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Wyrmspan

Board Game Hot Takes

English - January 22, 2024 16:39 - 1 hour - 93.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 126 ratings
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In Episode 180 we provide our hot take review of Wyrmspan* covering the mechanisms, the production, and our overall feelings of the game. We also provide some detailed comparisons with Wingspan, both the difference in mechanisms and the difference in our opinions on them


We discuss a poll on fantastical vs. real-world themes in board games and then we discuss some board games on our table including Sol: Last Days of a Star, Mind MGMT, and Turing Machine.


Timestamps:


00:00 Introduction


00:34 Poll: In general, do you prefer board games to have a real-world theme or a fantastical theme?


07:33 Wyrmspan Description


08:48 Gameplay and Mechanisms


28:57 Production and Theme


39:54 Final Thoughts


48:17 Sol: Last Days of a Star


55:23 Mind MGMT


62:37 Turing Machine


66:11 Listener Shout-out




* Review copy provided by publisher