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Two Wood for a Wheat Patrick Flannery
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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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126. Top 10 Games of 2023
Pat & Tony return to deliver their top 10 games of 2023.
Solo Voidfall app: https://voidfall-33a59.web.app/
Thoughts on Ark Nova after 586 solo plays: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3245967/ranking-ark-novas-maps-after-586-solo-plays
00:01:38 Ark Nova
00:02:32 Marine Worlds
00:03:37 Wyrmspan
00:05:56 Artisans of Splendent Vale, Legacy of Dragonholt, Gloomhaven
00:08:05 Bloodstones
00:11:38 Pirates of Maracaibo, Maracaibo
00:27:33 Top 10
00:17:52 Faraway
00:20:00 Orichalchum, Queenz
00:20:14 Fit to Print
00:22:32 Nucleum
00:25:48 Pirates of Maracaibo
00:29:44 Alice's Garden
00:32:05 Federation, Calico
00:35:01 Junk Drawer
00:36:43 Daybreak
00:40:43 Forest Shuffle
00:45:28 Darwin's Journey... (wax seals, whoops)
00:50:00 Nucleum
00:52:07 Apiary
00:55:14 Evacuation
00:58:10 Nova Roma
01:02:07 Legacy of Yu
01:04:25 Hadrian's Wall
01:06:09 Rats of Wistar
01:09:44 War of the RIng: The Card Game
01:15:02 Life of the Amazonia
01:20:39 Voidfall, Imperium: Classics
01:27:39 Forest Shuffle, Nova Roma, White Castle, Revive
01:29:12 Evacuation
01:31:16 World Wonders
01:31:41 Age of Innovation, Freelancers
01:32:13 Horseless Carraige
01:33:49 Art Society
01:35:34 Earth
01:36:22 Blood on the Clocktower -
B-Sides 54. The 2024 LevelUp Con / 2024 Most Anticipated Games
Tony and Mitch discuss their games played at the 2024 Level Up Con in Woodbridge, NJ. Also, Tony and Mitch discuss their top 10 most antcipated games for 2024.
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B-Sides 53. Games We Didn't Play 2023
Tony and Mitch discuss the games we didn't get to play in 2023. As well as discussion about PAX Unplugged 2023 in Philadelphia. What games did we want to play? Join us on this special episode.
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125. So long and thanks for all the games
Today is Two Wood for a Wheat's final episode of regularly scheduled programming and we go out with a critical flourish. We review and offer first impressions on eight hot games before diving deep into our understanding of the state of the hobby, and our continued stake in it as shaped by our time as gamers and our time on the podcast.
Thank you for listening with us for all these years. We hope to be back with more reviews whenever our passions can't keep us away from the microphone.
Join us in the conversation on discord: https://tinyurl.com/2wood4wheat
Ask us a question at TwoWoodForAWheat@gmail.com
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwV0sl_H14NfaB8SpL9tg9g
Leave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-wood-for-a-wheat/id1447901771
Read Tony's blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/maxlongstreet/blogs
Thanks to God Street Wine for our intro and outro music: https://www.facebook.com/GodStreetWine/
00:00:50 Horror movie discussion (for those who are horror averse!)
00:05:05 Dedicating this last episode to Tina and Joyce, our wives
00:07:44 Apiary, Federation
00:08:14 FEATURE REVIEWS Mini-Review Extravaganza
00:08:46 Forest Shuffle
00:13:58 Nucleum
00:21:10 Dawn of Ulos
00:27:33 Point City
00:33:31 Bonsai
00:38:19 My Island
00:43:29 Hamburg
00:50:59 Voidfall
00:59:44 FEATURE DISCUSSION State of the Industry and our personal stake in it
01:05:11 Golem
01:05:46 Voidfall, Ark Nova, Nucleum
01:05:54 Point City, Fit to Print, My Island, Forest Shuffle
01:07:28 Underwater Cities, Woodcraft, Messina: 1347
01:07:33 A Feast for Odin, Agricola, Atiwa, Le Havre, Reykholt
01:07:37 Great Western Trail, Expedition to Newdale, Maracaibo
01:07:48 Pandemic, Pandemic: Fall of Rome, Pandemic: Iberia, Pandemic: Legacy, Daybreak
01:07:57 Tekhenu, Tabannusi, Tawantinsuyu
01:08:03 Frosthaven, Gloomhaven, Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
01:11:11 Revive, Earth
01:11:35 Legacy of Yu, Skymines, Splendor: Duel
01:15:43 Eclipse -
124. 2023 Essen Top 10 Most Anticipated
Let's keep it simple. This is the 2023 Essen Top 10 Most Anticipated Games episode, the games that we're most excited for, many of which we'll play in 2024.
Join us in the conversation on discord: https://tinyurl.com/2wood4wheat
Ask us a question at TwoWoodForAWheat@gmail.com
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwV0sl_H14NfaB8SpL9tg9g
Leave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-wood-for-a-wheat/id1447901771
Read Tony's blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/maxlongstreet/blogs
Thanks to God Street Wine for our intro and outro music: https://www.facebook.com/GodStreetWine/
00:01:34 Forest Shuffle
00:01:49 Pioneer Rails, WIld Tiled West
00:05:01 ESSEN 2023 TOP 10 MOST ANTICIPATED
00:05:34 Tucana: Builders
00:05:49 Santa Maria, The Magnificent, Revive, Trails of Tucana
00:06:59 Karuba
00:27:33 Aldebaran: Duel
00:09:55 Splendor: Duel
00:10:00 Ancient Knowledge
00:11:34 Celtae
00:12:11 Tabannusi
00:12:46 Apiary
00:14:37 Sankore
00:15:53 Teotihuacan, Tekhenu
00:16:15 Rats of Wistar
00:18:00 Apiary
00:18:55 A.R.T. Society
00:19:25 Modern Art, High Society
00:20:35 Pirates of Maracaibo, Orleans: Joan of Arc: Draw and Write,
00:23:13 Evacuation
00:23:29 Woodcraft, Messina: 1347
00:24:41 Kutna Hora
00:26:51 Nucleum
00:27:40 Evacuation
00:29:00 Age of Innovation, Terra Mystica, Gaia Project
00:30:38 Civolution
00:31:51 Planta Nurbo, Planta Nubo
00:32:36 Uh you mean Michael Kiesling? Azul, Heaven & Ale, A Feast for Odin, Agricola, La Granja, Cooper Island
00:33:45 Nucleum, Barrage, Brass
00:35:51 Tangram City
00:36:13 World Wonders
00:38:47 My City
00:40:22 Gaia Project, A Feast for Odin, Carpe Diem
00:42:53 HONORABLE MENTIONS
00:43:10 Patterns: A Mandala Game, Mandala
00:45:00 Arborea, Septima, The White Castle
00:45:13 The Hunt
00:45:58 Forest Shuffle, Three Ring Circus
00:46:10 Weimar: The Fight for Democracy, Watergate, Twilight Struggle
00:46:43 Kutna Hora
00:46:50 Skyteam
00:47:25 Bamboo
00:48:04 Pampero
00:48:25 Books of Time
00:48:35 Tekhenu, Tabannusi
00:48:44 Founders of Teotihuacan
00:49:15 Neotopia
00:50:18 Artemis Project
00:51:18 Nidavellier, Mstery of the Abby
00:51:24 Zoo Tycoon, NY Zoo
00:51:54 Tangram City
00:53:02 Bonsai
00:53:42 Emerge
00:54:29 Evenfall
00:55:38 Kelp
00:56:36 Amristar
00:57:44 Stressbotics
00:58:36 Sea Dragons
00:59:36 Barcelona
01:00:14 Lisboa -
123. Fit to Print & Time Restrictions
Extra! Extra! Step right up to the latest scoop on Two Wood for a Wheat!
Join us in the rollicking rumpus of the gaming parlors as we bring you the skinny on "Fit to Print," the real deal in real-time tile-laying amusements. It's a hootin' good time where you'll be puttin' together the front page of your weekend newspaper, not by the book, but with cunning and swiftness, the cat's pajamas of newspaper layout, if you will!
But hold on to your fedoras, folks, for that's not all she wrote! In the back pages, we're dishing on the bee's knees of gaming: time restrictions! We'll spill the beans on how these time tickers can turn your game on its head, and what it means for all you gaming jitterbugs out there.
So, gather 'round, you fine folks of leisure and strategy, and take a gander at "Fit to Print" and the time's-a-tickin' twist it brings to the table. This here edition's gonna be a real humdinger, packed with the lowdown on gaming antics and more!
Join us in the conversation on discord: https://tinyurl.com/2wood4wheat
Ask us a question at TwoWoodForAWheat@gmail.com
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwV0sl_H14NfaB8SpL9tg9g
Leave us a review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-wood-for-a-wheat/id1447901771
Read Tony's blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/maxlongstreet/blogs
Thanks to God Street Wine for our intro and outro music: https://www.facebook.com/GodStreetWine/
00:00:55 Baldur's Gate 3
00:01:27 Divinity: Original Sin
00:02:01 Diablo, Witcher, Skyrim
00:05:22 Harvest: 2nd Edition
00:09:37 Everdell, Creature Comfort, Root
00:16:18 Twilight Imperium 4
00:27:33 Eclipse
00:20:22 Nucleum
00:21:28 Barrage, Discordia, Hadrian's Wall
00:22:20 interstitial
00:23:26 Knarr
00:26:45 FEATURE REVIEW Fit to Print
00:26:56 Point Salad, Cascadia, Verdant, Calico
00:27:04 Tiny Towns, Wormholes
00:29:59 Galaxy Trucker
00:48:04 FEATURE DISCUSSION Timing Restrictions
00:48:57 Eclipse
00:51:17 War Machine
00:52:32 Gaia Project, Terra Mystica
00:53:32 A Feast for Odin
00:55:53 The Voyages of Marco Polo
00:59:06 Barrage
01:00:03 Orleans
01:01:15 Federation, Mosaic, Point City, Deep Dive
Customer Reviews
Great Podcast
Awesome taste in game, great insights, what more can I say? Love listening to you guys.
Cant support them
As soon as these two decided it was ok to equate President Trump with Hitler…
Yea, screw these fools. <3
Exactly the conversations I love
This podcast is filled with the things I love most about the board game hobby (and the things I do the most when I’m with my friends): 1) talk about games we’ve been playing 2) talk about the merits (and pitfalls) of games, resulting sometimes in pitched battles of opinion 3) wax poetic about game mechanics we love to see, want to see more of, or wish would fade away.
Pat and Tony bring earnest passion for the BG hobby that not only comes through in everything they do in the show, but also makes their reviews much more usable than other video or podcast reviews I’m used to.
Take for instance Furnace, A game I am quite interested in but not 100% sure if that interest will translate into table enjoyment for me and the people I play with. Instead of a review that simply boils down to whether or not the person or group enjoyed the game, there was an open discussion of the pros and cons throughout the review segment. While this might not result in a simplistic final line, encouraging me to either go right out and buy it or forget all about it, it gives me food for thought on both sides of the issue (which is even more valuable).
I was a late comer to this show (because there’s just so many shows in the BG space it’s impossible to always be able to find the good ones), but I have been massively enjoying listening back to the episodes about games I either own and love to hear what they think about it, or to games that have been residing on my “do I really want to seek this game out?” list to help me in the same way they did for Furnace (well, in that case, I’m still on the fence, so….)
So if you are reading this review now and don’t currently listen to the podcast, rest assured, if you want engaging, honest discussions about board games, you have a massive backlog of episodes that will keep you coming back again and again.