BGWS 033 – Blue Moon City

November 17, 2006 at 4:54 am · Filed under All Posts, Allvideos, Family Games, Strategy Games / Eurogames

Blue Moon City is a strategy racing game about making clever card combinations more effectively than opponents. (20:09)

This week on Board Games with Scott, host Scott Nicholson explores Blue Moon City. This game is set in the the world of Blue Moon, which is a popular 2-player card game. In this board game, players are rebuilding the wartorn city through bringing together the races of the area. It is a racing game where players are trying to be the most effective using their resources in clever ways to rebuild more of the city.

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You can order Blue Moon City through Funagain Games.

If you decide to purchase a copy of Blue Moon City because of this video, let the publisher, Fantasy Flight Games, at http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/contact.html . This does make a difference!

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BGWS 032 – Carcassonne: The Discovery

November 1, 2006 at 5:36 am · Filed under All Posts, Allvideos, Family Games, Strategy Games / Eurogames

Carcassonne is a tile-laying game, highly recommended for families and new players to Eurogames. (14:04)

This week on Board Games with Scott, host Scott Nicholson explores Carcassonne: The Discovery. Carcassonne is a series of games; the original one was about building cities and fields, and the resulting board looked like Carcassonne in France. There have been many other Carcassonne games in the line; this one was designed for new players to the series. The result is a good introduction to not only tile-laying games but these types of eurogames as well. (Also, seasoned players of the series should take a look – this version of Carcassonne has some key differences that give it some interesting decisions.)

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You can order Carcassonne: The Discovery (and support BGWS) through Funagain Games.

If you decide to purchase a copy of Carcassonne: The Discovery because of this video, let the publisher, Rio Grande Games, know through an e-mail to riogames@aol.com . This does make a difference! Disclaimer: I did get a review copy of this game from the publisher.

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Special audio show about my Essen experience

October 29, 2006 at 8:27 pm · Filed under All Posts

I recently returned from the Essen game fair in Germany. It was my first trip, so I wanted to make an audio show about my personal experiences there. I took about 8 hours of footage from the show, so you can expect to see a lot about the Essen games over the next 6 months, so I didn’t talk about specific games. Instead, I focused on what it was like for me as a first-time Essen attendee.

You can listen to this at

http://www.archive.org/download/bgws_essentalk/bgws_essentalk.mp3

P.S. I’d like to thank all of you who said “Hi” at Essen. That was really meaningful to me. Thanks!

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BGWS 031 – Du Balai / Wicked Witches Way

October 12, 2006 at 5:50 am · Filed under All Posts, Allvideos, Family Games

Du Balai is a fantasy-themed puzzle game where players all play at the same time trying to find one of two solutions. (15:29)

Note – I’m posting this a week early, as I’m heading to Essen soon. The next episode of BGWS will be posted Nov. 3rd, so if you need to, ration this episode appropriately.

This week on Board Games with Scott, Scott Nicholson takes a look at the French game, Du Balai. (It has since come out in English as Wicked Witches Way.) In this game, players are witches and warlocks flying in a broom race. To advance, players must figure out one of two spells by looking for unique single-color symbols rolled on a large quantity of dice. This type of game is known as a simultaneous puzzle game, as players are all working on the same puzzle at the same time.

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If you decide to purchase a copy of Du Balai because of this video, let the publisher, Asmodee Games, know through an e-mail to asmodee@asmodee.com. This does make a difference! Disclaimer: I did get a review copy of this game from the publisher.

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BGWS 030 – Ad Acta with designer Andrea Meyer

October 6, 2006 at 4:36 am · Filed under All Posts, Allvideos, Strategy Games / Eurogames

Ad Acta is a game about being a civil servant involving card and queue management and a good dose of humor. (25:20)

This week on Board Games with Scott, designer Andrea Meyer joins Scott Nicholson to talk about her game, Ad Acta. This game takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to civil servitude as players attempt to get their work done at the right time while delaying the work of others. Andrea also talks about two of her other games, Wordwild and Hossa, and discusses some of the issues in being a game designer and a game publisher.

The site for Andrea’s company, Bewitched Spiele, is at http://www.bewitched-spiele.de/.

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I make one small mistake in the video – during a rules review, I say that the messenger takes files from the inbox. They actually take files from the outbox.

You can order Ad Acta (and support BGWS) through Funagain Games.

If you decide to purchase a copy of Ad Acta because of this video, let the publisher, Bewitched Spiele, know through an e-mail to info@bewitched-spiele.de

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BGWS 029 – Easter Island

September 22, 2006 at 3:23 am · Filed under All Posts, Allvideos, Strategy Games / Eurogames, Two-Player Games

New! There is a PayPal donate button over to the right on the main site, if you’d like to help support the show directly. I’m trying to upgrade some of my equipment.

Easter Island is a a two-player strategy game about bouncing light beams around the board in an attempt to destroy your opponent’s pieces. (10:38)

This week on Board Games with Scott, Scott Nicholson explores Easter Island. In this two-player abstract(ish) strategy game, players move pieces that can reflect beams of light. Players can also shoot beams of light from off the board, reflecting these beams around in an attempt to destroy their opponent’s pieces.

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You can order Easter Island (and support BGWS) through Funagain Games.

If you decide to purchase a copy of Easter Island because of this video, let the publisher, Twilight Creations, know! Disclaimer: I did get a review copy of this game from the publisher.

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BGWS 028 – Timbuktu / Tombouctou

September 7, 2006 at 5:21 am · Filed under All Posts, Allvideos, Family Games, Strategy Games / Eurogames

New! Order the BGWS DVD, with episodes 1-9 and a special episode on Aquadukt.

Timbuktu is a lighter-weight deduction game where players lead herds of camels through the dangerous desert, avoiding traps and delivering goods. (17:15)

This week on Board Games with Scott, Scott Nicholson explores Timbuktu. This is a deduction game from Germany where players attempt to carry goods via camels safely to Timbuktu. As the game goes on, dastardly theives await at the oases to steal goods from camels that happen to be in the wrong place. Players deduce the safe places to travel through cards and observation.

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If you would prefer, this episode has also been subtitled in Spanish, which you can see at
http://video.google.es/videoplay?docid=2806843126275083523&hl=es

You can order Timbuktu (and support BGWS) through Funagain Games.

If you decide to purchase a copy of Timbuktu because of this video:
– If you are in the US, let Rio Grande know.
– If you are overseas, let Queen Games know.
This does make a difference! Disclaimer: I did get a review copy of this game from the publisher.

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HourCNY appearance and details

August 25, 2006 at 4:07 am · Filed under All Posts

On Friday, August 25th, I appeared on the HourCNY talk show in Syracuse on a 14-minute live segment about boardgaming with your kids.


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If you are visiting BGWS from that show, welcome!

Here’s more information on the games I demonstrated:

You can see my previous HourCNY segments at http://scottnicholson.com/games/hourcny.html

Want to play games? The Syracuse Boardgamers is a public group for playing board games. We meet at Play the Game, Read the Story on Tuesday nights from 5-10 pm.

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BGWS 027 – Tahuantinsuyu with Alan Ernstein

August 25, 2006 at 2:54 am · Filed under All Posts, Allvideos, Strategy Games / Eurogames

Tahuantinsuyu is a medium-weight strategy game where players build roads, cities, and temples in a historical setting based on the Inca empire. (27:22)

This week on Board Games with Scott, game designer and publisher Alan Ernstein joins me to talk about his game, Tahuantinsuyu. This game is set in the Inca empire and many of the elements about the game are based on history. In the game, players are building roads, cities, and temples as they expand the glorious empire. Clever card play and changing turn length force players to adjust strategies to changing game situations.

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You can see many other games by Alan over at http://www.hangmangames.com/.

You can order Tahuantinsuyu (and support BGWS) through Funagain Games.

If you decide to purchase a copy of Tahuantinsuyu because of this video, let Hangman Games know at uriuchu@hangmangames.com . This does make a difference!

Coming Soon! The First Board Games with Scott DVD is in the final publication stages. This will have episodes 1-9 and a special DVD-only episode remastered for DVD-quality watching on your television!

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BGWS 026 – GiftTRAP

August 11, 2006 at 2:44 am · Filed under All Posts, Allvideos, Family Games, Party Games

GiftTRAP is party game focused on selecting the best gift for your other players. (16:06)

This week on Board Games with Scott, I’m taking a look at GiftTRAP. This is a new party game by a new publisher. It’s lavishly produced, as you will see, and is focused on the acts of getting and giving gifts. The winner of the game is the person whom is the best getter and the best giver.

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f you decide to get a copy of GiftTRAP after this episode of BGWS, please let the GiftTRAP people know about the impact BGWS had. This does make a difference! Disclaimer: I did get a review copy of this game from the publisher.

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