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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

23:42

Garrett's Games 717: Vadoran Gardens and Gizmos

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/03/29

Shelley and I build some card tableaux this week as we try out a smaller card game with some card orientation to ponder in Vadoran Gardens by Frank West from The City of Games and then play with marbles and use them to 'build' cards into our tableau in Gizmos by Phil Walker-Harding from CMON Limited and many others

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32:40

Garrett's Games 716: Promenade and Atelier

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/03/22

Shelley and I have a great time as art dealers working the market and displaying great paintings in Promenade by Ta-Te Wu from Sunrise Tornado Games Studio then attempt to paint masterpieces in the less-good Atelier: The Painter's Studio from AEG

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25:10

Garrett's Games 715: Caravan and Taverns of Tiefenthal

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/03/15

Shelley and I spend some time discussing moving goods by camels while trying not to get precious objects stolen from you in Caravan by Joseph Huber from Rio Grande Games then have some fun running competing taverns, upgrading our places of business through deck building, puzzle piece flipping, and dice drafting in Taverns of Tiefenthal by Wolfgang Warsch from Schmidt Spiele

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30:30

Garrett's Games 714: Across The United States and...

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/03/09

Shelley and I get to Japanese building games this week as we delve into mall building in HYAKKATEN by Takeshi Okusora from NSG Kurieito then look into the Japanese rendition of building railroads here in the US in Across The United States by Hisashi Hayashi from OKAZU Brand

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28:50

Garrett's Games 713: Bruxelles 1897 and Masters of...

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/03/01

Shelley and I spend some time in late 19th Century Brussels, gaining influence with aristocrats, buying art, building buildings, and placing cards in an array in Bruxelles 1897 by Etienne Espreman from Geek Attitude Games and then head further back in time to a card-game version of Lorenzo il Magnifico Masters of Renaissance by Simone Luciani and Nestore Magone from Cranio Creations

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35:45

Garrett's Games 712: Crystal Palace and Silver & Gold

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/02/23

Shelley and I get another 'draw and draw' title to the table with Silver & Gold from Phil Walker-Harding and Pandasaurus Games then try something more meaty by heading to 19th Century England in time for the World's Fair in Crystal Palace by Carsten Lauber from Feuerland Spiele and Capstone Games

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31:02

Garrett's Games 711: Carcassonne Maps and Orleans...

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/02/16

Shelley and I get a classic game off the shelf with new maps and cool wrinkles that affect play with Carcassonne Maps by Klaus-Jurgen Wrede from Hans im Gluck Great Britain France Benelux Iberian Peninsula Germany and then delve into the BIG BOX new permutation of Orleans Orleans Stories by Reiner Stockhausen and dlp Games

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29:54

Garrett's Games 710 - Qwixx on Board, Anubixx, Te...

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/02/10

Shelley and I celebrate her birthday early with some smaller and shorter games, along with some discussion of games she's been playing with her students in class: Qwixx on Board by Steffen Benndorf & Reinhard Staupe from NSV Anubixx by Steffen Benndorf, Florian Ortlepp and Helmut Ortlepp from NSV Te oder Kaffee by Heike Risthaus and Stefan Risthaus from Ostia Spiele Glisse Glace by Corentin Lebrat, Ludovic Maublanc and Theo Riviere from Djeco Tulum by Harmut Kommerell from Djeco Potomac by Geoffroy

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37:16

Garrett's Games 709: La Stanza, Pictures, and Artbox

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/02/02

Shelley and I draw and recreate art this week with two art-focused games: Pictures by Christian and Daniela Stöhr from PD Verlag Artbox by Artem Lis from Jet Games Studio and Lavka Games and THEN spend time hiring artisans and other famously creative people in La Stanza by Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro and Paulo Soledade from Quined Games

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25:13

Garrett's Games 708: Papillon and Nova Luna

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/01/26

Shelley and I have a great time planting our flowerbeds, collecting gnomes and caterpillars, and placing butterflies in flowers while playing Papillon by J.B. Howell from Kolossal Games then get abstract and we place tiles in our own displays and try to race to get rid of our tokens in Nova Luna by Uwe Rosenberg and Corné van Moorsel from Edition Spielwiese, Pegasus Spiele and Stronghold Games

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39:44

Garrett's Games 707 - Trails of Tucana and Cooper Island

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/01/20

Shelley and I take on another 'draw and draw' game this week, planning out our Trails of Tucana by Eilif Svensson and Kristian Amundsen Østby from Aporta Games then build our rival peninsulas both up AND out, then get in our boats to tour around Cooper Island by Andreas ode. Odendahl from Capstone Games

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35:23

Garrett's Games 706: Maracaibo, Chop! Chop!, and Tulum

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/01/12

Shelley and I talk through a couple of lighter games from Djeco that she can't wait to get into her classroom, as well as a MASSIVE and popular Essen 2019 title. Chop! Chop! by Alexandre Droit from Djeco Tulum by Hartmut Kommerell from Djeco and Maracaibo by Alexander Pfister from Capstone Games, Super Meeple, Game's Up, dlp Games, and others.

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28:07

Garrett's Games 705: Coralia and Carrossel

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2020/01/05

Shelley and I check out two more Essen titles this week, two "C" games that are both beautiful to look at and fun to play: Coralia by Michael Rieneck from R&R Games and Carrossel by Antonio Sousa Lara from MEBO Games

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29:54

Garrett's Games 704: Sorcerer City and 6 Castles

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2019/12/29

Shelley and I have fun laying tiles in two new titles we checked out. First up was 6 Castles by Costa and Rola from Pythagoras and then Sorcerer City by Scott Caputo from Druid City Games had us building our regions from round to round.

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41:10

Garrett's Games 703: Azul Summer Pavillion and Twisty

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2019/12/22

Shelley and I go abstract this week as we get Azul: Summer Pavillion by Michael Kiesling from Next Move Games to the table, followed by a fun filler Twisty by Faouzi Boughida from Djeco We then end the episode with a quick final conversation from Essen with Pontus Nilsson, a gamer friend and Instagram reviewer from Sweden.

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41:09

Garrett's Games 702: Paris New Eden and Paris La Cité...

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2019/12/15

Shelley and I spend our week in Paris for this episode, heading back to the Belle Epoque for Paris La Cité de la Lumière by Jose Antonio Abascal Acebo and published by Devir then we go to post-apocalyptic Paris as humanity rebuilds in Paris New Eden by Florian Grenier and Ludovic Maublanc and published by Matagot

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01:06:23

Garrett's Games 701 - A-Games' Grund and Portolano,...

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2019/12/09

Shelley and I spend some time with two games from Hungary's A-Games Grund by Máté Brunner, Sámuel Lackner, Márton Ollári, and Patrik Venczel and Portolano by Adam Geri then I finish up my conversation with BGG's W. Eric Martin Other games discussed/mentioned: Wingspan Zoom in Barcelona Alubari Catan Tribune (new version due from Spielworxx) 10 Days in the USA China Hansa Traders of the Air

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01:02:28

Garrett's Games 700! Humboldt's Great Voyage and W....

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2019/12/01

Shelley and I spend some time delving into the mancala mechanisms of R&R Games' new title Humboldt's Great Voyage by Remo Conzadori and Nestore Mangone and then I begin a conversation with W. Eric Martin about Essen, games played, and thoughts on the industry. Other Games Discussed: Die Crew Maracaibo Spring on a String Magic Maze on Mars Azul Summer Pavillion The Mind Deep Blue Qwirkle Innovation

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52:27

Garrett's Games 699 - Alubari and Aldie of BGG!

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2019/11/24

Shelley and I have a great time with Snowdonia's brand new cousin Alubari by Tony Boydell from Studio H then I sit down for a chat with BGG's own Scott Alden (Aldie) for a discussion of Essen, BGG and the games we love.

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34:18

Garrett's Games 698 - Zoom in Barcelona and Beth...

Garrett"s Games and Geekiness ·

2019/11/17

Shelley and I have a great time racing around Barcelona taking photos in Zoom in Barcelona by Núria Casellas, Eloi Pujadas, and Joaquim Vilalta from Cucafera Games Then Beth Heile, the Geek Up Bits Goddess and fantastic on-camera interviewer joins me on the microphones from Essen for a discussion of coach houses, games, and bits. Other games mentioned: Glen More II Mystery House Kraftwagen Thebes Targi Quacks of Quedlinberg Krass Kariert

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