Boardgames To Go 243 - SdJ & Kennerspiel 2025 Opinions & Predictions

Boardgames To Go 243 - SdJ & Kennerspiel 2025 Opinions & Predictions

Opener: Skara Brae, and again I'm talking about vacation-linked boardgames

Closer: The Dornücopia we've got planned for EsCon in a couple weeks.


I'm always happy to talk about the Spiel des Jahres. The winners, the nominees, the recommended titles, the jury process, and the award's immense, positive impact on our hobby. That goes for the Kennerspiel and Kinderspiel, too...though I'm woefully ignorant about the children's category.


This time it's just me talking about the games, severall of which I've played, but some I've missed. I don't think my predictions for what will win are particularly interesting or insightful--I just like talking about the games and sharing what I think of them. For the SdJ, this year the nominees are Bomb Busters, Flip 7, and Krakel Orakel. (Plus the recommended titles are Agent Avenue, Castle Combo, Cities, Foxy, Perfect Words, and The Animals of Baker Street.)



Then for the Kennerspiel (a category that's only gotten more interesting to me as it has drifted into my preferred game "weight") the nominees are Endeavor: Deep Sea, Faraway, and Looot. (The additional recommended titles are The Gang, Kauri, Medical Mysteries: NYC Emergency Room, and Zenith.)



-Mark

Episoder(290)

BGTG 39 - Oct. 9, 2005 - Essen Anticipation

BGTG 39 - Oct. 9, 2005 - Essen Anticipation

No, I'm not going to Essen this year. But I managed to go once, back in 2003, and not going never stopped me from getting excited about the event. In this podcast I talk about what observed myself whe...

12 Nov 200634min

BGTG 40 - Oct. 16, 2005 - SR: Air Baron & Around the World in 80 Days (plus Feedback)

BGTG 40 - Oct. 16, 2005 - SR: Air Baron & Around the World in 80 Days (plus Feedback)

At last! A session report show! And these days, what's even more important to me than the session report about a couple games is the feedback section. I'm so pleased to get as much feedback as I do, a...

12 Nov 20061h 1min

BGTG 37 - September 25, 2005 - Mark's Wargaming Credentials

BGTG 37 - September 25, 2005 - Mark's Wargaming Credentials

Although this podcast will never be about wargames in a substantial way, I still play the occasional wargame and still consider myself a wargamer. Just an infrequent one. :-) Even though I don't play ...

12 Nov 200647min

BGTG 38A - Oct 4, 2005 - Euro/Wargame Hybrids (with Mike Siggins)

BGTG 38A - Oct 4, 2005 - Euro/Wargame Hybrids (with Mike Siggins)

Listener, Siggins.Siggins, Listener.The oldtimers in this hobby will recognize the name instantly, as well as my play on Ken Tidwell's introduction of Mike Siggins to his new readers on the Internet. ...

12 Nov 200656min

BGTG 38B - Oct 4, 2005 - Euro/Wargame Hybrids (with Mike Siggins)

BGTG 38B - Oct 4, 2005 - Euro/Wargame Hybrids (with Mike Siggins)

Mike suggested his own topic for this podcast: the elusive hybrid game that combines elements of Euro games (short play, elegant mechanics, nice bits) and wargames (real history, maybe nice maps). To ...

12 Nov 20061h 13min

BGTG 35 - SR: Kablamo, Bootleggers, Indus

BGTG 35 - SR: Kablamo, Bootleggers, Indus

I think this is settling into a standard format for this podcast: an audio session report show with feedback/letters section tacked onto the end for BGTG-aholics. (The other standard format is the the...

12 Nov 200656min

BGTG 36A - All About Verräter (with Greg Aleknevicus - Part 1)

BGTG 36A - All About Verräter (with Greg Aleknevicus - Part 1)

You can tell from the date that I've had this show recorded for a week already. The "All About" shows are often my most well-regarded . . . by both my listeners and myself! So you know I didn't want t...

12 Nov 200624min

BGTG 36B - All About Verräter (with Greg Aleknevicus - Part 2)

BGTG 36B - All About Verräter (with Greg Aleknevicus - Part 2)

Here's part 2 of the show, the longer part that is the in-depth treatment of Verräter. You know, I'd love to get a translation of Casasola Merkle's "Entsehung" page for the game. It tells the story of...

12 Nov 20061h 5min

Populært innen Fritid

rss-spartsklubben
mil-etter-mil-en-podcast-om-bil
nerdelandslaget
interiorradet
jegerpodden
livet-pa-veien-med-jan-erik-larssen
jakt-og-fiskepodden
level-backup
menn-uten-midje-kan-ogsa-lese
podme-bio-3
rss-jegerpodden
kaffeskal-med-hollund-krogh
villmarksliv
fjellsportpodden
rss-var-forste-kaffe
strikkepodden
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
grontpodden
hagespiren-podcast
rss-hestenes-klan