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Episode 154: Our Anticipated Games of 2021 or Jason Gets the Vaudeville Hook While Playing Carnegie Hall

Author
Boardgame Mechanics
Published
Thu 28 Jan 2021
Episode Link
https://genericshow.podbean.com/e/episode-154-our-anticipated-games-of-2021-or-jason-gets-the-vaudeville-hook-while-playing-carnegie-hall/

Episode 154 - Anticipated Games of 2021:


Introduction: 


News: 


  • Carnegie - 8 days, $80

  • Owl bear plush - 16 days, $35


Games Played: 


  • Clue: The Great Museum Caper

  • Bluffaneer

  • Big Easy Busking


Anticipated Games of 2021: 


  • Jason - Weather Machine

  • Katie - Grand Austria Hotel expansion - Let’s Waltz

  • Jason - Darwin’s Journey

  • Katie - Adventures in Neverland - Black Box Adventures

  • Jason - Canvas

  • Katie - Hanamakoji: Geisha’s Road Emperor S4 

  • Jason - Marvel United Infinity Gauntlet 

  • Katie - The Librarians Adventure Card Game

  • Jason - Anno 1800

  • Katie - Three Sisters


Honorable Mentions: 


Dice Theme Park (run theme park, dice are customers, values reduce as they move)


Genotype (worker placement, dice drafting)


Moonshine Empire (redneck pickup and deliver)


Aqua Garden (stock aquarium tanks; rondel, set collection, drafting)


Shogun No Katana (craft swords, worker placement - different workers to collect resources, etc)


Caper: Europe - Same as Caper?


Dinosaur World - Card drafting, worker placement and driving a jeep around to admire your hard work...don’t let too many people get eaten


Galenus - Worker placement game where you decide which worker to resolve during the action phase. Blind bidding to compete in medical contests.


My Father’s Work - Worker placement game where players are competing mad scientists trying to complete their father’s masterwork.


Namiji (Tokaido universe) - Like Tokaido but a bit deeper with some different mechanisms but still has the same chill vibe


Merchants Cove - Rondel and commodity speculation


Museum: Pictura - More streamlined version of the original game. There is more intermittent scoring chances in this one as opposed to the original version.


Closing:

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