Join your hosts as we discuss some great games. Nathan loves him some hidden roles, and these four games highlight a great use of the mechanic. Games discussed: Don't Mess with Cthulhu Bang! and Bang! The Dice Game Salem and Sheriff of Nottingham We're not sure if that last one is hidden roles or not, but Dave is special, so we didn't tell him to take his sweet voice and go home.
We talk all things hidden roles. What does Nathan find so appealing about seeking out the traitor or becoming one to turn the tables on the heroes? We discuss: Dead of Winter Don’t Mess with Cthulhu Battlestar Galactica Shadows over Camelot One night anything Werewolf Betrayal at House on the Hill Resistance Secret Hitler Spyfall Dark Moon Betrayal Legacy The Thing: infection at Outpost 31 Werewords TimeBomb Evolution Deception: murder in Hong Kong...
So much news coming out of GenCon. Join your GenCan'ter hosts as we discuss all of the hot new game announcements.
The Lord of the Rings - Journeys in Middle-earth is an app-driven exploration game in the world of Middle-earth by Fantasy Flight. This is a spiritual successor to the app-driving plugged into their Imperial Assault and Decent properties, but this game was designed that was from the ground up. If you love Middle-earth, you will enjoy this game. If you don't mind a phone giving you all of the game's details, this will work. Ryan is unconvinced.
Dinosaur Island by Pandasaurus Games utilizes Action Points, Dice Rolling, Set Collection, Tile Placement, and Worker Placement all to replicate the great documentary Jurrassic Park. We only lose a few patron in the process. Well, every turn. It's okay. They keep coming anyway.
Your hosts each pick a tile placement game that make great use of the mechanic and talks about why we like it. Our game choices are: Nathan - Number 9 Logan - Escape Ryan - Between Two Cities
Tile placement is awesome. We love it, and we discuss for a half hour our favorite games that use tile placement well. Games we talk about are, in no particular order: Carcassonne Azul Galaxy Trucker Suburbia Takenoko Patchwork Castles of Mad King Ludwig Dinosaur Island Kingdomino Tsuro Scrabble Vikings Viceroy Magic Maze We definitely don't mention Attica again....
Join your hosts as we discuss some great new games coming out soon. We talk: Clank! Expeditions: Temple of the Ape Lords Magic Maze: On Mars Robin Von Locksley Aftermath Star Wars: Outer Rim Proving Grounds 3 Laws of Robotics Monster Slaughter Deep Blue Tasty Humans The Isle of Cats...
We discuss three games or two players or best with two players: Reckoners Designers: Brett Sobol, Seth Van Orden Publisher Nauvoo Games One Deck Dungeon Designer: Chris Cieslik Publisher: Asmadi Games Battle Line Reiner Knizia GMT Games
Nathan finally gets to review Star Wars: Legion by Fantasy Flight and talk about his expanding troops and terrain. SW: Legion is a 2 player game where players pit the rebellion against the might of the Empire. Assemble your point based squad, heroes, villains and vehicles and try to destroy your opponent. Fun times. Just watch out for Darth Vader.
Join your hosts as we talk about playing awesome games two player. We hit games designed specifically for two people, co-op games, and games of variable player counts, but shine with two players. Also Nathan talks about raising his girls to love games too. Some games we discuss include: Star Wars Rebellion Not Attika Star Wars X-wing Lost Cities Ballon Cup Patchwork Catan Card Game Starship Catan Star Realms Tally Ho 7 Wonders: Duel Splendor Chronicles of Crime Codenames: Duet...
Dave joins us again as we talk gaming goals and SaltCON Summer. We discuss: Chronicles of Crime The Reckoners Big Trouble in Little China Ultimate Werewolf Magic Maze Robo Rally Shadows over Camelot Deception: Murder in Hong Kong Don’t Mess with Cthulhu And others.
Spiel des Jarhes nominees. Catan: Starfarers, Asmodee Ecos: First Continent, John D. Clair and AEG Dead Reckoning, John D. Clair and AEG Pandemic: Rapid Response and Z-man Raccoon Tycoon: The Fat Cat Expansion Fickle: A Fairy Board Game, BARD Games Tiny Towns: Peter McPherson and AEG
The exciting journey into the world of Aeon's End, Legacy style. Nathan loves legacy games already and Ryan even said that he likes the game at one point! Friend Dave joins us again as we talk about this fun new deck builder!
In this episode, we discuss all things Legendary, including Marvel, Alien, Buffy, and the rest. We talk The Quest for El Dorado, which mixes deck building with a spacial race across platters full of different terrain types. We end on Clank! In! Space!, which is a glorious ride through science fiction pop culture with deck building while stealing artifacts from a space ship. It's beautiful.
Deck/bag/dice builders are games where your starting deck or pool changes throughout the game as you buy more cards or cull cards. We love this mechanic and talk through the game that started it all: Dominion. Other games we discuss are: Thunderstone (all varieties) Clank! Mystic Vale Arkham Horror TCG Star Realms (Hero Realms) Tyrants of the Underdark
The City of Kings is a co-operative tactical role-playing board game for 1 - 4 players. Your unique hero ventures out from the City of Kings to explore tiles, gather resources and vanquish monsters. Designed by Frank West and Published by The City of Games
Meeple Nation talks April 2019 News. We cover Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein! Space Base: Command Station Game of Thrones: Oathbreaker Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Core Set Kingdom Rush: Rift in Time Venom Assault: Villains and Valour Takendo Giant: Chibis and Terraforming Mars : Turmoil
Call to Adventure challenges 2-4 players to create the hero with the greatest destiny by acquiring traits, facing challenges, and overcoming adversaries. Designed by Johnny O'Neal and Christopher O'Neal Published by Brotherwise Games
Tableau Building is a fantastic family of games. In this episode, your hosts select a game each and detail how their chosen game utilizes tableau building for fun and profit. Innovation by Carl Chudyk and Asmadi Games Charterstone by Jamey Stegmaier and Stonemaier games. Near and Far by Ryan Laukat and Red Raven Games
Your hosts, Nathan, Ryan and Logan discuss Tableau building games and what makes them great. From Race for the Galaxy and 7 Wonders to Citadels and Terraforming Mars, tableau builders give players an array or components (cards, tiles, player boards, etc.) to buy, build, manipulate and combine for victory points. You hopefully create an engine for fun and profit.
Meeple Nation was at SaltCON 2019 and ran a bunch of games. Listen to get our highlights of the con. We hosted Brent Mair's Puzzlehunt, the Game Show, a bunch of Werewolf and a dozen other social deduction games. We had a blast.
The hosts of Meeple Nation deliver your March 2019 News with special guest Ashlee Howard. We discuss a bunch of forthcoming games including: Star Wars: Outer Rim from Fantasy Flight Terraforming Mars: Turmoil from Stronghold Ravnica Inquisition from Wizkids Time Breaker from Looney Labs Talisman: Kingdom Hearts from USAopoly Hako Onna from Ejin and Wizkids and Kickstarters: Creature Feature by our friend Kristopher McClanahan of Deeply Dapper Games Throw Throw Burrito from Exploading Kittens Hig...
Join the Nation as we gush about the board game Nemesis by Awaken Realms, designed by Adam Kwapiński. This epic board game is loosely based on the Alien franchise. You start the game waking from hibernation to find a crew member with a hole in their chest and blood everywhere. Each player has hidden objectives they need to complete in order to win, but you first have to survive. Mechanics: Campaign / Battle Card Driven Cooperative Play Dice Rolling Modular Board Partnerships Player Elimination V...
Nathan has been itching to bring Star Wars Rebellion from Fantasy Flight to the podcast. Nathan is a sucker for all thing Star Wars, and he's pretty lucky because Fantasy Flight always delivers a quality play experience. Logan has Nathan's back. Ryan just doesn't seem to like games. Listen as we discuss the flavor and mechanics of Star Wars Rebellion.
Join Meeple Nation as your hosts discuss three of their favorite area control games. We each chose a game that uses the mechanic in different ways, and different than Risk. The chosen games are: Carolvs Magnvs (2000) by Leo Colovini Carcassonne (2000) by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition) (2011) by Christian T. Petersen All of these are older games. We think they show great and unique ways that area control can be used in board games. Plus, they are fun and a l...
Area Control games like Risk tend to have a bad rap in our playgroup, but does that make the mechanic problematic? Many players love area control and seek out games like Heroes of Land, Sea, and Air, Twilight Struggle and Scythe. Join Meeple Nation as we discuss those games as well as Area Control games like El Grande. Other games discussed: Spirit Island Terra Mystica Carolus Magnus Attika Carcassonne Tyrants of the Underdark Bunny Kingdom...
Join the Meeple Nation with your hosts Nathan and Ryan as they discuss the board game news for February 2019. Will every property release a roll & write version? Will Nathan buy all the kickstarters? Only one way to find out... We discuss: The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth Chronicles of Crime: Noir/Welcome to Redview Gloomhaven: Forgotten Circles Tuki from Next Move Games Imperial Settlers: Roll & Write Dracula’s Feast: New Blood Aftershock Valor and Villainy...
Join Meeple Nation with your hosts Ryan, Nathan, and guest host Logan as we discuss Big Trouble in Little China The Board Game. Big Trouble is Nathan's all time favorite movie, so the game has a lot to live up to. Will Nathan ever choose a different character than Jack Burton? Will he stop quoting the movie long enough to take his turn? Only one way to find out? I'm a reasonable guy. But, I've just experienced some very unreasonable things. Year 2018 Designers Christopher Batarlis Boris Polonsky...
This week we continue our discussion of press-your-luck in games as we talk card flips in Dead Man's Draw, gear dice selection and dice rolling in Formula D, and progressing deeper and pushing clank in the game Clank!
