Table Talk 013: A Chat about Gateway Games

Taylor and Alice discuss games that got them into the hobby and what makes something a “gateway game” anyway.

Games mentioned (so many!):
Agueda https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/317515/agueda-city-of-umbrellas
Chai https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/253185/chai
Nine Tiles Extreme https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/391084/nine-tiles-extreme
Nine Tiles Panic https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/279869/nine-tiles-panic
Shifting Stones https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/302280/shifting-stones
Agricola https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola
Caverna https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/102794/caverna-the-cave-farmers
Applejack https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367662/applejack
Nova Luna https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284435/nova-luna
Framework https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/353152/framework
Wacky Wacky West https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/19/wacky-wacky-west
Chartae https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/269257/chartae
Tigris and Euphrates https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42/tigris-and-euphrates
Quest for El Dorado https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/217372/the-quest-for-el-dorado
Gardeners https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/361840/gardeners
Paint the Roses https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/253759/paint-the-roses
Decorum https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/344554/decorum
Magic Maze https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/209778/magic-maze
The Mind https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244992/the-mind
Root https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root
Ticket to Ride https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9209/ticket-to-ride
Kitchen Rush https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/223953/kitchen-rush
What’s For Dinner https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/327121/whats-for-dinner
Photosynthesis https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/218603/photosynthesis
Railroad Ink https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/245654/railroad-ink-deep-blue-edition
Evergreen https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/363307/evergreen
Dragon Castle https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/232219/dragon-castle
King’s Dilemma https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/245655/the-kings-dilemma
Quacks of Quedlinburg https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244521/the-quacks-of-quedlinburg
Wingspan https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266192/wingspan
Patchwork https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/163412/patchwork
Parks https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266524/parks
Viticulture https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/128621/viticulture
Glass Road https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/143693/glass-road
Herbaceous https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/195314/herbaceous
Furnace https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/318084/furnace

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An experimental podcast with only one voice about games getting reskinned. What are your favorite reimplementations? What makes them better than the original? Or, alternatively, worse?

Games mentioned in this episode:

Curios

Wonder Woods

Century: Golem Editions

Furnace

Azul: Master Chocolatier

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After a hiatus of embarrassing length because of a disastrous attempt to record an actual play podcast of the infuriating and deeply beige game De Vulgari Eloquentia, we return triumphantly for our first double-digit show! Taylor and Alice talk about reorganizing Alice’s collection and both best practices and pitfalls around that.

Games mentioned:

Codex Naturalis

Sagrada: Artisans

Robot Quest Arena

Dominion

Cosmic Frog

Robo Rally

Crash Octopus

Succulent

Mechanical Beast

Gallerist

Gartenbau

Finest Fish

Scrabble

Fearsome Floors

Masterpiece

Queendomino

Kingdomino

Trailer Park Wars

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