“Viking and Mouse Attack…”

 
Welcome back to Wooden Cubes & Iron Soldiers. Our first episode of 2013!
It’s been a while!
Lance and Joel spend the episode talking about a myriad of topics and we cover a lot of different games and gaming topics:
CO2, Tzolkin, Space Cadets, Darkest Night, DVG Leader Series, The Hunters, Love Letter, Coup, DC Comics Deckbuilding Game, Power Grid: First Sparks, Lords of Waterdeep, Agricola, Terra Mystica, Torchlight II, Diablo III, XCom, Level 7 Escape, Tabletop, BoardGameGeek, Quarriors, GenCon, BGG.CON, X-Wing Miniatures, Robinson Crusoe, Náufragos, Friday, Clash of Cultures, …

Joel’s favorite games from 2012. See inside for details on how to win Joel’s favorite game of the year!

A truly innovative game on several levels.

Stronghold Games is pleased to announce that Preorders for these highly-anticipated games are now OPEN:

The Long View

On this episode of The Long View, Lloyd Keller and I take a look at the new strategy game CO2. We discuss the theme, the strategies that reveal themselves after repeated play and what may make this the next great gamers game. Thanks to www.2d6.org for hosting the podcast, and thanks to www.gamesurplus.com for their continued sponsorship of The Long View. Thanks to YOU for listening!
~ Geof Gambill
 
 
The Long View: CO2
 

Essen! Woot!

Last year I released a series of articles leading up to Essen where I read and analyzed the rulebooks of games that I thought fell under the title “Gamer’s Games.” They were reasonably popular, and I enjoyed doing them, and I think that I will do them again this year unless there is a general disinterest in the enterprise. In addition to talking about the sort of game the rules present, and my particular reaction to the rules, I will also be talking about my perception of the eventual popularity …