anachrony
57:12 Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, Gloomhaven, 7th Continent
59:50 Terra Mystica
01:01:13 Trismegistus
01:01:57 Marco Polo and Pipeline

Be your own boss, dad said. Make your own decisions, dad said. Well dad, today I finally did it. Today I'm not only my own boss, today I'm an Overboss. And I don't event have to pay self-employment tax.
Today it's Aaron Mesburne and Kevin Russ' Overboss, a pixelated followup by designer of beloved tile-layer Calico. Then it's the aspects of a game that make us bring it out 20, 30, 40, 50 times to play. What makes a game replayable?

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01:51 Red Rising
03:31 Hallertau
04:33 Mandala
04:45 Marvel: United
05:05 Ankh: Gods of Egypt
05:30 Rocketmen
08:04 John Company
08:33 After the Empire
11:04 FEATURE REVIEW Overboss
14:30 Calico and Tasty Humans
23:55 Hallertau
25:37 FEATURE DISCUSSION Replayability
27:13 Go, Chess, Stupid Chess
32:23 Race for the Galaxy
33:09 Res Arcana
33:45 A Feast for Odin and Agricola
34:35 Tainted Grail, Near and Far, and Above and Below
35:29 Rising Sun and Gloomhaven
38:21 Gons Schon Clever
38:51 Tapestry
39:45 Calico
41:49 Mandala and Anno: 1800
43:06 Tyrants of the Underdark
44:11 Clans of Caledonia, Gaia Project, and Terra Mystica
44:55 Tiny Towns
45:59 John Company and This War of Mine
46:45 Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein
47:37 Scythe and Scythe: Rise of Fenris
49:19 Charterstone
50:43 Red Rising
51:12 Sea of Clouds
52:26 Praga Caput Regni

More farming! Four grains! Hallertau is a veritable cereal box of tensions! Play it! But love it? We'll see.
Then, what's the point of all these grains, these bits and bobs? We list our top 5 favorite resources in all of board games. This was way more fun than I thought it would be.

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02:34 Nidavellir
03:43 Brass: Birmingham
06:15 Calico
07:11 FEATURE REVIEW Hallertau
09:47 Agricola and A Feast for Odin
28:42 Le Havre
31:12 FEATURE DISCUSSION Our Favorite Resources
35:55 Everdell
36:05 Wingspan
36:14 The Lost Ruins of Arnak
36:32 Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein
38:37 Agricola
39:03 Praga Caput Regni
39:42 Eclipse
40:58 Harvest
42:05 Beyond the Sun
43:25 Barrage
45:20 Agricola
46:48 Gaia Project
48:53 Brass: Birmingham and Brass: Lancashire
52:51 A Feast for Odin
55:14 Scythe
55:47 The Voyages of Marco Polo, Marco POlo 2, and Kingsburg

I bet you didn't know that in an unknown era of prehistoric history, tigers could only eat frogs, dinosaurs could only eat turtles, and the gods above competed across grand continents to make the most of their favorite carnivorous tyrants. It's Gods Love Dinosaurs on the review-platter today, and we're serving up juicy them up like juicy dino-burgers. Can this three-tier, pseudo ecological tile-layer hold up?
Then it's unintuitive games, those that zig when you think they'll zag.

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01:32 Dinosaur World, Dinosaur Island, Dinosaur Island: Rawr & Write
04:58 Cloudage and Maracaibo
06:41 Dungeon Petz, Tyrants of the Underdark, Lords of Waterdeep
08:19 Kanban: EV
09:08 FEATURE REVIEW Gods Love Dinosaurs
13:34 Magic Maze
25:12 FEATURE DISCUSSION Counterintuitive Games
25:45 Terra Mystica, Gaia Project, Clans of Caledonia
26:03 The Estates
28:49 Just One
30:03 Food Chain Magnate
31:56 Mandala
33:25 Twilight Struggle
35:07 Tiny Towns
37:19 Glen More II: Chronicles
39:08 Terra Mystica
42:00 Steam Time
42:52 Hive
45:04 Rising Sun, Blood Rage, Blood Bowl

Today we hang with Mr. Pfister, or at least we make nice with his design pedigree, as we review Cloudage, a strange mash-up between Pfister's lite push-your-luck fare and his heavy deterministic euros. Does this comingling of randomness and strategy work? Find out!
Then, as if we're inspired by Cloudage's stickers, rulebook, orange sherbert color palette, and cloudy card sleeves, we discuss our production pet peeves. Or, in more optimistic terms, our production 'Do's and 'Don't's.
Thanks for listening!

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02:06 Dungeon Petz
05:40 Draftosaurus
05:59 FEATURE REVIEW Cloudage
06:05 Great Western Trail, Isle of Skye, Broom Service, and Maracaibo
22:16 Port Royaleand Oh My Goods!
37:23 FEATURE DISCUSSION Production Pet Peeves, or Production Dos and Don'ts
39:15 Underwater Cities
39:40 High Rise
40:30 Glen More II: Chronicles
41:40 Everdell and Praga Caput Regni
42:17 Tekhenu
42:44 Tzolkin and Return to Dark Tower
43:33 Parks
44:31 Rococo, Rococo: Deluxe, Tainted Grail
45:28 My City
47:09 Tawantinsuyu
48:28 Renature, NYZoo, and Curious Cargo
48:57 Blackout: Hong Kong, Maracaibo, and Underwater Cities
52:03 Yamatai and the Oracle of Delphi
53:08 Eclipse, Kemet, and Empires of the Void II
54:56 Santa Monica and Race for the Galaxy
56:49 Clans of Caledonia and A Feast for Odin
58:01 Just One, Rome & Roll, and Sprawlopolis
01:00:27 Barrage, Curious Cargo, and Atheneum
01:01:33 Race for the Galaxy, Gaia Project, Harvest, and Tapestry
01:06:08 The Godfather

Today on Two Wood for a Wheat it's Renature, the domino laying game by classic duo Kiesling and Kramer. This game may look innocent, but it plays as slimy as a swampbottom.
Then it's our most anticipated games of 2021! The games we're most excited to play and review this year.

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02:05 Abyss
02:19 La Granja
03:10 Carnegie, Troyes, and Black Angel
05:13 Draftosaurus
6:19 Glen More II: Chronicles
08:29 Oceans, Race for the Galaxy, and Race for the Galaxy: Gathering Storm
09:44 Res Arcana and Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition
11:19 FEATURE REVIEW Renature
11:40 Heaven & Ale, Azul, and Tikal
26:08 DISCUSSION 2021 Most Anticipated Games
27:28 Frosthaven
28:34 The Great Wall, Ankh, Chu Han, Dark Ages, Rocketman, Mercado de Lisboa, and Venice
29:39 Legacy of Dragonholt and Sleeping Gods
31:03 Glow
31:34 Lewis & Clark
33:05 Transcontinental
34:10 Golem, Lorenzo il Magnifico, and Grand Austria Hotel
35:12 Twilight Struggle: Red Sea Conflict in the Horn of North Africa
36:13 Canopy and Sea of Clouds
37:37 It's a Wonderful World and Guards of Atlantis II
38:52 Coffee Trader, Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria, Old West Empressario, Lockup, and Endless Winter
40:00 Tabunnusi and Tekhenu
40:28 Origins: First Builders
40:55 Lords of Hellas and Nemesis
41:21 Dominant Species: Marine
43:15 Merchants of the Dark Road and COldwater Crown
44:16 Horseless Carriage
44:56 WOnderland's War, Tidal Blades, and Orleans
46:14 Velocity: Vanguard
47:39 Cascadia
48:35 Pacifico
49:49 Now or Never
50:45 Frosthaven, Gloomhaven, and Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
52:10 Darwin's Journey
53:21 Hallertau, Agricola, Return to Dark Tower, Agropolis, Sprawlopolis, Whale Riders, and My City
55:14 Ankh, The Whatnot Cabinet, Biblios, After the Empire, Micro Macro Crime City, and Red Rising
57:18 Planet Unknown and Dice Realms
58:15 7 Wonders Duel: Agora, Glen More II: Highland Games, On Mars: Alien Invasion
59:11 Tainted Grail: The Red Death and Tainted Grail: The Last Knight
59:41 Rome & Roll: Gladiators
01:00:14 Rising Sun: Province & Clan Cards
01:00:59 Zapotec, Merv, Kalimara, Mission Red Planet, Hybris: Disordered Cosmos
01:01:46 Dollars to Donuts
01:02:04 Furnace and Brazil: Imperial

Today on Two wood for a wheat, we say goodbye to 2020 by expressing our favorite games of this magical hobby.
But first, we review Praga Caput Regni, the extremely intricate euro puzzle by Underwater Cities designer vladimir suchy.

And with this episode, we say goodbye to 2020, a year surprisingly full of amazing games and plays.
We detail the best ones of this memorable year.
But first, we review Vladimir Suchy's Praga Caput Regni, a mind-bending and enigmatic puzzle of a thing, so large that you can slip into it for hours.
Happy 2021!
- Pat & Tony

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2:35 FEATURE REVIEW Praga Caput Regni
2:46 Shipyard, Pulsar 2849, Underwater Cities, Prodigals Club, Last Will
30:54 FEATURE DISCUSSION 2020 Top 10
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32:17 Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion and Frosthaven
33:37 Athenaeum
35:11 The Castles of Tuscany
36:06 Tasty Humans
37:52 Tawantinsuyu
39:19 Dune: Imperium
41:07 Beyond the Sun
43:10 My City
44:26 Lost Ruins of Arnak
45:39 Anno: 1800
46:57 Mandala
48:32 Praga Caput Regni
49:12 Honeybuzz
51:07 Rome & Roll
52:43 Calico
54:16 Mandala
55:12 My City
56:15 Tekhenu
58:42 Praga Caput Regni
01:00:36 Calico
01:02:13 Coatl
01:02:40 Beez
01:03:12 The Red Cathedral
01:04:33 Imperial Struggle, Oceans, On Mars
01:05:39 The Isle of Cats and Dwellings of Eldervale
01:07:02 Marco Polo II, Pandemic: Season 0, High Frontier 4 All
01:08:13 Glen More II
01:09:04 Rococo: Deluxe Edition
01:09:36 Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion

On this episode of two wood for a wheat, we're reviewing My City, a loving legacy devotion to tile laying games by the Dr. Reiner Knizia.
Then, we imagine the games that we would have loved had we played them in 2020.

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07:57 High Society
09:29 My City
10:46 Oceans
13:20 Alhambra
13:37 Ticket to Ride
14:21 Red Cathedral
17:07 FEATURE REVIEW My City
25:05 Welcome To
37:37 FEATURE DISCUSSION 2020 Games We Missed
39:51 Hallertau, Renature, and Cloudage
40:09 Praga Caput Regni
40:36 Honeybuzz
41:18 Viscounts of the West Kingdom, Architects of the West Kingdom, and Paladins of the West Kingdom
42:05 Margraves of Valeria
42:42 Unicorn Fever
43:38 The Crew
44:45 Gods Love Dinosaurs
46:10 Lost Ruins of Arnak and Dune: Imperium
47:00 Bonfire
47:40 Paris and Whistle Mountain
48:06 Merv
49:33 Kalimala & Ragusa
49:39 Forgotten Waters
50:40 Seafall
51:13 Red Cathedral
52:40 Cosmic Frog
53:44 My City
54:07 Oceans
54:44 Evolution
55:27 Empyreal: Spells and Steam and Argent the Consortium
57:12 Ankh
57:33 Imperial Struggle and Twilight Struggle
59:14 Whistle Mountain
59:28 Cafe
59:47 Manhattan Project: Energy Empire, Dwellings of Eldervale, Sorceror City, and Whistle Stop
01:01:02 Hot Rod Racer: 3022

While you're waiting for the belated release of Denis Villeneuve $165,000,000 Dune movie, soothe yourself with our review of Dune: Imperium for free!
Tony and I also try to rewrite Love in the Time of Cholera for 2020 as gaming in the time of COVID.

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02:37 Kanban: EV
03:59 Tekhenu
06:24 Imperial Struggle
06:42 Beez
06:47 Azul, Reef, Century: Golemn Edition, Century: Spice Road
08:19 Undaunted: North Africa
09:24 The Crew
11:04 Oh Hell
11:50 Lost Ruins of Arnak
12:30 FEATURE REVIEW Dune: Imperium
15:06 Underwater Cities
18:02 Rococo
18:40 Lords of Waterdeep and Tyrants of the Underdark
36:18 Lost Ruins of Arnak
44:00 FEATURE DISCUSSION Gaming in the time of COVID
44:55 Calico, My City, Sprawlopolis, and Race for the Galaxy
50:15 Underwater Cities
51:21 The Voyages of Marco Polo and Terra Mystica
52:05 Race for the Galaxy
56:47 Imperial Struggle

Today we climb a tech tree to travel Beyond the Sun. Dennis K. Chan focuses an entire game around the usually-ancillary tech tree to develop something very unique.
Then we discuss where the majority of our attention is during a game. A game board can sprawl across half a dozen areas, and sometimes our focus is across all of them. We explore games that overfocus on one part, overproduce parts that don't get enough attention, and talk about where the game is really played.

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02:26 Dune: Imperium
02:29 Praga Caput Regni
02:34 My City
04:09 Project L
06:09 Under Falling Skies (print and play)
07:28 Moonrakers
09:34 Super Pinball 4Cade
10:15 Pandemic Legacy: Season 0
12:09 Welcome to...
12:47 Welcome to New Las Vegas
13:45 FEATURE REVIEW Beyond the Sun
17:07 Empires of the Void II
24:23 Terraforming Mars
33:51 FEATURE DISCUSSION What are You Lookin' At?
38:55 Underwater Cities
39:22 Marco Polo
40:01 Race for the Galaxy and Calico
40:35 My City
40:55 A Feast for Odin
42:07 18XX
42:34 Eclipse
43:10 Barrage
43:29 Terra Mystica
45:06 Agricola
45:28 Under Falling Skies
45:48 Tiny Towns
46:48 Beyond the Sun
47:37 Rising Sun
48:20 Everdell
48:41 Tainted Grail
49:41 Star Realms
50:00 Tyrants of the Underdark
50:08 Clank!, Trains, and Supermotherload
51:22 Food Chain Magnate
51:40 Kemet and Cyclades
51:55 Tekhenu
52:50 Pipeline
54:07 On Mars and Lisboa
56:52 Curious Cargo
58:33 Ex Libris
59:57 The Gallerist

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 aristocratic lifestyle, depicting scenes of leisure, love, and nature, often incorporating elements of fantasy and mythology. The period's intricate decoration was seen in lavish interiors, furniture, sculpture, and painting, reflecting the tastes of the ruling elite. However, Rococo's emphasis on opulence and superficiality also drew criticism for its lack of substance and excessive indulgence, leading to its eventual decline in favor of more restrained Neoclassical styles.

Unlike this description, the game of Rococo is no more superficial and is incredibly full of substance. It is, however, an absolutely excessive indulgence, especially the overtly lavish deluxe edition.

Listen to our love letter to Rococo.

00:04:29 Bunny Kingdom
00:04:52 Carnival of Monsters
00:05:04 King of Tokyo
00:06:41 Kites
00:12:08 Project L
00:12:56 FEATURE REVIEW Rococo
00:27:33 Lancaster, Glen More II
00:33:48 Sabika, Bitoku

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On this bonus episode of Two Wood for a Wheat, Tony reviews The Dwellings of Eldervale, a euro worker placement game with a throughline of ameritrash themes and mechanisms.

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ALL THE CRITIQUES. TIMES 2. CAPSTONE BOARDGAME MAYHEM DOUBLE FEATURE.
FIRST BOARD GAME: Curious Cargo, a two player tactical game of tile laying and truck driving adventure. They deliver! And then they Receive!
SECOND BOARD GAME: New York Zoo, Uwe's sexed-up time track tile laying game. Whose zookeeper can stuff the most animals into the same space?
AND THEN
The Greatest Race Games, what makes for an incredible race game (not racing!) as players vie to finish!
Find out on today's episode of Two Wood for a Wheat!

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02:05 Welcome To
02:39 Rococo: Deluxe
05:23 Anno: 1800
07:23 Dinosaur Island: Rawr & Write
08:14 Rajas of the Ganges: The Dice Charmers
09:11 The Transcontinental
10:12 Mandala
12:10 Dwellings of Eldervale
13:54 Argent the Consortium
16:00 FEATURE REVIEW Curious Cargo
16:11 Pipeline
21:06 Calico
35:01 FEATURE REVIEW New York Zoo
35:05 A Feast for Odin, Patchwork, Patchwork Express, Indian Summer, Cottage Garden, and Spring Meadow
42:23 Calico
44:44 A Feast for Odin and Patchwork
47:28 FEATURE DISCUSSION The Greatest Race Games
47:46 Race for the Galaxy
48:58 New York Zoo
49:48 18xx and Food Chain Magnate
50:53 Anno: 1800
51:41 Welcome To
52:36 Race for the Galaxy
54:56 Scythe, Nippon, Dwellings of Eldervale, New York Zoo
58:03 Race for the Galaxy
58:52 Heaven & Ale
59:32 Tiny Towns
01:00:33 Maracaibo
01:01:48 Twilight Struggle
01:03:20 Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein
01:04:38 Food Chain Magnate
01:07:13 Welcome To
01:09:17 Gloomhaven
01:11:14 Race for the Galaxy and Roll for the Galaxy
01:12:30 Rajas of the Ganges
01:14:09 New York Zoo and Nova Luna
01:16:09 Fuse, Flatline, Happy Salmon, Mandala
01:17:42 Clank!

On today's episode of Two Wood for a Wheat, we review Stefan Feld's the Castles of Tuscany, the semi-sequel to the evergreen game Castles of Burgundy. Will this little brother hold up? Then it's our feature discussion on board game reimplementations -- the successes of our favorite games in the market and among fans.

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00:45 Beyond the Sun
01:05 Curious Cargo
01:35 Calico
01:43 New York Zoo
02:05 Castles of Burgundy: The Card Game
03:38 High Frontier 4 All
04:03 Rococo Deluxe
06:35 Lisboa
07:33 Black Angel
08:26 Into the Breach
09:59 Beyond the Sun
10:16 Dwellings of Eldervale
13:31 Red Cathedral
13:53 Calico
15:42 FEATURE REVIEW Castles of Tuscany
33:34 FEATURE DISCUSSION Reimplementations
34:26 Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization, Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization, Glen More, Glen More II, Egizia: Shifting Sands, Exit, Pandemic, Keyflower, Castles of Tuscany
37:54 Glen More II and 7 Wonders
38:07 Eclipse, Eclipse: 2nd Dawn for the Galaxy, Rococo, Rococo Deluxe
41:09 Bruges and Macao
42:54 Castles of Burgundy: The Card Game, Troyes Dice, 7 Wonders: Duel
43:25 Race for the Galaxy, Roll for the Galaxy, New Frontiers
44:18 Exit, Unlock, Time Stories
47:54 Marco Polo and Marco Polo 2
49:24 Brass, Brass: Birmingham, Brass: Lancashire
51:06 Gaia Project and Terra Mystica
53:52 Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
54:51 High Frontier 4 All
55:48 Descent and Star Wars: Imperial Assault
56:40 Tigris & Euphrates and Yellow & Yangzte
59:00 Dominant Species and Dominant Species: Marine
59:50 Cones of Dunshire
01:00:49 Twilight Struggle and Imperial Struggle
01:01:17 Castles of Burgundy and Castles of Tuscany
01:02:52 Habitats and Nova Luna

Marco.... Polo.... Marco.... Polo...
On today's episode of Two Wood for a Wheat, we wander across the Mongol empire, searching for efficiencies, hidden player powers, and precious jade. How does Simone Luciani and Danielle Tascini's sequel hold up to the original Marco Polo? Find out from a novice and a 50+ play veteran.
We then discuss what's the right number of plays -- to understand how a game works, to know if you like a game, to review a game. And if you love a game, how many plays will you get out of it?

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02:39 Marco Polo 2
03:15 Tawantinsuyu
05:52 Teotihuacan
06:26 Tzolkin
06:56 Imperial Struggle & Twilight Struggle
09:49 FEATURE REVIEW Marco Polo 2: In the Service of the Khan
26:45 Race for the Galaxy
27:15 The Voyages of Marco Polo
28:53 Agricola & Caverna
37:05 FEATURE DISCUSSION Number of Plays
37:32 Maracaibo, Food Chain Magnate, Res Arcana
41:38 Race for the Galaxy, Marco Polo 2, Calico
43:12 Nova Luna & Wingspan
44:12 Tekhenu, Marco Polo 2, Terra Mystica
46:48 Dominant Species & Dune
48:32 Great Western Trail, Pipeline, Tekhenu, Underwater Cities, Brass: Birmingham
49:52 Barrage & Maracaibo
51:00 Gaia Project & Terra Mystica
51:44 Lacerda games & Tekhenu
53:15 Bunny Kingdom & Just One
54:41 Calico & Sprawlopolis
55:12 Terraforming Mars
56:11 Feast for Odin
56:55 Abomination: Heir of Frankenstein
57:53 Nidavellir
01:02:41 Dogs of War
01:04:40 Rising Sun

I always liked the number fifty. Imagine five ice cream cones. Then imagine five ice cream cones 10 times.
On our fiftieth episode, we review the formidable dice drafting game by Italian designers Danielle Tascini and David Turczi, Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun. To continue in our thread of bad board game titles, this roughly translates to Obelisk: Obelisk of the Sun. We really bring balance in our opinions of the game.
Then we each look at our 10 most anticipated games coming out of Essen Spiel Digital.

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02:25 Marco Polo 2
03:35 Race for the Galaxy
04:52 Mapmaker: The Gerrymandering Game
07:14 Stone Age: Style is the Goal/The Expansion, Fractal: Beyond the Void, Cape Horn, Batman: Love Letter, Siderial Confluence: Trading and Negotiation in the Elysian Quadrant
09:00 FEATURE REVIEW Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun
37:15 FEATURE DISCUSSION Essen Top 10
40: 45 Rajas of the Ganges: The Dice Charmers, Super Skill Pinball: 4Cade
42:06 Crash Octopus
43:20 Velocity: Vanguard
44:25 Renature & Almanac: The Dragon Road
44:50 Seastead & Flotilla
45:50 Furnace
46:45 Lost Ruins of Arnak
47:30 Renature
48:38 The Castles of Tuscany
50:38 Athaneum
52:14 Super Skill Pinball: 4Cade
53:24 Cafe
54:48 Curious Cargo & Pipeline
56:03 New York Zoo
57:25 Cloud Age, Maracaibo, Blackout: Hong Kong
59:14 Whistle Mountain, Manhattan Project: Energy Empire, Dwellings of Eldervale
01:00:16 Hallertau
01:01:34 Dune: Imperium & Clank: A Deckbuilding Adventure
01:05:40 Venice
01:06:34 The Lost Ruins of Arnak, Endless Winter, Tyrants of the Underdark, Supermotherload
01:09:24 Tawantinsuyu
01:10:50 Red Cathedral
01:12:49 Pandemic Legacy: Season 0
01:13:49 Praga Caput Regni, Pulsar: 2049, Underwater Cities, Last Will, Maracaibo, Rajas of the Ganges
01:16:16 Beyond the Sun
01:18:30 Anno: 1800
01:20:20 Paris, Whaleriders, Bonfire, Scott Pilgrim Miniatures the World, Viscounts of the West Kingdom, Raiders of Scythia

I have never seen such a fantastical theme. Cats that desire order over chaos, patterns over randomness, and who can see in reds and pinks.
Today we're reviewing Calico, a powerful tile-laying pattern-matching game in a small box. After that, it's the strength of our favorite and least favorite board game names. Which ones perfectly capture the essence of these games and which junk them up with their garbage words.

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01:05 Tekhenu
04:44 Kingdom Builder
06:38 Coatl
09:44 Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
19:30 FEATURE REVIEW Calico
38:52 FEATURE DISCUSSION What's in a Name?
39:08 Medium (and a game of Medium)
43:09 Point Salad, Wavelength, Just One
44:14 Bananagrams, Flick 'em Up, Flick 'em Up: Dead of Winter
45:18 Cat Lady
45:45 HATE
46:25 Bus
46:54 Mandala
47:15 Barenpark and Parks
47:36 Orleans, Maracaibo, Great Western Trail
47:53 Space Empires: 4x
48:23 Wingspan, Scythe, Pendulum
49:06 Between Two Cities and Heaven & Ale
49:42 Above & Below
49:57 Bunny Kingdom
50:07 Rococo
50:27 Photosynthesis, Petrichor, Pipeline, and Mariposas
50:57 Junk Art
51:13 A Fake Artist Goes to New York
51:35 Demon Worker
52:30 Dogs of War
52:42 Blood Bowl and Baseball Highlights: 2045
53:13 Castles of Mad King Ludwig
53:49 Space Empires: 4x, Eclipse, and Twilight Imperium
55:16 Paths of Glory
55:24 18xx
56:10 Kingsburg, the King's Guild, Fantasy Realms, and the King's Dilemma
56:51 Harvest
57:49 Museum
57:57 Biblios and Ex Libris
58:13 Nova Luna
58:41 Herbaceous
59:08 Maracaibo, Castles of Burgundy, Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun, Tawanitsu: The Inca Empire, and Tzolkin: The Mayan Calendar
59:34 Root, Vast, Fort, and Oath
59:42 Azul, Reef, Century: Spice Road, Century: Golem Edition
01:00:28 Brass: Birmingham and Brass: Lancashire
01:00:42 Clank!: A Deck Building Adventure
01:01:07 Caverna: The Cave Farmers
01:01:16 Cerebria: The Inside World
01:01:40 Endeavor: The Age of Sail
01:01:50 The Crew: The Quest for PLanet Nine
01:02:00 Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization and Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization
01:02:09 Roll through the Ages: The Bronze Age and Roll through the Ages: The Iron Age
01:02:41 Star Wars: Rebellion
01:04:33 A Game of Thrones: The Board Game
01:05:14 This War of Mine: The Board Game
01:05:55 Bang! The Dice Game
01:06:50 7 Wonders Duel and 7 Wonders Duel: Pantheon
01:06:55 Marvel Champions: The Card Game
01:07:17 Keyforge
01:07:22 Keyflower, Keythedral, and Key Market
01:08:02 Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
01:11:00 Tiny Epic...
01:11:55 Tally Ho!, Ingenious, Fresh Fish
01:12:03 L.L.A.M.A., That's Pretty Clever, 6nimmt
01:12:20 The Rise of Queensdale
01:12:46 Carpe Diem
01:13:14 My City
01:13:42 Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig
01:14:23 Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula
01:15:19 Oh My Goods!

The leaves are falling, the PSL girls have awoken from their summer chrysalis into their winged-ugg boot form, and it's cold enough that I no longer feel guilty staying inside playing board games all day.

By the light of the full moon, we're reviewing the Spiel-nominated Nova Luna, a time track tile-laying game reimplemented by the brilliant Uwe Rosenberg. Then, just in time for spook-tober, we discuss what gives board game its soul. That's right, Euro games have souls too!

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01:10 Coatl & Truffle Shuffle
01:55 Alice's Garden & Wonderland War
03:20 Tekhenu, Terraforming Mars, & Terraforming Mars: Colonies expansion
04:15 Spyfall
05:03 Gaia Project
05:50 Kingdom Builder & Dominion
07:55 Marco Polo 2
08:12 Calico
08:20 My City
08:30 Tekhenu
08:55 FEATURE REVIEW Nova Luna
22:22 FEATURE DISCUSSION The Soul of a Game
24:07 Nova Luna
24:35 Ingenious
26:57 Terraforming Mars, Point Salad, & Race for the Galaxy
28:40 Food Chain Magnate, Eclipse, Twilight Struggle, & Rising Sun
29:44 Chess
30:05 Dogs of War
32:20 Sea of Clouds
33:35 Abomination
34:50 Dune
37:06 Underwater Cities, A Feast for Odin, & Maracaibo
39:25 Heaven & Ale
40:09 Teotihuacan
41:13 Res Arcana
42:50 Lisboa & On Mars
44:49 Just One
46:17 Quacks of Quedlinburg
47:16 Blood Rage & Rising Sun, Root
50:46 Altiplano, Carpe Diem, High Rise
53:27 Castles of Burgundy
54:03 This War of Mine

Every spring, the danaus plexippus butterfly, also known as the monarch, migrates north to lay the next generation on milkweed plants. It does this until it makes its way as far from Mexico to Canada. Then a 'super-generation' that lives as long as eight months makes its way back to Mexico to overwinter in oyamel fir trees which create a bubble of temperate air for them to live in. Who says board games can't teach you something?
Today on Two Wood for a Wheat, we review Elizabeth Hargrave’s big box follow-up to Wingspan. It’s Mariposas, a colorful nature-themed game about the northern migration of monarch butterflies. We also discuss the happy variety and rude surprises provided by variable scoring.

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02:35 Rome & Roll
03:38 Welcome To
06:08 Calico, My City, Castles of Tuscany, Renature, Azul, New York Zoo, Curious Cargo
07:20 Wingspan & Tussie Mussie
07:37 FEATURE REVIEW Mariposas
28:23 FEATURE DISCUSSION Variable Scoring
30:18 Pipeline
31:37 Lords of Waterdeep, Voyages of Marco Polo
32:49 Underwater Cities
33:57 Rising Sun
34:45 Gaia Project, Terra Mystica, Mariposas
36:09 Race for the Galaxy
37:23 Voyages of Marco Polo
38:20 Mariposas
39:01 Blood Rage
40:28 Isle of Skye & Cartographers
42:04 Maracaibo
42:53 Paladins of the West Kingdom
43:37 Tiny Towns, New Frontiers, Rome & Roll

Now's your chance to imbibe in dreams of corruption from the safety of your gaming table. We review Gil Hova's High Rise, a tension-filled time track game punctuated by its point-filled skyscrapers.

We also discuss time tracks, and their simple tensions make for some of the roughest decisions in board games.

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4:05 Marco Polo 2
5:47 Calico
6:05 Tiny Epic Dinosaurs
7:35 FEATURE REVIEW - High Rise
25:08 FEATURE DISCUSSION - Time Tracks
29:57 Heaven & Ale
30:56 Tokaido
32:16 Heaven & Ale
34:58 Glen More II
35:21 Steam Time
36:17 Patchwork
37:17 World of Warcraft Miniatures
37:55 AuZtralia
38:32 Maracaibo
39:46 Crystal Clans
40:15 Tzolk'in
41:29 Rajas of the Ganges
42:39 Nova Luna

Who needs an intro when you have intro games? Today we review Parks, the gloriously beautiful light strategy game that supports our nation's national park system. Is it anything more than a pretty face? Does it hide a 2 million year old supervolcano inside of it? We'll find out.
We also talk the best intro games for the modern era. And for some reason a significant number of them look edible.

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01:05 Macao, Bruges, Amsterdam, Hamburg
04:56 Nidavellir
08:16 On Mars
09:55 Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, Gloomhaven, & Frosthaven
11:31 FEATURE REVIEW Parks
25:10 FEATURE DISCUSSION The New Essential Intro Games
25:24 Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne, Codenames, 7 Wonders, Pandemic, Splendor
27:35 Just One
28:41 Hit Z Road
29:57 High Society
30:08 Point Salad
31:05 Pan Am
32:57 Hanabi, Pandemic, Pandemic: Iberia, Pandemic: Fall of Rome, Pandemic: Season 1
34:38 Mandala
35:59 Everdell
37:03 Stone Age
37:45 Cat Lady
39:34 Wingspan
41:37 Just One
42:35 Through the Desert
43:48 Clank
44:35 Isle of Skye
45:03 Abyss
45:50 Cyclades
46:48 Eclipse, Space Base, Catan, Machi Koro
47:47 Fantasy Realms, Inuit, Sea of Clouds

"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 dice, sharpen your wits, and prepare for a wild ride through the lands of chance and strategy!"

At least that's what ChatGPT thought I should say when I got lazy and wanted it to write a summary for me. But the robots have not done their research.

Legacy of Yu is actually a solo deck building legacy game brought to you by Shem Phillips and illustrated by his brother Sam Phillips. One of us thinks it's one of the best solo games of the year while the other thinks something... else.

Well, then we're punishing ourselves with the elements of punishing games.

00:07:50 Bunny Kingdom
00:11:12 Ark Nova
00:13:22 Applejack, Earth, It's a Wonderful World
00:14:40 Frosthaven
00:16:24 FEATURE REVIEW Legacy of Yu
00:16:32 Raiders of the North Sea, ... of the West Kingdom, ... of the South Tigris
00:27:33 Pandemic
00:44:55 FEATURE DISCUSSION The Elements of Punishing Games
00:46:00 Agricola
00:46:15 Ark Nova
00:49:39 Barrage
00:51:58 Cosmic Frog
00:53:41 Blood Rage
00:55:13 Resurgence
00:57:42 Pandemic, Pavlov's House
01:00:10 Terra Mystica
01:04:21 Heaven and Ale
01:05:42 Food Chain Magnate
01:09:41 Argent the Consortium

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Story time! Gather 'round the fire, children. Today we'll learn of an intrepid adventurer who fights for the villagers of Dragonholt using cunning, strength, or skill. And you're the hero! We review Legacy of Dragonholt, a choose-your-own-adventure story set in a high fantasy world. Does this game save our souls or leave us wanting for choice?
We also talk about the story that a great game arc can lead us through, the dramatic tension that they create or the furthering of thematic integration.

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03:00 Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
03:33 Escape Plan, Castles of Burgundy, Twilight Struggle
03:47 Teotihuacan
04:00 Yokohama and Clans of Caledonia
04:33 The Voyages of Marco Polo
05:45 FEATURE REVIEW Legacy of Dragonholt
18:00 Light spoilers about the ending, mostly opinion
20:26 The Witcher III light spoilers
24:16 FEATURE DISCUSSION The Story of a Game's Arc
26:11 Underwater Cities
26:59 Splendor
27:31 The Castles of Burgundy
29:05 Patchwork, Isle of Cats, Gloomhaven, and Tiny Towns
31:14 Escape Plan
31:43 A Feast for Odin
32:12 Agricola and A Feast for Odin
34:00 Underwater Cities
35:01 Underwater Cities, Lorenzo il Magnifico, Rising Sun, and Blood Rage
36:10 Eclipse
38:46 Race for the Galaxy
40:15 Rising Sun
41:25 Bohnanza
41:52 Gugong
42:17 Wingspan
43:15 Res Arcana
43:37 The Quest for El Dorado

Like, zoinks, Scoob, it's time for another episode of Two Wood for a Wheat!
Today we're reviewing the Scooby Doo-themed escape room, Scooby Doo: Escape from the Haunted Mansion. Did we chow down on Usaopoly title like some comically oversized sandwich, or are we running in fear for our lives?
We also talk about the lingering effects of first plays of board games, how they change our feeling towards all futures plays.

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01:48 Res Arcana: Lex et Tenebrae
04:58 The Voyages of Marco Polo
06:53 Maracaibo
08:40 FEATURE REVIEW Scooby Doo: Escape from the Haunted Mansion
24:41 FEATURE DISCUSSION First Plays
26:00 Outlive
27:14 Race for the Galaxy
28:55 Gloomhaven
30:05 Yokohama
30:45 Root
33:21 Maracaibo and Eclipse
34:10 Terra Mystica
39:05 Tapestry
41:09 Nippon
42:27 Heaven & Ale
44:25 Chaos in the Old World
46:12 Dune

I remember my first love. She was always the life of the party, constantly kept me guessing, and had more tuck boxes than you could shake a stick at.
Today we return to Gloomhaven with Jaws of the Lion. It's the same beast in a smaller box. We take a very deep look at what makes this game stand out and whether it holds up to its very significant weight. How does it land with players new to Gloomhaven? Will it inspire the same love in veteran players of the big box?
We also discuss board game mechanisms that are criminally underused. Mechanisms that deliver such wonderful tensions that you have to wonder why we don't see more of them. Seriously if I don't see a closed economy auction in one more boardgame then somebody's going to jail.
On another note, we are considering renaming our podcast to something that better fits our analytical and critical banter. If you have any name suggestions, please send them to pbflannery or maxlongstreet on www.boardgamegeek.com.

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03:58 Sprawlopolis
06:11 Pan Am
07:15 Horrified, The Lords of Waterdeep, and Tyrants of the Underdark
08:05 Glen More II: Chronicles
09:29 Yokohama
10:00 The Voyages of Marco Polo
10:49 Blackout: Hong Kong
14:25 FEATURED REVIEW Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
46:40 FEATURE DISCUSSION Favorite Underused Mechanisms
47:46 Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
48:50 Mission Red Planet, Citadels, Robo Rally, and El Grande
49:45 The Mind
51:02 Brass
52:25 Barrage
53:48 Lorenzo il Magnifico and Terra Mystica
56:50 Brass and Blue Lagoon
57:55 Magic: The Gathering
59:48 The Estates, No Thanks!, Rising Sun
01:01:13 Islebound, Vindication, the Colonists, Yokohama, the Voyages of Marco Polo
01:02:46 Escape Plan
01:03:13 Agricola and A Feast for Odin
01:04:09 La Granja
01:04:35 Terra Mystica, Tapestry, Clans of Caledonia, and Gaia Project
01:09:52 Gloomhaven, Heaven and Ale, and Twilight Struggle
01:13:03 The King's Guild