The SnakesCast heads back in time to Ancient Egypt this week as we look at the Spiel des Jahres 2016 runner-up game, Imhotep. Today, Friday April 21st, we talk about which combination of board sides we like to use both to play and to teach the game, how things differ based upon player count, and also who will like this game and who might decide it is not for them.

The SnakesCast heads back in time to Ancient Egypt this week as we look at the Spiel des Jahres 2016 runner-up game, Imhotep. Today, Wednesday April 19th, the discussion turns to scoring, and we look at how each of the five destination boards in the game scores, and what the differences are between the A- and B-sides of each.

The SnakesCast heads back in time to Ancient Egypt this week as we look at the Spiel des Jahres 2016 runner-up game, Imhotep. Today, Monday April 17th, we look at the basic gameplay and strategies that you may use to play your pieces, before Wednesday's study of the different ways of scoring.

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Our focus for the SnakesCast this week is on the mechanism of drafting. Today, Friday April 14th, we look at a couple of the rare examples of really good two-player drafting games (one of each drafting style, as it happens!), and also ask the question: what are the differences between the mechanisms of drafting and worker placement?

Our focus for the SnakesCast this week is on the mechanism of drafting. Today, Wednesday April 12th, we take the examples from Monday and look in greater detail at how the styles of drafting have been adapted, into games that are both similar and different to those that came before. We also ask if you are still drafting if you are paying to select one or more of the cards from the pool.

Our focus for the SnakesCast this week is on the mechanism of drafting. Today, Monday April 10th, we ask what drafting is, how it works in board gaming, what Magic: The Gathering has to do with its popularity, and we start off looking at games by taking a couple of the most accessible games that use drafting - Sushi Go and Ticket to Ride.

This week the SnakesCast takes to the High Seas as we look at Pirates in board games! Today, Friday April 7th, we bring out the dreadnoughts of the pirate gaming world as we look at Merchants and Marauders and Francis Drake, discuss a socially chaotic pirate game, and take a quick glance at pirates that use rocket boosters instead of sails.

This week the SnakesCast takes to the High Seas as we look at Pirates in board games! Today, Wednesday April 5rd, we take a look at pirate games that are aimed at children, examine medium weight games that use the theme, and take one of those games to touch upon the topic of diversity in board game components

This week the SnakesCast takes to the High Seas as we look at Pirates in board games! Today, Monday April 3rd, join us for this first episode in the series as we discuss the Pirate theme, including some of its origins and popular culture, look at the solitaire game Friday, and ask the question: are Vikings pirates?

This week's SnakesCast series looks at the asymmetrical, two-player only game Raptor. Today, Friday March 31st 2017, we discuss games that have some elements that are similar to Raptor, and also talk about two-player and asymmetrical games, both old and contemporary.