Ep. 94: The Guild of Merchant Explorers & our favorite ugly games

We review the Guild of Merchant Explorers, the medium weight flip and place filler about exploring new lands and creating settlements before the end of the age. Then we’re discussing ugly ducklings, the ugly board games that we love.

2:23 Merchants of the Dark Road
4:11 Wonderland’s War, Rising Sun, The Quacks of Quedlinberg
5:41 Space Station Phoenix, Race for the Galaxy, Beyond the Sun
6:32 Messina: 1347
8:06 FEATURE REVIEW – The Guild of Merchant Explorers
16:27 Kingdom Builder, Trails of Tucana
17:52 Tiny Towns
19:34 Hallertau
22:14 Gloomhaven
28:52 FEATURE DISCUSSION – Ugly Ducklings
29:23 Acquire
29:59 Anno: 1800
31:22 My City
32:02 Kingdom Builder
33:04 Beyond the Sun
34:06 Tasty Humans
34:57 Castles of Burgundy
35:59 Terra Mystica
36:51 Boonlake, Cloudage, Maracaibo
38:47 Signorie
39:58 Imperial Steam
42:40 Steam, 18XX
43:28 Beyond the Sun
44:32 Coffee Trader
46:57 Carpe Diem
48:56 Food Chain Magnate
49:37 Horseless Carriage
50:38 Tyrants of the Underdark
52:59 Race for the Galaxy
56:53 Space Station Phoenix

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