Well, until I sort out the Power Grid show, here is a Session Review show that is almost a companion to the Rectangular Table Discussion show about Women and Gaming. It was recorded for our marathon Game Day in March where I played way too many fillers and not enough meaty games. But that is okay - we had a load of fun and it gave me a chance to try out two unplayed games from my collection: King Me! and Mall World.

I actually forgot to mention how incredibly cool the bits are in Diamant, too. They are really nice and I recommend getting this charming game even though it is not available in the US (except through specialty retailers).

Incidentally, this picture is of one of our recent game days where Memoir '44 was played. The fellow in gray is Matt Grimaldi - an old friend of mine who is the co-host on the Power Grid show. In the foreground is my buddy Chad - who has the distinction of being mentioned not only frequently on this show, but he was also namechecked on the Dice Tower last year when he visited the illustrious Tom and Joe while on Korea for business. Why, Tom even complained that Chad kept taking the role he wanted in Puerto Rico. I know what he means - Chad can be annoyingly good at games! Chad will also appear on BGB soon on the upcoming RTD on Games Workshop Games of the 80's, if I should ever get around to buying Total Recorder so I can get our friend Bernie on there, too, via Skype. 

Next up: Power Grid: In depth (once I can edit this whole thing, which is likely going to be released as a two-parter). 

Show Notes

Games Mentioned: 

That's Life! (which I refer to by its German name Verflixxt! occasionally)

Diamant

Wheedle

Taj Mahal

King Me! (BGG even has a Trekkie version for you Trek-geeks)

Coloretto

Mall World

Niagara

King's Breakfast

Shadows Over Camelot

TransEuropa

For Sale

Gulo Gulo

Power Grid (Italy/France Maps)

6 Nimmt! (wow, that's three games that have exclamation points in their titles)

Pit (which sometimes has an exclamation point)

Kremlin

Reef Encounter

Caylus

Railroad Tycoon 

Other links:

St.Patrick's Day

Irish Soda Bread

Shamrocks

Dice

Bruno Faiduitti's Ideal Game Library (in French and English)

Tom Hanks

Attila the Hun

The Vintage Gamer Discusses Pit (which is still a lousy game, but Jim Van Verth somehow still recorded an interesting show on it)

Indiana Jones

Mayfair Games

Da Vinci Games

Apparently, the comments field on the blog here was broken for some people. I gather this has been out of commission for quite a while since a few people have not gone, "oh, yeah - I've been trying to post there for a while." Thanks to Paul Allwood for letting me know that it wasn't working properly - it should be fine now. If you have any difficulty, please let me know.

The Power Grid show has been delayed due to technical difficulties. Despite having been recorded, there are some complications. It is coming, I'll probably drop a previously recorded Session Review in first since that one is ready to go and the PG show still has some ways to go.

Finally, some changes are a-foot. I'm hoping to make the site a little more attractive soon and there may be a few other surprises, too. Stay tuned.

Thanks for downloading and listening to Boardgame Babylon.

Ever wanted to play Puerto Rico with your preschooler? Keythedral with your kindergartener?

In this show, my children Alaric and Gwyndolyn (ages 6 and 4) join me to discuss some of the variants we play of popular strategy designer games. Why wait any longer to begin your pre-K child's lifelong addiction to the board game hobby?

Show Notes

Games Mentioned:

Caylus

Wallenstein

Can't Stop

Advanced Squad Leader

Die Macher

Reef Encounter

Puerto Rico

Elefun

Railroon Tycoon

Jenga

Ricochet Robot

Yahtzee Jr.

Other Links:

Hard Games Made Harder For Hardcore Gamers

Martin Wallace

Boohbah

Sid Sackson

Skittles

Puerto Rico (the not-a-state, not the game)

M&Ms

Coral

Oompa Loompas

CRTs

Toy Story

Eagle Games (doing something about the board, incidentally)

Temporary Tattoos

Line of Sight

Furbys (my apologies for including a link to Hasbro - darn! Did it again!)

Huh?

I've just finished recording the Power Grid: In depth show with my good friend Matt Grimaldi and it's a loooooooong one. I suppose it's a long game anyway, so Power Grid fans will enjoy that (yes, Matt - another little dig).

Needless to say, part of my interest in doing this show was focusing on a game I do not particularly like and trying to dig in a little and discuss why as we go over the game at length. I even played the game a couple of extra times recently just to get ready for the show. See how I suffer for this podcast?

I'll start editing today but I'm still torn about whether to break it up into two shows (raw, it is over two hours). We'll see how much hits the editing floor and then I'll make a decision. Stay tuned. 

And, yes, those are Matt's arms above the French Power Grid map in the picture here.