Garrett's Games 1011: Classic Games & Replays of Spiel 2024
Release Date: 09/21/2025
Garrett's Games 1028: Postcards and Photo Tour North America
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Shelley and I are traveling through our games this week, heading first to France to bike around the countryside in Postcards by Eric Dubus and Simon Kayne fron Synapses Games then we check out the northern part of our own continent in Photo Tour North America by Oleg Meleshin, Eugene Timashov and Yury Yamshchikov from Timashov Publishing Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games, and check out their web store at ! You can sponsor this poscast and our video series directly by going to OR check out the extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table: ...
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Garrett's Games 1027: Doug & Shelley's TOP 10 of 2025 (with a few Honorable Mentions!)
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Now that it's ACTUALLY 2026, we can look ack on 2025 and run through our Top 10 games that we first played in 2025. If you want to go back and listen to our list from the first 1/2 of the year, head here: EPISODE 1000: Here are our lists, including the Honorable Mentions, as well as the episode and possible video links for each game: Doug's List Honorable Mentions (5) Please Don't Burn This Village by Simon Weinberg from Fireside Games Audio: Video: Everdell Silverfrost by James and Clarissa Wilson from Starling Games & Tabletop Tycoon Audio: Video: Looot by Charles Chevallier...
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Garrett's Games 1026: Forestry and Paws Up
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Episode 1026! This week Shelley and I work with trees, both logging them and becoming stewards of the forest in Forestry by Michal Peichl from Pink Troubadour, Capstone Games, and Pegasus Spiele then we work our media accounts with cute animal photos in Paw Up by Reiner Knizia from Pegasus Spiele Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games! Remember that YOU can sponsor the podcast directly by going to OR checking out our extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table:
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Garrett's Games 1025: Druids of Edora and Kartini: From Darkness to Light
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Shelley and I work to help young women come to power and influence in the late 19th and early 20th century in Kartini: From Darkness to Light by Sherria Ayuandini from ION Game Design then we head to the British Isles and hang out with the pagans in Druids of Edora by Stefan Feld from Alea and Ravensburger Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games! Remember you can support the podcast and our video series over on YouTube by going to OR check out our extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table:
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Garrett's Games 1024: Llama Llama, Sanctuary, and For The Emperor
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GG&G 1024! This week Shelley and I check out two mini-box games from Allplay Llama Llama by Kaya Miyano For the Emperor by Whitney Loraine Then check out a bigger game, which is actually the smaller cousin of Ark Nova Sanctuary by Mathias Wigge from Capstone Games and Feuerland Spiele Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games! Remember you can support the podcast and our video series (for which we have editions for each of these games) by going to OR check out the extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table:
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Garrett's Games 1023: The Hanging Gardens and Please Don't Burn My Village
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GG&G 1023! Shelley and I build gardens and bribe dragons this week in two great family-weight games The Hanging Gardens by Gregory Grard and Matthieu Verdier from Gigamic and Please Don't Burn My Village by Simon Weinberg from Fireside Games Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games! Remember that you can support the podcast by heading over to OR check out the extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table:
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Garrett's Games 1022: Dewan from Space Cowboys and Aquaria from Delicious Games
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This week we bring you a quick review from BGG.con of the building-placement game Dewan by Johannes Goupy and Yoann Levet from Space Cowboys then we build our respective aquariums in Aquaria by Tomas Holek from Delicious Games Remember you can support the podcast at or check out our extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16ovRDNBqur0RiAzgFAfI0tYYnjlJ68hoHyHffU7ZDWk/edit?usp=sharing
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Garrett's Games 1021: Orloj: The Prague Astronomical Clock, Dragonarium (redux) and Up or Down
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This week we make a quick correction of our review last week because we missed a rule in Dragonarium by Wei Chang and Kuan Chen from Wonderful World Board Games then we discuss our highlight game from BGG.con Up or Down by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling from Capstone Games and end with a BIG title from Essen Orloj: The Prague Astronomincal Clock by Paloma Pascual and Abraham Sanchez from Perro Loko Games and Devir Remember to check out our video channel at ! You can sponsor the podcast at OR check out our extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your...
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Garrett's Games 1020: Dragonarium and Meister Makatsu
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UPDATE - WE GOT ONE RULE WRONG ON DRAGONARIUM, MAKING THE GAME HARDER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN! We SAID that you were supposed to move your assistant and ONLY place a gem on the FINAL spot where the assistant stopped. THE REAL RULE is that you place a gem on a spot in EACH COLUMN OR ROW you get to as you move. That makes the game less difficult and opens up the chances to gain more dragons, which is a VERY good thing! This week we check out a fun card game, and then preview a very cool puzzle game with dragons! First up is Meister Makatsu by Reiner Knizia from AMIGO where each player had their...
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Garrett's Games 1019: Borealis - Arctic Expeditions and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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This week we go exploring! First we head north and take photos of wildlife in Borealis: Arctic Expeditions by Dariusz Mindur from Lucky Duck Games (order the game directly here: ) then we head down into the depths with Captain Nemo and crew in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Alberto Millan from Looping Games You can support the podcast at OR check out our extensive list of games that no longer fit on our shelves, but belong on your table:
info_outlineThis week Shelley and I get into the WAY BACK machine and play a couple of titles from the beginnings of our gaming careers
Alhambra and Atlantic Star both by Dirk Henn from Queen Games
and then look back at one from Spiel Essen 2024
Stephens by Rola and Costa from Pile Up Games and Capstone Games
And the other games we mentioned as highlights from last year's Essen 2024:
Atlantis Exodus
Zero to Hero
Steam Power
Resafa
Sparks
Tivoli
Bone Wars
Galileo Galilei
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