Garrett's Games 933: Ecos: First Continent and Garden Guests

Shelley and I get a wonderful new SMALL card game to the table Aqua: Set Collection Game of Art by Ta-Te Wu from Sunrise Tornado then check out our first of FOUR new map expansions for Mini Express by Mark Gerrits from Moaideas Game Design: United Kingdom 1918 by Tony Boydell

Shelley and I compete as ultrasmart rat clans in Rats of Wistar by Simone Luciani and Danilo Sabia from Cranio Creations and Capstone Games then we look once again (prepping to look at expansion maps) at Mini Express by Mark Gerrits from Moaideas Game Design This week's podcast is sponsored by Bezier Games, makers of modern classics like  Castles of Mad King Ludwig Suburbia as well as the draw and write sequel Blueprints of Mad King Ludwig and the new trick-taking card games Xylotar and  Sandbag

This week Shelley and I join the ancient Roman medical society and try to treat patients and impress Galen in  Galenus by Harry-Pekka Kuusela from ION Game Design and then we try out a new version of an older title Pollen by Dr. Reiner Knizia from Allplay a solid retheming of the 2009 Samurai The Card Game Remember you can support the podcast at www.patreon.com/garrettsgames OR check out our extensive list of games for sale (with more coming over the next couple of weeks!): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing  

Shelley and I get in some games with the guys, checking out Ecos: First Continent by John D. Clair from AEG and Garden Guests by Stephen Glenn from Van Ryder Games Sponsor the podcast at www.patreon.com/garrettsgames OR check out our extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing  

Shelley and I check out a couple of trick takers originally from Japan First we discuss Gossip Trip Trix by Maeda Jay from Mashika then we try to avoid paradoxes in Cat in the Box Deluxe Edition by Muneyuki Yokouchi from Bezier Games Remember you can sponsor the podcast at www.patreon.com/garrettsgames OR  Check out our extensive list of games for sale and get a cool game that no longer fits on our shelves, but belongs on your table: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing  

Shelley and I check out the new dogs and New Tricks available in the expansion to Dog Park by Lottie and Jack Hazell from Birdwood Games then we try a small-box 2-player card game Air, Land, and Sea by Jon Perry from Arcane Wonders Sponsor the podcast at www.patreon.com/garrettsgames  OR  check out our extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing  

This week it's all about small box games. The first, quick title for 1-2 players is  Autumn by Maria and Enrique Blasco from Devir  then we try one of those small games that play like their bigger brothers in 1923 Cotton Club by Pau Carles from Looping Games Make sure to sponsor the podcast at www.patreon.com/garrettsgames OR help us make room for new games by supporting the podcast and getting some great titles for your own table here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing  

As promised, Shelley and I get one of last week's big games back to the table with it's recent expansion for a discussion of what that adds in Revive + The Call of the Abyss Expansion by Helge Meissner, Kristian Amundsen Ostby, Eilif Svensson and Anna Wermlund from Aporta Games then we got a great and beautiful mancala-based game on the table with  Amritsar by David Heras Pino from Ludonova

Shelley and I get two HEAVY games to the table this week, re-visiting  Revive by Helge Meissner, Kristian Amundsen Ostby, Eilif Svensson and Anna Wermlund from Aporta Games Scholars of the South Tigris by Shem Phillips and SJ MacDonald from Renegade Game Studios and Garphill Games Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/garrettsgames OR check out the extensive list of games we have for sale that belong on your table! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing  

Shelley and I play two games that provide variety through various player boards: The Gig by Robb Smigielski, Lewis Shaw, Jamie Gray, and Dann May from Braincrack Games and Apiary by Connie Vogelmann from Stonemaier Games