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 [...]
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BGWS 025 – Aqua Romana
Aqua Romana is a light strategy tile-laying game about digging aquaducts, cutting off your opponents and avoiding being cut off yourself. (11:01) This week on Board Games with Scott, I’m taking a look at Aqua Romana. This game is in the tile-laying family, so has a similar feel to Caracassonne, Tsuro, or Streetcar/Linie 1. The [...]
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BGWS 009 – Santiago
Santiago is a light-weight strategy game about planting and irrigating crops in a hostile environment. Mechanics involve bidding and placing tiles. (12:31) This week, I’m taking a look at Santiago. In this game, you bid for the right to select tiles, bribe one of the players to get irrigation, and set up temporary alliances throughout [...]
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BGWS 006 – Mah Jong In Depth
Mah Jong is a traditional tile-based game similar to Rummy, good for all ages. (23:04) Happy Chinese New Year! To honor the new year, this week’s episode is about Mah Jong! Mah Jong is not about matching pairs of tiles, despite the hundreds of computer games with that name. This is akin to calling a [...]
BGWS 005 – Heroscape
Heroscape – A light miniatures battle game that is good for kids and adults.(12:13) Based upon a suggestion from a viewer, I’ve decided to look at a game that you can get at your local toy store (as compared to the specialty shops for many of these games). This is a miniature battle game called [...]