Episode

Ep. 45: Parks and the Best Modern Gateway Games

We review the gorgeous gateway hit Parks, and look at the best recent gateway games – it doesn’t have to be Ticket to Ride or Catan which introduces folks to the board game hobby.

1:05 Macao, Bruges, Amsterdam, Hamburg
4:56 Nidavellir
8:16 On Mars
9:55 Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, Gloomhaven, and Frosthaven
11:31 FEATURE REVIEW – Parks
25:10 FEATURE DISCUSSION – The New Essential Gateway Games
25:24 Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne, Codenames, 7 Wonders, Pandemic, Splendor
27:35 Just One
28:41 Hit Z Road
29:57 High Society
30:08 Point Salad
31:05 Pan Am
32:57 Hanabi, Pandemic, Pandemic: Iberia, Pandemic: Fall of Rome, Pandemic: Season 1
34:38 Mandala
35:59 Everdell
37:03 Stone Age
37:45 Cat Lady
39:34 Wingspan
41:37 Just One
42:35 Through the Desert
43:48 Clank
44:35 Isle of Skye
45:03 Abyss
45:50 Cyclades
46:48 Eclipse, Space Base, Catan, Machi Koro
47:47 Fantasy Realms, Inuit, Sea of Clouds