Two Wood for a Wheat

Two Wood for Wheat is a board game podcast. We review and criticize board games, diving deep into the strategies and mechanisms that make them great or make them forgettable.

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Update frequency: every 6 days
Average duration: 57 minutes
Episodes: 184
Years Active: 2018 - 2024

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B-sides 31. Maglev Metro

In the future, robots will determine the strength of our rail system. Or so says our feature game - Maglev Metro, a literal engine building game from Ted Alspach and Bezier Games.

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2:17 Str…

00:40:20 | Mon 27 Jun 2022

92. Welcome to the Moon & Variations on a Theme

On today’s episode of Two Wood for a Wheat, we review Welcome to the Moon, the major 8-part interplanetary follow up to the modern classic Welcome to. Then, we discuss variations on a theme, what mak…

01:07:17 | Mon 20 Jun 2022

B-sides 30. Bitoku

Does kodoma + fireflies + lost souls + Yokei + Bitoku + Iwakura rocks + memory crystals = fun? Listen and find out.

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0:30 Fantastic Factories
1:56 FEATURE REVIEW - Bitoku

00:53:17 | Mon 13 Jun 2022

91. Radlands & Attacking

If the words Cult Leader, Famine, and Napalm excite you, then you probably need therapy. You also need Radlands, the new post-apocalyptic card dueler by Daniel Piechnick and Roxley games with a Mad M…

00:49:19 | Mon 06 Jun 2022

B-Sides 29. Ascension Tactics

Today we review Ascension Tactics, a mashup of deckbuilding with a tactical skirmish game.

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4:58 Wonderlands War
6:12 Bitoku
6:30 FEATURE REVIEW - Ascension Tactics: Miniatures Deckbuilding G…

00:47:12 | Mon 30 May 2022

90. Ark Nova & That one thing that ruins a game

Help! My wife worked in a zoo and I beat her in Ark Nova and now I can speak to animals! And the alpacas in the petting zoo are making fun of me!

Today we’re reviewing the new infamous Ark Nova, the m…

01:28:02 | Mon 23 May 2022

B-sides 28. Creature Comforts

Get your anthropomorphic animals board games, socks, and mandolins in this new worker placement game Creature Comforts from Roberta Taylor and Kids Table Board Games.

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0:39 Living Forest
0:…

00:36:14 | Mon 16 May 2022

89. Long Shot: The Dice Game & Most Anticipated Games of 2022

As luck would have it, we’re reviewing Long Shot: The Dice Game just after the long shot’s victory at the Kentucky Derby. It’s an absurdly fun horse betting game by Chris Handy. Then, finally, we’re …

01:30:25 | Mon 09 May 2022

B-Sides 27. Living Forest

After dealing with dogs, bad poker dealers and Tony's inability to use a computer, we review Living Forest, a beautiful, simple, and quite tricky push your luck deckbuilder from some guy whose name w…

00:52:13 | Mon 02 May 2022

88. So Clover! & When Winning Doesn't Matter

Today on Two Wood for Wheat, it’s So Clover!, a cooperative word association party game where people give clues to connote two words on big green shamrocks. Then, it’s our discussion of when winning…

00:52:45 | Mon 25 Apr 2022

B-sides 26. Now or Never

If you can make it through the tea sipping, dog barking, and recriminations about a recent D&D session, you can hear the B-team dissect the latest release from Ryan Laukat and Red Raven Games: Now or…

00:51:41 | Mon 18 Apr 2022

87. Origins: First Builders & Why We Love Dice

Today we review Origins: First Builders by Adam Kwapinski, better known for super-thematic American games like Nemesis that he's designed for Awaken Realms. He's given us a new dice drafting game abo…

00:46:37 | Mon 11 Apr 2022

B-sides 25. Riverside

Tony and Mitch review Riverside by Asmund & Eilif Svensson. Who is the better Norwegian river cruise tour guide? Can you really go on a polar bear safari? And what's all the rave about stave churches…

00:36:38 | Mon 04 Apr 2022

86. Brian Boru & Top Games of 2021

On today's episode, we review the trick taking and area control hybrid Game Brian Boru, and we finally count down our top games of 2021, with Mitch joining the A-side for some star-studded speaking.

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00:57:56 | Mon 28 Mar 2022

B-sides 24. Canopy

Tony and Mitch review Canopy, a light card drafting set collection game for 2 players. Designed by Tim Eisner, with art by Vincent Dutrait, and published by Weird City Games. Does this small box ec…

00:33:18 | Mon 21 Mar 2022

85. Sleeping Gods & Storytelling Games

Today we review Ryan Laukat’s Sleeping Gods, an epic story-telling game of battling monsters across a magical archipelago, and awakening gods to return home to New York City. Then we discuss the stre…

01:10:07 | Mon 14 Mar 2022

B-Sides 23. Boonlake

Tony and Mitch are joined by Pat for a review of Alexander Pfister's Boonlake.

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1:00 Ark Nova
1:47 Welcome to the Moon
4:50 FEATURE REVIEW - Boonlake

01:01:56 | Mon 07 Mar 2022

84. Luna Capital & Gateway Plus Games

Today we conquer the moon! We review Luna Capital, the new entwined tile drafting game by Jose Ramón Palacios and Devir Games. Then we argue over how to best use Gateway Plus games to get new players…

00:53:50 | Mon 28 Feb 2022

B-sides 22. Dog Lover

Tony and Mitch are back with their review of Dog Lover by David Short and published by AEG.

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3:43 The Isle of Cats
4:16 FEATURE REVIEW - Dog Lover

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00:34:49 | Mon 21 Feb 2022

83. Enchanted Plumes & Gaming with a Significant Other

On a special Valentine's day episode, Tina (Pat's wife) joins to review Calliope's very beautiful Enchanted Plumes and discuss gaming as a couple.

00:20 Luna Capital
01:16 Sleeping Gods
01:35 Legacy of…

00:33:30 | Mon 14 Feb 2022

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