The Essen review concludes as Sean, Ronan and Pouria continue their look back at the 2013 Spiel.

In this half of the episode they discuss Packet Row, Quantum, The Sheep Race, 7 Days of Westerplatte,  Expeditions: Northwest Passage and Invaders.

Thoughts are also shared on most disappointing publisher, the purchase they most regret, the game they wish they had bought, the games they are most looking forward to playing, what 2013 Essen release will be the highest in the BGG rankings in a years time and what they would change about the Spiel.

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In the first half of episode 15, Ronan and Sean are joined by Pouria to take a look back at Essen Spiel 2013.

Steam Park, Space Cadets, Rampage, Carnival Zombie and Archon: Glory and Machination are all discussed with further musings on the games that surprised in both good and bad ways, games we wanted to play but didn't, the best and worst looking games at the fair and the most impressive publisher.

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In the last of the Essen preview shows, Sean and Ronan take a look at six more games and try to decide if they are traps or treasures.

This week they discuss Canterbury, Countdown Special Ops, Ortus, Caverna: The Cave Farmers, 8 Masters Revenge and Glass Road.

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The Essen treasure hunt continues as Sean and Ronan look at six more games that have caught their eye in the run up to the 2013 Spiel.

The games discussed this week are Hollywood, Francis Drake, Vikings: Warriors of the North, Palmyra, Rampage and Theseus: The Dark Orbit. Which will be treasures and which will be traps?

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Sean and Ronan pick over the bones of games they have played recently. This week they discuss Milestones, Stone Age, League of Six, D-Day Dice, Yedo and Alien Frontiers.

This is the first of a series of shorter Game Pit special edition episodes where Sean and Ronan talk about the games that have caught their eye in the lead up to the 2013 Essen Spiel.

In this Episode they use the Treasure Hunt format to discuss The Phantom Society, Nations, Blueprints, Patchistory, Packet Row and Coal Baron.

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In this edition of the Picking Over the Bones series, Sean and Ronan take a look at Arctic Scavengers, Discworld: Ankh-Morpork and they compare Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game with Clash of Cultures.

In this episode Ronan's annual top 20 list on Board Game Geek is discussed at length.

Ronan tell of his top 20 releases from 2012 and Sean gives his opinions with more than a few arguments along the way.

The list will be published in the very near future under Ronan's BGG user name - Furriebarry, so come and tell us what you think.

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