Put on your Deerstalker and massage those grey cells, we dive into three mystery games: Inkognito, Mystery on the Nile, and 221 B Baker St.

Aqua Romana is a light strategy tile-laying game about digging aquaducts, cutting off your opponents and avoiding being cut off yourself. (11:01) This week on Board Games with Scott, I’m taking a look at Aqua Romana. This game is in the tile-laying family, so has a similar feel to Caracassonne, Tsuro, or Streetcar/Linie 1. The

It's been a while since the last German Gaming News do to the Soccer Championship here in Germany and Moritz' envolvement in it. Today Moritz tells us about the German cardgame "Quartett".

Here is the second part of the "Demise and Rise of the FLGS" series, an interview with new game store owner David Holt. David has opened a great new store in Claremont, California called Gameology and he has a lot of innovative ideas to add to the standard 'friendly local game store' setup. We discuss those thoughts, his movitation for starting the store and the way he went about it, how he made one really big mistake (and how it worked out), plus why this store might have a lot more staying power than most.

For more information on the genesis of this series, please see BGB Volume 19, Part 1 of "The Demise and Rise of the FLGS". 

Next up: A new session review with The Scepter of Zavandor, Street Illegal and DruidWalzer.

Show Notes

Games Mentioned:

Magic: The Gathering

Dungeons and Dragons

Carcassonne

Ticket to Ride

Settlers of Catan

Pokemon (the card game - apparently they do a video game, too...)

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Star Wars CCG

Star Wars Miniatures 

Other links:

Gameology: The Study of Fun

SoCal Gamers (one of many discussion groups in the LA area)

The Game Zone

Thoughthammer (my online retailer of choice)

Z-Man Games

Collectible Card Games

Boardgame Cafes (one example)

Vroman's Bookstore

Here is the second part of the "Demise and Rise of the FLGS" series, an interview with new game store owner David Holt. David has opened a great new store in Claremont, California called Gameology and he has a lot of innovative ideas to add to the standard 'friendly local game store' setup. We discuss those thoughts, his movitation for starting the store and the way he went about it, how he made one really big mistake (and how it worked out), plus why this store might have a lot more staying power than most.

For more information on the genesis of this series, please see BGB Volume 19, Part 1 of "The Demise and Rise of the FLGS". 

Next up: A new session review with The Scepter of Zavandor, Street Illegal and DruidWalzer.

Show Notes

Games Mentioned:

Magic: The Gathering

Dungeons and Dragons

Carcassonne

Ticket to Ride

Settlers of Catan

Pokemon (the card game - apparently they do a video game, too...)

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Star Wars CCG

Star Wars Miniatures 

Other links:

Gameology: The Study of Fun

SoCal Gamers (one of many discussion groups in the LA area)

The Game Zone

Thoughthammer (my online retailer of choice)

Z-Man Games

Collectible Card Games

Boardgame Cafes (one example)

Vroman's Bookstore

This week on the BoardGameGeek Webstie, I have been chosen as the Geek of the Week. What that means is that, for a week, people can ask all sorts of questions about my gaming preferences, my life, and even these videos. If you would like to learn a lot more about me and learn about [...]

In contrast to the last session review show, I really like this set of games. Castle Merchants is a good, overlooked gateway game from last year, Mykerinos is a cool new Ystari item, No Thanks! is the US version of the fantastic instant classic filler, Geschenkt (and another feather in the cap of Z-Man Games) and Times Square is a fun new Kosmos 2-player game from Reiner Knizia that dares to have a great sense of humor. These four would make a great night of entertainment for a lighter, more casual crowd.

Next up (and in rather short order!): The Demise and Rise of the FLGS, Part 2: Interview with David Holt, the owner of a new store called Gameology: The Study of Fun and a guy with some really innovative ideas about how to build on the traditional FLGS. Should be up early this next week.

Show Notes

Games Mentioned: 

Castle Merchants 

Mykerinos 

No Thanks! (Geschenkt is the German name) 

Times Square 

The Scepter of Zavandor (to appear in the next session review) 

Street Illegal (to appear in the next session review) 

Caylus 

Elfenland 

Louis XIV 

Clue 

Coloretto 

For Sale 

Money!

Other Links:

Reiner Knizia

Z-Man Games 

Ystari Games 

Meeple People (feel free to buy something to support my Meeple People habit...) 

Hasbro (can't bring myself to include a link) 

Gameology (I'll be there demonstrating The Scepter of Zavandor and Street Illegal on July 22nd)

Orange County Board Gamers

Times Square (which, they say, has been Disneyfied)

In contrast to the last session review show, I really like this set of games. Castle Merchants is a good, overlooked gateway game from last year, Mykerinos is a cool new Ystari item, No Thanks! is the US version of the fantastic instant classic filler, Geschenkt (and another feather in the cap of Z-Man Games) and Times Square is a fun new Kosmos 2-player game from Reiner Knizia that dares to have a great sense of humor. These four would make a great night of entertainment for a lighter, more casual crowd.

Next up (and in rather short order!): The Demise and Rise of the FLGS, Part 2: Interview with David Holt, the owner of a new store called Gameology: The Study of Fun and a guy with some really innovative ideas about how to build on the traditional FLGS. Should be up early this next week.

Show Notes

Games Mentioned: 

Castle Merchants 

Mykerinos 

No Thanks! (Geschenkt is the German name) 

Times Square 

The Scepter of Zavandor (to appear in the next session review) 

Street Illegal (to appear in the next session review) 

Caylus 

Elfenland 

Louis XIV 

Clue 

Coloretto 

For Sale 

Money!

Other Links:

Reiner Knizia

Z-Man Games 

Ystari Games 

Meeple People (feel free to buy something to support my Meeple People habit...) 

Hasbro (can't bring myself to include a link) 

Gameology (I'll be there demonstrating The Scepter of Zavandor and Street Illegal on July 22nd)

Orange County Board Gamers

Times Square (which, they say, has been Disneyfied)

Die Macher is a 5 hour heavy strategy game about German Politics. It is, however, one of the classic euro-style games. (56:35) This week on Board Games with Scott, I’m looking at the granddaddy eurogame, Die Macher. Die Macher is a heavy procedural strategy game that takes about 5 hours to play. It is complex

This episode brings you part one of our interview with Jerry Taylor, designer of Hammer of the Scots and Crusader Rex. In this part of the interview, Jerry discusses his start in gaming and Hammer of the Scots. Jason and Scott also report on their "Pseudocon" and give session reports and their first impressions of Here I Stand and War of the Ring. All this, a new theme, and, of course, a gamer rule.

Serfs up! Get ready for guild power struggles and try to keep your farmers our of prison. We take on Flandern 1302 and Carcassonne: The Tower, two medieval themed games where the peasants, the meeples, take center stage.

Serfs up! Get ready for guild power struggles and try to keep your farmers our of prison. We take on Flandern 1302 and Carcassonne: The Tower, two medieval themed games where the peasants, the meeples, take center stage.

Serfs up! Get ready for guild power struggles and try to keep your farmers our of prison. We take on Flandern 1302 and Carcassonne: The Tower, two medieval themed games where the peasants, the meeples, take center stage.

This month's episode focuses on the release of Coldsnap as Randy Buehler sits down with Matt Cavotta to discuss the creative side of making Magic. Also on tap is a review of the Selecting Tenth Edition promotion with Matt Place and a look at this month in Magic.

Masons is a strategy game about building walls, creating cities, and developing high-scoring patterns on the board that match scoring cards. (14:44) This week on Board Games with Scott, I’m looking at the strategy game, Masons (a.k.a. Mauer Bauer). Masons is a fairly abstract strategy game with a good balance of luck and skill. In

Another day, another Roll 2d6 podcast. In this episode, we discuss all the games we played at KublaCon 2006. We had a great time and now we can’t wait for next year’s con. Adam took lots of pics throughout the con and they’re all up on the Roll 2d6 flickr account, so check them out! [...]

As I have previously mentioned in this space, the subject of our loss of good game stores in the Los Angeles area has been on my mind of late. Around the country, we have been losing a lot of independent stores - even as we have lost the only major chains, too - Wizards of the Coast and The Game Keeper (the latter having been swallowed up by the former anyway) not too long ago.

This is a topic of endless debate online but the very real event of losing my FLGS plus the loss of two other excellent ones in recent days inspired me to seek out some former and current game store owners from the Southern California area and ask them about their experience. I am not sure what I have been seeking exactly but I guess I am wondering if they have any insight as to what is happening here and if there is a way to arrest the decline in designer game retailers in this country. 

So, I am calling this series, "The Demise and Rise of the FLGS" - meaning, the Friendly Local Game Store, as we often call them online. I am hoping it will be of interest to any listeners that have also been musing on the subject in recent days. There should be at least three in the series, although I have offers out to a few additional parties to see if they are interested in adding their two cents.

The interview on this show is with Larry Boyd, the former owner of the magnificent store All-Star Games. The store closed about ten months ago and Larry shares his perspective on the FLGS business in general. 

Next up: A new session review with Castle Merchants, Mykerinos, Times Square and No Thanks (Geschenkt).

Show Notes

Games Mentioned:

KooKooNauts

Barn Buzzin' Goofy

Dungeons and Dragons

Risk

Shogun (later called Samurai Swords)

Poker

Carcassonne

Puerto Rico

Magic: The Gathering

Pokemon (the card game - apparently they do a video game, too...)

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Rifts: RPG

D20 System

World of Warcraft: The Boardgame

Other links:

SoCal Gamers (one of many discussion groups in the LA area)

Built to Spill (Carry the Zero is six minutes of pure bliss on their monumental album, Keep It Like A Secret)

John Lennon (Instant Karma!)

Oingo Boingo (not a favorite for me, but a fun band)

IKEA (I'm too old to buy furniture there, but I do love Lingonberry juice)

Johnny Carino's (which has such big portions, my wife had a full meal on my leftovers - try the lasagna)

Gameology (my new FLGS, come see me demo some Z-man games there on 6/29 at 6:30 PM)

Strategicon (run by another longtime SoCal Game Store company, The Last Grenadier)

Games Workshop

Wizards of the Coast

The Game Zone (which is still a store I check out since I work a few miles from it)

Brookhurst Hobbies (Legendary SoCal retailer and distributor)

Pegasus Hobbies

Game Castle

The Realm

Frank and Sons Collectible Show

Thoughthammer (my online retailer of choice)

Fairplay Games (also a fine online retailer)

Rio Grande (and the incomparable Jay Tummelson - a man much responsible for designer gaming in the USA)

Jeremy Young (and Uberplay)

Z-Man Games (the excellent Zev Shlasinger, also bringing us cool games)

Vons.com

Amazon

Deep Discount DVD

"Rad"

"Way Rad" - Also spelled 'wehrad', apparently - argh, the copy editor just developed  nervous tic)

Collectible Card Games

Boardgame Cafes (one example)

I-cafes

Costco

Pep Boys

Video Games

Xbox

World of Warcrack...er...Warcraft!

Minot, N.D. (to which I apologize)

Minnesota (which isn't bad at all, except for the Jesse Ventura thing. I mean - California did the same dumb thing but at least he's an A-lister)

Wisconsin (hey, we're Southern Californians - everywhere sounds worse from here. Plus there's that cheese rivalry thing. Let's not get into that...)

Beanie Babies

Wrestling

Shuffleboard

GenCon (and Gen Con SoCal)

Origins

Conquest LA

Not Water (hmm...Larry didn't have a specific recipe, but Christina is thinking one up. Post your recipe in the comments section!)

Disneyland

Strip Mall

Diamond Bar, California

Howard Stern

Vroman's Bookstore

USC

As I have previously mentioned in this space, the subject of our loss of good game stores in the Los Angeles area has been on my mind of late. Around the country, we have been losing a lot of independent stores - even as we have lost the only major chains, too - Wizards of the Coast and The Game Keeper (the latter having been swallowed up by the former anyway) not too long ago.

This is a topic of endless debate online but the very real event of losing my FLGS plus the loss of two other excellent ones in recent days inspired me to seek out some former and current game store owners from the Southern California area and ask them about their experience. I am not sure what I have been seeking exactly but I guess I am wondering if they have any insight as to what is happening here and if there is a way to arrest the decline in designer game retailers in this country. 

So, I am calling this series, "The Demise and Rise of the FLGS" - meaning, the Friendly Local Game Store, as we often call them online. I am hoping it will be of interest to any listeners that have also been musing on the subject in recent days. There should be at least three in the series, although I have offers out to a few additional parties to see if they are interested in adding their two cents.

The interview on this show is with Larry Boyd, the former owner of the magnificent store All-Star Games. The store closed about ten months ago and Larry shares his perspective on the FLGS business in general. 

Next up: A new session review with Castle Merchants, Mykerinos, Times Square and No Thanks (Geschenkt).

Show Notes

Games Mentioned:

KooKooNauts

Barn Buzzin' Goofy

Dungeons and Dragons

Risk

Shogun (later called Samurai Swords)

Poker

Carcassonne

Puerto Rico

Magic: The Gathering

Pokemon (the card game - apparently they do a video game, too...)

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Rifts: RPG

D20 System

World of Warcraft: The Boardgame

Other links:

SoCal Gamers (one of many discussion groups in the LA area)

Built to Spill (Carry the Zero is six minutes of pure bliss on their monumental album, Keep It Like A Secret)

John Lennon (Instant Karma!)

Oingo Boingo (not a favorite for me, but a fun band)

IKEA (I'm too old to buy furniture there, but I do love Lingonberry juice)

Johnny Carino's (which has such big portions, my wife had a full meal on my leftovers - try the lasagna)

Gameology (my new FLGS, come see me demo some Z-man games there on 6/29 at 6:30 PM)

Strategicon (run by another longtime SoCal Game Store company, The Last Grenadier)

Games Workshop

Wizards of the Coast

The Game Zone (which is still a store I check out since I work a few miles from it)

Brookhurst Hobbies (Legendary SoCal retailer and distributor)

Pegasus Hobbies

Game Castle

The Realm

Frank and Sons Collectible Show

Thoughthammer (my online retailer of choice)

Fairplay Games (also a fine online retailer)

Rio Grande (and the incomparable Jay Tummelson - a man much responsible for designer gaming in the USA)

Jeremy Young (and Uberplay)

Z-Man Games (the excellent Zev Shlasinger, also bringing us cool games)

Vons.com

Amazon

Deep Discount DVD

"Rad"

"Way Rad" - Also spelled 'wehrad', apparently - argh, the copy editor just developed  nervous tic)

Collectible Card Games

Boardgame Cafes (one example)

I-cafes

Costco

Pep Boys

Video Games

Xbox

World of Warcrack...er...Warcraft!

Minot, N.D. (to which I apologize)

Minnesota (which isn't bad at all, except for the Jesse Ventura thing. I mean - California did the same dumb thing but at least he's an A-lister)

Wisconsin (hey, we're Southern Californians - everywhere sounds worse from here. Plus there's that cheese rivalry thing. Let's not get into that...)

Beanie Babies

Wrestling

Shuffleboard

GenCon (and Gen Con SoCal)

Origins

Conquest LA

Not Water (hmm...Larry didn't have a specific recipe, but Christina is thinking one up. Post your recipe in the comments section!)

Disneyland

Strip Mall

Diamond Bar, California

Howard Stern

Vroman's Bookstore

USC

In this issue Moritz provides insights into the German culture of the "Stammtisch" and the games played there.

In his new issue of the German Gaming News Moritz reports about game stores in Germany.

Two bargains, one steal. From the high seas to ancient jungle temples, we fight our way through Tortuga and strike gold with Monkey Mission.

Two bargains, one steal. From the high seas to ancient jungle temples, we fight our way through Tortuga and strike gold with Monkey Mission.

Two bargains, one steal. From the high seas to ancient jungle temples, we fight our way through Tortuga and strike gold with Monkey Mission.

Kajiharu80 are the Pro Tour-Charleston champions!

The race to make the Top 4 came down to the wire, with three teams sweating out tiebreaks for one Sunday spot.

Spots in the Top 4 are going to be hard to come by. Randy Buehler checks out the middle of Day Two to see which teams are making their moves.

We're off and running with 86 teams left in the field fighting for a Sunday spot.

From 86 teams to the final four, with all the twists and turns in between.

Randy Buehler wades his way through the 525-player field at Pro Tour-Charleston to bring you news and notes from Day One.

Antoine and Olivier teamed with Frank Karsten to form one of the more feared teams in the tournament.

Randy Buehler wades his way through the 525-player field at Pro Tour-Charleston to bring you news and notes from Day One.

We've cut the 525-player field in half, but there was much more to Day One than that.

Resident Genius Mike Flores and his teammates Steve Sadin and Paul Jordan were off to a fast start.

Darwin Kastle and Rob Dougherty showed up, and brought Justin Gary with them in place of Dave Humpherys.

Steve OMS of legendary team Antarctica talks about his return to Magic.

Randy Buehler wades his way through the 525-player field at Pro Tour-Charleston to bring you news and notes from Day One.

Apples to Apples and Attribute are both party games based on the mechanic of matching a descriptive word from your hand of word cards to a main concept. (12:45) This week on Board Games with Scott, I’m looking at two lighter party games – Apples to Apples and Attribute. Apples to Apples is a very

This episode is heavy on feedback and the conversation it generates. Then, Jason and Scott review Ted Raicer's Phalanx effort, The First World War.

They close, of course, with a new gamer rule!

Well, this show was supposed to appear right after the Power Grid show but then the second half of May hit. Work was crazy and, more significantly, my wife Christina had some emergency surgery. She's doing fine now but it has meant double-dad-duty for a while so I haven't had much (read: any) time to edit the show.

The good news is: I already have the next two shows recorded, including another session review and the first in a new series I am calling "The Demise and Rise of the FLGS" (Friendly Local Game Store). This series will include a string of interviews with former and current game store owners from the Los Angeles area, where we have had a string of closures of high-quality stores in recent days.

Also, I'll actually be doing demos for Z-Man Games at my new FLGS, Gameology, in lovely Claremont, California on June 29th. I should be there at 6:30 PM to show off Castle Merchants and No Thanks! (yes, Geschenkt). They will both be featured in the next Session Review show as well. Gameology is owned by a sharp new owner, Dave Holt, who has some very intriguing and clever ideas for making the game store business work in the modern era. He's also going to be featured later this Summer in an interview as part of the Demise and Rise of the FLGS series. 

I should also note that in this show, I neglected to talk much about Tom Wham, a pre-euro designer famous for his co-design of the classic Kings and Things, the fantasy crayon rail Iron Dragon, the goofy Awful Green Things From Outer Space and some lesser 80's items like Mertwig's Maze and The Great Khan Game - light, fun little items that - like Planet Busters - are a little dated but might be ripe for a revision. I also gloss over mention of the amazing Doris and Frank, but any fan of designer games knows their solid designs like Ursuppe (Primordial Soup) and Frank's Zoo (featuring Doris' distinctive art). I'll blame the lack of excruciating detail on the lovely Patricia Morrison. You'll hear why. Actually, I was going to drop in some more information on these designers but I thought, ah, this thing is long enough as it is. Plus, I need to edit the next episode and I have no time as it is...

Next up: The Demise and Rise of the FLGS, Part 1: Interview with Larry Boyd, former owner of All Star Games - one of the finest stores the Los Angeles area has ever seen.

Show Notes

Games Mentioned: 

Vegas Showdown

Fist of Dragonstones

Planet Busters

Mu und Mehr

Princes of Florence

Puerto Rico

Palazzo

Alhambra

Evo

Pirate's Cove

Citadels

Naval War

Crokinole

Daihimi (which is also marketed by Richard Garfield as "The Great Dalmuti")

Hearts

Oh Hell

Bridge

 

Other links:

Henry Stern

Bruno Faidutti

Michael Schacht

Tom Wham

Doris and Frank

Orange County Board Gamers

Saturdays

Sundays

Strategicon (Orccon is the February)

Las Vegas

Sisters of Mercy

Goth (which, amusingly enough, comes up before the real Goths)

Patricia Morrison (I used to wear mirror shades because of Andrew Eldritch, not William Gibson)

This Corrosion

MTV

Pablo Picasso (some say the real quote is "Bad artists copy, great artists steal" or they attribute it to Dali or a variant to Lionel Trilling but who can know for sure?)

Casino (one nasty movie about running a casino)

Dragon Magazine

Troll Lord Games

Mr. Crokinole (the great board Mike and Nikki own is from him)

Trick-taking Games

Well, this show was supposed to appear right after the Power Grid show but then the second half of May hit. Work was crazy and, more significantly, my wife Christina had some emergency surgery. She's doing fine now but it has meant double-dad-duty for a while so I haven't had much (read: any) time to edit the show.

The good news is: I already have the next two shows recorded, including another session review and the first in a new series I am calling "The Demise and Rise of the FLGS" (Friendly Local Game Store). This series will include a string of interviews with former and current game store owners from the Los Angeles area, where we have had a string of closures of high-quality stores in recent days.

Also, I'll actually be doing demos for Z-Man Games at my new FLGS, Gameology, in lovely Claremont, California on June 29th. I should be there at 6:30 PM to show off Castle Merchants and No Thanks! (yes, Geschenkt). They will both be featured in the next Session Review show as well. Gameology is owned by a sharp new owner, Dave Holt, who has some very intriguing and clever ideas for making the game store business work in the modern era. He's also going to be featured later this Summer in an interview as part of the Demise and Rise of the FLGS series. 

I should also note that in this show, I neglected to talk much about Tom Wham, a pre-euro designer famous for his co-design of the classic Kings and Things, the fantasy crayon rail Iron Dragon, the goofy Awful Green Things From Outer Space and some lesser 80's items like Mertwig's Maze and The Great Khan Game - light, fun little items that - like Planet Busters - are a little dated but might be ripe for a revision. I also gloss over mention of the amazing Doris and Frank, but any fan of designer games knows their solid designs like Ursuppe (Primordial Soup) and Frank's Zoo (featuring Doris' distinctive art). I'll blame the lack of excruciating detail on the lovely Patricia Morrison. You'll hear why. Actually, I was going to drop in some more information on these designers but I thought, ah, this thing is long enough as it is. Plus, I need to edit the next episode and I have no time as it is...

Next up: The Demise and Rise of the FLGS, Part 1: Interview with Larry Boyd, former owner of All Star Games - one of the finest stores the Los Angeles area has ever seen.

Show Notes

Games Mentioned: 

Vegas Showdown

Fist of Dragonstones

Planet Busters

Mu und Mehr

Princes of Florence

Puerto Rico

Palazzo

Alhambra

Evo

Pirate's Cove

Citadels

Naval War

Crokinole

Daihimi (which is also marketed by Richard Garfield as "The Great Dalmuti")

Hearts

Oh Hell

Bridge

 

Other links:

Henry Stern

Bruno Faidutti

Michael Schacht

Tom Wham

Doris and Frank

Orange County Board Gamers

Saturdays

Sundays

Strategicon (Orccon is the February)

Las Vegas

Sisters of Mercy

Goth (which, amusingly enough, comes up before the real Goths)

Patricia Morrison (I used to wear mirror shades because of Andrew Eldritch, not William Gibson)

This Corrosion

MTV

Pablo Picasso (some say the real quote is "Bad artists copy, great artists steal" or they attribute it to Dali or a variant to Lionel Trilling but who can know for sure?)

Casino (one nasty movie about running a casino)

Dragon Magazine

Troll Lord Games

Mr. Crokinole (the great board Mike and Nikki own is from him)

Trick-taking Games

Randy Buehler brings you this month in Magic, talking with Paul Sottosanti, Mike Turian and Scott Johns about the Legends bracket, Akroma, Ravnica Limited, and much more.

Cleoptra and the Society of Architects is a light strategy game about collecting sets of cards and placing buildings strategically for the most points. (24:14) On this week’s episode, Scott Nicholson talks about the Days of Wonder game, Cleopatra and the Society of Architects. This game has some of the best components in a board

Here is Moritz new essay this all the facts behind the "Poeppel".

Here is Moritz latest edition about the German gaming scene.

In Episode 6, Jason and Scott have their first phone interview with an industry insider: Keith Dalton, Marketing Director for Multi-Man Publishing. They talk ASL, ASL Starter Kit, Up Front, The Devil's Cauldron, Fire in the Sky and upcoming releases, among other things. They also get a glimpse into Keith Dalton the gamer.

And Scott supplies his own gamer rule this time, revealing a bit of his gaming character in the process!

We play our way from the past to the future, covering Klaus Teuber's Anno 1503 and Richard Garfield's Rocketville. Two great designers, but alas, only one great game.

We play our way from the past to the future, covering Klaus Teuber's Anno 1503 and Richard Garfield's Rocketville. Two great designers, but alas, only one great game.

Episode 11: The Pre-KublaCon show! In this episode, we get all excited about the upcoming KublaCon game convention (May 26-29). We remember games we ran at previous conventions, talk about why it is we enjoy playing games at conventions, and discuss what games we’re going to play at this year’s convention. Adam will be live-posting [...]

In this essay Moritz explains the details about the Kramer Leiste.

Power Grid is a medium-weight strategy game with auctions, markets, and connetions of cities. (26:41) Itunes user? If you just got audio, delete the file and then get it again, and it should be video. On this week’s episode, Scott Nicholson is joined by designer Friedemann Friese to talk about Power Grid. Power Grid is