Show Notes
This guy just won't leave... Mark and I in our last, last episode together for a bit. Not to worry I will be rambling ever forward.
In this shorter episode we talk about just the games we played last week, some news and scene.
01.29 -AYURIS: Slay the Spire: The Board Game (Gary Dworetsky, Anthony Giovannetti, and Casey Yano, Contention Games, 2024)
Games Played Last Week:
05:05 -Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders (Tim Eisner and Ben Eisner, Druid City Games, 2024)
07:15 -Innovation Ultimate (Carl Chudyk, Asmadi Games, 2025)
12:47 -The Druids of Edora (Stefan Feld, alea, 2025)
16:00 -Hot Streak (Jon Perry, CMYK, 2025)
20:28 -Bohemians (Jasper de Lange, Portal Games, 2025)
26:49 -The Crew: Mission Deep Sea (Thomas Sing, KOSMOS, 2021)
28:20 -Federation: Piracy (Dimitri Perrier & Matthier Verdier, Explor8, 2025)
35:46 -Fishing (Friedemann Friese, 2F-Spiele, 2024)
37:16 -Formaggio (Ben Rosset, Road to Infamy Games, 2025)
41:15 -News (and why it doesn't matter):
41.18 -Stonemaier release schedule
43:12 -Dark Pact by Thomas Lehman and Trick or Treat Studios
44:57 -New version of Rudiger Dorn's Las Vegas from Ravensburger
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