The Spiel

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.

Designer Antoine Bauza chats about Samurai Spirit, a co-op game based on Akira Kurosawa's film The 7 Samurai and Babel, the latest and most innovative expansion to 7 Wonders.

Game Factory is the publishing arm of Swiss distributor Carletto. Rolf Mutter and Fabio Del Rio (from CSE Games) chat about the new European edition of Quartex. We also discuss Lift It, a crazy co-op building game where players wear cranes on their heads.

Blue Orange publishes family friendly games in Europe and the States. Simon and Stephane chat about 3 new releases: King's Gold, Dragon Run and Wakanda.

Amigo editors Christian and Uwe join us to chat about Ciub and Hamsterbacke. Ciub is a spell-making game from designer Tom Lehmann with tons of custom dice. Hamsterbacke is a set collecting card game about hamsters stuffing food into their cheek pouches.

HABA is one of the most beloved publishers of games for kids. Their bright yellow boxes are known around the world. Jens Vogtlander, a game editor at HABA, discusses the development and design process for a company that publishes 40+new games each year.

Designer and publisher Konstantinos Kokkinis chats about two new titles from Artipia. New Dawn is a scifi game about rebuilding a war torn galactic sector. Lap Dance is a tongue-in-cheek game about entertaining guests at a club.

Ignacy Trezwiczek discusses the European release of Imperial Settlers and a fun project collecting strategy tips from famous game designers.