In today's episode Bruce and Josh talk about what they have been playing which seems to be some throwbacks for Bruce with some more ROOT and some newer games for Josh including a party game. Then the two of them dig into some of the Kickstarters that are going on as there are a bunch for you to learn about.

Specific games discussed: Root: A Game of Woodland Might and Right by Leder Games, Catan by Catan Studios, Power Grid by Friedemann Friese Games, Wingspan by Stonemaier Games, Teotihuacan by NSKN, Cameleon by Big Potato Games

In addition, the Kickstarters discussed are: Roam by Red Raven Games, District 9 by Weta Workshop, On Mars by Eagle-Gryphon Games, Planet of The Apes Miniatures Game, Terraforming Mars: Turmoil Expansion by Indie Game Studios (Stronghold Games), and Maquis by Side Room Games

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Transcript

00:00:08 - 00:05:11

In today's episode, Josh and I take a look at all the games have been playing recently and then take a deep dive into some of the kick stars that are going on right now for your benefit enjoy. Welcome back to another episode of board game impact. My name is Bruce Brown and what we seek to do here on board game impact is to tell you about the experiences that were having in this mazing hobbies that way, you can make informed decisions for yourself and for your gaming group. And how we do that is we apply our, some of our educational backgrounds at looking into this, and I say we because there's a co host and his name is I'm Josh Isringhausen co host and together both of us are sharing our experiences that we're having in this wonderful hobby and Josh with that. How about we just jump right in and tell this nerves about some of what we've been playing lately? What's something for you? Sure. So the first thing I wanted to bring out today is a game. I'd actually been trying to get to get my hands on for a while now probably since BG con last November. And that is Tayo t-, what con- city of. Gods? So this is designed by Daniel skinny believe is the way his last name's for nounce them. Forgive me if I'm wrong published by NS Kate in games. Teotihuacan is a a. Really interesting hasn't really interesting mechanics to the, the core. Concept of the game is you are building the. Here amid that is at the center of Teotihuacan Teotihuacan is. A city from the Mayan culture in Mexico or not Mexico gonna draw blank on where that cities, located I got home keep gone. It is a. Pyramid that you are building on the tape are on the board with these almost like Mahjong tiles. There's some really interesting ways in which you're placing than this disgorge you points based on some, some character designs that are on top of them as you build upwards to this pyramid. And in order to do that, you are taking your workers which are dice and moving them around the board collecting resources and researching new technologies and. Building some decorations all different ways in which you're ultimately scoring points. The thing that really intrigues me about this game is the way in which your workers are placed on all your all of your workers or on the board at the start of the game. And as you move them around the board, you will actually age them starting at a one, and then moving to a two three four five and then ultimately allowing them to ascend to ...