Ep. 48: Nova Luna & the Soul of a Game

October 5, 2020 Pat Flannery

We review the Spiel-nominated Nova Luna, a time track tile-laying game reimplemented by the brilliant Uwe Rosenberg. Then, just in time for spook-tober, we discuss what gives a game its soul. That’s right, Eurogames have souls too!

1:10 Coatl & Truffle Shuffle
1:55 Alice’s Garden & Wonderland War
3:20 Tekhenu, Terraforming Mars, & Terraforming Mars: Colonies expansion
4:15 Spyfall
5:03 Gaia Project
5:50 Kingdom Builder & Dominion
7:55 Marco Polo 2
8:12 Calico
8:20 My City
8:30 Tekhenu
8:55 FEATURE REVIEW – Nova Luna
22:22 FEATURE DISCUSSION – The Soul of a Game
24:07 Nova Luna
24:35 Ingenious
26:57 Terraforming Mars, Point Salad, & Race for the Galaxy
28:40 Food Chain Magnate, Eclipse, Twilight Struggle, & Rising Sun
29:44 Chess
30:05 Dogs of War
32:20 Sea of Clouds
33:35 Abomination
34:50 Dune
37:06 Underwater Cities, A Feast for Odin, & Maracaibo
39:25 Heaven & Ale
40:09 Teotihuacan
41:13 Res Arcana
42:50 Lisboa & On Mars
44:49 Just One
46:17 Quacks of Quedlinburg
47:16 Blood Rage & Rising Sun, Root
50:46 Altiplano, Carpe Diem, High Rise
53:27 Castles of Burgundy
54:03 This War of Mine

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