Shelley and I finish off 2011 with a Christmas Day discussion of two new and one older game that we have enjoyed (or not) this past week.  They are

Palenque by Alan D. Ernstein from Z-Man Games

Tournay by Sebastien Dujardin, Xavier Georges, and Alain Orban from Pearl Games

and

Saint Petersburg with the expansion cards by Bernd Brunnhofer from Rio Grande Games

Enjoy, and have a great final week of 2011!

Played: 822 | Download | Duration: 00:35:28

Shelley and I sit down after a playing two new games for a discussion of their ins and outs, along with concerns and kudos.  Reviewed in this episode:

Takenoko by Antoine Bauza, published by Matagot

Ristorante Italia by Riccardo and Giulio Guerra and Marco Mutta, published by Red Glove

Enjoy!

Played: 837 | Download | Duration: 00:39:02

Shelley and I sit down and the mics to discuss two newer games, one from Kickstarter & Griffin Games, the other from Eggertspiele/Z-Man.

Principato by Touko Tahkokallio from Eggertspiele and Z-Man

Road to Canterbury by Alf Seegert from Gryphon Games

Enjoy!

Played: 823 | Download | Duration: 00:34:59

Shelley and I sit down at the microphones after a week of lighter fare to discuss two HABA games, a Knizia game that should be part of the Easy Play line from Schmidt, and Michael Schacht's card game Gold!

Games discussed:
Super Rhino
Tier auf Tier (new version)
Gelini Nightlife
Gold!

Enjoy!

Played: 819 | Download | Duration: 00:28:39

Shelley and I end our extended Thanksgiving Day Weekend with an episode of more Essen releases that we have had the chance to play.  This time it's a couple of card games, a new board game, and a discussion of the second half of an expansion mentioned last week.

Games discussed:
Nefarious by Donald X. Vaccarino from Ascora Games

Big Five by Reiner Knizia from Amigo

Casa Grande by Gunter Burkhardt from Ravensburger

Ticket to Ride Legendary Asia by Francois Valentyne from Days of Wonder

Enjoy!

Played: 1396 | Download | Duration: 00:36:59

Shelley and I spend some time talking about two new Cwali games, the new Stefan Feld, and Amigo's new card game.

Mondriaan 2020 by Corne van Moorsel and Cwali

Ab in die Tonne by Corne van Moorsel and Cwali

Trajan by Stefan Feld and Ammonit

23 by Christoph Behre and Amigo

Played: 917 | Download | Duration: 00:46:18

Shelley and I spend some more time talking about Essen titles.  This time it's three new games and a great new expansion to a classic:

Arriala: Canal de Garonne by Florian Fay from Ludocom

Coney Island by Michael Schacht from Argentum Verlag

(Welcome to) Walnut Grove by Paul Laane & Touko Tahkokallio

Ticket to Ride Asia (Map Collection #1) from Days of Wonder

Enjoy!

Played: 973 | Download | Duration: 00:54:20

Shelley and I take some time to discuss three of the brand new Essen releases that we were able to play recently.

Burdigala from Id&al Editions and Bruno Cathala

Kalimambo from Zoch and Antonio Scrittore

PAX from Iron Games and Bernd Eisenstein

Played: 796 | Download | Duration: 00:26:47

Aldie (Scott Alden), Beth Heile (demo goddess), Michelle Alden (Scott's lovely wife) and Shelley join me on the microphones live form the BGG booth at the Essen fair in Germany to discuss the fair and BGG's role there, along with some of the games we saw and are interested in.  Then Shelley joins me for a discussion of Fortuna by Michael Rieneck and Stefan Stadler and published by The Game Master and I tack on a quick review of Queen Games' new Kingdom Builder by Donald Vaccarino.

Played: 1072 | Download | Duration: 00:41:45

Shelley and I talk about the first Essen 2011 game that we were able to get early (it was released in limited quantities and I bought a copy when I saw it show up at gamesurplus.com).

Much more on Essen 2011 games will be forthcoming, but here's the first taste, no punches pulled.

Played: 868 | Download | Duration: 00:23:06