Ep. 41: Tasty Humans & Bad Board Game Mechanisms

In which we review a delicious (and overlooked) new polyomino game, and talk about things games do which we really don’t like.

1:29 The Castles of Burgundy
2:31 Takenoko
3:28 Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
4:39 Mandala
5:49 FEATURE REVIEW – Tasty Humans
22:10 A Feast for Odin, Kingdomino, The Isle of Cats
25:31 FEATURE DISCUSSION – Bad Boardgame Mechanisms
26:31 Candyland and Merlin
27:22 Maracaibo
27:49 Gaia Project and Terra Mystica
28:26 Terraforming Mars
29:28 Chaos in the Old World
30:30 Amul, Wingspan, Terraforming Mars, Orleans
30:53 Agricola, 7 Wonders: Duel, Scythe
32:22 Coup
33:05 Not Alone
34:04 Stratego
34:56 Teotihuacan
35:15 Age of Steam
37:32 Terraforming Mars
39:00 Abomination
39:53 Outlive
40:25 Tainted Grail,This War of Mine, 7th Continent, John Company
42:10 Orleans
42:21 Empires of the Void II
43:06 Scythe
45:15 It’s a Wonderful World, 7 Wonders, Sushi Go, The Isle of Cats
48:18 Magic: The Gathering
50:07 Takenoko
50:52 Eclipse
52:03 Tasty Humans
52:13 The Isle of Cats
52:49 Euphoria
53:03 Ticket to Ride
54:57 Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion