Episode 31: The 2023 BGG Holiday Gift Guide, with Steph Hodge

The BoardGameGeek Podcast

Steph Hodge from All the Meeples of the Rainbow joins Candice to discuss the 2023 BGG Holiday Gift Guide games.

• 00:00:00 Introduction
  • 00:02:34 Nemesis at BGG.CON
• 00:06:36 Fresh Plays
  • 00:06:53 Empire's End
  • 00:12:14 Revive
  • 00:24:03 Challengers!
  • 00:31:20 The Rich and The Good
    • 00:39:51 Divinity Derby
• 00:42:14 The 2023 BGG Holiday Gift Guide Games
  • Modern Classics
    • 00:46:53 Azul
    • 00:47:19 CATAN
    • 00:48:18 Sagrada
    • 00:49:55 Bonus Mention (Ra)
  • Stocking Stuffers
    • 00:50:52 Noobs in Space
    • 00:52:48 Ohanami
    • 00:53:51 Romi Rami
    • 00:55:28 Bonus Mentions (Button Shy wallet games/Battlecrest,Wizards Cup)
  • Kids Games
    • 00:57:41 Capt'n Pepe: Treasure Ahoy!
    • 00:58:42 Forbidden Desert
    • 00:59:57 Ticket to Ride: First Journey (U.S.)
  • Solo Games
    • 01:00:43 Arkham Horror: The Card Game (Revised Edition)
    • 01:03:10 Cartographers
    • 01:05:21 Marvel Champions: The Card Game
    • 01:06:42 Bonus Mentions (20 Strong, Hoplomachus Victorum)
  • Two-Player Games
    • 01:12:15 Fiction
    • 01:14:37 Sky Team
    • 01:16:12 Wingspan Asia
    • 01:17:16 Bonus Mentions (Splendor Duel, 7 Wonders Duel, Jaipur, Targi, General Orders: World War II, Blitzkrieg!: World War Two in 20 Minutes, Tokaido Duo)
  • Family Games
    • 01:19:31 Cascadia
    • 01:19:40 PARKS
    • 01:20:08 Trekking Through History
    • 01:20:42 Bonus Mentions (Challengers!, Polynesia)
  • Party Games
    • 01:21:49 Blank Slate
    • 01:22:23 Codenames + One Night Ultimate Werewolf
    • 01:22:38 Bonus Mentions (Green Team Wins, Just One, Sides, Ready Set Bet)
  • Midweight Games
    • 01:24:22 Marvel Dice Throne
    • 01:25:05 My City (or My Island)
    • 01:25:53 Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game
    • 01:26:43 Bonus Mentions (The Princes of Florence, IKI, Apiary)
  • Heavy Games
    • 01:28:07 Ark Nova
    • 01:28:14 Carnegie
    • 01:28:36 Teotihuacan: City of Gods
    • 01:29:23 Bonus Mentions (Age of Innovation, Skymines, any version of Great Western Trail)
  • Cooperative Games
    • 01:31:08 Exit: The Game – Advent Calendar: The Silent Storm
    • 01:31:46 Indiana Jones: Sands of Adventure
    • 01:32:53 KuZOOkA
    • 01:34:23 Bonus Mentions (The Crew

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