Board Game Buffet

This is a filler episode of the Board Game Buffet podcast with Graeme and Lella.

We start as normal with some banter where I give you an update on the podcast and our plans (don't worry, Dean and Graeme will be back). Lella and I discuss some of our recent plays then we go through our Top 5 of 2021.

This is just a filler episode as Graeme and Dean know it has been a while since you have heard anything from us and Lella was kind enough to step in and fill in so Graeme is not just talking to himself.

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss First Bites of Calimala, New Haven, Catan and Qwuirkle! What have they been playing all these years?

Plus a Top 5 "BGG Top 100 Ranked Games We Don't Enjoy"

***Apologies for the delay in getting this one posted, but life interrupted in a big way!*********

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss recent plays of the supply/pickup and deliver game Broadhorns, the very accessible wargame War Along the Great Lakes (War of 1812) and the civ game Patchistory.

Top 5 "Filler Games Redux" It's been a couple years since we did this list, so time for an update.

Time Stamps: Banter: 12:00 ;Broadhorns: 13m:16s War Along the Great Lakes: 27m:05s ; Patchistory: 39m:29s Top5: 1h:02m Outro: 1h:42m

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss the closing of TMG, how listeners can contribute to Episode 100 and why Mr. Mechanics over theme, has an issue with story modes in games like Cloudage and Expedition to Newdale.

Top 5 "BGG Ranked Games That We Have Never Heard of"!

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss the soon to be released Bonfire Expansion: Trees and Creatures; the supply and logistics game Supply Lines of the American Revolution: Southern Strategy.

We look at some Leftovers with Roads and Boats and a dark look at the future in Tomorrow.

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss their plays of Nemesis, The Shores of Tripoli and Venice. Then they rank their Top 5 Games Introduced to Them By Others!

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss First Bites of Vienna Connection by Portal, Imperial Struggle by GMT, Skeptics by Usiak and Masters of the Night by Ares Games.

We also discuss whether the hobby forces designers and publishers to chase their tails.

***We apologize ahead of time for the background wind in a couple areas****

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss four recent plays, pontificate about whether heavy euro games are becoming more rare and share a Top 5 Games We Want to Master!

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss a roll and write in Floor Plan, a trick-taking game in Herrlof and a cube tower management game in The Stygian Society.

They also look back at some games played in 2017 and Dr. Graeme tries to figure out why Dean buys games if he doesn't know if they will get played.

Join Graeme and Dean as they discuss recent plays of Castles of Burgundy, Botanik and the trick taking game Nyet!

They have a Top 5 Games That Are Going to the Vault! What does that mean? Tears will be shed!