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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63. Red Rising & a Return to Gaming IRL with Board Boy Campbell

Today we're joined by Board Boy Campbell to review Stonemaier's latest mana from heaven, Red Rising. Will this card combo game dethrone classic filler Fantasy Realms?
Then there's hope in our eyes as …

01:07:08 | Mon 03 May 2021

62. Overboss & Replayability

Be your own boss, dad said. Make your own decisions, dad said. Well dad, today I finally did it. Today I'm not only my own boss, today I'm an Overboss. And I don't event have to pay self-employment t…

00:59:23 | Mon 19 Apr 2021

61. Hallertau & Favorite Resources

More farming! Four grains! Hallertau is a veritable cereal box of tensions! Play it! But love it? We'll see.
Then, what's the point of all these grains, these bits and bobs? We list our top 5 favorite…

01:04:03 | Mon 05 Apr 2021

60. Gods Love Dinosaurs & Counterintuitive Games

I bet you didn't know that in an unknown era of prehistoric history, tigers could only eat frogs, dinosaurs could only eat turtles, and the gods above competed across grand continents to make the mos…

00:52:53 | Mon 22 Mar 2021

59. Cloudage & Production Pet Peeves, or Production 'Do's and 'Don't's

Today we hang with Mr. Pfister, or at least we make nice with his design pedigree, as we review Cloudage, a strange mash-up between Pfister's lite push-your-luck fare and his heavy deterministic euro…

01:10:23 | Mon 08 Mar 2021

58. Renature & 2021 Most Anticipated Games

Today on Two Wood for a Wheat it's Renature, the domino laying game by classic duo Kiesling and Kramer. This game may look innocent, but it plays as slimy as a swampbottom.
Then it's our most antici…

01:04:47 | Mon 22 Feb 2021

57. Praga Caput Regni & Best Games of 2020

Today on Two wood for a wheat, we say goodbye to 2020 by expressing our favorite games of this magical hobby.
But first, we review Praga Caput Regni, the extremely intricate euro puzzle by Underwater …

01:13:52 | Mon 08 Feb 2021

56. My City & Games We Missed in 2020

On this episode of two wood for a wheat, we're reviewing My City, a loving legacy devotion to tile laying games by the Dr. Reiner Knizia.
Then, we imagine the games that we would have loved had we pl…

01:06:22 | Mon 25 Jan 2021

55. Dune: Imperium & Gaming in the Time of COVID

While you're waiting for the belated release of Denis Villeneuve $165,000,000 Dune movie, soothe yourself with our review of Dune: Imperium for free!
Tony and I also try to rewrite Love in the Time of…

00:58:56 | Mon 11 Jan 2021

54. Beyond the Sun and What're You Lookin At

Today we climb a tech tree to travel Beyond the Sun. Dennis K. Chan focuses an entire game around the usually-ancillary tech tree to develop something very unique.
Then we discuss where the majority …

01:02:33 | Mon 28 Dec 2020

53.5. Dwellings of Eldervale

On this bonus episode of Two Wood for a Wheat, Tony reviews The Dwellings of Eldervale, a euro worker placement game with a throughline of ameritrash themes and mechanisms.

Listen to more episodes on …

00:15:11 | Wed 23 Dec 2020

53. Curious Cargo & New York Zoo & the Greatest Race Games

ALL THE CRITIQUES. TIMES 2. CAPSTONE BOARDGAME MAYHEM DOUBLE FEATURE.
FIRST BOARD GAME: Curious Cargo, a two player tactical game of tile laying and truck driving adventure. They deliver! And then the…

01:20:46 | Mon 14 Dec 2020

52. Castles of Tuscany & Reimplementations

On today's episode of Two Wood for a Wheat, we review Stefan Feld's the Castles of Tuscany, the semi-sequel to the evergreen game Castles of Burgundy. Will this little brother hold up? Then it's our …

01:13:59 | Mon 30 Nov 2020

51. Marco Polo 2 & Number of Plays

Marco.... Polo.... Marco.... Polo...
On today's episode of Two Wood for a Wheat, we wander across the Mongol empire, searching for efficiencies, hidden player powers, and precious jade. How does Simon…

01:09:27 | Mon 16 Nov 2020

50. Tekhenu & Essen Top 10

I always liked the number fifty. Imagine five ice cream cones. Then imagine five ice cream cones 10 times.
On our fiftieth episode, we review the formidable dice drafting game by Italian designers Dan…

01:24:30 | Mon 02 Nov 2020

49. Calico & What's in a Name

I have never seen such a fantastical theme. Cats that desire order over chaos, patterns over randomness, and who can see in reds and pinks.
Today we're reviewing Calico, a powerful tile-laying patter…

01:20:24 | Mon 19 Oct 2020

48. Nova Luna & the Soul of a Game

The leaves are falling, the PSL girls have awoken from their summer chrysalis into their winged-ugg boot form, and it's cold enough that I no longer feel guilty staying inside playing board games all…

00:58:40 | Mon 05 Oct 2020

47. Mariposas & Variable Scoring

Every spring, the danaus plexippus butterfly, also known as the monarch, migrates north to lay the next generation on milkweed plants. It does this until it makes its way as far from Mexico to Canada…

00:46:02 | Mon 21 Sep 2020

46. High Rise & Time Tracks

Now's your chance to imbibe in dreams of corruption from the safety of your gaming table. We review Gil Hova's High Rise, a tension-filled time track game punctuated by its point-filled skyscrapers.

W…

00:45:38 | Mon 07 Sep 2020

45. Parks & the New Essential Intro Games

Who needs an intro when you have intro games? Today we review Parks, the gloriously beautiful light strategy game that supports our nation's national park system. Is it anything more than a pretty fa…

00:50:08 | Mon 24 Aug 2020

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