Our most antecipating game is Floresta, it is not even out and already have the Dice Tower essentials stamp! Seems like t is about a forest in Portugal where we fight wildfires, bring fauna again to the land and try to develop it!
Thanks for the awesome look at Essen! I've been so wrapped up in the debut of Andromeda's Edge - I haven't had any time to look up games at the show yet, and this list will help so much. Cheers - we will miss you there!
Amy's nail polish is so lovely in this vid! Such a beautiful chrome shift 😍 Love Draft & Write Records, the combos feel great! Black Forest is news to me and wow it looks amazing, adding to my list to look out for when it comes to Canada! Thanks for the deep dive 😄
This is the best Essen preview video I have seen this year (and I have seen many😅)! Thanks A LOT for the efforts of looking into all those rules😊 But to sad, you cannot make it there
Great vid guys! I already pre-ordered Black Forest from Advent Games. I love Glass Road, Nusfjord and Ora et Labora, so it looks like an easy winner. Also been trying to pick up the expansions for Nusfjord for ages!
Shame to hear you won't be at Essen! Great thanks for this video, this year will be my first time attending the conference and it's greatly helping me prepare 😊
Maggie, I've been playing a lot of Draft & Write Records solo on BGA this month. Have you tried out the solo version? It's addictive. I'd like to try it multi-player as well and am mulling over whether to purchase the physical game or not. Also, I love the The Red Cathedral and The White Castle, play a lot of solo games, and live in NYC (used to live near the Flatiron Building) so of course I have preordered Flatiron!
Love the overlap games. Always looking for solo and for two player games. My partner isn't a gamer so I don't invest in games without a solo mode anymore. Thank you.
I was at Essen Spiel yesterday. It was my first time and I got a liitle overwhelmed (it wa SO busy and loud). Next year I need to do more research in advance. I ended up only buying Unconcious Mind.
Draft and Write Records is one of my and Kristen's FAVORITE "_ + write" games! It's SOOOOO good, I really hope you get it at some point in person! It's lovely. We can also play on BGA if you ever want to Maggie! hehe
I played Castle Combo once on BGA and had fun with it. I'm curious to see more about your number 1 picks. Especially the Civ game. The Atlantis game sounds kind of interesting too.
Thanks for another great video! Sadly, we didn't get the chance to meet you both at last years SPIEL in Essen. And we also won't make it this year, because we are visiting Australia. So if you have any tips on what to do in Melbourne (board game related, foodie tips, etc.), I'm more than happy to hear them! :)
I'll try my best to watch this in my travel. Thank you for the video, watched the beginning, you two are awesome as always. Anything I should bring back for you two? :) Stella
I won't lie, I started to get distracted because I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me with Amy's nail polish colour lol. Is it green? Is it purple? Is it magic?! Who knows lol. Had been hoping to do Essen this year and really anticipating the Lord of the Rings 7 Wonders Duel. Loving LOTR and 7 Wonders Duel still being such a solid 2 player game... if someone could just come back with a copy would be grrrrreat lol.
Civolution, Suna Valo and Galileo Galilei were already on my list. Unconscious mind will probably arrive after Essen (I backed it) 🤷♀️ I added some games to my list now 😂 Else I'm curious about Windmill Valley and An Age Contrived and the expansions of The White Castle, Radlands and Keep the Heroes out
Looks like Unconscious Mind has arrived in Adelaide (today - Sept 18th, actually) for shipment to its Kickstarter backers over the coming weeks. Hopefully it will make its way around the country before the end of the month.
very interested in Beyond the Horizon but also in Phoenix New Horizon. Two horizons in my most anticipated😅 also I'm very interested in Concilium Urbis, from the same publisher. I just preorder both and flatiron as well
I heard you like nebula… the designers have another game that will be in Essen this year. “Whispering woods”. I had the opportunity to test it, and i think it is much better than nebula. Just letting you know 😊
A shedding game is one where you're trying to get rid of all of your cards to go out before others. Climbing is when you can build on what the previous person played to do so. Different to trick taking as usually you can play multiple cards and the players set the pace (whereas with tricks usually everyone finishes at the same time). Hope that helps! Thanks for watching :)
Our most antecipating game is Floresta, it is not even out and already have the Dice Tower essentials stamp! Seems like t is about a forest in Portugal where we fight wildfires, bring fauna again to the land and try to develop it!
Great list ! I have Men-Nefer, Daitoshi, and Minos on my pre order list :)
🤜🤛 same!
Thanks for the awesome look at Essen! I've been so wrapped up in the debut of Andromeda's Edge - I haven't had any time to look up games at the show yet, and this list will help so much. Cheers - we will miss you there!
Amy's nail polish is so lovely in this vid! Such a beautiful chrome shift 😍
Love Draft & Write Records, the combos feel great! Black Forest is news to me and wow it looks amazing, adding to my list to look out for when it comes to Canada! Thanks for the deep dive 😄
Great video as always 😊
So sad not to see you again in Essen! Great video, thanks!
I am definitely getting FLATIRON. Already preordered it 👍🏻😁
Such a great list! Thanks for sharing.
Draft and Write Records is so much fun, I love it!
Great list, I added a bunch to my list of games to test
Thank you so much for all the effort you put into making this video - even though our are not actually coming to SPIEL.
This is the best Essen preview video I have seen this year (and I have seen many😅)! Thanks A LOT for the efforts of looking into all those rules😊
But to sad, you cannot make it there
Great vid guys! I already pre-ordered Black Forest from Advent Games. I love Glass Road, Nusfjord and Ora et Labora, so it looks like an easy winner. Also been trying to pick up the expansions for Nusfjord for ages!
Shame to hear you won't be at Essen! Great thanks for this video, this year will be my first time attending the conference and it's greatly helping me prepare 😊
So many great games on your list. A shame you are not there this year.
Maggie, I've been playing a lot of Draft & Write Records solo on BGA this month. Have you tried out the solo version? It's addictive. I'd like to try it multi-player as well and am mulling over whether to purchase the physical game or not. Also, I love the The Red Cathedral and The White Castle, play a lot of solo games, and live in NYC (used to live near the Flatiron Building) so of course I have preordered Flatiron!
Love the overlap games. Always looking for solo and for two player games. My partner isn't a gamer so I don't invest in games without a solo mode anymore. Thank you.
So looking forward to Saltfjord as always thought the dice mechanic of Santa Maria looked interesting.
I was at Essen Spiel yesterday. It was my first time and I got a liitle overwhelmed (it wa SO busy and loud). Next year I need to do more research in advance. I ended up only buying Unconcious Mind.
Wonderful video! Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Draft and Write Records is one of my and Kristen's FAVORITE "_ + write" games! It's SOOOOO good, I really hope you get it at some point in person! It's lovely. We can also play on BGA if you ever want to Maggie! hehe
Love the Uwe appreciation! Also really excited for Black Forest, shame to see that it hasn’t been in many other Essen list vids.
Will miss seeing you both there!
I played Castle Combo once on BGA and had fun with it. I'm curious to see more about your number 1 picks. Especially the Civ game. The Atlantis game sounds kind of interesting too.
Draft & Write Records is amazing.
Thanks for another great video!
Sadly, we didn't get the chance to meet you both at last years SPIEL in Essen.
And we also won't make it this year, because we are visiting Australia. So if you have any tips on what to do in Melbourne (board game related, foodie tips, etc.), I'm more than happy to hear them! :)
Just to let you all know, Draft and Write Records, as well as, Castle Combo is on BGA. You can play it today!
I'll try my best to watch this in my travel. Thank you for the video, watched the beginning, you two are awesome as always. Anything I should bring back for you two? :) Stella
Can you sneak in a card game in your euro boxes? 😂 ps. Your travels look amazing! Hope youre having a well deserved break 💓
Thanks for mention Fischen. The german yter are all on heavy euros or party games.
love your videos ! skackleton on my watch list
I won't lie, I started to get distracted because I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me with Amy's nail polish colour lol. Is it green? Is it purple? Is it magic?! Who knows lol. Had been hoping to do Essen this year and really anticipating the Lord of the Rings 7 Wonders Duel. Loving LOTR and 7 Wonders Duel still being such a solid 2 player game... if someone could just come back with a copy would be grrrrreat lol.
Civolution, Suna Valo and Galileo Galilei were already on my list.
Unconscious mind will probably arrive after Essen (I backed it) 🤷♀️
I added some games to my list now 😂
Else I'm curious about Windmill Valley and An Age Contrived and the expansions of The White Castle, Radlands and Keep the Heroes out
Civolution? Yes yes yes
I am also waiting for Milenia and Forges of Ravenshire.
Surprised even myself that Castle Combo and Milcuro were the ones from the list that I wrote down to check after...
Civolution....Think we gonna' need a bigger table......said in true Jaws homage.
Looks like Unconscious Mind has arrived in Adelaide (today - Sept 18th, actually) for shipment to its Kickstarter backers over the coming weeks. Hopefully it will make its way around the country before the end of the month.
very interested in Beyond the Horizon but also in Phoenix New Horizon. Two horizons in my most anticipated😅 also I'm very interested in Concilium Urbis, from the same publisher. I just preorder both and flatiron as well
About Milkuro, Kuro in Japanese means black...
Great video! Thanks!
I remember Beyond the Sun did come in a huge box.
Why you upload a 45 minute video at like midnight, guys? You know what that does to my sleep?
😂😂😂👍🏻
😅😅😅 it delayed my jealousy of not going to Essen at least
It's an Australian conspiracy to drain Americans of sleep.
I heard you like nebula… the designers have another game that will be in Essen this year. “Whispering woods”. I had the opportunity to test it, and i think it is much better than nebula. Just letting you know 😊
What is a shedding/climbing game you mention in the context of Panda Spin? Never heard of that term …
A shedding game is one where you're trying to get rid of all of your cards to go out before others. Climbing is when you can build on what the previous person played to do so. Different to trick taking as usually you can play multiple cards and the players set the pace (whereas with tricks usually everyone finishes at the same time). Hope that helps! Thanks for watching :)
I already have Black Forest on preorder with my FLGS
I would love to read what uwe said about Black Forest. Do you have any link ?
Is there a site that has all of the game's being released at Essen?
I want to see a follow up where you show how close you got to this list
Black Forest and Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth are the big two
"Just take it OUT of space!"
No PHOENIX New Horizon?
I’ve been waiting for someone to put out a re-themed Santa Maria for years.