Shelley and I tackle a literally HUGE game this week...it's so big it deserved its own show!

Foundations of Rome by Emerson Matsuuchi from Arcane Wonders

Shelley and I take a break from reviews to reflect on our favorite Roll & Write or Draw & Draw games, a newer genre that certainly has exploded in the past few years.

Shelley's Honorable Mentions:

Silver & Gold by Phil Walker-Harding from NSV

On Tour by Chad DeShon from Boardgametables

Shelley's Top 5:

5) Explorers by Phil Walker-Harding from Ravensburger

4) Hadrian's Wall by Bobby Hill from Garphill Games, CMON Global & Renegade Game Studios

3) Second Chance by Uwe Rosenberg from Edition Spielwiese and Stronghold Games

2) The Clever Series (Ganz Schon Clever/That's Pretty Clever, Doppelt so Clever/Twice as Clever, Clever Hoch Drei/Clever Cubed) by Wolfgang Warsch from Schmidt Spiele and Stronghold Games

1) Welcome To... (+New Las Vegas, The Moon, etc.) by Benoit Turpin from Blue Cocker Games and Deep Water Games

Doug's Honorable Mentions:

On Tour by Chad DeShon from Boardgametables

Let's Make A Bus Route The Dice Game by Saashi from Saashi & Saashi

Doug's Top 5:

5) Biblios Quill & Parchment by Steve Finn from Dr. Finn's Games

4) Trails of Tucana by Eilif Svensson and Kristian Amundsen Ostby from Aporta Games, Matagot, and Pegasus Spiele

3) Hadrian's Wall by Bobby Hill from Garphill Games, CMON Global & Renegade Game Studios

2) The Clever Series (Ganz Schon Clever/That's Pretty Clever, Doppelt so Clever/Twice as Clever, Clever Hoch Drei/Clever Cubed) by Wolfgang Warsch from Schmidt Spiele and Stronghold Games

1) Welcome To... (+New Las Vegas, The Moon, etc.) by Benoit Turpin from Blue Cocker Games and Deep Water Games

Other Roll & Writes/Draw & Draws Mentioned at the top of the show that we have played & reviewed:

Isle of Cats Explore & Draw

Three Sisters

Cartographers & Cartographers Heroes

Rustling Leaves Blatterrauschen

Patchwork Doodle

Qwixx/Quixx on Board

Divvy Dice

Anubixx

Hex Roller

Bloom

Brixx

Encore!

Shelley and I get heavy as we wander downriver in

Boonlake by Alexander Pfister from Capstone Games and dlp Games

then we get dicey as we attempt to raise our levels and take over lands in

First Empires by Eric B. Vogel from Sand Castle Games

Shelley and I delve once again into Dr. Knizia's legacy game, talking about the latter chapters of 

My City by Reiner Knizia from Kosmos

after we spend some time with the little brother of Isle of Cats - this week it's 

Isle of Cats: Explore & Draw by Frank West from City of Games

Shelley and I discuss the first 1/2 of

My City by Reiner Knizia from KOSMOS

(with a few spoilers), but first we tackle the FOURTH in the Azul series

Azul: Queen's Garden by Michael Kiesling from Next Move Games

Shelley and I return to Victorian England this week for a look at the Upstair/Downstairs and Wessex expansions for

Obsession by Dan Hallagan from Kayenta Games

then we head out into the garden and work with corn, beans and pumplins in the new roll & write

Three Sisters by Ben Pinchback and Matt Riddle from Motor City Gameworks and 25th Century Games

Shelley and I put on our "Where's Waldo?" hats to solve some crimes in

Micro Macro - Crime City by Johannes Sich from Edition Spielwiese and Pegasus Spiele

the head back to Victorian England and become landed gentry courting the Fairchilds in

Obsession by Dan Hallagan from Kayenta Games (KG)

Shelley and I enjoy a 2-player-only game of competing groups of thieves stealing precious artifacts in

Caper: Europe by Unai Rubio from Keymaster Games

then we head back to

The Isle of Cats by Frank West from City of Games 

to explore some of the recent expansions, including the Boat Pack, Kittens & Beasts, and Kickstart Expansion 2

Shelley and I get another BIG game to the table this week, delving into zoo building and animal acquisition in

Ark Nova by Mathias Wigge from Capstone and Feuerland Spiele 

then we check back into

Paris: La Cité de la Lumière by Jose Antonio Abascal Acebo from Devir to see how the Paris: Eiffel expansion works with the base game

Shelley and I take on the BIG, colorful new Devir game

Bitoku by Germán P. Millán from Devir

and then finish up our discussion of 

Welcome to the Moon by Alexis Allard and Benoit Turpin from Blue Cocker and Pegasus Spiele 

with a discussion of how the campaign mode works