The Spiel

Alex Argyropoulos chats about the history of MAGE Company and two games. Hoyuk is a tile-laying game based on prehistoric settlements in ancient Turkey. Raid and Trade is a post-apocalyptic adventure game with many paths to victory.

Ted Alspach chats about Daybreak, a new addition to the fast playing social/deduction series: One Night Ultimate Werewolf. Daybreak adds 13 new roles so every player has a special ability during the night time phase.

Dieter Strehl discusses his experience at Essen over the past 31 years as well as the latest release from Pitanik, Venezia 2099 - a tile flipping strategy game about saving precious artwork from Venice.

Frank Heeren discusses Fields of Arle, a 2 player game about developing an estate in East Frisia designed by Uwe Rosenberg. This game has a personal connection for Uwe. It is set in the small village where his father was born and his parents married.

Matthias Wagner chats about Royals, a card-driven game about noble houses maneuvering for positions of power in the Age of Reason.

Moritz Brunnhofer chats about Die Staufer - a game about a royal tour of Europe in the 12th century and Carcassone: Gold Rush - a stand alone variant of the classic set in the Old West, plus we chat about new editions of Carcassonne and St. Petersburg.

Designer Christophe Raimbault discusses Colt Express - a game about an Old West train robbery with a two level cardboard train.

Giuliano Acquati from Italian publisher Cranio Creations talks about Dungeon Bazar - a fantasy auction game, Soqquadro - a scavenger hunt party game and Valentina - a memory game based on the groundbreaking 1960s comic artwork of Guido Crepax.

Arvid Fransen and designer Dennis Kirps from Dutch publisher Play This One discuss RoboRama, a game where players use cards to navigate their team of robots across a hazzardous board, including the dreaded ChaosBot which all players can control.

Aporta Games is a new publisher based in Norway. Kristian Amundsen Ostby and James Tandy, two of the founders of Aporta, join us to chat about Doodle City, a dice driven family game where players draw a unique roadmap through a town to score points.