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Episode Synopsis
Episode 154 - Anticipated Games of 2021:
Introduction:
News:
Carnegie - 8 days, $80
Owl bear plush - 16 days, $35
Games Played:
Clue: The Great Museum Caper
Bluffaneer
Big Easy Busking
Anticipated Games of 2021:
Jason - Weather Machine
Katie - Grand Austria Hotel expansion - Let’s Waltz
Jason - Darwin’s Journey
Katie - Adventures in Neverland - Black Box Adventures
Jason - Canvas
Katie - Hanamakoji: Geisha’s Road Emperor S4
Jason - Marvel United Infinity Gauntlet
Katie - The Librarians Adventure Card Game
Jason - Anno 1800
Katie - Three Sisters
Honorable Mentions:
Dice Theme Park (run theme park, dice are customers, values reduce as they move)
Genotype (worker placement, dice drafting)
Moonshine Empire (redneck pickup and deliver)
Aqua Garden (stock aquarium tanks; rondel, set collection, drafting)
Shogun No Katana (craft swords, worker placement - different workers to collect resources, etc)
Caper: Europe - Same as Caper?
Dinosaur World - Card drafting, worker placement and driving a jeep around to admire your hard work...don’t let too many people get eaten
Galenus - Worker placement game where you decide which worker to resolve during the action phase. Blind bidding to compete in medical contests.
My Father’s Work - Worker placement game where players are competing mad scientists trying to complete their father’s masterwork.
Namiji (Tokaido universe) - Like Tokaido but a bit deeper with some different mechanisms but still has the same chill vibe
Merchants Cove - Rondel and commodity speculation
Museum: Pictura - More streamlined version of the original game. There is more intermittent scoring chances in this one as opposed to the original version.
Closing:
Introduction:
News:
Carnegie - 8 days, $80
Owl bear plush - 16 days, $35
Games Played:
Clue: The Great Museum Caper
Bluffaneer
Big Easy Busking
Anticipated Games of 2021:
Jason - Weather Machine
Katie - Grand Austria Hotel expansion - Let’s Waltz
Jason - Darwin’s Journey
Katie - Adventures in Neverland - Black Box Adventures
Jason - Canvas
Katie - Hanamakoji: Geisha’s Road Emperor S4
Jason - Marvel United Infinity Gauntlet
Katie - The Librarians Adventure Card Game
Jason - Anno 1800
Katie - Three Sisters
Honorable Mentions:
Dice Theme Park (run theme park, dice are customers, values reduce as they move)
Genotype (worker placement, dice drafting)
Moonshine Empire (redneck pickup and deliver)
Aqua Garden (stock aquarium tanks; rondel, set collection, drafting)
Shogun No Katana (craft swords, worker placement - different workers to collect resources, etc)
Caper: Europe - Same as Caper?
Dinosaur World - Card drafting, worker placement and driving a jeep around to admire your hard work...don’t let too many people get eaten
Galenus - Worker placement game where you decide which worker to resolve during the action phase. Blind bidding to compete in medical contests.
My Father’s Work - Worker placement game where players are competing mad scientists trying to complete their father’s masterwork.
Namiji (Tokaido universe) - Like Tokaido but a bit deeper with some different mechanisms but still has the same chill vibe
Merchants Cove - Rondel and commodity speculation
Museum: Pictura - More streamlined version of the original game. There is more intermittent scoring chances in this one as opposed to the original version.
Closing:
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