Garrett's Games 950: Essen Preview Part 1 AND Xylotar!

Shelley and I check out highlights from Halls 2 & 3 of Essen this week, but first we check out one of Bezier Games' latest Xylotar by Christopher Wray Thanks as always to our sponsor, Bezier Games Here are two different links to check out the Essen titles we are most interested in: https://boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/68/spiel-essen-24-preview?priority=2 https://boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/68/spiel-essen-24-preview?sharekey=ckpiaTIxS3lYN0F6M2wwM2pMY2hFQT09&priority=1,2,3&sort=priority&viewstyle=thumbs Hall 2 Publishers/Games Albi (2-B631): Atoll Tea Garden Arcane Wonders (2-E310): Floresta (also at MEBO GAMES - Hall 5) Leylines (demo) Mezen Super Kawaii Pets Vegetable Stock Bezier Games (2-D620) Sandbag Seers Catalog Xylotar Bright Eye Games (2-D210) Sumo EmperorS4 (2-D411) Torii Four Comma Game (2-D432) Age of Automation The Game Builders (2-E620) Suna Valo Jelly Jelly Games (2-E315) Minecart Town Little Rocket Games (2-D421) Coney Fall Ludonaute (2-E125) Arctic Paverson Games (2-E121) Luthier (demo) Snovid (2-E319) Galebari To Be Continued... Tiros-Games (2-E311) Space Missions Weird City Games (2-E111) Canopy Evergreen Wonderful World of Board Games (2-E330) Loco Momo Hall 3 Publishers/Games 2F Spiele (3-G511) Fishing 2 Tomatoes (3-P311) Boule Rouge Through Ice & Snow AEG (3-B211) Cascadia Landmarks Mini Expansion Nocturne & Expansion Undergrove & Expansion Waffle Time Alion (3-F111) Gardlings Sparks Alley Cat Games (3-N311) Ada's Dream Station to Station Aporta Games (3-F113) Saltfjord Board&Dice (3-G210) Barcelona Expansion Minos Reef Project Chilifox Games (3-F113) Spectacular Cranio Creations (3-V411) Beyond the Horizon Golden Cup Mesos Czech Games Edition (3-Z411) SETI Deep Print Games (3-B311) Civolution Intarsia Devir (3-D611) Daitoshi The Lie Venturesome White Castle: Matcha Expansion dlp Games (3-H613) Atlantis Exodus DMZ Games (3-U111) Harmony Dranda Games (3-H511) Explorers of Navoria Feuerland Spiele (3-S311) Black Forest Tauschrausch Frosted Games (3-B200) Galileo Galilei (demo) Solstis Game Brewer (3-T112) Algae Inc. Bone Wars Geek Attitude Games (3-S211) Babylon Grail Games (3-F102) Chu Han Snowcrest Hodari Spiele (3-G412) Galaxy Postman ION Game Design (3-V211) DerrocAr Looping Games (3-D313) 1980 - Sixtina Around the World in 80 Days Lucrum Games (3-H512) Night Sky Explorers Ludonova (3-F112) Flatiron Men-Nefer Matagot (3-F102) Kyoto no Neko Mighty Boards (3-L311) Rebirth Moon Gate Design (3-F102) Panda Spin Pendragon Game Studio (3-L124) Escape From New York Plotmaker Games (3-D311) Tivoli Red Mojo (3-C310) Inferno Spielefaible (3-G611) Cube Express Tangerine Games (3-R411) Nestlings TCG Factory (3-B113) Cudillero Food Trucks Medang Smart City Trekking Thundergryph Games (3-R211) Darwin's Journey Expansion Wonderbow Games (3-V110) Nebula

Shelley and I check out Tom Lehmann's latest Rio Grande 2-player Winter Court and then you guys get to enjoy Tom, Matt, Joe and the gang continue our conversations from Night 1 of Meeplefest 2024 Thanks as always to Bezier Games for their support. You can sponsor the podcast directly by going to www.patreon.com/garrettsgames OR check out our extensive (and growing) list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, so belong on your table: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing  

Yes, it's Meeplefest time once again, and the roundtable of luminaries is topped off with three designers: Matt Leacock, fresh from his KedJ win for Daybreak/eMission where he went up against HIMSELF with Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West and known for such titles as Pandemic and Forbidden Island Tom Lehmann, known for the classic Race for the Galaxy, and with new titles such as Winter Court and Chu Han and Joe Huber, lover of trick takers and designer of such titles as Caravan, Blue Skies, and Burger Joint. We spend some time talking about Matt's win, as well as design choices & the creative spark. And here's that Auden quote which Tom sent to me after the podcast: In his preface to The Collected Poetry of W. H. Auden (1945) he wrote: In the eyes of every author, I fancy, his past work falls into four classes. First, the pure rubbish which he regrets ever having conceived; second–for him the most painful– the good ideas which his incompetence or impatience prevented from coming to much (The Orators seems to me such a case of the fair notion fatally injured); third, the pieces he had nothing against except their lack of importance; these must inevitably form the bulk of any collection since, were he to limit it to the fourth class alone, to those poems for which he is honestly grateful, his volume would be too depressingly slim. 

This week Shelley and I enlist companions in the dicefest  Glow by Cedrick Chaboussit from Bombyx (a 2021 release) and then check out one of the KedJ Recommended titles Botanicus by Samuele Tabellini Ferrari and Vieri Masseini from Hans im Gluck Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games and their latest GenCon releases: Seers Catalog and Rebel Princess Deluxe Edition Support the podcast directly at www.patreon.com/garrettsgames or check our 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 great card game Cabanga! by Michael Modler from Amigo then plan a trip to Japan in Let's Go! to Japan by Josh Wood from AEG and Lucky Duck Games Thanks as always to Bezier Games for their support! Check out their new releases Xylotar, Sandbag, Seers Catalog, and Rebel Princess Deluxe Edition! You can also support the podcast directly 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 Shelley and I enjoy a deduction and memory game that's great with non-gamers Trio (also known as NaNa) by Kaya Miyano from Cocktail Games Then we help design a city in India in Chandigarh by Toni Lopez from Ludonova Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games You can also sponsor the podcast by going to 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 tackle a HUGE box of train goodness in the Kennerspiel des Jahres nominated  Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West by Rob Daviau, Matt Leacock, and Alan R. Moon from Days of Wonder and then we check out the second roll & write version of the SdJ winner Cascadia Cadcadia: Rolling Hills by Randy Flynn from Flatout Games and AEG Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games You can support the podcast directly by going to www.patreon.com/garrettsgames OR check out our extensive list of games for sale - ones 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 tackle a roll & write version of the SdJ winner Cascadia Cascadia: Rolling Rivers by Randy Flynn from Flatout Games and AEG then we journey to a new world as the old one dies in Evacuation by Vladimir Suchy from Delicious Games and Rio Grande Games Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games You can support the podcast directly by going to www.patreon.com/garrettsgames OR check out our extensive list of games to buy - ones that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing  

This week Shelley and I play to beautiful games, one of which is a Kennerspiel nominee! The first has us collecting umbrellas and decorating our cities in Agueda: City of Umbrellas by Dustin Dobson and Milan Zivkovic from 25th Century Games Then we attempt to work together to halt climate change in Daybreak (also known a e-Mission) by Matt Leacock and Matteo Menapace from CMYK and Schmidt Spiele Thanks as always to Bezier Games for their sponsorship of the podcast. You can support us directly at www.patreon.com/garrettsgames OR check out our extensive list of games for sale 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 compete as rival hotel operators in  Snow Planner by Akashi from Soragame Studio then we try valiantly (and sometimes successfully) to land a plane together in Sky Team by Luc Rémond from Scorpion Masqué Thanks as always to Bezier Games for their support - check out their "Year of the Card Game" titles at www.beziergames.com. Remember that you can support the podcast directly 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 here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing