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Episode 31: The 2023 BGG Holiday Gift Guide, with Steph Hodge

November 24, 2023 • BoardGameGeek • Episode 31

Steph Hodge from All the Meeples of the Rainbow joins Candice to discuss the 2023 BGG Holiday Gift Guide games.

00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:02:34 Nemesis at BGG.CON
00:06:36 Fresh Plays
- 00:06:53 Empire's End
- 00:12:14 Revive
- 00:24:03 Challengers!
- 00:31:20 The Rich and The Good
  - 00:39:51 Divinity Derby
00:42:14 The 2023 BGG Holiday Gift Guide Games
- Modern Classics
  - 00:46:53 Azul
  - 00:47:19 CATAN
  - 00:48:18 Sagrada
  - 00:49:55 Bonus Mention (Ra)
- Stocking Stuffers
  - 00:50:52 Noobs in Space
  - 00:52:48 Ohanami
  - 00:53:51 Romi Rami
  - 00:55:28 Bonus Mentions (Button Shy wallet games/Battlecrest,Wizards Cup)
- Kids Games
  - 00:57:41 Capt'n Pepe: Treasure Ahoy!
  - 00:58:42 Forbidden Desert
  - 00:59:57 Ticket to Ride: First Journey (U.S.)
- Solo Games
  - 01:00:43 Arkham Horror: The Card Game (Revised Edition)
  - 01:03:10 Cartographers
  - 01:05:21 Marvel Champions: The Card Game
  - 01:06:42 Bonus Mentions (20 Strong, Hoplomachus Victorum)
- Two-Player Games
  - 01:12:15 Fiction
  - 01:14:37 Sky Team
  - 01:16:12 Wingspan Asia
  - 01:17:16 Bonus Mentions (Splendor Duel, 7 Wonders Duel, Jaipur, Targi, General Orders: World War II, Blitzkrieg!: World War Two in 20 Minutes, Tokaido Duo)
- Family Games
  - 01:19:31 Cascadia
  - 01:19:40 PARKS
  - 01:20:08 Trekking Through History
  - 01:20:42 Bonus Mentions (Challengers!, Polynesia)
- Party Games
  - 01:21:49 Blank Slate
  - 01:22:23 Codenames + One Night Ultimate Werewolf
  - 01:22:38 Bonus Mentions (Green Team Wins, Just One, Sides, Ready Set Bet)
- Midweight Games
  - 01:24:22 Marvel Dice Throne
  - 01:25:05 My City (or My Island)
  - 01:25:53 Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game
  - 01:26:43 Bonus Mentions (The Princes of Florence, IKI, Apiary)
- Heavy Games
  - 01:28:07 Ark Nova
  - 01:28:14 Carnegie
  - 01:28:36 Teotihuacan: City of Gods
  - 01:29:23 Bonus Mentions (Age of Innovation, Skymines, any version of Great Western Trail)
- Cooperative Games
  - 01:31:08 Exit: The Game – Advent Calendar: The Silent Storm
  - 01:31:46 Indiana Jones: Sands of Adventure
  - 01:32:53 KuZOOkA
  - 01:34:23 Bonus Mentions (The Crew: Mission Deep Sea, Race to the Raft)
01:37:08 Sign-off

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