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PODCAST

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness

Douglas Garrett

Doug Garrett and his wife Shelley discuss and review the strategy/designer board games they play on this weekly podcast. Interviews with notable names in the hobby, along with designers and publishers, are part of the show.

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All Episodes

39:45

Garrett's Games 757: Whistle Mountain and Red Cathedral

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2021/01/03

Shelley and I fly our different sized dirigibles to gather resources and create machines and scaffolding to build a train trestle in Whistle Mountain by Scott Caputo and Luke Laurie from Bezier Games then we compete to gain the most prestige as we build some of the towers of Moscow's Red Cathedral by Sheila Santos and Israel Cendrero from Devir

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35:42

Garrett's Games 756: Little Town and Lost Ruins of Arnak

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/12/27

Shelley and I compete to construct the best buildings and take advantage of their resources, while feeding our people in Little Town by Shun and Aya Taguchi from Iello Then we find our way onto the Island of Arnak, exploring its treasures and trying to find advantages as we overcome fear in Los Ruins of Arnak by Elwin and Mín from Czech Games Edition We also mention Shun Taguchi's previous title King of Frontier and how both it and Little Town Builders were picked up by bigger publishers as Little

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41:49

Garrett's Games 755: Bonfire and Trimau - Grand Tour

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/12/21

Shelley and I attempt to get rid of all of the cyclists in our hands in Trimau: Grand Tour by Takahiro Amioka from KogeKogeDo then delve deeply into the world of gnomes and Guardians as we try to light the long-dormant fires of Bonfire by Stefan Feld from Hall Games and Pegasus Spiele

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30:17

Garrett's Games 754: Sovereign Skies and Robin of...

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/12/14

Shelley and I explore space and establish diplomatic ties with various planets in Sovereign Skies by Aaron Andrew Wilson from Deep Water Games then we compete to be the best robber of the rich in Robin of Locksley: Contest of Thieves by Uwe Rosenberg from Wyrmgold and Rio Grande Games

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37:20

Garrett's Games 753: Paris and Ticket to Ride -...

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/12/06

Shelley and I build and then obtain businesses in Paris to gain prestige through our ownership in Paris by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling from GameBrewer and the we build cart routes through the Golden Age of Amsterdam in Ticket to Ride Amsterdam by Alan R. Moon from Days of Wonder

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20:54

Garrett's Games 752: Fafnir and Winner Winner Chicken...

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/11/30

Two chicken-themed games this week! First, we're foxes trying to get as many chickens as possible for dinner in Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! by chad Elkins from 25th Century Games Then, we bid for the best eggs from the chicken in Fafnir by Jun Sasaki from Oink Games

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36:21

Garrett's Games 751: Castles of Tuscany and Rajas of...

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/11/23

Shelley and I work at building our respective modular-board regions with various hex-tile buildings in Castles of Tuscany by Stefan Feld from alea then we attempt to build up both our wealth and fame (until they cross in Rajas of the Ganges: The Dice Charmers by Inka and Markus Brand from R&R Games

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31:23

Garrett's Games 750! Iwari and The Isle of Cats

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/11/15

Shelley and I spend some time building our webs of power in Iwari (The Deluxe Edition) by Michael Schacht from ThunderrGryph Games then capture and transport polyomino cats in our respective boast in The Isle of Cats by Frank West from The City of Games

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21:49

Garrett's Games 749: Silver Dagger and Trekking The...

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/11/09

Shelley and I work hard to get our villages cleared of werewolves in Silver Dagger by Ted Alspach from Bezier Games and then we wander the world checking out various sites and collecting touristy trinkets in Trekking the World by Charlie Bink from Underdog Games

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36:53

Garrett's Games 748: Hadara Expansions and Traders of...

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/11/01

Shelley and I get Hadara off the shelf once again to discuss playing it with its expansion: Hadara: Marketplaces and Monuments by Benjamin Schwer and from Hans im Glück then we take a spin with the newest version of Hansa, now with steampunk aspects and called Traders of the Air by Michael Schacht from Compass Games

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30:57

Garrett's Games 747: Pan Am and Ticket to Ride: Stay...

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/10/25

Shelley and I spend some time developing route around the house in Ticket to Ride: Stay at Home (Print & Play) from Alan R. Moon and Days of Wonder then we develop airline routes around the world in Pan Am by Prospero Hall from Funko Games

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14:58

Garrett's Games 746: Tybor the Builder and Medieval...

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/10/18

Shelley and I head back to the Middle Ages for both of this week's games, manipulating multi-use cards to draft workers and citizens and build our village in Tybor the Builder by Dennis Rappel and Alexander Pfister from Mayfair and Lookout Games then we compete to elicit the services of many different experts for our strongholds in Medieval Realms by Carlos Michán Amado from Los Games Entertainment Ltd.

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17:03

Garrett's Games 745: Fluttering Souls, Dreamscape,...

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/10/11

Shelley and I talk about THREE games in this quick episode, and sadly we can't really recommend any of them: First we tried out the 2-player only Fluttering Souls by Joel Lewis from Good Games Publishing next we attempted to collect "dream shards" and build them into proper dreams in Dreamscape by David Ausloos and Pierre Steenebruggen from Sylex Finally, it seems that Terraforming Mars, one of our favorite games, has jumped the shark a bit with the Turmoil Expansion by Jacob Fryxelius from

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33:14

Garrett's Games 744 - Grand Trunk Journey and Heaven...

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/10/04

Shelley and are delivering stuff this week, using trains to deliver a bunch of materials in Grand Trunk Journey by Claude Sirois from Spielworxx then using carts to deliver kegs of beer in Heaven & Ale + the Kegs and More Expansion by Michael Kiesling and Andreas Schmidt from eggertspiele

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28:46

Garrett's Games 743: Succulent and Endangered

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/09/27

Shelley and get two family-oriented games to the table this week, looking first at Succulent by J. Alex Kevern from Renegade Game Studios then at Endangered by Joe Hopkins from Grand Gamers Guild

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35:05

Garrett's Games 742: Fantastic Factories and...

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/09/20

This week Shelley and I add and modify the HEAVY 2018 title Teotihuacan: City of Gods by Daniele Tascini from NSKN and Board&Dice by adding most of the expansions that come in 2019's Teotihuacan: Late Preclassic Period Expansion by Tascini, Rainer Ahlfors, and Andrei Novac Then we race to build our factory towns in Fantastic Factories by Joseph Z Chen and Justin Faulkner from Metafactory Games and Deep Water Games

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24:25

Garrett's Games 741: Welcome To...Expansions and...

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/09/13

Shelley and I get out the much-discussed Welcome To... by Benoit Turpin to the table once again with most recent Easter and Quack expansions Then we check out the brand new stand-alone version Welcome To New Las Vegas by Benoit Turpin and Alexis Allard, both from Blue Cocker and Deep Water Games

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31:32

Garrett's Games 740: Villagers and On Tour

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/09/07

Shelley and I tackle two Kickstarter games in odd-shaped boxes; first we create our own towns in Villagers by Haakon Gaarder from Sinister Fish and then we take the band On Tour by Chad DeShon from BoardGameTables.com

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26:35

Garrett's Games 739 - Tajuto and Traintopia

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/08/30

Shelley and I head to Japan to build different colored pagodas in Tajuto by Reiner Knizia from Super Meeple and Abacusspiele then we head to a world of wonderful trains that move the tourists and workers throughout different networks in Traintopia by Przemek Wojtkowiak from Board&Dice

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22:05

Garrett's Games 738: Tapestry and Second Chance

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/08/23

Shelley and I get to drawing some polyominoes in individual grids in Second Chance by Uwe Rosenberg from Stronghold & Edition Spielwiese then we compete to build our civilizations in Tapestry by Jamey Stegmaier from Stonemaier Games

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