Italian designers Marco Canetta and Stefania Niccolini discuss ZhanGuo. Players use cards to unify the Warring States in ancient China. Build the Great Wall, the Terracotta soldiers and keep the populace from revolt in order to gain the Emperor's favor.

German designer Thomas Weber discusses Samsara (a Sanskrit word meaning the Wheel of Life). Samsara is an abstract game where players manipulate marbles along two circular tracks using dice to reach a target area.

Didier Dincher from French publisher Capsicum Games chats about Speakeasy, a modern adaptation of the classic Chinese game Lu Zhan Qi. This abstract game of bluff, memory and deduction was the inspiration for the mass market classic Stratego.

Agnieszka Kopera discusses the latest title from Romanian publisher NSKN: Versailles. Players take on the roles of architects and designers, working to build and decorate the gardens and palace of Versailles while competing for the favor of the King.

Andreas Preiss discusses Beasty Bar and Mangrovia. Beasty Bar is a funny card card game about animals jockeying to get into an exclusive night club. Mangrovia is a action selection game where players build huts in order to become chief of the village.

Stephanie Schulz chats about Pints of Blood - a semi-coop zombie game set in a pub, Carnac - an abstract game about placing or tipping pieces, and 5 Minutes - a party game where players complete puzzles on a personal timer.

Martin Wallace discusses Mythotopia and Onward to Venus. Mythotopia is a 4-player deck-building board game in a fantasy setting. Onward to Venus is a retro scifi game of imperialism based on Greg Broadmore's graphic novels.

First, Stephen Buonocore and Gil D'Orey discuss their partnership bringing Panamax to Europe and the US. Then Mike Fitzgerald joins us to discuss Diamonds, a new twist on classic card games, plus a look back at Mike's storied career in game design.

Portuguese publisher/designer Gil D'Orey and designers Nuno Bizarro Sentiero and Paulo Soledade chat about the development process behind Panamax, a dice driven economic game that celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal.

Designers Tony Boydell and Sebastian Bleasdale join us to chat about expansions to Snowdonia, Black Fleet and Ivor the Engine. Black Fleet is a take-that pirate game from Sebastian. Ivor the Engine is a kids game from Tony based on the beloved cartoons.