Meeple Nation Board Game Podcast

This week we talk about current Kickstarters, new games that are coming out, and some recently released games. Come join us around the news game table.

In this episode we are talking about end game bonuses. Where you may think you are winning, but it is not proven until all the cards are counted. We discuss It's a Wonderful World, Hawaii, Raiders or the North Sea, Majesty: for the Realm, and even Ticket to Ride.  Join us at the game table.

Join us this week we discuss action games. Action queue games, which players program their turn and hope they planned for the best (Robo Rally, Tiny Epic Mechs). Action drafting games, where all players have a limited pool of actions to pick from (Puerto Rico). Action retrieval games, where players can only play the action they control once until they spend an action to retrieve those actions (Centenary: Spice Road).

This week we discuss some online gaming options. We go from phone apps like Terraforming Mars, to Charterstone. We talk online gaming sites such as: Boardgamearena.com Yucata.de  Tabletop Simulator. Come join us at the virtual table.

This episode we respond to a question on how to keep games civil. We talk about experiences we have had and how we have dealt with them. We offer some advice on maybe what not to play with some people and what mechanic might cause the most contention.

This week we talk about Kickstarters and new released games, including Frosthaven, They Live, and three Ten-minute games. We cover new games such as Azul: Crystal Mosaic, The Crew, Tajuto, and Sanctum.

This week we practice our social distancing as we discuss the new game from Everything Epic, Secrets of the Lost Station. This game was designed by Christopher Batarlis and Jim Samartino.  This is a 1-6 player campaign game that has a lot of hidden content to explore.

This week we discuss the Mariucci J Designs, LLC game, HEXplore it. Designed by: Kat Kimoundri, Nathan Loos, and Jonathan Mariucci. This is a fully cooperative game where players must gain enough experience to survive and defeat the threat of the Dead King.

This week we each talk about four different games with modular boards. The Reckoners Descent Mage Knight Cities Skylines

This week we discuss a wide list of games that all have modular boards, such as Catan, The Quest for El Dorado, Takenoko, Nemesis, Clank! In! Space!, HeroQuest, and many others.

This week we discuss march news and recap our experience at SaltCon Spring 2020

This week we discuss It's a Wonderful World, designed by Frederic Guerard. It’s a Wonderful World is a cards drafting and engine building game from 1 to 5 players. Each round, players will draft 7 cards and then choose which ones will be recycled to immediately acquire Resources, and which ones will be kept for construction to produce Resources each round and/or gain victory points.

This week we discuss Bunny Kingdom, a game designed by Richard Garfield and IELLO games You draft cards, many of which represent a space on the board. As you connect territories, you create fiefdoms. The score for a fiefdom is the number of castle spires times the number of unique resources that fiefdom produces. Other cards can add resources and castles, connect territories, and provide end game scoring. Build your fiefdoms to their greatest scoring potential and be named Big Ears by the Bunny King.

This week we discuss some of our favorite card drafting games. Each game uses the card drafting mechanic in a different way. Each game we discuss we think is awesome. Agricola Fairy Tale El Grande Trekking the National Parks Join us at the game table.

This week we discuss the card drafting mechanic. It was a little surprising to find non-card games in this episode, but they fit the mold. We include games with trade rows like Clank! or markets like Aeon's End and Thunderstone Quest, and also games with tiles like Azul and Kingdomino. Have a listen and share us your thought on our Facebook page Meeple Nation Off Air.