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Leviathan Wilds, Through the Desert (Bazaar), Spectral
Hello boardgamers and boardgamees, how are your MEEPLES? Do they need feeding? Watering? Some TLC? Or do they just need a good dose of the Talk Cardboard podcast to refresh that wooden noggin? Well worry not young meeple trainer, we’ve got a new episode digitally bumbling its way to you right now.
A real smorgasboard of delights this week as we take a look at three very different games to suit very different needs. Spectral is a strange melange of deduction and Keyflower style bidding? Does that even work? Does it make sense? Is Ryan Courtney the only designer that can pull this off?
Talking of designers that can pull things off, how about none other than Reiner Knizia himself, who, believe it or not, designed another game. Except he designed this one quite a long time ago and also made a very fresh expansion for it right now. Through the Desert is a mean mean classic and Bazaar is a mixed bag of modules to add some zest.
And finally, a board game based on a beloved video game (unofficially) that doesn’t just work but maybe even surpases its insipiration? Leviathan Wilds is the tabletop version of Shadows of the Colossus and there are moments when it towers above it.
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On to the timestamps:
0:00 Cold Open
1:05 Intro
3:03 Spectral
30:25 Through the Desert (+Bazaar Expansion)
56:55 More letters on Salton Sea
1:01:40 Leviathan Wilds
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @Drumox
    @Drumox Місяць тому

    Ready for this

  • @FBracht
    @FBracht 2 місяці тому

    Arcs is Cole at his Wehrliest. I thought Oath was gonna be this, but no. It’s Arcs.

  • @Drumox
    @Drumox 2 місяці тому

    I haven't pulled the trigger on any Terra Mysticka games yet because I know they're heavy, and the heaviest game I've played lately is Lost Ruins of Arnak. Good to know Terra Nova might be what I should try first

  • @lilpear4333
    @lilpear4333 3 місяці тому

    Personally I’m super intrigued to see what happens with arcs. Cole Wherle is just a different breed and that campaign mode looks like it might help alleviate that issue with agency

  • @a-c-m
    @a-c-m 5 місяців тому

    Interesting discussion on Raising Robots. Would be great to get a discussion/comparison also with the new Wyrmspan. Which of those three games is the best if I wanted to get only one of them ?

  • @francopdx
    @francopdx 6 місяців тому

    Thanks for sharing your thoughts on these games. I love Dune Imperium but never got into the Dune books, so I don't pay much attention to other Dune games, but I did very much enjoy my one play of War of the Ring and my more plays of Star Wars Rebellion, so another game in that vein does sound intriguing. And Daybreak does sound rad. Also, this was my first time listening to the podcast via UA-cam. It was kind of odd to be streaming it through my laptop instead of my phone, but the volume on my laptop goes up higher, so that made it easier to hear while doing chores like washing dishes and whatnot.

  • @Smigolstan
    @Smigolstan 6 місяців тому

    Is there a way to learn what mechanic Efka was talking about in regards to Ticket to Ride, when he mentioned "an old Soviet board game"? Without posting spoiler publicly of course. I want this thing spoiled for me, as I'm genuinely interested in the legacy mechanics, though not enough to play TtR this many times, but don't want to ruin the day of a random person looking through the YT comments if they plan on playing this game. Or at least the name of that board game?

  • @CrabeVideos
    @CrabeVideos 6 місяців тому

    Devastated to hear Efka's opinion on cows.

    • @talkcardboard
      @talkcardboard 6 місяців тому

      Sorry but this isn't the first time I've admitted being anti-cow.

  • @a-c-m
    @a-c-m 6 місяців тому

    Regarding the environmental aspect I fully agree to your views stated in this podcasts. I think avoiding plastic in board games is almost a useless drop in the ocean (I actually hate games without good trays which then force me to use plastic bags. Plastic is not the problem - single use plastic and throwing away plastic is the problem). There is too much consumption of games and FOMO, people buy too many games and chase the cult of the new. Buy less games, play them more often and do more research before buying ! I never buy a game with the thought that I can resell it if a don’t like it. It just feels so wrong. Consumerism is getting the better of many board gamers.

  • @DreyfussFrost
    @DreyfussFrost 7 місяців тому

    Man, Age of Industry is *such* an uninspired name, Efka and Elaine both forgot it's actually Age of Innovation. 😂

  • @Deltium5683
    @Deltium5683 7 місяців тому

    I agree with Elaine about the 2024 games. There are so many games that we haven’t even seen yet and the choices are overwhelming.

  • @Bomtoi
    @Bomtoi 7 місяців тому

    I want a Christmas spider now.