We're piling ingredients into a soup as we playanother trick-taking game but this time it's a Knizia game! What twists in the genre do we have in store? Will we make delicious soups?Games Mentioned: Foodie Forest, Masters of Maple Syrup, Puerto Rico, Race for the Galaxy, Tichu, Haggis, Ruins, Relationship Tightrope, Tarot, Poison, No Thanks!, Take 5Episode Chapters: 00:00 - Intro00:57 - What We Played This Week: Masters of Maple Syrup04:15 - Foodie Forest Release History & How Does It Work?11:45 - Foodie Forest: Our Thoughts14:59 - Foodie Forest: Is it a Trick Taking Game?21:30 - The Suits and the Special Cards23:57 - Aha Moments28:53 - Version History31:33 - Next Week Teaser//Hosted & Edited by Chris Lemieux & Luke O'GradyProduced by Sophie ShinSocials by Matt WinquistArt by Samm Ruppersberger
This week we take a look at your opponents cards but NOT our own in a newly uncovered Shinzawa trick taking feat: LUZ.Games Mentioned: LUZ, Hygge, Photograph, Coffee Roaster, Get On Board, Hanabi, Ghosts of Christmas, 9 Lives, No Loose Ends, Bomb Busters, Xylotar, Wizard, Skull King, Spades, Lost Cities, Beowulf: The Movie Board GameEpisode Chapters00:00 - Intro00:54 - What We Played This Week: Hygge07:00 - LUZ release history08:24 - LUZ: How Does It Work?13:30 - LUZ: Our Thoughts and Comparisons17:10 - Luke’s Aha Moments20:55 - Mechanism Discussion: Escalating Scoring30:25 - Chris’ Aha Moment32:58 - Final Thoughts34:39 - Next Week Teaser//Hosted & Edited by Chris Lemieux & Luke O'GradyProduced by Sophie ShinSocials by Matt WinquistArt by Samm Ruppersberger
We've uncovered another Taiki Shinzawa gem! This time we're planning and pulling off a heist and then hiding the evidence through trick taking! Surprise!Games Mentioned: No Loose Ends, Shut the Books, Spades, Wizard, Skull King, Sluff Off!, Skat, Bridge, The Crew, Euchre, Hearts, dnup, Scout, 9 Lives, Ghosts of Christmas, Fives, Cat in the Box, Jekyll vs. Hyde, The Fox in the Forest, SailEpisode Chapters00:00 - Intro02:21 - No Loose Ends: How Does it Work?09:29 - General Discussion and Trick Taking Game Comparisons13:35 - Variants15:57 - Theme20:22 - Aha Moments24:50 - Shinzawa Trick Takers32:52 - The Two Player Game36:53 - Next Week Teaser//Hosted & Edited by Chris Lemieux & Luke O'GradyProduced by Sophie ShinSocials by Matt WinquistArt by Samm Ruppersberger
This week we are entering an Age of War and talking Risk Express and its various incarnations as well as its link to the Cthulhu co-op dice game Elder Sign.Games Mentioned: Risk Express, Camarades: La Bombe ext., Elder Sign, Hasbro Express Games, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Pick-omino, Farkle, Gang of Dice, Official Risk GamesEpisode Chapters00:00 - Intro05:36 - Risk Express: Versions and History07:00 - Risk Express: How Does it Work?12:24 - Risk Express: Our Thoughts18:14 - Risk Express: Comparisons and Aha Moments24:47 - Risk Express: Variants & Expansion27:53 - Elder Sign Discussion and Comparison34:21 - Official Risk Games & Camarades Release Discussion40:18 - Next Week Teaser//Hosted & Edited by Chris Lemieux & Luke O'GradyProduced by Sophie ShinSocials by Matt WinquistArt by Samm Ruppersberger
It's the last episode in our The Hobbit series (for now...) as we discuss the new-ish roll & write-ish path building-ish game: The Hobbit: There and Back Again!We also wrap-up the series and discuss the games with our beloved Win, Lose, or Banana segment.Games Mentioned: The Hobbit: There and Back Again, Monopoly, Clue, The Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation, LOTR: The Card Game, LOTR: Trick Takers, Duel for Middle-earth, LOTR: Fate of the Fellowship, The Hobbit: The Defeat of Smaug, The Hobbit Card Game, Beast, The Hobbit Adventure Boardgame, The Hobbit Deck-Building Game, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Das Kartenspiel, Railroad Ink, Welcome To, My City, Hanami, Rebirth, Welcome to the Moon, My City: Roll & BuildEpisode Chapters00:00 - Intro00:34 - The Hobbit & IP Games Discussion07:00 - The Hobbit: There and Back Again - How Does it Work?17:35 - Solo Mode19:57 - The Different Maps and the Draft24:01 - Aha Moments28:28 - Reception31:41 - Comparisons33:57 - The Hobbit Series Wrap-up & Our Win Lose Bananas45:53 - Next Week Teaser//Hosted & Edited by Chris Lemieux & Luke O'GradyProduced by Sophie ShinSocials by Matt WinquistArt by Samm Ruppersberger