Ep. 92: Welcome to the Moon & variations on a game’s core mechanisms

On today’s episode of Two Wood for a Wheat, we review Welcome to the Moon, the major 8-part interplanetary follow up to the modern classic Welcome to. Then, we discuss variations on a theme, what makes a game worth many iterations.

1:53 Guards of Atlantis 2
2:33 Twilight Struggle, Imperial Struggle
6:06 Hadrian’s Wall
6:45 Le Havre
11:06 Golem
11:22 FEATURE REVIEW – Welcome to the Moon
11:56 Welcome to, Welcome to Las Vegas
14:11 Calico, Cascadia
35:53 Pandemic
56:09 FEATURE DISCUSSION – Variations on a Theme
57:26 Welcome to, Welcome to the Moon, Pandemic, Pandemic Season 1, Pandemic Season 2, Pandemic Season 0, Pandemic Fall of Rome, Pandemic Iberia
58:14 Orleans, Orleans Stories
1:00:21 My City
1:02:14 Roll for the Galaxy
1:03:33 Gloomhaven
1:05:30 Maglev Metro, Golem

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