Meeple Nation Board Game Podcast (boardgame)

We review five games, each in about five minutes. The first two are card games with only sixteen cards. Love Letter by Seiji Kanai and Lost Legacy: The Starship by Seiji Kanai and Hayato Kisaragi.

The last three games are push your luck. Zombie Dice by Steve Jackson and Martian Dice by Scott Almes. Lastly, the best game of them all, Can't Stop by Sid Sackson.

Direct download: MN_0021_5_Minute_Reviews_-_Dice_and_Push_your_Luck.mp3
Category:BoardGame -- posted at: 2:00am MDT

This week we respond to listener feedback and discuss our favorite worker placement games.

One question we responded to was "Who are the significant female board game designers?" Here are a few geeklists from boardgamegeek.com

http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/56208/women-game-designers

http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/33115/good-games-designed-women

Direct download: MN_0020_Feedback_and_Worker_Placement_Games.mp3
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Direct download: MN_0019_Cheesonomics_and_Dale_Tolley_Interview.mp3
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Fleet, released in 2014

2-4 players ages 10 and up, 1-4 with the expansion, and 1-6 with additional promo cards. Plays in 30-45 minutes.

Direct download: MN_0018_Fleet_and_Fleet-Arctic_Bounty.mp3
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This week we discuss the new dice game, King's Forge, for 2-4 players in about an hour. 13+ on the player's age due to the need to read a decent amount of text.

Direct download: MN_0017_Kings_Forge.mp3
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This week we discuss the collectible dice game, Marvel Dice Masters: Avengers vs. X-Men released by Wiz-Kids for 2 players.

This game involves many different heros and villains from the Marvel Universe including the Avengers from the movie and many well known, X-Men.

Direct download: MN_0016_Marvel_Dice_Masters_Avengers_vs_X-Men.mp3
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We answer listener feedback and talk about our favorite mechanics. We spend a large amount of time loving and hating on Battlestar Galactica.  

Direct download: MN_0015_Listener_Feedback_and_Favorite_Mechanic.mp3
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Our second Firefly episode.  This one about the expansions and promos.

Direct download: MN_0012_Firefly_the_Game_The_Expansions_and_Promos.mp3
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This week we discuss Splendor, the 2014 Spiel des Jahres nominee by Marc Andre and Space Cowboys.  For 2-4 players in 30 minutes.  It is a great board game enjoyed by all three hosts.

Direct download: MN_0011_Splendor.mp3
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MN 0010 Listener Feedback and 4 Favorite Game Designers

Ryan, Nathan and Brent answer two listener questions, talk about recently played games, Fleet, Splendor, and Monopoly.  The we discuss our four favorite designers, and their board games.

Direct download: MN_0010_Listener_Feedback_and_4_Favorite_Designers.mp3
Category:BoardGame -- posted at: 2:00am MDT