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Two Wood for a Wheat

Patrick Flannery

Two Wood for Wheat is a board game podcast. We review and criticize board games, diving deep into the strategies and mechanisms that make them great or make them forgettable.

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63. Red Rising & a Return to Gaming IRL with Board...

Two Wood for a Wheat ·

2021/05/03

Today we're joined by Board Boy Campbell to review Stonemaier's latest mana from heaven, Red Rising. Will this card combo game dethrone classic filler Fantasy Realms?Then there's hope in our eyes as we see our first ventures out into post-COVID gaming, including the games that will make up our perfect game day and our expectations for a return to gaming in real life.Check out more Board Boys at https://theboardboys.com/Listen to more episodes of Two Wood for a Wheat on Spreaker:

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62. Overboss & Replayability

Two Wood for a Wheat ·

2021/04/19

Be your own boss, dad said. Make your own decisions, dad said. Well dad, today I finally did it. Today I'm not only my own boss, today I'm an Overboss. And I don't event have to pay self-employment tax. Today it's Aaron Mesburne and Kevin Russ' Overboss, a pixelated followup by designer of beloved tile-layer Calico. Then it's the aspects of a game that make us bring it out 20, 30, 40, 50 times to play. What makes a game replayable?We're a very relistenable podcast! Find more of us at:Spreaker:

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61. Hallertau & Favorite Resources

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2021/04/05

More farming! Four grains! Hallertau is a veritable cereal box of tensions! Play it! But love it? We'll see.Then, what's the point of all these grains, these bits and bobs? We list our top 5 favorite resources in all of board games. This was way more fun than I thought it would be. Listen to more episodes on Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/two-wood-for-a-wheatOr on Google Podcasts tinyurl.com/36gzg2hyRead Tony's blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/maxlongstreet/blogsLeave us a review on

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60. Gods Love Dinosaurs & Counterintuitive Games

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2021/03/22

I bet you didn't know that in an unknown era of prehistoric history, tigers could only eat frogs, dinosaurs could only eat turtles, and the gods above competed across grand continents to make the most of their favorite carnivorous tyrants. It's Gods Love Dinosaurs on the review-platter today, and we're serving up juicy them up like juicy dino-burgers. Can this three-tier, pseudo ecological tile-layer hold up? Then it's unintuitive games, those that zig when you think they'll zag.Listen to more

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59. Cloudage & Production Pet Peeves, or Production...

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2021/03/08

Today we hang with Mr. Pfister, or at least we make nice with his design pedigree, as we review Cloudage, a strange mash-up between Pfister's lite push-your-luck fare and his heavy deterministic euros. Does this comingling of randomness and strategy work? Find out!Then, as if we're inspired by Cloudage's stickers, rulebook, orange sherbert color palette, and cloudy card sleeves, we discuss our production pet peeves. Or, in more optimistic terms, our production 'Do's and 'Don't's. Thanks for

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58. Renature & 2021 Most Anticipated Games

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2021/02/22

Today on Two Wood for a Wheat it's Renature, the domino laying game by classic duo Kiesling and Kramer. This game may look innocent, but it plays as slimy as a swampbottom. Then it's our most anticipated games of 2021! The games we're most excited to play and review this year. Listen to more episodes on Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/two-wood-for-a-wheatOr on Google Podcasts tinyurl.com/36gzg2hyRead Tony's blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/maxlongstreet/blogsLeave us a review on Apple

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57. Praga Caput Regni & Best Games of 2020

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2021/02/08

Today on Two wood for a wheat, we say goodbye to 2020 by expressing our favorite games of this magical hobby.But first, we review Praga Caput Regni, the extremely intricate euro puzzle by Underwater Cities designer vladimir suchy. And with this episode, we say goodbye to 2020, a year surprisingly full of amazing games and plays. We detail the best ones of this memorable year. But first, we review Vladimir Suchy's Praga Caput Regni, a mind-bending and enigmatic puzzle of a thing, so large that you

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56. My City & Games We Missed in 2020

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2021/01/25

On this episode of two wood for a wheat, we're reviewing My City, a loving legacy devotion to tile laying games by the Dr. Reiner Knizia. Then, we imagine the games that we would have loved had we played them in 2020. Listen to more episodes on Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/two-wood-for-a-wheatOr on Google Podcasts tinyurl.com/36gzg2hyRead Tony's blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/maxlongstreet/blogsLeave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/y2eyvqux07:57 High Society09:29

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55. Dune: Imperium & Gaming in the Time of COVID

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2021/01/11

While you're waiting for the belated release of Denis Villeneuve $165,000,000 Dune movie, soothe yourself with our review of Dune: Imperium for free!Tony and I also try to rewrite Love in the Time of Cholera for 2020 as gaming in the time of COVID. Listen to more episodes on Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/two-wood-for-a-wheatOr on Google Podcasts tinyurl.com/36gzg2hyRead Tony's blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/maxlongstreet/blogsLeave us a review on Apple podcasts:

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54. Beyond the Sun and What're You Lookin At

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2020/12/28

Today we climb a tech tree to travel Beyond the Sun. Dennis K. Chan focuses an entire game around the usually-ancillary tech tree to develop something very unique. Then we discuss where the majority of our attention is during a game. A game board can sprawl across half a dozen areas, and sometimes our focus is across all of them. We explore games that overfocus on one part, overproduce parts that don't get enough attention, and talk about where the game is really played. Listen to more episodes on

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53.5. Dwellings of Eldervale

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2020/12/23

On this bonus episode of Two Wood for a Wheat, Tony reviews The Dwellings of Eldervale, a euro worker placement game with a throughline of ameritrash themes and mechanisms.Listen to more episodes on Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/two-wood-for-a-wheatOr on Google Podcasts tinyurl.com/36gzg2hyRead Tony's blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/maxlongstreet/blogsLeave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/y2eyvqux

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53. Curious Cargo & New York Zoo & the Greatest Race...

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2020/12/14

ALL THE CRITIQUES. TIMES 2. CAPSTONE BOARDGAME MAYHEM DOUBLE FEATURE.FIRST BOARD GAME: Curious Cargo, a two player tactical game of tile laying and truck driving adventure. They deliver! And then they Receive!SECOND BOARD GAME: New York Zoo, Uwe's sexed-up time track tile laying game. Whose zookeeper can stuff the most animals into the same space?AND THENThe Greatest Race Games, what makes for an incredible race game (not racing!) as players vie to finish!Find out on today's episode of Two Wood for

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52. Castles of Tuscany & Reimplementations

Two Wood for a Wheat ·

2020/11/30

On today's episode of Two Wood for a Wheat, we review Stefan Feld's the Castles of Tuscany, the semi-sequel to the evergreen game Castles of Burgundy. Will this little brother hold up? Then it's our feature discussion on board game reimplementations -- the successes of our favorite games in the market and among fans.Listen to more episodes on Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/two-wood-for-a-wheatOr visit our website: http://twowood4awheat.com/Read Tony's blog:

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51. Marco Polo 2 & Number of Plays

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2020/11/16

Marco.... Polo.... Marco.... Polo...On today's episode of Two Wood for a Wheat, we wander across the Mongol empire, searching for efficiencies, hidden player powers, and precious jade. How does Simone Luciani and Danielle Tascini's sequel hold up to the original Marco Polo? Find out from a novice and a 50+ play veteran. We then discuss what's the right number of plays -- to understand how a game works, to know if you like a game, to review a game. And if you love a game, how many plays will you get

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50. Tekhenu & Essen Top 10

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2020/11/02

I always liked the number fifty. Imagine five ice cream cones. Then imagine five ice cream cones 10 times.On our fiftieth episode, we review the formidable dice drafting game by Italian designers Danielle Tascini and David Turczi, Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun. To continue in our thread of bad board game titles, this roughly translates to Obelisk: Obelisk of the Sun. We really bring balance in our opinions of the game. Then we each look at our 10 most anticipated games coming out of Essen Spiel

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49. Calico & What's in a Name

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2020/10/19

I have never seen such a fantastical theme. Cats that desire order over chaos, patterns over randomness, and who can see in reds and pinks. Today we're reviewing Calico, a powerful tile-laying pattern-matching game in a small box. After that, it's the strength of our favorite and least favorite board game names. Which ones perfectly capture the essence of these games and which junk them up with their garbage words. Leave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/y2eyvquxRead Tony's blog:

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48. Nova Luna & the Soul of a Game

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2020/10/05

The leaves are falling, the PSL girls have awoken from their summer chrysalis into their winged-ugg boot form, and it's cold enough that I no longer feel guilty staying inside playing board games all day. By the light of the full moon, we're reviewing the Spiel-nominated Nova Luna, a time track tile-laying game reimplemented by the brilliant Uwe Rosenberg. Then, just in time for spook-tober, we discuss what gives board game its soul. That's right, Euro games have souls too!Leave us a review on

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47. Mariposas & Variable Scoring

Two Wood for a Wheat ·

2020/09/21

Every spring, the danaus plexippus butterfly, also known as the monarch, migrates north to lay the next generation on milkweed plants. It does this until it makes its way as far from Mexico to Canada. Then a 'super-generation' that lives as long as eight months makes its way back to Mexico to overwinter in oyamel fir trees which create a bubble of temperate air for them to live in. Who says board games can't teach you something?Today on Two Wood for a Wheat, we review Elizabeth Hargrave’s big box

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46. High Rise & Time Tracks

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2020/09/07

Now's your chance to imbibe in dreams of corruption from the safety of your gaming table. We review Gil Hova's High Rise, a tension-filled time track game punctuated by its point-filled skyscrapers.We also discuss time tracks, and their simple tensions make for some of the roughest decisions in board games.Leave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/y2eyvquxRead Tony's blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/maxlongstreet/blogsListen to more episodes on Spreaker:

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45. Parks & the New Essential Intro Games

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2020/08/24

Who needs an intro when you have intro games? Today we review Parks, the gloriously beautiful light strategy game that supports our nation's national park system. Is it anything more than a pretty face? Does it hide a 2 million year old supervolcano inside of it? We'll find out.We also talk the best intro games for the modern era. And for some reason a significant number of them look edible. Leave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/y2eyvquxRead Tony's blog:

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