Malthaus Games

Ep.162 is live! Come listen as we tell you about Curious Cargo from Capstone Games. We tell you all about it before diving into a topic about indirect player interaction. We end the show by telling you our favorite activity for snow days. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 14:09 Top Shelf Topic: 28:34 Pint Sized Question: 39:12 Game Mentions: NMBR9, Agricola, Pipeline, Ethnos, Race For The Galaxy, Ares Expedition, Puerto Rico, Broom Service, Fit To Print, Galaxy Trucker, Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out.

Ep.161 is live! Come listen as well tell you about Deus from Pearl Games. We talk about it, as well as a short recap of our 2023, before talking about strategic diversification. We end the show with our 2024 resolutions! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 10:33 Top Shelf Topic: 25:55 Pint Sized Question: 36:27 Game Mentions: Euphoria, Agricola, Ginkgopolis, Troyes, Black Angel, Teotihuacan, Brass Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out. Crowd in a bar (LCR recording) by Leandros.Ntounis, downloaded from freesoun

Ep.160 is here to help with holiday cheer! Be sure to listen about all of these games, because when going to see family you can't be lame! Games for kids, and games for elders, we've got games that are relationship melders! Lend us an ear and you will see, that gaming can be fun, even with family! ... Well that was poorly done, but you get the idea! We tell you about some games we recommend taking for the different stages of family around during the holidays. Hopefully you have a great holiday season and we will see you all next year! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Top Shelf Topic: 8:06 Pint Sized Question: 22:19 Game Mentions: Chicken vs Hotdog, Happy Salmon, Strike, Gremlins: Holiday Havoc, Bag of Chips, Soda Smugglers, Nice Buns, Left Right Dilemma Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from fr

Ep.159 is live! Come listen to us talk all about our favorite game from BGG Con in Dodos Riding Dinos! The Mario Kart of the board game world. We then go on to talk about control in games, what we prefer, and some of the different styles of control and lack of! It's a fun episode, so be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 10:09 Top Shelf Topic: 27:15 Pint Sized Question: 39:23 Game Mentions: Pipeline, Hansa Teutonica Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out. Crowd in a bar (LCR recording) by Leandros.Ntounis, downlo

Ep.158 is live! We tell you all about BGGCON23 and the many games we played! We also tell you about the great people we met, and why we enjoy the con so much! We then tell you what games we brought home that we are most excited about! Game Talk: 6:44 Top Shelf Topic: 34:30 Pint Sized Question: 42:28 Game Mentions: Couture, Cubitos, Butts on Things, 23 Knives, Winter Rabbit, Handler der Karibik, Velonimo, American Bookshop, Gremlins: Holiday Havoc, Cat Tower, Dodos Riding Dinos, Polterfass, Little Tokyo, Kites, CDSK, Wordsmith, The Barracks Emperors, 878 Vikings, Passtally, Stationfall Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happ

Ep.157 is live! Come listen as we tell you about this peaceful game of points and achievements called Dorfromantik! We then tell you about our thoughts on campaign games, as well as letting you know the ones we bounced off of and the ones we are playing. We end by telling you what we are most looking forward to at BGGCon23 next week! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 5:29 Top Shelf Topic: 20:51 Pint Sized Question: 34:09 Game Mentions: Pandemic Legacy, Charterstone, LOTR: LCG, Arkham Horror: LCG, Marvel Champions: LCG, Undaunted Stalingrad, Gloomhaven Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Bea

Ep.156 is here! Come listen as we talk about Final Girl from Van Ryder Games! We tell you about our experience with it and why it's a great game for horror fans! We then tell you about our approach to multiplayer solo gaming before ending with stories of our favorite houses to trick or treat at. We hope you enjoy and have a happy Halloween! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 11:02 Top Shelf Topic: 31:43 Pint Sized Question: 42:07 Game Mentions: Hostage Negotiator, Heading Forward, Welcome To... Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to

Ep.155 is live! Come listen as we talk about Phantom Ink, a spooky game of words! We tell you why we enjoy it so much before telling you about some other ghost games, and why we think people like ghost games. We end by telling you about our favorite piece of ghost media. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 8:45 Top Shelf Topic: 17:43 Pint Sized Question: 31:10 Game Mentions: Ghost Stories, Mysterium, Mysterium Park, Betrayal at House on the Hill, Paranormal Investigators Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out. C

Ep.154 is live! Come listen as well tell you about the two Next Station games from Blue Orange. Some great flip and fill games that we really enjoy! We also tell you why games like this are good when you have decision fatigue before telling you our favorite game night snack to cure that fatigue! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 8:36 Top Shelf Topic: 18:50 Pint Sized Question: 35:34 Game Mentions: Next Station: London, Next Station:Tokyo Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out. Crowd in a bar (LCR recording) by

Ep.153 is here! Come listen as we tell you all about Ark Nova and our time with it. We then talk about score ambiguity, or the feature in some games where you don't know the final score until it's the end of the game! We also tell you our favorite hiccup remedy as we sign off. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 7:51 Top Shelf Topic: 24:15 Pint Sized Question: 37:45 Game Mentions: 7 Wonders, Terraforming Mars, Gutenberg, Pax Pamir 2e Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out. Crowd in a bar (LCR recording) by Leand

Ep.152 is live! Fit to Print hit our doorstep this past week and we felt the need to cover it! If you enjoy the other offerings from Flatout Games, then we recommend taking a listen to this episode on Fit to Print. We tell you all about it before we discuss Cult of the New, how we define it, and how we approach it with the podcast. We then tell you what we are going to do with a full night's sleep! Hopefully you enjoy the episode, and if so be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 10:19 Top Shelf Topic: 21:58 Pint Sized Question: 38:07 Game Mentions: Cascadia, Calico, Verdant, Notre Dame, Carcassonne, Nuns on the Run, At the Gates of Loyang, Ierusalem, Bamboo, Hair of the Dog Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Ha

Ep.151 is here! Come listen to us talk about Res Arcana, the game that divides us. We then dive into the depiction of women in games. We end the show telling you what we are most looking forward to in Oregon at JenCon! sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 6:17 Top Shelf Topic: 13:35 Pint Sized Question: 33:19 Game Mentions: North Sea Trilogy, West Kingdom Trilogy, Dead of Winter, Race for the Galaxy. Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out. Crowd in a bar (LCR recording) by Leandros.Ntounis, downloaded from freesound

Ep.150 has arrived! Come listen as we tell you about our experience with Black Angel from Pearl Games. We then tell you our thoughts on interactive game boards with a couple examples. We end this hectic and disorganized show by telling you our favorite wildlife sighting in Alaska! Be sure to like, share, and subsribe! Game Talk: 8:26 Top Shelf Topic: 26:45 Pint Sized Question: 44:32 Game Mentions: Tzolkin, Photosynthesis, Steam Up Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out. Crowd in a bar (LCR recording) by Leandros.Ntounis, down

Ep.149 is here! Come listen as we talk about Bamboo from Devir Games. We tell you about the fun we had with it before discussing our gaming values. After that talk we simply tell you a candy flavor that we want to see in a beer! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 8:51 Top Shelf Topic: 18:41 Pint Sized Question: 38:25 Game Mentions: Quacks, Pit, Black Angel, Colonial Twilight, Viticulture, Cubitos, Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out. Crowd in a bar (LCR recording) by Leandros.Ntounis, downloaded from freeso

Ep.148 is here! Come listen as we discuss Ierusalem: Anno Domini from Devir Games. We tell you all about it before having a good talk on the representation of deities in games. We end the show with our strangest research topics! It's an interesting show and we hope you enjoy! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 9:46 Top Shelf Topic: 33:35 Pint Sized Question: 53:01 Game Mentions: Rising Sun, Blood Rage, Santorini Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out. Crowd in a bar (LCR recording) by Leandros.Ntounis, download

Ep.147 is here! Come listen as we talk about Colonial Twilight from GMT Games. We tell you about how it presents the French-Algerian War within the play, as well as how it makes you think about war. This is also our first COIN game, and we tell you what that means and some other games in the series. We then talk about how war is presented in gaming and give some examples of games we know. We then end by telling you our favorite Oreo cookie! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 4:33 Top Shelf Topic: 29:51 Pint Sized Question: 48:57 Game Mentions: Twilight Struggle, War of the Ring, Root, Memoir 44, Imperial Struggle, Polis Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from f

Ep.146 is live! Listen to us discuss New York Zoo from Uwe Rosenberg! Another polyomino game that we enjoy from one of our favorite designers. We then talk about our differing preferences on replayability in games before telling you something we are efficient at. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 7:44 Top Shelf Topic: 25:04 Pint Sized Question: 33:38 Game Mentions: Barenpark, Project L, Patchwork, A Feast For Odin, NMBR9 Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and faded out. Crowd in a bar (LCR recording) by Leandros.Ntounis

Ep.145 is live! Come listen as we tell you about Euphoria, the 2013 release from Stonemaier Games. We talk about it before discussing some of the first games we played by now famous designers. After that we tell you who our favorite Female/Non-Binary game designers are right now. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! Game Talk: 9:46 Top Shelf Topic: 27:57 Pint Sized Question: 57:05 Game Mentions: Euphoria, Viticulture, The Mind, Quacks of Quedlinburg, Wavelength, Ganz Schon Clever, Agricola, Patchwork, Bohnanza, Castles of Burgundy, Isle of Skye, Broom Service, Mombasa, Sky Mines, Maracaibo, Oh! My Goods, Blackout Hong Kong, Cloud Age, Port Royal, Great Western Trail, Wingspan, Mariposas, Tussie Mussie, Lost Cities, Samurai, Ra, High Society Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.or

Ep.144 is here! Come listen as well tell you about Ahoy from Leder Games. We discuss out time with the game before diving into concessions in games. After trying to distinguish between conceding and rage quitting we then tell you our favorite concession stand orders! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe so you don't miss anything in the future! Game Talk: 14:13 Top Shelf Topic: 31:45 Pint Sized Question: 47:21 Game Mentions: Air, Land, and Sea, Chess, Poker, Twilight Struggle, Magic: The Gathering Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and

Ep.143 is here! Listen as well tell you about Trekking the National Parks before diving into the topic about Mensa, Mensa Select, and why we aren't fans of it. We then tell you which national park we would most like to visit right now if money and time were no concern. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe so you don't miss an episode! Game Talk: 10:46 Top Shelf Topic: 17:27 Pint Sized Question: 41:22 Game Mentions: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/14235/mensa-select-winners-1990-2023-bgg-rating Support: If you would like to help us improve our product, here's where you can do that! www.patreon.com/MalthausGames podpledge.com?p=3D8L1M1V4S7F8... ko-fi.com/malthausgames Sound Attributions: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Bro... Edits: Cut to length and Faded in. Heavy Happy With Drums by Ryan Cullinane, Downloaded from freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan Cullinane/Heavy Happy With Drums – Beat Driven Productions – Heavy Happy With Drums Edits: Cut to length and