Albert Pinilla is an illustrator born in Barcelona. He is the co-creator and illustrator of the card game We Can Play: Women Who Changed The World and co-creator of the game publisher Julibert. He has also illustrated books such as The Interactive Constitution and Climate Change, the Choice Is Ours and has illustrated children's board games for companies such as Jumbo Disset, Goula, Nathan and Headu. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/02/09/albert-pinilla-let-me-illustrate/ If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog PayPal: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKD Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tabletopgamesblog/message

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Albert Pinilla (Let me illustrate)

After setting up a board game and explaining the rules, if necessary, the next step usually is to decide who starts. Different games decide this differently, so in this article, I want to discuss the various ways in which board games choose the first player and I will also touch on games where the first player changes from round to round. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/02/01/i-go-first-topic-discussion/ Useful Links Turn order article: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/01/07/turn-order/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Photo by Braden Collum on Unsplash) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tabletopgamesblog/message

I go first (Topic Discussion)

Around sixty million years ago on Earth, dinosaurs reigned supreme on land, but at sea, a giant struggle was still unfolding. Creatures were slowly adapting to the changes in their watery habitat and hoping to be victors in this fight for survival. The threat of a giant meteor striking the Earth was increasing all the time, so it was a race to become the Dominant Species: Marine by Chad Jensen from GMT Games. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/01/29/dominant-species-marine-saturday-review/ Useful Links Dominant Species: Marine: https://www.gmtgames.com/p-943-dominant-species-marine-2nd-printing.aspx Dominant Species: https://www.gmtgames.com/p-909-dominant-species-6th-printing.aspx GMT Games: https://www.gmtgames.com/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262941/dominant-species-marine Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) Additional Music: Predator by Purple Planet Music (https://www.purple-planet.com/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tabletopgamesblog/message

Dominant Species: Marine (Saturday Review)

Sometimes I get asked to recommend games for someone to play. As you can imagine, that's never easy and my first question tends to be what other games they have already played. If they're completely new to the hobby, I usually ask how many people they intend to play with, whether they're a competitive group, how long they're happy to play for. It's also sometimes good to find out what sort of films, TV shows or activities they like, because many board games have a setting that might fit. So, in this article, I want to give you a list of different types of games that I tend to suggest to people. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/01/25/board-games-for-everyone-topic-discussion/ Useful Links Fluxx: https://www.looneylabs.com/games/fluxx Mint Tin Mini Skulduggery review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/03/09/mint-tin-mini-skulduggery/ The Mind review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/01/05/the-mind/ Quacks of Quedlinburg review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/06/06/the-quacks-of-quedlinburg-saturday-review/ Colt Express review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/01/01/colt-express-saturday-review/ Forbidden Island review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/05/02/forbidden-island-saturday-review/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tabletopgamesblog/message

Board games for everyone (Topic Discussion)

Spice, the final frontier. These are the adventures of the Houses Atreides and Harkonnen and the Imperium their five-round mission to explore Arrakis, to seek out new territories and new Spice Blows, to boldly go where no Fremen has gone before. This is Dune: A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy by Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge, Peter Olotka, Greg Olotka and Jack Reda from Gale Force Nine. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/01/22/dune-a-game-of-conquest-and-diplomacy-digital-eyes/ Useful Links Dune: A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy: https://www.gf9games.com/dune/743/dune-a-game-of-conquest-diplomacy/ Gale Force Nine: https://www.gf9games.com/ Dune (2019) review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/02/08/dune-saturday-review/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/341165/dune-game-conquest-and-diplomacy Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) Second Intro Music: Theme from Star Trek by Alexander Courage If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tabletopgamesblog/message

Dune: A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy (Digital Eyes)

I have mentioned it on this blog before, but my favourite way of being taught a new game is by diving right in. Teach me only the absolute minimum, just so I roughly know what sort of game we're playing and get an outline of what I'm trying to achieve and then let me start taking my turn. It's the sort of style of teaching that Paul Grogan of Gaming Rules advocates and it's probably the best option for demoing a game at a convention as well. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/01/18/teaching-games-teach-as-you-go-topic-discussion/ Useful Links Gaming Rules: https://www.youtube.com/GamingRulesVideos Teaching games - learn yourself: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/01/11/teaching-games-learn-yourself-topic-discussion/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tabletopgamesblog/message

Teaching games - teach-as-you-go (Topic Discussion)

Oh no! Wizard Pebbledash’s assistants, Kevin and Annabelle, are missing! Of course, it is our task to find them and return them home safely. We are a motley crew of four daring adventurers of all shapes and sizes. Some of us have brave hearts, others have strong minds and there are some here who have a keen eye, but all of us are in high spirits and ready to face the dangers ahead of us. So off we go into the shadows of Hoodez Dungeon on our first CoraQuest by Cora and Dan Hughes. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/01/15/coraquest-saturday-review/ Useful Links CoraQuest: https://www.coraquest.com/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/318546/coraquest CoraQuest on the BBC news website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-56013280 Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) Music: The Charming Prince by Arnav Srivastav (https://soundcloud.com/909-music/arnav-srivastav-the-charming-price-get-it-on-www909-musiccom) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tabletopgamesblog/message

CoraQuest (Saturday Review)

I want to continue my series on how to teach board games to others by talking about how you can learn the game yourself or ask others to learn it for themselves. After all, you can't teach others until you know how to play it yourself and you're a better teacher if you've actually played the game yourself. Also, sometimes it's actually fun to learn a game and not always a big onus to expect others to learn a new game for themselves before you all meet up to play it. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/01/11/teaching-games-learn-yourself-topic-discussion/ Useful Links Magnate: The First City: https://magnategame.com/ Magnate review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/11/30/takebacks-magnate-the-first-city/ Naylor Games: https://naylorgames.com/ Magnate BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/258242/magnate-first-city Root: https://ledergames.com/products/root-a-game-of-woodland-might-and-right Root review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/02/20/root-a-game-of-woodland-might-and-right-digital-eyes/ Leder Games: https://ledergames.com/ Root BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root Watch It Played: https://www.youtube.com/c/WatchItPlayed Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Photo by Seven Shooter on Unsplash) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tabletopgamesblog/message

Teaching games - learn yourself (Topic Discussion)

We had pulled off the heist of the century and everyone was still buzzing, pumped with adrenaline. We had made it safely back to our hideout and now it was time to divvy up the loot. We were about to count out cash, gold, gems, paintings and microfilms when the boss came up with a crazy idea. "Let's play Blackjack," they said, "and sort out who gets what that way." They even gave it a name. They called it The Split by Michael Fox from Wayfinder Games. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/01/08/the-split-saturday-review/ Useful Links The Split: https://www.wayfinder-games.com/store/p/the-split Wayfinder Games: https://www.wayfinder-games.com/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/344682/split "Cheat" card "Turn the Tables" dedicated to Oliver Kinne (Tabletop Games Blog): https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/idlemichael/the-split-from-wayfinder-games/posts/3296840 Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) Music: Motorbreaks by Arnav Srivastav on 909 Music (https://www.909-music.com/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tabletopgamesblog/message

The Split (Saturday Review)

Let me start by wishing you a Happy New Year. We all somehow made it into 2022, probably a little worse for wear, but we made it nonetheless. The world has changed a lot, but there are still many moments of positivity and hope. I don't want to make predictions about what might happen to us all in the future, but instead, I want to focus on the Tabletop Games Blog and maybe talk about a couple of things that I hope for in our hobby. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/01/04/looking-ahead-at-2022-topic-discussion/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ (Photo by Marek Okon on Unsplash) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tabletopgamesblog/message

Looking ahead at 2022 (Topic Discussion)

It's the 11th of July in the year of our Lord 1899. At 10am Mountain Daylight Time, the Union Pacific Express departed Folsom in Union County, New Mexico as scheduled, but only a few minutes after leaving the village's last buildings behind, heavily armed bandits started robbing the 47 passengers, taking purses and jewellery. A short while later, gunshots could be heard and some of the bandits had climbed onto the roof of the train. It was feared that Marshal Samuel Ford, who was protecting the Nice Valley Coal Company's weekly pay, was being attacked. The whole incident went down in history as the "Attack of the Colt Express" by Christophe Raimbault from Ludonaute. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/01/01/colt-express-saturday-review/ Useful Links Colt Express: http://www.ludonaute.fr/portfolio/colt-express/?lang=en Colt Express unboxing: https://youtu.be/cy6gV7LKR0I Colt Express Digital Eyes review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/10/30/colt-express-digital-eyes/ Ludonaute: https://www.ludonaute.fr/?lang=en BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/158899/colt-express Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) Sound Effects: BBC Sound Effects Library (bbc.co.uk – © copyright 2021 BBC) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tabletopgamesblog/message

Colt Express (Saturday Review)

Like probably everyone else does at the end of another calendar year, it's time for me to look back on 2021 and share with you what I've been up to. In fact, this year I want to share with you some more detail, so that you can see what is involved in doing what I do in the name of the Tabletop Games Blog. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/12/28/2021-in-review-topic-discussion/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tabletopgamesblog/message

2021 in review (Topic Discussion)

Yes, it's the time of year again where I list the 5 board games that I think were the best in 2021. The games don't necessarily have to have been published this year, but as long as I have played them in 2021, they qualify to appear on this list. Of course, as is now custom on the Tabletop Games Blog, the #1 game will receive the exclusive and prestigious Top Table Award. I know you're already at the edge of your seat to find out who got the coveted trophy, but let me list the top 5 board games of 2021 in reverse order, to raise the excitement even further and make you wait a little bit longer. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/12/25/top-5-board-games-of-2021-saturday-review/ Useful Links Genotype review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/06/26/genotype-a-mendelian-genetics-game-saturday-review/ Genotype unboxing video: https://youtu.be/96fOb9A8H4Y Luzon Rails review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/06/05/luzon-rails-saturday-review/ Jessi Cabasan: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/10/28/jessi-cabasan-let-me-illustrate/ The King is Dead review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/03/13/the-king-is-dead-2nd-edition-digital-eyes/ Sleeping Gods review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/03/27/sleeping-gods-saturday-review/ Oath review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/11/27/oath-chronicles-of-empire-and-exile-saturday-review/ Oath Takebacks review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/06/19/oath-chronicles-of-empire-and-exile-takebacks/ Oath Digital Eyes review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/01/02/oath-chronicles-of-empire-and-exile-digital-eyes/ 5 Heavy Christmas Board Games review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/12/18/5-heavy-christmas-board-games-saturday-review/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tabletopgamesblog/message

Top 5 Board Games of 2021 (Saturday Review)

In my third article about teaching games, I want to talk about light games. The advantage of these games is, that they are easy to teach and quick to learn - and often also quick to play. So, this article should be rather short, but as we know, the easier something is, the better you have to execute it and given that lighter games are usually the sort of games new people to the hobby will come in contact with first, we need to do a good job teaching these types of games or we may miss a chance to grow our hobby. So, no pressure. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/12/21/teaching-games-light-games-topic-discussion/ Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tabletopgamesblog/message

Teaching games - light games (Topic Discussion)

Most of us will have a lot of spare time over the holidays and if we have board game enthusiasts among the family, this is the perfect time to set up and play some heavy games. We might also have more time to meet up with our games group and again, now is the time to get those heavy games to the table that we might not feel like playing of an evening after a busy day at work. So, here are 5 heavy board games I think you should play over the holidays. Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/12/18/5-heavy-christmas-board-games-saturday-review/ Useful Links Oath: https://ledergames.com/products/oath-chronicles-of-empire-exile Oath Digital Eyes review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/01/02/oath-chronicles-of-empire-and-exile-digital-eyes/ Oath Takebacks review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/06/19/oath-chronicles-of-empire-and-exile-takebacks/ Leder Games: https://ledergames.com/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/291572/oath-chronicles-empire-and-exile Tharos: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tribune/tharos Tharos review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/10/16/tharos-saturday-review/ Spielworxx: https://www.spielworxx.de/ Tharos on Tabletopia: https://tabletopia.com/games/tharos BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/292901/tharos Harald Lieske: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/12/23/harald-lieske-let-me-illustrate/ Dominant Species: https://www.gmtgames.com/p-943-dominant-species-marine-2nd-printing.aspx GMT Games: https://www.gmtgames.com/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262941/dominant-species-marine Brass: Birmingham: https://roxley.com/products/brass-birmingham-deluxe-edition Brass: Birmingham review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/10/03/brass-birmingham-saturday-review/ Roxley Games: https://roxley.com/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/224517/brass-birmingham Magnate: The First City: https://magnategame.com/ Magnate: The First City review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/06/29/magnate-the-first-city/ Naylor Games: https://naylorgames.com/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/258242/magnate-first-city Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tabletopgamesblog/message

5 Heavy Christmas Board Games (Saturday Review)

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