Episode 56: BGG.CON ‘24 + BGG Holiday Gift Guide, with Steph Hodge

22 Nov 2024 · 2 h 06 min · Episode 56

Episode Episode 56: BGG.CON ‘24 + BGG Holiday Gift Guide, with Steph Hodge

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Steph Hodge from All the Meeples of the Rainbow joins Candice to discuss the 2024 BGG Holiday Gift Guide games, and games they played at BGG.CON 2024.

• 00:00:00 Introduction • 00:05:49 Fresh Plays (BGG.CON '24)

• 00:06:12 Civolution • 00:10:57 Pax Porfiriana • 00:21:35 Greenland • 00:25:22 Tales of the Arthurian Knights • 00:32:44 War of the Ring • 00:39:14 Sweet Lands • 00:43:05 Trick-Taking Games!

• 00:43:25 Kansas City: The Trick-Taking Game • 00:45:25 BLOT • 00:49:48 FUCAZUL! • 00:51:29 Boo! • 00:52:13 Seas of Strife • 00:53:33 Mu & more: Revised edition

• 00:56:29 Thorgal: The Board Game • 01:00:09 Décorum • 01:05:13 Endeavor: Deep Sea • 01:09:52 Katmai: The Bears of Brooks River • 01:16:58 What the Fog?! + Things in Rings

• 01:18:24 The 2024 BGG Holiday Gift Guide Games

• 01:18:33 Family and New Gamers (Castle Combo, Hamster Roll, Magic Maze Tower) • 01:21:44 Modern Classics (Cascadia, Earth, Wingspan) • 01:22:47 Stocking Stuffers (Confusing Lands, Lure, Seers Catalog) • 01:27:12 Kids Games (Animal Upon Animal, My First Adventure: Journey to Ochre Land, Ziggurat, Monkey Palace) • 01:30:25 Party Games (Adventure Party: The Role-Playing Party Game, DaDaDa, The Gang) • 01:37:07 Solo Games (Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, Legacy of Yu, Sherlock Solitaire) • 01:38:54 Candice's Bonus Mentions (Aqua ROVE, For Northwood!, Kreel Manor, Cyberion, Spirit Island) • 01:40:25 Two-Player Games (Chu Han, The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth, Pagan: Fate of Roanoke) • 01:46:38 Co-operative Games (Astro Knights: Eternity, Bomb Busters, Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan) • 01:54:04 Midweight Games (Looot, River of Gold, Stonespine Architects) • 01:57:50 Heavy Games (Kutná Hora: The City of Silver, SETI, Marrakesh, Yokohama)

• 02:04:16 Sign-off

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