Summary: <br> This week, we’re joined by Carla Kopp from <a href="http://weirdgiraffegames.com/">Weird Giraffe Games</a> to talk about Roar & Write (currently on Kickstarter), and a few other games she’s excited for right now.<br> <br> <br> <br> The Family Gamers Podcast is sponsored by First Move Financial. If you want to talk to a professional to see if you are on track to achieve your goals go to <a href="https://firstmovefinancial.com/familygamers" rel="sponsored nofollow">firstmovefinancial.com/familygamers</a> to schedule a quick phone and see if First Move is the right fit for you.<br> <br> <br> <br> What We’ve Been Playing<br> <br> <br> <br> Carla has been doing a lot of playtesting: mostly Fire in the Library Card Game and Scents and Sensibility (hedgehogs in a flower shop)<br> <br> <br> <br> 10 Days in the USA kicked off our Independence Day weekend. We’re hoping to also get in a play of Hanabi to substitute for the fireworks we’re missing.<br> <br> <br> <br> Super Cats<br> <br> <br> <br> Fire in the Library<br> <br> <br> <br> Rap Godz (Hoop Godz is coming soon!)<br> <br> <br> <br> Stone Age: Anniversary Edition<br> <br> <br> <br> Valeria Card Kingdoms (Andrew played solo!)<br> <br> <br> <br> Telestrations: Upside Drawn<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://i1.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/JulyWeekendGames.jpg"></a>Telestrations: Upside Drawn, Fire in the Library, and 10 Days in the USA<br> <br> <br> <br> Last Week!<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/episode-200-two-hundred/">Last week</a> we played Boardgame in the Middle just for fun. Carla wins the game! <br> <br> <br> <br> Cities Skylines has an average weight of 6.84, Megacity Oceania is 7.01, and Sprawlopolis is 7.46 (as of when we played Boardgame in the Middle).<br> <br> <br> <br> We also asked you, our listeners to guess the highest weight of the games in our library. Congratulations to Sheramy for her guess!<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/clip-cut-parks/"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> SNAP Review – Clip Cut Parks<br> <br> <br> <br> Is this “roll and cut” game a novel take on the roll and write genre – or just a novelty? Andrew and Anitra tell you all about it. See the pictures and the transcript for <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/clip-cut-parks/">this SNAP review</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> Questions for Carla<br> <br> <br> <br> Let’s talk about Weird Giraffe Games and Galactic Raptor Games.<br> <br> <br> <br> Roar & Write: An Animal Kingdoms Game<br> <br> <br> <br> We loved Animal Kingdoms (our <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/animal-kingdoms/">review</a>). Carla designed the solo mode for that game, and she also designed Roar & Write (currently on <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/galacticraptorgames/roar-and-write-an-animal-kingdoms-game">Kickstarter</a>), set in the same world.<br> <br> <br> <br> The Animal Kingdoms decrees come back here as animal “committe members”, plus specific requirements for each kingdom, plus a hidden objective for each player.<br> <br> <br> <br> Going “out” early still gives you extra points, although in a slightly different way here, since Roar & Write allows for any number of players.<br> <br> <br> <br> It’s the right time for a lighter, less expensive game (only $19 including shipping!), especially one that can be played <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/episode-196-remote-gaming/">remotely</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> Originally Roar & Write was going to include some area control, but that proved too difficult to do in a roll and write game – and they ended up with a game they liked a lot better.<br> <br> <br>
