Meeple Nation Board Game Podcast

Meeple Nation delivers your March 2019 News with special guest Ashlee Howard. We discuss: 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 Creature Feature by our friend Kristopher McClanahan of Deeply Dapper Games Throw Throw Burrito from Exploding Kittens High Rise from Formal Ferret Games The Silver River from Robert Burke

MN 0259 Nemesis. The Nemesis Board Game is a thrilling adventure through an Alien-like movie, full of secret missions, alien attacks, betrayal and spaceships. Designed by Adam Kwapiński and published by Awaken Realms.

MN 0258 Star Wars Rebellion 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.

MN 0257 Three Area Control Games We discuss three of our 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 These are older games that show great and unique ways that area control can be used. Plus, they are fun and a little cutthroat.

MN 02256 Area Control and Area Influence 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

MN 0255 February News 2019 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 Imperial Settlers: Roll & Write Dracula’s Feast: New Blood Aftershock Valor and Villainy

MN 0254 Big Trouble in Little China The Game 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.

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!

This week we review the press-your-luck game, winner of the 2018 Kennerspiel des Jahres, Quacks of Quedlinburg

Just flip one more card or roll the dice on more time, right? This week we are talking press your luck games such as Quacks of Quedlingburg, Dead Man's Draw, Incan Gold, or Deep Sea Adventure.

Join us as we talk about gaming goals, what we accomplished and what we didn't. We celebrate Nathan's fantastic gaming year. We also talk news including New Frontiers The City Suburbia Collectors Edition Clank Legacy: Acquisitions Incorportated Proving Grounds ...More

We dip into the mailbag and answer a few questions from listeners, starting with the question of Time Travel in board games.

We talk everything Pandemic including: Pandemic 2008 On the brink 2009 In the Lab 2013 State of Emergency 2015 Pandemic: Contagion 2014 Pandemic: The Cure 2014 Experimental Meds 2016 Pandemic: Legacy Season 1 2015 Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu 2016 Pandemic: Iberia 2016 Pandemic: Rising Tide 2017 Pandemic: Legacy Season 2 2017 Pandemic: Fall of Rome 2018

We discuss NaNoWriMo, Social Deduction, Gaming Goals, App Supported Board Games, and answer a few questions.

Brent and Nathan sit down and talk about their last few days of gaming from BoardGameGeek.Con 2018 in Dallas.  Games played: Poker Two Rooms and a Boom Capital Lux Rebel Nox Discover: Lands Unknown Lost Expedition Sentient Dominion: Nocturne and Renaissance.